Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-06-27

Erom mr. Uoshngtoa TithgrapA.
PROMISE OF JAGkSONlSN.

We call the attention Of our readers to a few
short extracts from a speech of Mr., Rivcs, made
towards the close Of the administration Of Mr..
idam.. They will see what Jacksonism wa,
HcH. What it is mar. the columns of the Globe,
and the speeches Of Members Of Congress, afford
a specimen in bright contrast.
&" But, sin to return TO the subject OF olr public
expenditures, would say to the honorable gentle
man from PENNSYLVANIA tlnt the true mode pftcst-
ing the economy Of our government, al any given
period, is not 10 compare its expenses with those
Of a foreign government, but with It's oua at some
anlcccdcnt period, Now, sir, if We do this, we
shall find that during Mr.. Jcncrson's admini,tra-
ton, in 1892, lor example, the whole expenditures
Of the government, exclusive OF the payments TO
TIM public lcht, Amounted 10 S3,137 go; Wlilt
the sam, elas, of expenditures during the year
1870, according to the last Treasury report, a.
mounted 10 $1,000, BIG. Here, then, we had an
increase Of expenditure equal to $50 per cent. il
less thau - Years, which, after making every al
lowancc for the growth OF the country, and the eN-
pansion of It's institutions, does seem to me to b,
di,proporlionate aud extravaganza"
This was jarhsonism in 1897. An cxpcndt
tine OF hittcR million, was e~lttdraeaHtI Wei!
what IS it now ; an expenditure of eighteen millions
III one year-tmfaty-thiee millions in another
nineteen in anulher~-is ccoRomicai and frHgR,
anu y IL kopl "a W. Nlt lhUhlib VI llt tdit lFN
take oftle peoples money. And even the CON
t%emplatcd expenditure of some f0rtV OF Gfg mil
lions is pronounced to rcrV economical by those
who started back at the ofraraeaHce of cxpen-
dine Hvteca millions.
Again
q" Sir, | may have fears upon tins subject,
which Iirmpr minds can and do rcpci but il has
long been my opinion tlat there is "A decided ten
drucy in onr government to n dangerous and dis
propnrtionatc accumulation of power in the TX
ecutiyo branch, and that mOndrchg is the eulhana-
STA of our political system. Gentlemen who tat
these fears as altogether visionary, and those cs-
prciallv, who like the DISTINGUISHED member from
Pennsylvania, consider patronage a disadvantage
rather than an aid To an administration, lave not. |
am persuaded, explored the full extent and range
Of this powerful engine, in the magnitude which ii
has, At present, attained"
Well This was JoeL son Dcmocracy in 1927
what is il now : Look At the Globe look NJ the
party press Look to the proccedingso OF Congress
" e sec there members openly declaring that they
were elected 10 sustain the Executive. We see
one mcmhrr openly proclaimlug that he glorics in
- wearing the collar OF the Executive. We sec
the Senate denounced because they did not ON thc
last night of a session vote ancnormouS and unusna'
appropriation on secret iniimation of the Exrcn-
tive. What has become of all their fears of ten
dcncy Ia an accumulation OF power in the ENecl-
tivc2 All gone Laughed at rs dristorratic0i, as
fedraH And il Mr.. Rivcs or any other man OF
the party, or OF any party, was TO rise in the Sc
nate or in the House of Representatives, and make
such a speech as thi, Of MIR. Riycs, he would be
denounced as a tcderdAst, is an mriStocrat-as an
anarchist, wishing to ovcrtaln the Government.
Aeaju:
MANY person, have hastily supposed that
the natreaauc III the Executive consisted extensive
" III appointments 10 office. lIut an ccouallv, i
not more important branch of patronage, consist,
in the disposition of public moneys through the
medium of contracts made under the direction o
the Executive.