Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-05-04

The opposition rel on badly WITH thtlt
charges against the National Adminislra.
ton. They charge u with abandoning
our national rights n relation 20 the
search question, and their leaders made
fiery spocchcs IN favor OF fighting England
NJ once. Witness Wilson's epccch in the
Senate, and Burlineame's speech w the
llouse--pcrfcct lIotspurs in words and
had their policy prevailed, there would
have been necessary appropriations OF
millions upon millions. The same Oppo-
sition now charge the Administration
with extravaganza. They allego that the
Paraguay expedition cost five millions OF
dollars, whereas il cost but few thous.
ands OF dollars over what the maintenance
of the vessels would have been had IL not
been necessary TO force President Lopez
to play the gentleman. l Iat'ra
Failing in special charges, they have
lresorted to general arrignment, and so the
administration are charged with spending
money all the way from eighty millions TO
a hundred millions annually. What a
Roorback! The Opposition stick TO it,
however, in spite OF the tremendous dis
comfiture of Senator Crittenden when he
made the terrible mistake of uttering, the
charge, and in spite also, of the facts and
figures of the last appropriation bill. The
amount in this bill, including the whole
sum to sustain the Post Office, will not
reach fifty three millions What do these
men mean by alleging that the admins
tration appropriate eighty or a hundred
millions? Was there ever such unscrupu-
Ii, W.. fl,nua
faced falsehood?
And the revenue to meet the current
expenditures promises to be ample. A
little while ago the whole Opposition tribe
were belaboring the administration be.
cause it was borrowing money and would
not increase the tariff when the prospect
was that more revenue was needed. Re
viving trade is fast taking this stone out
of their hands, for the revenue prospect
never looked brighter; and the cry of
hard times is well nigh over. Commerce,
from one end of the land to the other,
will say topolitical demagogues- -"Let me
alone" The truth is, there never was a
more economical administration than the
one now in power; and, thanks to the
vetoes of President Buchanan of certain
bills which were presented to him, such
will be the limited amount of the expen.
diture, that there is reason TO believe there
will be full treasury at the end of the
fiscal year.
Jhc fact is the country is prospering as
it never prospered before. Its business
affairs, as a general thing, were never
freer from political causes of embarrass.
ment its national concerns were never
more successfully managed; and thing:
that lately threatened serious domestic
difficulty have vanished before the wise
craftsmanship that has dealt with them
in a firm and just manner. Though thC
desolation of war may affect other lands
and thus, III u measure, also affect us
still, such is our insulated position, such
our innumerablc resources for compare
tive independence, such the commanding
character of our great staples, such tho
priceless blessing to our capitalists of tn,
element of security, that war by othcl
nations cannotimpede our onward march
while there is absolutely no government
tai burden TO check business affairs.
Never was the charge Of extravaganza
brought against any administration NOR,
unfounded; never was allegation more
baseless than that President Buchanan j,
spending money at the rate of eighty or a
hundred millions a year. The men whC
make these assertions cannot believe them
and the people to whom they are made
should brand their authors Ms politca
deceiyers. Boston Past