The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-09-07
From the Raleigh Standard:
THE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES.

ty viii have to encounter in 1860 all the clements
of the opposition North and South, from the ultra
abolitionist to the Southern know-nothing, who
processes now and then to be satisfied with Mr.
Buchanan's administration. The elements at the
North are already combining; while at the South
all the weapons of attack used by black Republi-
cans and abolition know-nothngs against the ad-
ministration, are taken up and welded with as
much vigor as if these weapons had not been
forged in abolition workshops. Witness, for ex-
ample, the eagcrncss with which the Southern
know nothing presses catch at and re-publish the
vile SANDERS and palpable misrepresentation ut
tered against Mr. Buchanans administration by
that prince of black Republicanisln. Ihuriow
Weed and also the eagerncss with which they
avail themselves of the false statements of another
black Republican, Lyman Trumbull, of Illinois, in
relation to the public expenditures.
The Raleigh Register quotes extensively from
this man Trumbull to show that the adminlstra-
ton had been extravagant, and especially that
money has been sCIuandered in collecting the reve-
nue.. Now lie: how plain statement OF
facts will completely put down all these misreprc-
sensations of black Republican Trumbull, thus en-
dorsed and commended by the Raleigh Register J!
The Washington Union of the 25th August says ::
" But our object in this article was to compare
the statements of the Illinois senator with the ftcts
as they appear of record The senator, after deal
ICES the expenses of collecting the revenue
subject for which he censures the democratic par
ty and holds them responsible for an increase i'll
the same. He institutes comparison between
the expenditures under this branch when Mr. Fill
more was President and the last year of Pierce S
administration, and attempts t. rdcule certain
expenditures in certain localities by showing the
disparity between the amount paid for the services
in collecting and the amount actually collected.
IL: III.
there was collected in 1857 S2,004 %, while the
expense Of collecting Sl5,S4S IS. lie omit
ted to tell his constituency that i'll 1852, the last
year of Fillmores administration, at the same port
there was collected 81 ,4Sl 40, Of which the eX-
pense of collection was S28, l31 10; and yet he
held the document in his hand from which he OBJ
tanned the one fact and from which he might have
communicated the other Again, he says at An
napolis, Maryland, there collected in 1857
S374 %, and expense Of collecting was 1888 ~,
and vet he remembered to forget to inform his
stituency, to whom he endcavoring to impart
the truth from the very same document, that in
1852 there was collected at Annapolis. the very
same port, Sl23 60, and the expense paid for the
collection Of the same s., 1913 SO '! Again, at
Ocracoke, in North Carolina, $50 50 WIS collected
in lS57-cxpense of collecting 81 ,3O1 81; and yet
this very official report Of the Secretary Of the
Treasury which he trumphantly Eeld up, contain
communicate to his people, that at this Identical
port in the State of North Carolina the amoynt
collected in 1852 was S43 -, and the expenses
s., 517 10; and so we might convict him in every
case to which he could have referred. Every one
acquainted with the subject knows that many col
lection districts do not pay expenses, was it
expected they would when they were created by
Congress. They instituted to prevent SNUG
CLING, and men cannot be expected to give their
IL, u,
paid for it. 1t could not have been Mr. Trum-
bulls want Of sagacity that prevented him from
knowing it.
The senator is equally unfortunate when he as
cenGs from particulars to the total expenses Of col
Letting the revenue. lie says that during Fill
morc's administration the whole revenue was col
lected for much less than it was during the admin
istration of Gen Piece. This is the assertion of
senator who has reached one of the proudest posi-
lions not only in this republic, but, We might add
the world and vet the official document he held in
his hand, and from which he attempted to instruct
the people, contained the whitening fact that the
amount of revenue collected in 1852 was
S49,165933 81
The expenses for collcctg same, 3,s65,423 %
And the amt of revenue in 1857, G4,171,O3+ 05
Expenses for collecting the same, 3,552,359 80
Is any further evidence needed to vindicate our
charge that his speech disingcnuous, disrepu-
table, and disgraceful ?"
Thus is Trumbull exposed in a few words, and
held up to the scorn of all honest men. VIII the
Raleigh Register publish this reply Of the Union
to Mr. Trumbull? If the object of hat paper be
truth, it will; if not, not
This, then, is Il specimen of the manner in which
the administration is assailed. Black Republican
testimony is called up to injurc an administration,
and to deprive it of the confidence of the Southern
people, by whose constitutional right it has stood
like rock, breasting the storm Of abolitiouism
And this Is done by paper rrofessedly Southern
rights by paper protesting to be devoted to
the truth by paper which Processes to detest
black Republicanism and its opponents in all their
forms ! But this is only part-the commence
mcnt Of the programme for 1860 The opposition
leaders North and South are counting OH humbug-
ging the people in 1860 they were humbugged
in 1910. They regard every new generation as
their lawful prey. Let the Democrats be on the
alert, and spike their guns fast as they are load
ed and let the people without regard to party hold
to strict account those Southern politicians who
shall presume, in the extremity of their party bit
terncss, to ally themselves in any manner whatso-
ever with the d:sunionists and black Republicans
Of the North.
AGovERNOR BURNT IN EFFIGY-On Thursday
last, the citizens Of Elcottsville New York,
without distinction of party, burnt Gov King in
cfigy account of his interference with the law