, 1840-04-25

aiming only to discharge their duties, are the
humble and willing instruments in the hands
OF their despotic masters, the mere appendix
ges of the great el%ectioneerlng machine.-
With such fearful odds to contend with, 1t is
scarcely any wonder that the "honest demo-
Gratis" should uant for the dissemination
among them Of truth" Failing then to OBJ
tain ii from these sources, where then, ask,
shall the "honest democrats go to obtain it +?
All, sir, | can point them to a well, a ''foun-
tain of truth" where they can drink, and
drink, and drink, till they shall thirst no more;
or at least, thirst no more fof such truths. /
allude to the writings of one of your cores
pondents styling himself 'Cincinnatus,"-
whose works, if | mistake not, | think | have
read under some other appellation. But be-
fore the "honest democrats" drink too deep
of this fountain, l propose to examine some
of the ingredients of the contents OF this well.
| am no doctor sir, and therefore cannot un-
dertake to dndly-e infinitely this subtle COM
position, but shall direct the attention Of the
reader to one or two Of the most remarkable
qualities distinguishable in it, and which can
easily be detected merely at sight. That
writer, in endeavoring to account for the
enormous increase of expenditures of gov
eminent under the late and present admins.
~tration, and 10 contrast their economy with
that Of Adams administration, says, that
" during the coalition administration there
was no ,car with the Indian tribes-no pur-
chase of large and valuable tracts Of public
lands from the Indian tribes in different Sec
tons of the country !; no increase of the ma
~, &c. &C." No-none Of these causes for
an increase of expenditure Of The public mo-
ney existed during the administration of
Messrs. Adams and Clay" He also appeals
to the "tar paying people, to contrast the
measures of the two administrations. meet
him on the appeal, and nov request the tar
paying people to mark his statements, anil
compare them with a few facts which | shall
submit, taken from the most authentic Sour
ces. 1t would no doubt be interesting TO
the community to have the entire tables from
which | quote, but as brevity is important, |
must content myself with giving the sub.
stance Of them.
During the four years Of Mr.. Adams ad-
ministration, there were purchased from the
Indian tribes, 92,455.O6O acres Of land at n
cost of S8,986,8S9 Is, or an average Of 81
cents per acre. During the first four years
Of Genl. Jackson's administration, there were
purchased 40, 104.877 acres Of land. AT a cost
Of S~4l,183,624, or an average Of S1,02 per
acre. During the last four years Of his ad
ministration, there were purchased, 5l,0l7,-
$50 acres, at a cost of Se4,39 7,O2S-or an
average of Ala cents per acre. During the
first two years of the present administration,
there were purchased 22,948,2l0 acres, at a
cost Of S4,820,988-or an average Of 81 cts.
per acre. 1t will thus be seen, that directly
in the face Of these bold assertions Of "Cin-
cinnatus, there were purchased under Mr..
Adams administration Of four years, upwards
Of a million Of acres Of land more than there
were during Genl. Jackson's eight years, and
while Mr.. Adams land cost less than ten
cents an acre, Genl. Jackson's cost IN aver.
age of about IS cents an acre, or more than
seuen times as much as Adams cost, and tina,
Mr.. Van Buren's cost 81 cents an acre, or
more than double that Of Mr.. Adams.
But Cincinnatus is equally unfortunate in
his statements with regard to TIE navy
which will demonstrate by facts taken from
the same indisputable authority. The table
below taken from the navy list, shows the
number and names Of vessels Of war built
or purchased under the administrations OF
Adams, Jackson, and Van Buren,, to wit -
adams adminisration-4 years.
1895 Brandywine, LIST class Frigate "A guns
1926 Hudson, A
1925 Boston, Sloop of Wa 90
T" Lexington, " q 90 a."