Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-02-19
Richm,o.ld, Yllnrsday, E1cb. I9.
Mr. DEN'TONS SpEC(,jT

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place. in short time in the expenditures ofte Govern
ment and in the number of persons employed or sup
ported by it, The increase great but not great as
had been depiced and out of proportion to the
OF the population and wealth OF country for the same pc
riod, hut not Unfortunately the report Affirmed 1t
the object the report reduce this too reat ex
pendiiure and diminish the number of that vast null
tltude of ersons now paid, supported, of the
Federal Treasury In all this he concurred with the re-
port but he regretted, deeply and sincerely regretted
that II had not fallen within the scope of the Chairman
his subject to show the source and origin ofthee
great increases; that the blame, if any, should fall upon
the true authors and the genius of reform should know
where TO apply her correcting hand"
lie then proceeds to anayse the Report in the most
mastery style-Ie shows, that the Expenses and
patronage OF Internal improreat Cen jackson is free
from bame and that so far dimnution of patronage
mas resulted from the arestaton of the fatal and ruinous
part of this system he alone is entitled the exclusive
honor lilo shows, that to the wild increase of Re
roionary Pensions il WAS not President jackson who
produced all this' but the action of Congress under
Executive recommendations, commencing at period
with which the author OF this Report must be most am
liar and carried to the year lS2 when the system of
PROVISIONING received its climax in the law of that wear
and IN the production of consequences which ustons
and aiict the country He shows, that 50 far as the
removal fthe Indians and the purchase of the Indian
lands had increased the expenditures Of the Government
Generai Jackson IS entitled TO the highest honor
'And shall the expense of these measures the ex
pense OF freeing not only Mississippi but the whole
South and the entire northwest from the encumbrance
Of an Indian populations be down, without ex-
pianaton in grave Report Executive Patronage as
one oil the wastefu extravaganccs of the day which por-
tends the decline and fall OF the Repubc and CALI for
The trenchan hand ofcuting reform, and the indignant
yercictof public reprobaton?"-Mr. b. concurs with
the Report, in its general purport, in the great
anu striking augmentation which it presented of mo-
ney expended, and men employed or fed by the Fe
deral Governments and the necessity for great and
real retrenchment in both particulars; especially as
many of the objects for which they were incur
req were temporary in their nature, and evanescent
m nieir existence But, "ry these augmentations
(says he's examine them in detail, and you will find the
great expenditures for objects of questionable ,rotv
originated with others, while those of real
OF beneficial object, and clear constitutional proprety
owed their origin TO tue administration of President
Jackson; and what should be forgotten il was the
exercise Of the Veto power by President Jackson which
checked these exravagant expenditures of questionable
Objects for which he received unmeasurcd dcnunciation
And let the people mark il This same Presidents
now blamed just as much for not stopping as he was
blamed for stopping those wild expenditures"
lie then scathes that part of the Report which nfrms
that "the expense of the Government had doubled in
nine years, from 1895 1898 Never was wider nro
position presented to the intelligence of rational peo
pie not that the quantity money paid the last of
those two years and that exclusive of the public debt i'm
both instances reality double that of the for
mer, bat the allacy and deuson lay in this that those
great additional payments not for the loenses of
the Government not for ordinary usual current and
progressive expenditures but for unusual extraordinary
individual, isolated and anomalous objects occnrr;nS
cac and but once, finished forever when paid one time
some OF them impossible and others improbable TO occur
again. and, therefore, fit obc up among the cur
vetnn,ent." - -
!. Vie demonstrates this propositions and shows how dis
is a. he report had adopted the expenees of
lions which have hf paid out doriiio that
% pl iali upon any other such 100000 for
.iie niacK ffawk war; than 100000 refunded to
importing merchants for duties; B63 900 Maid ia c,;,
ants under The Convention with Denmark; .} 900 for
cAraordinary indian treat. 3, &c. SEciIe eramines
inc dismissons from offcc-and the enormous patron
age SAID by the Report have been acquired bv The no
lnoval OF the Dcposites into the State Ranks b,t h
now astonishing 1t was " that the President shouJ be
reproached with it in this Senate by the author of III;
report and the majority Of the Committee from which
~ came what IS the fact? exclaimed MIR B. Did moi
TINS Senate twice refuse at their t.esson 10
law 70 regulate the Opposite Banks ~ Did not the mao
rity OF TINS committee twice refuse TO pass bill for m
purpose pa not the author of the Report twice refuse
10 attempt to regulate these Banks Are not the votes
"a nesc feiusais recorded in journals preserved in
rican Peoplc2' y " ~ IAiiie
ne comes . next I" to the proposition in the Report to
uchu inc constitution for eight years TO enable Con-
gross To make distribution among tie States T,eTr;,o;
ana DsrIctof Columbia of the annual surplus of nnl;
money. ne surplus carefully calculated at S9O6OOOO
per annum for eight years lie asIIes the coalton in
the Senate for asserting that there win be Ibis Iar
surplus (making seventy two millions in years when
out me session before Ghe panic session they had a
tempted TO deceive the county bv nctnTcs Of , 1
leied distress aud absolute rain He attacks this nro
LOT distributing the surplus He incon
Stpty proves LIST, That there will not be this ALARMING
surplus to be divided secondly That there are df
suttng down the revenue if there was this surplus I'd
nat cre are constitutional objects of ppneraI u,;l;,
Ssuc as the necessary defence Of the coun,r and Az
Ihat there is no mode efficient for poisonng and CO..
r'Png the whole body polite as this verv mod ~ a.;
ioulhg large surplus revenue. This portion of the
speech IS skeched with masters hand-it strips off
h MT Sanouns arts and disgusesHe winds up with
" But the amendment is to be Temporary II il onlv
olast till 1872 What idea a tenpoyorv aItsra,;,1
IN Constitution made for endless ares Rui l,f ~, $50
MINK IL VIII he temporary, if once adopted MOI IL
S people once come to taste that blood if they once
Dr'ng themselves to the acceptance of money from, The
treasury, lhey are gone forever They win tok f,t
money I'D an Tune TO come; and he that promises most
IeceVes most votes The corruption Of the Romans the
"eV'uchDent OF the voters e venality of clectiona
ceunenced with the Trbunitial distributions of corn ont
OF inc public granaries; il advanced 10 The ,ier,,.;o
~ ne Spots OF foreign nations, brought homo t Ro,,o
ny victorious generals and divided out amone, to NO.
e ended IN bringing the spoils of tie country INTO
wy canvass or the consushp, and in putting Mo the din
oen OF empire itself to be knocked down Inv f bo,,or
pi conquered nations to distribute Her own trcosnr,
ler own iands-can alone furnish the fund BeCi1 +,
"hce no matter how upon what; surplus rovcn, tl
proceeds OF the lands, The lands the nselves M, not
l INC progress and The Issue Of the whole game II aa
inevitable as It is obvious Candidates bid Inc yoicrs
Hsleh ana plundercd aud plaged countrywide emniy
en- oi an inundated victm,is the prize and the spoiI
OF the last and the highest bidder 9P'"
e. As ODarles Gayarre the ncwlyclectcd Repnbl;can
a i OF louisiana, expressed himself in the speech
when nc delivered at The complimentary dinner ,i,,
MN ~ view Orleans the 25tl ult-n Who has cy,,sI
- ', ysefn OF bribery which meted out in Congress
81 e PuDc moneys to the different States in propoTfon
' hummer OF their votes and their poiical m, nor
~ system from which have specially ena.rcd
~, t 'u ennsy wanna, with their thirty and forty
sV'es s"aiowing up all the aDproprosions and ~,
lesVNS 20 Louisiana even the dreos of f,e Gun r.
wnom DO we owe that The world fae pot ,,iepeedd
hat most disgraceiu Of all scenes for nnsoosI ,r,J
eenu Paulousin, the States scrambnV and eot,hiIin,
l0f pttance from the General Govcrnmeni IL ~
Isany oeggariy cienisat the door Of Roman praors
,eiits1ny not 70 Mr. Clay in his Land Bill nor TO Mr.