The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-06-25
DEMOCRATIC EXTRAVAGACE.

the foundation of the Government. The
prodgal and profigate reign OF Van Burer
was m extremely economical and honest one
in comparison with that of Buchanan. AnC
hear we may repeat, what cotemporary sc
earnestly expresses, that the enormous anC
reckless expenditures of the Federal Gov
eminent, which is now driven to borrowing
to support itself, and which threatens to rur
up national debt of SlOO,000,000, i:
another genuine and strong reason for con,
cert and unity of action among the oppo'
hents of the present Administration. We
cannot afford now to frtter away, upon dead
or uDimportant issues, strength, which, il
united patrioiically, will certainly sweer
away this extravagant Administration, and
re-introduce reform and economy in theGov,
ernment "1he union Of the Wings for tht
sake Of the Union,"-was the animatng and
effective battle-cry, which, in lS40, so tri.
umphanty elected Gen. Harrison, and like
union of all honest and patriotic men, of all
the old parties, is impera!ively called for
now, to rescue the Federal Government from
the imbecility and corruption into which il
has fallen.
1t was well and pertinently said, in the
course of discussion in the United States
Senate, the other day, BY Mr.. Johnson, of
Tennessee, himself Democrat, that unless
his party friends checked their career of ex-
travagance and reckless expenditure, they
",oouh hare 1910 orer again" This proph-
ecy, we believe, is likely to be fulfilled, and
even more than fulfilled; for every day adds
to the catalogue of responsibility for the
pervading prostration of business, and for
the reckless disregard of every proper pro-
vision to remedy the admitted evils. We
assure Democracy that by their gross waste
of the public money, they are heapng Goals
of fire on their heads; and that the cry of
change has gone forth, not to be arrested
until reform President is rolled into the
White House.
We copy the following appropriate and
forcible article or the subject of the reckless
extravaganza Of the Democracy from the
Petersburg lntelligencer, which we commend
to the earnest attention of our readers and
of the whole country:
"lf there were no other ground for oppo-
sition to the Democratic party, the reck less
ness with which they add to the national ex-
penditures, and the profigacy with which
they squander the public treasure, would be
cause enough for every lover of the country
and every advocate of morality to band to-
gether in uncoinpfdmising opposition to
them. Enormously MS expenditures of gov
ernment were increased under the late ad-
min;stration, the extravaganza of the present
one exceeds all precedent and passes all en-
durance. 1t is impossible that such waste
fulness can be unattended by corruption or
unsuccceded by decay. 1t exceeds Ito en-
ploy the language of well informed con.
temporary anything of the kind ever before
known to the country. Mr.. Buchanan has
been in power but little more than year,
and yet has pushed The cost of government
from fifty eight millionS-which had been
complained of, and justly too, as an excessive
figure-to over EIGHTY.THREE MILLIONS
He has found when he came into power seq.
enteen millions in the Treasury; he quickly
got rid of that-collected in the year forty
four millions of revenue; got rid of that
borrowed t,oenty millions by Treasury notes;
got rid of that-and is now besieging Con-
gress to let him raise fifteen millions more on
loan, with moral certainty that new loans
will be required of Congress at the begin
ming of its next session to meet actual def
cIences. While the unprecedented sum of
eighty three millionS-unpreceden in time
of warts spent during the present fiscal
year, the sum required for the next fiscal year
foots up to the enormous aggregate of NINE
TY-THREE MILLIONS.
"All this reckless mode of expenditures is
going on, too, while the revenues of the gov.
ernment are in miseraby depressed condi-
tion, and without any effort to improve our
revenue system, so that it shall be better
able to meet these extraordinary demands
No measure whatever is proposed for raising
the tariff. IL is certain that that tariff will
not for the remaining years of the Admins
tration, produce more than fifty or fifty-fve
millions annualy-during the present fiscal
year it yields less than forty millons-and
yet not the slightest manifestation is made
towards rendering this source of income
more productive-and for the simple reason
that the increase of the tariff would involve
better protection to American industry.
The BRITISH MINISTER AT WASHING TON.
- The Washington correspondent of the
Press says:
Lord Napier is one of the sharp ones. lie
has connections all about here. Sir Gore
Ouseey is unequalled at pulling the chest
nuts out of the fire, and rs he has any amount
Of American connections, the game may go
against us rather badly in the discussion of
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