New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-24

be attained?
What is the proper course of an Opposition with
regsld to Public Expenditures which they bslieve
uDcalled for or inordnate Suppose the War De.
partment call for Twenty five Millions per annum
for the Military Service of the country, and the
Navy Department demand Fifteen or Twenty NIL
lions more, and the Treasury a,k -Four Millions for
the expense Of collecting Forty Milons OF To-
vepue-thst is, ten per cent Of the entire amount
coected-how shall the Opposition Members vote
on the bills reported in accordance with these Tequ-
sitons1 If they vote Yes, 1t is claimed that they
make themselves jointly responsible with their
adversares for the appropriations as necessary and
reasonable; if they vote Nay, they are held up to
reprobatOn as factiOnists who, to embsrrass Pc
htcsl opponents, are ready to stop tho wheels of
Government and starve the National defenses.
How can they vote 80 as to escape Obloquy and
leaye the responsibility of extravagant or corrupt
outlay just where it belongs!
We ray, Vote No, on every bill that appropr-
ates the public money unwarrantsbly whether IS
to object or amount. Negative votes are generally
safe votes, easy to explain. and not often perilous
If a bill contains good aud bad items, try to get
the latter struoh out, if this fail, try to vote down
the whole bill. II it be thereby rejected, the un-
exceptiopable items will come up afiesh, probably
in better shape. If they do MOI. go before the
People and say, "Iwm willing to vote for this,
"and this; but they put that and that into the
same bill, and would not let them be stricken out
$50 was constrained to vote against the whole :"
There are not may constituencies that will vote
man down because be is too careful Of the Public
Money.
For nine years psst the Slave Democracy have
had the coLtrol Of Congress, save that there was
distracted, mutually hostile majority Of the last
HOu,e who were auti.AdministrstOp. During
most of these years the Executive has been Of the
same party. Yet it seems that the Republicans
are somehow charged with the responsibility of the
Appropriations expended, including even those
made last Winter, when there was q large Demo-
cratic majority 10 either House. We quote in full
the following leader from The Union, because we
would commend it to the special attention of those
Republicans who vote regularly for oil manner Of
Appropriations that the Democrats may require.
Hear The Union, gentlemen
"Ore Of the chefsources Of the hostility Of the O2-
position TO the President s to be found in the fac. that
by public message he declared 10 Congress he
would sign no bill making appropriations Of money
which should be presented to him within the last
twenty-four hours OF the legislative session. The
object Of the President was 70 be able to FULLY in
vesgate the merits of that clsss of bills p.rticu-
larry and knowing that they the most difficult
Of any TO comprehend, ne demanded time TO exam
Ie them. This simple ard reasonable rule, thus
resolutely enforced, was a fatal blow at the whole
lobby scheme, nine-tenths Of which is n the
hspos of the Republicans They hsd every rea.
sen Of course, to feel that the President was mos.
upfrendy TO all their interests, and to set to work
with all their known energy force ard ability 10
depoupce his Administration by every conceivable
misre presentation. Their MINDS naturally enough
resting upon grand schemes 10 defrsud the Govern
inert; they were particularly exercised The 81 bject
of alleged extravsgarce in its departments and "ths
friehiiul ncrsase Of the public expenditures Re-.
ceiyrg for few years past larger amounts Of revenue
than were sufficient to meet the current outlsys the
TIessuiy had redeemed many millions Of its six per
cent. bonds al large premium, thus esvng one or
two years interest TIE revenues again rapidly falling
under sudden Suspension Of trade, it became neces
saIy TO issue bonds and cal the )ney thus paid
out back into the Treasury. Forthwith this move
mept everywhere heaced as proof Of tie extraya
gspce of the Administration charging them, 10 point Of
isct with the effects of commercial revuson, which
exteI ded al over the world. This msgrif cent dea
steued at ore time 10 prpmi,e 60 we'll ths large body
of ciot politicians rushed out Of this city into various
o, rte Of the county determined 10 nargurae Presid
q tsl movement for ls0 upon it. They not very
wei! informed upon the subject they undertook to dis
cuss but having tired their utmost TO enlarge the
appropriations to the highest possible point with
view Of embarrassing the Treasury and doubtess be-
lieyipg that they had been successful no time was to
be csf IN throwing tire whole responsibility upon the
Pre.dsnt. TIE movereLt-it wascsned :" tbs peo-
p!e's movement collapsed in about six weeks and
II ,urrs cut that the people engaged In It were that
celectable body of gentlemen known as the Washing.
ton lobby, assisted by hafdozen vsgrsnt politicians
whoee patriotism exploded in attempting TO prove
tina. the President was tae very man they most ad-
miie g. reckless et the pubic interests and e1trsvs-
cant in conducting the affairs OF the Government.
TIE Peoples Movement having failed. we find
Mr. Ttumbull Of Illinois picking Up .hs tools which
NJ Critic ncen ard hr. Humphrey Marshall found 90
ipcopyep;ept TO handle and battling away with them
with more than QuiIotic energy. Mr.. Trumbuu, who
votes for every conceivable appropriation and strains
eyery muscle to increase the eIpenses of the Govern.
neni utterly amazed th. Il. :fi.. are not .isd @
tear or twenty Millions of rsverre. Mr.. Tumbun il
guilty Of in. fable msannsss n pointing out thos: places
c,r.,. ~ suoror.;rg which, Of courbe, ere greater