Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-04-07
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FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, Is43.
"BROKEN PROMISES, ="

This has been the theme upon which. more
lian any other, the Loco Foco press and
politicians have been harping ever since the a
election of 1910. "You promised to reduce
the expenditures of the government" say
they, aud then they attempt to make their
followers believe that this has not been ac-
But what are the facts7 Sim
ply these. During the administration Of
JOHN Quincy ADAMS, Uncle Sans family
expenses ranged from twelve TO thirteen mill
lions Of dollars per annum. The Loco Foo
cos insisted that this was AN extravagant and
proaiga,c expenditure, and told Uncle Sam,
if he would dismiss Mr.. ADAMS from his ser.
vice, and employ Old Hickory and Van Blu
rem, that these two worthless would straighten
out his affairs, "reform all abuses and "re-
trench" his enormous family expenses
Now Uncle Sam, being an easy. good natur-
ed old gentleman, listened 10 the oily, smooth
tongned professions of the Loco Focos, dis
missed Mn. ADAMS, and, DESTROYS Of prac
Using frugalty, employed Old Hickory and
little Martin to manage his affairs. Every
body knows the result. Instead Of reducing
the old gen,leman's expenses. they increased
them to the enormous sum Of nearly S4O,-
10000 year. Uncle Sam thought this
was a curious sort of "retrenchment." II
was cutting dowm Of expenditures which he
did not much relish. But tins was not all.
The old gentleman recollected, that, while
Mn. ADAMS superintendent his affairs, he al
ways con,rived to make his income exceed his
OUTLAWS, and invariably put some loose
change in his Jacket pocket, at the end of the
year. Besides this, Mn. ADAMS always kept
his Notifications in excellent repair, laid out
good deal every year to add to the convc-
nieucc of his bays and harbors, and improve
the navigation Of his rvcrs,-and, to crown
the whole. uniformly paid up his worhmen
promptly, a, the end ofevery month. Not so
under the management Of VanBuren. He not
only tripled the OUTLAWS Of Mr.. ADAMS, but
made Uncle Sans expenditures greater than
his income by an annual excess Of about g.
600 900, of dollars! In addition to tins he
allowed the old genleman's Notifications to
60 to ruin, refused TO expend dollar for
internal improvements, and employed set
Of unprinciplcd rencgades to make his dis
bursemcn,s, who poeketed all the cash that
came into their possession, and then cut for
Texas. The consequence was that when
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this Loco Foco retrenehment" had been
carried so far, that it had not only increased
: his expenses to an enormous amount, and
r used up" all his loose change, hut it lat
. absolutely involved him in a debt Of millions
= and reduced him to bankruptcy and ruin =
i For time he was compelled to stop pay
: ment. His neighbors began TO look upor
3 him with suspicion. They doubted his hon
= esty, and some of them even refused to trus
= him any longer. This grIeved the old mai
a TO the heart. HIS credit had never befor
d been questioned. He began to look aroun'
e for the cause of his embarrassment and dis
u tress. He called to mind his condition whe
= Mr.. Adams superintendent his affairs, con
y trasted il with his present situation, and cam
h to the conclusion that his reverses were 10 b
imputed solely either to the dishonesty u
q incompetency of his chief overseer. He &C
:" cordngly resolved to dismiss him. Va
begged most pi,cously 10 be retained f.
another term, but The old gentleman, with
10 significant shake Of his head, pointing his can
Is towards Kindcrhook," directed the " lit,l
u dandy" to qu, his premises and proeee
GFthitherpard with all convenient de!
patch. We apprchend, therefore. that what
ever clamors the Loco Focos may rails
ne about Swing extravaganza, ""broken prom
~ ises," &c. &c., the old gentleman will pa
:; precious little heed 10 them, so long as he RI
~ collects tho manner in which they gulled hi
before.
But, in truth, there is no more ground f
We these Loco FOco complaints of extravagant
}" than there was under Mn. ADAMS admins
y, tration. As we have already informed o,
m readers, Mn. BARNARD of New York, prove
y
House Of Representatives, that THE APPR'
re PRIATIONs For THIS YEAR, WOULD NOT E.
e. CEED EIGHTEEN, AND MIGHT NOT DE MOI
THAN SEVENTEEN AND a HALF MILLIONS
it's DOLLARS: while DURING MR. VAN buren,
- ADMINISTRATION THEY AVERAGE
THIRTY SEVEN MILLIONS OFDOI
"a, LARS PER ANNUM. They were no,
he less tha" one half What they Uere under N
a Van Buren,.
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We have also seen table Of expenditur
from 1929 to l842 inclusive, which was pr
=. o. pared by the Clerk Of the House of Repr
i've sen,a,ives, and published in the National I
ZEN telligencer, from which it appears tina, {,
-" :; expenses Of Van Buren, for tho year Is:
bu. were S37 ,755 COG, II while those Of d
Wings for 1912. (deduc,ing the expenses