Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-05-26

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lar. with the view of "conflning the action
N the federal government"--as Mr.. Van
I'm asQured US in his letter TO Sherrod
<rI;lI;oms--"to the creation OF coinn'--
,uhsn he should come into power, we were
."red by Mr.. Van Buren,, the candidate,
n hat he should ask of the states would
TO give "free chance of circulation
the coin that he was to "create" And
"a about Twelve month, behold not coin
The Golfers Of the government--and the
.ales are called upon TO give free chance
circulation to $20,OoO,oOo Of irredeem-
bic paper!
Here we see that in the course Of a sin
le wear, in addition TO the accruing and
AVAILABLE revenue, this cheap, retrenching,
Seforming, economical administration, has
Axpended the Unprecedented amount Of
Aa9 900! And in this desperate f.
nancial crisis, what course is pursued by
the tory parly2 Do we see any effort at
hitting down the national expenditure2--
I1b we sec any aid or cooperation render
IA to The wings, in their movements lorin-
Lily into the causes Of this extravaganza,
"a the means of remedying it2 When
IL. Wise stated on the floor the gross inn
bstions, abuses and frauds that wore
factised by the Florida contractors--and
emanded investigation--how was he met
What assistance did he receive from the
majority in the house? The same assis-
hnce that no received last year in his in
Sestigation ofthe executive departments
BE assistance of the gag law, of conceal
hent and suppression!
The administration Of Mr.. Adams ex-
pended $l2,000,OO0 per annum, and was
Dubverted by Mr.. Cambreleng and his CO.
hdjutors on the score Of its arlstocratic and
Useless expenditure. To realize his idea
of a simple and economical government,
general Jackson raised the annual outlay
n to some $36, 000,0 00-but this was at
period of immense recei pts from the lands
and customs, and when the ingenuity
of these cheap democrats was taxed
10 "get rid Of the surplus" But that
day has passed, and we are $20,000,000
I'M debt. The country is prostrated.-l
There is every inducement to the most RI
I'D economy. 1t is not many years since
ene Of Gen. Jackson's secretaries calcula-
ted that the average annual expenditures
opght to be about $16,000,000. This is
d sufficient liberal allowance. II is 25
per cent. above the demands of Mr.. Adams
administration. But $30,O00,o00 will not
answer for Mr.. Van Buren,, and if we are
70 carry out allthe pet projects which he
has now on the carpet, $25,000,O00 per
annum will be but molty of his expendi-
ture.
The Florida war has cost us some $780,
1900, and unless his successor is even
more INSCRIPTIONS than Gen. Jessup, it
viii cost US some $20,000,000 more. Add
10 this the repetition Of the same scenes
~ the Cherokee country that have been
enacted in Florida-another executive
war--another slaughter Of hundreds of
our gallant soldiers, in all odious service
another addition of $90,000,000 to the
long column of appropriations for Indian
hosliities. But thee advisers of this
bankrupt administration are not contented
with two Indian wars; Mr.. Senator WALK
Err is bent upon immediate hostilities
with Mexico, and Mr.. Senator BUCHANAN
is for bringing about the same result,
'sslowly but surely" With no resources,
and rapidly augmented debt--congress
has been occupied some five months in dis
GUESSING the best mode to keep, and devil
sing the quickest mode to spend money
ihat they have not got, and they have no
respect of getting, but by the issue of
rAper of the old continental tenor
When Congress came together the pres
lent should have forthwith directed their
nltenlon to the necessity Of retrenchment
Immediate retrenchment in all the de-
partments of national expenditure. In
lead Of keeping up its system Of extrava-
Rance by the aid of credit; hard money
government should have practiced the
Economy which it recommends to the
people. Instead of maintaining fastidi-
BUS prosperity, and seeming ability, by
The issue Of its irredeemable promises to
pay, the government should hsv Ut the
example of curtailing unnecessal. ttlay,
Of diminishing useless expenditures, of
living within its means, Of "acting up the
sentiments it professed." But this would
not have cramped and crippled the cleo
tioneering resources Of the administration.
Il would have effsc.ualIy destroyed all
hopes of regaining its lost ascendancy.--
There would have been less money to ex-
lend in the N. York eection--if tho sala-
lies Of the ofice-holders had been diminish
"a twenty per cent. There would have
been fewer electioneering agents for Mr..
Hoyt, If the $50 unemployed retainers in
Die custom house Of New York had been
ismissed. Carry this same reasoning
through every branch Of the government
patronage, and we shall readily under
stand the motives which have induced this