Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-08-27
From he ChnIicothe Advertiser.

INCREASE OF OFFICE HOLDERS!
|, is we'll occasionally to revert to the
evcnIs that are past. 10 guard against
deception in future. 1t may not be for
gouen, that during the exciting cam
paign Of 1S40, charges of extravaganza
against Mr. Van BuIcn's administration
were made with an unsparing hand y
Such was the hue and cry that was rais'
ed by whig POLITICIANS, that all kinds OF
base fabrications were freely circulated,
uuli truth was lost sightof, in the mist
of IN isrepresenlatons and fdlsehood in
which il was envelop9d. The actual ex>
peidiGures of The Government during the
last year of Van Buren's administration,
were less than twenty two millions OF
dOIIHrs-yet the whig slumperS ana whig
papers, BY adding the Indian trust funds,
lhe distribution of The surplus reyenne
10 the States, and oy other fraudulent
means represented the animal expendi.
lures 10 be thirty nine millions, instead
of twenty two millions ofdollars, which
10 round numbers may be put down as
| The actual amounls .a,,.... g. t-a.a,,
These wbig deceivers and demagogues
then made the most solemn promises TO
the people, that the annual expenditures
Of the Government should be reduced, in
The event of Harrlson's election, to thir-
teen mi lions of dollars. Change
Change y CheHge!!! was the cry that
was raised, and re echoed !he Union from
its centre 10 lis circumference. sWell,
many en- honest man taltered under This
war-sput confidence in these unrighteous
villi6ers; and ventured for once 10 give
them tfial. by placing the government
compile etely in their hands. " '
What has been the consequence TO
say nothing about the passage ofthe ia'
famous bankrupt law, The iniqai.Ous and
Ioppressiye tariff, the creation of al, enor~
nous public debt in lime of profound
peace, they actually incfeascdthe anRu-
al expenditures from twenty two mil
lions OF dollars to about thirty millions
instead Of reducing lhem 10 thirteen ol
fifteen millions as, they promised.
| We have before US now an Officia
/ Leller from the vi 8. Secretary of tht
Treasury dated 7th December, lS43
which has been recently laid before
Congress, which throws seme. light Of
these Increased expenditures, and eoe
far 10 explain the mystery why the natiol
f should be thus involved ia debt, which i
annually increasing alta time when w
are at peace with ali naliOnssw ID aar
The document before us presents al
estimate Of The appropriations whichewil
be necessary for the fiscal year, from th'
;, first oftJuly, to the Goth Of June, lS45.--
And in making this estimate, the Vsrl
ous items ,Olexpendituresl are enuGera
ted by the Secretary, and luckily; In
dates are given when the acts were pass
en- creating sundry new Offices for lncrea
} sing the publC.burdens. The wlIig par
tv came into p0weEon the 4th Of March
! [l64l.~-and below we give faithful cop
from the officialssreCordHof some Of IN
new Offices which have been create
u since that at1period 1--WE recommend thi
A il be- gsadswitll attention and compare
n1with tie Promises that we're 30 PEotlsel
|. Imade By the whig7 denaagogass1 prey
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