Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-06-01
THE CHAMPION OF THE ADMINISTRATIONS
DIrNCANs GpEEru

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DUNCAN'S SPEECH.
Among the many signs .f the times which portend the
overthrow of the admrs aon not the l.as, striking
is the fact that that administration spending its energies
dcfme Gen. HARRISON more than it is TO defend itself
II is evidence that they consider selfdefcnce hopeless
task while the sort Of creatures they engage the means
they use deiamr the OHIO Farmer eloquent witness
the fact that he has their belief most strong hold
upon the affections Of the people, Look at the man they
have chosen their champon-DUScAN Of Ohio none is
Infamous in Congress- unless be his companion in
vnlgarty and vice, Bynum Reck ess aways,-hc is tho
reckless now from the aimed TACT that tho peo-
pie Of his district have repudatcd him. and that he has no
hope Tor reward unless be the hands of that admins
taton with whose falling fortunes he is identified Look
at the it purpose show them tins article
by taking the speech Of Duncan which has been rec
y scattered far and wide among this people, and noticing
the materials Of which is composed The task u.s. to be
sure, pleasant think II advzable however to
notice him. being he is the chosen defender Of the loco
oco iailh-and we shall endcavo do as to avoid
initiating much possible the vulgarity and BLACKBOARD
in which he abounds, We shall his dognas and
assertions verbally when be done without occupying
much oom otherwise the sist Of them in our own Ian
guagc
! |. The executive has no power over appropri-
atoms; Congress is solely responsible for all prof.
| ligue expenditures which have been made.
If this be true, there /, scarcely such thing rs execu
tive responsibility; but is true and the doctrine is
anli.democratc. Who and asks for the sp-
preparations! The Executive, through his heads of de-
parmens. Who has the power stop any proAgate ex
pendureb by Congress? The President himself by the Veto
He has used his power ask ioi money abundany; but
he has vetoed dollar 1t objected this that the
appropriations by Congress have exceeded the estimates
made by the heads Of departments this is apparently true
nj III th,aa H.. III.
ecutve departments have privately asked for appropriations
which contained in the estin aes second the
Congress in beth branches has Van Burens
lection, been controlled ia single election and the sub
treasury bill cxceped by the creatures Of his will and
third the President has nerposed the Veto pre-
vent single item of prohgate expenditure. How, then
shall the powers that be escape the responsibility for ther
vast expenditures? If they escape here equally can
they escape any and every other act and thus give US
monsrosiiy in policsa government, endued with all pow
err while it is exempted from all responsibility. This is
not democratic sort Of government
2 "They 1.-THE Wing members know the Gov
eminent Is as well and as economically admins
tered us it can be-
Mighty knowing fellows, those Wigs, then! Govern
ment annually twenty millions more than did in
1929, and yet it is economically administered never
have interests and relations foreign and domestic been
IN more horrible condition than now and yet gycrnmen,
has been administered Fas well it be-" Doctor
Duncan must have been under pressure of whs-
key.
B. Extravaganza and prohgacy is the howl of
the denagogtie in all Governments and it is the
howl of the demagogue in this government.
Cer'any, as general remark, there much truth here
bu' does not nevertheless follow that all, who
extravaganza ard profglcy, demagogucs; if it did
economy andhoncsy have either become very much dega
died. demagogues very much elevated in the scale Of
al and political worth In 1878, when Doct. Duncan
and company comp anng of the and prof
igato expenditure Of II millions FER annum might have
been purely the howl of the demag but the
complaint of 40 millions now certainly smacks far less Of
demagoguc-ism.
4. The opposition point to no instances of ex.
travagance, save the public printing.
See the FLoRIDA WAR; which swallows up its millions
SEQ the hosts of saaried officers especially the
until there increase of the tariff. These have been
pretty frequently pointed at and complained Of But the
doctor admits extravagance the printing oh, yes, says
he the Wings and Conservatives elected printer for the
18th Congress- and there has been great extravaganza in
the public printing and ne adds that the locos, the pres
session. reforming this abuse. is the Wing,
and Conservatives elected printer for the 25th Congress-
but how and by whom the printing bill up? In
the first place there of that Congress
place. it during this Congress that the ocos foo
ed the country with extra documents touching the subreas-
uy and the modes Of collecting the egn
tros. How the locos reforming this branch Of
ravagance? Offers made, backed by good security
to do the public printing 20 cheaper than under
the resolution of lsl9he Wings insisted upon this reduc
tion md v"ted for 1.-THE locos rejected H. proposed reduc-
ton of barely 10 per and refused let that reduction
be made unh! ae the present Congress- thus securing TO
the lying organ of the Globe Is per cent than pha
they em'eioes acknowledge 10 be just And how too
they managing increase the quantity of printing to be
thrown into Bas hands, this outrageous price See
the 10000 erta salt documents the $4,000 election
eering document from the Secretary of the Treasury and
the 10000 errG documents usns the robbery of the pub
lie lands This the locofoco reform the public printing
Of which Doctor Duncan brags!
5. "The tax paying community would derive
no benefit by turning out the well fed, fat, clean
sleek office holders, and putting m swarm OF hun
CRY, lean, starved, Office seekers"
Excellent. Then suppose your well fed, fat, clean
Sleek office holders should be place for Iifs The
freemcn Of the Union swallow this dose Doctor!
Il bany Journal
6. "The yelp of panic, ruin, and distress, is
now ove spreading the lands and doing its base
and dirty work OF SANDER upon the character OF
our country Where is tho panic aud distress to
he found Where it will he found among the
PENNILESS LoAFERS OF YOUR COUN-
TRY
This IS Aauerns certainly 10 the mechanics, manuac-
turers and merchants OF the land. 'PENNYLESs
LOAFERS.' How dare they complain OF distress wh
the Office holders well fed fat clean and sleek In
suTsrabo impudence Insult added injury Is Their
hunderbolt oI popular indignation in reserve for hi
foul-mouthed lbeler?-Aibqay journal.
z. Thousands Of laborers are depressed bu
il is owing TO their connection with factories aD'
to the uncertainties OF the "gIorious credit sys
tenn"
If they are depressed now what will be their fate whe
Doctor and his friends hnye demolished The credit