Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-27
National Expenditures.

In the month Of June last, Senator Crittenden was
received with very marked hOnOrs at CINCINNATI.
Ohio. 81 COvingtOn and Frankfort. Kentucky. We
think Il was At COvngtOn that hO used the following
language:
- the Administration Of Adams bitterly AsSAIed for
exAvasAnee and yst In four yeaS the total amount ex-
he army and S Last year the present AdmnistrGtOn
expended over eighty millions Of dollars.
The people cried against Gen. Jack
and yet but hundred millions NJ dollars was eA
iiON ;r srdiO'S w tGt dsrIn0 ne rsasat vsIr'
This charge cminates from . high source The
distinguished statesman who gave Il uttcrance was
presumed 70 know the truth Of the allegation.
Il was boldly uttered and given publicity oil over
The Union. But il Il true! No figures are given,
NO specification Of items, nothing but Wholesale
charge al extraordinary expenditures Of the public
uoneyS Now Il strikes US as little singular that
during the whole Of the last session Of Congress,
when political excitement waA II s highest pitch,
and when the Administration was compelled ~ walk
over red hot rlOughshsres that no One Of the oppo
sition discovered this financial crmnality and that
il was not made 70 chew the cud Of bitterness for
reckless use 0f the peoples money. But 90 Il was;
| aud not one indictment was presented until Con-
gress had adjourned, and the Representatives had
gone were on their way 70 their homes. The dis
0nRuished gentleman who made the charge, ought
perhaps 70 Be- excused allowed at least consider
able latitude Of expression, on the occasion when he
INDUCED 10 the remarks quoted. He had made his
mark IN the session just closed. Although veteran
At the pOllllcaI OCUOWe, uohu managed ~ so shape
his course e. n put dot and carry one. where
ny had found 10 their sorrow, like Dora In David
COppeFtield that "the hgurca would not add up. i"
In returning 10 the "b0a0m Of his constituents" he
had been fttei 1t Cincinnati and welcomed by that
ebony cOlOred political sinner Thomas C0rwin. who
had suddenly emerged from that "husptable grave"
where, no doubt, he had been washing the "bloody
hands" with which he was wont 10 wish the Next
can soldiers might receive the sons Of America.
Upon such determination, such union Of dis
n fhHnwinO 0f tho anil
Thomas into the atMs Of the chivAlrOus CrlIenden,
it IL reasonable "a suppose that the usual amount
Of bourbon was imbibed to render the meeting ge-
uiAl aud easy. However frank and truthful Mr..
Critenden may be, and he Is noble old statesman,
he could not leave the embrace the ExSecretary Of
the Treasury. with hs GdrdRsr reputation, without
casryinR ID his impress, any more than one can
handle the pat without receiving the black soil. II
den should 80 soon havoc uttered the sentiment that
a. The present Administrator will swallow up that
aum during the present year.. The American people
are eminently jealous people. The whole Aasis Of
our government rests upon, and it, stability consists
in, the manner In which the constituent guards the
Representative. FrOm the days Ofthe elder Adams,
our people have insisted upou having the strictest
public economy, More than once have they hurled
IRON power those whom they saw sQuandering the
public funds. The Democratic party, as general
Thing. have been succeSsf0l In keeping power from
the very fact that u has been the watch'dog-the
CeFberus Of the public Treasury.
There is scarcely stupendOus stealing operation,
that hes n0s ben exposed BY their action and vigi-
liant wateAfalaess The GalphiR. The Gardiner
pluuteP Of recent tlmes, and a host Of other expo
sures we might name prove this beyond cavil True.
the Democratic party was defeated In 20, because
the cry Of "sxtFavaganCe" was raised against Van
Buren,, . very abort experiment sattsfed the
country that u was, 10 uAe an expressive phrase,
EFom the "iFyiNg pan ntO the tre by trusting the
enemies Of Democracy, and In ~ the Democracy
were triumphant.
10 cay that the public expeAditOree ought not to
be greater now than 10 the Younger Adams, In Jack
sons or Polks time, Il 10 assert an Absurdliy. II
presupp0ses the revsuuea are no greater and there
fore tie laxes ere more Onernua. Il assumes that
the country has not grown, that We have remained
1t dead bait In NstiOual progress Such, however,