The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-08-30
From The Boston Eoss.
The ADMINISTRATION AND ITS
ACTS

ACIS.
The adjournment Of Congress seems IN Up.
propriste time 10 review the acts Of the admin-
istration, both what has been done by the
execut We and by Congress. The principles
upon which it came into power have become
imboded in measures, end tits on their bearing
on the grea. interests Ut the country that the
people will in this case IN they have in Prev
ous cases, hear evidence and render ;jud kment-
Their object always 10 to promote good govern
ment and they will sustain an administration
# their affairs mindful of the rights and inter-
-sts and,worthy Of the destiny "f the country.
1t tr,ed by such test, how will the adminisira
ton stand Flow have ils acts corresPonded
with the principles on which It c,me into pow
rr Facts and results supply an answer that
appeals f,'rc.by to svery candid mud.
Let us Look 6rst a, dpmes'ic aHiirs. is
fact m less remarkable than II 70 significant,
that The administrations OF b"'h The Adanses
ard al Fillmore, all OF THE s,'n- political school.
run into a system It lavish Expenditures.
When Jrf.rson came in President, he stated
that "ec ,nomy in the pubic expense, shat
labor might bei'gheiy ourd-nrd, would be INC
Of the maxine he sh' uid &C, up n aud jack
son declared that i" strict and faithful ee"n,-
my was necessary to 1" cnYLteract that trnden'
cy to public and priva:. peofigacy which
prufuye expenditure was tno apt to enyender.
Both had ,Qro.s financial abuses to curtect.
What, however. were the abuses which Jetfer-
son had To lop of. and the lavish scatter ng
even OF The younger A.iams's day, compared
With the 'oseness, the extravagance, and the
Galplsinisn of the last administration When
President Pierce commenced bis official term,
he recent past proclaimed, in characters a.
legiee as they were lampntabi-. the necessity
of an Inauguration Of economy a. the govern
ing principles, and OF business capacity a. tie
corrective agent 70 work a reform. He, there.
fore, Us to domestic affairs, pledged himself to
the cucntry to demand {" d voted integrity in
the public service, and an observance Of rigid
economy in all departments, 80 marked ~
never justly 70 be questioned
But so enormous were the abuses that had
crept into the public service so tempting and
adverse to their removal was thirty million
surplus to excite the horaes Of practised
speculltors and p nnderers so aavished had
Congress become IN it's approp iations, that the
disciples of the lid J-tfrrsonian stat. rights
school entertained but faint hop that the
corrupting current could be strayed. Hercu'
lean, however, a. was the labor, the administra
ton have proved equal to the task. Unless
Expenditures have been abolished !; old claims
aud outstanding accounts, TO Al enormous
| amount, have been settled new books have
| literally been opeAed-for the very system
under which fraud held carnival has been
changed for another system frauyht with the
checking elements Of accountable y; and The re
venue laws have been rig,dly emf reed. The
wise policy of paying off the national debt Il
steadily carried out, and tn, surplus in the trea
sury is faithfully applied, as tar as 1t u Pract'
| catle, Tor this purpose. fhe doctrines Of the
| strict construction school, also, have been appl
| ed to appropriations Of the peoples money BY
vhofh h. v1i
st.atloRal grant was tor the INDECENT insane Of
for a multitude OF works OF internal improve
men' Of local character, the President ha.
had the hrn'n-ss to apply the executive Veto
In all this the administration has sesn true u
its high trusts; aud its management 81 tn. pub
lic revenue, 20 searching work in all govern
ments, and so vital tsust in our government
| must commend Itself t. the appreciation Of the
country
As to the domestic affairs generally, wher
was there brought to them mce comprehensive
principle or higher business talent? When DIE
official reports from heads of departments evlnct
greater capacity or more intelligent apPre cist,oI
Of the wants Of The several departments thar
those which eInanated from this cabinet? IL !,
but simple justice to say that energy and eth
ciency mark every branch Of the public service
The Secretary vt The Treasury Is executing ths
| revenue laws with vigilance and integrity tina
know no friends and Tear 10 consequences -
| the Secretary Of Var il carving out the views
| embraced in his mastery report, and our gal.
| liant army, scanty and inadequate as it is, i
guarding our frontier and mainta,nlng orr neu
| fraity by putting down filibus ering the Sc.
cretary OF the Navy, by his stat-srnanlike pIar
| tor re rganlzaten of The s-Tv.ce, won the ap-
plause of the who e'country, and he is directing
| the affairs of this department with unqIestion
I'd ability and ntelligence--if the Crcretary o
the Int-rirr has work less public, it is none ths
, less Important, and IN constant land survey
aud sales he rs energe'icalIy Iaboriny to develop
the resources OF the Countrywide Postmsste
General has infused prnmptness and fde,t,
INTO The great channel of our home intercours.
and the Attorney General 10 devoting hi
splendid alb ltiee ,othe duties If his Office witt
untiring industry, great iabnE, aud acknowledg
| ed success. II is the candid admission Of suci
~ have business at Washington tina, its mem
bers are strong working men, and that there ha
rarely been seen more systene'ic attention I,
the atfIirs of the nation than il 20 be- seen now
| This energy and capacity ct the head mast ne
| cessariiy be felt throughout the country, an,
promote "dlligence, integrity. and capacit,
| wherever there are duties to be performed
II from domestic affairs we turn to our foreig,
| relations, the results are equally gratifying :
| were Ieced was peculiar; and never was ther,
| a time when the permanent interest f,his coun
try mo- needed firm and bold, yet wise an,
discreet, Americsnis to guide its destines; ant
by this we mean the application It liberal prin
cpies as to commence, and pr ctical racogni
tl0n OF our natural and national law Of progress
This was what the people welcomed with suci
Jealous unani,niiy in the inaugural. This kind
ling paper spoke firmly of the duty ofexpansior
and as decidedly a. The American could wish o
American citiz-nship as something that shoult
b. an invinlable pan"ply Of American rights
aud II announced as its guiding principle soune
and comprehensive policy. embracing ''not Ies'
the distant future than the urgent present." +
Is the duty Of every good citizen al mere work
Of jusuce-j Istice to himself and TO the country
he loyes--to make the searching examination
here, AZ in domestic affairs, as to how such Or
International policy has been carried out anG
If, running through series Of brilliant reauIts
he finds the mark Of broad and intelligent
comprei,ens If rights, and of firm ds,erinin
ton to maiutain them, he ought not tn be deter
red by sophsticsi appeals or noisy clanor from
meeting out just verdict.
Let. them, the patriotic American citizen look
at the International work that has already been
completed. The declarations Of the inaugural
were soon followed bv tho wise and well advs
I'd release Of Koszeta BY Captain lngraham.-
This, again was succeeded by the reply of the
administration to Austrian Absoiutnm, which
demanded an apology; and this paper was so
thorough in its research, 30 keen and powerful
in it's POSITIONS; and 8" proper and American
every way in its tone, that it met the cordial ap.
probation Of the whole country, and conHibu ed
to elevate the American name abroad. Nego.
tiations, too, 10 enlarge our commerce and to
protect our rights have been attended with the
most brilliant re.ult We have
The treaty with Mexico, by which serious
difficulties of boundary have been peacably ad-
iustrd a right Of way tor inter oceanic conf
,nunica,ion has been secured; valuable &C.
QUESTION of territory his been gained, and thus
a rupture sith that country avoided.
e rhetresty with Japan, by which new
world has been opened to commerce. commen
csd, IL n true, under the previous administration
but concluded BY this.
3. similar commercial tresty with Horneo,
by which our trade in that region will derive
great atvantases' ~
4 The brilliant success in obtaining Of Den
mark, for American vessels, an exemption from
the sound toils.an exemption that no European
nation enjoys, and which was acquired by a
firm protest agains, their injustice, enforced by
urgent argument.
S. An important treaty with Russia, BY which