The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-07-31
Tho Way they mob the Country.

. buchanan'S administration ia a time Of pro.
found peace, IS not easy 10 understand
Why and how Mr., Bytiinan should find ID
necessary 70 spend Ninety millions Of dollars,
and borrowing half " Il 1to the bargain, in
a year Willie the most exlrnyagant of all for
mer administrations those Of Van Burun aud
Pierce, managed 70 keep far Within that
enormous sum, People are continually H.
/ quiring where the Immense leak is-thgy are
aware that the ruiuous policy Of the bemo
cratic plriy has depressed manufactures
taken the money out Of the country, reduced
The reyehur' embarrassed agriculture and nut
a check on the prosperity " commerce, bur
AL this is not sufficient 10 account for The
extraordinary and uncxamplcd increase in
The expenses Of the Federal government add
their uuVr inability 10 pay dollar Of what.
they honestly owe. The bad results Of the
Democratic nnti'lariG policy have been all
along predicted aud these predictions ar,
now verified IN the general depression Of
business and the embarrassed condition Of
all commercial enterprises Hut notwithstaud.
ing the hard times Illus brought on by the
mi'manngcmcni Of such rulers ~ Plere9 au,F
buchanan, private enterprise /, not wholly
powerles', and individuals aud iIrms dIll
continue 20 do business aud 10 make monpy.
lhVre Is elasticity and rccuperaii,e energy
enough in The body tnancial 10 keen up a
eircul'tion aud life aud growth, and then.
are indications of healthy aud sure return
oi commercial prosperity. liut not 40 with
the government under Mr. Buchnnnn's lend
ms business is IN worse condition nnd
growing moro desperate duily-hc i running
the nation in debt at the rate Of two million.
a week ond'lhc first Thug he will do, nay
must do upon the rcaSscmbling Of Cungress
will be to ask them TO lend him twenty mill.
ion dollars more aud so ON to the end Of the
chapter
Now is il any wonder that people ask how
and why this is? We are satisfied that
there Is one answer which will rxpl in much
OF ih's mystery and that il. the money ia
stolen 10y and squanGcrcl upon political
Ih'oritcs and parliSans We do not max.
lh'' charge upon suspicion, but upon the
most ire irngblc evidence. The Fort Smell.
ing, Point Wilru aud New Bedford casesof
purchase aud sale are fresh in the reeollectio,
oi all who read, and taey proved that in ih,,c
eases some half dozen Buchananites poeket-
'd about hall a million of the money wM,b
rightly belongs to the government, or rather
10 the county But it, not only in these
grand hduls, these wholesale stenlinps. that
ihc administration of Buchpnau Is. ,nkiDg
tracts, mail lettings aud all similar trnsac.
lions fall opportunity seems to be afforded
10 the fnllnMets nf buchanan al,d I-aeaa,t,t.4,,-
10 push their hands into the national treasury
and take them out with all they can grab.
In the matter Of the wagon Eoad to Arizonia.
nearly half million has been spent already,
not dollar of which has done any good to
'ny body but the Buchanan partisans who
cot the contrncis. nor has il at ali adpanAeA
he work for which il was os,cnsibN spent,
In one instance the contract for Transporting
PROVISIONS Gem Memphis, Tennessee, was
gwen TO Democrat nt the rate Of SLIP 2per
D. freight when parties offered 10 carry tho
ame supplies from lndianola, Texas for IL
'ents pound -
Take case Of awarding mail contract,
or the facts Of which the Kentucky newspa-
'crs vouch. The mail route from Stanford
o Albany, in Kentucky, was let to H.F.
ION OF Albany, for the sum of $3.50 per an
'um' which was the lowest and best bid
his letting was mentioned in the official an
ouneement Of mail lettings in the Washing
on papers in the latter part of April, was re-
ublished in the Louisville Journal and other
apers IN that State early in May. Mr.. GoF
he contractor, Immediately commenced prep
rations for carrying out the contract, but
ubsequentiy to his great surprise he found
hat the route WINS secretly offered TO be re-
IT 10y the Department, and was soon amer
'ards actually re-let to Denocrafie ,,a,fi-
an for the sum of Serea thousand dollars per
mum.
Mr.. Gof is an American, and when this
act was made known to the Department by
be democratic member. from that district. af.
'r the route had been given to GoH, and he
nd hled the necessary vouchers and securi-
e', without notice to him, the contract was
rbitrarily roscinded by the Postmaster Cen
raj and advertised to be re.let, not in the
rdinary manner, but in an erira of an insig-
ihednt country democratic paper, which was
laced IN the hands of only few faithful
emocratic rartisans, and the contract, which
lr' Goif was willing to perform for serenfeen
'"d'ed anil eiyhtyrniae dollars year, waA,
wen to eof these Democratic partsan~
the price of seren thousand dollars q year
Comment upon such Scandalous proceed
g as this is unnecessary. But the ,ransae~
on proves our charge against the admins
nlinn4- and -there -lnnlnti.dns as- -sis,,;IaY
nd equally diSrcputable cases of cheating
I'd robbery This is one of of the ways i'm
hieh the peoples monty goes, and shows