The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-08-21

dred to one. Don't you think the gov
crnment ought to get rick AT Monte
reg, In California, tho amount collected in
1851 was 42.25, three mon were en-.
ploycd to collect it, and paid for doing il
81 ,O5O.95. At Buffalo there was collect
ed in 1857, $40, 1l0.53. There were ten
men employed in its collection, and they
were paid GIG, sos 81. win not wcary
you with reading this report farther. /.
is the official report from the Secretary of
the Treasury, IN answer to . resolution Of
the Senate calling upon him to know how
many employees he had at the different
custom houses; what he paid them; how
much was collected, &C., and here is the
official report from every collecting ngen-
cy in the United states have singled
out part Of them as examples. (Whcn
can we have the reporty) You can have
this published, il is public d, cumcnt.
Has Douglas got IT'D Iprcsume he has,
for he sustains the administration on ev.
cry point save one. will now give YOU
some account of the total expense of col
Letting the revenue for the past several
years.
In 1850 Congress past law appropri-
ating So, 450, 900 annually to dcfray the
expenses Of collecting the revenue cast
Of the Rocky Mountains. During Tay-
lor and Fillmore's administration the
whole revenue east of the Rocky Noun.
tains was collected for about two million
dollars per annum, leaving a surplus OF
more than 81 900, 900 at the end Of the
four years. During the four years OF
the administration of Gen. Pierce, he
used up the So, 450 900 per annum, aud
every dollar of the 81 COO, 900 remaining
over from the Fillmore administration be.
sides. After Mr.. Buchanan came into
power, Mr.. Secretary Cobb, in his FIRST
report, asked Congress to appropriate
$1,000, 900 annually to collect Che reye.
nue. in the same district Of country where
only about s2,000,000 had been required
five years before. What was the reason
for this vast increase Of expense?
None was given Congress did no,
appropriate the So, 700, 900 asked for. bu,
it did appropriate $4,000, 900 for collcc.
ting the revenue east of the Rocky
Mountains. The amount of the revenue
collected is less than during Fillmore
administration, when it was collected 70,
S2,00O,ooo. The reason Of this in crease
is partly because supcrnumcrary officers
have been employed. Gen. Pierce ad.
ded more than three hundred clerks at
the custom-house in New York, and
suppose they were paid over a thousand
dollars apiece--that alone would make
$500, 900; and so it was that the average
annual expense of collecting the revenue
this side Of California during the Pierce
Administration was nearly million more
than during Fillmorc's: and during the
year of Buchanan's administration they
want 81, 100000 more to collect the
revenue for single year than it took
four years before. Fellow citizens, are
you for continuing this state Of things:
Does il meet your appropriation? reno
no. no. Do you not think it would be
better to take some Of this money thus
squanacred upon partisan favoritcs, to
protect your immense commerce, to i'm.
prove your harbors, and save the lives Of
your citizens on these great lakcsy-
TCries of eyes, yes | suppose that
would be unconstitutional in The opinion
of the ruling dynasty, laughter but il
is not unconstitutional to pay man $500
to collect one. Lauehtcr.1 | could de-
tain you. fellow citizens, for hours in
pointing out the extravagances of tho
past and present administrations, with al
their professions Of eeoromy. But / hav,
said enough, trust, to call your atten
ton to the matter. | have stated tht
gross amount which the government il
using per annum, and you win find tina
for the Ave last years more money wa.
expcnicd than for the first tlirty-fv.
years Of the government The incrcas,
of expenditures is many times a. grca
as the increase of population, or the OK
tent of country, aud there is no reason
for this But there is not on,y cxtrav
agance in the collection of the rcvene
but in all branches of the public ser
vice.
They are in the habit ut Washington
of multiplying Offices. Judicial district,
are divided when there is no cause for it
and when tho public service does not re
quire it, and then judges aud MARSHALL
and attorneys are appointc !, and tie ex
pense Of courts is incurred Ports o
cntry are established when there is n,
occasion for them, and immense sums o
money are lavished upon favorite place!
in the construction OF magnificent pala
ces. verify believe that this govern
inert can be carried 0n--and properly
carried cn---for less than one half of TIL
money now used by this Administrator
protesting economy, lcheers, loud ap
plauscl aud ask you now il | have no
made good the charge tina. the profess
ions Of this party are a. false with regar'
to economy as to freedom. Cries o
yes, yes. Then | ask y,u is il to b.
sustained. ] am satisfied that the peo
/ pie of this country cannot approve o
these things. You cannot believe in tn
profession of men who practice dircctl..
the reverse Of what they profess. Yo'
cannot believe that men are sincerely TO
economy, when they are plundering tn
public treasury, and If sou don't hur
from power such party the first oppo.
tuni'y you have, it must be because yo'
| fear that those who are to succeed then
will do no better Now, is that sey--
! rCries Of No! No.!
What does the Republican party pro
pose? shall dctain you bat few min
utes upon that point. We propose, upo
the slavery question:, to leave IL cxactl
/ where the man who framed the Constitu
ton left ii. We arc for leaving th
question of slavery, where it exists j
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