The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-04-21
WHERE ARE YOU GOING, sAwNEYi BOOK
AGAIN


We have noticed. in the addresses Of several
Of the Wing members OF the late Congress, 1--WE
wish we could add "of ever blessed memory, ~
especially from the good old Commonwealth OF
Virginia, and who are again candidates for re-
elec ion, that great stress is laid upon the mighty
cates in the reduction Of the expenses Of the
Government. They claim all the credit for
this and yet what have they aud their wise
associates done in this behaf2 Their reforms
have consisted in cutting off from the salary Of
some poor clerk one or two hundred dollars, and
through all time enjoyed by the Executive, in
all contracts for printing blanks for The Post Of
fee Department, and other necessary printing
for The rest of the Departmental saving which,
ike Paddy's gun, "may cost more than it will
come to to-" Let this mighty reform, on their
part, be trumpeted forth as the greatest achieve
ment Of Congress almost constantly in SEES
sion for two years. Let it be recorded to The
undying honor of the Garrett Davses, the
Bo,lses, and their ever-glorious allies, that
while they have warred upon The Madisonian,
and other papers friendly to the Administration,
by depriving them of the small matter of print
ing heretofore placed al the disposal OF the Exc
cutive, they have taken care among their last
acts to confer on Gales & Seaton, THEIR PRIN-
TIERS, large round sum- of money, more than
double, if not treble, the amount which the Elk
eculive would have disbursed for the Executive
printing. Stand on your own ground, gentle
men; you have declared formal act of separa-
ton between the Wings in Congress and the
Administrator you declared that you were
done with John Tyler, and gave the country 10
understand that you would not be responsible
for the manner in which he conducted the Co
than that he would not yield TO the dictation Of
your imperious leader and commit an act of
perjury, in the sanction of an unconstitutional
measure; and now, when he, with the assist
ance of his able Cabinet, which was also viii
fed and abused by you, has reduced the eApen-
ditures of the Government 10 abou, ST. 000,00O
from the enormous expenditures antecedentIy
prevailing, you have the effrontery TO step in
and claim the or, dit. While you were housing
over the petty matter of clerks salary, the sa
wings in the War Department alone exceeded
100000.
No, no, gentlemen; you have taken your own
ground of oppo ition to the Administration, and
we insist that you shall stand upon it, We are
well aware that you would give any thing in
reason if you could now abandon it. How in
vncbe would you be if you could truly point
to the savings 10 the public expenditures, as
those of an Administration counlenanced and
sustained by you and in addition to
this, could tell the country that under
the I. Administration which you supported,
the Florida war, SO long a consuming
moth upon the Treasury, had been terminated
by single summers campaign, and that
young territory was now springing up in visor-
Gus health ard strong action, like glaniess az
ter a long travail that a disturbance which
threatened Rhode Island with CONFUSION, and
the Union with danger, was terminated without
the Federal arm having been barred or the
cleaning of a single +, deral bayonet; that all
border collisions with a neighboring power had
ceased; that advantageous treaties had been
formed with the different Indian tribes; that
treaty, tn. negotiation of which had bailled all
previous Administrations, had been honoraby
concluded with Great Britain, and lasting
peace thus secured, il is 10 be hoped, with the
greatest commercial nation in The world and
that even now a new treaty has been entered
into with Mexico, whereby the claims Of our
citiztns against that Government, so long de-
layed had been psid!-Wbal if you had all Of
these things to urge in support of your claims
for reelection, and had adopted the Exchequer
as presented to Congress on the lst December
ls4l, and thus assisted in furnishing the coun-
try $4,000, 900 Of the soundest paper currency
that the world ever saw-you might have gone
upon The Hastings and demanded your re-elec-
ton at the hands Of noble constituency.
But these tbings, and many others, bave been
accomplished, and are in train of accomplish
meni, by an Administration which you, Messrs.
Steuart ane Summers, united in abusing and
whiting, aud to stroy which you have sweat
ed. and caucussed, and labored as men never
did before. Count the drops of sweat which have
coursed down your foreheads for two whole years
IN your efforts to afix brand on the Executive
for having copscienciously discharged bis duty.
Tell how you may have Iabored with Bolts to
find out improbable matter against the Presi-
dent whose only desire has been, u.s. and will
continue to be, to restore the copntry's prosper
ily, and advance the glory Of the American
name then have the eifrontery to go before a
generous and magnaoimous people and ask
again their sufTrages Their answer has come
up from New York and Connecticut, and is
coming up from old Virginia. They will pay
YOU for your tolls and abors by a sentence of
unmitioate censure. In order to ensure that
censure, pirate about your bank bills, and be