Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-06-06

upon the Treasury, "cTe cn.y G51l. twenty Two mi
lions Pledged - ret5eacamea:, tae Wings have IA
creased tae ofdGafy expenditures o. C9tctuHeat.-t
Pledged 10 rNtngu,sh tie national deh,, tdey have
augmented II from seven Cor twelve millions, II you
pieaS',) il iweny-seSen millions Pledged 10 relieve
The 'sfcsses otths people, they have aggravated their
embarfassmea's By wan;on ana nos exhossisaa Taxa
ton
am perfectly aware, fellow citizens, that Il ;.
Gently been stated among you, by very hgp ,o,Sn,;,r
that the Ways have actually reduced ,,sI,. ;
pendltufes 10 sixteen millions yea n ". i;s
rediy, Is huge GiistaSe. ihe 80 L.
last year were about twenty "c'uai zap ny.
they sI he !; ihe u.xt II, live miiiionS ana wha'
Ieh' I,is y.,y ,ets. seal year, mortal man can
only twenty four ,nat Congress mas aPP''i,''".s"
of overrn,sot .i,ilInn 10 DERRY HE expenditures
,,sss =, % ,ip TO The 3ati OF Jane, l54;, bat Con
SESSION, "a all know, viii IN the mean lime be IN
px,s, 4ad add Whatever amount II peases, 10 the
ing appropriations. Tue appropriations, Tor I long
period advance, are ev,dea,!y tang; lac ae aal
expenditures another Any one OF you, fellow,
cilzans, can, IL YOU choose, the commencement VI
year appropriate $780, 500, or 81 ,uoO TO ceiray
e expenses Of yonr families daring that year, oul
your ual expenditures, IN consequence OF SICKNESS
and ten thousand other unforeseen casualties may
double either Of those amounts So with government.
Who tell what The extraordinary and contingent
expenditures OF Government WILL De, during Inc e''su
.ng year, The smouideriag embers OF the florida war
may be rekindied Aame the appalling waf.whooP
of the savage NAV r.ng upon your Western frontiers
the devou.ng elrmea, may consume your puoiic eel
fees the lowering aspect Of your foreign relations may
compel you nation, 10 repair your old soTii
ic,tonr and boi.d ores, and 10 put every vesSei
IN your y upon the and even the storm OF
war Itself mag sweep with desoiating Jury over your
defence.e>s co"a,iy. What year or day may BRING
forth either t. the naton ourselves, is known only
10 the ali seeing eye oil Omn'sc'ence
TIC ordinary expenditures of Government, during
Mr. Ean Burens Administration, did not exceed an
annual average OF thirteen and half millions, sere
RI! mill less than the Wings have now appropriated
30 l!ie very same objects, with most up.oarous ane
deasemng cutlery and hurra about their marvellous &C.,
no:1y and reiTenchYsnt The flofica aho piAeN "a"
Wars The extiugu:shment o! the Indian tile TO I'M
pense bodies Of The public domain the removal o en-
1re Indian .ihes, West of The Assissppt, Inc cree
ton OF permanent puoc buildings, ano otiief sAtaoi'
binary sources OF expenditures, which ahsoi oed SO
lar portion Of the revenue under nr Nan bnfeh
Administrations, having now ceased 10 te oia'n upon
the Treasury, as, from their temporary character, me!
mus, have ceased unGer any administration oil the 90
vernment, the public expenditures nave, o. course
been largely reduced, bat ii any OLDER fnanc,a is
trenchmen, has been effected, am moi aware oil "a'
II consists have heard, indeed, oil certain inca
sures of REFORM which have reduced the public ex-
pendilures great many millions OF dollars but before
| allow my old Wing friends credit Tor those mea.
sures they must inform my ignorance, by telling me,
plainly, shat those measures Spec,ncay are AZ PIE
sent am entirely aorant upon the SUBJECT But To
SEIZE the bull right by The horns, conceding that tue
Wings have been compelled by stern, unreentIng
necessity, which, would take no denias-by bankrupt
Treasury dshcisnt revenue and PROSTATE national
credit 10 reduce .he expenditures OF Government 10
sixteen millions year, that ve'y fact, maintain, IS
proof concua,ve, OF their eXravagaace and pohgacy,
for they had determined, a. have already shown you,
10 expend twenty millions year, under exisiing
clrcums ances, ten millions more than they now con-
cede to be necessary for the support OF government
and l. They Fave no. expended every dollar Oh Tue
money, il was because .hey had neither money nor
credt-and moot people, | believe, fellow citizens,
even the extragagan;, are very economical under
those crcun instances.
The truth is it is Jde,iy impossible that The wing
Marty can ever effect any permanent retrenchmenl IN
The expenditures of Government, because 1t must have
high expenditures sustain high Protective !aflt,
the basis and ground work Of lis enti!e system OF po
oy This deep seated vice, this seminal principle oil
corruption and extravaganza, pervades aad v;a!'Ees
every fibre of Its being, ana Is lnseparaolc rom II
The Free Trade Loco Foco Party, the other hand
IS obnoxious to no such objection. lis system Of pole
cy is sound and good though us practices may not 81
WAYS be very Consistent wi.A il.
am no, ignorant, fellow citizens, that the Wings
attempt to throw al! then responsibilities upon the head
Of their scape goat poor Captain John Tyler but you
know fellow citizens, that the Wings, for The last
two wears, have had dec led maorites in both Houses
OF Congress; they passed all the appropriation bills
tho expenditures their ac.e. and they u course
are Justly responsible Tor them. so mich Tor wing
retrencnmenl
Another pledge Of the Wigs was 10 "pfoscrhe
nroscr,ottnn The detes,she spos maxim was te
be secuted from the Goge imcnt, and The PRESIDENT
was 10 be deprived ct the arbitrary power oil removing
cepabe aud faithful officers for the fearless exercise oil
the dearest right and tie honest dschafg. 81 the high
es, DUTY of u freeman. The public Offices were no
Ion ger 10 be held n brides allure the inercenary
10 the standard OF ambitious cheains TO reward pnr-
2an services 10 corrupt the mo-a atmosphere oi tne
Republic, and to invest The President w''h Inc power
of despot Blu, vas prescription prescribed No
sooner had the Wing administration come into power
than the uplfted axe of ;ne political guotine geam.
cd through the laud, and It's blood trough flowed
nee deep with the life blood OF decap'a;ed Loco
Focos. honest and capable officers, whose official IN
tcpri,y even the ran"orous naligDty of party spi-
ri dare not lmpeach. Daring the first few months
OF the Wing Administrator, whie john iy'er
vas vet Wing, surrounded by N6ig councillors,
there vas general sweep ihroughoa. iae lard -
The Lac focos hunted down ss with blood
bourds and those left in desirable and lucrative
Offices re proved time by policy, ";ew and
far between ''-.'rari nantes in eureitc raSto AS
these classical young gentlemen. by whose polite at
Il nt;on feel myself highly h"nored, would say
inst enounh TO pom, TO us examples OF Wing cemency
and moderation. MIR Granger the late Wing Post
master General, admitted on The hoor OF Congress,
ha, during his te reign of terror, he had cut oil the
heads of twelve hundred Locotoco postmasters, de-
l.r;n1 at the same time that, had he Tema ned IN oil.
fce was i5 determination 10 nave cut the tnroa's
of three Thousand more. And when the grave charge
of violated pie 4ges this respect, was made against
the Wings in Congress at The Extra Session, Mr. Clay,
20, caring Ia deny ,he fact, met IT only with this prey
ocnt remark: ait is impossible TO keep your men IN
Office" Impossible And why impossible, fellow e.
,,zens, With TIE appointing and removing power both
IN wing hands Because the vindct've ana pro-
ecr;pive spIrit which ragged in The bosom OF the Wing
pary clamorcd for The blood OF the Locofocos, and
would be appeased with nothing less. The leaders
had Tough, for the spoils and they would have them
So far Is prescription from being prescribed, that,
sanctioned and prac'ised By both parties IT is now EN-
oroclf,m j, TO be The established law Of the land. Even
the Richmond Wing, The organ of the Wing party in
Virginia which denounced The practice with such
m passoned eloquence now admits that the public off
es ought renera; 10 be IN the hands of the domlnent
nar,yS,n other verde that, 10 the v'cors rchisy be-
long the SPOTS! And aif Clay has recently saao~sd
forth in no doubtful characters the line OF policy wi'ch
he intends 10 pursue this respect in the event OF ms
election 10 The Presidency In speech delivered IN
Lexington, Kentucky, on The lo'h oil the present
month, MIR. Clay, according 10 The Lexington %.
server event further say, that in his oplaon, IT
Wing President should be elected, 1t would be ms
l., iha ,R,,tp