Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-03-13

these holes for other purpose than to ill te,n
up again. was one OF the wises exercises of tho &C.
vere'gn function OF legislation. To be serious
however, on subject itself of sufficie gravity
ne thought the prompt payment Of the public debt-
IN a government like ours, carried as high a mo
raj obligation to the represe natives of the peone
as the payment OF our private debts enforccs upcn
ourselves. Whatever the blood suckers of The
treasury, stock obbers, contractors proie ctors &
enthusiasts, might sayio the contrary, it was Iu-
yoi nigh ami insnrmountabIe importance. WHO.
Win prophetic ken, can penetrate the future, g.
say moi only how long shall hvae the ability 10
pay, but how long we shall be kept from the ne
cessity of borrowing. period ofpeace in wis.
sma a,a sugaI sepuDl,s. is pay day The whole yea.
this, and they will hur with indignation from pow
er, those miserable quacks who tell them what
their own experience in life is constantly giyifs,
terms.
As part and parcel Of the same proposition.
It is indsputably true"that free people should
be unnecessarily burdened with taxaiion;' if they
are, we may take this for granted that thew caase
10 De Hee. fou.rnay call your governmen mt what
you please; 1t is despoiism in of its worst orms
whether the object of your taxation be to sustain
immense and corrupt establishments, still more
corrupt and rotten monopolies. God inte ntsd thar
the happiness OF man should be compounded OF
ms moral and physical nature, that the enjoymens
OF the last should enable him under wise tenn
perance 10 bear up against those evils which sad
den and perpleN life. well regulated human
me corporeal nature of man; the therefore
me innocent objects OF consumption can be null
tIpiied, the greater the sum of national felicity
Thrice blessed is that government which muiiS
plies these objects, and gives them to its peope M
a diminished cost. You may call such a GOVERN.
ment by what name you please, but it is a wis.
government-iti is just government--it is be-
neficent government-because is follows ont tbe
benevolence Of God, "who gave 10 man the f-drs
OF the earth that he might eat and be happy.''
May we not hope il there is not some presump-
ion IN its indulgence, that country may pre-
sent the extraordinary and two fold spectacle 10
the world of great and powerful republic WIN
out public debt, and an enlightened and vrtuous
people without public burden' If this be nar,
ned, we may at least take this for granted, tHa.
the people expect the first and this disc hatre,.
they will not tamely submit TO the latter
IDLY. That this House has right to exnect ne
its next session, that the Executive will submit TO
Congress comprehensive system Of retrenchIncnt,
which shall extend TO the Topping off of all uso
Tess ofbces, and TO the securing more effective
accountability in those which are retained
NAT this Is just expectation, Mr.. Hamilton
sand, the Committee had right 10 AFFIRM as a, the
last session the House had passed substantially 2
resolution Of this kind, forming the basis of TIC
instruction OF the Committee calling on the Ex-
ecutve, TO report in effect such a system. TWAS
unnecessary TO remind the House or the answers
which were communicated by the different heads
Of the several Departments, and how entirely the
committee were left to grOpe their way as tiev
might from one office TO another without the ex-
ecutive ministers condescending even 10 hold oue
tarthiDg candle to light them on their way. Ana
who seemed to consider the approaches Of the
Committee as regular Zap TO be by counter
INNING and explosion. new administrator
however, goes into power, 10 whom this resoIutio,,
will be directed, and who cannot fail 10 feel S,a
force, as power has been delegated to them by tho
people expressly on the ground that they would
acheve tho great work OF RetreDchInent ant
Re form.
MIR. Hamilton said, he believed that when no
cd he INN f, a. d.
ment resolutions, he had unc quvocally expressed
the opinion. that without the cordial concurrence
and cooperation OF the Executive, (Which thev
had al that time no right to expect0 their labo,s
would be unavalDg: That il was in fact nothing
more or less than presenting them with a
bill OF Indictment, and asking them not only 70
plead guilty to the charge, but to furnish the wit
iiesses against themseivos.-But new morn Eas
dawned, and he hoped with brighter auspices
The country would have a right to demand of
the new administration a ful6Iment Of those pied
ges which the party had given for them The
heid Is large enough, God knows, and they may
not expect TO be idle by the way side Enough
remains 10 be DONE which the Exec utive can alone
perform. Abuses have crept into this govern
neDt, whilst we are vet in grisile, which
would do honor TO the bloated senity, OF theSor-
Fupf establishments OF Europe, and make Sir Ro.
bert himself smile at our fructiferous maturity
Although the Constitution provides That no money
shall be drawn from the Treasury exccpt byoa
appropriation by law, yet we have seen, under 20
WI
not founded, at least pampe ped, into hone fuI.ex
stence,bya gross malversation Of the public fund.-
and these lavished with prodigaty which seems
TO set responsibility at detiance-We have seen
by virtue Of resolution which passed this Ir5nse
alone, smuggled through at the last hour of ;,s
existence, when its members either did not undAi
stand what they were voting for, or were iyno-
rant OF Tie consequences of their vote, an exoe-.
dltion organized to ascertain the concavity of Inc
globe, with full establishment OF civil military
anu scIentihc Offices, appointed with saiaries va
ryiDg from one to three thousand dollars; aud ihe
whole matter yelled in profound darkness, uniil
unshrouded by an imperative call from a co-ordin-
ate body-We have seen appropriations for con.
tingencies layished upon favorites who appear Ia
have had no other claim TO to the public money
but their wants and rapaci,y--we have seen an.
preparations, which were specific for one Object,
diverted with the most reckless effrontefy TO Eio.
theT-We have seen the secret service fund ga.
crediy confded to the honor oil the executive an
piied 10 purposes IN which the public interest hai
no seeming concern; the mystery OF ibis fund per
tnacjously closed 10 the decorous call OF a commit
tee OF this House, and Immediately after opened
by an undignified and vulgar appeal popular pre-
JudIce-We have seen public mcssengcs running
TO and fro with trumpery and trash, al the cosSof
each one employee, OF some thOusand dollars Il,
the government, shipping and trans- shipping
themselves from one quarter Of the globe 10 ,he
other, for no other apparent purpose than the ben.
eft OF travelling al the public cspense--We have
foreign intercourse most strangely enIate-
ed in period OF profound peace, and picnipote7,-
harics sent 70 The small powers, who, 10 say lilo
most OF them, have not practsed even The dcceut
civiiity OF sending representative Of eouivae,t
rank 70 our own government. In a word, We
have seen ihe highest hoDms Of most dIcniffeh
trust, upon which Our responsibility iu the eyes
OF foreign nations depends, TUNED into a sordid
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