American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-09-01
LANCASTER OHIO THURSDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER /, 1889

n surplus In the Treasury Of seventeen millions,
and money was so rapidly accnmulating at that
time that there was sfIious conversation among
Democrats as to whether there should not he
another distribution OF THE surplus TeVebue
About six OF eight months aliel tAat time we
find the same PEesideiit knoctin5tst the door
Of Congress, asking fof relief. We find him
asking Congress for a loan, IN The form Of Treas
UTy notes, TO the amount OF twenty millions
saying to Congress that would be all the Ad-
mnislrstion would waBt--thst il would pToba-
bly, not all be needed.
In short time we find this economical Ad-
ministrntion again knocking at the door Of Con
gress, and asking for twenty millions more, and
SO il has gone on from that time TO this until
you have now a public debt liule less if any
than one hundred millions Of dollars.
EANKRUPrcY. 4
In the mean tine your public revenue has
been decreasing, as your public expencit ures
have been increasing. The promises given by
Mr.. Buchanan that, il elected, he would enforce
the most rigid rule OF economy in every depart
ment Of the public expenditure, that he would
pursue that course BY which the people &ould
be relieved from the burden OF public debit
these promises have been wiliully violated and
are now in the course OF daily violation. Your
government is bankrupt In q state Of pro-
found peace with all The World, with health
and prosperity TO be found 10 every part Of our
glorious country--without epidemic, without
any pTovidential visitation of a calsmiious char
hcter, your government TO day, with surplus
on the 4th March, 81, is bankrupt. II is living
to-day. not upon its income, but upon lis loans.
If either Of you, my fello Y, ctisetS, %ll adopt
the ssi1e financial rule OF ECONOMY, with the
geheral government; il you will 60 on and sup
rNiNKk rpa1f tlNy aa1 not
yohr income, but upon your loans, you will
soon find that you will have to pass through the
hands ofthe insovent commissioner.
speak it with shame-l speak it with hu-
initiation, that this great aud gloTiuuy tountIy,
with such boundess resources, as Providence
has given us, with all the lively enefgy OF our
people, with all the greatness OF our possession
while keeping on the very topmost height OF
the great mountain ofcivilizatioh-I say lspeak
with a sense of humiliation when ahhotnce 10
you the fact that yjbt fedetal sotethmeht Is
this day and hour bankrupt.
ThE REASONS TIIEkEof.
Why is it bankrupt 1t Us bankrupt In the
first place, because your government has been
profigate in its expenditure, for the payment OF
scoundrels who have put 1t into po~et You
have expended FIVE millions in a Utah wal
To what end? To remove Brigham Young and
SohT war? No, sir Your war WAS 10 pa J, d set
Of camp followers-a set o! diohes-,a set oil
| Treasury plunderers, who by the contribution
| OF time and money, elevated J5mes Buchanan
| 10 the Presidency; men who were dilatory TO
work, but who expended their thousands, and
one man his II, 1000, to elevate him TO the pres.
Dental chair, and look for some extraordinary
means, OF "some cutting Of live oak" to REIN.
| burse them, With the advance, 1t may be, OF
two or three hundred per cent. interest. Your
money has been squandered. There have been
robbers at the door of the Treasury, and they
have not been driven from il by your President
or by the Democratic majority in Congress.
| That is one Of the teasons why you are in thin
state Of bankruptcy. Another reason is, be
cause your honorable administration, q speaH
Of it as with the contempt feel,) say youl
honorable President had been so bound hand
| and foot, body and soul, head and heart, to the
power OF his Southern masters, that he has moi
dared to ask Congress to increase the revenue
from imports on foreign goods, lest thereby, The
honest industry of the free States might hav,
encouragement and protection. 1t has beer
| because your administration is opposed TO
tariff--such tariff as would protect the indus
try of the Southern States, and also that of tn
laboring classes OF the Northern States.
If Mr.. Buchanan had been lOyalto the Stat
of his birth; if he had been loyal TO his profes
sions made to the people Of Pennsylvania, to re
gard The duties devolving upon himas Chief Ex
ecutive Of this glorious Union, and had com
forward 10 Congfess and told them to incIeas
the duties, then your Treasury would have bee
supplied with all the means necessary to carr
on the Government, and every furnance, an
every work. shop in the whole land would hav
feltits benifcent influence, and would now b
in comparative state Of prosperity. Your irO
instead then Of seeking a market and fndn
none, and your iron masters instead Of havin
thousands Of tons Of iron on hand, would hav
markets in Cincinnati and Pittsburg, and else
where Throughout the land. Your own town
with its present population, would have beeI
in the rapid process of increase, and in yer
few years, three, four, or five, at most, yov
would have doubled yout population, with il
, may be three, four, or five times your wealth.
: Am not right? Is not that the tue doc
: trinei Yet this very Administration, becaus
4 it dared not to recommend an increase OF dut
: for fear that planters of the South would hav
; said TO the Administration. we will not suppor
you, because by your tariF yod ate ihtteasin
the value of corn, wheat and all the product
oflthe Western States; they furnishing Tn
home markets for the workshops, thereby cauS
. ing us 10 pay so much more for corn and all th
t .hecessares Of life. They would have said I
him, because by yoit policy You have increase
the cost of the necessaries of life for us to fee
our negroes, for the benefit Of the free laborin
men of the free States, we withdraw our sup
port from your Administration.
These are the reasons why yotir Treast
has been depleted-why your Treasury 10 da
0 is bankrupt Treasury First, because il ha
I been 'pludered by the camp followets OF tn
0 Administration; and secondly, your revenue o
imported goods hiss been less than the amour
I Of your expe nditufes, whereas they should hav
I been equal to all OF your expenditures, whic
S would have been the case II Mr.. Buchan1n ha
e had the craftsmanship and loyalty TO have tet
commended it to Congress.
. . tSiof
= Now, my dear friends, If you are opposed I
/ this sort Of tariff; fyou are opposed TO the Ell
!. couragement and protection OF the industry
I the people Of the States, with regard 20 section
!. al lines; il you are opposed to such Legislation
. and to sustaining the arm OF the free laborin
/ white man, pray You TO keep in the ranks {
4 the Democracy, where you now are. Don
r come over TO the Republicans, for il you
you will be strengthening the arms Of part
that is determined to maintain the rights Of a
the free laborng men Ufihe county.
0 Srs, this is great cardinal doctrine of I'll
E Republican party. We make no professions
I we give you our principles. we give you all oil
. acts, and those principles and those acts wi
d show to you that we sustain the industry Of III
: free a5oring men Of the country. That is Ii
b very head and front Of Republicanisrn That
: the very thing the Opposition, now formed
9 this State, Of the Republicans and American
L II bid them God-spee ed in their glorious woI