The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-05-26

Mr. Boriicli and Mr.. Rires We have not
yet received lbr promised reply ot Mr. Bart
lett 10 MIR. Rlves--We presume il Is aeIaycd
by the necessary aud tediuus references 10
statistical documents In the mean time,
we meet IL the " MarVlandrr,' tan able Bat
timOre paper tue following article, which we
have copied. having omitted several harsh,
aud, we Think undeserved epithrts
From tic Mnrylander.
" / have lately had an opportunity ofporusng
"A speech ofthe HON. NIX RlVEs, Of Virginia
upon Retrcnchment aud Reform, which has
been circulated very widely in the lower couu-
ties Of TINS State. by the adheronfs OF Gen Jack
son.
MI KiyeS states, that 1t is now twenty-five
wears since there has been any sy stema'creio, M
in the organization aud expenses Of the several
departments otlhe government aud IL the course
Of his speech hr maniie,rs very great fond
ness for comparing the expenditures Of the coun-
" At the present time, with what they were
under tLc administration Of Mr. Jefferson. But
80 where does he show the very different prln-
ciplr> oil policy which have Ion some wears past
received tue unqualified appreciation OF the
countr, from those which had the ascendant in
Mr. J.. time. The navy, which is NOW the
pride and the glory OF the country, had not
then an existence, 4 il Wis fashionable 10 decry
fr utility of one. We have now SHIPS OF tie Inc,
~ rrgatrs, aud sloops OF war in proportion.
Dnrainv then amounted to 2iJ0 mcu, aud cost
ssh On9 1t nov amounts TO 6GOD. better @
dumped, better disciplined, and better paid, and
costs only - Ojo 81 Or territory has ncn"
" doubled us populated extent S'ice that pm
OF, Then the whole region Northwest oi the
Ohio nj only single delegate, who IS now IA
the Senate supported by eighteen Representa-
=, d.,
ritory. since that period too, our country has
been carried trlumphanIy through war with
the most powerful nation II the wurld-mllluns
of debt contracted bg that WI have been
paid. and annually million and a bali has been
paid to the surviving soldiers Oflhe gallant army
of the revolution.
Then too, the Geuiu5 Of Liberty had no rest.
ing ulace in the Southern pc, ton of tins vast
western continent. The gloom and scclnsion Of
Spanish dcspotism, reigucd where seven affairs
now support her heaven descended flame. Com
,nerce ha, followed in her tram and Tra-
tons political and mercantile, have been there
enlarged to an almost incalcu!able extent. In
short the political, conmercial ADD manuaciu-
,inq situation of the United States II the pies.
ent time bears no kind OF resemblance 10 what
i; was under the administration of Mr.. Jefferson.
How unfair then is it 10 take the amount OF ex-
penditures at thai period, as measure Of what
ours should be now. Yet, Mr.. Riyes has done
so. and although II has been notorious 10 every
one who has been abroad and conyersed with
peopIe of other countries. that We are continual
Iy couuipraCted IA our commercial aud political
negotiations, hy the well paid agents, fdpIo-
matte and secreO of our powerful rival Great
Britain lie contradicts Mr.. Everett for having
said that the abuse 10 which car government was
most prone, was thai of parsimony Yet how
does he prove that Mr.. Everett va, wrong BY
some observations about direct aud indirect taN-
alton having no kiud of relation t. the sub ect
whatever Why did not Nj. Ri9es bring ior-
ward some specific vote Of money 10 prove that
the Representatives Of tue United States IN Com
ercssg vote millions of dollars there with not so
much hesitation or compunction as the State Le-
gislaimcs vote thousands ~ He could not. He
had not one fact 10 prove il. II hadhecn shown
hy Mr.. Sergeant. what | thought had been well
Known TO every one thai our finances are IN n
1ourishing condition The total amount Of our
National debt on the goth Sept. 1915, was 10
o33, 588; Of this 20 millions have been paid of