Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1839-08-24

old establishments. An extended frontier
has required an increased army 10 de(eud il.
An enlarged commerce has required an
augmented navy for its protection. For
tiiications for The defence our cities, and
navy yards for the construction Of ships,
have necessarily been multiplied. Our
judiciary system has been enlarged with
The extension Of our settlements. The
Executive Departments have required
more force TO discharge the mulifarious
ministerial duties and settle multiplied
accounts. Congress ilselfhas greatly In
creased IN numbers, nad lis sessions hnye
Seen prolonged. The survey and dispp-
siilon Of the public domain have required
larg increase Of officers. Even the
number ard Importance Of civilized COM
merciai nations has greatly increased, in.
creasing the number Of ministers and
other agents to maintain cur foreign re-
| laiions.
There is not man. in the nation who
will not admit that these and oiher incl
4 dents 10 our growth as a nation, are fully
sufficient 10 justify and make necessary q
constant increase in the public expendi-
lures. They justify the increase Of JEFF
ferson's administrations over that Of
Washington, and those Of Madison and
! Monroe over both.
i And did The groarth of Me country
cease Wien Gen. Jackson became Presi-
dent! Have no new State been added
TO the Union; has there been no increase
IN our population no new settlements
i formed; no new territories established;
no new cities sprung into existence; no
new land Offices created; no extension Of
4 frontier; no increase or commerce; no
new ports Of entry designated; no add.
tons TO Congress or the judiciary; nothing
! whatsoever Of that rapid growth of our
country which has hitherto justified ard
made necessary constant increase in the
expenditures Of our Government? The
new States Of Michigan and Arkansas
| the swarDs Ok people now cuiigating The
teeming soil Of Mississippi and Indiana,
Of Illinois and Missouri; The already pop
4 illus territories of Wisconsin and Iowa
The numerous commercial trwps sshifls
'Ispso,g up on the shores Of our lakes and
rivers; the rapid increase Of old States and
cities still advancing in population, trade,
and wealth, while sending swarms Of emf
grants into the interior, all, all answer
this question in a language which no man
can misunderstand. Never has our coun.
try, in so short time, made such rapid
strides as within Ire last ten years.
There is nothing equal il in the history Of
the world.
i What Is the natural and inevitable CON
sequence? Why, considerable increase
| Of public expenditures; The establishment
i ofnew custom-houses and additions ioihe
force ofihe old ones; the creation Of new
land Offices; and increase Of The nrmy and
navy and extension Of the national judi
| ciary; 40 addition Of four Senators aud d
large number Representatives 10 Con-
gress; proporlionate augmentation Of
i force 10 The Executive Departments. All
these are the necessary incidents TO the
growth Of our country, and they produce
a necessary increase to the public expen.
A diinres.
! This the federal orators well know; but
they keep it out Of sight, and endeayor 70
4 make The people think that the admins
y. tration Is cxtrayagant because The public
q expenditures are not as small as they were
/ fifteen or twenty years ago!
4 Let us illustrate the absurdity Of This
position BY reference 10 The Post Office
Department, which more than any other
grows with the growth Of the country.
i In 1925 The number Of post offices was
1851.
Il In 1888 it was IL, 5G7
i In 1925 the number Of post routes 10
i operation was about 200.
i ltlS36 il was about 2,S70.
Iii 1925 the revenue 81 The Department
was 81 ,252,O6l.
Ia 1883 il was "a, 262, las.
j Within this period {, 90Oh had been add
led to The number Of post Offices, 1861 e
the number Of post routes, and S., 000, COO
10 the revenue Of the Department. lnas-
much as il is the practice Of The Depart
ment 10 apply the entire revenue 70 The
mail service, It followed as a nccessary
consequence that the expenditures were
Increased about S.. DOC, 900 also.
Will any man say that the establish.
ment Of new post routes for Congress-, or
lof new post Offices by the Postmaster
General, increasing the expenditures Of