Holly Springs gazette., 1844-05-11


| From tae We5umpsa Harry oTtbe n rst
SHORT POLITICAL SERMON.
Text 3E1S. G00, eco.
Here, friends. IS a short Text, but large
sum. Tie 6gures occupy n small space,
| bat they convey the iiea Of an immense a
mount oimoney Look at them again
40 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
But perhaps you don't guess why we are
ralkiug about money al all, orsthis ssm IN
particular-Y "a sbatl hear preseEtiy. Be
fore we explain. let's look al lbe figures a
gain and contemplate the vasiness Of The
sum:
Sl40.O00.000.
What a tremendous pile OF dollars that
would make Just imagine, fsieud. hox
many Wagons would be nee ssarv 10 trans
port il Think what armies could be raIs
Cd. " hat d-eis manned aud equipped with
i'll Think gain. and Calculate how many
poor children might be educated, how ma
uy rail roads built canals dug, with this
mountain Of coipi YES, friends. it as
huge amount! If IN the shape ofdoiiatS,
would make even a Bank TelIet's head
ache, to think Of counting it. Supposino
that he could average S50,090 a day, or d
!ttIe more than one second, it would con
sumo eight weary years. for one man to
tell over the tens Of pure siicer, IN
Sl4000O,000
Now friends. we trust that YOU have
fotmea an idea ef the mmen>itv OF this sum
We shall then fore begin to inform you
whv we talk about it his is the sum
which MARTiD VAN buren, disbufsed ia
the four wears Of his a M ministlation. - Think
of thall One man spent IN four yeats. as
many dollars as two could count out to him
ia The same Tune Remember that h
one Presidt nlial Term, away went, of the
Peoples money,
Sl40o00,C00.
And this, friends while Marty and his
officers, accorting TO their own professions
Were rigidly, exercising the virtue OF Z
CONOMY How much, fiiends. do you
think he would have spent. had he been IN
cined TO be alittie ertrooaeant That's
a puzzer, friends, and every man must do
his own gu ssing. We only know that he
did actu0iLy egpead
GI40.000.ooo.
And ior what, friends, Was this ocean of.masl
ney poured oRt2 Had ve any unusual ex
penses TO defTay-wars with the English.
French or Russians "a large public debt
to paw. or any thing of that sort2 Nothing
at all No public debt no war with any
European power--bur stop, there aoos a war!
We uiust BE- careful and guard against mis-
2caS a war-thc FLORIDA
WAR All friends, that was the sink k-hoe
that the sacre: outlet in the peoples purse
through which slipped out, the greater pa,i
ofthe
$4,000 oo0
All the Florida War the FLORIDA Warl
We can't SEE. my lends, how YOU can ev-
er forgive Osceota and his bare legged fol
lowers for fogging our President land his
blood houndS, after mixing US run up the
of the Nation in four years, to
SI40.0000lO,
when you recco!Iect that Presi-
dent MADISON IN TWICE four years spent
only about the same amount, and whipped
the army and navy Of the British Nation IN
to the bargain
And now. friends we must proceed to the
application Of our text do not, Tor an in
slant, forget that It is
100000.
The man that spent that sum, friends, wish
es to be President again. Dear fIiends of
whatever political party you may be mem
bers, be assured that it will never do, to ele-
vate a second time. man who spends mon
ev SO freely Ii would tumble us down 10
-he lowesi depths of Bankruptcy and Nation
a discredit, y here not even the g lInmerings
Of II pes candle could reach us But
friends. we kaow you cannot think OF such
a thing. as spending again. in four years
$4,000 600
And that, observe dear friends, IS the estim /
ate of expenses. " ith an Indian war Let +
your imaginalions have free wing, and try /
10 conjecture what those expenses would bet /
ia case john BULL proves naughty about I
T'eras or Oregon! There. friends, is 1
field for gusse,, again A nd TO such we
cave ii: for We are certain that you think /
here is a figure or two too much already in /
Sl4O000,000
Ia conclusion, dear friends, let Us beg you
10 ponder on tbi matter. Think how de I
iestat lie sight is the face of fax-gathereFi !.
Remember that all rational expenses come I
on: of your pockets Swear that YOU viii +
never vote for a man who squanders the pub !
nc funds Help the ffisns's OF HENRY