The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-08-27
FRAUDS UPON THE PEOPLE.

The Van Buren, papers have lately copied ar
cles from that VIGOROUSLY corrupt print, which is
paid $50 900 bv The Administration to lie for 1T
tho Washington GIobo-to prove that the expenses
OF the General Government are NOT unnecessarily
high-that an increase of S27 900, 900 ten years
is quite moderate, considering the increase of the
business of the country-when from the first organ
ization Of the Government ill Mr. Adams retired,
they never were beyond $4,000 600 in times OF
peace But, then, it is said again, if the expenses
are high the Wings are accountable, for they vote
the appropriations! What insoleuce! What an
imposition upon the public! The Van Buren, par
ty have been in The majority for years in Congress,
and it only by detection in its ranks that the
Wings were able to defeat the Sub Treasury.
But the appropriations made up by commit
lee appointed by the Speaker, the members of
which arc nearly all friends Of the Administration
This committee is furnished by tho heads OF the
Departments with the amounts they wish to have
appropriated, and the committee report them to
the House, and are usually granted without much
opposition. But whenever the Wings have s0@:ssht
| to cut short the extravagant demands of tho Ad-
mnistration they have been voted down by the
majority party, and accused of attempting to "wi,h
hold supplies"
! The same game has been playing at the South
| by tne PdniteS. Inc loIoWlnS ietter from van
Buren, member of Congress from N. Carona-Dr
Montgomery--shows how the matter is. 1t dev ell
opes the deceptive character of the party, and their
attempts to impose upon the people. Mr. Deberry
was a member Of the last Congress and candidate
for reelection; but fortunately Montgomerys letter
fell into the hands ofthe Wings, and d. was elect
ed. Ponder it freemen-and behold the iniqaities
of the party leaders, who seek to hide their
ooance or To throw il uDon their oDnoueDts
| ALBRIGHr's STORE, Orange, June, 1889.
Walter F. Lake, Esq. Dear Sir-Your letter has
been received. You ask for inform alton rela-
tive TO the votes and conduct of Mr. Deberry, when
in Congress, and refer to letter wrote Holmes
last month, which you state, you have seen, &c.
am perry sorry friend Morris has read the letter
publicly. He ought to haze had more sense. ncuer
aoas intended to be thus read but on the contrary
silly and Secretly Then ,oouid hare aoorled ,oon-
ders, and could not haze been contrddicted. | am
afraid Deberry will produce his journals and upse,
the whole of However this may be, don't give
up but continue to charge him with having voted
for all the appropriations, except one, of about
million and quarter If you assert with confidence
some will be gulled, and you will gain their votes
which is all that want. If Deberry should moi
have his journals, you will then have decided ad-
vantage over him, which you must not fail to i'm.
prove You know that all the appropriation bills
are settled generally in "Commlttee OF the whole "
where they fully debated, compromised and
placed in that shape by the majority which nsures
their final passage after they reported 10 the
House, where they seldom further debated
consequently they pass by silent uote Well,
advise that if Deberry should unfortu nately have
his journals make him show where his name /.
recorded against any of them, and insist that the
journals ought show if he did oppose any of them
this of course they will not do, for the reason al
ready gwen.