The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1852-09-08
Statesman

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Look at these figures and hide your faces
in shame. The Indiana Sentinel says;
The whig administration of General
Taylor and Mr.. FILLMORE has cost the
country. in time Of profound peace with :
all the world aud the rest OF mankind
and without the spending Of dollar Tor
in,ernsl improvements; the enormous sum
Of $55, ,442. .48l 90 per annum! Just LOOK
At it. That sum is
$4,62O,206 IS per month!
l,o66,2Ol 55] per week!!!
1884 SOY per day!!!!!!
6,347 43a per hour!!!!!!!
I05 774 per minute!!N!!!!
765 per second!!!!!!!!!!
Nearly two dollars spent at every tick
ing Of the clock! That is more money
than half dozen men could count, (if ii
were all in dollars, working ten hours
day.) Farmers; what do you think OF 1t!
III you WISH Ills
continued, vote Tor ScorT
The expenditures during Mr.. PoLK's
administration, in 1ins Of 1oar, were S43,-
896,9I5 81 per annum. The wings ex-
pend in time Of peace, NEARLY oNE.TAlRD
MORE.
The N. Y. Evening Post well says that
the difference between a whig and dem.
ocratic system of government cannot be
better illustrated than by comparison OF
the relative cost OF each. The Demo-
cratic party was everthrown in 1910 by
the false clamor raised against il in regard
to the expense Of the administration
The same argument applied 10 the pres
ent administration has ten times the toun'
dation tha, it then had and if it does not
aid in producing similar result, then will
corruption Of the most enormous and
profligate character 60 unrebuked. Inc
Evening Post thus remarks upon the prot
llracy of the present administration:
The following is statement OF The an,
ual average expenditures OF the several
administrations since the division OF par
ties into wings and democrats supervened
the old division into federalists and repub
licans:
Jackson's administration. $27. .5s5,896 3s
Van Buren's 35.74o,4oo 81
Harrison and Tyler's 37,623. b2o Il
Polk's 43,o9o,9lo ol
Taylor and Fillmore's 55,442.43l VI
By this account ii appears that The gov
ernlnent cost the people. under Jackson
administration, less than half what il ha
thus far cost under the administration o
President Taylor, both being periods o
peace
1t farther appears that we are now pay
ing in time of profound peace. about $50.
100000 more for our government than
cos, US under the administration OF NJ!
Van Buren,. when the Florida war wa
raging at the south, and $l2,ooo,co
more than it cost under Mr.. Folks ad
minis,ration, when the government had I
bear the enormous expense Of the Mexica
war OF I847.
Where this money has gone. no on
can tell, or rather no one will tel! that Cal
Mr.. Secretary Crawford ran away with
good big slice Of it, allowed him for h
Galphin claim: Messrs Corwin and Ga
diner. and Waddy Thompson and the
cronies have another large slice. obtalne
from the treasury under false preteno
with forged documents. Meantime Al
Corwin does not propose to return Il
money which he has received through tt
fraud, and no efforts are making to brll
any Of those who aided Gardiner in !
swindle. to justice, nor is Mr.. Corw
ashamed to retain his place as Secreta
Of, Treasury.
Another snug little sum has gone to p
travelling expenses Of military and nav
officers TO and from, and up and down
earth, when they wanted to take their far
lies TO the Springs, to Newport, to N
York, orto any other place where Pleasu
interest. or politics attracted them, and
not want 10 pay for their enjoyment ou'
their own salaries. 1t is astonishing h
often the fortifcations Of New York o
Long Island Sound, the navy yards
Brooklyn, Norfolk, Pensacola, and PoI
mouth, require inspection during the su
mer when the military or naval gentry m
desire 10 froIic at the public charge, o.
The winter, when they think The health
confors of their families would be Proi