Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-05-24

49, ''' AbA HiilNf I " 'itifNt ns
ton aud take post ON the side OF the People
l GU now censufe a small appropriation TO purchase
some additional furniture toI the Presidents house
but you Will furnish that house in luxurious style
Tor ten. Jackson, who will be succeeded by Nh.
' an Buten aud he, not content with the second
hand furniture Of his predecessor. will cast il OIL and
make his entry INTO that edliiee, with one appfopria-
uoh OF af,5Oo Tor alterations Of the house and super
iniendenoe OF the grounds, aud another appropriation
ol s2u,ooo Tor new furniture and this, toe, in the
very yeat when Sour public treasury will be bank
fnpt. \ on vii increase the expenses of foreign
missions, and suffer ,our Ministers 10 return home
on such service Is viii show their appointments 10
have been made ipt individual gam rather than public
good. Noa will increase the contingent expenses oil
this House from $4,000. the present annual amount.
10 S2lu.ou0. You will add 10 the like expenses OF
the Senate and TO all other public eN expenditures IN
the same ratio; and the sum total for the whole
eiall list and ordinary appropriations Of the Go.
Herennent, which is now ST.. l63,13s, will be in
creased from time to time under your boosted re
iarm, until II shall exceed thirty millions per year !
You now question the tight of a Department to
purchase a PRINT or likeness oil the immortal Wash
Ihgton, but viii decorate every room IN all the De
paftmrnts with portraits of Martin Van Buren,.
You viii, by means OF Inc" Office holders" the " en-
listed soldiers as YOU have lust called them. bring
the patronage OF the General Government into con
lllct with the freedom of elections. and you will re-
sist the bill that shall be brought in 10 secure the
freedom Of those elections. Non, Mr.. Randolph,
VIII 20 upon WlIal You tlnW can Il = S|eeftleSS ef ana,
AMI latter salutIng the Emperor OF Russia, will make
a pleasant soloufn IN " old England, = and return 10
your estate IN Virginia. \ on. Mr.. buchanan, viii
become an - office holder and enlisted soldier 90
on the very mission to Russia, which you are now
censuring, and will pocket the SlS 600 Tor" a twelve
month and a days service. GU, (o the gen
tlelnan from New lork,f Mr.Cambrelcng. will
oppose aud vote against the very measure which
you now report and recommend. ion reducing
the pay OF members, as a means OF shortening
the session of Congress. \ on, Mr.. Stevenson,
will be made Speaker of the House, and APP
point It's committees, and dispense ITS rules, with
the promise OF 4 foreign mission in your peck
Ct. \ on, Mr.. Benton, will vote to lay o" the table
the bill winch You now report 10 take the patronage
OF the press from the Government, aud your repols
ON Executive patronage, with It's SIX accompany
me- bills, SO lmposiugly introduced, will prove 10
lave been but Is, sounding brass aud %tinhlIng GYM
balls ~ You, Mr.. Van Buren,, who now as 4 mem
Der OF the committee on Executive patronage, re
port a bill requiring reasons To be assigned ior re
moving an incumbent from Office, will be made Sec
rotary OF State, and IN due time President, but, from
the moment you obtain power, you will forget your
bill, aud mol only violate but refuse TO be governed
by lis principles, You, Mr.. Dickerson, also a
member OF that eommmltiee. will be made Secretary
OF the Navy but the Department will be SO ms
managed under yodr direction, that II will be nuly
sud Of You, on TIM floor Of Congress-, q there is none
30 poor As TO do linn reverence" lou, Mr.. Wood
bUfy, viii take fist the Navy and thcn the Treasury
Department, aud under your supervision, an attempt
to I%Hnape Tie People with the promise Of an eXclu-
Ste hand money currency viii result IN the Danish
nlenr Of al specie, i bankrupt Treasury, and acr-
culaton Of SHIN pla>tcrs AID Treasury notes.
%lanagIaf, then Al. s eahcr such a response TO lave
been made al the period of time wliIcl have sug-
sested. What would lave been your reply, aud what
would Nh. Buchanan, who made the %scrptual allu-
sion, have SAID ! Mothinks ! ala ost see and hear him
exeiaIm, Is Thy servant a dog that he should do tins
tling !
Wcare told hat Notwithstanding the Indignation
of lIazael, he reached the throne of Syria by mur-
deIcfing the King his master, and soon committed
all The cuollnltles lorelold by the prophet.
Sir, ! tear thai, in despite ol the ptolcstatIons Of
Amos Kendall, the PROMISED - reform was" an
empty sound" :" intended to apply merely to a
change of men" But leave it for this House and
Tor the People OF tins country To judge whether
their confidence has not been betrayed, and their
hopes disappointed.