Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-04-02
MIR. Bell on Government Expenditure.

MIR. Bell Governments Expenditures.
As far as We have followed Mr.. BELL in his expo
sitiOn of his party faith, it corresponds exactly
with the old Federal creed. The enemies of Repub-
can institutions sternly resisted the establishment
of our present form of government and predicted
ruin and disaster as the result. Mr.. BELL regards
the experiment: of self-gOvernment failure, and
thinks the cslamities which its enemies anticipated
are already upon US.
But he is not satisfied with the announcement of
theory iu conflict with the doctrines of our Re-
publican forefathers. He places himself and his
party, fully and broadly upon the Federal platform
He advocates their policy of building up splendid
government from the resources of the people, and
ustifes himself and his political associates 10 their
practical adherence 10 that policy. Mr. BELL states
that ga HUNDRED MILLIONS DOLLARS PER ANNUDI,
NAY ECONOMICALLY EXPENDED IN TIE ADMIEIsTRA-
TON OF THIS GOVERNMENT Such is the opinion Of
the party with which he acts, aud such is their prac
tice They are extravagant on principle. They
justify their prOhegate expenditures the ground,
that the government requires hundred mil
lions for its economical administration. We con-
sequen1y find the Opposition in Congress CON
stanuy originating schemes for the expendi-
I
porting every extrsvagant and unnecessary appro>
priaton. We find them voting away millions of
dollars fer works of internal Improvement, custom
houses, telegraphs, sc. We find them
sistently striving to inaugurate brilliant and mag
niheent enterprises BY which the government may
be glOrifed aud The people impoverished. We can
not be surpri. ed that the national expenses hive
reached eighty millions of dollars, when q power
full party is pursuing the settled policy of increas,
ing the expenditures and its great leader snnoun-
oes that a hun bred million is not too much.
The Federal Opposition of the present day like
their prototypes in earlier times, may justly claim
that their practice is consistent with their prn-
eiples in this respect They think it beneficial to
the country to squsnder its revenues and thus rem
der it necessary to increase the tariff An exhaust,
ed treasury demands an increase of duties and the
Opposition the advocates Of high duties proceed
to exhaust the treasury. Their principles harmo-
nizs with one another, and their acts conform to
their principles.
Believing that a hundred millions may be proper
ly used in the Administration of the government,
and anxious for pretext to raise the duties on for
egn imports, Mr. BELL and his party might have
been expected to favor extravagant legislation.
They have done so with a unaninity and conssteu-
cy which they have displayed on few other subjects.
msioriJy of the opposition uniformity support
every measure to increase the expenditures. In
this they are carrying out their declared and avoW-
ed policy.
Not so with the Democrats who have aided them
in passing these measures. They acting in d.
rect opposition to the majority of their party and in
derelicton Of its principles. Tney should be con-
demned as untrue TO the faith they profess The
Democratic party has ever regarded economy as the |
basis Of good government and the body of that par
ty firmly rosists every departure from its most rigid
rues But they have been overcomein many cases
by united opposition, and the desertiOn of pre-
tended friends. They have succeeded in preaching
the waste of millions, but many millions have
been squandered in spite of their efforts. They
have done much good, but they have not always
been able To guard against harm.
The people are fOrewarned Of what they may ex
pect should the Opposition come into power. They
are forewarned by the declaration OF Mr.. BELL The
expenditure of hundred millions year will be re-
carried economy under Opposition rule. They
are forewarned by the votes Of the Opposition mems
bers IN Congress for the last twenty years. The
enemies Of retrenchmen and the advocates of prod
igality have always been found in the opposition
ranks. They are forewarned by the corrupt prac-
tees of Know Nothing and Black Republican Of
fce-hOlders, in our State and Federal g,vern-
ments. The people are fOrewarned by these
things Let them be forsarmed! Let them be
to resist ell attempts on the part of
this foul and corrupt coalition of Know NOIhings
and Black Republicans to crawl into power. Let
hem adhere with unyielding fidelity to the faith Of
heir fathers and guard against the encroachments
Of federalism in whatever form and under whatever
name it may appear. Let them support those only
for Office who have endeavored to preserve a rigid
economy in the administration of the government,
and we venture 10 predict that the result will falsi-
y all Of Mr.. BELL's suticipatiOns The nation will
continue to prosper popular institutions will be
and the government will be carried on
Without the expenditure of a hundred millions Of !
iollars. :
Col JoHN c. BUBCH publishes a card in the Chat !