Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-07-01
NUMBER 130.

showing an increase Of expenditures, % hnn5rsd
p'- cent greater than the increase Of population 10
the same period When We see such results, is ft
not tine topsUss is il not time forus TO asoerSsn
if We can, where are We going, and what is ths
maximum Ne are 70 reach? If, as the Senator froz
Georgia Mr. IOOMBs) remarked tHe 0fher Day, ours
be the most corrupt Government upon the face Of
the EARTH this is the most corrupt part Of it. It's
in the power Of Congress to prevent these enormous
expenditures and if We do not intsFpOse We are
responsible for them. This Government, sixty nine
years Of age scarcely out Of IFS sWaddng c0shes
making more corrupt uses Of the money in proportion
TO the amount collected from the people, as honest
ly believe than any Government now on the face Of
the ha5itaole globe. Just in proportion s. you in
crease the amount collected and expended 6y the
Federal Government, in the same proportion cor
ruptiOn goes along with il aud when you run the
expenditures Of this Government up 10 one huoered
miiiOas or one hundred and fifty millions q year.
the treasury Of the Urited Staies VAL s5atr0l ths
whole nation, and the people Of he respective States
viii have very little part IN the Government except
TO foot les bills in the shape Of taxes
Il may be said that this is only small amount
$50 COO er anHum, which Is 20 be voted 70 the Dis
trict OF Columbia and that this is not The place 10
commence the work Of reform; We cannot get he
wedge in here; it viii not do 70 stop this ezpend
ture; Oh, no, this is not the place. II We happen
to get the place, then told it is not exaotly
the lime, but the effort should be postponed 70 soma
other time. We always miss either The place or hs
time. When will the time Gomez Il is suggested
By ny friend from MississipFi that this sPPr0Pris
tiOn is to last Ony Eve years Lei them get il for
fFe years; let their system be organised aud lker
teachers employed, depending for payment on The
Appropriation from tie Treasury, and who viii cgt
itofl Who will break it UHl The appeal viii be
made that the Government is committed 20 the cause
Of education here, and will you now stop your ap-
propristions turn these children out, and deprive
them Of the benefit Of schools2 Once get he GsT-
eFnmsRt committed 10 the scheme, and at The end
Of the ave years. instead Of the appropriation being
stopped the probability is that it will be continued
and increased 70 forty or hfy thousand dollars,
the plea thit they have erected their schools and
employed their teachers, and want more money.
ask the Senate and the country il We have not
reached point at which We should pause and see
whether an effort may not be made 70 introduce re-
treuehment aud reform into some Of the depart
ments Of the Government In sixty-nine years
your people have d0abled seven iiEes, while your
expenditures have doubled thirty FIVE times The
one has quiniupled the other. Where viii the end
be- 1 hope that some effort viii be made 70 stop
this downward career 1 think shis is 8 fl occasion
for sueh az effort, and hope the Senate wilt egree
Co my amendment. 1 do not wish 10 consume ume,
though much might Be said this subject.
LCoNCEUsIoN 10 morrow.