The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-05-05

,iIls. which Gaia q stiil tn dlsllt f-yft
\. presidsns Is aughOrxea - suspend I'll
~ .anropsinlions i0r Inc srsesion 81 b.r-
-.,ts. Tor me fnznsfsei1rs 81 srns. Coz
,hs eonpIs.ion 81 iorli6rssloas. and fnr
'hs eurehsss II ordnance snd military
.,o,e.l Whist nmosnl wss seisslly poss-
,aaed 4 An nas stae 10 say. bui a. ne
,o,.i amount % stslrd 81 s2S0tae00. 4
.opposs be seat 10 lbs MI ssisnt u hss
authority.
fur. Woodbury.. The State bskks
haze not paid III hey 0ss The Cossrs-
neat io.lhis dsy.
ar. Clay. Az. and hos nOsh % Il
Ihey owrl
Mr. Woodbury.. One hund,sd lhoss-
ana daIIars. A laugh.
Sir. Clay. All The money appso-
prisled Was not 10 Be paid oil borsnbsr
or December. and 50 the aftirles were &C.
leelea NJ ieh could bet bear 10 be post
ponrd. The amount Il $1,000. 900 !.
: hieh should hare been expended IN An
aus. vas postponed BY The Executive pre-
raealise al November. bui the aeminis-
usIion knew lhai he season Rosld shea
be 50 late that The contracts could no, and
would not be made.
ID comes after eli 10 this: that Sc 200.
600 might be postponed; that the United
Sales Rink 81 Pennsylvania dad pay ne
Ell its debli and thar slill the expenditure
Of The money was pot OF 10 Peuod 90
late Sc rendered il eerlain that il could
moi be made u,e Of daring that fsfal
year. IL the 81 600. 200 postponed BE-
added 10 The Senator's esiiln ne af lwea-
ly.two and half millions u sexual en-
pendItnre. the 50 much vsunisd rrifeneh.
msni of lie Sensior and his Adminissra-
tion during Tie year isiO. when 90 ma.
ny powerful motives combined 10 make
show 10 the People Of decent regard
10 frussliiy. brought the public sspend,-
iure down only 70 about lweniy-fouf nil
hons. including The postponed sppropfia-
lions.
And What 10 The present eompisintf
That We. who have had hardly nme 10
isrn round. and who had every thing 10
repair and reform. have not actually
brcueh, the public expenditures down far
below The loves, year when they had The
charge Of the government Our Of power.
they are The greatest economists In the
world; none can vie with them in saving
The money 81 The People. In pouer.
profuse expenditure and wasiei,l sx,rav.
aeance ehsfacterize their Administration.
The late administration came in % On
economical. reforming, reIenrhing Ad.
minisirstian; and during its last four
yrats, N The prosecution Of i've schemes
. Of economy and reform. il carried The
public expenditure dorn only from ihir-
teen 20 thirty FIVE millions per snnumi
J Reslnre them to power 70 morrow. and
we should see revived the same exse,
c conformity Of precept with practice.
, And now ils friends. old and new, como
here and reproach us because. whilst The
work Of reformation hss been cnmmencsd
: and q, this moment is 10 actual progress.
We have not suddenly, ., one dash. re-
ducsJ The public expenditure below iwen.
~ Two millions. Il not what 10 propos
J ed in the series Of resolutions less ~ six
millions than the admitted. acknowledge
. inconieslable average amount of their
E own! II il no, less by Two millions Than
shat would have been expended by iha,
{ Administration in iis hoasled year OF fru.
, paliiy. but for the poslponsment Of whsi
should have been applied 10 The public
! service! Such reduction, 90 soan
made. under circumstances Of such rrea,
! embarrassment If effected. must be 81.
] lowed 10 be very large and highly eneou.
/ raging. ] should lhlak That u would give
] pledge for future economy TIA, NJ, CHI DO
: sufficient 10 satisfy every reasonable
. mind.
/, The Senator from New Hampshire oh.
lecied 10 our course in these resolutions,
! because the work ofreirrnrhnen, dad nos
precede the fxaiioii and provision 81 an
adsqus,srevenue. Blu, how could more
, have been now done than 10 proposed
Give The Senator carte blanche = make
! him lliCtator--and how would lie do III
: lie could not We must take The Gov
, eminent as we find il, estimate the pro-
oabIe amoun, If expenditure 10 keep the
machine IN far and full molian--and 20
j on with the work of reirenchmenl in III
b. the branches Of the service carefully, cir
, cnmspee'ly. slowly. but wisely. |, is
uur duty to take cafe IN sprlyine the
kniie not ID destroy essential paris az tho
: necessary machinery OF Government.
In the case Of the New York custom.
! house. for example, how could any one
, tell ~ha, part of the appropriation coul,l
be spared unIiI The state Of the facts had
been examined! Or, take The judiciary
or the foreign sersi"e. or the l,.dlsn de-
. pariment--takel The army-,he nayy-.-any
: branch you please Of the pubic service.
: and the same cautious and deliberate ex-
, animation should be made heinte you lop
of unnecessary Offices and expenditure.
! The only way 10, 10 uamr 4 sum down 10
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