The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-08
DEsPoTlsM AND RrPuBLlcANIsM

The whsle cost of maintaining the Federal Co
Vernmeni including the EXPENSES Of each u the
t~sB,y-nine States and Territories, and embracing
the sish list thu army and nav doe. not exceed in
any ease 81. 40 00l PSI annnm while the expenses
u the Federal Gosrrnaeni, disiine from the States,
do hot amount % s5.0sOk, or little morc than a
million and half p5und- sterling Ho1 will this
compare lih thc Cish lisi Of Great Britain A.
an oalbailiing "a the Allcghany mountains A. a
i1llipgsian 60 = Brohdinagon
Tho Nsi,onal drhl q Englans At the present time
= eEr AessaAd ssiiiigas y aoilar The interest Of
th, sum. a three pr cent haaar,d aad hrsay
iiiiisas saaWas every fsrthing II whieh j. cNtortrd
from The hlcszl, sweat u lhs naked and hungry
peoplr
IN addton 10 tlis there j. ls support II tie Ar
MY aud Navy, 10 say nthing 81 the expenses % Par
Lament and thu Royal Household. DosIuisni cheaper
than ksPAblicani.m Most oon.usnnisie nonsense :
WIZ the british sOtefnmeni PAYS that Young puking
brat, he Prince ~ Wakes, hsRdej Hnd nv tho-
sind detis, cor ieSs alone efoFr the sprig Of
mobility understand, iho ol such gimcracks.-
This sum would than pay the salary ofour prcsi-
dent Vice President the mrnlbcrs 81 The Cabinet all
he Judges % the Supreme Court, and our Congress
beside, Talk VI the economy 81 Royalty II
such Is economy, good Heaven deliver our country
from IL
Ia Norway, the pessAatry tuhsisis ON oa,en giusl,
with an occasional mixture ofdfcd neeh. Meat y q
luxury seldom usel
la Poland, the food of the working people Is cab
page puiaiofs Sometimes lhef allnNrd piath
bead and soup, rather giuei Butter and meat are
unknosn with them q food
In Denmark. the pcasaniry are bough, and sold like
cattle IN the Il.aket, with the land on which they
labor.
la Rlfsia, the bondage 10 even more eompletr than
hisin Denmark. The mobiles own all the land, and
the s,rs inhabit huts common wiih domestic AMI
mails Few, II any, have be,ls They sleep IN bare
boards. According 70 Mr. Dallas our late Minister
TO Russia the people dress IN goat skins, with The har
TO the skin Of the human being
Austria pres nts similar Of human degrade
la Sweden, tn dress Of the peasan,ry Is prescribe
by law. Their food consists ofhard bread dried fish
without cruel ard wthou,
But this is not all The people of despotc govern
ments are said TO be better cared for than they are m
our republican country. Let Us see. Il is true w
have in this happy land occasional periods of distress
but any thing like 10 what may be found in Ep
rope, arising from the cursed, selfish, and gtaspng
spirit of despotism.
Wherever we turn our eyes in the old world We
see nothing bat oppression, poverty, and exquisite
wretchedness.
In England the operatives generally Obliged 10
toll from Ia to Ii hours per day-earn four or five
shiings week and subslst on bread and water, or
potatoes and salt t
In Scotland meat Is rarely used by the laborlng
classes, except on Sunday.
In France seven millions and half Of people
taste wheaton bread. They live upon barley, rye,
buckwheat chesnuts, and a iew potatoes. The com
mon wages Of hired man in France, are S37 for
man, and $3.50 for woman, annually The
taxes upon them are equal 10 one-hfth Of the nett
product.
In Hungary their state is, if possible, still worse
The mobiles own the land, do not work, and pay no
taxes. The aboring classes Obliged 10 repair all
highways and bridges are liable al all times TO have
soldiers quartered upon them, and compelled to
pay onetenth of the produce OF their labor to the
church, and one-nnth to the lord whose land they
occupy,
The average wages of laborer in Ireland Is about
ten cents day. Their food is milk and potatoes,
occasionally varied by potatoes and milk las an
Hibernien facetiously described it.
In the United States few have occasion TO 60 with
out food of the substantial and luxurious kind.
Ours is truly land of milk and honey aud every
man is free TO follow the bent of his inclination in
carrying out his domestic and political happi-
ness
Let us hear more of the superiority Of Despotlc
over Republican Government. Wehaye quoted facts
which give the lie to all such nsertions-Spr O
the Times.