The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-07-13

beauties of economy while they were doubling
and trebling the expenses Of Government; they
talked loudl, about the capability of the peo-
pie for self government, and MIR. Cass under
took to say that that was great dividing line
between themselves and the Wings. That
was part of the platform. and their pro-
fession was directly contradicted by their prac-
tice; they practically denied the competency OF
the people for self-government by the arb trary
Iexercise of the veto power. What did this
.patform'' further say? That this veto power
| had saved the people from a system ofinternal
improvements That it had saved the people
from What? From themselves; from carry
ing out their own legislation; from using their
own money for their own benefit, for the I'M
lprovement of their own county. Ihey tine
President and party) could take So, oUU,UUO
year into Mexico; they could 60 all over Tue
world and spend the money OF the people, bu,
they would suffer no part of the money TO be
depended under the direction of the peoples
representa- tives "lor the peoples benefit."-I
They denied the power to Congress to spend
the peoples money for the peoples benefit in
the improvement of their country, but claimed
and freely exercised the power to Cypress, tax,
burden the people. That was the practical
Iconstruction which this party placed upon the
constitution--thatt the veto was to save the peo-
Iple from themselves, and yet in the platform they
said that ''the peoples money ought to becare
fully guarded for the peoples benefit" A small
mistake--they should have said "the partys
benefit variation merely of theory from
practice; for, while they talked about guarding
the peoples money for the peoples benefit they
, were acteally applyingit to the benefit of them
, selves; and while they said that they were OPP
posed to legislating for ''the benefit of the few
at the expense of the many" yet this was pre-
J lcisely what they were doing. They were
legislating the money from the peoples peck
! cts into their own; legisating entirely for the
benefit of the few at the expense'of the many.
Their whole system, in the very face and eyes
7 of their theory, was TO enrich the few al the
I Expense of the many; and this he would soon
show game well understood by their great
: leader, Gen. Cass.
nj They talked about ECONOMY" and preach
: ed it in their platform. They weregreat econ
D omists-the true Thomas Jefferson economists,
: while, as he had stated, they prescribed and
trampled under foot every one OF his principles.
Thomas Jefferson was the enemy OF a national
debt. Look at our national debt now, Crea-
y ted by this democratic Administration
Mr.. Adams administered The Government for
e twelve and half millions year, OH the av-
v erage of his whole term, this sum covering the
u entire expenses of his Administration, except
what was applied 10 the public debt. Mr..
is Adams was denounced and put out for his ex-
N travagance. Mr. Van Buren, came in-this
ID lover of economy, his admirer of Thomas JEFF
d ferson-and the expenses Of the Government
ii during his Administration ran up to tirenty-
y Eight and half millions, instead of twelve
le and half. Gentlemen smiled: he defied them
1t TO deny it,; he challenged them TO the records
r They might promise TO answer, as they had
1t done before, but they would never do i.--nev.
= Ter, because they could not, and the least said
RS the be tier.
l. Mr.. thompson, of Mississippi, (Mr. S. yiel
II lding the floor with some hesitation for one
C. Iquestion,) asked if the gentema did not now
TO stand side by side with Mr.. Van Buren,?
lie MIR. STEWART. w hatl side by side Will
I'd Martin Van Buren,? | A laugh Thank God,
" have nothing TO do with Martin Van Buren,
I'd and never will have. Iwould ask if the gen
he tleman himself, who was formerly so ardent
lg supporter of MIR. Van Buren,, was for Mr.. Van
BY Buren, now? Was he now the candidate? Wa
IT, he for Van Buren, orlCass.
adj Mr.. THoMPsoNs reply was not heard.
IS: MIR. STEWART continued. He said the ex
o. penses of the Government had now run up un
r. der Mr.. Polk TO $50, 100000 a year. The,
u had increased from l2.500O00 under Mr. Ad
he ans to S28 500, 900 under Mr.. Van Buren,, anC
nd now TO $50 900, 900 or $50 900 900 under IN,
IN present economical Administration Thi
W
lie this was their opposition to national debt.
lk Why, they had done nothing but make ma
p tional debts. Mr.. Van Buren, had found som,
he SAC, 0OO, 900 surplus in the treasury; he hat
re left some SAC, 900 900 of national debt, aftt
" selling seven or eight millions of bank stock
r MIR. Polk had found some Sl7 900 900 of debt
vn and had now run ii up TO one hundred millions
n of dollars or over! This was democratic
mt consistency! The people would mark it a
d. the next election. Thomas Jefferson was op
as posed to a standing army, 10 great navy; We
ly The gentleman from North Carolina, (Mr. Nc
ng kay) had told the House that the appropria
as tions for the ma val services had run up Within
ne a lew years from $4,000, 900 10 Sll ,000, 000-
,le And this under this beautiful Jefiersonian Ad
:; ADMINISTRATION, which went by the rule of con
nd tratrary, looking one way and rowing the 9th
ed err.
Ter He always thought Mr.. Jefferson was tn
CT friend of peace. What was Gen. Cass? Flo
rly war, war, war! First with England; he wa
an for "ffty-iour or fight then he was for Mex
se leo; for swallowing" Ito use his own language
nj the whole of Mexico; next for iucaan; an
to then he might be for Canada. Now, here wa
Rg the practice of the gentlemen over the way
up and of their leader, who talked SO loudly abou
er, Mr. Jefferson's principles? War was a barba
Id rism in this enlightened age and country,
tu- was an absurdity, crime, and il was so cor
he .idered by Gen. Taylor.
nd But little more of the history of Gen. Cas-:
he He had been Oh all sides of all questions
Ice There was not question of public policy
)u- the country upon which General Cass had nc
on occupied position On both sides. Once
tx Federaist, not "Democrat;" when the ques
IN. ton of the annexation of Texas first came u
had he was decidedly opposed 10 it; when it Wa
ere the British were going TO take Texas, let theI
re- have it," said he, 1--WE do not want it," Bu
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