The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-27

twenty-five millions of dollars lying idle in
the treasury, while the Government is ca
gerly embracing every opportunity present
ed for paying public debts in anticipation
of the time at which they become due.-
That the expenditures have increased is
not wonderful. 1t is natural result of the
expansion and growth of the country. The
expenditures, we apprehend, will continue
to increase with the rapid progress of our
country. The receipts, however, have in
creased, and will we have no doubt continue
to increase in corresponding ratio. The
resources necessary to govern and control
a country of the vast extent of ours, are
necessarily large; though for one we hope
the entire resources may be expended, if it
be done for legitimate purposes and for do
veloping the infant proportions of our re-
public and for strengthening and protecting
us great nation. We have no desire
to see plethoric treasury, over which fac
tions may be contending and wrangling for
the spoils. Strengthen our navy, increase
our mail facilities, that information may be
spread amongst the people. An enlightened
or be enslaved. Appropriate the money to
almost any use, rather than let it lie idle in
the treasury as temptation to corruption.
Who is prepared to say what use a govern
ment of northern fanatics would make of an
overfowing treasury! And who can tell
what the Know-Nothing party, who are
making a great clamor over present expen-
ditures, would do with the money, if they
could succeed in getting their clutches on
the public purse-strings! Of the happen
| ing of this contingency, however, we have
no fears. The people will never trust them,
unless they mend their principles and their
manners. The charge of an extravagant
expenditure of money by President Pierce,
in the Electors indictment, only proved
that he was hard run for subjects of COM
| plant against the Administration. The
President cannot touch dollar, until it has
been appropriated for specific purpose.
After the new Elector had "delivered
himself of his long corked up abortions ON
| Gen. Pierce and his measures, we expected
him to tell us what were the principles of
his candidate for the Presidency, what
measures he would advoc ate, and what re-
forms he would introduce, differing from
those of the present Administration, of
| which he found so much fault. But, we
were doomed to disappointment. The Ell
ector evidently knew that the least said a.
bout Millard Fillmore's principles to a South
ern people, the better would it be for him
and his party. Of Mr.. Donelson, he said,
he knew nothing-and this was all the no.
tice that this renegade Democrat received
from the new Eleetor.
There were three other orators on this in
tereStimg occasion-Gen. j. A. Young, J. G.
Bynum, and V. G. Barringer. We have
not time and space to notice, except very
briefly, their labored efforts. One of the
number (Mr. Bynum) declared that Banks
was elected Speaker by the Democratic
party! When the truth is, every De-
mocrat in the House of Representatives
voted against him. Before the meeting
of Congress the Know Nothings were in
the habit of boasting of having so majority in
that body. When they selected Banks as
their canddate,-a man who is unable TO
determine which is the superior, the white
man or the negro-this large Know Moth
ing majority, Southern Know Nothings would
have us believe, all at once dwindled down
to some 30 or 4O-the little squad of Fuller
tactionists! And thus they attempt to get
rrid of the odium of electing Banks-and
actually go so far as to assert that they,
who had majority of so before the assem-
bling of Congress, had no part or lot in the
election of Banks Is the Fuller vote of
3O or 40 the full Know Nothing Tor ''Amer-
lean" if you please) strength in Congress
If so, it shows rather badly for the success
of Millard Fillmore. His party-the Know
Nothing party-12 months ago with so ma
Jority in Congress, now dwindled down to
80 or 40! But this classification is not the
true one. There is still a clear Know No.
thing majority in the House of Representa-
tives. A member recently rose in his place
and named them, from A to Z-and not one
of the number dared deny the correctness
of the classification. And in the face of
all these facts, Mr.. Bynum asserts that the
Democrats elected Banks, when the truth
49, as we have already remarked, not sim
gle Democrat voted for him! There is, we
admit, shade of difference between Nor
thern and Southern Know Nothingism-and
this shade constitutes the only difference.
1t the 'black" shade-the ''nigger" shade.
Northern Know Nothingism having foreign
ers, catholics, and 'uiggers" in their plat
form, and Southern Know Nothingism with
foreigners and catholics and no "nigker''
feature in their platform. The one is
''hlack" Republican Know Nothingisn-
the other white American (not African)
Know Nothingism. That is the only differ
ence. They are all Know -Nothings, alias
Americans" with the same principles, with
the single exception of the .'nigger'' fea.