Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-04-28

ten N 1897 isss 1859. and 1897 WI, were duties
mt laid aud a 81 decent rvyenuo rs'sedi hiade a
personal application 10 some 81 these keht' ih'ii
mys,lf aud tod them Us, rcisnd that, unlfss some
iar tor iucuuc should he provided, al oNta 3 hsi"h
would BE- inevitable. Obvious and pracuealiy sse n,
tie maxim IS II has been one there financial n,s a
mood government which was oieulS iauitd N
during ever, wear OF Mr. Nan Butn'- adnlhlstfaiiol
- frJtn IrNdmg WITHIN the Year the necessary IN
come Tor jhc year. the income WAS l,fl sieu 81 Tie *
pondllurc BY about eight mhuns q dollars duthg eN.th
ase II tic yoars u his Administration. have iha' III
Ard do think that On tins subject, only iced Nihdeh
the Wig party and my-cf fam the chafge 81 mol being
ale to brny down the expenditures below twenty M
millions am afraid, with my honorable hlehd IL n
Maine that it Will scarce he possible to reduce Il during
the wear below twenty three millions. loIe We 'hali
tcaIc toIroldo revenue to meet tho twenty iMe hi
lions Certainly. instead Of rcproachns Us with VISIT
and cNlrsvagancr, these CoHtlcmtb should rather con
graduate Us that have been able Ia effect So Great
elimination IN 50 short time Especially when III eve.
~ legislative hall and IN every moc ruoin the cry II
"kctrrnch. rctrcuchi' Every where rotrenchn.ht Ii
tho order OF the day.
But II has boon SAID that ntimaled that the sIpendi
lures Il the Government might be reduced to ilii.'n
millions. and tie honorable Senator from NJ" lamp
shire has referred speech OF nine, (wllhoul reading
IT, delivered s artack as 1889 Nhatwasmy language
ON that occasun2 The Senator thought that lad sad
the rNp,ndltuos mlghtbr permanently fixed at eighteen
millions had no such ntcnilnn. Here Nh L. read
paris uf his speeches made S,2 and ls1o IN r,la
ton t. The probable and hat ought TO be the amount
of the annual expenditure u The Government, depreea
ting cxayagaucc aud oSpT, sslug wish lor The prac
tcr of the greatest economy, with The hope and blie
that the annual expenditure mlghtbe greatly reduced
but specifying no rfccisc sum 10 Which II was practca
bic 10 reduce II Well aud do not hold iho ssmf Ian
puage uow} | wished then. aud wish now that ihs
expenditures could be reduced 10 eighteen mllliens-t6
thirteen mons-to nine millions, # practicable
It vas tie expression Of wish; but II was not ac
companod with any opinion to the eaaci sam Il
which It was practicable To bring down the annual eA
pcndurc. Certainly nothing like pledge.
! | was speaking IN nst the same terms. and recon-
mcudug form with Just the ,ainesln.es as do
to-day. was for travelling the same road AZ Was re
/ commended by the lamcnt,d harrison IN his Inaugural
address Bot between the date Of that address IN lat
aud the present time. essential difference has occur
rcd in the mcnacn1 state Of foreign relations. wish
there was uo cause for appthendng the breaking
ont 81 var with Mexico than trust there is with Ing
land Box from the las!oHt Icug1agc recently employ
ed y upeart tyr1ut aud surpcr toward the people II
tho valley OF the Mlss~lPpI-a people from whom.
when returning to his country after dsgraeofnl defeat,
be experienced the most generous hospaI1y-and who
htrHe IN SAFETY Ia his own home by public vessel
nj the n',d States and from other SERIOUS wrongs
unrlf,NSrd. h'rc - somc cause Of apprehension oil VA
with th,l Power, vet am not without the hpe thai
even horc sall be able honuray 10 aru1d stale Of
actual hostility. SUI. howryn there u grcat dltier
enc, between th state ~ foreign relations and
10 $50 GA ETvS, justly faNofiie with all. aud
winch ever, seems tu we with ncigbarinuurslng
and preserving. NV ison into a state Of comparative
dIi' pid,uon Al our Qualifications, Which Were negec
tel and even abandoned by the late Admlnlst alton
have noS lo be- repaired All these additional eIpend
iufos hsyc dew lived on our hands
10 he concluded in our mr..