Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-09-14
Senator TrumlbwII's speech.

Oy lion. Lyman IrumOull, u. >. Senator
Ii was held in front Of the fremont House
and il is estimated that 5000 persons
were present. lie proposed to show how
the expenditures OF the government ar
made-how us patronage is used. and hov
its power is exerted for the purpose of en-
coulaging the spread of slavery and tin,
dom ination of the slave power. His speecl
is reported full in the Chicago Press
lie reviewed the history and progress o
slavery i'll the Territories, the repeal of tn,
Missouri Compromise, the history Of tn,
Lecompton Constitution, the Dred Scot
decision, and the public expenditures II,
showed that the self-styled Democracy is
party sailing under false colors, pretending
one thing and stating another, is mislead
ing the public mind, and changing the pol
Icy OF the vernment-professing econ
omy, is guilty of prohigacJ -professing tc
love the Constitution, is trampling it under
foot, and protesting TO be Democratic, is
the old black cockade Federal party in dis
guise.
He said that the despotism at Washing
ton Is almost as cluel as that which has
prevailed III Kansas. All the departments
are under It's influence. There is not, he
said, holding office throughout this vast
country, single man who is known to en-
tertain in opposition to the right to take
slaves into free territories. 1t is an utter
disqualification for office. All the depart
ments at Washington are organized upon
the plan of prescribing men who believe
that slavery should be excluded from the
free Territories. All the committees in
Congress-or all the important ones
which mature the business for the action
OF Congress, are under the control of the
same power. The Supreme Court is un-
der the control of this same power.
In regard to the expenditures of the
Government, he read from an official re-
port, showing how the national fnaLces
may be squandered. He said:
81 will call your attention to the city of
Chicago. You have custom house 10
Gated here, and in 1852, or for the fiscal
year ending in June: 1853, the last year
of Fillmores administration, there was
collected at Chicago $lll, ,80S86 Six
men were employed to collect it, and they
were paid $2,882.12. That was little
over two per cent. For the year ending
June 3Oth, 1856, there WAS collected at
Chicago $145,66 40. Sixteen men were
employed in its collection, and they we're
paid $l4,349 20 for doing it. Now ask
you, living right here as you do, is there
any reason for this increased expenditure?
Can you tell me any reason why it cost
ten per cent. the last fiscal year, TO collect
the revenue at this port, and only little
over two per cent four years ago. Is
there any reason for it except that the gov
ernment wanted TO shower the money upon
favorites? Yes, there is reason. /
don't know what it is The Democratic
party must be sustained. Laughter and
applause think that is the best rea-
son. TRenewed laughter. They must
Sustain the Office holders. But Chicago
is only single case. have the official
report here and l will state you few other
cases to show you how the Government
expends money. There are some other
points where the expenditures for collect
ing the revenue are much worse than at
this point. At Wilmington, Delaware,
there was collected in 1857, $4,000 95.
How many men do you suppose it took to
COLLECT that amount, aud how much do you
suppose they got for it? 1t took eight
men, and the expense of collecting was
Isl 5,848 38! Laughter. Gentlemen,
you began entire y too soon. These are
the better sort of cases. At Annapolis,
in Maryland, there was collected the same
year, $375.25. Renewed laughter. -
How many men do you suppose it took to
collect that? 1t took four men, and they
paid for their services 1898 42. AT tOcra-
coke, in North Carolina, fs82, 80 were col
lected in 1857. Laughter. 1t took
seven men to do it laughter and an eco
nomical government under Democratic
administration, priding itself on its econ
omy, paid seven mer to collect this $82.55,
the sum of So, 2,301.52. Laughter. At
Port Oxford, in Oregon Territory-now
you would expect something eXtravagant
over tbere-there was collected $5, 85 and
it took two men collect it and they were
paid for collecting $S,7O3.88. Great
Laughter. Can any of you make the cal
culaton OF the percentage that was paid to
collect the $5,85? 1 believe it was about
five hundred to one. Don't you think the
government ought to get rich? AT Mon
OSrSyJ Ill NdllIOTnla1 LnS amount cOlleCLeu
in 1858 was 1926, three men were en-
ployed to collect it, and paid for doing it
$,O40.95. At Buffalo there WAS collected
in 1857, $40, 1903. There were ten
men employed in its collection, and they
were paid $16, ,850.51. l will not weary
you with reading this report further. 1t
is the official report from the Secretary Of
the Treasury, in answer to resolution of
the Senate calling upon him to know how
many employees he had at the different
custom houses; what he paid them, how
much was collected, &C.; and here is the
official report from every collection dis
trict in the United States. have singled
out part of them as examples"
In reply to the inquiry, what does the
Republican party propose, he said:
"We propose, upon the slavery question
TO leave 1t exactly where the men who
framed the Constitution left It. We are
for leaving the,question of slavery, where
it exists in the States, to be regulated by