The North-Carolinian., 1859-03-12
ONES one of special interest ano

Has the present tariff been fairly tested! IAN
any one say that it may not yet meet all 'he
requirements OF the Government 1t has been
in oper. Jon only since the lst of July. 1897,
ar d this tine has had to encounter all the sad
effects Of the revulsion. Business of all KINDS
has been greatly depressed our trade has neen
crippled onr irnportatio, rs have fallen OF and,
as IA matter of course. receipts from customs
have diminished Then, sir, this tariff has not
been fairly tested. The Secretary admits this
Tie revuision is now fast passing away lrade
every where is reviviug new life aud energy
seem. be in using itself into all classes VI
business Fer the months Of October ana NO
vember in 1858, the receipts from customs as
the single port Of New York have exceeueu
! those for the same months during the year 1885,
/ by nearly two million dollars. Will not THESE
reeeip.s still continue to increase, and may We
nJ. calculate thus When xhe sxI the rev nl-
sion have passed quite away. the iTsseuL tarin
will yield abundance of revenue TO meet an
the necessary expenditures OF the Government
MI Chairman, l soiemnlv aver, here III my
place to-day that if this Union is to he ue-
stroycd if the members are to be unnatufa!y
and ruthlessly torn from the body; if anarchy
and confusion to take the place OF law ana
order liberty to be suppantcd by oppression
aud tyranny and this great Republic, greater
than Greece or Rome, is to become what Rome
now is it Will be own doing. And history
vii! record the charge to our lntamy thaI,
thou even thou, has. destroyed thyself." And
! l with equal solemnity declare that, III my
opinion, i'll this we'll as all other republican
Governments, one of the greatest dangers TO pe
guarded against is the corruption which, srritS-
ing up in the very heart Of the Government,
difTuses Itself like deadly poison thron@h all
the members and arteries of the Government,
until the whole l~dy polite is diseased.
Permit ne to call the attention Of the House
to an extract from Of Mr.. j, f'.rsons message,
in reference to economy. IL brtaths tue Sl'''''
of purity ana patriotism, und wall apply to us
II .it.r nd
Considering the general tendency to multiply Of
fees pcIidences increase tNFenscs to the u
innate of burden which the citizen can bear:
bcloovrs avail oursev, ofevery occasion whlcn
presents itself off the surcharge. that 1t may
never be here. that after leaving to labor lne
smallest portion of its earnings on which IL can SUI
sis Government shall itself consume the residue Oh
what it was intended to guard ="
If there was this tendency to extravaganza
during Mr.. Jeferson's admnistratlon---the
purest and brightest period of our history
which called forth from him such earnest
remonstrance and such unceasng vigilance,
, how much more are we called upon az tne
present time, when the eN, enditures are greatly
, increased, and the opportunities Tor eAtrasa-
.ancc have greatly multiplied, TO watch with
sleepless vigilance the Treasury, TO investigate
. we'll the appropriations, and Top OF every dol
lar which be shown to be unnecessary
have been much gratted sir, to know that the
President is with in this reform. lie is a
; statesman of the Jcfersonian school, and Of
large experience. He has grown up with the
e Republic, whose age scarcely exceeds his own !;
and, in showing his appreciation of the subject,
has not only invited US to rigid scrutiny INTO
: all the Departments, bat promised us his best
> aid Let us hear him. After eNhorting Con-
y gress to the practice of the most rigid economy,
he saws:
The objects of expenditure should be limited in
number as far as this may be pracoa'e ct a' M
l. be disbursed under the srictcst accountability
}, Again, sir, he says:
e Invite Congress institute rigid scrutiny to
ascertain whether the expenses in all the Departments
4 cannot be stiu further reduced and promise them
r all the aid i'll my power in pursuing the nvestSatioh
o. Then, sir, with the President with US, with
d the cry every side that there must be re-
% trenchment, shall we not commence the work,
1, and rid the Government OF many. abuses when
Ii have been for years growing up, ana which can
,e only live by the sanction OF Congress
1t But, sir, it will be asked, where we shall
,e commence What shall we cut down! an
a swer commence with those appropriations for
A. which Congress is alone responsible !; those
Ia large aud extraordinary demands upon The
st Treasury which have robbed it OF its substance
and aided so mnch to make up The large amour
a of the public expenditures. Ehter, with boit
i'd and fearless STEP the wide and undthned bound
i'll ary of your contingent fund, which OF lat
to years has increased SO much explore the al
r. most bouness field OF appropriations for claims
If were so many greedy, hungry, and fraudnen
lis claimants and their agents find pasture, ant
mt roll in the riches which negligence and extrava
no gance your part have thrown III rockies
,1 profuson around them. Look to your prfh
as ting your exploring expeditions your coas
Int surveys your employees and their salaries
ice your French spoliaton bill, involving an appr<
an priation of millions of dollars the hoinestea
to bill and lastly, by way of testing our SINGER
or ty our frankng privilege, our mileage ahu ou
salaries Let US investigate all these. Let
as pruue with unsparing hand and when "
to ret through will exhibit to the public a
tod important work Of reformation, and savlt
;h to the Government of millions Of dollars A
the ter this we will then enter the Department
yer and where ever there is an abuse, lop it Q
Wherever there is dollar unnecessarily spen
ion save it to the Treasury. Much can be don
tho even here but | cannot go So much into d
dn tail We have committees who are bett
;t nosted I'D on these subjects they will aid us
+L making such reforms as will not I'M ure the pu
ties lie service.
The The receipts from the present tariff, durl'
hi the next fiscal year, will amount, according
.re- the estimates Of the Treasurer to about Tilt
dod six molliop dollars which, together with t
rho. receipts from public lands and miscelaneo
ras sources will make the sum OF SCI ,OO0, Oo
,ha This ought to be sufficient, and. if properly al
he economically used, will te sufficient for all t
-, nurnoses of the Government.
aud nv, ,r.
ais E'lpENCh VI ,i'i''1Aiio'' "o 1 ~ y
.;ny papers say that the Indians in that part Of
un, country are being rapidly civilized, all those