Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-05-06

In power profuse expenditure and waste
Iul extravagance characterize their Ad.
ministralion. The late Administration
came in as an economical, reforming
re'rencbing Administration; and during
lis last four years in the prosecution Of
economy and reform, it carried the pub.
lie expenditure doon only from thirty
TO 35 millions per annum! Restore
them 10 power 10 morrow, and we shou d
see revived the same exa;t conGormi.
~ of precept with practice, And now
lis friends, old and new, come here and
reproach US because. whilst The work OF
reformation has been commenced, and
at THIS moment is 10 actual progress, we
have not suddenly, at one dash, reduced
the public expenditure below twenty
two millions. Is not wha, ia proposed
IN the series Of resoIu ions less by 6 mi
lions than the admitted, acknowe edged,
incontestabIe average amount OF their
ownR Is it not less by Two millions
than what would have been expended
by ;hat Administration in its boaaed
year OF frugaIity, but 70; The postpone.
ment of what should hove been applied
10 the public service2 Such reduction,
so soon made, under circumstances of
such great embarrassment, if effected,
must be allowed to be very large and
highly encouraging. | should think
that 1t would give pledge for future
economy that might be sufficient to sat.
lsIy every as1nabIe mind.
The senator from New HAMPSHIRE
objected 10 our course in these resotu
tIons, because the work Of relrenchmen,
did not precede The fxaron ard proyis.
ion of On adequate revenue. But how
could more have been now done than
is proposed? Give the Senator carte
blanche make him dictator--and how
would he do it9 He could not. We
must take the Government AZ We find It.,
estimate the probable amolnl Of expen.
dtture to keep the machine IN fair and
full motlon-snd go on with the work
OF retrenChment IN al! the branches Of
the service carefully, circumspect Y,
slowly, but wisely. II is our duty to
take care in applying the knife not to
destroy essential parts ofthe necessary
machinery of Government. To the
case of the N York cHslom house, Tor eX
ample, how could any ohr tel. ahs
part Of the appropriation rou'4 La spared
until the state Of the lecs had beer
examined? Or, take the JUDICIARY, ol
| the foreign service, or the indian drp4rl
ment-take the army-the navv-any
branch you please oi the public service
and the same cautious aud deliberate
examination should b. made before YOU
! Top oil unnecessary Offices and cxpendi-
iure. The only way is, To name Euu
down to which we hope to l." atle tc
bring the public expenditure, aud then
TO 60 lover, il we find It practcab'e OF
full examination and prudent survey
of all the fucts.
And now, have not only shown from
what quarter tbs charge OF extravaganza
proceeds, what was their own expend.
pure when entrusted with power, ant
that our very frat proposal is to reduc,
the amount $4,000 900 below what i
confessed by prominent supporters o
the preceding Administration to have
been spent by Mr. Van Buren's Admin
istraton- have not only shown the
but it is uDdeniab G that many of th'
expenses which sweIjed so enormously
their account might well have been a
voIded. But now ask TO what is tn,
reduced amount OF our o"n expenditure
to be applied? For The defence Of tn,
country al a time when in The opinion
many, there exists imminent dange
of a foreign war.