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coived their rewards for pursuing the same
pronigolo policy; among them, within the
last two years, PARKS, MuHLrNDuRG,
PENNYpAcEER GRUMPY, MooRE, KEMpLE.
GHoLsoN, Boone, and many others. These |
men have all distinct interest from that
of The great body Of The people; an interest
to connive at eXtrav0gance. and 20 be nc |
complies in the plumber of the People.
Daring the administration of Mr. adams
there was no one point on which he was
more fercely and rulhlcssly assaied than
his point of expenditure. Committees
we're let loose upon all the Departments, III
both branches of Congress, and the people
were favored with the most brilliant eHhl.
! bition Of "cand,e end and cheese parlng
economy that WINS ever before attempted
NJ. ADAMS was denounced as prodlgal,
spend.thrilt, anti-republcan, aud efforts
were successfully made to persuade the
people that REFORM AND RErRENcHMENT
in the public service were indispensable to
the well. being OF our institutions. Gener-
al JACKSON aud his friends went into power
picdged to their constituents by the most
solemn promises, to reduce the expenditures
orthc Government to a DeCocratc stan
datd. And how have they fulfilled Their
Promises? How have they redeemed their
pledges? By nuEmcn'ug the charges OF
administration in every Department.
They multiplied the expenses of the Navy.
They multiplied the expenses of the Army
They multiplied the expenses of Foreign
Nj ssions. They multiplied the expenses
ofthe Executive Offices. They multiplied
in all directions "swartn' Of public agents
that were battening on the prosperity OF
the People They multiplied the officers
Of The revenue. They multiplied the land
officers. They multiplied the expenses OF
the Indian Department. In 10 one single
: branch of the public service; in no ore
single item o. expenditure; was there the
Sm0Iiest reform or tHe sH'd'cH' '''|"N"-
mont There was no cod to- their lavish
and proh gate waste of the Public Money.
Like bcqcars in the unexpected aud unac-
: cus' toned trust of money that did not be-
Iong o 'hem they threw tito the night ana
J left; erecting buildings to be torn down;
. Grrjng holes to be flied up; piling FORTH.
D cations to remain unnamed aud unfinished;
- and for the want of any better mode OF
"get,ing rid Of the surplus buryng thirty
e millions OF it in the morasses and sands oI
Florida
The people saw all this, They saw thai
i they were not only cheated by false prom
: iscs and that system Of moderate out'a!
II had been supplanred b. system of the
t most mousfrous and wicked eXtravagauce
but rhcv saw also, THAT be- de~ the reguiaI
appropria,lons of ToRy Congress, The
, Executive placed men in Office, Throughout
- the country who pundared the Treasury
- and made the irregUidr appropriations b,
Executive agents no inConslderabIe item II
the annual budget of,hc Treasury. lfw'
add to the $4,000 900 appropriated by ,b
Tony majorlles in Congress, on The recon
mondaion of Tony Secretary, and Il To
RY committee of Ways and Means the i'm
mcnsc sums Of which the people were rob
bed by Tory Office hoiders-your BoYD'
UARRI,Es, LINNs, ALIENS, SwARTwoUT'
. Prices, LYTLEs and the whole family {
sui. Treasurers-w shall find that the an
. rual charge of Tony administration h0
no amounted to at least Si5, 600 ooo'
j., But n, this point steps IN the ofici'
nj apologjst Of the Government aud grave
n. asserts that "he fact Mat The public erpe"
If - diiureS haze increased is no argumeI
if 8 against The administration" And, wher
ii. fore? The number OF States, the populi
- ton, trade, wealth Of the country have il
A.. creased, and therefore the public eXpend
X. lures naturally and necessarily keep paC
ur. expenditures Of the country should increa
ter of necessity with its population, The sal
tho res of our Presidents and heads of Depar
wo ments, of our foreign ministers, and hume
Gus other similar items of expcndllu
remain the same, whether our populate
in is large or limited, But let us give Il
hat administration the full benefit of it's ov
)O,. rule, and how does 1t appy' Since t
ear year 1928, our expenditures have near
ba quadrupled. To make good the prese
-. arnnnnnnl nf he InRY admin Isl mi ION q