Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-10
NEWS. POLITICS. &c.
GovERNMENr ECONOMY,

1 Ne enormous tHGtCHsS ~
nent expenditures since the present oc-
cupanis Of Office gained the asccndsn'
cy, has arrested the attention Of both
friends and opponents Of the admins
tration. The latter very justly con-
denim il as an abuse OF t:uSt and power,
while the former are laboring with great
zeal to give a plausible reason Why u
il tha, the increase has been SO rapid !;
ana thousands are the excuses given
for the wamlon aud expenditures made
by those who came into office with pro-
LESSONS of honesty and economy upon
their lips. John g. Adams was de-
nounced as extrayagant, and wastetul,
by the very same men who are now
racking their brains to invent excuses
which shall satisfy the people that i've
and thirty millions are not too much
for General Jackson and Martin Van
Buren, to spondl They have atiemp'
ted to show that the business OF the
country has increased since Mr.. Adj
ans went out of ollice-no one doubts
that; but they have failed to show,
for the very good reason that It IS
impossible--that the increase OF BUSH
ness has been any where near equal to
the increase Of expense. Finding that
excuse would not answer with the peo-
pie, they tried another, and another,
and another, until il was taonght that
the store house of their ,ngenoltics had
been well nigh despoiled offs contents;
but they kept on, until the present time,
and now they are laboriug with all dil-
gcnco to show that the wings are just
" chargeable with all the abuses IN
the way of extravagant expenses, that
are complained Of The wings, they
say, voted away the money that has
been sqnandered by the administration,
Notwithstanding il has been the pride
AMI the boast of the friends ofihis same
administration that their cause Is so
popular with tho people as to procure
them majority in both houses OF Con.
gress, with which they can manage
matters there in thor own way.
The following article, from the Co
lumbus, (O.) Journal, shows how
portion OF the peoples money has been
spent, by their reforming rulers. The
facts are drawn from high authority
even from the Secretary OF the Trea-
sury, Mr.. Levi Woodbury., a steunch
supporter of "thc parity" whose word
will not be disputed by any member
thereof. What the increase of bust
ness at the Offices mentioned, has been,
since Gen. Jackson's ascendancy, does
not appear--but the proportion which
the incomes Of the Offices bear to the
salaries of the officers, affords fair
spccinen ofthe manner in which eve
rything connected with the fiscal af-
fairs of the government has been man.
aged during the last an present admin
istratIons. /.
srhe Wing Central Committee Of
Muskingum county have prepared and
circulated several numbers OF a small
periodical, the columns Of which are
occupied with .facts, for the truth o.
which the committee wish it distinctly
understood they are PERSONALLY res
ponsible."
Under the head Of "7Ae corruptions
of the Administration" extracts are
given from data furnished Congress by
Mr. Secretary Woodbury., by which u
Is shown that 1927, 365 60 was paid
out Of the Treasury last year 10 coilec-
tors of the revenue more than the whole
amount collected the officers ! Is It
strange that the Treasury is bankrupt
AtSaco, Maine, -four revenue officers
received more than fifteen hundred
dollars, while they did not collect one
cent ofreyeune
AT Edgartown, Mass, six revenue
officers, Of whom three received two
thousand FIVE hundred dollars, collect
cd only hceniy: fDc cents
At New London, six officers were
employed, who were paid in 1886 more
than four thousand dollars, while the
amount they returned as collected by
them was one d0ilar nineteen cents!
AtSt. Mary's, two officers were paid
f,celre hundred and thirty.sir dollars,
and collected only one dollar and h'r-