Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-06-08
3ln. ANA

Upon these and other items propose To make a
! few remarks. II viii be scyn rlal there H. veN
! considerable increase IN the expenditures Con
| ggeas and Congressional pllnlng. The FIRST - caus
I'd by the protracled SESSIONS, whose proungaInn {.
due to the fictitious DISCUSSIONS and ttdinrs nhama
Tory ha-1n1ucs of the Opposition, which are as H.
ti o business as they are hurdensomc ~ the cuun
i.F What GOOD, ct ne ask hHs the cumtr, derive
rd from the irpthy yuwd, mlrruuabr or8upn, OF
Me countless Wing orators, vhonc SO nucu want
yt or 'hau spurious cuq0cncr; u It cpt null.ig.
these srl cou p9ctnt smg-whlugcfs might CRAFTY
their vanity sd minimum but 1t should be rrcuicci-
ed that lhnlr pary sUtl is vendcd al high price.
n th9t 10y lelrwng action TO the last dM auftle scs-
son, often much serious damage Is inflicted hrouph
rarrts, of hurried legislation. What benefit too
ua, hr country derived from The ridiculous { omm.-
ices ol Inquiry which have consumed 10 much Cd
tler time and treasure, and resulted ~ nu'hlua but
empty 1apurnr, have not time 10 examine INTO
tau east Of Oh, Whitney Committee and tJr Gpr-
lard COMMITTEE, &c; but paper which lies ht core
me States Ihr laIof expenses ol the lat Irns.ut,c
farce 20 the form Of @ committee, VIZ. tlst ou de-
GicaIions, At Nj, ncat Iuie SUM - 7gt "a. tir
gentlemen composing IL 81 the same timr. drawing
lher per diem a. I members Of Congress What
one fact did this famous committee discover which
was not known 70 every man, woman, and child
before 1t commenced rs important 8bnrs and mlai
has the uaJlDu gained by the expense and the loss
Of time incurred 10 TIE debate upun ~ sppput-
meni; ! hope thi, rem, viii not b. laid to tie ac-
count OF the Republican Administration.
Tie Congressional prInlHguu, has boon iucr,as-
~, 80 degree aui N raiiu that are almost lrrr.d-
bt, ana IS utterly without a ~ uG.luuH FEB the r-
QUESTIONS ,f tAe public interest The printers 10
l0iu Houses, with the exception Of q .iou Of
each have been invariably of the Opposition. so lfat
81 Ut
crucd TONS partsaDs, Resolution allcr resolution s
passed calling upon Tie Departments iur cup,c- re-
cplds culresponience &c, under the plea %; HiYr-
mllun. He Executive documents 81 tie SESSION
u 1878, made up chiefly ~ this way, amounted 10
lively, enormous volumes IN toe Huuse and SIX ~
the SENATE IA al sixteen. These have not uus Ia
be printed bound and distributed bat 10 be- pre-.
votsy copied by the clerks IN he Departments,
who are thus taken for days week., aud even
months from Their regular business, ~ tie serious
detrImrnt of he public service Ininmatuu Is eat
ed tor whcu ia. been already gwen, o. sgHic, TO.
aly useless. and is not ln0Atd az when uc.Nod,
All The records Of tie different Office. so soon b.
printed d, bis .aie. TIC Register uf Dae irea.u-
~ stalled in a note To Cougre-. ihll he had direct
ID thp abnr necessary 70 answer single Cab 10 ht
examined and estimated ana thai ID eOud take an
expert cIera fee ytayS aud some months NJ copy
TIE papers he vast majority 81 tlrse erl> arg
made b. Opposition members, the very mru vino
pate oldeal about Government eztraya laace. and
often, too. with die principal i pot the u.e object
81 besiowng arges,es upon partisan printers. Thus
NV an avowed bargain, the printing o. th' House u
HE lasl Congress was given H0uH5Ig 10 the editor
Of he Madisonlau but virtually 70 TIE editor, Of the
National Intellgencer, who were % d., and 10 t3ct
did the whole work, paying a per cenlalc TO the
former for The Job. Hence Il brcame necessary 10
supply food for TWO presse> and cag, 9ecol-
dnry multiplied, and earned by ~ e'lnHncd
Wing and Conservative vote ~ a. amotnt te oe-
yond any hing winch had previously bevp wits p
ed. II the slightest resistance made 8" iAr,c ca,
by the friends Of the Administration, there Is lnme
dately great oulcry about corruption and they
are accused Of wishing to suppress information
which would subject Them to exposure. And these
are the gentlemen who are ever decIsimng against
extravaganza
Before the last Congressional session 1t was
calculated that the monsrous sums expended IN
the profitable jobs gwen to the Federal printers
amounted 10 SIX years TO upwards Of one million
Of dollars Nor should the largesses be for.
gotten aushed upon Gales & seaton, Clark &