Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-07-26
MIR. BONDS SPEECH.


Great efforts have been oaadc TO neutralize the in
huence of this invaluable document, but they have
all been ineleciua-because the facts which he
states are drawn from official records The testi
mony which he addnccs against the administration
Is tutN1ped by It's own officers and if his state
ments, therefore, are untrue, they are to blame lol
furnishing him with the materials from which they
have been famed.
As an illustration Of the means icsortcd 10. for
The purpose Of destroying the effect of Mr. Bombs
speech, we may refer to the following paragraph in
the fincastle Democrat, of which it would be diff
cult to say whether it be more remarkable 70,
the mpudence or ignorance which it DISPLAYS
That paper remarks that Mr. Bonds speech is one
OF the most extraordinary productions of this mos,
extraordinary age'-and then adds:
" lie speaks Of the Expenditures of the Govern.
ment, under the late Administration as p,otlira,e.
and extravagant those under Mr.. Adams's ad
mlnslration as " economical" He is particularly
careful to keep out OF view the causes of that IN
crease. lie does not hint at the large sums thai
have been appropriated 10 the extinguishment e
the Indian tile TO land within the limits ofthe States
aud TO the removal otthe Indians west of the Missis
slppl Not one word in regard to the appropriations
Tor the suppression Of Indian hostitcs-and the
payment OF Revolutionary Pensions. The Expen-
"'tuioS VI AudllS CHctuSlrc OF the Public
Debt while those Of Gen. jackson incl4{e those
payments, and which were much larger under his
Administration than that of its prcdct essor. This
iact wlIl SHOW how much reliance is to be placed
upon the statements which Mr.. Bond has laid before
ihe American peopIe-and tins is fair sample of the
cdndour displayed throug hout the entire speech"
The most charitable construction which we can
place upon this false commentary is, that the writer
OF it had never read Mr. Bonds speech, which he
pretends to crcizc-lor, SO Far from keeping out
OF view the causes Of the increase Of public expcn-
dnures, he details these causes with most elaborate
mnuteuess Indeed, this is the great excellence OF
his speech. Instead Of con,cntng himself with
bare comparison Of expenditures between the pre-
sent and late administrations, and their immediate
predecessor, he shows that the increased expendi-
tunes, during the last niue years. have been occasion
ed by the most marked contempt OF the principles
upon which Gen. Jackson and his friends cleo.
toncered for Office aud that in every instance in
which they complained Of the ptoGgacy Of Mr.. Al-
ams's expenditures, and promised rctrcnchment
they have not only iasided their pledges, but alb
solntely augmented The specific expenditures Which
they promised to reduce.-As to cur Indian relations
Revolutionary Pensions, &c. expenditures on ac-
count OF which are not confined TO the last niue
years. as this editor to suppose, even deduct
all these from the aggregate OF expenditures, in each
year, and the expenditures of the government will
have swelled beyond all fair proportion and all
former precedent.
But What shall we say of the remark of the Fin
castle editor, that the tabular statements of the " ex-
renditures Of Mr. Adams are eIcluSirc Of the Public
Debt, while those ofGen. Jackson include those pay
that "they are much larger" under the
latter than the former administration? We hope he
was ignorant of the that these assertions total
y destitute oftruth In the statements referred to- Il
Ia 10th cases and the sums annually appropriated to
the liquidation Of that debt were not larger during
Jachsons than they were during Adams's ad minis
tration VIII the Fncasile paper correct its
table, which we have no idea however, that it will
have courage or candor enough to publish showing
the aggregate expenditures OF the several admnstra-
lions, from 1889 to 1893, ercluSirc of the public
including the expenses and arrearagcs of the last
war with Great Britain. it will be seen that the
eight years fGen. Jackson's administration cost the
country, though period Of uninterrupted peace,
Except few months of Indian wary as much as Mr.
Aladsons administration, though during the latter
we were involved in protracted struggle with the
most formidable nation upon earth ! Let the Fin
castle editor look at it, aud then to supper with
what appetite he may".