, 1840-04-04

charge of their respective public trusts
The most important of these public Agents
of the Government, are appointed to office,
bv the President of the United States, by.
and with the approval OF the United States
Senate; and these are what are now termed
by the corruptionists or IS all the d~ecency /"
party, 6 Icg heasuries.' The services of
these officers Of the Government, cannot I'M
der any circumstances, be dispensed with:
and the simple question in dispute is, wheth-
the public money when collected by these
Agents Of the Government acting underbond
and approved security for the faithful dis
charge OF the public trust reposed in them,
would be as safely kept by them, until drawn
out of their hands by Government drafts, as
it would be if pu: into the hards ofthe Pres
idents and directors of Banking institutions
over which the General Government, has no
control whatever, to be banked upon TO en-
rich private Individuals, at the public ex-
peDse. The Independent Treasury Scheme,
means nothing more nor less, than the sale
keeping and disbursement OF the public mo-
ney, by the Government Agents, indepen-
dent OF the aid Of the Banking institutions
of the County. which are in the notorious
habit Of depreciating the value OF their prom
Uses to pay, BY Il suspension OF. specie pay
ment by the, Banks. at will. This and the
collection Of the public revenue. in the con-
siiutiOnal Currency Of the country, consii-
tu.cs tie whole plan of the Independent
Treasury Scheme. While on the other side
If the question, the Federal Aristocracy
are in favour of n great National Bank, with
the greater portion of the stock held by
European Capitalists, and the deposit of the
public money therein, to be banked upon.
TO enrich the European nabobs at the ez-
Pense Of the tax-paying people OF the United
States!
There is another subject about which the
Federal Wing" grumLlers, are found to
deal quite rs fairly, as they do touching the
Independent Treasury Scheme: thai is, the
subject of the expenditures Of the public mo-
.ney under the General Government. These
.hvpocri:ica' economists, are loud and IN
ceasing in thsir Glamour about "ex'rava-
gance" in the expenditure of the public
money under the late and present admin
istrations of the government, and We are
cited back to the pure and uIdehled coalition
administration Of Messrs. Adams and Clay,
as presenting a fair sample Of governmental
NNOi4Olil . ANoS J. WI Atr Si' ~ 3
all whose knowledge extends rs far back as
the four years Of federal misrule under the
coalition administration, that the United
States was at peace with all nations OF the
earth, and that nothing was done by that ad-
ninisiration to cause any unusual expendi-
ture Of the public money, except in tie pur-
chase of n Billiard Table for the Presidents
House, and IN expenditure Of $4,000. of the
public money. in the purchase of a splendid
carriage and horses and other articles for pri-
rate use, During the coalition administra-
ton Of Messrs. Adams and Clay. there was
no Wa with the hostile Indian tribes with
in our own borders. No removal of n hos
tile savage foe from the bosom Of the white
population. west Of the Mississippi River,
witha view 10 preserve the race of the ma
lives Of the forrest. and TO preserve the lives
of our helpless women and children on the
frontier settlements. No purchase Of large
and valuable tracts Of land from the Indian
tribes in different sections of the Union. and
the organization of two new Territories
No Increase OF the Nary, for the protection
OF our Commerce upon the high seas. No
increase Of the Army, for the protection of
the lives of our citizens, and our property on
land. No increase to the pension list, of the
poor and disabled soldiers of two wars with
a foreign foe. No taking OF a general GEN.
sus of the population of tn: United States.
No building Of fire proof buildings for the
Patent Office, general Post-Offce and treas
ury department. No. none of these causes
for an increase of expenditure of the pub
lie money 10y the general government, exis-
ted during the ad ninistration OF Messrs. Ad-
ans and Clay. And what is equally worthy
Of the serious consideration of the tax-pay-
ing people of the country. is the fact. that
with all the extravaganza" AMI waste OF
the public money complained al by the OPP
position grunlblers, there has been no ia
crease in the taxes imposed on the people by
the general government, whilst many of the
necessaries of life have been greatly reduced
in price, since General Jackson was elevated
to the presidential chair in 1929, and the
working man has been better paid for his
surplus produce, than he was for the ten or
twelve preceding years.
Now admitting the expenditure Of tine
public money under appropriations made by