Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-03-09
From the Inhennn.icnt

-, 'SFV""e"ee from tht CdpitOL
" n'1 Is the retrenehmont so often promised by
ever and anon the cry Of the Loco
thousand presses, -
! might in the Threshold, impurn Loeoroeo
s"' 70 ASK questions on the subject. They, surely.
nave NOT SCI us very good examples on this point
nave never made their preeepts quodrcte with their
example. Their professions, indeed, have olwov,
oeen al points with their practice. And, therefore,
they are stopped from saying word to their nd
'e''aries about reircnehmenl-u their hch
example makes right in them what is wronr in
o'hers-or to use a homely phrase, unless "Sa,an
has a right TO reprovc SIM"
Again. 1t might be REPLIED that re,rcnchment is
not the thing of an hour-that like all substantial
determinations, 1t requires time for contamination
ana 'hst'he Wings, not having been twelve mouth
IN power, have not had full opportunity to establish
as yet, any thing like system of economical re-
form.
But have the Wings Of Congress been unmind
tul OF their obligations in this respect7 Have thew
like their Locofoco opponents all tho time bawled
reirenchment, economy, yet every day doublin,
expenditures and taking no practical stems to cur
tailmcnt' Let us sec. If | mistake moi, tb, IN.
eepu'e Efforts OF Wing reform, in this particular.
'oretoken result in the ond that will clearly do
nons'rate 'hat Wing promises of retrenchment.
| a',u h'cuooo promises OF economy, ntc a fctcnt
| things altogether. '''"'
There Is Mr. Summers report on the sub;.., If
reducing me expenses OF the House of Reprcsen
| taiives. The discussion and the votes tbcreon 10
note spirit Of reform. The first resolution nc
! companylng the report, not only lessons the mum
Der TO DO employed, hut forbids the calling in oe
any additional clerk that shall not be ordered bv n
vote OF the House. Here is the beauty OF The
| N NgF alsp, to - l.
tinsent appointments and contingent salaries Thai
are so uniendly to the Treasury as well rs Ia the
purity OF the Government This is one good SIGN
Another cheering indication. When the nppro
| priation bill was before the House n short time
since, Mr. Gentry, Of Tennessee submitted n pro.
posltion TO recommit the hill with nstructioos IN
s'riNe out every appropriation expressly nutbo
| H<cu oy act OF Congress. Sufficient weight has
n,t oeen accorded to this movement. II is a telling
DOW NJ the corrupting and nrt-economicnl system
OF contingencies which has been so long pursued
II IS pregnant with reform. And the country
should Know that II succeeded by large ma ioritv
ana the Locoiocos remember that it was n Whis
proposition and sustained by the almost unan;n,ons
vote OF the Wings Of Congress. By the vnv I
should like 10 see mofe Of MIR Gentry in the doincs
OF congress. lie IS not only Wing of the ris6t
stamp but his shrew6ness and sagacily qualify
! hIm for doing much Tor the PARTY 10 which he -
attached, and on whose shoulders so much respon.
! sipity rests.
Again. A standing committee Of Retrenchment
hsi been raised in the Sencte-a Whic prnposition
and one that affords earnest proof of det.rn,;n,
I'on 70 retrench. When, crave TO know, did the
Loeoioco party, when in the ascendant propose 40
serious measure of Reform1
Yet another evidence OF WING intention 10 70
,eheh. MIR Merrick submitted recently Join;
Resolution requiring that amendment shall be
MADE TO an appropriation bill II the effect of such
amendment be TO add any appropriation not called
Tor by az existing law. This Resolution received
every wing vote in the Senate and is an important
m hat -
irrelevant matter, and brings up every ammonia
lion on It's naked merits. IL puts a stop indeed IN
the worst species Of rolling in lesisnton-tbnt
winch carries through unmerorious subjects of ex
metitorous. 5000 So
But the cheering omen Of all, ia the grand propo.
siuon oil Mr. Clay TO limit the ordinary ex penses Of
the Government 10 TWENTY-FIVE millions When
e'u SO Vtal proposal for ReucHchment ever come
from lne democratic party 7 Thcyrame into uoyy
en- win Zen Jackson ut their head, shouting eco
nomy and reform. "Down with MIR Adams ubev
c;ied) who hns raised the expenses of the Govorn
men' up 10 the inShiful amour, of thirteen millions
Such e&ravasance Is insuilerablc. IL Is eating out
inc very substance OF toe PEOPLE," And down ,bev
ala with the prohsate John q uincy Adams, and
IN came an economical Administration that COM
heneeu' from the word 90, to incr expenditures
and went on increasing and increasing Them un,,i
the annual budget called for the startine sun of
forty millions OF dolars1 Yet this is the Marty
mat every day tiunt their Wig adyesaries with
noI carrying out their pledges of Rerenchment -
They, whose acts always belicd their profession
VINO ever kept the word Of promise to the car. but
broke 1t to the kope"-they who give you an CT.
pendilure OF forty millions as specimen of their
economY-27 millions moro than were ex expended bv
an Administration which they abhorred and eject.
ed Tor ITS eItravoganct-thesc self same men, re.
proach US, the Wings with fthlcssness 10 our pro.
misses OF Rerenchmtnt! "Oh Consistency, thou
art indeed n jewell"
But TO return TO Mr. Clay's proposition for re-
uenchment-rsdcal deep. substantial reirenchment
Ills plan is based on the position that % millions
are all sufficient for the Government, economically
administered. Whist support il will receive at his
hands, and at the hands of his Wing ass ciates
we shall soon see. Who are the Tetfenchment
party, and who not, will soon appear.
. FOR one, regard the proportion OF the Kertuckv
senator as opening new era upon the country.
IL Is CLEAN Of light breaking forth, despite the
gloom which the ircachery OF John TYLER has cast
over inc country. IL is the first, for long wears
made Tor ntixlng limit for giving dsfaiisnsss to
We expenditures Of the Government. IL proposs.
a reduction Of fifteen millions from the standard Of
the van Buren administration; and taken in connec
Ton with the other facts alluded to. indicates ths
me wings are seriously moving in the worl, Of Re
Iofm' and at as rapid pace as circumstances ad.
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