Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1842-11-19
Number 10.

debt Of thirty five millions created during
the first year Of their sway. and the APP
preparation of twenty-f,ur million at me
last session. This too, il must he remem-
bered, at time when the burdens that
long oppressed the treasury, had been In
a great degree removed; when the pension
list had been curtailed, the expense OF re-
moving Indians fr.m the limits Of the Uni
ted States in great degree put an end to,
few public buildings erected, and the drain
of the Florida war almost entirely closed.
The want of necessity for this extrava-
ounce will appear, when we consider some
Of the items of appropriations passed by the
wing majority in Congress,here bearing IN
mind that the estimates of the Wing Sec
rotary of the Treasury for the present fis-
cal year, were thirty-seven millions, which
would have been voted but for the union
of me Of the moderate administration
men with the democratic party. Their
two uselessly prolonged sessions, spent in
such manner as to disgrace the country,
and dshonor themselves, cost the nation
about l4,0o0,0O0 in the first place /; the
claim Of the heirs OF the coward Hull. for
the payment of his services of Governor OF
Michigan, after his surrender of that terri
tory, they allowed, while the unjust fine
imp sed on Gen. jackson for saving Lou
isiana, was refused to be RENTED. Nine
teen thousand dollars they pay over to Mr..
| Senator Henderson, for the destruction of
wood, committed by parcel of Indians
upon some 800 acres of pine shrubbery
ol 10 that 81 IL
worth land and all, not more than forty
cents per acre; the appropriation for the
Judiciary they made unnecessarily large,
refusing at the same time to make those
reductions In the expenditures tor the army
and navy. which the foreign relations Of
the country would have justified. In 1910,
the principle Of action, 4" to the victors be-
long the spois," was denounced by the
wing party as IN ust, immoral and anti
christian, and prescription" was to be
proscribed;' how faithfully, since they
obtained power, has this promise been kept
by them, the records of the Senate, and
The proceedings of Mr.. Granger and the
other heads Of department can testify
Enchanting against the luxurious magnifi-
cence OF the Presidential mansion, one of
their first acts was to pass an appropriation
for new furniture for tn Il building. They
abused Mr.. Van Buren, for suffering the In
trodactisa Of negro Testimony in the case
of Lieut.. Hooe, and yet most Of the North
ern portion Of their party opposed Mr..
Calhoun's amendment to the Navy appro-
priaton bill, for preventing the enlistment
Of coored seamen. Crying out for the
right of petition and freedom of debate, the
House of Representatives has muzzled the
minority by the establishment of the hour
bill, and arrogating the title of /" Demo.
cratic States Rights men," that party has
passed remedial justice bill, which de.
prves Slate of her rightfu municipal ia.
risdiction, in cases of lelonies committed
within her limits by foreigners, under
color of an order Of some foreign authority.
They have enacted an oppressive tariff for
protection within two years of the period
that Southern wings supported Gen. Har.
risoG, on account of his promised adher-
ence to the Compromise act. To all
classes they promised on their advent TO
power, better times, a restoration of the
currency and exchanges, and a return
IF national, State and individual credit;
The agrlcuturlst was seduced by the hope
leld out of high prices for his produce,
while the cry to the mechanic and manu-
ac'urer was So per day and roast beef in
stead of Van Buren's policy, 10 cents a
lay and bean soup" Who will say that
hese promises have been yet, or are soon
likely to be performed by them s-Ala.
Tribune.