Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-05-26
Tie Charge Of Extravaganza.

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The Opposition get on badly with
their charges against the National
Administration. They charged it
with abandoning our national rights
in relation to the search question,
and their leaders made fiery speeches
in favor Of fighting England at once.
Witness Wilson's speech in the Sen
ate, and Burlingame'a speech in the
House--peIleot Hotepurs in words;
and had their policy prevailed, there
would have been necessary appropri.
ations Of mllions upon Millions
This same Opposition now charge
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. with extravagan &c.
They allege that the Paraguay expe-
dition cost five millions of dollars,
whereas, it cost but a few thousands
of dollars over what the maintainance
Of the vessels would have been had
lit pot been necessary to force Presi-
dent Lopez 10 PLY the gentleman.
Failing in special charges, they
have resorted to general arraignment,
and so the Administration are charg-
ed with spending money all the way
from eighty millions to a hundred
millions annually. What Roor-
back The Opposition stick to it,
however, in SPITE Of the tremendous
discontinue Of Senator Crittenden,
when he made the terrible mistake
Of ut;eliDg the charge; and in spite,
also, of the facts aud figures of the
last appropriation bill. The amount
in this bill, including the whole sum
to sustain the post Office, will not
reach filty-three millions! What do
these men mean BY alleging that the
Administration appropriate eighty or
hundred millions? Was there ever
such unscrupulous warfare? Was
There ever more bare;aced falsehood!
And The revenue to meet The eur.
rent expenditures promises TO be am
pie. a little while ago the whole
| Opposition tribe were belabOring the
Administration because it was bor-
rowing money and would not increase
the tariff when the prospect was that
more revenue was needed. Reviving
trade is fast taking this stone ont OF
their hands, for the revenue pros
pect never looked brighter, and the
cry of hard times is we'll nigh over.
Commerce, from one end of the land
to the other, viii say to political
demagogues, "Let me ALIENS. y
The truth :s,there never was more
economical Administration than the
one no " in power; aud, thanks to the
vetoes Of President Buchanan Of
certain bills which were presented to
him, such will be the limited amount
of the expenditure that there is rea.
son to believe there will be full
treasury at the end of the fiscal
year.
The fact is, the country is prosper
ing as it never prospered before
Its business affairs as general thing,
we're never freer from political causes
Of embarrassment; its national con.
Germs were never more successfully
managed; and things that lately
threatened serious domestic difficulty,
have vanished before the wise states
mansbip that has dealt with them in
a firm and just manner. Though
the desOlatiou of war may affect
other lands, and thus, in a measure,
also affect US, still, such is our iBsu-
lated position, such our innumerabIe
resources for comparative indepen-
dence, such The commanding char.
acter Of our great staples, such the
priceless blessing to our capitalists of
the element Of security, that war BY
other nations cannot impede our on
ward march; while there is absolutely
no governmental burden to check
business affairs.
Never vas the charge of extrava.
gance brought against any Admins
tration more unfounded; never was
allegation more baseless than that
President Buchanan is spending mon
ely at the rate of eighty or a hum
dred millions year. The men who
make these assertions cannot believe
them, and the people to whom they
are made should brand their authors
as political deceivers.
The New York Day Book, of the