Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-06-06
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THE PROSPECT BEFORE rs

- " 49, d" ''ioit extensively at knowledrol
III this country than it is at present. VIII
were IN debt, the people called for cconon,. -
public expenditures, and every scmbl,nco :,
ua'agance was vigIlantly watched, prom,,l,
posed, and furnished theme of uninte,r,,..,
tnpefatIon, Tor all the watch-dogs Of the ,r.,..,.'
from the far-iamed Congressional " commo. -
reirenchmcnt' down to the bv % Eehdon,a,.
OF the party, which then, with Jackson =, ~.
head, raised alott- the banner of "Fconon,,.
Reiorm - Bat now, what do we bchold1 I..I
son is at the head Of the Executive and II.
porters constitute amajority Of both branches
Legislative Department of the govcrnmen,--n,,
where IS their ancient flag, with It's 4, n,,roa;..r
motto 1t no longer futrrs in the brcovo# J..
on the contrary, his leading and co,fdan,;-,
friends, having hauled it down. have sc;zo1 ...a
the keys OF the treasury with a deatl-lko o,,..
and plnnging their greedy paws into the vaul,,
seem determined never to relax .hcr Io,d =,
til not dollar of .;nSmpins' remains TO We, ,ls;r
wits in its disposal to disturb their patriot, So
hc't'dr as to It's effects upon the morals of the no
pie Themselves too pure 10 be corrun,oa a..
Bentons, Walkers, Cambrcengs, &c. are dl;,oa,
employed IN de'lslng ways and means" where.
by the Scvcnty-odd millions of dollars. vlich ,,,o
receipts Oh Tie present year, added TO the Sur,,,
OF the last, will have carried into the trr,.nr, H..
the lst OF October next, may be retained in ,b,;r
own hands, lest, orsoorh, its distribution amooo
the several States, on the plan recommendoa T.,
Gen. JachsonIn his earlier and better days. should
corrupt the pcoptet' Truly, their estimate Of
the public virtue is about as correct as their onn;on
OF tleir own incorrupiibility.
SO tar as tie MONEY only is concerned. we for
one, should be willing that the Surplus now in the
treasury, Or which may hereafter be there. sbouI,
be thrown INTO the ocean. True, we should pre-
Ter to see II distributed among the States, to be an
piled by them to the prosecution of works of inter-
nal Improvements, to the endowment of schools
and colleges, and TO the encouragement of the arts
and scicnces-But, if this cannot be done if
those Who get these monies in possession will no,
consent thus to distribute them we should vastly
prefer to STE them losf, rather than TO be expend-
ed upon objects, which, so far from being bencG-
cal, will prove sore and bitter evil to the CONN.,
Try. In such ligiH, especially, do we regard rl,
Bentonian scheme of terrifying our inland and o.
&c mtronticrl aproect not more magnificent in con.
cePton than impracticabc in its accomplishment
anl dangerous to the full extent of It's practicable
". We cannot, If ne woa erect chain of forts
ON every assaiIahe point of our wlely-exended
frontier nor should we do 50, if we could. 1t
would require hundreds OF millions Of dollars to
build the walls alone to say nothing of the cannon
which must briSte through their PORTFOLIOS, md the
immense standing army which would be neccssa-
ry to keep them in IA state ofrepar. And after all ,
they mlght,-nay, in process of time, they would.
-be diverted from their original purpose of de-
tenslvc war, to the destruction of the public lber
ties We are glad to be able to quote, in conob-
Grafton OF our own views on this subject, the i'm
pressve remarks of Mr.. KING, of Georgia, de-
eide supporter Of tue administration, but who sees
as we do, that are 50 SOW iig Notifications (tc
borrow AN idea of Senator Critenden's, J like dra
CONS teeth, over the land, from which ho is OF
myrmdons will spring up, to cat out the substance
OF the citizens'
We be- attention to Mr.. Kings remarks
speaking oil the contemplated works, he SAYS:
he whole Of them if adopted, would require
at least one hundred millions to begin with. One
bureau recommended nearly thirty millions for
providing munitions of war alone the forica
ions proposed by another Bureau, and recon-
mehded by the Military Committee would cost
near lorty millions more, and he had noticed that
IN the debate IN the other House twenty 1.-TWO mil
lions was spoken of to arm the militia. The stand
ln9 army was to be extensively increased and as to-
depotS, afmorles and arsenals, they were almost
without number, as their cost was beyond compu-
tation.
: 1t would require some Hutton to give us tho
sum total Sir, said he to consider the past poll
cy OF the Government and look at the documents
on your table, and the views given US from various
quarters, one would think he had been dreaming
he wise policy of allowing our citizens to pros
per IN the enjoyment of the fruits of their labor,
was to be changed Every thing seemed to look
to vast military establishments.
Now, said Mr.. NJ, what | wish understood is,
'iia' protest against all these schemes ofhesvy
expenditures for permanent establishments. They
would not only absorb the surplus, but heap new
burdens upon us, and curse posterity with tariffs
ana taxes. We had been reminded of the system
OF iuriihcaions recommended by w Washington, ana /
ASKED why they could not increase now in pro-
portion to our wealth and population. This
was strange argument. Should we increase
Inc nurses OF the infant as he approached the
years OF maturity! Should we quadruple them
after ne had become entirely capable of taking
care OF himself! We were able now to meet on
equal terms any power on the face of the EARTH
and all the powers OF Christendom united could not
send suilicnt force across the Atlantic to gam
d dangerous footing upon our soil. And yet, IN