The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-03-01

matter Of expenditures be changed. Let
us just reason tho case, Thirty y-scven
years ago, when | lcn the county Of
Franklin, the ordinary expenses Of tho
State Of Ohio were $4,000. Now the
people of Ohio are taxed SlO,OO0,000 a
year Wbatd do you find In The states,
and even In The counties aud townships
You ind a rush OF people FOR olioe-pso-
pie who would ike 10 live without labor.
And this great element of evil ia tho
country is not even hinted at. There l.
not department of thjs Government to-
day that is not cXpendIhg more than dou.
ble the amount that Is necessary TO have
It's business faithfully performed. You
are multiplying from year to year, aud
irem month % month, The number Of om-
ployees, and are nt the Same time in
creasing their compensation. Recollcct
that these expenditures aro absuactcd
from the labor of The country.
But wo are cheated by dcmaqogues
asd politicians When a man comes to
mo and begins 20 tell nc how religious
ho is, tak0 il at once that he Is hypo-
crite. IL another comes and tells me he
is very homes; man, will watch him.-
Aud when man says no loves tho people
most awlully, | regard him ns "a dcma-
gogue, aud demogogueis no better than
horsc-thict That's my conception of
this thing. Now ask you TO 20 TO worl,
like houost men, North and South, and
put down these dcmagopues. Strike
right at them, aud tell them they are viz
lains. Tell your neighbors that these
men are villains, aud that they are trying
TO ruin the county, That " the way To
talk about them. That is the way | will
talk and act. 10 not want to to see a
drop of blood shed Ia this conflict. lam
not much ota warrior, and do not went
TO indulge iu brayado.
The expenditures Of the Government
urc over seventy million dollars ycnr.
The moment the party that controlled the
patronage Of the Government saw the
handwriting on the wall then they began
TO threaten secession. They threatened
to break up the Government, and then to
60 for a reconstruction. ! wish some
learned man would tell me the distinction
between treason andscccssiou, for / con.
tess cannot sec that any such distne-
ton exists.
Mr.. Speaker, thcro is great deal Of
Importance attached to this question, and
thore is very good reason for H. Itia an
important question; but we are not star
ing that question fairly in the face. The
first thing that this Congress should have
done when II assembled last December.
was TO require the party in power TO an
aver TO the country for their Conduct
We should not have allowed ourselves 10
be drawn out of the line of our duty for
the purpose Of pScifying those traitors
IL the gentlmon from the border States
would talk as the gentleman from Ma
yland Mr.. DAVIS did to-day, two
weeks would not elopso until these
traitors would be trcmblingin their shoes.
He said that ho would meet revolution
with revolution. Ifthese men were only
easily put down, for men arc never brave
when they are engaged in bad cause.
Now, / return to tho consideration OF
the country in regard to oxponditures.-
! have been paying some attention u
this thingi and ask gentlemen who are
expecting 10 have rotrenchment and re-
form in the Government to look at it,
Walking here cast Of this Capitol, and
near the Treasury Department, sec an
immense quantity Of granite aud marble
moro than could be worked up in TWEEN.
ty years. When ! came 10 iaquiro int,
tho matter, was not much surprs sed ut
the quantity Of stone there, for learned
that this stone cost two dollars per cubic
foot, while tho octual cost was ninety
cents; 80 that here was Sl,lO of steal.
ings from the Government in every Gu.
bi, foot out Of this contract, aud there
are millions and millions of cubic feet.
That explains It. They cannot hide that.
II shows It's face all over the country
But that is nero sample Of what Is 10.
ing on in the country.
Statesmen and scholars are very lkel,
TO look over the heads Of the masses o
the world. They are for science, litora
ture, arts, for mngnifccnce. That 4
what these gontlemon are now trying L
build upa southern government for
They desire TO build up a magnifcon
/. government Of which they can Lave tn
control. They care nothing moro ahou
tho mussos Of tho people or the rights O
mankind than DO tho nabobs of III
North, If you please; and while the
hive any hope Of success, you can neye
remove the difficulties that lie In tho wa
of the paoifcatior Of our troubles. Sir
sllyery does not expand the human heart
You have got to require every man TO nc
VOL his part before you car ever secur,
any stability 10 the institutions of th,
country. Letme toll you that all goot
Governments ara founded upon princi
pie. Every principle has its law; an,
. when any many violates that law h,
mus take the consequences, II is q law
in Governments as in plants, that In,
creator the ropdity with which they grow
into maturity, the sooner viii they 10 I,
destruction. Thnt Government Is mos
stable aud enduring which commenced
with the practice of economy, aud whicl
Is built up with labor, Such Govern
ment canuot boast Of magnifceuc !, bu
III will be one Of much greater endurance
than one which has been built u1 Ia MAG
nifcence. Thl progress Of Govern
monts is precisely lihe that sf men.--
They frst sock and are satisfied with thi
neeessories Of life, then the conyoni1n
ces of lie, then the Injuries Of life, an,
then tho mognilicencies Of life. Eyou
Government which runs b cxtrayaganc,
with the rapidity with which this Govern
ment has gone on, will soon become 3,
corrupt that, like many Of tho Govern
monts OF the O!d World, il can only b,
mantained by force OF arms. Such hal
been the history Of many of tho despot
isms Of the old World.
Mr. Speaker, ! will now proceed 70 an
oihor subject--not q new one by an,
means, but connected with the one
have been discussing. ] have intimate,
what my viows are upon the subject o
slavery, Itnever should huvo been th
subject Of % much contention. Why,
ask you, is il necessary for Territory