The property of these claimants is actually in the hands of our Government, like assets paid over and deposited “for whomsoever it may concern,”--or, to use a more pungent illustration, like certain property to which there can be no valid title against the original owner.
Sumner compares the government's handling of claimants' property to assets held without valid ownership.
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Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
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