The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-06-20


ranous ~ its consequences considered even 10 its nan
car aspect unless speedily arrested have disclosed
lhe important and significant facts which no man can
gard, that while our territory has increased MOI i,
ures Jod and our population guide sir TOLL in The
eouiss OF sixty Years, yet that within that period our
tates nave increased taa eight field and our En-
pedhres Tor ordinary current administration more an
tWenyJoidI And that al this rate OF expenditure Ia hun
ueu per cent every period OF twelve years. il would
amount IN 1854 10 SlOi 900 0OO in 1876 10 3s 900 600
IN 1885, 10 S4s 0OO and by the close OF the century
now not nifty years TO come, $3.50, 900 600!
ne past as have presented IT, is but the mage OF oar
ohcia records, as II lies open for inspection The present
Is not only papable 10 your eyes, but il is ringing in
your ears, IN The demands Of wasefu and remofseless
which seems 10 expend the public money
put Tor an excuse 10 renew It's cries for MORE And All
thus points TO future, which gaping al our feet and
yeaTning 10 lnguph us and from which becau se /
would warn you away, or hold you back already hear
myself Cdileu demagogus, or other name even
more oPprobnous than that Be il So have but told
you me fulh and furnished the proof OF it, have act
"a nom sense OF duty, so far, and have nothing TO re-
sreI save mat have found the evil of the times 40
great and my ability so poor TO correct il, In the IN
uie snail cry aloud, and spare not" until the evil be
OF uhul II gathers strength enough to over
Wheiin us all In common ruin
II me investigation into which my general purposes
nave led me has disclosed facts which condemn the adj
,ninsuauoh OF Mr. Fillmore, the fault is his not mine
- nave sought 10 give some special point 10 the appIi
canon OF those facts exemplyng the dangerous pro
sples ana exposing the runous policy OF the cg parv
~ has all come about naturally and IS al r.
observation, That must be blind indeed moi 10 find in
y ne posaca! death acarran Of that party And shon
DC aeiecti my duty If did not hold tina, death war
'an. up, tai All VINO run may read it. And sir while
claim 10 be by no means sanguna,y in NV disoos,;on
anu am, IN general, opposed to capital pnnshpents
must nave now Tar more political good nature Than any
man should have, If, with such warrant in nv hand !
;ouid ioroear demanding, in the name of pEmocaAry
MAJ Dlaard Fillmore and the ,ohg payv of which he ha
'esh ne ny ana iavone representative, and is the pres
'ht uue Embodiment IN all the misdeeds the record
''oves against him, be taken from their places of power
~ me nst thursday OF November next and hung BY the
leck until they be politically daadi - -
but, Mr.. President, while say all this which il tbo
lakeu ruin, OF Iadrd Fillmore and his administration
hd' IN me name OF democracy, write upon these walls
Dat be and bis partisans, having been weighed in h
alance ana found wanting shall be hurled from mower
weuld not be understood as alleging that, as a poi;
iansUir Fillmore, bad he is has been particnJarly
imhai or mat his msdeeds numerous and OUTRAGEOUS
.ey nave been, are peculiar 10 himself regard him
me representative OF the wing party and his admins
alion as The practical exemplifcaon Of whig princi |
es IL rs one OF the fundamental PRINCIPLES al ina,
ary, that as much money should be ccIlerte fran, lie
toPie IN ihe1orm OF taxes, they can be made Id nav
~ lha' me money SO collected should be SO expended
&c OF the federal Executive That party. siartino
nglnaily under the name of federal, 1eyt onsl
a' E na'' % republican and now knc assunp
- always hed inis principle; and = >wn AS 70 ,ipa
,curae glance have here f. he hasy Il ,on .s'
'raye career, whenever !. ken OF its adnIsa
IRE power, from&the be e has chance - n
I time, dscloscs tn" ginning down &c tho &c
Inpie proof that strongly marked and ocoap,ea
= always bee ITS administration of the ,,ova,omao,
- hae al III governed by that primer" ~ n No 80,
leed lays been the case; and as n conseonancs
g IS necessary means OF safery-the people have
compelled 10 DIVE this parry from power at the end
every four years. when lev had BEEN ,rnsaJ ; ea
The instance before os this bad prineine bs ho
ios1 podly ayowed and fearfuly exemplifsJ ~
Ivy uis look 10 the course and results of Mr. FIoors,o
,.nihsuaEon, as have laid them before Won Tn ali b d
= u1ne' however-in his disregard and con,emn, ~
WIS gross and glarng usurpaon of nowerP III ~ e
asseul ana licentous exTavagance-I renea he i H.,
ipiesehat,tpe on his partyibe indictment of VIII
hr vi arg nis administration has been lust whs x
~ "ag administration would have been-lus, tany
: ass YIN oe, and must be- while whggerv what i
people pefEat II TO remain in power exists and
4 Q correct the evil oil the times II
np'4n; to arrest the tendency r. en- OF which we
.lsoiidauon; 10 reform the az the government to
ecuuye power aud paironp lses and corrupions of |
phi unequal and buTdsasc re; 10 relieve the people |
nlsGAtion TO IepGAlcp me taxes; to restore the ad
and thus gave u n Simplicity purity and econo-
~, peIpeplE, y our Institutions the firm founda
lfeu 1ahass I'd benehcence which our heaven-in
we. we mp u the revolution designed they should
NE Ioe stmake war upon the prineipie have named,
a,p' Of the evil and strike down the professors Of
" 1cple wherever may find them.
e. Fillmore is the standard bearer OF that flag
'hch bears that principle lis motto Strike at him
ana when he falls, whether by blows or from his
own Inherent weakness, and another arm whether civil
'r military seeks TO raise the flag surely another
yli, then strike STILL and fast, and hard at that flag and
bat arm, until they both go down. go down they must
Is they have ever down before the united blows Of
ne democracy. such has been the experience OF our
aihers Such shall be our experience; such the good
oTinne OF our country, If we be but true 10 her interest
Ind her honor