The daily union., 1852-09-02

the naked trunk only remains. ready fall al the mrs
impulse OF The popular breeze.
| l hear gentlemen around me say, That is true. ?
:. These questions are passed" Let conclude
from this that there IS no issue between the parties
this election and consequently no necessity for contest
Those f any there are who take this view OF the sub
eet do mol distinguish between principles Of artioa and
the administrative which used 10 carry out
those principes-coniound causes with results There IL
the same difference now between the opposing parties
that there was in the times of Jefferson, Madison, and
Jackson. The one directs lis energies the ad-
vancemen and progress OF the race the other exeIts is
influence TO elect the purposes OF individual desire The
seeks the public good the other the accomplishment
OF private interests and ends. The one has abiding
hope, living faith, 10 the capacity OF man; the other
places lis reliance upon forms aud statutes 10 restrain his
Impulses. The one is advancing with the present and
sezng upon the future the other reposes in the shade OF
the past and adberes 10 lis anquated formulas. The one
IN consonance with the pulsalons OF The popular heart
The other seeks 10 stop lis beating; and the various gov
ernmental or administrative measures which have been
adopted proposed by these parties have been the
the nstrumenates only by which they have sought TO
develop their principles.
! A. a consequence OF this diversity of sentiment, the
federal party has never proposed measure which has
been adopted and acted upon the settled policy OF the
country; but on the contrary, has invariably manifested
It's hostility to the advance steps OF democratic progress.
After contest between right and prerogatve, and the
popular verdict has been pronounced the instructive pro-
pensy OF tins party to keep the position OF Official recpi-
ency compes reluctant acquiescence but we hnd the
persons composing equally horied and astonished at
the next movement of the public mind hence they have
received the descriptive and appropriate cognomen OF
the party Of obsolete 'das They have not the slightest
symmetry of our system. They look upon government
artificial arrangement purely faclitiOus creation,
instead OF the natural state OF existence They hold that
It's safety dependent upon the checks and restraints
imposes upon The people, and place their faith IN these
rather than IN The actual and existent principles OF which
is only the external manifestation Whenever, there
fore, they have been nlrused with the management
OF the governments they have shown their absolute
ncompelency 10 direct lis harmonious movements or
develop its inherent powers Though the gnoramus,
mat
an acquaintance with the tables which science has pre-
pared, Calculate the contents OF field or the occurrence
OF an eclipse yet it requires the mind, disciplined by
study and enlightened by learning prepare these, and
with them reveal the secrets Of Nature, follow the plan
cts IN Their course, and discover the causes which pro
dnce such results So with system, emanaling from
the people, experience has proved that only those whose
feelings and sympathies with the people, democratic
have ever been able TO grasp its significance or guide its
movements. reference 10 the history OF each admin
stIaon would prove the truth of this posilon-would
show that every increase of national domain, every
serion and maintenance OF international republican law
every advancement OF popular rights, has been the work
OF democratic admnisationGthe result and direct pro-
duct OF democratic thought and action while all that the
opposing party have ever achieved has been TO retain the
position its predecessor had acquired.
do not propose at this time further 10 enlarge upon
elaborate this subject, but 10 connc myself the other
and equally conclusive manner OF proving the ncapacy
OF the antdemocratic party administer the government
by showing that has increased the public expenditure
brought into the management OF public affairs set OF
men who regard the treasury lawful prze-who look
upon the offices places furnish for enriching
themselves and their dependans, and not stations 10
be occupied for the benefit OF all who look to the salary
and Not The discharge OF official duty, the end and OBJ
ect to be sought who hold the pay, the emolument,
which only the incident, the principal the sole in
dncement; and, by the facts which shall adduce, show
that the question between parties whether the happ
OF the people is 10 be promoted and the Of
the nation developed by the due and proper exercise of
The constitutional functions Of the government, or its
powers perverted It's treasury applied to schemes OF in
dlvdua cupidy and the maintenance of system of po-
hcal pauperism, and whether the civil military to
be the predominant power in the government. In doing
this am obliged 10 examine in detail the action of the
present thoroughly ywhg administration, and compare its
management OF finances with that which Immediately
preceded il.
Mr. Polk was naugura,ed March 4, ls45 The fiscal
year begins the first day OF July, and is estimated for
BY the various departments the preceding December and
the Congress OF that winter always makes appropriations
for the year commencing The succeeding July. The last
hscal year OF Mr.. Tyer's administration ended the
10 OF June, ls45 MIR Poks admins ration is respon
sble for the expenditures from that date. IL is also
proper TO state here that there existed at that time large
public debt which fell due dursg his term OF office, but
Tor which be is in nowise responsible. BY an examina
ton OF the Official reports. find that for the fiscal year
ending June 30 1916, the total receipts were $40 499,
at CO. Total expenditure for that year. $2s 03i 1l4 20
The Mexican war broke ou, 10 May Of tha, fiscal year
II had been for months threatened and impending, aud
there were largely increased expenditures Tor warike
munitions and by the report OF Secretary Walker, in
December following, we find charged 10 Mexican hos
tilllles in that fiscal year
War Department s3, ,30I SIs OF
Navy Department 1853 40
I52, l6T ~
Payment o account Of public debt I,2I7, ,s23 81
4,67o,2so rs
This amount deducted from the total cost Of the year,
leaves the of S23 $50 s23 As the whole peace
pendture OF that year This includes also large item
paid to militia OF States and Territories chargeabe,
suppose, to the war; bat have not deducted H.
For the fiscal year ending June 30th, lsa7, the whole
receipts OF the government were S6l,i52,42S 30. Ex
penditure, S59,45I,l77 65.
During this year The payment on account OF the public
debt was 80 522 0S2 37 leaving the total expenditure,
omiiting public debt. S55, 500 095 2S.
For the fiscal year ending June 30, lsis, total receipts,
S5s 39i,70l 81 Total expenditure, S5S,2il, ,l67 "a
During this year the payments on account OF the public
debt amounted TO s3 429lg7 al which, deducted from
the whole expenditures leaves the amoant (omiting the
public deb) Si2 $40 90.
For the fiscal year ending June 30. 1s4o, the total
ceips OF the government were, StS,eS3632 TO- Total
expenditure, sac, ,667 50.
During this year there paid account OF the pub
lie debt, and instalmens 10 Mexico, ,272 80.
0nng payment on account OF the public debt, the
whole expenditure was $50 345,395 43.
We find the expenditures of MIR. Polk's administration
OF four years. including the public debt and all the cost OF
war in which there were eighty thousand men in the
field amounted TO The OF Sg2, ,522 126 81 making
yearly average OF Sis,l30,33f ~. The Of pub.
lic debt including the paid TO Mexico under the
treaty $50 5.622375 2s being yearly average of
S9,155 500 So paid during The whole amount
OF expenditure, deducing the amount paid the public
debt S55.Ss975 63 the annual average expenditure
being S3S,974,937 %.
We commences now the three years OF whig admins
traon OF the finances, during time when at
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