Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-10-28
From the Cincinnati Chronicle.
yrpyHIECAN economy,
,frsTRATED by THE HOUSE
rorD OF PRES. VAN buren,.

I.U"
TuorD OF PRES. VAN BUREN,.
olr ar,ic'e headed Political Morals
rag.d. az ono Of the great vices Of
national administration, that it preach.
Ior, thing aud practised another, that,
40 word, hypocrisy was its leading
hcers.c. It depends for support upon
s,sc,,so of humbugs. One Of the spe.
Fr9,on4 under tais charge is, that 1t
rr-.d evrayagonce and proGjgacy on
IN administration Of John Q. Adams,
ko;c total expenditure was thirteen mil.
IA aad then expended more than Thir-
N Ions for ITSELF Further, that while
~olacnz simplicity as a Republican
r.. they pracilsed luxury m its extreme
str.. and initiated the manners of for
M courts and princes. This charge Is
'tp10.ted by authentic documents.
have before us (not O1le's speech)
Ian official Report ofthe Committee on
In nditures on Public Buildings Of which
'M John w. Allen, member Of Congress
n the Cayugn District, in this State,
Ia Chairman. The document is alto.
~her the most curious thing we have ev-
seen in public hs'ory. 1t goes into
rhqa d,talj Of the various items Of OK
.rdture in the purchase OF furniture for
M prs,i lenIs House; and if it could be
IN 10 every farmer in the lard, would
&c h.m all that il is time we had
nI,n-.-,.me we practiscd more and
"A ,led lese-timc, if ever, this republic
me- DECISION between the imitation OF
II it1 ,o0~Gs and habits, and the prac
5rro,c re2ub.icln virtues which dis.
II i}nai our iorclaih-rs.
IN Ni 1s remembered by all, with what
pu5rte supporters Of General Jackson
ootal uao1 the appropriation Of SIX
mo SAND Dollars for Furniture in
r,l unfinished part Of the Presi-
Ia - Hou:e,
Committee make tie following
,a..af appropriations for the Presi-
d. ,iol c during the administration o!
Residents Jackson and Van, buren,.
"Trc committee have examined the ocls
tCoagre5s passed. since March, 1929
b. herewith give an abstract;
Actor March 3, 1929 for fur
Bling Inc Presidents House, ua-
ir.lo direction Jfthe Preside
tI'ae United States. Sl1,090,0C
Ac. f March Q, 1881, "lor
Erla-e and repairs Of fIfni.
i.op 5000 OF
As. Of March 3, 1888, "for
FINISHING the Presidents house
b BE- expended under tic direc.
ioacf the President 10 addition -.
q 9 proceeds Of such decayed
Lulsre as he may direct 10 De
idl, 10000 OF
Act Of June 80, 1884, "for
Prc.iont's House. 5000 Oh
Ac, Of March 3, 1897, for
E9a,e % 600 Oh
To addition 10 al this, it op.
bears that the nett proceeds OF
sle5 ofold furniture from Dec.
en.or, 1888, to Dec, 1897,
tnluu'ed 10 0,oSO "
q appears, then. that more than seven
b thousand dollars, have been aPproprll
ial bv these ECONOMICAL administration
hy Furniture alone! Ofths, twenty-five
toasaa1 was in the term of Mr.. V. Bu
rsal
The manner in which this has beel
expended, would surprise any one VIII
was not familiar with the history G
courts, and who did not know tn
proneness Of human nature to SELLS
Indulgence.
With what pretente can we exhoI
tho people to republican simplicity
manners and habits, when the practlc
ofthe Chief Magistrate and Of the er
tire government is a standing examPl
10 the contrary? The committee wit
great propriety remark
1--WE have been recently told by or
IN high authority, that, in order to avol
anational debt, sererc economy IS nece
'ary and also, ''this is the surest pr
vision for the national welfare ; and
Is at the same time, the best preserv
i've of the principles on which o.
Institutions rest; simplicity and econ
my in affairs of State have never iall'
'ochasten and inyigorate ,epubllct
principles, while these have been
surely subyerted by national prodigall
Under whatever specious pretexts
nay have been Introduced and fost'
ed'" Further from the same sourc
~"Theso considerations cannot
io'tupon people who have never DC
lnattentiye to the effect of their poll
Upon the institutions they have Great
Tor themselves but at the present IN
Hent their force is augmented by
aecessity which a decreasing reven
must impose" Again ;-"These
Circumstances that impose the neces
Yoi a rigid economy, and require
Prompt and constant exercise. w
Ne Legislature rest the power and
gof SO adjusting the public expen
.'0Fes as to promote this end"
The committee fully concur in
kpQve Sentiments, and they only reg