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TIMELY WARNING,

MONDAY, JANUARY IA, 1851. !:
TIMELY yvARNING- !;
Let US warn the Legislators at Springfield !
Of oae thing that They cannot safely disrc-
gard Economy in tie expenditure Of pull
lie money il always virtue In times Of
great prosperity and abundance it is CON-
mendablc; but on the upproach Of disaster
and danger, it is a duty to neglect which
is high crime. Will our friends, the law
makers, bear this in mind, and apply 1t 10
the following facts:
The country is entering upon career
which 1t has never pursucd-into path
which it has never trodden, and tho end Of
which no mau can sec. We don violence
to probability in saying that great dangers
and great disasters lie in the way whether
In advance or retreat II we go forward,
a struggle not Of long continuance but
te1ce, costly, and certain in its results, for
the maintenance Of the government and
the supremacy Of the laT, is to be antic'-
pated. While j. lasts, the commerce and IN
dustry Of the State must suffer to a greater
or less extent The resources Of our peo-
pie will be impaired, and the markets for
tleir produce will be auctuating and un-
certain. Money will be scarce, and taxes
levied for extraordinary purposes will not
be easily paid. The credit Of the State Will
share in the general depression; and the
necessity for straining it to its utmost may
ar Sc.
II we rccc1c and gire up the constitu.
t:oaal rights which belong to majorlties,
and confess, as VIC should, that the Mcxl-
caa method Of managing public affairs has
been natura.ized on our soil, all confidence
in the stability OF the government and tie
pe2mancnce Of rulers, whether Of real or
persora property, would be destroyed
All men would see that the next election,
40 matter how resulting, would be follow
Cd by disturbances more serious and per
picking than those low upon us; that the
example Of insubordination and treason In
aagura;ea By the South will be quadrcnni-
ally, or as often as an offensive &C. Of Con-
g7css is passed OF IN exciting canyass is
closed, repeated lty her and perhaps by
o:her sections that will initiate her tactics;
and thnt the government has only that Vi
tall:y which would enable it to drag itself
aloog, until anarchy or military despot-
Ism closed our national career. Bring on
that conviction, and all enterprise would
BE- dead- The confidence which lately
boosted Of ours as tho strongest govern
mea: under the sun, and which impeled
men into commercial and industrial pur-
suits such as no other people have dared
SO freely undertake; which opened new
channels Of communication by rail,
bull. GU. commercial marine and cs-
t.bl;shei commercial relations with
all the nations Of tie cartl, settled and
srblucd neT States in i decade, grasped
for the possession Of the Continent, aud
gave credit its coarcztib:l;ty and property
its value-:hat confidence being destroyed,
s:agnation IS complete as that of Egypt or
Turkey would SC: in- Values in Illinois,
maintained Iy tue uncertain tenure, would
be lesscnca full onc-half; and with that
decline, the ability Of the people to respond
to taxation would be lost We would be
in the condition OF France after the revo-
luton was inaugurated bytle meeting OF tie
States General, when nobody anticipated
the events which followed, but when every
body, filed with dread Of the possibilities
Of the future. began TO secure what they
had gathered
We point oat to the Legislature The
sources Of danger which il any event, must
be encountered; and beg both branches oi
that body 10 maintain strict guard over
theexpeaditures Of the year. The finances
OF Illinois are il admirable train. Her
debt is greatly reduced Her credit admits
OF no impeachment in any Of the money
markets of the world. The taxes which
she le7ics are comparatively light and are
i. gladly psia. Let that condition Of things
be maintained; md 10 that end, let all
propositions .ort;,c imposition Of new bur
fers be carefully weighed; and where they
can be rejected withou: manifest 1ctriment
to the pubic veal, or obvious loss to the
public treasury, let them be passed over un-
til another time. In any event. the interest
On the public debt must be paid. Htroublc
Is to be met aud rebellion put down, our
credit represents the einews Of war, and
must at whatever cost, be maintained.
The ordinary expenses Of goveznrncn!
must To provided, CT the machinery whicl:
secures Law and order is stopped. What
ercr is be:ond these mrst be scrutiuizcd
with care We utter tho warning in time,
and VIC assure The Republicans, particular
y, that their constituents, When they como
to realize the danger Of the situation, will
demand Of t.ic1n that the cauicns VIC have
uttered, shall b: observed