Delaware journal., 1828-02-01

ectisn, the people shuuldbc informed il thec ,La;
are true. An Issue Is made up and sahmltltd ION
decision ul the People. and before they are caI
IN ,u pronounce The guilt or Innocence OF this Officer
they Should be furnished with the evidence-all H.
evidence Oh the subject. lhe gentleman from VII
pna. entirely over The way, (Mr. Floyd suppose,
the friends OF tie Administration are opposed to re.
trenchment, and to the reduction OF the public debt
Sir, know of no such opposition of the friends u
the Administration. No one has avowed any such
feelings. The surpositon is groundiess, altogether
aratuitous The friends ol the Administration ale
friendly TO retrenchmcnt but if they were not, #
any friend were opposed have shown in the extracts
have read, that the Cabinet and the President ale
in favour Of both Tie gentleman has adyered to
the subjects Of internal improvements and the tariff
He seems to think these measures frausht with GALA.
nifty to the People, and he nyokes the Represrnia,
lives from the Agricultural States Of the South and
West To unite and arrest these measures. Sir, Ire
present a part Of the agricultural People ul the
West. to whom the gentleman adyerts They donvt
agree with the gentleman i'll the fears he expresses,
or his opinions that every act Of Legislation On the
tariff lessons the price ui their products and in.
creases the price Of every manufactured article ne.
cessity eompefs them to buy. Appealing to the
knowledge resulting fr"m the experience Of tie
country they believe the more you protect the man
acturer, the more you multiply the consumers OF the
agricultural products, and hy increasing the demand
in the home market, you increase the price Of The
products of the former. On the other hand, that,in
proportion as you protect and encourage the mann
acture of those necessity compcls the former to
buy, the more you reduce by the home competition
the price of the articlcs-such has been the case with
cotton cloths and such they think would be the case
with other cloths. The fears of my constituencies
to the tariff are not Of the same kind with those eS.
pressed by the gentleman-they are OF an entire dir.
ferent kind. They fear lest, not only this entire
month"; but this entire session. will pass away. belize
we even hear from our Committee of Manufactures;
they fear nothing from the passage tariff bill that
they desire, and have prayed for, and will continue
to pray for.
Sir, we have been told of great extravaganza and
! of many abuses--but one has been specified. |
regret that this is not the ease. Tell us where the
abuses are to be found--what officers salary should
bc reduced. Is it that of the Postmaster General J
Will any gentleman say his salary is ton great a
compensation for the various and arduous duties de-
yoIved upon hlma II they do let them satisly me
of the fact. and will unite TO reduce his pay. But
how can the Administration be chatgeabe with waste
and extravaganza They can expend no money eS.
cept on The appropriations Of Congress; and what
laws have we passed, since the commencement OF
the present Administrations to increase eXpendltule'
or salaries, except that Of the Postmaster Genera'
recollect none. II then there is waste. and pOlE
gacy, and extravaganza, originates and co,ltinM'
here. Point out the extrayasant object, and with
hold the appropriation. We are to bame-we hold
the purse strings OF the nation, and ain not dsp@
ed to surrender Them and can close and open
the purse at pleasure
Sir, repeat my sincere desire that we may pro
ceed to apply all our disposeabe means to the redue
ton Of the public debt, as far as contracts vii
allow to redeem, and 90 on in the work Of ecunc
my and observation-disclosures out obuscs. expose au
and correct them. | wish. 70 be sure, gentene
had been more specific, for who can tell now, att
all the debate, where the alleged abuses exist, an
more than. he could tell before il began. cannot
but ! am for going on with the wolk, in order TN
and cure them if they exist.