The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-03-01
PEOPLES PRESS
Middlebury, March l, le4S.
INFRINGEMENT.

In no way could congress so We. ncct
the wishes of the people without disacHon
of party as by an honest and faith -.
tenn Of retrenchment to be carried through
every department of the public service.
Ever since the accession of Gen. Jacks
son the expenses of administering the gov.
vernment have been rapidly augmeniing in
a far greater ratio than the increase of its
labors, until from the annual expenditure
of l3 millions in the days of John Q. Ad.
ans, they amounted to the enormous SUN
of 80 millions under Martin Van Burll.
Offices have been multiplied, salaries sw,l
led, and new occasions sought under the
forms CT law, 10 f!ch from Inc pnbhc rc..-
ieEs compensatiOns for needy parl.sans
whose active patriotism would be s.iru,a.
ted by nothing SO effectually Is ,-s:c Vi
the srO,is. Never should The people IL.
get tha oimous expenditure Of mo,G ta4n
80 millions in Carrying on four years war
with two thousand Seminole Indians, II
which the peoples money was laylsheG
upon agents and contractors in a manner
which leaves little doubt, that the dynasty
Of the day WIS more anxious to meet the
claims of leeions Ct pimps and partIzans
VINO had done good service to the party
than 10 free the country from the brutal
outrNgcs of the savage foe.
We rejoice that congress seem at las, tG
feel The paramount duty Of retrenchment
and reform, and are at work in earnest TO
accomplish an object so earnestly demand
cd bv people who for years have bean
robbed and plundered without measure or
mercy. Indeed this is a work of impcr
Gus necessity, since it now appears thai the
current income is barely sufficient to mHei
the current expenditures with the mos
strict economy. The Army, the Navy
and the entire civil service come within
the provisions of this bill. Every Office
included except the president and the juds
es who are constitUtionally exempt, and
those whose salaries are one thousand dol
lars or under and are generally reduced al
the rate OF 20 per cent. The good failh vi
the house has been sufficiently evinc-d By
including the compensation Of lis own
members. The mileage is reduced l;om
8 TO 4 dollar, for every 90 miles to he com
puted upon the shortest routes. The per
diem is confined to actual attendance, and
with view Of limiting the long sessions
to dollars for the first FIVE months, 6 the
next two, and for the remainder OF the
session. This graduation will be condd'
Give to the most desirable results. Moth
ing has had a greater tendency 10
bring congress into disrepute with inc
people than their rcmisness, their buncom-
b. speeches, their protracted sessions ana
in relation to the loco party. their disgrace
full efforts to hedge up the way to the pre-
ress oftbe public business TO subserVe pa
tx. purposes. And nothing more JlS' ih'
that they should share the horrid pfs-s1-
which former destructive measures 10
brought upon the nation A retrenct.f-
bill of this wholesale description has ''-
since been demanded by the Peor'e' d.
its passage will do more to restore 'n'
confidence in their rulers, now almost a.
hausted, than any that for years has engd
ged the attention Of congress. The at
tempts of its enemies to ridicule 1t o''' u
the house were gross insult to the na''"D
so long confined in the prison'house oil '''
Philistines, and should cover Wise, lush
ing and others with disgrace.
We should extremely regret if any W.T.
should interpose his vote against the p
sage of this bill through tho sena'-
While failing of all measures Of esSs'
relief for the woes Of the country. wf
they will not fail in this instance tosst
a laurel which may be so easily We
which will be vastly more acceptable 10 'H0
people. as involving personal sser'n'"