Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-04-11

and the most solemn pledges were given. aud fciie-
rated that the expenditures should be eeouomizeo
and reduced il the people would transfer the guar
d,ansh,p of the Treasury 10 Gen. Jackson and his
friends The pie were induced, by the inees-
SAINT ,lamor on lhis subject. 10 remove Mr. Adams
Gen Jackson entered upon the duties Of the Presl-
Jency with the banner 81 Rettenchment broadly and
r,,,iously DISPLAYED. How have these. vauntng
pron,ises been redeemed1 BY regular and rapid
augmentation oil public expenditures! Efforts were
probaby made, during tue hist year OF ten Jack
sons term TO redeem bis pledge; bnl II these eAef
tons were made, they we're Intellectual, as IN hat
year q SOD the expenditures were larger than IN
The preceding year the last Of his pred ern
In 1888. they had increased from l25 millions las
IN 1925 to upwards of % millions Of dollars; IN
1874 thew were rtdu6 Cd 10 the sum oil SIS.42u 4oI
four millions less than in The year preceding, but
still six millions than 10 the last year oil MI
: J, mss Administration. in 1888, they were sill
c,d,oy,rlucea u about II millions OF dolldrs-out
~ tsas thev suddep,, IN mp 10 the enormous sum
Of 500 G55 244: IN 1851 10 S3l'5o7'leV' ana III
1888 to upnafds Of 40 millions Of uClIa ''
the present year they are estimated AT $50 10 .o.
/ The necessity oil relrenchment IS now admitted D,
all men OF all parties; but with these facts before
US we cannot hope for its accomplishment as long
as the present Administration remains IN power
the whole policy Of which seems to be the aggf1n-
dizemen Of the Executive by an increase Of lis pat
| ronage-ihat very increase obviously rendering ne
cessary heavier expenditures Of the public money
is most stfange, alleged. by the friends OF the
! Administration, that the Wing party is responsible
! for the increased expenditures OF The Government,
which those lends find equally impossible 10 deny.
! TO extenuate or 10 excuse. Such an allegation IS
hardly worthy of a serious reply. \ ct 1t may not
! be aniss to invite public attention to the laci, by
which it is clearly reiuted, that from the commence
mcnl Of Gen. Jackson's term OF service unti' the
present time, the Administration has always com
manded a majority in one branch Of Congress, and
generally in both. 1t in the power OF thai ma
jority at all times To have prevented eXlravagant
and useless appro pfldlions II they had IN tut! de-
! sired 10 ecGnomize the expenditures of the Govern
men and 10 prevent the prodigai waste OF the pub
! lie money. But II from the operation Of local IN
tcIests or other causes the Executive could not pre-
vail upon It's friends in Congress to unite with II IN
rcdecming its promises oil ''rctienchment aud re-
! form" where was tho Presidential Pete, which
IN iehi have been nlost beneiclay and consistently
resored to, iof The purpose OF checking that RAPID
augmentation of pulic expenditures, statement
of which would be almost too startling Tor belief,
were 1t not esed by the Official Reports from the
Treasury Department 1t cannot fail too to be re-
marked, that while the odious measures of the Ad-
minstIaiion are thus imputed to the Wing minority
in Congress- the credit Of those upon winch 1t
POUNDS claim To the admiration aud gratitude
of The country, is all modesly Appropriated to ITSELF
| This lP5g minority, though potent for mischief.
1t seems is never beard Of when the pubic approba-
ton Is challenged 10 measures OF real imaginary
utility
1t cannot have escaped observation, that one OF
the consequences OF the extraordinary extravaganza
of the Administration has been the creation Of a
new National Dbl amounting already To about
eight millions oil dollars. THIS debt, it is true, Is
disguised in the shape of Treasury Notes, tthe
right to issue which itself conlrovoted Consu-
tiona question: lest the people should be shock ed
by plain proposition 10 supply the deficiency III
/ the Treasury ly dneot loan-although these
Treasury Notes bear higher rate of interest it Is
/ believed.
such loan Perhaps, too the purpose is entertain
/ ed. though ii dare not be yet openly avOwed. oil
paving the way, At some future and TO. distant
day for the establishment OF an ErcicgaCr BaHh,
founded upon the revenues of the Government, aud
under the cxclusivcconfol Of the Secretary of the
| Trcasury-a lavonlc grQject of Gen. Jackson, which
though rchnqulshed for time. in tousc queuce OF
the almost universal dIsapprobalon which It's sue-
gesion elected, has never been finally abandoned.
by accuStomIng the people tie Of lrrede en-
able Government paper, they may become guard aal-
ly reconclrd To this lew experiment upon the inan-
ccs and currency of the country, by which, II IL
shall ever be cousnm naled the Moucyed power will
be lndISsolnbly united with Political, aud Eoih
will be welded, almost without restraint or lmita-
tom, by tie Incumbent Of the Prcsdeuth Office.
No commentary, however, can add force 10 the
facts which We have enumerated. They speak 10
the people with trumpet tongue; and If they fal
TO enlist Their attention and arouse their patriotic
cucJglcs-l they be not powerful enough to pro
duce conviction that change of crs is dcn.an
ed by the public interests, then MOTH -. thar ~.
may say can cilee that result. "ihpy viii moi he
ileye, though one shonlla lsc from the dead"
- % P''pe', eaole closing this Address very
So'''H. 90 ,cief to the course pursued by the WBg
dcmbers Of the Legislature, reference 10 the IN
uecess!ul atemp;, during the present session. lie
select Senator III Congress 10 supply the vacancy
ocCasloned by the expiration, on the 21th March
last, of the term oi>eivlce OF William G. kWes. fhe
Wings differed IN opinion to the proper course IL
be pursued IN that contest; and with that ndcpend-
cnce OF thought aud action which has always consti
tutcd proud aud distinguished characteristic OF The
I Wing party, each individual was governed, III his
final vote. by ms own of duty to his constitu-
ents and to his country. few Wings preferred MIR.
Rivcs as first choice. aud they indicated that pie
election. they, more than occasion, when tht
practicability OF SO doing asserted, voted for
Wing NOMINEE: Others, and by far the larger pof-
ton OF the Nhg party, preferred the election of a
Wing, aud sttenuously endearouaed to effect thai
object, by voting for an individual OF that panty
whenever was before the General Assembly,
with an apparent probability of success. Some OF
Tie latter class however determined, in order TO EN-
sure election aud with the further purpose OF de-
ieatinc the election OF Judge John \. Mason, the
Sub Treasury candidate, brought forward bv the
Administration party, To vote for Nj Rlves al
tcrnave while another portion, believing that tie
support of Mr.. L. by the Wings, under any circnm-
stances involved a disregard of principle. steadily
supported w Ing throughout that proltactcd con-
test. In thus difference OF opinion, the result of the
honest conviction OF then judgments, the JHigs
Perceire no just i6r ditiSion here or among
their Nag constituents. 1hcy all concur IN The
great common purpose u heir organization, leiieh
as the deeat Of the reelection Of Martin Pan Buren,