Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-01-01

wasted is ;ti.icatiors AMI corrupt a'riicaton q
the puhIic treasure Tor prvPnsra q; rafr a;a''oh.
Dir. ", however, had - th.s' !. ''I'ts nc esa'sh
10 sAit ufT any lust responsibility from tie party At
,rssan, m mower lie admitted .t. al;hou g the Wing
marty had not, a Wing President still, having majority
IN Congress- was responsible er ir Gets OF Congress
But gentlemen who conpi lned 50 loudly OF Wing ex-
nen,l,ures IN the general, when 1t came TO voting on
n,rticnlar items were ocnd 10 charge hcir tune. On
,b;s ,,,o, Mr. " had witnessed some scenes III that
i;opse which rave him much amusement Whenever
uro,oson was made to reduce The salory OF some clerk
or subordinate c,iccr 81 lie G"seFnment, gentlemen
went a, !. in perfect rnsh, forty fifty gentlemen
would spring Ia their feet nj once !" ct the floor, aud
har commended ,cho should below III, nudcst for ere
.rencbmcnt and reform. 10 hear them bysandcr
would suppose that Whenever m opportunity was afford
ed TO reduce the actual expenditures 81 the government
II would be seized vi h paulng ra-eTness, and that, IN
the matter Of rctrcncim"n', these Gentlemen would
on, Ilerod Hcrod limseli, out 1T the regular annual
sfa, so! ne1r G9''S ns eo" s 's VAS
then the other way the strife wa, who should propose
the most Increase of expenditure Mr.. w. had from
his seat watched and taken minute Of the various
bin las, wear. and h. had asce1 aned that if every
amendment moved rs them had been adopted the up.
uronriat,on in the bill would haze been augmented
10 tic tune oil three am half millions 81 dollars be-
yond the estimates. TGls WAS lair ouchsione OF the
snserity Of this deafenjng cry for rei:enchment.
If gentlemen were 81 very anxious ID reduce the
public expenses, and Indignant At the Wing party
for lis extravagancc why did theY make no efforts al
reduction, Ii they asked IN return, why did not the
majority make propositions on tie subject, Mr. w s
renly was Tor tho best reas the world 10 do so,
,hev must make n leap the da.k of them knew,
or could be expected know whether there were, or
tom.hous GUS at New York, at Baltimore, philndel
phie; whether clerks could without injury, be spared
IL the Departments: Or whrhe vo millions or three
al boa yrt
an these subjects the House :nuSt receive light from
Tie Executives. and nnlss, ts were sustained BY
the President, ihcy must lr.Te in, and of no pruc-
cal effect Ii the President 7hoSi isaaea circular cali
mr. on nj. the vast army Of Executive officers through
or, thu country 10 maize 'pNae reports TO him OF all
expenditures which might be reduced or dispensed
Whit ne should be ~ Garnet III the thing, and lei
tia. be understood ~ all hrnc9a him, something ei
fectual might be done: but 'tllout some step Ike
hi. the economy speeches of gentlemen on that floor
we're all hunbug and calculated for the purpose OF
,u,,nu the people True, the President and his Score
arics recommend economy c'oqaen bn, still IN ge-
neral terms all such gencrat.'s and commonplaces
were sounding brass ard unkl'ug cymbais
Mr. " here referred Ia the large increase the esti
na, ties at the present sesse ose Navy Department,
They had risen al o,ce irors five millions TO over
aqht millions The prrit Il was, The 'silade OF pro-
babil ty" that we might, ~ rsuote possibility, go 10
war with Great Britain Wei suppose We even should
lie forced into had not waT been declared by rs
millions and we had but since ship OF the he; when
the country was without rai!foads' And had we not
come on, Of that war with honor: Nov We had ropu
a,ion nf seventeen n"is, equal IN actual efficiency,
from the increased facility with which its masses could
hr concentrated 10 thir,>ionr millions: yet now, IN n
state Of profound peace w all the world an increase
like tia: he had mentioned las proposed by (he sup
posedl a Wing President
Mr. w here advcr'cd t. III remarks OF Mir Ather-
ton as 10 the alleged revolution public sentiment, as
4. q ~...,t l.,y
cvnccd by the late c!ert"ss d his reference 10 wing
expenditures, and pr5cu ,he cost Of the extra ses
sion OF Congress: and IL pianed Of the nniarness
of such attacks on paf'y situated rs the Wings had
been since tie death Il Cen. Harrison lad II pleased
an all wise Providenoc - extcad the precious lie o.
that patriot for the four y 81 his Presidential term,
and had he in conjunction with Wing Congress, sue
ceeded the close ulia term IN giving downward d.
rsciion 10 the cyrcnsr> HE yernaent, il would have
been ali the nation had rg. 10 expect or demand
Public expenditure could ,e reduced ina moment,
the o"s" Of. as w sl e. le. nna nr3a
Gus difficulty B,.!, situaed ~ they were, what canid
The Wings do: II pam they had not Wing fresI,
dent al their head, for III. apparent change exhibited
hy the elections vas pointed 10 BY The PRESIDENT
with obyicus pleasure ard tEuiiatinn. Such man
could have 10 common ac!u; with the great wing par
~ OF his Union Thn d, fai Of the Wings, if such it
could be called, in tie a s'ee!ops, easily accounted
for There was torp,r, indifference III the wing
ranks; and Tor the l.s9 reasrn-they had no common
object It had @ % 2@ss pa, %ai y"'I Rec
orp OF the currency ~ United States Bank had been
the theme al Wing exclamation on every stump. Inc
Yves, had no Walls, arsenal, dry docks,
ar tuy otter Of ,ho rre sources oil Federal eSpcn-
dture which were y Other parts Of "a: oonn.
Try All it asked 4 hoped i'om the Federal Govern:
NEWT %s' gsf " I had BEEN r" s chef
o.ec, Of hope ard The Wings most mpudeEtly
told that j, lad neycs br"" made question in the ca
an army whose general iAd deserted them and gone
over TO the enemy
And what were they to have in place Of that efficient
National Bank VII "a hasirrn the object ii their ex
pec,ations: he was. told he patriots in both
Houses would paas The III, Tor the iscay-the mise
r,tle halfway, cosctH+en thing, half Sub Treasury
aud half Natona! Ans, recommended from the White
House Yes, tins Gull he taken by the patriots in
Congress In Hrs DAYS was the very easiest of all
things in this wof.,sto Lc patriot" man had no.
thing 10 d. bHt I" 4" The lines na Canada, 10
hura barn. aud then bum dwelling house inli
OF women and children, then 10 massacre some dog.
en or half tnzca people and back into the l.
s ana NJ once i,ia uau.e wonld be found III
scribed on r!a roll or "pafios. Or another way,
s, eascr and shorter, wsf 10 get up IN tins House,
openly rpnGnmcc tie POLITICAL principles man had
avowed and defended 10, years-ay, through his
whole pu5c lilc-io torsa!e and dpnounce his long
tired friends md associates and break all his promises
10 u con!i!ing constituency, and straight lie would
become patriot ofthc very first water, he would be
received and hnnored hy tie occupant Of the White
House "a who had done good service, and, perad
venture besides all that there prospect that the
gentleman valuable services would not he lost TO his
country hu, that lie might be called TO some high
pest winch CHANGED 10 have good lat salary attached
10 il, where he might aid patriotic Chef Nlass,
,rae by lis patriotic counsel and cooperation IN
carving OF, his pure patriotic designs, 10 De COM
peted, possibly, wihm>a second term. Some gentle
men, since the unexpected change III party prospects,
had suddenly manifested very peculiar iondness Tor
office: and with that icmdncss had developed aFcnarka-
bic facility IN seeing ncy truths and adopting new prin
cples: while some Of them, thus suddenly enlightened,
having unfortunately failed in Obtaining Offices, had as
suddenly become obitrcated in their understanding
eclipsed as il were, all their brightness and had
cruelty turned ahou, and denounced our patriotic IRE
sidcnt.
Nov !, vou, 4. have been the easiest thing in The
world 10. Air. to wake speech for This is'"l'iy
declare 10 Il, II known 10 every body tina, he never
had been the o,. oca,r Of Bank Of the L. S, that the
Pres;dcn. aud his couMseors he'd struck out happy
device 10 givc the country sound currency and
II - IA r.Vll nov