Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1859 — KEEP THESE FACTS BEFORE THE PEOPLE. [ARTICLE]

KEEP THESE FACTS BEFORE THE PEOPLE.

In 1823 the expenditures of the General Government for all purposes, exclusive of thb public debt, were $9,784,154,59. In 1857, the expenses of the Government, exclusive of the public debt, were $65,032,559,76. The pro rata, according to population, in 1823, was 94 cents on each individuThe pro rata, in 1857, was $2 28, per individual. From 94 cents to $2 28 per individual—un increase of $1 34 upon each individual, notwithstanding the vast increase of from 10,000,000 up to 30,000,OQO, in round numbers. The expenses of the Government during the four years under Gen. Pierce, a time of peace, was $232,820,632. This is more than the whole expenses of the Government from 1790, when it was organized, up to 1820, a period of thirty years, which included the war against Tripoli, the wars against the Indians of the North-West at different times, by Gen. Harnfer, St. Clair, Wayne and Harrison, and Against the Creek and Seminole Indians —ut the South by Gen. Jackson, and the 'war with Great Britain, and afterward against Algiers, Now, these are facts from official documents. Why are these things so? Why is it that our Government now, under the administration of James Buchanan, costs more in one year than it did during any one ydar of the administration of James K- Polk, which included the war with These things mmht to attract the attention* of the pMpte |