Litchfield enquirer., 1858-09-02

a surplus of more than $l ,609,0OO at the end of the four years. During the fonr years of the administration of General Pierce he used up the $2, 2,450, 900 per annum, and every dollar oi the Sl, l,6O0,G00 remaining over from the Fill more administration besides. After Mr. Bn- thanan came into power Mir. Secretary Cobb, in his first report, asked Congress to appropri ate $3, 100, 900 annually to collect the revenue in the same district of country where only about $2, 2,000,0 900 had been required five years pc fore. What was the reason for this vast ln- crease of expense? None was given. Con. gress did not appropriate the $3. TOO 0O0 asked for, but it did appropriate $3,3OO,00O for col ectng the revenue east of the Rocky Noun tains The amount of the revenue collected IS
 less than during Filllnore's administration, when it was collected for s2,0O0,000. The reason of this increase is partly because super nnmerary officers have been employed. Gen Pierce added more than three Hundred clerks to tie Custom House an Neu York, and lsuppost they aeere paad orer $l, 900 apiecs--that aIemt wouM make $300,00O And so it was that the average annual expense of collecting the reve- me this side of California, during the Pierce administration, was nearly million more than during Filmore's and during the first year of Buchanan's administration they want $1 ,300,' 900 more to collect the revenue for single year, than it took four years before. Fellow citizens, are you for continuing this state oi things? Does it meet with your appreciation Cries of No, no, no Do you not think it would be better to take some of this money, thus squandcred upon partzan fayorites, to protect your immense commerce, to improve your harbors aud save the lives of your citi- zens on these great lakes ? Cries of Yes, yes l suppose that would be unconsttu- tional in the opinion of the ruling dynasty '; Laughter, but it is not unconstitutional to pay d man five hundred dollars to collect one.- Laughter.
 l could detain you, fellow citizens, for hours in pointing out the extrayagances of the past and present administrations, with all their pro- fessions of economy. But 1 have said enough, l trust, to call your attention to the matter. l have stated the gross amount which the gov ernment is using per annum, and you will find that for the last five years more money was expended than for the first thirty-fve years of the government. The increase of expenditures is many times as great as the increase in pop ulation, or the extent of country, and there is Ho Fallu reaSOil TOT tnlS. i>ul there IS not OIL extravaganza in the collection of the revenue, but in all branches of the public service. They are in the habit at Washington of multiplying offices. Judicial districts are divided when there is no cause for it, and when the public welfare docs not require it and then judges, and malshals, and attorneys. are appointed, and the expense of courts is incurred. Ports of entry are established when thrre is no occa- sion for them, and immense sums of money are lavished upon faverite places in the construc- tion of magnificent palaces verily believe that this government can be carried on for less than one-half the money now used by this ad- ministration, with all it's professions of econo my [loud applausc ] and ask you HOW il l have not made good the charge that the pro. fessions of this party are all false with regard to economy as to freedom i! [Cries of Yes yes [ Then ask you, is it to be sustained 1 am satisfied that the people of the country cannot approve of these things. You cannot believe that men are sincerely for economy when they are plundering the public treasury
 and if you don't hnrl from power such 8 party the first opportunity you have, it must be be- cause you fear that those who are to succeed them will be no better. Now, is that so ?- {Cries of No ]! no