Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1842-09-17

III of March, 1871, the preceding Con-
ress had made all the us1a) and needful
appropriations, and provided the means
Or the public service Of the ensuing year.
Bot regardless Of this-regardless nike
i the condition Of the country and oftheir
'wn promises, so solemnly given, the rul-
ng majority in our present Congress, pro-
'eeded but three months after, and before
'ue third of those appropriations were ex-
pended, to appropriate, for the service of
ne very same year, an addition of fire
2ltf'onS and forty three thousand dollars.
nc namo of economy was no longer
heard, but when pronounced by the Demo.
Gratis, TO remind the Federalis ts of what
they had pledged, aud TO rebuke them for
What they were about. Needless Of this,
the leaders, who projected these measures
seemed but the more diligent to discover
every excuse for extravaganza, that could
md lmpunity in the general pretext Of
the public good. 80
But those who spend must accumulate.
and in the case of Government, taxes and
loans are the chief sources of supply
Hence II was, that after, by this addition.
al expenditure, they had efectualy picked
the very bones Of the Treasury, they next
turned their attention to lbe increase Of
taxes. Here was a nerve TO be touched.
that ran through the body of the people,
and, therefore it was imporan: to prepare
them for the shock, by the soothing pro-
cess Of distribution. They had left 10 the
Golfers OF the Government not an unappro-
Prlated dollar. The ordinary income was
short OF the extraordinary outlay. Tax
es, had they been sufficient in amount,
came 10 TOO tardily to meet the rapidly
OF expenditure, and to borrow became con-
sequentiy, the only immediate resource.
This state OF things was known and ac-
knowIedged, because brought about bv
the ruling majority. What hen did thew
do? In aggrava,ion Of these evils, and.
as if totally bent upon the utter bankrupt.
cy and ruin of The Government confided
to their care, they proceeded to snatch
every dollar accruing 10 the Treasury
from The public domain, and to cast il
away in Plttance 10 the States. No con-
scIenlloasness of its lolly-ho barrier in
the Cons'ltu'Ion-no "beggarly account
OF empty boxes" from the Treasury De-
Partment--no ierrors Of National Debt
could possibly arrest them in this. Nor
was the justice ola ugmen:ing taxes, when
he means OF the people to pay, were d.
sufficient to retard, much less
10 prevent this profligate waste Of the ma
lions resources. Distribute they would.
and that too at the hazard OF the public
They confded in the craft
't the scheme, and were willing TO risk its
exposure. One dollar was to be given
y the Government, through the States,
o the people through The custom. house,
o the Government. The people would
ee and might be tempted by the amount
hey received; that which they paid, was
aiken from them, 10 the dark, at dis
ance. The process was to be direct and
lsIble-the second, circutous aud OBJ
cure, and it was Oh the obscurit,, that
he FederaIists relied, for IMMUNITY against
election 10 the iuposture. The act Of
istribution was therefore passed, and then
n an instant after, the same men who
assed it, urged that very act, by which.
he land revenue was thus excluded from
he Treasury, as an additional why the
axes upon the people, should be immedi.
'ely increased. A tax Of sir million of
oildrs was accordingly added, in the
'rm Of tariff duties, 10 the burlhens be.
IRE imposed upon the nation.
But in view Of the last revenue distrib.
ied-the vast appropriations already
'ade, and those intended COR the future,
ven this increase Of taxes would prove
adequate. A loan of tiOelpe million of
olidrs was therefore, authorized apon
le credit of the people, and the pledge
their farms and workshops, for its nay
ent, principal and interest. This il was
opposed would, together with the taxes
nd Treasury notes already aAoai, afford
fund sufficient TO feed for the present
zen the extravagance Of the ruling power.
national debt would, il was true, With
! its evils, be the inevitable consequence.
D much the better, for such debt, 10.
cad Of being reason with the Federal.
Is why they should economist the public
come, has ever been, and yet is, with
EN-, Of all reasons, the very strongest,
+ the most boundless prodigality Of ex-
snditure. And therefore, with this in
tuat es affection for public debt, they
ere not TO be satisfied with the tOelve
;llion loan as beginning: but on the
ntraIy, they proceeded 70 add si1teen
lions to that--the last beng intended
the basement stock o. the FIscality--a
ational Bank more hideous, infinitely in
its features, than was the former inati.