Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1838-08-01
For the Constantine Republican.

MI Euitor-Hhving touched III my last coin-
munication, upon the general principles Of the
anti-dcmocratic party, q shall not attempt to fill
out this sheet with the different names they have
adoptcd,) and the just causes which the democ-
racy had for checking executive patronage and
power, will proceed TO show, that they were
not only DESTROYS of it in an administration
where the fear of the people alone restrained its
abuse, but who were also DESTROYS of il in demo-
cratic administration. And that not only its or
binary expenses did not proportionably exceed
Mr.. Adams, but that measures were proposed
whereby those expenses should be still reduced.
| If Mr.. b. had intended anything like fair
ness in his discussion. he would have compared
the expenses Of some of tho first years of Presi-
dent Jackson's administration, with Mr.. Adams,
when the receipts from imposts and lands were
something like equal but no, that was not cal
culatcd to further his ends-his object WINS, as
an enlisted soldier to advance something to
build up the party but here facts were against
him. And we find as late as 1885, the expenses
Of the. government were only Sl7.573,1 4l So,
and that the appropriations for Notifications ar
my and navy amounted to s ,255,25l &C. And
We should recollect that Mr.. Adams appropria-
tons for these wore small. 1t is true that tho
expenditures of the government for 1897,
ana 1895, were greater than t,IvsS of ieao, ana
| the reasons are SO obvious that they hardly re-
quirc to be mentioned. In the first place, very
near one half of tho expenditures for 1887 and
'3s, were swallowed up in the protection of our
frontiers, and tho carrying on of an Indian war,
which in 1928 was unknown. In the second
place, tho people knew that the treasury was O.
verfowing with their money which they could
dispose of to advantage. The people of Mchi-
gan asked for new roads and post-offices They
wanted new harbors, and tho old ones improved
and enlarged. They wanted the Indian claims
within the state purchased, and the Indians re-
moved. Other new states and territories wanted
the same. with canals and public buildings. The
people of the older states must have extra mail
privileges, men of business wanted more speedy
communication. The stockjobber and the
mountebank had ascertainod that a political
ncghbor, who run an express had become tho
greatest stock-swindlor in town. and new rail-
roads and telegraph stage lines must be establN h.
cd. The mercantile portion of community must
have trade protected, the navy should be in
creased, the coasts diligently guarded and the
harbors new-modcllcd. All this was asked by
the people, not the party, and being asked by the
people, to whom the money belonged, it was the
duty of their representatives to listen and acqui-
cisco. If they had disregnrded these petitions,
they would have been branded with every oppro-
brious opthet which wing (nodcrn) malice could
have devised; but they saw that they were
founded in Justice, and granted them. What
then? The same envenomod tongue ofslander-
the same vile cpithcts have boon hesped upon the
administration, and the cry of executive misrule'
raised TO render it odious with the people. Why
10 tl,i. . Wac ii not in aooordanoo with tho poo
pies wish Has any state received moro than
it ought from the government ? Each one will
answer, no. Why then tho cry? Franklin has
told u.s. because 'thero is a principle in man,
which loves his neighbours wrong;'
" Hence mali gnant scandal, eage's pinions A.,
Whilst virtuous actions are only born to die"
Where is the smisrule p Where the great abu-
scs which Mr.. b. has revealed IL neyer ioas.
Ask the winds, and tell them to weep for scan-
DIAL, her champion struggles; truth, which is
death to such, will soon overtake him.
We will next examine the expenditures and
pay of the officers under the government. From
Mr.. BIS. own recital, it appears by Enumeration
that the whole aggregate sum payed to these, in
1888, over and above that payed out by Mr..
Adams is something over one hundred thousand
dollars admitting at the same time, that tho pay
anG expenses Of tho commanding general, quar-.
tcrmaster. general, and Indian department, with
their clerks, messengers, commissioners, ct cet,
amounting to upwards of twenty five thousand
dollars, was not included in his Enumeration
thus reducing it to seventy five thousand dollars
And what honest man, untrammeled by party
influences, but what is willing to admit that the
extra expenditures Of seventy five thousand dol
lars throughout our several departments, wher
the business of those departments has nearly
doubled, Expresses instead of extravaganza, OK
trcms economy If they have any doubts lei
them examine Mr.. b. little farther.
The state department. in 1925 always care
full to compare the least of Mr.. Adams annua
expenditures with the highest that has followed
sincc,) included the patent Office and the whole
number of clerks was sixteen tho salary ant
compensation of tho Secretary and clerks wai
S27,75O. And the whole number Of clerks now
employed, in the state department and patent
Office, (Which, by tho by, are now distinct,
is forty-their joint salaries and compensation
amount to S56,000. The secretary of the trcas
ury, in tho year 1923, employed eight clerks ant
two messengers. His salary and their compen
sation amounted to Sls,6OO. Tho present sec
rotary of that department employs fftcon clerks
and two messengers. His salary and theirs a
mount TO $4,000
BY this we sec, that though The business of th'
: departments has increased, tho compensation o
J i,s clerks has not increased with il. He like
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