Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-08-19
EASTERN TIMES.
Whig " Principles. "

Old issues OF the wing party are now conf
pletely buried They used to make n great
deal of noise about a U. S. Bank, the ruin
GUS Sub Treasury and the benefit OF high
tariff. But they have killed and buried out
of sight those issues, and they quietly repose
alongside the old alien and sedilion laws of
John Adams.
Have the wings of 1852 any particular line
of policy 10 recommend? Have they an is
sue that they dare hold up before the Amer-
can peoples No. The bank men and the
tariff men are as dead as a door nail, and the
noise is now all about the greatness of a fus-
sy, feathery, vanity struck Old man who, in
lS4s, they were of the opinion would prove
too big load for any party to carry. They
have the load now. Let us see them carry
But the whig party have one set of princi-
ples left. They have been carried out most
successfully by the Taylor and Fillmore ad-
ministrations. They the principles OF
PLUMBER. The footing upof the Galphn-
ite and other frauds committed upon the U.
S. Treasury, makes the sum of ONE MIL
LION ONE HUNDRED & SIXTY TWO
THOUSAND DOLLARS that have been s,o-
len, yes, STOLEN! from the PEOPLE, to
fill the pockets of CABINET OFFICERS
and 4" GaIphinite" gentlemen.
Look al the facts. Under the Taylor dy-
nasty, the GaIphin operation, whereby mem
Der Of the cabinet put in his own pocket
FORTUNE, took from the Treasury ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
In the Gardiner operation under The Fill
more administration, we have good reason to
believe that a member of the cabinet got up-
wards of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
from the peoples money for his own purpos-
BY the Barron Pension Claim, the friends
Of those in power received from the Treasury
illegally and improperly, THIRTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS, on pension claim that had long
before been adjusted and settled under the
half pay law.
BY the Chickasaw Claim, eminent tankers
m Washington cry received from the Trea
sury ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS of a fund belonging to the poor In-
dians.
By the IIargous Claim, EIGHT HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS were paid from the Trea-
sury, when in fact those most conyersant
with the claim are Of the belief that Mr. liaT
gous could not justly demand more than
cight thousand doAldrs- and for carrying said
4
ed ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS, and a member Of the cabinet THiR-
Ty THOUSAND as counsel fees for serv ices.
The above is a specimen of the PLUM
DER PRINCIPLES of the whig parry
And if there are any other principles in their
creed, they have been entirely overlooked IN
the spoils policy that has MARKED the pre-
sent corrupt administration. If the people
of Maine want any more evidence, we give
the testimony of whg congressman from
this State whose term recently expired. lie
says EY- the present administration is THE
MOST CORRUPT the country euer groaned
under.
The truth is, q more profgate administra
lion never ruled at Washington. 1t will be
recollected what n great hue nnd cry was
raised against Van Buren at the Ogle spoon
exhibit If little extravaganza in MIR.
Van Burens domestic arrangements at the
white house created tumult, then these
wholesale pro6igacies should raise noise,
the reverberations of which, from Maine to
Texas, should equal the voice OF seven thun-
ders. And they will do it. In the political
horizon we see now rising cloud OF porten-
iious import, cleaning with the urld bolts
Of peoples wrath and that cloud and that
wrath will sweep the universal whig party TO
the oblivion Of disgrace.
We copy the following from the Ne1o ork
Euening Post to show something of the cost
of supporting the whig party in power:-
By this account it appears that the govern
rnent cost the people, under Jackson's adj
rninstration less than half what it has thus
far cost under the administration of President
TAYLOR, both being periods OF peace.
The following is statement oil the annual
average expenditures of the several admins
trations since the division of parties into
wings aud Democrats sul,eI'e"Iu ''e VIZ "
vision into Federalists and Republicans =
Jackson's administration, S27 7,5o5,o96 ~
Van Buren's, 3o'o4u'40o oO %
Harrison's and Tyler's, 27,623, ,628 13
Polk's 43,o9I,9lo 81
TayIor and Fillmores, 55,442,46 90
It further appears that we are now paying,
in time of profound peace, about S20,0OO,-
900 more for our government than II cost us
under Mr.. Polk's administration, when the
Florida war was raging at the South, and
SI2OOO.OO0 more than it cost under Mr..
PoIk's administration, when the government
had 10 bear the enormous expense of the