The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-05-12

dniv whlrh = ihrlndes. ihs ~ hole az Mr..
Van baens administration uss passed
n ons eahtiaasd sielsiiun ofn ID was
ssrn - early IS 1887 lhsi he ssnnsl e.
pfndfuie exrfeded he snnusi income.
l. was knawn lhsl. by The gradual rsdpe
siSn ef fuiss under The conpfnn.iss sri.
The income Vas 20 Be diminished more snd
more. Esefy year Of that Adminissa.
lion Che become was less ihan the fess-
nne By tbaus eishi millions OF dollars.
Yet yssr after year passed away wiihoui
any regard ahaleser 10 he maxim which
leading friends ofIlasi Administration nov
pronounce IN be seli-esidenl liulh. Why
was u negleried ss forgotten in 1887,
1883 1890. and le40l Why we're duhss
moi lsiJ. and sLiiiceni resrnne raised!
! male Fers0nsi application 10 some Of
those gendrmen m.seIl. and iald them
beforehand llaat. unless some tariff lnr in.
eoas shorld be provided. sn extra ses-
sion wnuld be iEssiIsble. Obsisus and
practically wise IS the maxim l.. il has
been one Of llloss 6nsnclal rules Of gaod
government Which was openly irampled
IN during every year Of Mr.. Van Buren's
administration. So far from providing
" thin The year The necessary income ar
the year. the income vas LEFT short Of the
expenditure BY sbuui eight millions Of Lnl
lars during every one Of the years &c bis
Administration. have lhonehi. aud DO
think. that. On this subjrei. | only need
sindle.le the Wing parry and mys,lf from
the charge II mol being able 10 brins
do an The expenditures below TWEEN. y-iao
millions. an sifsid. with NY hcnua-
BE friend frrm Maine. ihsi il will scarce
ee possible % reduce il during The year
below iwen,y-ihrse millions. hope we
shall be able 10 provide revenue 10 NEE,
The twenty two millions. Ceflsinly, in
stead u approaching Us With waste and
extravaganza. lhrse genlemen should
rather congratulate vs. that We have been
.bls 10 tfecl 20 great . dinihu,irn ia 80
short lime. Especially uhen in e.riy
legislative hall end 10 every cnmmiipe
room The ery 10 /. Reirench. retrench!'
Every ahele reirenchmeni is the oreer u
The day.
But il has been said tbs, I minated
iha, the expenditures Of The Government
nigh, be reduced 10 thirteen millions; aud
the honorable Senator from New Hump
shire Ia. referred u = speech Of mine.
(wilhout reading il. delivered as far back
1892. VIVA, was my language on that
ncessioni The Senator thought ,ha,
had said the expenditures might be perms-
nenlly liked Il eighteen millions. bad
no such inicahop. There Nc. e. read
paris e his speeches made in 1892 aud
1910. in relation 10 The probable aud v hat
ongh, 10 be The amount OF the annual ex
pendllufe Of lie Government, drpreca,lng
sxlravagance, and expressing wish for
The praclrs of The gteatsst economy. with
the hope ard belief Ina, the annual expen
dIlare migla be greatly reduced; bat sre-
cifylne no precise sum 10 whirh "a was
practicable 10 reduce il. Well; and do
/ mol hold the same language INV! |
wished then. aud | wish nav. that The
expenditures could be reduced {, eighteen
,nlIlrn.--iu thirteen millinns--,o nine
millions. IL il we're practicable. 1, was
The mere expression of wish; but il was
not accompanied With any opinion as
10 The exact sum 10 which il was not prac-
ucable ID bring dawn the annual expen
dinre. Certsinly nothing like pledge.
was speaking IN jus. The same terms,
aud recommending rtInrm with just the
same earneslness IS lioto-,lay. was for
Travelling The same road as was Tecommen-
ded BY tie lamsnied Harrison 10 his lnan.
gusl address. But between the ds,e of
that address in 1910 and The prcsen, lime,
an essential difference has occurred in
The nenacing safe ofour fore gu relations.
! wish there was no moro cause for ap-
pretending The breaking on, Of war with
Mexico. than | trust there is with Eng
land. But IRON the iusuleni language re.
Gently employed BY an upstan tyrani and
usurper toward the people ofihe valley Of
The sllssissippi--i people from whom,
when returning To his country aher a dis
gracefnl defeat. he experienced the most
genetou, hnspl'a'i y--snd who was bnrne
IN safety To his own home By public
vessel of The United Stairs, and from
other mure serious wrongs unredressed,
there is sumo cause Of apprehension ol
war with thai power; ye, am not with
gu, the hope that even lheie We shall be
able honurahly 10 avaiJ state Of actual
hostility. SILL, however, there Is great
ference between The stale of our TO-
reign relations now and in 1910. Oar
navy. justly favoriis With all, aud winch
every one seems to vie with his neighbor
il nursing aud preserving, is now fallen
into atsiale of comparative dllaplda,ion.
All our lufnlicaiinns, which were neglect
ed and even abandoned BY the late admin
tsirailon. have now 10 be repaired. All
these additional expenditures have de-
yolved on our hands.
| now ptdrred to another topic on
which have something 10 say, though
| am afraid that shall not have power