The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-04-01


men are losing al sense Of the response
bilisy that habits Of rigid economy en-
force.
Sir. when I first came TO Congress. ifa
proposition had been introduced requiE.
ing the expenditure Of thirty millions in
military defences. il would have been
laughed 10 scum. The mover would
have been derided - the merest moon"
struck visionary. All would have seen
then. a. they must now. thai IL is imPos-
sible 10 lay out that amount annually;
that the requisite skill aud the necessary
labor cannot be procured. il YOU had The
power Of Midas 10 convert The mountains
into solid gold. YET. this is the natural
downward course. Twelve years ago.
The annual expenses Of Government we're
under ten millions Under this Admi-
nisiralion. which came into power with
such lavish promises Of economy. and
pledges 10 bring back the Government
IN The cheapness. simplievy. and purity
Of is earlier and better days. the expen-
dilnre has inrFeased 10 \ sum largely
above iwenly millions. and in the future
we may expect 10 see those expenses ex'
coed thirty milli"ns year. Is there the
slighies, Necessity for this increase! None
al al. l. il possible that the people
would tolerate this state of things. if They
were fully awakened 10 il! Sir, the
Treasury must he reduced. or this GOV
ernmenl will sink in,n prOhigacy. and It's
reiainers into utter corruption. But tell
YOU. sir. and tell the people from my
place here. that this Administration and
its active crops Of supporters will not sui
feFihis money to be taken out OF their
hands. tell the people that the ADM.
nisiration will not suffer the States aud
the people to take and enjoy their own
money. tell the people that every plan
OF equal distribution Of this surplus Urea.
sure. that is not now needed, thai is "
ing idle TO be scrambled for, will be re.
sisted to the death by the Administration
aud its loyal supporters. tell them that
the frieads oflhe Administration will vote
for the most extrayagani appropriations.
exceeding far, very FAR. in amount, the
most extrayaganl ever known heretofore.
with the view OF reducing this surplus as
much as possible. aud Tor the purpose OF
expending il among It's retaIners and EN-
ployees. for works but liule needed. if
a. all. | say tn the people. mark this
prediction. aud see il II shall not be veri
fed tn the letter. ! tell them that these
unspproprIaIed SURPRISES are of uo use
10 any one, except to the deposIle banks:
and that 10 them Ihey serve as precisely
so much capital. upon which they trade
and make profit exactly as IL they were
their own. ] tell the people thai in this
way thu Administrator holds . power
over Ihlny ar iorly banks 10 Ihr differ
ent states. that. IL rxerled, would crush
three i1urths ni the number IN dav. |
tell them that power uf life aud death
over thirty "r forty banks is pow er over
the directors. stuckhulders. and their debt.
ors Ia greater nr less degree. |, Is 4
power. TO a great exteat over TIE money
concerns Of the country. aud oyer liou
sands and tens of Thousand. Of our people
Task the people whether this power tabu
sed ar not, or 10 he abused or null ~ not
ton great and dangerous a power to be
lodged in the hands Of anv man, | ask
the people whether these privileged cor.
porations are better entitled to have the
use Of the public money and to make
profit out Of II, as il Il were their own,
than the States and the people Of the
States, by the sweat Of whose brOws il
was earned!
And yet the banks will keep il The
States and the people will not be permit
ted to have il equally distributed during
this Administration. SIR. il Is not in the
nature or temper Of power to surrender
any Of its advantages. if this money
were gwen up, there might not any lon
ger be inducemen, for thousands and tens
Of thousands of those now engaged in the
work, TO continue their efforts To appoint
the successor, to make the Baltimore no.
mnee the next President.
Ii the Land bill were permitted TO pass,
this money would be handed over 10 the
States, for the use Of the people Of the
States. More than nine hundred thou.
sand dollars would Immediately 90 to my
own State. In internal improvement.
education. railroads, and the many other
beneficial forms in which it might be APP
piled, ii would give prodigious impulse
to the wealth, prosperity, and happiness
Of the people Of tina, State. Really il
seems that this surplus and useless public
money had as well 90 to the use Of The
people Of the States, TO make them pros.
porous and happy. as To go to the use Of
the banks to build up overgrown fortunes
for the stockholders. But our venerable
President thinks otherwise; and what Sc.
nator shall dare to call himself the friend
Of the President, if he dare to think diff
ferenlly!
The Senator from Missouri (Mr. Ben.
tom distinctly says that this gigantic
scheme Of national defence was introduc-
ed expressly 10 defeat the Land bill, and
a