The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-14

Deducung lne sums Tor the years 1885 and lS4l,
leaves $5 444,774 to be deducted from the expend-
lures of Mr.. Van Burens Administration.
On the Treasury building the Patent and Post Of
fee buildings, were expended, during Mr.. Van Blu
ren's Administration, 81, 728 Al.
Deducting these sums from the whole expenditures
Of four years, for Mr.. Van Buren's Administration
will leave average for each year of S23 $685. 742
have not brought into the calculation the removal
of the Indians West, and many other items of una
voidable necessity, of which the Administration can
not be made accountable. Large sums, during Van
Buren's Administration, were appropriated for the
improvement of the Western rivers, the lake har-
bors, and the National Road. The average amount
for each year would be little above 10000, O00
Does this look like extravaganza prodigality,
compared with the estimates of the present Wing
Administrations President Tyler, by his Secretary
estimates the sum necessary for the Government, for
the present year, to be 500 1923 1853 95 and the Com
mtee of Ways and Means of the House of Repre-
sentatives 27,50U,0OO.
Might 1 not with propriety say, this is ex-
travagance and prodigalty, at time when
the People are depressed in all their money
business and money operations, and when but
small importation OF foreign goods be xpected
for The Government 10 attempt to raise revenue TO
this amount is utterly inconsistent with common
sense, with common economy and will be condemned
as extravaganza and plodiga in the extreme. Where
are the Wing promises Tor economy? Daring the
of 1910, the stump orators and all concerned
In the hard cider reveIy ofthat day, promised the
people to carry on the Government for 1913 900 U0O
twenty millions of dollars are the difference between
Wing pledges and Wing realities.
We the reckIessness and prodgality of the
party in power in every step they take. Old claims
are coming up, am informed amounting to hundreds
of millions OF dollars. Five millions of dollars for
French spoiations, before l8OO presented to the
House in a bill The payment of The troops of M as
sachusetts, whose Governor refused t. let them 90 out
OF the State to fight the enemy is demanded, and even
the representatives of Hull who surrendered The
American army to the British at Detroit in the late
war, have come before Congress for relief Is this
the reform, rerenchment and economy which were
promised in 1910!
Mr.. Chairman: In the canvass of 1910 we had
the of Lieutenant Hooe presented on the 20 itica
arena with great flourish of trumpets The hard CT
der Wings made serious charge against the Presi-
dent for permit ny cOored man to give evidence in
Navy court against white man. la Wing estima-
ton this was great outrage in 1910, but In 1912
when the Wings have large joritie in both Houses
of Congress- they consider it hardship at all as
they have made efforts to it, in Congress or
elsewhere. What will the people say to such incon-
sistences and absurdes1 According to Whig mo-
ralty and Wing law, case is crime in 1910 and
in 1912 the same is nothing. No notice taken oft
and no corrective is ad Dinistered.
This is amongst thousands t, show TO
what means the Wings resorted to obtain power.
1t Is not strange that party coming into power on
such devices and on such tricks the above could not
retain it, they acted fixed or finn prncipes
which alone can sustain party or nation ia
power
Mi Chairman: | will conclude these desultorv re-
marks by taking notice of the only two arguments in
favor of protection that conside red as having
any weight at alone was, that the manu- facluriny
interest would create more ample home market for
the products of the famerand the other was to pro-
tect the country against the importation of goods
made by the paupers OF Europe.
TO the first argument | will say that by calcula
be seen hat fpIN
West will feed all the manufacturers in the Union
This home market will not be known 10 the farmers
in he United States 1t will be like the ynat on tho
Bulls horn.
The farmers will not perceive in the sale of their
labor, whether less manufacturers in New
England. They must look to foreign markets to dis
pose of their products.
To the other argument would state that as the 1rin
cples of Republcansn are TO promote the greatest qood
" The greatest number, and the farmers nd machan
les are ten times more numerous than the manufactu-
rers the cheaper foreign goods, which are necessary
and proper tol the People, imported into the coun
try, so much the better for the greatest number in
the country II Is selfevident To my mind that the
cheaper the goods from Europe can be imported and
sold TO The mass of the People SO much better is i, for
the country-therefore not disposed to protect
against cheap goods, but to encourage and project
their ImportatIoD