Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-06-07
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|. CHAPTER ON RETRENcHMENr.


1t will be recollected that, pending the
last presidential election, great promises
of rctrenchment in the public expendi-
tnres were PROMISED as the result of Gen.
Jackson's administration. Tho 'Augean
stable was To be purged, salaries were
to be reduced, and in short a strict sys-
TEN of economy was to be established
which would not only pay off the nation
al debt, but put money into the pockets
OF the people. How far these promises
have been fulfilled, let the expenses in
cured by the last and ihe present admin
istrations, for diplomatic intercourse with
foreign countries, answer. The whole
expense incurred for salaries, outfits, &c.
for our ministers abroad, during the
years 1923 and 1929 Of Mr.. Adams adj
nlinist alton, was S286 800. The whole
expense incurred for the same purposes
during the years ! $50 and 1881 Of Cen
,rdl Jack sons administration was 1884,
5OO-leaving "A balance to the account
lol this boasted age of ret,emehment, OF
S138 900 :! in two short years! And lest
t.is should not satisfy the craven appe-
ute Of modern ''pai,totisn," the approprt-
alton of 1896, l50 is asked for the year
1882 which exceeds the amount appro-
priated during the corresponding year OF
/, Mr.. Adams by very nearly 100000!
/ These startling facts, which of them
selves alone would coisgn any other ad-
mnistration than the present to lasting
disgrace, were brought forward by Mr..
Clayton of Delaware, in the recent de-
bate in the u. S. Senate on the General
! appropriation Bill. General Smith, Of
Mary yland, well known as one of the most
s,rmch supporters Of General Jackson
, in the Senate, remarked that these things
had "rother an ugly look ;"-and LIS
words, we think, must be responded by
every person, no matter what his political
g sentiments, who is not blinded by preju-
n dice, or made recipient of tins abused
e word, 'tretrenchment." The remark Of
Mr.. Smith is not malapropos to other cir-
= cumstances connected with this age Of
. corrupted words and works. "Rather
o an ugly look" is the mark of Cain which
e ought to be set upon more than one act
co existent with the present order Oh
things.
When we see a cabinet selected out Of
IIt1e CUOtCcSt~ VI P"'ty SO'A'S
together as a unit" and "blow itself out
at a blast" or dissolve itself into thin air,
with n one year from its appointment, we
are led in view of what may be the
IT'S caus,, to say the affair has rather an ug-
Nv ly look
IS. When we see the result Of boasted
'r "restoration of the West-lndia trade, y
claimed as a mark of the ,c;sdom Of a Ger.
tain administration, which in this para
an an graph, at least, shall be naIneiess, and
en- still this result consist in giving all oul
,at carrying trade to British bottoms, we are
he led involuntarily to exclaim, this business
U" has "rafher an ugly look"
ks When we see thousands Of individual.
Ior removed from Office for no other reason
., than their political opinions, to give
ny place to less competent persons, we art
led, in view Of that freedom Of opinioT
which belongs exclusively to, and con
r. situtes the very essence OF republican
: ism, to ask whether such things have no
n, he ''raiher an ugly look"
RI Where we see the faith Of solemn
ms treaties with the Indians disregarded ,an'
IA tribes driven from the lands Of their ia
&c Tiers, just to retain the electoral vote Q
m une a single state, we must pronounce 1t n
on affair with "roiter an ugly look"
o. When we see national Judiciary
venerable from the age and talent of il
-. Judges, and the strictness Of its justice
attempted to be overthrown barely to su
ted the purposes of a party, we must exclali
with every one else who cares more fe
. sthe welfare Of Rome than the glory {
- Cesar" verify this matter has "rath'
an ugly look"
6 And last, not least, when we see rN
D. fans and buIies way-l,y and fog tn
members of Congress for words spoke
in DEBATE, the mildest language we ca
use respecting it, is, that il has "ratht
an ugly look. ."-LnoeH Journal