The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-05-21
FOR THE PILOT.


son that with all the disposition manifested by his
opponents, to injnre him in the estimation of his
fellow citizens, no charge has yet been brought
against him, that has not fallen to the ground,
when submitted to the scrutiny Of truth And
while his friends thus derive cause Of gratu-
lation, in the invulnerableness of his pri-
vate and public character, how humiliating
must be the reflection to the honest portion Of
the Van Buren, party, that their leaders have to
resort, alnaost daily, to fabrications of Islander
and falsehood, to sustain even resemblance of
the hope of success. But the reader will en-
quire, can cause be sustained by support so
revolving to every better feeling of the human
heart, so directly at variance with common
senses and truth, in its potency and power,
answers, Indignantly, no, the day of delusion,
the era of deception, has passed by; for the peo-
pie have been so long fed by promises, never in
tended to be redeemed, that they have taken up
the moral resolution, to investigate for them
selves. Nay, they have investigated, and in the
course of the rigid scrutiny to which they have
subjected Mr. Van Buren's administration, they
have found that the leading, if not only princi-
pie of its action, has been selfish and mercenary.
The way selected to carry out the measures
of Gen. Jacksonas administration-tha is, to re-
trench the extravagances of previous ones, and
to reform abuses; these being the avowed %
ects of his election, let us enquire, in what man
ner he has redeemed his pledges. Has he re-
trenched the expenditures of the government
No! but on the contrary, they have been tripli-
Gated since the last year of MIR. Adams admin
stration. Instead of defraying the expenses of
the government with less than $4,000, 900, as
MIR. Adams did, he has expended in one of his
years, within fraction of forty millions Of dol
lars.
This monstrous augmentation of burthen up
on the people; this exhorbitant increase of taxa
ton; and this wanton squandering of the public
money, has taken place when the country has
not been engaged in foreign war. Had the coun-
try been engaged in such war, the people would
have borne their burthens with pleasure; patri-
otism would have dictated to them, that 1t was
their duty to do so pat iently, however onor-
Gus they might be. But they have now come to
the conclusion, that it is very different matter
to submit to privations for the sake Of ones coun
try, and to do so to sustain wanton and reckless
administration, in power which it obtained
through false promises and specious pledges, and
which it has abused from motives no less selfish
than ruinous to the best Interests of the country
Disappointed in their expectation of seeing the
expenditures of the country leSSened, the people
have instinctively, turned to see whether any Of
the oft-bruited abuses have been corrected
And what has been the result of their inqui-
ries2
They were told, that the country swarmed
with hordes of useless officers, who were fatten-
ing upon the public treasure; that many of these,
were to be dismissed, and their salaries saved to
the people.
Have the number ofpublicoificers been decreas-
ed? No. on the contrary, they have been IN
creased fully thirty-three and third per cent;
and why have they been so alSrmingly increased?
Did the business of the country require it?--
No! then why were they multiplied This ques-
ton can be easily answered. IL was to increase
the patronage of Mr.. Van Buren,, and thus null
tiply his votes at the public expense. Every
new officer added to the list of treasury pension
ers, is supposed to have a certain number of
friends, whose votes he control; and,i there
fore, for the sinister purpose of adding to his
own political strength he has increased the pub
lie burthens without the least regard to the pub
lie interest.
Is it surprising that the people should become
dissatisfied with an administration, who has for
feted all claims viii chit ever possessed to their
confdence' can they longer confidesin the stew
ardship of men, who has proved recreant to the
interestsso the nation2 No, they have resolved |
that they cannot, and will not again trust the
welfare and prosperity OF the cour5try, to those
who have upaooted every interest, and whose
measures, if persisted in will bring rum upon
this hitherto prosperous land. The voice OF the |
people is mighty, and when its volume is increas-
ed to the extent Gifts capacity, it viii speak
louder than the roaring ofmany waters, and ear
ry dismay to the bosoms of those who have so
cruelty trifed with the happiness of the industri
BUS portions Of our community An, indignant
people have already caused the hand writing to
be inscribed upon the wall; they have decreed
that they viii no longer submit to the tyranny
which Expresses them-tlie tyrant lznews it, and
trem)oles ON his seat. Let every patriot, then,
buck lie on his armor for the glorious struggle Of
Nov ember, which, through the peaceful medium
of the ballot box, is to consign Martin Van
Buren, to private life, and render our beloved
country Once more, prosperous and happy.
PUBLICOLA.
From the Gettysburg Banner,