Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-09-24

ence be democratic, then by all means 60 Tor re-
newal Of Mr.. Van Buren's lease. Hen gire you
enough of that. Laughter) Why, as things are
now, the Office holders can't live or breathe, but as
they conform to the desires Of their superiors. And
yet the constitution under which live says that
he kas superiors. Is not this, then, gross at
temp, TO fetter the free minds of free people 3
They give man Office and say he is no longer
| fee agent What shameful perversion OF demo-
crazy.
And now let us see how ii is with respect to the
augm entation of the number of Office holders Is it
the present administration that extends the number!
Take the Custom House of the city Of New Yerk as
criterion; won, 60 to Illinois, or to Michigan
to the land Offices there. because you can't easily
see and examine for yourselves. But take your
own great city, and take the published official doca
ents, and you'll that the custom house officers
are double in number to hat they used TO be- Where
there 100, there 200; for 500 there are
1000. And what is all this increase for! Ii cant 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 WE'LL then; they must be wanted for
an Legitimate purpose. Uaughtor)
| Now, as to the expenses Of the Government,we all
know that in Adamss time $4,000, 600 year was
the most that spent The expenses then never
averaged that sum. Now at the close Of 1887, they
up to $50 0O0, 600! Idont say that this is
conclusive that the government have been waseful
and eXtravagant. There has been occasion this year
for extraordinary expenditures. We have had
Florida war, which Adams had not. And in my
| opinion, if he had been in Office, we never should
have had it,
Here, them are the facts. They complain that
Adams's administration wasteful and profigate,
because it spent only $l3,000,00O. Now then, call
on them to show why they spend 600. It's
that calls for account, a strict and correct
one aud they ought to render it.
To recur moment to the Custom House of New
York The expenses are three-fod more than
they were in Jonathan Thompson's time. Enqrier
how this is; and obtain a full and satisfactory
answer, and then ponder it, 1t does not appear
like that truly stern economy that she1ld 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 justifying the
| moval Of every one from Office that opposed tn
| his party and his measures. He then made use of
that remarkably characteristic expression, Do not
the spols of victory belong to the conquerors ~
That is applied TO party that seize all the Off
ces, and turn out all that differ from them when they
obtain the victory. Is that democratic Are
Offices merely made to be sported with in this way!
Are Offices made for Adventures Is that the
spirit of the Constitution of this free country
In word is that democratic? Stick to the old
text Is not the government instituted for the good
| ofthe people! Should not government be checked
as TO possess no more power than good people
| quirel Shonld government have any money
at command than is absolutely necessary for its sim
| plest wants! Ali this used to be dcmoc ratio!
faEa viz n( hat he
calls democracy. Why You may look for descrp-
ton OF II in all the books from the primer the
English Reader-run the range of the whole vocab
ulary, and you II not find word abou: it in all the
good old demecr ratio schools.
Then keep to this Are the measures Of the pre-
sent administration democraticl Why the leading
measure, and the only measure is the Sub Treasury
From alphato omega, its all "sub-treasuryH'-"su SUBJ
treasury We sub-treasury" And its echoes have
not yet ceased, and will not cease, till the admin
strat,on go out of office. Ii puts one in mind OF
Orpheus gong to seek Eurydice-
| Eurydice the woods
| Eurydice the foods.
| Eurydice the rocks and hollow mountains rang"
And with our government il is
| sub-traasury the woods,
| Sub-treasury the foods
| SubtTeasury the rocks and hollow mountains ring.
Immense cheering and tumultuous lauehter)
| q
by. II draws after it another principle that is nse
parable from its doctrnes and this is, that it is
full TO reduce the prices labor that il is necessary
| to curtail the wages Of the working The sup.
porcrs Of the sub-trcasury scheme have said this
they have all said il. do not why Mr.. Buchan-
an alone should be singled out TO have this DECLARE
ton fastened on him he only said in clear
what the others said not clearly. And it is, per-
hays not because they wish i'll TO the working man
But they have adopted the plan of the sub treasuy
and this plan natural consequence, leads to the
restriction and contraction Of the currency, aHd
| a matter Of course TO a reduction Of prices. Well
| they say that wages ought to be reduced. They
must take up that position, give up the sub-trea
sury; and ifthey give that up they give themselves
| You may take Calhoun, and Buchanan, and Walk.
err and Tappan, and you'll fad that they have all de-
clared this; they all say that it is necessary re
| duee the prices Of labor. I aver that Mr.. Tappan
| declared that labor ought TO come down 70 eleven
cents day. This did not hear him say; he did
not say it in Congress- but there aida-
Wits Of the fact that he said it out of Congress.
have heard the declarations OF the leaders Of the
party in relation to this subject; have seen and
read their references TO Cuba I have seen the de-
bates in the House Of Representatives on the sub
ject published by authorty and this is the burthen
of the whole, that the wages Of labor ought to
| come down.
They say that the poor petty states Of the Meii-
terranean, Naples, Corsica, Sardinia, Genoa, and
others are proper examples for the people Of the
United States Was ever any thing heard so mon
strous 7 Why, my friends these gentlemen par
ty nal; they have sort Of feeling on this subject
that comes near insanity They forget where they
are They forget that they are American citizens.
They forget who and what are the laborers OF this
great nation or they would never held out to them
| the petty sover,igntes Of Europe as examples.