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THK COJTyUERED BANKER.
'. T FATHiB ITAIf.
Farl that bannej-; for 'tis weary;
Round its staff, 'tis drooping dreary :
FarIir,foldlt.ltl8lbeat;
For there'4 not a man to wave It.
And there's not a sword to jga it.
And there's not one left to lave it
In t he blood which heroes gave It ;
And Its foes now scorn and brave it ;
Farl it. hide it let It rest
Taketfeat banner down. 'Us tattered,
Broken is its staff and shattered.
And the yali nt hosts are scattered.
Over whom it floated high :'
Oh! 'tis hard for as to told it, '
Hard to thluk there's none to bold It, 1
Hard that those who once unrolled it,
Mow must furl it with a sigh.
Farl that bannfer f url It sadly-
And ten. thoaaudu wilrllr mi1l '
Swore it should forever wave
Pwore that foeman's sword could never
Hearts like theirs entwined dissever.
Till thai, flax should float forever
. O'er their freedom or their grave.
Farl it, fer the hands tht grasped it.
And the hearts that fondly clasped it.
Cold and dead are lying low ;
And tne banner, it la trailing
While around it sounds the walling
Of its people In their woe ;j
For though conquered, they adore it.
Love the cold, dead hands that bore it.
Weep for those that fell before It,
r'ardon those who trailed and tore it,
But, ohl wildly they deplore it.
Now who furl and fold tso.
Furl that banner, true 'tis gorjrj
Ye . 'tis wreathed around with; glory,
And 'twill live In song and story.
Tnough its folds are in the dust;
For its fame on brightest pages.
Penned by l oets and by sages,)
6hall go sounding down the ages
Furl Its folds though now we must.
Furl that banner, softly, alow! '.
Tre at it gently it is holy '
For it droops above the dead ; .
Touch it not unfj Jd it never, :
Let It droop there furled forever.
For ItsDeople's hopes art dead.
ANSWER TO THB CONQUERED BANNER,
"Touch it not. unfold tt never.
Let it droop there, furled lcirever.
For its people's hopes are dead."
j The Conquered Banner.
No, fold It not away forever, j !
Keep it in oui hearts depths dver,
love it. hreep It for its past;
Take It out sometimes and wf it.
Think Of thosft who rllorl tr a -6 a If
Glory In the blood we ave it, j
man it wnn our neartatrlngs fast.
Take It out sometimes and show It.
Let your children early know iti ,
Know its glory not Its shame. .
Teach them early ta adore it.
Let them-honor those that bore it.
Scorn forever these that tore it
Tell them how It won a name,
That will mock Time's crumbling finger.
And in future ages linger 1
On the brightest rolls of fame, j
Yes 'tis true, 'tis worn and tattered
And with brave heart's blood 'Us spattered
And its staff is broke and shattered,
But it is a precious sight. J
TIs a witness how secession j
Threw the glove down to oppression.
ncruiug at ine last, concession,
uivuig mo uioou ior me rignt.
Oh we canneLcannot lose it.
In future years we vet mav naa ii.
(Oh host could the world refuse it?i
Can we let the foe abuse it I
Or its history bright ?
.5
No. in our heart's deep, deep recesses
Its memory linger yet. and blesses
Those who tor it fought and died.
And we pray the Qod of Heaven
Who our darling idol's given
And who to ns this hope has given
Tijls prayer be not denied
In future years some band may take it
From its resting place and shake it
O'er the young and brave ,
And the old spirit (till undaunted
In their young hearts by God implanted.
Will tlHllmnh Vaw fnaa .-1
And freedom to the South be granted.
xuuugu mow mere s none to save.
Though folded now away so sadly.
iu lumiejfcura we 11 wave It giauiy.
And thousands yet unborn shall hall It,
Tens of thousands never fail it.
Forgotten be the men who wail it
Hated those that now can traU it
Oh. Can onr hnwi ho rtaart 9
Written by Sarah H. Tillinghast. at Fay-
SAFE MIDDLE GROUND FOR
DEMOCRATS,
LET THEM INDORSE ALL MB. CLEVE
LAND HAS DONE THAT CAN BE
CONSISTENTLY APPROVED.
Clark Howell, of Atlanta ia New York Her
ald. '
Yrhe recently announced abandon
ment of the effort engineered from
Washington to secure from Southern
democratic State conventions specific
and direct indorsements of the fiaaa
cial policy of the administration ma
terially changes the situation in this
section, and will greatly modify the
interest which would naturally be
taken in the proceedings of these con
ventions if it were known that they
were to be urged to perform this re
markably supple and contradictory
feat of political gymnastics.
A few weeks ago in one of these let
ters to the Herald I made the state
ment that In not a single State conven
tion in tire South would the policy
which has prevailed in Washington as
regards the nation's financial affairs be
indorsed. A few democratic organs,
ready to indorse everything and any
thing reached by the limit of the
patronage tether by which they are
tied, booted at the idea, while others, i
misconstruing the purpose of the state
ment, argued, ' in an attempt to dis
prove it, that the democratic conven
tions of the Southern States would
pass some kind of resolutions of in
dorsement of the administration, just
as they have been in the habit of dffing.
In this connection, and before fur
ther commenting upon the recent de
velopment which seems to have paved
the way for harmonious settlement, let
me again define the position taken in 1
the letter above referred to,! that there J
may be no further misunderstanding.
I did not in that letter question, nor
have I, the advisability of passing gen
eral resolutions of indorsement con
cerning the administration.
On the other hand, it would be ex
ceedingly wise and impolitic for the
party in open convention to withhold
such expressions of general indorse
ment and; of confidence in the honesty,
and integrity of the admlnistratlon,and
so forth, as it has been eastotaary to
bestow. . I
While the people have by! no means
gotten what they expected from the
present administration, we hare much
to be thankful for in many of the things
which have been done, and that we
are under a democratic and not ret
publican administration. Hence we
should be duly tbankfulf for these
things which we have received and are
about to receive; nor should we be re
seotful for the things which, though
promised, we have not received:
It, would be the supreme! height of
folly for a democratic convention to
conJeran in any wise a democratic ad.
ministration. It would Bimply be a
plea of guilty to the charge of the
ehemy. At the same Um4. the party
must maintain Its honor and self-respect,
which It cannot do by stultify
ing itself by an action .which not only
wipes out but reverses, ite j life record
and indorses la specific term thit la
which it does not believe. if '
There is safe middle groaad-which,
while offering no comfort to the enemy
will enable the party toj reopen it
fight in Congress, under other eirenm
st&nces and at another time, fpr the
DilnciDle for which it has been-con
tending since its beginning
The course suggested' by conserva
tism, and insisted upon by those who
do not wish to be put in the position of
Indorsing that which thev have for
yean been contending agaltst, U
tor
approve ail that has been done by Mr.
Cleveland and the administration con
sistent with the pledges of the party
and the expectations of the people,and
to refrain from approving ia specific
terms such acts as conflict with the
sentiment of the people whose expres
sions go te make the record of this
year's State conventions.
Admit Mr. Cleveland's honesty, his
sincerity and emphatic belief that he is
right; Indorse all that he has done
that can be consistently iudorsed, call
for the ' redemption of every pledge of
the platform, and stop right there .
There Is not a Southern State that wiir
go further th.'.-tb.ls,,for the people ful
ly realize tWC for the party ia the&e
States to take up and" make as Its own
the financial policy which Mr. Cleve
land has applied to the administration
is to court annihilation and invoke
open rebellion against the party which
offers the only safe course for relief,
security and national prosperity.
These conditions would have been
fulfilled today had the pledges of the
democratio platform been redeemed.
They have net, and the result Is that
the bettered condition promised with
the success of the democracy two years
ago Is In the eclipse of business depres
sion and general stagnation. The re
lief is in ttie platform, and if its declar
ations are followed the wisdom of its
mandates will at once become appar
ent. f ' - ;
The party in every Southern State
will be exceedingly careful to avoid
specific indorsement of these measures.
Mark my word f?rlt, none of these
acta will be Indorsed In the South, and
even tne probability of such a course
has disappeared in the abandonment
of the effort. Mr. Cleveland as a man
will receive in the expressions of the
Southern democrats the usual recogni
tion accorded to any man of courage
and honesty of purpose.
Thus there will be harmony in . the
South, and everybody will be satisfied.
and they are rapidly increasing in
number, and If the populists or the re
publicans make any inroads into the
normal strength of the democratic vote
in any of the Southern States it will
be for no other earthly reason than
that the party has not as yet lived up
to its campaign pledges. There are
two more years ahead, though, and
many things can be done, a3 well as
undone,"tn that period.
Clark Howell.
Atlanta, June 9, 1894.
BRIGHTEIlfG SKIES.
StatesvUie I and mark.
The reports from all parts, of the
States. touching the condition of politi
cal affairs are cheering. Chairman
Simmons says the Den-era tic party is
in better shape than it was at this time
in 1392. We have lately met gentle
men from every section of the State and
the-news they give us Is uniform; the
Populist party is not growing, dissatis
tied Democrats are becoming better
satisfied, and there is an awakening all
along the line.
It is a good time now, while the
blood is cool, for men to look at facts
as the 3 are and to consider the prob
able advantage of a change of admin
istration In either nation or State. It
is quite true that the national Demo
cratic administration has not been
able to check the panic, with its atten
dant loss in values which began in the
winter of 1S93 '91 and from the conse
quences of which, though it has passed
the acute stage, the country continues
to suffer. " It needs however, to be
borne constantly in mind that this pan
ic really began under 'a Republican ad
ministration, that the ' Treasury was
depleted under a Republican adminis
tration, and that the last recommenda
tion to Congress of the last Republican
Secretary (of the Treasury was that au
thority be given him to issue gold
bonds thev were not issued for the
reason it was desired to shove this load
off en the Democratic party, which had
at that time been voted Into power but
had not taken possession, and make it
bear the odium of It. It is also true
that Congress and the President have
brought disappointment to the people
in more matters than one. But what
have they to hope from the Republi
can party and why should they want it
back in power? Surely we have had
enough Republicanism to last ft r a life
time and the choice, when we come to
select a governing power lies between
these two parties, the Democratic and
the Republican. Besides all this, Con
gress Is still in session ; its work 13 not
yet before the country; we may in
reason hope that when it is, affairs will
take on a different aspect.
As to. our.State matters there is no
room for argument. The solid white
men of the State, country and town,
the taX'payers, already have them in
hand and there is no reason why they
shoald surrender control. We could
not have better government in the
State and counties than we now have,
or if we could, the Democratic party is
the one to make the improvement.
Certainly no other party eould Improve
upon It. The sway of Republicanism
in North Carolina is not a fragrant
memory; Populism has brought noth
lug but trouble to the States which
have toyed with it; and there is no
ground for the expectation that this
combination would bring ns anything
but misery.
The interest of the people is plain.
They have but to meet together this
year, as heretofore, In their primary
and higher conventions, and nominate
for office the men of their choice, and
then elect them. The Democratic
party ha shown its capacity to govern
North Carolina and no other party
ever has. It has the confidence ! the
people because it deserves to have it,
and It has but to pursue Its usual policy
of nominating good and acceptable
men for the offices and the voters will,
as heretofore, do the rest. There U
nothing wroag with the Democratic
party and the people never yet dis
lodged 'from power a party which
meant to do right by them. Let not
faint beatedness possess any Demo
crat. The Democratic lion is even now
awaking and stretching himself. In
due time he will pounce upon his prey.
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WHAT THE WAR COST IN MON
EY.
New Tort Sun;
The interesting questions, often! ask-
eu ana neyer satisfactorily answered,
comes before us once more. A con -ventibnal
formula frequently employed
by loose speakers and writers is that
the war of the. rebellion cost the North
a million lives and a billion of treasure.
The statement Is grossly inaccurrate at
Both ends. The estimate of mortality
is excessive, while the estimate of mon
ey expenditure . Is ; ridlculouly inade
quate. I ; ?'
Tk m It....' Mil ,
.mo pupuiai iue tuttu a minion sol
diers of the Union lost their livea dnr
lag the war, or directly in consequence
ef the war. is enconraeed' bv manv
persons who Know . Detter, because it
. . j
suggests such exaggerated notions of
the magnitude of the struggle and of
ihe number of men: actually engaged
in military operations in the Northern
armies as to afford an argument or ex
cuse for a pension system in which ex
travagance and dishonesty find plenty
of room. The number of offiiers and
men actually killed in battle in all of
the Union armies during the four years
of war barely exceeds ;CO,000. The
number of those who. died of wounds
during the war is less than 35,000. The
number that died of diseases, either
resulting from the hardships and j ex
po.ure of warfare, or the incident of
natural mortality in a great body of
men,is about 18o,lKX) for the four years.
Adding even the 21,000 cases of disap
pearance, conveniently charged in the
records to deaths , "from unknown
causes," the total mortality among the
Union troops duriug the war is 504,000
or less than a third of the million gup
posed by many people to have perished
on the battle-field. ' j
The purpose of the present art'ele is
to put together some of the items of
expenditure and loss clearly and di
rectly chargeable to the war account;
in other words, to establish a miiiimum
estimate of the money cost of preserv
ing the Union. If I were to go Into the
matter of consequential damages, such
as the paralysis of certain branches of
.business, the suspension ef trade with
the Southern States, the extinction of
a large part of our maritime commerce,
the enormous loss resulting irom tne
arrest of normal increase of population
and the peaceful development of the
nation's resources, we should pass at
once from the domain ot precise arith
metic to thatuf vague conjecture and
eriverified speeulv-ion. That Is not
our intention. The figures presented
below are only such as are afforded by
the official records; or, where jin the
nature of things the amounts set down
are mere estimates the fact is stated
and care is taken that the estimates
shall be manifestly woll within the
bounds. The several classes bt ex
penditure or direct loss to be considers
ed are: j
1 The current war expenses paid
during the four years by the United
States Government with money raised
by taxation or borrowed upon the na
tions credit. ' j
2. The bounties paid to thej volun
teers during the war by the States, or
from other sources than the Federal
Goyernment. !
3. The money raised and expended
by organizations of citizens for the al
leviation of the soldiers' condition.
4. The direet loss to the nation's
wealth, resulting from the employment
in military service of citizens who
otherwise have been producer.
5. The war claims, paidj by act of
Congress since the war, for the de
struction of property, or for other rea
sons.
C.'The interest on the war debt since
18G5 up to the present time.
7. The expenditure ior pansioas to i
date. ' i ' ' '
The actual current war expenditures
during, the four fiscal years from June
30, 1861, to June 30, 1865, is , eas ly as
certained. The netordinaryexpendi
ture of the Government during tnat
period was as follows:
Fiscal year 1862...
$459,570,241
718.734,276
.......1864,969,098
....... Ij293,0?9,28!
. . i
$3,343,972,904
Fiscal year ISM...
Fiscal year 1864...
Fiscal year 1805..
Total
But this includes what the GovernH
ment would have spent If there had
been no war. To separate the two
items we have only to deduct as mucb
a3 was actually spent for all purpose
of government during tne penou oi
four years Immediately preceding the
war. It is said that under norui&l cir
cumstances the country's growth would
haye increased the ordinary expendi
ture for 1862-1865 oyer 1 that tor the
1853-1862 period, it must be remember
ed that this possible increase waa more
than balanced Dy tne restriction oi we
field of administration during the sec
odd period to the Northern and border
States (
Fiscal year 1858.
Fiscal year I85.
Fiscal year 1860.
$73,982,493
63.993,600
. 61200,875
. 66,050,213
Fiscal year 1861.
Total ...$272,827,181
Deduct this from the total for the
war period as above, and add the total
paid by the Gavernment in premiums
for loans, an Item not included In the
gtatement of aanul expeniitare:
Expenditure for war pe-
riod 1802-1865.... $3,343,372,904
Less allowance for peace
expenditure 272,827,181
$3,073,545,723
Premiums o n Govern,
ment war leans.---.,
69.429,364
Total--. ......$3,144,975,087
The totals of local bounties paid to
the several States to fill their quotas
naJr the calls oi 13J3. 1861 and 1863
irp rhrmeil from the report for 1S5G
of Provost Marshal General and tatis
twi historvot Ue War of the Rebel
linn ; a.r of inestimable valut. ve
omit from consideration any account of
the monev Daid by States or towna or
individuals over and aoove the amount
refunded from th United StatfJJ treaa
nrr. for the creditable equipment of
the trooos sent to the front. The total
wnul.i be vrv lam. but it is' practi
cal! v indeterminable. , Much of "abrlo,
el boantv monev was wasted o ecoaft
drelsbutit was expended, Tertbe-
tera. and it belong to this account.
On detrjerate character who was coa
icted and sentenced to the Albany
trv no
n
Penitentiary, confessed that he had
drawn and i raped the bounty not less
than thirty-two times. The amouat
thus paid from the beginning to the
end of the war in the loyal Seated or
groups pf States u shown In the' fol
lowing table: . !
The New England States
New Yark,
j2,67,602
86,629,27
23.8G3.966
43,131 CSS
New Jersey
Pennsylvania.
Delaware, Maryland and
District of Columbia.....
West Virginia and Keutul-y
Ohio....:.
Indiana. .... . .t.
7,52,6 1
1,557,3:4
23.537,373
9,18 .354
17,293,203
9,GG4,855
10,810,640
Illinois.
( "
1 Michigan
I Wi?jo9in,lowa, Minnesota
Missouri and Kausns
Total..... $285,941,128-
Throughout the North during the
war there were not less than J.OOO local
associations of patriotic men and wo
JaeJ contributing money, time and ar
tides of every description to promote
the well-being of the soldiers lighting
at the front r to add to their comfort:
Besides these local societies, there
were such organizations as the Sani
tary Commission and the . Christian
Commission, operating on a large
scale and in the general field. The
Sanitary Commission aloae raised and
expended more that $20,000,000.. The
aggregate of these contributions of as
sociated or individual patriotism, from
tho society of little girl who sold their
gdld rings and lockets for -the benefit
ofj the wounded soldier, to the capital
ists who equipped a regimeut at his
own expense or c-ave a steamshm to
Lincoln's Government, can- never be
cotaaputed. i When we set down at $50,
C0J.O00 for the purposes of this Inqury
we are making a very low estimate.
A large item prooeriv beioncini? to
the cost of the war is the loss to pro
ductive industry of the time and labor
of the citizens who enlisted in toe
army. This Item is approximately as
certainable. The number of volun
teers in service at the various times
designated Is shown by this table :
January 1, 1862 613,8t8
January 1, 1863 ..892,728
January 1, 18G4 836,101
January 1, 1865 937,441
May, 1, 1865 958,417
Average. ... ...... . .847,701
i .-
If we take 847,701 as the averasre
uuuiwr uimeoin cne Union Armies
aanng tne war and estimate the earn
ing capacity of the average seldier at
$300 a year above the cost of bis own
subsistence, the direct loss occasioned
by the diversion froms productive to
unprouuctive labor would amount to
2o-M 10,300 a, year, or for the four
years of the war perlad, to $1,017,341,
200.
it would be the work of a lifetime to
cipher out the whole amount paid since
the war, under general or special acts
of Congress, in compensatieu for the'
real or alleged destruction of propertv,
or for war supplies seized or furnished,
or for indemnity for loss of personal
effects, or for back pay or bounty of
volunteers, or for horses or mules lost,
or for the reimbursement of States or
minor civil divisions for expenditures
necessitated by the war,or in any other
of the countless ways in which the war
still draws upon the Treasury. For
thirty years the investigation of tber
war claims preliminary to the appro
priation of money for their payment,
has constituted a large and exacting
pU of the labors of Congress and. In
the later years, of the Court of Claims.
I be items, great and small, which
would haye to be considered one by
one in any attempt at exact ascertain
ment of the total are almost infinite in
number.- They are scattered through
the Treasury books la multirudinou
shapes. They are contained lo the
army and uavy appropriation b'lbj'n
the sundry, civil, iu the; miscellaneous
in the deficiency, and elsevhere. Ou
estimate of the grand aggregate of
these appropriations is entirely arbitra- i
ry. Supposing that the war claims aU
lowed and paid by the government
since 1SG5 have averaged only $ ,Q00,
000 a year, the total would be $140,-
000,000. That is the sum which we
charge to this item; if it were doubled,
we should consider 4bat we were still
well within the bounds of probability.
The interest paid on war debt can be
stated accurately. The gradually de
creasing annual pay menu on this ac
count before the lucal year 1366 are
included in the net ordinary expenses
as shown above. Since 1865 they have
been as follows: -Fiscal
year. ;
19C6.. ......UM,ut,iKo
1SC7. 143,781,032
186ft........ - 140.424,046
1809.... ....... .......
1870..: 125,230,498
1871 .............. 12-V7nVW
1872 " " . 117,357.840
1373. ".;.:; y. '...."."...: : ; 104,750,683
g74 107,119,813
1875'!'!' ..... 103.093,515
1876 100,243.371
1877 ; ; ;; ; ; . ;. . . 1 97,1 24,512
1873 102,500,87
1379 , Zl'Zl
183 95,757.5 5
1881 . j.... 82,508,741
1832..... Jl.077,207
1833 89,160,131
IS84... 54,673,373
1835.
1836....
18i7....
1883-..,
1839 ...
1890
1S91-...
1892-- -
1803-
51,388,256
50,580,1 46
47,741.577
44.716,007
41,001,434
36,009,231
37,M7,135
23,37S,UG
.(estimated)-...
20,000,000
1 Total since the war $2,355,829,103
The peniioa expenditure on account
of the war ot the Rebellion baa been
increasing u steadily as the interest
charge has diminished. The annual
totals, as stated below, include pen
sions paid on accoant of the Mexican
war and the earlier ware, and we have
therefore, made a deduction for the
time. As Mexican war veterans and
veterans of th civil war. were for years
enrolled oo tho lists aoder the eoeaeat n
head of army loval?, the allowance
LinTIe for pensions paid on ae-
"WU ber war idsq um reoeuioa
wit matter ot estimate.. We have
assumed an average of $4,000,000 ,an
nnallv. - and have deducted from the
grand total
count:
$112,00(V00 on tins iae
fiM3V i race
IV
Fiscal sear.
' 1 --. -559
rasee...
15,605,332
20,036,552
23,78i 287
28,477,6
28.340,202
34,443,895
28.533,403
29,359.427
29,038,415
29,456,210
23,257.896
27,963,752
8,I37,019
,121,482
M.777,174
60,059,210
61,345,194
65,012.571
53,429.228
56,102.267
63 404.SS4
75,029.102-
1867
isos
18CSM
1870.-
1871'i....--:
1S7- :
1873-
1874,.-.
1875.'
1876.
1877 -.
1878-
1879..-....
18S0--
1831 ,-
18S2
18S3 .............
is..;
18S5
18S6...... .
lass...
18S9..
1890..:..-
1891
1892 ;
80,28S,509
87.624.779
106,930,855
124 410.!S1
,134.513,053
146,737,350
,51, 193,500
118,000,000
1893
Tofal since the wir......$i
Les allow ance for oifa
r pension-- j.
JmJU98 500
KvCip'tulatillg'tiieSt' M'VfMhl if.-nn 'f
expenditure and otuilting u m e r. -id-
rrauon any of the other tiij hid sources
of i-xpeh-V i,r lo.-?; propeijy, fut it- s -iiin-cf.y
ehareeable to the c v. I ,r. ,.
obuin a fair '.aifiitnum tvtinjite of v. bat
it cost the North to irtfrervo tie L'u-
tOIT
Current war expense...; $3Ll4 1,973,087
uuu.-uies Ouiicr man r eu
cral .- ,i
Estimated p iv te contri
butions Los of soldier' nrodun-
285,941,128
50,000,000
' tive labor.. 1,017,241,200
War claims of various sorts 140,000 000
Interest on war debt...... . 2,355,829,102
Pensions on account of
civil war... 1,431,198,500
Total .. , $8,425,185,01 7
' lhese figures stagger the imagina
tion. Like all symbols for quantities
so stupendous as to be far beyond the
accustomed range of thought, they go
from the eye to the brain without pro
daclng Immediately an effect adequate
to their mathematical Importance. Ono
million conveys the Idea of vastness;
one billion or a thousand million con
veys the Idea of something vastly vas
ter; but the difference between one bill
Hon tnd eight billions Is appreciated ;
slowly and only by an indirect process.
What does it really mean, then, when
we say that the money cost of the war
to the North alone was' nearly eight
and a half billions of dollars ?
To raise money enougu to pay the
bill In one lump, sum eyery voter In the ?
United States would have to contribute :
more than $600. If the burden were
distributed among" the whole earth's
population, every human being, man,
woman or child, civilized or savage,
iiviBg anywhere today on the face of
the globe, would be taxed about IV
If every gold or silver coin or rlee nf
paper money now in circulation among
among the 400,000,000 people of thU
country and of England, France, Ger
many, Austria, Holland, Italy, Spain
and Russia should be gathered in an 1
eounted, the total value reduced to
United States money, would cover only
three-quarters of our war co9t. The
amount of money Indicated by the i
figures, $8,425,185,017, is more than
five times the aggregate of the deposits
in tb'er 3677 national banks of the
United States; more than five times the
aggregate f deposits in allot the sav
ings banks of the United State.-; more
than eight times the aggregate of de
posits ia all the State banks, trust
companies and private banking con
panies and private banking coneerm
in the United State?; almoat double the
aggregate of deposits in all of these in
stitutions combined.
But there is a simpler and still more
striking method of arriving at the sig
nificance of these figures. It cost the
North $3,425,185,017 to keep the South
ern btates id the Union. By the cen
sus of 1860 the estimated valu&tlou
rue valuation, uot ajsessed of all pro-
Dertv. real and oersorial. in thefte
eleven States, was as follows:
Virginia
1. ...... '
$793,249,681
358 739,399
sst.ns.7-t
645,895,2:7
73 101, '0J
4!-.237 073
Gi 7 .m :ni
612.1 !3,iCS
305 200 614
North Carolina...
--iuth Carolina...
Georgii
Florida.....
Alabama ..
Mn9i9irp!
. .........
L iuu.ani.
Texas
w
Arkansas 219 256,4 7J
Tennessee - 493 903 b9-'
Total wealth of the elf v-
cq Sta es. ..ft5,2u2,166 207
Ton, it appear? that, In orler ro Lcep
these eleven States und:r th lliir. the
nation has pVnl at leact $3.233. 1H 81't
more than the entire valuation ol a.i
property in thos-; eleven States at the
time when- the war was f.titgut. Cut
the war for ibe Un'on was fought for
an-Idea, and the idea was worth, all it
has cost.
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