M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-09-30
The Chnrge Of Extrnvngnnce.

/ DiSuid SOulIhuNliJ DCdl III
mind, that the last Congress which
went out Of power on che 4th of March,
1857, the day on which Mr.. Buchan.
an was inaugurated President-con-
tainea large majority opposed to
the Democratic partyl 1t was this
anti Democratic party that incurred
the debts which are pow charged to
the administration of Mr.. Buchanan.
The House of Representatives, with
"letthe Union slide" Banks for Speak.
Ter, bankrupted the Treasury before
leaving the Capitol. 1t was the leg
islation of that Congress, by its large
and innnmerable appropriations, that
caused the waste Of public money.
Mr.. Buchanan, or any one connect.
ed with bis administration, could not
take a dollar out of the Treasury ur.
til it was appropriated by Congress.
The President did nothing more than
carry out the legislation Of Congress,
so far as there was money to do it;
and he is not responsible for the mis-.
deeds Of that Congress--the most
reckless, eXtravagant and corrupt that
ever assembled at Washington.
The President was charged with
violation Of the laws OF Congress, by
some Of the Opposition last session,
because he did not order the expendi,
ture of money fox certain appropria.
tions, when there was no money in
the Treasury. They said that Con.
gress had ordered it to be done, and
the law must be carried out, money or
no money.
We give few items of the legisla-
ton Of this Congress, as a specimen
Of their doings. At tthe first session
of said Congress there was appropria-
ted So, 800, 900 for forty custom hous-
es, court houses, post offices, and ma
rine hospitals, and at their third ses.
sion there was appropriated for thirty.
one buildings Of the same kind the
sum OF S2,Uo1, ,UUO.
BY the same Congress there was
appriated S5,270,000 for the Capito!
extension, and it was out Of this sum
that chairs costing SO each, and
desks 800 each, were purchased fol
the House Of Representatives.
During this same Congress the new
; compensation bill was passed, giving
S to each member OF Congress $40 4
9 per day, instead Of IS per day, tn,
former pay.
t 1t was during this same Congress
that bill passed appropriating $40,
900 per annum to assist England t
connect, by submarine telegraph
. her island home with her colonia
! possessions On this continent, in on
t immediate neighborhood; and alSt
giving her the use Of our best steam
trigate and tender, with her crews
for two summers, to assist IN laying
t down the cable. This amount is fol
an indefinite period, continuing unit!
the interest shall reach 6 per cent.
a and then $4,000 for twenty-five year:
! after. only SiD Democrats vOted TO,
D this bill.
/, The same Congress gave to railroa(
} companies 1866 .304 acres Of land
l which, at its minimum price, woulc
5 be SIT, ,105,SS0, but would have bro
the government at least $50, 900
4 This plainly shows that the Opposi
9 tion cannot be relied upon, to HUSBAND
: the public lands, and make them ;
source Of revenue to the government
The same Congress appropriated
large amounts to the Washington
Aqueduct, for buying books for mem
bers Of Congress, and tor other mat
: ters personal to themselves, which car
= only be told in millions. In the in
I vestigation of bribery, charged upor
n that Congress, NO ONE DEMOCRAT WA.
n IMPLICATED EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDI
\ REOTLY.
= Thus it will be seen that the charg,
: of extravaganza and waste OF the pub
= lie money, properly belongs to the Op
position, and not to the Democratic
party. Mr.. Crlttenden, who set thi
h ialsehood ahoat, did not dare to max,
= such charge in the Senate, where i
+ would have been promptly met ant
!. exposed but he waited until he reached
d Cincinnati, when encouraged by hi
e Abolition allies, and backed by Ton
Il Corwin, he uttered Lis false and un
: founded charges against the admins
e tration Of MIR. Buchanan, and CAV
n forth the rallying cry to the Opposi
d tion forces, which has been taken NJ
and yelped in chorus by the whole un
, principled pack. Let the friends q
truth and the advocates of Democra
= cy remember the FACTS here STATED
~ and put down these slanderers, whel
a a ever they may be found. HiJlSJOrC
~ Gazette.
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