Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-09-02


thing in that instrument which extend.
slavery into the territories the same pro
vision must extend it into the States also
Well, suppose the Supreme Court decide
as they are bound to decide If they carry
out the doctrine they have announced il
that Dred Scott case, that by virtue of the
Constitution slavery is extended into all
the free States of this Union, are these gen.
tlemen prepared to submit to that? TCries
Of no, no.l You are just as much bound
to submit to it as to this opinion that car.
ries 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 'Iemmon case" and when the coun-
try gets prepared to receive the decision,
YOU will probably hear again from the SUI
preme Court of the United States the doc
trine announced, that uadcr the Constitu-
ton slavery goes into all the States of the
Union. That instrument which our faith
ers made for securing the blessings Of lib
erty is thus to be perverted rs the decision
of this court-to become an instrument for
the spread of slavery against the will of the
people. This necessarily lesults from the
doctrine already advanced, if acquesccd in
and carried out to its legitimate consequent
ces.
THE PUBLIC ExPENDITCREs.
But / find | am spending so much time
npon this slavery question, that j am be-
coming somewhat hoarse, and as | wish to
say something to you in regard to the expen-
ditures of the government, and show that
the party in power is as false to its other
professions as it is to those it has at differ
ent times set up on the slavery question:
l will pass for few moments to that sub
ject.
The expenses of the government as you
have probably often heard, have increased
enormously within few years. The a
noun. of money at the disposal of govern
ment for this year is more than one hun
dred millions of dollars. This know has
sometimes been disputed; but | have here
the official statement made by the clerk OF
the House OF REPRESENTATIVES., showing that
more than eighty-ohe millions were specif-
ieally appropriated at the last session OF
Congress, and there are indefinite appro-
priations to pay claims, the precise amount
Of which is not yet known, which amount
at the lowest estimste to three millions and
a half, making over eighty-four millions,
and there is an unexpended balance of APP
preparations 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 Adj
ministration for the present fiscal year.
know it is said that tits unfair to charge
all this to this year; that a surplus will re-
main at the end of this year to be carried to
the next list; but think it much more
likely that the administration will come in
with deficiency bill anil ask for some ten
millions more, as they did at the last Con
grcss, than that any surplus will remain. =
The expenses of the government during
the administration of General Pierce were
S232, $780, ,632 This is moro than all the
expenses of the government from 1890,
when it was organized for thirty years to-
sether, including the war with Great Brit
ain in 1872. Gen. Pierce expended more
money during four years Of peace than our
government expended for the first thirty
years after its organization. In 1928, the
expenditures Of the government for all pur-
poses, exclusive of the public debt, were
S9,7S4, 154 so. In 1857, the expenses OF
the Government, exclusive of the public
debt, were 500, ,032, $50 rs. Tho pro rato
according to the population in 1928. was
94 cents on each individual. The pro rot,.
in 1856 was S2.23 per man-93 cents to
S2.2S according to population. Now these
facts ought to attract the attention of the
country; but perhaps if l were to state in
detail some of the wastefulness of this Gov
ernment, some of the means by which these
expenses have been increased. it would
strike some minds more forciLly. | will
call your attention to the city of Chicago
You have a custom house located here, and
in 1852. or for the fiscal year ending in
June 1858. the last year of Fillmor's ad
ministration, there was collected at Chica
so S111,S0S.S6. Six men were employed
to collect. and they were paid S2,3S2 II.
This was little over two per cent. For
the year ending June 30th. 1856, there was
collected at Chicago S145, ,562 40. Six
teen men were employed in its collection,
and they were paid S14,3 % for doing
it. Now j ask you, living right here, as
you do, is there any reason for this increas-
ed expenditure Can you tell me any rea-
son why il cost. ten per cent the last fs-
cal year to collect the revenue at this port,
and only little over two per cent tour
years ago. Is there any reason for it cx-
cept that the government wanted to show
Ter the money upon favorites. Yes there
is reason.] l don't know what it is
["The great Democratic party must be sus-
tanned. Laughter and applase.1 think
that is the best reason. Renewed laugh
ter They must sustain the office-hold-
ers. But Chicago is only single case
Ihavc the official report here, and will
state few other cases to show you how
the Government expcnds money. There
are some other points where the expendi-
lures for collecting the revenue are much
worse than at this point. At Wilmington,
Delaware, there was collected in 1857, 50,
0O4.95. How many men do you suppose