Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-12-20
WING NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
81 FOCOs ECONOMY.

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Ae FOCO ECONOMY.
The Opposition, journals are now
lifiiug up their voices aloud against the
Administration Of President Tay lor for
its exiravagant expenditures. Every
dollar il has paid out has been disbar-
sed under the appropriation bills of the
late administration; and already the
cry is abroad that these pes,ilent Wings
are plunging the country into debt, and
placing all manner of burdens on the
shoulders Of the oppressedand plumber.
ed people. They know perfectly well
just now that this is all fiction and false
hood; but they will repen, !, so often
before the year 10 out, that they will be.
gin to believe IL themselves. and totroat
il as an admitted historical fact. Their /,
policy is TO treat all their statements as
admitted, unless they are contradicted
and disproved, and then 10 swear to
the truth Of them, on the ground of
their being admitted. We have char
| ged so and so. We have repeatedly
charged so and so. We have charged
so and so time and again. You have
not denied ii. You dare not deny it.
We are prepared to make oath that it
is SO and so, be- use you have not de.
MED H." u
This is the manner in which locofoco
facts are manufactured dd hbitum. 1t
is now a Locofoco fact that the Wings
are always spending the peoples money
and that the Locofocos are forever
busy looking after the strong boxes,
and taking care that The treasury is not
plundered. 1t is well.received Loco.
foco fact that the administration Of Mr..
Adams wus shockingly extravaganza; and
that il nearly ruined the country in the
decorations Of the East Room. The
people have had a succession Of pure,
virluous, and economical administra-
lions: and now the Wings have got into
power, and the country is TO be ruined
again in six months time. by the pay.
ment Of debts that their Locofoco pre-
decessors have contracted. II will not
be amiss 10 refresh the memories of our
Locofoco friends by,a few figures;
which we advise them to run over be-
fore they pen their next allegations in
; regard to Wing extravaganza.
There we're expended by MIR. Adams
administration, in the four years, The
sum of $49,3l3,2I3. This was some
four millions more than were expended
! during Mr.. Monroe's second term; but
the opposition and the Richmond En-
quirer 'astonished and electrified" tho
people into the belief tina, Mr.. Adams
was running the country.
General Jackson WINS TO take the bur-
den from the shoulders Of the people.
and show them with the aid of Mr.. Ken
8 dali, how they were TO enjoy the bless
ings of frugal government. There
. was expended during his first term
j S56,249,s79. This was only some S7.-
b 100000 Of additional burden; but the
Democratic presses assured the people
that every thing was managed in the
0 suggest and most economical manner
possible, and that they were in the en-
. joyment Of a much more frugal gov
= eminent. though il was spending great
: deal moro money.
q In the second term Of General Jack
Y sons administration, The expenditures
!, amounted up TO Ss7,l30,42s; and this
I. was SO much more economical-so sat.
!. sfactorily frugal, tina, the Democratic
:. journals recommended his nppointee.
Mr.. VAN buren,, as the most suitable
}, person in the world 10 continue this
}. kind Of relief TO the oppressed and tax
y ridden people.
l M. VAN buren, came into the ad-
J ministration, and made as many -four.
ishes about economy as his predecessor
, land the Globe furnished its daily GER
/ lificates 10 the effect that every thing
i was right, and that the administration
II of affairs was on the most economical
r. scale. In his four years, Mr.. Van
t. Buren, and his CO patriots managed 10
t. make way with slI2,lss,6 9l. or some.
e thing more than twice as many millions
as Mr.. Adams. Thus Locofoco econo.
y my used up twice as much money AZ
e Wing extravaganza. n....
e JOHN TYLER's administration we
$ pass over. 1t was not Wing; it was
not Locofoco. 1t was an anomaly. l,
: was neither fish, flesh, nor fowl. If il
;, had been pure Locofoco, it would have
!. been marked by the usual Locofoco
4 corruption and extravaganza. But the
;, Harrison start made it comparatively
}! honest. There we're no defalcations
d that we remember--and its expendi.
lures were some S3O.OOO,O00 less than
}. those of the administration Immediately
preceding -..
And now we come 10 the last, pure
Baltimore. platform, Locofoco, Polk ad.
e minisiraiion; and here we find that Lo-
cofoco economy has multiplied Mr.. ADJ
ans extravaganza by three. Instead
~ of SkO nm nm tho a ourauata a xn.n nd; ,