Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-07-30
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| Thirty eight and half millions of dollars in one
year, Aud this, too, to be squandered by party who
complained OF the expenditure Of thirteen millions
per annum, by the administration, which they over
threw, mainly by charging il, with unnecessary ex-
travagance aud who of course promised to cut down
those expenditures to that narrow scale becoming
what they were pleased to call the ~ simple ma
chine" OF a Republican people Alas, that there
should be such wide sulph between profe: sion
and practice.
We would suggest TO the" Democrat" at Fin
castle, that in the appropriations of 1888, there
d" Public Debl" to be paid otf-bnt the vast aggre-
gate. gilmore than 3s millions. which the Rich
mond Enquirer admits to be startling" is to be
appropriated the necessities ofour " sim
pie machine" under the guidance of the par ercel.
lance Economical party
The Richmond Enquirer, however. in publishing
this startling" exhibition ofwas,eful prodigality
the part Of the administrators Of the government,
endeavors to turn the current OF public reflection
from the evils which il admits TO exist, TO others
from which it alleges that we have escaped. Ad-
hitting that the expenditures have become unusual
y large, it exclaims, with well-afected simplicity,
But what would have been the situation OF tho
Treasury, fthe policy Of Mr.. Clay had been suffer-
ed TO prevail !! We can only infer VIVA. 1t 0onea
hare BEEN from what it 1cas when Mr.. Gays poll
cy, the Enquirer is pleased to call IT, did prevail.
When Mr.. Clay was the first member ofthe Cabinet,
the expenditures Of the government were th'iteen
millions of dollars per annum: The Enquirer aud
its coaborers the work of overthrowing that ad-
ministraton, even though il pure as the an
ucIs in Heaven CHARGED / with eXtraya-
gance. and promised, fthe people would pu, them
into power, they would diminish federal patronage.
by cutting off number of useless offices, and that.
to that extent, they would lessen the annual drain
upon the public purse. The people took them at
their word They displaced Mr.. Adams; and Gen.
Jackson, he stood in the Eastern portico Of the
Capitol, to take upon himself the solemn RESPONSE
biliiies OF the station which he had earnestly COW
eted, and which he had eachedb the unstn'ed use OF
pledges, since wilfully broken, or unredeemed be-
cause they could not be complied with, ostentatousy
displayeda flag, with "Rerenchment and Reform =
written in conspicuous letters upon its broad o'u''
And this is the end. Instead of13 millions per an-
mum, the National Treasury is taxed with 30 "'''-
lions Of dollars And when this conlessed|y "s1ar'-
ling fact is announced to the people, one o' mo
ole" Retormcrs" is mpudent enough, to ask "n''
would hare been the Of the Treasury II Gays
policy had prevailed. If the people had "'e'
well enough alone" Clays policy would have eA-
pended no more in 1888 than il did in 1925 unless
indeed, extraordinary appropriations should hs''
been rendered necessary by extraordinary contingent
cies in the latter year, not known TO the former.
Of like character is the whole Of the EnquIrers
jesuitica article on this subect-especially that
portion oft which refers to Gen. Jacksons veto o.
the Maysvc Road bill. by which, it alleges, he cut
short 10 great extent the system of internal I'M
provements by the general government. There new
er was a more outrageous attempt than that very
same to gull, deceive and mislcad the peoP'e'
for, at the very session at which the hentufHy 'o'u
was vetoed, for reasons, as many persons oche'e'
clusively personal to Mr.. Clay, hundreds Of 'hou-
sands Of dollars were appropriated to works OF III
ternaI improvement, in other States, win INC 'p'
probation Of Gen Jatkson,--wo,ks having no pr
tensions to "a national character, '-muc" "'''