Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-09-16
Brehlfa GqguHtrI % DE)eumfru:t
Z. q. GOULD. Editor.
EATON, o.. SEPT. .1e. 1853.
Opposition Logic.

: "a Few viii dissent from the opinion ex-
pressed by 4, the. Maryland Union.
in the following article. 1t says the 10
gi1 ofour political advasafies in regard
10 The expense. of the General Govern
ment, is 50 pnsoupd1 that ts'he who runs
may read, and the wayfaring man, tho
aHS6ol, iIneedi net err therein" Their
logic is, that governmentis is a govern
meht, no matter whether great or small,
and thai IS, should not cost more to con
daet, a large than a small one. 4,
Now thisalogic is so much at variance
with com mon sens e that itrcquires no
pprgidimentt to sGatter it to the four winds
efiheayen. a, Everybody knaWs and will
readily admit that if it requires one
hundred dollars to provide for a
ingIc person the heeessaries of life for
one year, that IT willreq1ire just double
that sum 70 support two persons for the
same length OF time; and the Inference
is legitimate one that it requires twice
as much to support the government as
wheuit'was' but half IT'S present sizc:-
Expensss or government ike family ex-
penses, increase in I he same proportion
that it eplarses.r No manTcaq support
family of ten, persons for the same
amount of money that it requires to
support a family of 6nc, and no Admin
is ration can eonducta la go government
Il fks same 90 *sas. 4 s,sdIl ONE zftisols,
yious therefore, that it costs mors to
JRaintuini q, large government, or large
family, than it does to maia tain q small
goyernmeut;ura sa,ah family, apd that
tue clanI1r which the opposition arc en-
deavorfRs TO excite against the present
administration, on account Of its 'ex-
penses, is simply idle and ridiculous
1tsloes not fplIew because the expenses
of gcvernsSent zameSats to ore now
than theyudi4 years ago, when it was
sInaIL Lsthat Swexa arc becoming Wasteful
and extravagant. By ne means.' as/
There is a wide difference between
- ~ sr-Ea . .r-
the actual expenses of soyernment and
vastefuiness and extravagance, aud
with equal propriety is the family Otter
persons liable to The charge of wasteful-
ness and extrayagance beeaas it costs
more toisupport them. than it does tc
support a family. Of.fVe, as to say, tina,
the present Administration is wastefut
and eStravSgant because it cannot ad
minister the governmensso cheaply a:
when it was yet in its infancy. and whc |
its territorial limits lwere not half 81
-lafcera as at present. i';,lt'A Sa'. s''a'T.
,s We care not what the expenses o
Government, amount to, provided thl
money has been appropriated to ,neces
sary and legitimate purpose, and so tha
itheF honor, integrity, and true dignity 0
thslcountry have been preserved; bu
xs,epter our solemn, protest against tn
charge. of. extravaganza against Nh
fBushanauis administration, simply be
Ieansclthc expehses'ef Government ar
mot now the same as they onco we're
,QBee,we had no, Utah or Kansas diff
.ealties to encounter and to adjust, re
squirting an,immense' aInonnt of treasure
aud once we had no Black Republican
to Keep Congress disorganized for tw
months, and afterwards, to Iegislate i
sthes most reekle less and extravagant maj
ner. These are some of the cause
which have tended to increase the C,
peases of government, and it is unjus
as Vice President Breckenridge says,
1held the Democratic party and the;p
enf Administration responsible for ae
"xhich were committed by others.
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,sTrBeF Tho following comm un.ication
g;Isu, one. Of The ableFt and most .eopsi
,tent Republieansofthis District Mi
yIho was never aidcmOrrat, and who h
always heretofore voted for Mr.. Cam
bell, but who is. now thoroughly d
lgguusted With the demag ogucism and i
sconssisfsnciessH sH5ff ii his former candidate.
He he was as himself present at the New I
rris Conyeption:
New Paris Convention.
T;Dfrbk OF DEMocRAT: ''-,
gniiiTvb'Deur 3sSSSfrr:DT'he Convention
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