The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-08-22

You will observe, SIR, Dy the Statement "hASh
have presented, and which has been prepared
with great care, that the annual expenses OF
Martin Van Buren's administration IS greater
bv So $50 325 &c than the entire yearly disburse-
ments of Presidents Washington, Adams, Jeter-
SON. and Madison, all together. X0a Will also
see that the yearly expenses of Martin Van Blu
ron's government have beer more than one nun
dred peT cent larger than NH. .jsIGdtS0nS, NOT
outstanding the latter had beeE engaged an q
most ezpeasire acdr of three gems acith the most
Doarerfih nation of the acorLd. Yes, sir, Mar
Tin Van Bnren has spent more than SEVENTY
DOLLARS FOR EACH AND EVERY MI
MITE, since he was sworn into the Presidential
office How often has the clock licked since
that fatal hour? During the four months OF last
wear that he passed on his electioneering tour IN
the State of New York, how many times did the
clock tick then? The Peoples hard dollars
were going at the rate of SO minute, while he
was dancing with the Countess of Westmore-
land at Saratoga. That was dancing to pref
ty dear tuna forsooth, but the People paad H'e
| piper.
Now the very best remedy which can sug-
gest to prevent this prohigate waste of the pub
lie money will be to displace that lavish spend
thrift, Martin Van Buren, and to substitute IN
his stead, at the head of the government, that
plain, frugal, economical and well-tricd citizen,
| William Henry Harrison. / shall, therefore,
proceed to make such further remarks in relation
to the conduct, principles, and public services oil
the latter and in regard to the conduct and prln-
ciples of the former, as may, in some degree;
assist the people in arriving at proper conclu-
! sions in the premises. | will first turn to some
of the evidences which exist as to the favor IN
which Harrison has been held by the country.
| both for his military and civil services. And
will say in the outset, that there has no man
| lived, since the days of Washington, who has
| drawn out from his political enemies so strong a
| certificate of character, as he has done. Gould
| Jeffercon, il he were now alive, and candidate
for the Presidency, produce such testimony
| You could call the Hon. James Buchanan, who
might tell you, what he had many years ago de
clared, that during the administration OF that
| President, Sour ships were laid up to rot, as
melancholy monuments of the weak and wicked
i policy of our governmento-and who could not
find time in a 4th OF July Grafton even ''to emu
merate all the other wild and wicked projects OF
| the democratic administratiensro Gould James
Madison, if he were candidate, produce such
testimony You might call up that plain, eco
| nomical, hard-handed democrat, Martin Van Blu
rem, who would, without hesitation, testify that,
ssaccording to the best Of his knowledge and be-
| lief, James Madison was either too imbecile in
mind, or too dishonest in principle, to be re-
elected President of the United States in 1872
and that with the design and settled purpose to
prevent and defeat that reelection, he MARTIN
Van BUREN, had periodically conspired and as
sociated with the Essex Junto federalists, and
the men who subsequently devised and organized
the HARTFORD CONVENTION.
But what testimony has Gen. Harrison in his
favor2 The first is the commission Of George
Washington Brought up in revolutionary times
lin Gin the days that tried mems souls"-his
sire one Of the noble signers Of the Declaration
of Independence-his guardian the able fnancier
Of the Continental Congress-his friend and
patron the glorious chief who led the armies OF
liberty to battle and to victory George WASH
ington, Robert Morris, Benjamin Harrison
what brilliant association. twas among such
men that William Henry Harrison learnt his
principles, and it was under the command of the
gallant and impetuous General Anthony Wayne