Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-06-23

"" eAASS yS0L ava HAA"NO1 $3.50
it as extravaganza.
The Blue Book of 1887, shows the Ma
Wy Department, under the reformer Mr..
Dickerson, to have paid $9,557 20 for
printing in two years!
/ Mr.. Bond cites Mr.. Kendall's complaints
against his predecessors, for subscribing
for newspapers at the public expense--the
whole number being lG Mr.. Bond reads
from the Post Master Generals contingent
Expenses, a list Of twenty papers, now re.
ceived by him at subscription Of 200 dol
lars, for which the public pay. We ex-
tract several items.
Southern Literary Messenger, $40 90
N York Journal Of Commerce, 10 90
Allephanv Democrat. IL 90
pennsvlyanian. 8 90
Indian Biography, 90
Metropolitan Magazine, OO
8 copies Of the Daily Globe, 80 90
Richmond Ennuirer. s 90
We close our abstract of Mr.. Bonds
speech by laying before the reader the ell
oquent and forcible remarks with which
that gentleman submitted the subject "to
the House and to the People" We call
upon the latter to weigh well the testimo-
ny here adduced. That they have been
cozened and hoodwinked by the spend
Thrills at Washington City, none can
doubt, after perusing the speech OF Mr.
Bond.
Mr.. Bond says:
Sir, has not the country been disappoin.
r ted? Have not the People been deceived
and allured, by specious and vain proml'
I ses?-Has not the Federal Executive pat.
l ronage, nordinately increased, and is il
not still unrestrained? Is not the power
r over it abused and perverted? Do moi
the expenses ofour General Government
n far transcend in amount all our past histo
: ry3 Why are these things so and why
L has not this "plague been stayed" Mr.
Speaker, according to your blighted faith
It | will tell you why, sir, but prefer doinl
e so in the language and illustration Of on
Of your friends Mr.. Buchanan, Of the Sen
4 ote, to whom have before referred. Il
IS his speech here, TO which | have alread
alluded, and when he assaulting the (then
8 Administration, he thus exclaimed eth
II very possession of power has strong,
natural tendency to corrupt the heart
% The lust of dominion grows with its posses
l. sion; and the man who, III humble lite
was pure and innocent, and just, has Otter
8 been transformed, by the long possession
It of power, into monster. In the sacred
Book, which contains lessons Of wisdom
= for the politician as we'll as the christian
l. we find happy illustration ofthe corrup
ting influence Of power upon the heart
r When Hazel came to consult Elisha wheth
/. er his master, the King Of Syria, would
recover from dangerous illness, the pro
r phet, looking through the vista Of futurity
r saw the crimes Of which the messenger
who stood before him, would be guilty
E and he wept. Hazel asked, why weepetf
Q my lotdg' The prophet then tecountet
to him the murders and the crimes o
d which he should be guilty towards thu
0 people of Israel. Hazel, in the spirit 0
virtuous indignation, replled' is thy ser
s want dog, that he should do this thingp-
r And Elisha answered, 'The Lord haiti
shown me that thou shalt be King ofSyrla.
1t This man afterwards become King by TIT
l. murder of his master, and was guilty Q
enormities, the bare recital of which
It would make US shudder."
:, How trne, and, alas! how applicable is
this sacred illustration to those who lnvo
/ ked its use in elevating themselves to pow
er!
= Suppose, Mr.. Speaker, that some inspi
|. red Elisha had been present when you ant
Mr.. Buchanan, with others, engaged i
$ the debate which has been referred to, and
l. moved by the sympathetic tear olthe pro
l. phet, YOU had asked, "Why weePeth my
iordq'' how would you have been astonisti
o ed in being then told what the People o
" this country have since realized!
a Imagine sir, the inspired one looking
l. through the vista Of few brief years an'
a saving, You will DO placed in power, bu
o will greatly increase the amount of all pub
Q lie expenditures. You will use the Office
and patronage Of the country for privat
! and not for public good. You will Great
' Offices for favorites. You will enlarge al
) Executive power. You will deny the RICH
,f to call for reasons Oh removal from Of
d fee, and in a few years win remove NOR
y than 1900 persons from Office for opinion
D. sake! You will defange and corrupt tn
}, Post Office Department, which you nov
d; admit to be sound and you will not reforr
10 any Of your designated abuses in the othe
!. Mann rtc,an+s Won will annoint NOR