The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-03-20

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that every farmer will rccord it, in indelitle
characters, on his memory. Shall we bring
these men again into power' Shall we re-
lnounce the benefit OF experience, and invite
KING Stork again to eat us aud oar wives and
lchildren mp! Lay these things to your hearts,
land ponder well upon them.
Now, let us ask what did the federalsts
do with the proceeds Of all these internal,
lover whelming taxes! We have seen that
they lett very little more than million and
a halt in the Treasury: What, then, be-
came of the money did they pay the
public debt with it This is curious sub.
lject, and demands your attention.
In the spring of 1890, a federal committee
OF Congress, composed CT Messrs Griswod,
Harper Sewall, &c. was selected by Mr..
Sedgwick, the federal Speaker, to examine
the accounts of the u. States, and report up.
on the public debt. Oliver tyolcott, the fe-
deral Secretary of the Treasury. had given
i,as ms e2inion, in the preceding January.
that the public debt had cncrGnsed upwards
of one million, four hundred thousand dol
flats-Oo wit: $ 1,j16,338 :: so cents. -
! his very impartial committee, appointed
on the goth March, 1900, dcvclope the very
Involved ard complicated Treasury books,
for ten years back. and in eighteen days 18Th
May) lay their report npen the table of the
House of Representatives. showing. that in
that short time, they understood the Secreta-
| rvs books better than he did himself, AMI
that the public debt. instead of being en-
creased, had been, in fact, diminished up
wards of million of dollars Ito wit:
| s 1922, 841 :48 cents.) But the superior
accuracy, ability and candor of Mr.. Gala.
TIN, soon showed, that both the federal Sc
creeary and federal committee were grossly
wrong; for he not only Shovccd, ,but denon-
strased, that the public debt had been en-
creased by upwards of nine millions, Ito wit:
| . 8, 462. 264 So cents)
Since. then, the federalsts left little or
nothing in the Treasury. and instead of di-
diminishing, increased the public debt the
question recurs, what became of the public
money! And this is the answer: 1t went
| 10 support executive patronage, 60 feed a
swarm OF civil officers, that covered and
destroyed this land, as the locusts did Egypt;
| 1t went to pamper the ideness and insoience
OF an extensive military establishment
useless for any other purpose than to swell
the PRESIDENTIAL retinue and brow beat the
opponents OF his measures in Congress-
tias Mr.. kandoph's new alliance with
those gentlemen erased the memory of the
Premeditated insult witch he received in the
Fhiladelphia lheaIre from capt. Midnight
ana otherS, for having expressed his senti
nenls In congress on the subject of disban
ding the army: has he forgotten the little
satisfaction whichhe received ON complaining
10 the PRESIDENT of that insult ,Sc is he now rea-
dy TO take to his bosom man who after con-
t'ehptuously vibrating the expressions of his
speech and Jostling him in the box, at length,
llnsoeBtly seized and jirked him by the cane
OF his coatf If he has, I congratulate him
on the convenience of his memory or the
primitive meeAncss and forgiveness of his
spirit.
| BUT it may be asked what beneficial end
the federalists could promise themselves by
TINS presidential retinue, this vast executive
patronage l will answer the question in
the words OF Mr.. jefferson, as they are to be
louhd IN letter of his. in reply tic one adj
dressed to him by q citizen of Berkeley.
This letter bears date on the 9Th SeDtem
Der 1900; and is highly worthy of entire re-
puoiicatlon but extract only so much of
| IL as applies to the subject before us
" ne great question which divides our
citiZens is, whether It is safest that a pre-
Ponderance OF power should be lodged with
the monarchical or the republican branch Of
our government? Temporary panics may
produce advocates for the former opinion,
even IN this country but the opinion will
be as short-liyed as the panic. with the
great mass OF our citizens. There is one
circumstance which will always bring them
TO rights q f,re,tonderahce ofkhc erecu
1lUe oUer The hegis2attUe branch, cannot be
maintained bur by immense hatronage, by
mutttfifytng Offices. making them vcry ku
crattUe, oy armies, ndUies tg'c 7vhich naav
entsf on The side ofthe hatron, aHtho8e
| fohom ne can interest, and all their fanii-
Hes ana connections but these expenses
must be paid by the labouring citizen he
| cannot long continue, therefore, the advo
cate OF opinions, which, 20 say only the least
| OF them, doom the laboring citizen to toll &
| sweat tor useless pageants."o
Iiere then we have the key most sensibly
| ana plainly given to that part OF the federal
policy which led them perpetualy to swell
the patronage of the executive; it was. 10
give a REMEMBRANCE 10 ne erccutiye
| oranch OF me government, and, as / said
In former number, to strait the presi-
Dental chord up to the tone Of monarchy.
Tins short sketch conducts MS to the com.
mencement OF our own fiscal operations.
When Mr.. Jefferson came into Office. he
| found the country in the situation which has
been Just described. The people oppressed
] oy heavy band of taXgatherers, and dis
soiutc soldiers; bowed down AID bent under
the weight OF Internal taxes and notwith
| standing this, the public debt greatly en-
creased. and the Treasury almost exhaus
ted. lis hrss care was to lift the rnount.in
weight from the heart of the farmer, and
let him breathe free. The loag train Of ey
ecutive dependents, was immediately cut
oil and reduced to the level of private citi-
! Zens the whole mass of internal taxes
which had hung ike an abscess on the lDngs
! OF Agriculture q triDaFeI rcot ., L,or-L