The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-05-12

and pay the highest salary at his dlscre'
,;on. and under the abuse Of that power
these enormous expenditures have sprung
up. You may go into any Department
of this Government, and you will find the
anne kind of abuse existing. Go into any
bureau in this city. and you will lind a.
buses. 1t requires an honest Adninls-
tratiou of this government; it requires
man who dares to take the responsibility
of doing right; and then you may reduce
vour expenditures, a, Mr.. Buchanan sug-
yested in the letter have quoted, In my
opinion. below $4,000, 900; but We have
tried the Democratic party; We have
weighed them in the balance, and found
them wanting. We do not propose to try
them again. We propose to thrust out
the corrupt, the lavish men. who now con-
troll the Government, and put IN honest
mep, who viii retrench in good earnest;
not men who will write letters recomEeu-
ding retrencment, but men who will take
hold and do the work of retrencment.
have placed the expenditures OF the
Government this year at sos, ,O0o, ,Ooo.-
| know not how much will be appropria-
ted. but know that if the Government
pays its debts this year, and does not
leave deficiency for the next Congress
to provide for, the expenses will be Sloo,-
600 900; but take the basis of expendI-
ture to be sy5, 900 600. Taking it at
ss5. 900 900, without counting the sum
of $40, 900, 900 for Cuba, 10 this bill, or
the $500, 100000 for the purchase OF Gu
i ba, but simply taking the regular expen.
ses, the cost of running the institution, and
the quota OF each congressional district
would be S4O5 ,9S2; and the State oil
Michigan. upon the present basis OF rep
RESERVATION, woule have to pay 81 .62S, ,92o
but in truth the proportion of the State
of Michigan is over three millions of this
enormous expenditure for the support Of
this Government. The State OF Maine
pays S., ABS, ,s92. upon the present basis
/, the State of New Hampshire Sl,2i7.'
$40; the State of Vermont, Sl,2l7 SAG
the State of Massachusetts,, "a, ,465 SUI
the State of Rhode Island, SSil 1863; the
State of Ohio, Ss,525, ,622; the State o
Indiapna. S4,465, 500; the State OF llll
nois, S3,653.s3s; the State of Iowa
ssIl ,964; and so on. If this reVenu.
was collected by direct taxation-and
wish it were tried for once-my word TO
it, the expenditures of this Governmen
would be reduced more than one half be
, fore the expiration of twelve months fron
this day. 1t is because the people d
not see how, and where, and when the.
: are taxed, that the expense of the fede
, raj Government have increased so eDor
e nously. 1t would create REBELLION Il
D ninety days from this time, if you wer
: to send Jour tax collectors around to tn
!. different congressional districts, to wreuc'
: from the pockets Of the tax payers slO5,
900. They would not stand it for day
d but because you can cover up these ex
: travagances, because you can borFo'
: money and leave future generations t
r pay it, these things are permitted; the ez
penditures 60 on, and God only know
). where they will end. As said before
: we have tried the Democratic party; "
t, have weighed it in the balance we hav
c found it wanting; and We propose,
!. l|6O, to take possession of this Govern
a uent, and not have Cuba, either.