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ries slavery with it, then the states cannot
exclude slavery. because the constitution of
the United States is the paramount law of
the land in the states as well as the tcrritor-
les and if there is anything in that instru
ment which extends slavery into the terri
tory, the same provision must cxt"ra it into
the states also. We'll. suppose the supreme
Court decide rs they are bound decide if
they carry out the doe rinc they have an
nounced in the bred Scott case, that by virtue
OF the constitution slavery is extended into
all the free states of this Union, are these
gentlemen prepared to submit to that?
tCres of "No. no."1 You are just as much
bound to submit to it as to this opinion that
carries slavery into the territories, and the
man who defends the one must sustain the
other. That is the necessary consequence of
the doctrine laid down. There is now
case pending. known as the "Lemmon case,
and when the country gets prepared to re-
ceive the decision, YOU will probably hear
again, from the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States. the doctrine announced that un-
der the constitution. slavery goes into all of
the States Of the Union. That instrument,
which our fathers made for securing the bless
ing of liberty, is thus to he prevented by the
decision of this court, to become an instru-
ment for the spread of slavery against the
will of the people. This necessarily results
from the doctrine already advanced, if ac-
quesced in and carried out to its legitimate
consequences.
THE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
The expenses of the government as you
have probably often heard. have increased
enormously within few years. The
amount of money at the disposal of govern
ment for this year is over one hundred mil
lions of dollars. This know has sometimes
been disputed hut have here the official
statement made by the clerk of the House of
REPRESENTATIVES. showing that more than
eightv-one millions were specifically
appropriated at the last session Con-
gress. and there are indefinite ap-
preparations to pay claims. the precise
amount of which is not vet known, which
amount, Mt the lowest estimate to three mil
lions and a half. making over eightv-tour
millions, and there is an uncXpcndcd balance
of appropriations made last year. amounting
to more than sixteen millions. These sums
altogether make more than a hundred mil
lions Of dollars at the disposal of the admins
tration for the present fiscal year. | know
il is said that it is unfair to charge all this
to this year: that n surplus will remain at
the end of this year to be carried to the next
list: hut think it is much more likely that
the administration will come in with n de-
fciency bill, and ask for some ten millions
more, as they did mt the last Congress, than
that any surplus will remain. Tho cxpens-
es of the Government during tho admnistra-
ton Of General Pierce were 1882 $50 ,632.
This is more than all the expenses of the
government from 1890. when it was organ
lied. for thirty years together. including the
war with Great Britain, in 1912. General
Pierce expended more money during four
years Of peace than our government expended
for the first thirty years after its organiza-
ton. In 1893, the expenditures of the gov
eminent for all purposes exclusive OF the pub
lie debt, were S9.7S4 l54, 80. In 1857 the
expenses Of the government. exclusive of the
public debt, were SOS .032, $50 &c. The
pro rata, according to the population of 1929
was o. cents on each individual The pro
rata. in 1857 was 50 2S per man--oi cent,
70 50 %, according to the population. Now
these facts ought to attract the attention the
count" but perhaps if We're to state in
detail some of the wastefuness of this gov
ernment-some of the means by which these
expenses have been increased. it would strike
some minds more forcihlv. will call voui
attention to TIL city of Chicago. You have
custom house located here. In 1852, or fol
the fiscal year ending in june 1853, thee last
yaar of Fillmore's administration, Their was
collected at Chicago Sill. sos sc. Six mer
mid 60 800 10 That was = little over two
nov cont For fine vcor ending lime 20 1876
there was collected at Chicago Sl45 Co 40
Sixteen men were employed in its collection
md they were paid $l4 $40 % for doing it
Now ask you, living right here as you do
is there any reason for this increased eXpen
oost to,, WOW oo,;t tho iast fsn:, ,oar ~ o,i
,oct tbo roronuo ot tbis ,ort and a i;ttlo orn
Two nor conf t,yo vcars 400 Is tb"ra INV ron
son f,r il orcent tbot tbc yovarnmnnt ,rs nto,
to shower the money nnon fayoritcs9 TYcs