The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-10-08
An EcOnOmical Adminlstration.


Franklin Pierce hasupon the people Of
the United States TO be the leading adj
minisiraior of public affairs is his stern
principles Of Public Economy, the very
circumstance which is made so loud an
objection BY the paid emissaries Of this
most lax and profligate administration, -
The people have been surprzed TO find
that political corruption had thus early
invaded the high places Of government,
that cabinet officer after cabinet officer
has been tainted with using his respon-
sible and high position for purposes Of
pecunlary advantage, with SO little re-
gard fcrihe common aud plain rules Of
integrity that the bcs! apology that we
have heard was, that II the public treas
ury was robbed, il was not at the expence
Of the pockets Of the American people!
We allude 10 the declaration Of Mr..
Lawrence, in this village, that we had by
treatt agreed to pay $4,000,000 Of in
demnity to those who suffered by the ug-
gression Of the Mexicans, "AND so IT
WAS NO MATTER WHO GOT
THE MONEY" Nothing could have
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induced politician Of Mr.. LIS sa-
gacity to utter so Infamous sentiment,
but that the acts Of Crawford. Corwin s.
Co. /, admitted Of no other or better de-.
fence. The defence is a fl parallel 10
the prohlgacy il was designed to screen,
and is The most conclusive evidence that
in the hands Of our present Wing admin.
istration the fair fabric of our ship Of
State-the ship Of responsible and con-
s,ituiional govemment--is left helmless.
ly and wildly 10 drift towards destruction,
while her officers, forgetful Of their
trust, are busy engaged in "spoiling" her
ireasures--thc revenues they are placed
in power 10 protect AT such time
and in such crisis, the question Of the
choice of.,he people must be well di.
rected, lift falls upon man whose inleg-
rity is such, thai the leading complaint
against him is--thai he has, as Repre-.
sentative and Senator, with almost re-
morseless firmness, guarded the public
treasury from every assault---so that even
the sympathy for uidowhood could moi
win him to do augh, opposed to consti,u-
tional economy, and The sternest rules OF
a rigid regard for the money OF the peo-
pie. No State can long exist in purity,
when a reckless spirit Of extravagance
and wasiefulncss affects its highes! off
GERS. The corrup'ions OF statesmen are as
fatal sthe inroads ofpuuefaction on the
human body, and il is only while those
who have charge Of the public service
are men Of integrity, not only pure but
above suspicion, That the ship Of Safe is
safe. And viewed by these lights, and
by the exigcncics ofour political history,
1t is Inc highest praise that can be given
to Gen. Pierce, the best assurance Of his
fitness and desert for the station for
which he is put forward, that his regard
for public economy IS Of such approved
fa;thfulness, that il he has erred at all,
In this regard, (which VS. think he has
not, that error has been one in favor Of
The most rgid economy, consistent with
the due care and management Of the
affairs Of this great Republic.
In his elevation to the Chief Magis,
tracy, men Of all parties have the best
assurance, which the we'll asceriained
character Of statesman's public life can
give, that he will be an uniirihg foe 10
wastefulness, public peculaton, and
fraud.