Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-25
Manoqers on the part al az Hon

<neDtoye's Ut Wc puft q TIE HOUSE.
The House adopted this report of Messrs.
BAYLY, VMToS and JONES. and thereby increas-
ed the previous appropriations in the Bill up
wards of 100000. In adopting this report
of MesSrs. BAYLY. VINToN and JONES' the
House adopted. with notifications the Sem
ates proposition for the extension of the
Capitol-the notifications being, 5 I00. 900. in
stead of 100000, to begin with. and leaving
the selection of the plan to the President in
stead of the Committees of the two Houses
on public buildings, as was proposed by the
Senate.
No man living could, from all that Mr.
JONES says in regard to the extension of the
Capitol, get the slightest glimmer of the fact,
that Mr.. FIIIMoRE's Administration had no.
thing whatever to do with originating it.
Mr.. JoNEs's letter is uncandid in the ac-
count it presents of the origin of that work
Indeed, it is uncandid in its whole spirit. He
sets out with the declaration that 'both par
ties and all parties, to some extent, are res
ponsible" for the enormous increase in the
public expenditures during the last ten years,
and then goes TO work to throw the response
bility on the minority party. The undertake
ing is far beyond his abilities or the abil-
titles of any man that ever lived or ever will
live.
Ms. JONES was one among the first to raise
the cry of Wing extravaganza against the
FILLMORE Administration He raised it at
the second session of Congress during that
n ipiS NH bo
elusive of payments on account of the public
debt, and of the Mexican indemnity, fell short
Of forty millions OF dollars pert annum.
The Democratic leaders, with Mr.. BUcHAN-
AN at their head joined in it. They pledged
themselves to rate of expenditures belo,o
that of the FILLMORE administration, if the
people would only conide to them the con-
duct of the Government. The people did
confde it to them. Gen. PIERCE war elected;
and in the new Congress which convened in
the following December, the Democrats had
majority in the House of Reprcsentativ of
81
They had had majority of 81 in the House
during the Immediately proceeding of Con-
gress.
They have had decided majorties in the
Senate for ten years. They have had entire
possession OF the Executive Department OF
the Government, in all its qualifications, for
for the last six years
With the exception OF two years. they have
had decided majorities in the House OF Rep
.resentatives for the last eigttyears.
They pledged themselves, as party to the
practice of a rigid economy. The people
trusted to them as party.
As party, they are responsible for all ex-
travagances of expenditure which il was in
their power, through any department of the
government in their hands, or through any
branch of such departments, to prevent.
As party, the people will them respon-
bic.
Were the people to fail to held them re-
sponsihle, rs Y party, for the unprecedented
abuses and the enormous expenditures of the
last six years, it would be virtually saying to
all parties hereafter put in power: Go ye
and do likewise
For their own sakes, for the sake of the
public morals and the public interests, and as
terror to those who may hereafter be en-
trusted with the conduct of the government.
the people must make the Democratic party
feel the weight of their displeasure, by some
signal act ofcondemnation long to be remem-
dered.