The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-06-21
GOVERNMENT ExTRAvAeANcH.
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barbarian while at the same time, could he un-
deistand the utfer want OF foundation for such
statements as they make, he would be heartily dis
grsted with their f,7sddie and Misrepresentation
/ Thcy talk about going back 20 the days of Wash
ington and Jefferson and resorting to their econo
my The ~imPet5ns never tell yOu that there was
+ the same cry Of extravaganza in those days, and
that faea people paid direct do now, for
State purposes; nor 10 they tell You that we then
had only :. .9JJ.033 fpcope-thirteen little States
no navy, no army, no iCris, aIsenals, foreign Min
is.ers, postal system, ANYTHING else. which in its
demands .or mOney called iUr pennies where now
'se are compelled to spend hundreds OF dollars.
Why, then our whole y Natonal debt, for the Repo-
luton, was hardly equal 70 the sum now absolutely
necessary to carry the government one year,
win ali the economy that could be used. Then we
had twersy six Senator's we hare s.rty- sir.
+ Then we had mere handful Of Representatives
compared wth what We have now. Then we had
NJ western coast to protect now we have many
.s,nls of mics. Then we hld scarcely reli-
10 post .sate now we have hundreds OF thous-
anls Of MES, ami people are calling for more
ro.-oiiices every lay Then we had no navy
now Sc h-ve on u 1'ap-c;able dimensions, and
we Sesu ss,sairons upon every sea. Then we had
~ army, and now We have nearly 81 coo men, anu
tie people cn tie frontiers calling on the President
for more niotecion daily. We have light houses,
exploring expeditions, coas. and inland surveys,
Iniian cnc.es, hundreds Of foreign ambassadors
aud consels. navy yards, arsensls armories public
stores, military and naval academies, pensions,
boun..es the department Of the interior, the agr-
cultural Bureau new public buildings the extension
+ Of tie capitol, purchase of new territory, new
governors, iudges, marshsls, new courts custom
houses, ocean mails, harb0P and river improve
Tents, cclonization, suppression Of piracy, i'm
land districts requiring laud Offices and sur
veys,-in short, EVERYTHING necessary to carry on
4 g. ernmen. Of THlgTY MILLIONS ofpeope-TRIR-
+ TX THREE STATES. and more territories than made
up TIE WHOLE NATION in Washington's time. with
diploma tic relations and treaties with every nation
On esrta ana vet the expense has increased only
about TWO hundred per cent, while the nation has
increased ELEVEN HUNDRED per cent. Yet there
has been 10 increase il salries for the President,
/ wee President, or the heads of deplu tment The
change IN the manner of living, with the improve
Eents 81 years, has mace some increase necessary.
+ Congressman get three thousand per year. instead
cf s - .sy, f3- The time they were in session.
No. H. Hu.sse orthe California members would
j i've paid ONE QUARTER or THE WHOLE CONGRESS in
J Jsifefson's time. Is the Democracy to be blamed
for the distance they have to travel? Foreign
minister's have more, and 90 ,oEn0 other officers
bgt FNGfIsH CRizF JusrIcs gets more salary
EvEeT YEAR than cur President gets for MS WHOLE
FOUR WEARS ) aad the English prime minister get
more salary than our WHOLE CABINET OFFICERS TO-
eETHrR. The Domestic affairs of,he island of Eng
mi alone, require more expenditure than our en-
tre nation with ail It's home and foreign business
of every kind, put together.
Then they talk about the Presidents spending
50 much money. Why every child ought to know
taat tie President cennot spend cent of public
money. lfCpu ross was to place Ten Millions Of
Dollars at lis Disposal he could not spend one cen.
e. IT, TIE law placing it az his disposal would &c
clare what for. lf 70 Improve the public buildings,
he could only direct the Secretary cf State, or of
he Interior, 10 let contracts When the money
came 10 be paid It must be paid out according to law
The President would never see or handle one cent,
or ever give order for it. When any contract
VAS co mpeed. the Superintendent or Architect, or
person having chare Of the vof&, would report the
aii order for the payment of the sum due. That
order would 50 to tie department of the proper
Auditor, and 50 through different Offices until a
warrant was issued for the pay-perhaps on the
Custom House IN New York-or the Receiver of
public moneys in Chicago, the mint in Philadel-
ph!a, or wherever the public money might be most
readily and properly obtained. The idea that their
is frces hig wallet in Washington, full of the
PEOPLES MONEY. where the Presden, ani his off
GERS can 20 and seal, is beat into the minds of
hundreds lly tie endless lying about the extrava-
ganee Of Goverment,) who know no better, and
tn nix that really thcy-the people-have money
there that they entitled to, End the President is
stealing it. The thing is too preposterous for be-
lief, bat yet it is believed by hundreds.
The President never sees, or handles. or has con
troi ofoue single dime of public money ana when
It's pad ou.' II is In pursuance of some appropria-
ton made by Congress, which must originate in
the House Of Representatives, because they come
ottener from the people and are supposed to be
more interested than the Senate. That House is
Republican. If they have made useless appropri-
ations, they alone are to be censured.
But the TRUTH is, that our government is carried
on FIVE HUNDRED FER CENT CHEAPER in proportion
toher external relations and i'm mense internal de-
mands, than any other nation on earth and yet
We have no direct taxes. The is all raised
by a low tariff. Very many of these men say it is
the PEOPLES money, because the consumer of the
goods has at last to pay that tariff; and yet they
advocate HIGHER tariff to protect home manu-
iacturos. Every who thinks. must see at
once, that if the tariffs raised the consumer would
pay more than nc does now-for if we can now
manufacture and send abroad, in the face of for
eign compettion-if foreign goods were kept out
by higher tariff, own manufacturers would
raise their prices nearly to the price required by
the importer-for if could get no foreign goods
we must have domestic and would have to pay his
prices. Where's the difference in paving a low
price to an importer to replace what he paid for
duty, or pay HIGH price for "home made" and
pay direct taxes to support the Government