Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-02-27
HON. ANDREW JoRNsoE-THE TRUE DOC.
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HON. ANDREW JoRNsoE-THE TRUE DOC
TREE.
From Hon. ASDBEw JoHEsoss recent able speech
in the Senate on the bill providing for an increase
Of the regular army, we make the following extract
as german to the times, and equally worthy Of an
application in State as in Federal legislation There
is no veightier responsibility pressing on the Dem
ocratic party, now in power, than rigid system Of
ssretrenehment and reform in the expenditures Of
/ government II We neglect it, We shall belle cur
faith and justify the taunt that We are giants in
talk and pigmies in action -:
wish to ask Democratic Senators if this IL time
| to increase the expenditures Of the Government?
You are responsible for the expenses OF the Gov
/ ernment; you have the ma Oriiy; you have the
| control Of the Treasury your hands It Is idle to
90 before the country, end talk before the people
| about the expenditures Of the Administration Who
holds the purse-strings Of this nation When We run
through the appropriations Of this Government
from its origin the present time, We ind that the
/ appropriations have generally OUTCOME the expendi
/ lures Who makes The expenditures? The Presi-
/ dent may recommend for this and for that, and he
/ may make eztrayagant recommendations; but the
/ query comes up, is Congress bound to appropriate
| You, the apprOpriaGng power, hold the purse
/ strings Of this nation in your hands: and If the
expenditures Of this Government go on increasing
as they have been going on for a considerable mum
Der Of years back, you are responsible, not The Ad-
ministration.
Then / would ask. when we take up this question
Of expenditure, where is it going 10 carry US to
is il not time TO pauseg Is II not time 10 reflect
Is il not time to consult our lOgbOOk and get new
/ reckoning Ii seems to that tits. Atths point
\ wish to say to the chairman Of the Committee on
Finance Of this body, that shall look TO him with
great interest in reference TO his in TerenCh
: ALL If thn a
| follow him asan humble volunteer for I favor the
volunteer system it is more in accordance with the
genius of the Government and the patriotic impuls-
es Of the American people. Let US 60 into the IN
necessary and extraordinary expenditures Of this
Government, and reduce them down 20 what is Tea-
| sonable and right. Is there place at which we
can begin this work? Cannot the expenditures be
| arrested? When we talk about retrenching upon
this bill it is said " this is not the place let this
90: this is not the bill This is allowed to pass,
and soon we find another bill before for the civil
or naval department. the West Point Academy, or
the military establishment; and then we are told,
{" this is not the bill, either; we cannot get along
1 without this" Well, where is the bill What
! measure is it Some how other, we cannot find
any s'This is not the place this is not the bill /;
this is not the department which to lay the prU
ning-knife, Oh no; we must not begin here"
! That is the constant cry.
Then if war happens to exist, and we talk about
retrenching and reducing the expenditures in time
| Of war; the answer is, ooh! you cannot do it
the public mind is occupied about something else
the public minds engagedin carrying on the war "
I ask when will the time come? When are the foul,
reeking corruptions Of the Government 70 be stop
ped? Your newspapers are filed with the details of
them every day, and men are confined IN prison for
refusing tell the truth in reference to the cOrup
tions of the Government. What do those coruptions
grow out of? The unnecessary and improper e1-
penditures of the Government. 1t seems to me the
time has come and think it is the duty ofthe Dem
ocratic party to commence the work ofretrenchment
We have preached it in theory long time. Let us
! commence to reduce theory to practice.
! came into the Senate Of the United States as q
! Democrat and, if know myself, intend to be one
in practice as well in theory know it is against
the taste, the refined and the peculiar notions Of
! some men who get into high places, to talk about
curtailing reducing the expenditures of the GOV
! eminent. That with them, is all can't that is ali
| for Buneombe; that amounts to nothing. Some
/ may talk about il in that light, and may act
upon that principle, if it is principle but intend
/ 10 act in gOod faith, if l know myself Il may be
/ said, "Oh. heis calculating Politician; he
talks about the pence; he talks about the shilliDgs
and consequently he is not to be regarded being
statesman expanded in his views liberal in his feel
ngs that grssps and takes in the scope Of his mind
all the nations Of the EARTH and the rest Of mankind
/ daughter l wish to quote what very distin-
guished man once said in reference to public revenue,
and do It with no desire to speak disparagingly of
Y
their character and position and especially since
/ I have got here. Laughter. Mr.. Burke was
man Of no mean considerations do not mean Ed
mund Burke, Of New Hampshire, but the distin-
guished British statesman-and what does he say
this subject of revenue? He says - the revenue of
the State is the State" That is book; it is a text
worth preaching FROM that the revenue of the State
| is the State; and that Government which manages
its revenue best operates most lightly and best for
the people:
1.-The revenue of the State is the State in effect
all depends upon it. whether for support refor-
nation Through the revenue alone the body-politic
can act in its genius and character and there
fore it will display Just as much of its collective
virtue as it is possessed Of just revenue"
That is what Edmund Burke sside. He was one
of our pence calculating politicians. He was one
of those demagOgues who talk about the interests
and the rights of the people He, who was not only
statesman hut philosopher, declared that the
revenue Of State is the State and the virtue of the
Government is indicated in the very proportion
that it collects just revenue from the people.
Again. this idea Of the revenue of Govern
ment Lord Bacon, who was not the most virtuOus
it is true, but who wrote well, and said great
many good things, deClared:s
above all things, good policy is to be used that
the treasure and moneys in State be not gathered
into few hands; for otherwise State may have a
good stock and yet starve; and money is like muck
no good unless It is spread"
What does he mean by that? Do not collect large
sums Of money from the people and appropriate
them among the few; revenue, like muck, does no
good unless it is spread; but how spread? Let the
industrious portion of the community, the prOdu-
GERS spend their money; let it be in their own
pockets; appropriate it in such way their inter
ests their happiness, AMI their prosperity may sug
gest but we have reversed that proposition. We 90
on gathering muck from the barn-yards Of the ma
ton; 60 on gathering revenue from the industry
Of the whole people, and we bring it here and sqUan-
der il in appropriations, as l believe, wholly unne-
cessary TO promote the interests and happiness Of
the people As the cant is very common about
demagogues, desire to lay down a text what was
preached by Edmund Burke, one of the most dis
tinguished Of British statesmen.
l know it is very easy for Senators and those who
not Senator'S to speak dsparagingly of those
who count the dollars and cents when sppropria-
ton is proposed for this or for that purpose but we
see where our appropriations have brought US
They have brought US Just where we are-in the
midst Of extravaganza, in the midst Of prohigscy,
in the midst Of corruption, in the midst of improper
applications Of the peoples money. Is there no way
to arrest il? tell the Democratic party especially
when they find the opposition willing TO unite with
them this question, is the time TO curtal the
expenditures of this Government If 1t is not done
now when you get up a sufficient stir here, and 20
increasing the governmental expenses, the peo-
pie will hear the noise. They will hear the strug-
gle, and now aud then few Of them will come up
and look in and ascertain if they can what is going
on and when they do ascertain that there is con-
siderable struggle going to reduce the enormous
expenditures Of this Government to enable the peo
pie to retain the product Of their honest labor in
their pockets, to be expended in their way,
they will come to the rescue Of The party that Is for
arresting the eEtrsvagant expenditures of this Go
vernment. l now admonish those who have charge
Of the Government, to commence the work in time;
TO commence it now.
Substance Of the RsmarEsof Mr. BULLOCK, Of Madison,
on the Bill to abolish the present Chancsry Courts,
and to establish District Ciancsry Courts-dsIivsred
IN the House Of Representatives, FEB. 3, 1858
Mr.. SPEAKER: have heretofore aided in estsb-
fishing geparate system of Chancery Courts; /
have been the advocate and the friend fthe system
because believed it important to the interest of the
country