The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-04-22

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what farmer, under desc circumstances
lsoaid expect 10 dhd his grahades sudden
b 0EsEaOEing, beeauFs be had employee
> new oEeueer IN whom he had conf
denes! Would be not with patience Val
until his fences could be repaired. hi.
fields recovered flom heir waste condi.
lion, and the new crop brought IN afier :
full harvest! In this case the farmer
would not look for miracles; can we with
any more pEoprieiy expect lhen in poll
teal matters. The measures introduced
By MF. Van Bnrcn and his parry. which
prostraied the price Of every Thing. and
brought distress and ruin upon the coun-
ny such a has moi been known in an iis
previous history. are still the Law Of thc
land, and the Wing administration i obi
ged 70 continue their operation until they
shall be repealed BY Congress, and other
measures enacted calculated 70 heal the
disorder, and open the way Cor returning
prosperity. Ii j. Cor efFeciing Ibis desir-
able purpose that an extra session Of Con-
grcss was called by our late patriotic
Chief Magistrate. When ihai Congress
shall assemble on The 3lst Of May. with
a majority Of Wings in both branches Of
il. As we irust there viii be, we think We
hazard little in saying that the people win
iind ihey have not placed their confidence
in unlaithful hands.
But the Standard says, the Wings
!" promised that the splendid furniture Of
the White House should be sold, and
palmer furniture subsiiiuied--ihis is not
done, but $4,000 appropriated TO buy
more" 1.-THE new appropriation Of @ 900
dollars was unnecessary, The sin Of il does
not rest upon the Wings, for il was made
BY Van Bnrcn Congress, and sanction
ed by Mr.. Van Buren, himself; and as yet
no portion Of ihc money has been expcnd-
ed BY the Wings. Whether the old
"splendid furniture Of the White House"
will be sold, q and palmer furniture sub
siituted," we cannot say, but we presume
il win, for we understand that il was Sc
leeted in very bad taste, is Of gilded
tawdry kind, easily soiled and defaced,
and such as no gentleman would desire to
have in his house. But why complain Of
an appropriation Of $4,000! Il has been
customary 10 give TO all the Presidents
$4,000 for new furniture upon their en-
,ering into Office; Gen. Jackson and Mr..
Van Buren, received, each Of them, go,
900. Less than one third Of that sum
has been appropriated for the use Of the
Wing President. And even il the whole
of it is expended, viii the promises Of the
Wings be thereby falsi6ed! During Mr..
Adams's administration the expenses of
the government amounted to thirteen mil
lions Of dollars per annum; under the ma
nagement of Gen. Jackson and Mr.. Van
Buren, the annual expenses run up to thir-
,y-nine millions. The Wings thought
this amount was unnecessarily extrava-
CANT, and ought to be reduced; and if they
shall succeed in reducing the expenses in
all the departments in the same ratio as
has been done in the furniture of the
White House, no one will have room to
say that they have not fully redeemed
their promise.
Again, the STANDARD says the Wings
promised that - no man should be turned
out Of Office for opinions sake, and they
have in one short month turned out host
of Democrat" "for no other
cause than their political opinions" re-
mains yet 10 be seen. 1t is well known
that Swartwout was suffered to run off
with 1885, dollars of the peoples
money. and Mr.. IIoyt put in his place by
Mr.. Van Buren,. This Mr.. Hoyt soon
afterwards refused to permit committee
of Congress 10 examine his accounts, was
at length found to be defaulter to the
amount of over 100000, and Mr.. Nor
gan put in his place by Mr.. Van Buren,,
about two weeks before he retired from
the Presidency. With such examples
before him, is it to be wondered at that
President Harrison should desire to put
in this important Office a person in whom
he could have confidence!