Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-01-02

isience of abuses, let BIN bring them 10 the notice Of
the House, ard he would voc not only sa As N
lGgniry into them but to apply the remedy ''.'
In regard to ,h's home squadron, he begged -
dsceim any Of the suspicious entertained by the .
lleman from Massachusetts, In Offering his resout9u
he had reference to Cuba, anything else sugs(s
ed by the gentleman. lie wanted the House and the
country look IL the Secretary of the Navy pre-
scented to their view AS 10 The pretence that il was
intended for the protection of The coastng trade
a most ID, He wished the gentleman from Maine
the State most largely interested in that trade)
whether they needed any such protection. lie would
answer for them, and say that they did not He him.
self lived among those who extensively engaged
IN the coasting trade and the most Of his property waA
invested in il. lie could, therefore, speak with some
knowledge the subject; ana he hesa,ed say,
that the idea OF keeping up !hs squadron for It's pre-
lection a mos preposeious and IDLE
| In reply TO the gentleman from Pennsy vana, he
would dlsc!am any desire OF cutting down destroy
ing The Navy; the contrary, he mos, friendly to
it, and he therefore wished To reform It's abuses Sir
he, the Navy has been the pet child OF The nation
and, like all other pet children, has away with the
whole matrimonial estate. The expenditures Of this
department were annually increasing IN geometrcal
| progression; and 10 meet them, the county called
| upon 10 borrow money. TITS system of policy
that met his dec ded dislpprobation. 1t dIsho-
nest policy; and the House would BE- branded with by
pocrisy If 1t attempted to pursue H. Here they were
gong OF 10 tax the people 10 the utmost of human
durance, instead OF nIuirng where the expenditures
of tire Government can be reduced They lax
ng bard working people, tie average oil whose daily
comp ensation did amount tn dollar day. while
aud extravaganza existed in every department of
| the Government.
What benefit what advantage had the people derived
from this LAVISH endure: Were the constituency
OF this House persuaded of the poprety and the jus
tice of taxing every thing which they have occasion 10
use, while, Mt the same time, this Government
sqranderng large SUNS uselessiy There was large
party in that House, who calling for reduction
of the Tariff there ll'ge party IN favor Of giving
away the public llnds wh'l, at the same time, they
were increasing the expenses of the Government at
the OF fifty per cent. per annum How could such
be justified by that House 10 the country -
If found that the best interest OF the country
required The maintenance of the home squadron, then,
he would 20 for II but If it found To be utterly
useless, he believed, then, he decidedly against
it. But he would give Tins further notice; That he did
not to stop here that when the appropriations
sh ould up he intended 10 propose 10 limit these
appropriations 10 a sufficient only 10 support the
squadron stationed in the Mediterranean. II was en-
tirely useless for this country 10 endeavor 10 contend
with T:onarches IN keeping up The paseanry OF ma
val establishment
He desired TO correct which he had made
Yesterday the sttamant OF the expense Of the naval
establishment OF Great BrlIn lie spoke from ecol-
lection merely, when he sad that II amounted 10 eighty
or one hundred millions Of dollars annually. That was,
in fact, their expenditure during the years lel3-l4;
nav, they even exceeded that sum. Since that time,
the expenditure for the naval establishment OF Great
Britain had been gradually reduced, and now did
exceed thirty forty millions.
But unless the Representatives of the people in that
House were willing the people OF tins country
taxed and ground to death, as tie people OF Great Bri
tain are unless they wiling TO nine tenhs CT
the wages Of their industry drained from them sup
port e pampered aristo27acy-unless they were willing
to see this, he said, they must give up con,ending for
gorgeous displays. The idea that with our economi-
| cal notions they were going 10 cope with Greg o.
TAIN and keep up idle h'svav of iieets IN t"fe""