The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-04-06
From the Southern Press.
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Tie House Of Representative, has
been engaged for he last three DAYS
IN debate:on the DciiciencyBill. ID I he
epriatiens lnafie the last session
vt ttisss;a tlilia tllirtis
eth ) une next. amounted 70 snbomt fife
ty millions OF dollars. As this has
been year OF peace, and last Congress
was one ot the most patriotic that ever
met, and the Union was saved ly u
union al the patriots CT both parties.
after the most copious profession OF
principles that ever occurred, it Was
not clearly understood how it happen
ed that SO much money va, required.
But. perhaps, Il matter Of ten or twcn-
~ millions, more or less, was too tri-
.ling TO engage the attention Of the
great statesmen that were saving the
onion. But ROW. when reunion of
parties is the order Of the dav,
and Presidcn.-mak:ng epgrosscs the
thoughts ci anxious patriots, Mr. Pre-.
sld"nt Fillmore comes. and like Oliver
Twist, holds "nt his empty Scup bowl
and demands Of In. horror struck
treasury guardians, nearly three mil
lions more for the current year. just
rs wc were discussing the policy Of
intervention in the affairs of Europe,
oi defending the frontiers OF hungary
against the Russians, and Of Italy.
switzerland, Belgium, and perhaps,
l.ngland against Louis Napoleon, We
| are told that about ihrcc millions more
must be voted, o. we cannot defend
our own frontiers fiom the Canlanthes,
Apachcs, and Nav;jocs.
His is Il great and growing country.
1t is growing in territory, and in popu.
la,ion, in philanthropy, in politics, in
| Presidential candidates. and in plat
forms. Bat il is growing more raridIy
in deficiency bills. There is def
Cheney in appropriations, in public mo-
rails, il! common sense, in lands ior lie
landlcss, in bread for the idle, and IA
deficiency Of several hundred millions
Of acres OF lands to make railroads all
over creation, especially where there
is deficiency Of population and bust
ness to use them aflcr thcy are built.
There Is deficiency OF hundred
thousand federal offices for the friends
OF al the candidates. There Will be
u serious deficiency in The votes for
nearly al OF them in the national con-
ycntions. and we would not he sur
pvscd il there were a deficiency Of votes
for Che nominees Of each OF the two
parties.
There has been no deficiency Of pre-
tesSions, however, by this adlni!,iatra-
ton O! lis devotion to tic faithful exc.
cWtion of,hc law-but alas il turns on;
that there has been a great deficiency
in its practice The appropriations o
public money have been made by Con
gress. And it has been Thought essential
that the control Of the public purse
should belong to The representatives o
the State and people Acting under tn :.
notion the last Congress appropriate
some fifty odd millions Of dolla,s, fol
one year, and specified tic purposes tc
which, il was TO be applied. Bat now
conc tie President, and says, that il
the exercise Of his high discretion %
| rrcrogatiyc, he concluded 10 spcnd i
all IN nine ruontl s, and NOW demand.
Immediately some three millions more
OF he will abandon tic dcttncc Of III,
coGntr!. Nov, f such thi,g as ,l.i