The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-04-30

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discretion. 70 faciliiatc BE stqui-iiiou u Co
b.. faalisie hov Perhaps II might H.
impTudeut 10 tell
Add 20 Bll this. tie hd las ,tl uneEpiainsdi
that one o. The largest naval ATuiamFuis
which ever sailed fronl our coast i nsv 0rc.
rating in bouth America, osleuaibly agsihtt
poor little republic iar up the Platte HyeT,
10 aeitle some niilr quHrnl betWFen the twO
presidents. N Congress had bsen polite
enough 10 grant the pTrsidrnUs dcmand 81
the sword and the puTae RgHinsi MeIicr,
Central AmsFita and Cuba, ibis NAVY, its
duty done Al the bauih fTigirt br rnstr, on
he way home, 20 arrive 10 the gulf very ~
portupsly ~ aid the 'eommAnderinehisf iu
the acquisition Of tofHe very valuable terri
tory.
I Alluda 10 these faets With no >malee
against MI buchHifin, bot a. eVidrnecg NJ
the dangerous change which Il now oby yiously
sought 20 be made IN the practical working
Of tho gnyernmeni--the Concentration ~
power in the hands Of the president and the
dangerous policy, now almost established, Of
looking abroad Tor temporary glory and az
grandiSement, instead ~ looking at home,
for all the purposes of good government
peheeable, mOcerate and economical protect
ing oil interests alike, and by fixed policy,
eating iats-esfr eFvyeiss- ~ she -fulvv-is ami
industry Of our people, and TINS steadily ad-
yaReinE our country IN everything whfth eAn
make nation great, happy, and perma-
nent.
The rapid increase of the public tfpendi.
tuTes (aud that too, under the management
Of Tatesm'n profsssing TO bs peculiarly eco
nomieaD Ia an alarming sign Of corruption
and decay,
That Increase bears no fair proportion 20
the growth and expansion OF the country,
but looks rather like wanton waste nj tiu'i-
nal negligence. The ordinary objects sf
great expense ore not materially augmented
-ihe army and navy remain on low peses
rstabiishmeut-ths military defrusrs ne lii-
ile, " At all, enlarged-the improvement OF
harbors lakes and rivers il abandoned, and
tho Pacific railroad 10 not only not begun but
Its very location IL scrambled for by angry
sections, which sucered In nothing hui rtu.
luhl defeat In short, the money 10 an enoT-
nous amount u am told at the rate Of $780,
100000 90 SiO0nOOOOO year) il gone, aud
We have little or nothing TO show for Il, IN
profound peace with foreign nations, and
surrounded with the proofs OF national growth
and individual prosperity, the treasury, hy
oss than two years - mismnagemenl, "a
s!sde bankrupt aud the government il liz.
ng from hard 10 mouth on bills Of credit and
borrowed money.
This humiliating state Of things could
4NlN'9 HApI'N " HleN an power were nofh
loneGt aud Wise. The democratic eeonomiGta
n Congress eonfeAs that they have reckless
. wasted the public revenues they confess
{ by refusing To raise tho tariff 20 meet the
present exiguHey, and by insisting that they
AN rcplenish lhs exhausted treasury and
uppou the government, in credit and Ell.
'ieney, by simply striking OF their former
An ilue'tious prrdeeeUor Of the president
: reported to'haye declared THAT those who
i've on borrowed money ought TO break -
do not concur in that harsh GayinEj yet
IN clearly Of opinion that the government,
n common prudence Ito Gay nothing Of prido
nd dignityD ought 10 reserve its credit for
,reat transactions and unforeseen emergencies.
n common times Of peace. il ought always
o have On established revenue, equal at least,
o i,G current expenses. And that revenue
ught TO be 40 levied as 10 foster and protect
he industry Of the country employed in our
most neees'ary and important mSnufAe-
ures"