Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-09-23

ence be de@oe ratio, then by all means 90 for
newal Of Mr. Van Buren's lease. He'll gius you
| enough of that (Laaghter) Why, as things are
now, the Office holders cant live breathe, but
they conform to the desires Of their superiors. And
yet the constitution under which live says that
he has no superiors Is not this, then, gross at
tempt to fetter the free minds Of free people p
They give man an Office and say he is no longer a
free agent. What shameful perversion OF demo-
cracy.
And now let us see how it is with respect to the
augme ntaion of the number of Office holders. Is II
the present that extends the number
Take the Custem House of the city Of New York as
a criterion; l won't 60 TO Illinois, or to Michigan
to the land Offices there. because you can't easily
see and examine for yourselves. But take your
great city, and take the published official docs-
ents, and you'll that the custom house officers
double in number to what they used to be- Where
there were I0O now there are 200 for 500 there are
1000 And what is all this increase ferl 1t can't be
because they are wanted to attend to the legitimate
business Of the Custom House; because there were
not half the number when the duties were much
greater. Very well, then; they must be wanted for
an illegitimate purpose. (Laughter)
Now, as to the expenses OF the Government we all
know that in Adams's time SIS, 0O0, 600 year was
the most that spent. The expenses then never
averaged that sum. Now at the close OF 1887, they
were run up to 339, 100000! don't say that this is
conclusive that the government have been wastefu
and extravagant. There has been occasion this year
for extraordinary expenditures. We have had a
Florida war; which Adams had not. And in my
opinion, if he had been inofiice, never should
have had it.
Here, then, are the facts. They complain that
Adams's administration wasteful and prohigate,
because it spent only SIS coo. Now, then, call
on them to show why they spend S39,0O0,OOO. It's
case that calls for account strict and correct
one and they ought TO render it.
To recur moment to the Custom House Of New
York. The expenses now are three-fold more than
they were in Jonathan Thompson's time Enqrire
how this is; and obtain a full and satisfactory
answer and then ponder over it, It does not appear
ke that truly stern economy that shoald character
ize democratic government.
A recent Governor of this Commonwealth, in his
place in the Senate, expressed the true feelings Of
his heart, and those of his party when flushed with
the triumphs of victory. he was justifying the re-
moval of every from office that opposed tn
his party and his measures. He then made of
that remarkably Characteristic expression, "Do not
the spoils of victory belong to the conquerors 2"
That is applied to party that seize all the eff
ces and turn out all that differ from them when they
obtain the victory. Is that democratic Are the
Offices merely made to be sported with in this way?
Are Offices made for mere adventures Is that the
spirit of the Constitution of this free country
In a word is that democratic! Stick TO the old
text Is not the government instituted for the good
ofthe people! Should not government be checked
to possess more power than good people re-
quire! Shonld government have any money
at command than is absolutely necessary for its sim
plest wants. Ali this uied TO be democratcl
But take view of what the present government
calls democracy Why you may look for descrip-
ton Of II in all the books from the primer to to the
English Readcr-run the range of the whole vocab
ulary, and you II not find word about it in all the
good old democratic schools.
Then keep to this Are the measures of the pre-
sent administration democratic! Why the leading
measure and the only measure is the Sub Treasury.
From alpha to omega, its all 90 sub-treasary!'-"s SUBJ
sub-trcasury"' And its echoes have
not yet ceased, and will not cease till the admin
stratlon 60 out of Office 1t puts one in mind of
Orpheus going to seek Eurydce; this cry
Eurydice the woods
Fury dice the foods,
Eurydice the rocks and hollow mountains rang"
And with our government it is
subtreasury the woods,
Snhtreasurv the foods.
Subtreasury the rocks and hollow mountains ring.
Ummense cheering and tumaltuous iaughter)
(Reqa,,.isr to-ao1or)
Mr.. Webster closed mis- speech about half past
three. Our reporter took full notes of the whole,
and left the ground Immediately. BY the aid Of six
blood horses, belonging to Mr.. Benz Rowe of New
York, Mr.. j. 5. Soper Of Patchogue, Mr.. Sammis
and Mr.. Heryy Anderson Of Hampstead, and Mr..
Conkln Of Babylon he reached this city at half past
nine last night. He continued writing out his notes
till midnight, when our form had to 90 TO press
We shall issue second edition at eleven o'clock
this morning, with the whole speech in full