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VOL. 7-ITO. 4. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1855. -t WHOLE NO. 306. A. W. BTJKTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW1, And f&iciior J tAe 7tl Judicial Circmt, nrsinr, cleattlakd cocxnr, k. Carolina. yflLL practice In the Superior Cetirts.cf Law -aJEaoityof Chcrotcc, Macon, Jackfon, Har- i UcnJrson, Buncombe, Ma'lbon, Yancy, lfeDoVcI!, CaMwell. WaLaor. Bnrke.RntheTrord tad Clcavelwd. Abo, in the Suprcmo'Court at Collections of all kinds, Including Tcoalon e'oinn, attended to strictly. Refers to tho Judge of tho Supreme tad Snpc t!ar Courts of North Carolina. r April 6, 1S54. Z. B. Vance, ATTORN EY AT LAW, ASnEVILLE, K. C. . . ' Atust25; 1S53. . 211 David Co!cnian Attorney at Zzitj BU11NSV1LLE, N. C. If.rch"3, 1S53. tt . E. D0ET WILSON, ATTOHXPV AT Ii A IV , BURNSYILLE, N. C. Jcr.oH, R. H. HEJTRY, ATTORNEY AT LAW as un VI LLP., s. c. J. T. GIESON, ATT OH X i: Y i T Is A IF, BURNSVILLE, N. C. G. W. ViLLTSON, BUEGEOir ggg DENTIST, ASIIEVILLK, N. C. DR. J. F. E. HARDY A ' D DR. W. L. HILLIARD, TTAVE t!ti dir a5ocutrd themselves In the practice of AfKUCJXi:, in its Tariona branches. D. n:r, nhoh tUily in the village, will be lrxT it 1y ti t'laminc cacs arvl make out pic KTtption, ar.tt niton in his power visit cacs In lh coiutry. Dr. llillianl will attend to his town an ! country prac tice, as usual. We would espc ofny call the attention of all persons laboring c?drr deaMi rcrjnirinc Surgical aid, to this card. We ill take crjux:! pains to asist all crsons Hur.z at a distance ia procuring suitable boarding teases in or rear the village, and render them rnch relief as thf profession i capable of. OfkeatDr. nillianV D;n Store. jLahcrillc, January 2, ItZo. tf EL L. NEILSON, Iff. D., ASHEVILLE, N. G. Jtrxary ll.lSCo. t DR. J. D. REYNOLDS, 1IAVINO permanently located In Asheville, of f.ra hi$ Proft si nal ten ices-to the citizens of town and country, Otliee and residence, Ashcvillo Hotel. March 8. i$. ly Dr. J. D. Boyd & Dr. J. H. Stevens HAVE associated in the practice of Ma'tciHt. All applications will meet with prompt attcntior. AsI.eTiUo, May 0, lfoS. tf Rankin, Pulliam & Co., 'XliroSTCCS . AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IS rarely and Domestic Staple -and Fancy ' Dry Goods and ClothinST, . 1 . ; 131 MEETING STREET, t. TT. PL1UAM, i f A. D. SMITH. s3iitii fit Mcdowell, Dealers iu Dry Goods, Hardware, Gro ceries, Crockery, ccc, o:c. , Asheville, N. C. I W. D. RAlfHIN & CO. Dealers m l)ry Goouk, Groceries, Hard I ware, Crockery, &c. d:c. Aslicville, N. C. N.TIIT1I, RAIRI) cfc VAIYCB, (Dealers in Dry Goxl, Groceries, and Merchandise generally; ASHEVILLE, N. C. Eamsay's Piano Store, COLUMBIA, S. C. 2usic and Musical Instruments NUNXS Jb Cos Patent Diag- II Tnlonil Grand Pianos; Hallet, Davia & Co.s Patent Supeaion Pridgo Pianos; Chickerinjrs Travcr and oilier best maker's Piano, At thoFiCTour Prices. Columbia Aust IS, 1854ly W. L. HILLIAED, Iff. D., Apothecary & Druggist, Asheville, i. C. HAS row, and will keep constantly on hand, well selected stock of rare and Genuine fini?s, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, OiU, Dye &tujTs, Painter1 ar li cit. Hair, "iVrt2 and Tooth Uritsics, Fine Soaps, Co lone Water, Jlair Oils, JJxtracls, yc. imc. i5"c. IFavin:: r.d care and attention in iho se lection oi Lb stuck, tbe patronage of tbe pulA lc h re-spctfully aolidtt-d, feeling assured that qtu'ity. atd prices of Lis goods caanot 1 to render satUlactioo to all. ZT Physician prescriptions accurately expounded at h!1 Lours. . . Aiiciile, April 5, 55. tf From Ike Augusta Con. " Letter from the Hon. A. H. Lonfrstrc'ct, on Know IVo : . thingism. Wo find in tho last number of tbo NasbTille Union t American, a letter on this absorbin question, from this distinguished native Geor gian, now President of tbo Unircrsity of Mis sissippi. Tho narno of Augustus B. Long street is erileared to tbo pcoplo of Gcoriria by many ties in the bistory of tho past It is anamo which wo wero taught to "revere in early youth a3 synonomous with all that was bald and tearless in tho character of tho ad rocatc, wilh all that was parental and digni fied in the sago instructor, and with all that was puro ind honest and upright in tho min ister of thb gospel. Tho old men of Georgia Lara becn;accustomcu to lovo him as a. bro- thcr; tho young men, scattered throughout tho State, Who, from his lips, Lata heard tho lessons of fwisdora, continuo to rcvero him as a father. iThcro is no man in Georgia who will dare stand up and say thit A. B. Long atreet speaks from jmpuro motives. Tho in dignant frowns of an honest people would paralyse thcsacriligoous cflbrL Judge Long street has pecn forced from his retirement to como out pnd ppeak rpon this question; but having como out, ho has met tho issuo with that boldness and honesty which chnracteris cs tho man. Uc speaks to the people- in tho voice of warning wisdom, and tells them to bewaro of an organization which must lead to religious intolerance and persecution. The circumstances which led to tho publi cation of this letter, aroso from an attack mado upoji the Judge by tho Memphis Eagle & Enquirer, charging him with preaching anti-Know? Nothing doctrines. After alluding to the editors of that paper who havo nssailed him as the head of tho Mississippi University, he proceeds to con demn tho order in the terms to be found in tho cxtracjs below. Let every freeman read them carefully snd ponder them well, whether ho be Kndw Nothing or anti-Know Nothing. "In Julj- last I had just hetrd of a now or ganization in tho" country secret in its move ments, anj going under the name Know No things, lis principles, I understood to be, opposition; to Catholics and Foreigners, to be planned in the dark, strcngthed by oaths, and manifested at tho ballot, box. It filled mo -with alarrhe. I w in it tho elements of ra pid expansion and awful explosion. I exhib ited thcmjto tho class that graduated in that month, and forewarned them to havo nothinc to do witp iu Had I been inspired, I could hardly hvo foreshadowed its history more accurately than I did. Of my prediction no thing remains to be fulfilled, but tho outpour ing of more blood. My forecast in relation to it, buglit to ensure respect for my judgment in and aljout Oxford at least; but it is that very forecast which is raising a buzz of dis content against mo in this vicinity now. This is the sin which brought out against mo tho recondite? presses which I have namod above. It is called "dabbling in politics;" but its trao came is i4Unpalatablo Truth." This is tho sin for which I am soon, perchance, to bo sacrificed. They that stoned the Prophets of old, arc yet alive, aud why should I expect a better fate than theirs! Well, I do not know that a better use couljl be mado of my old carcass, han the oflcringof it up on tho altar of this American Baal. An incense might arise from it that would do moro to purify the Church pud tho State, from this modern abom ination, than any thing which can cmnatc from my poor frost-covored brain. Tho pub lic has now the sura total of my political sins, public aiid private. I shall speak at large of . i -! i tho ncwjonier, in an appeal 10 my vnurcn ai 6ome future day, if I may bo allowed to do so. I am committed against it, and I shall oppoto tt forever not in tho class room, but overy where else not as a partisan, oui as a Christian. For all tho honors and emoluments of eartH, I could not be induced to assume a position' of neutrality in regard to it. If all experience bo not a falsehood, and all history a fable, jit will throw this country into cease less contusions, if it be not crushed, and that speedily . In my view, every man who has a scruple s influcne, ehuuld ra ajainst it now luo- mediately, cro it be forever too late. Indeed, it allov?J no neutrality. With all its profess ed Americanism, it assumes an absolute dic ers and teachers, and with them, tho most depraved, abandoned, desperate, God-defying sinners ppon earth; binds them by oaths iu tho bonds of fellowship and sets them all at work in politics and nothing but politics. I find a christian brother among them I read to him jl Cor. vi. 14 and on, and I implore him to :omo out from such connections; and it addresses me in tones of despotic authority in this wise: uSir, my name is Politics you arc a Clergyman, and Clergymen should havo nothm in drt with roHtics T tttichLw cries my briber, 4told man you'll ruin yourself if you meddle- with politics V I say to him "yourdaihs'aro against tho laws of God and your Church." Sir," it responds, Mo you thus dinouccc the pious of my order have you no respect for tho Church or your place?" I denounce the siuners of the band and the Saints Reprove me. I reprove the Saints and the sinners denounce me ! The Saint shields the sinner, and the siiftcr the Saint. If such a combination is not enough to make the Churct and Slate both shudder, I know.uot what would. tatorship. It will allow no man to question its purity or its policy. It gathers within its iale. men ofdizrnitv, talent and piety, preach Oa be the now Order bars with inlClcra- blo pressure. It rises before mo ' liko the ghost of Banquo, at my every step in tho pathway of duty. lam a preacher: If I preach npon "the sanctity of oaths, it regards itself insulted, and attrcks mo accordingly. If I preach to christians to come out from tho wicked, it in sults mo for assailing Know Nothings. If I preach that tho love of Christ is not bounded by SLate ines, it charges me with attacking tho articli of its creed against foreigners. lama teacher: If I teach that unlawful promises are not binding, I shall bo charged with justifying tho exposure of Know Noth ing secrets. If I set tho lesson to my pupils wherein J, B. Say says that every accession of a roan to a country is an accession of trea sure, I an to be published to the world as indoctrinating my pupils in anti Know Noth ing politics. As I am ever to bo gored -b this young mad buJf, I had as . well take it by tho horns at once. Let tho order keep its handj eff me, the Church, and tho" Constitu tion, and I will never disturb iL. Look at their fruits already scattered thro' tho land. "By their fruits shall ye know them." What aro they! Most desperate and dangerous agitation Churches rending a3 sunder pastors and flocks at variance chris tians losing all confidence in each other Saints and sinners in closo embrace preach ers of tho same church getting but half con gregations and half support one looking on approvingly, while another is abused Teach ers tottering their pupils in midnight cliques friendship severing rage taking the place of love father against son brother against brother. These things now are; and they proclaim, trurapet-tongued, what, is coming, if the monster bo not crushed at once. And all for what? In honest truth,- to et in the outs, and to get out tho ins. This is tho true object of the order. Well, it must take its course till reason resumes her seat. Nations, like men, run mad at times, and nothing but time and blood-letting can cure them. Still whilo there is hope, all good men should strive to relieve them. ' My course is taken carefully, thoughtfully taken. I am no Catholic. Put Methodism and Ro manism on the field of fair argument, tand I will stake my all upon tho issue; but 1 am not such a coward as to fleo the field of-honorable warfare, for savage ambush fighting; or such a fool as to believe that a man's reli gion is to bo reformed by harrassing his per son. Nor am I quite so blind as not to see that when the work of crushing Churches is begun in the country, it is not going to stop with tho overthrow of one. I have done ray duty, and I leavo tho con sequences with God. And here sign ray name to what I deem tho best legacy that I could leave to my children; a record proof that neither place, nor policy, nor temporal inter est, nor friendship, nor church, nor threaten ing storms from every quarter, could move their father for an instant from principle, or awe him into silenco when tho causo of God and his country required him to speak. A. B. LONG STREET. Rjssia is apparently preparing" for a long war. The government has commenced the construction of a road which is to unite Fin land to Sweden, around tho northern extrem ity of tho Gulf of Bothnia, by means of which Russia may procuro from Sweden all the mer chandise which the blockade prevents getting into Russia direct by sex An ITeir ExrECTED. Tho English papers received by the St. Loui3. mention a report, said to boVounded on good authority, that the Empress Eugcnio is expected to soon give an heir to tho imperial throno of Prance. Hero is a parody on tho well known song of tho Troubadour.' Gaily tho Editor Smokod the cigar, While ho was scissoring News near and far Looking for murders diro Items c r pulls, Devil say devil say . - Ain't that cuough? - A Sleeping Christian. "The devil," says Lather, "had a crcat anniversary, at which his emissaries were convened to report tho result of their several missions." il let loose tho wild beasts of the desert, said one, "on a caravan of Christians,, and their bones are now bleaching on the sands." "What of that," said the devil, "their souls were all saved." UI drove tho cast wind," said another, "a gainst a ship freighted with Christians, and they were all drowned." "What of that," said tho devil, "their souls were all saved." "For, ten years I tried to get a single Chris tian a-ileep," said a third, "and I succeeded and left him so." Then the devil shouted," continues Luther, "and tho night stars of hell sang for joy." A Challenge. A little fop conceiving himself insulted by a gentleman who ventur ed to give him some wholesome advice, strut ted up to him with an air of importance,, and said, "sir, you aio no ccntleman! hero is my card consider yourself challenged. Should I be from home when you honor me with a call, I shall leave word with a friend to settle tho preliminaries to your satisfaction." To which the other replied, "sir you aro a fool here is mv card consider your noso pulled! and should I not bo at home when you call on me, you will find I have left orders with my servant to ir.ck you into the street. - i Tbe Charleston Standard doubts whether North Carolina has ever had a greater bene factor than' tho Hon. - Wm. C. Preston. His Rip Van Winkle simile, it says, has rankled n the recollections of her sons lrom tho time je made use of it, until they have aroused Jemsilves to greater enterprises 'ijhan is ex libitcd in any Suite iu the Union. T, " m m t , The receipts of the Ohio Central Railroad are 1700 per day. REMARKS OP HE. G ti I IT G EI A N , made ix tiie nouse; of representatives, april 17, 1854.. Mr. Cltnoman saidi 4 Mr. Speaker: I hope tho gentleman from Tennessee will withdraw his demand for the previous question for ono moment I prom ise" to renew it. Mr; J ones. I withdraw tho demand for tho previous question. ' Mr. Cling man. I desiro to say only a word or two to tho House in regard to this bill. Jt may bo unpleasant to gentlemen who have made up their mind to vote for" it to hear any remarks; but I do not think that the bill in all its features is thoroughly under stood.: -1 promise not to be tedious, a3 I de tiro only to make a few suggestions. .-1rhe proposition now undecconsidemtion fott-rery important one, as it increases, by several hun dred thousand dollars, the annual expenses of tho Government; and I think that wo may be likely to hurry it through without due ex amination, and without giving members an opportunity for that discussion and considera tion which all bills making appropriations of money oitjht to receive. It is a bill which appropriates a largo sum of money; but the principal effect is more objectionable than the waste of money even. We have lately got into great difficulty in regard to the subject of the appointment of clerks. It is well known tint there is an immense rush here for offices. Ivery man hero is pressed from time to time w'.th applications from their constitu ents to gel them situations in the different of fices of thd Government. I belies that the action of Congress du ring the last session has contributed very much to produce this evil of which I speak. Every body admits that tho fact of there be ing so mich office seeking under the Govern ment is a very serious vice. There is a very great desiie to get into public offices, and there is a constantly increasing number of men who ao "Seeking for; them. The result is, that whenever we have a State or presiden tial election there is an immense excitement in tho country; and Congress ought not to legislate in any way that will tend to increase this mischief. At the last session of Congress there was a proportion brought in to increase the salaries of the clerks. The eight hundred ' dollar clerks were raised up to a salary of one thou sand dollars, and all classes of these employ ees were moved forward to a higher rate of compDnsation. During the discussion upon that occasion I remember very well that an eloquent friend of mino (Mr. Gentry, of Tennessee,) mado a handsome plea in favor-of tho' increase. lie tOld us of a young man m tbe practice ot law in his own State who came hero and obtained a thousand dollar clerkship. He brought his wife and family here, and ho found that he could not conveniently sustain himself upon his salary. Ho presented the case vry feel ingly and ably, and the consequence was that the IIouso went forward, and passed a bill for the increased compensation. Iho present bill raises the salaries of the lower class of chirks to twelve hundred dollars per year; the second class to fourteen hundred, and so on. It also gives! back pay,- additional, to tho clerks that have already been in office. It thus appears that there is a greater demand'for an increas ed salary than before. Let us see how that is brought about. Here, for . instance, is a vouncr man practising law in Tennessee. He i4s informed that men obtain at Washington whatjho. regards as a high salary. He makes en application through his friends, obtains an appointment to an office in one of the De partments, and comes on here - and enters up on the performance of its duties. Ho finds that his expenses aro considerable; holds of fice for a few years, and then probably leaves it, or is turned out under an incoming Ad ministration. In nineteen out of twenty such cases tho individual goes home insolvent, or nearlj' so a great many, of tlicm, perhaps, Laving contracted bad habits from their asso ciations in Washington. Now, if tho public service required this, I would vote tho money, and let the men be sacrificed, just as men aro sacrificed in battle, or die by "disease contracted upon tho frontiers. But if the public service does not demand it, there is ho just principle which requires that wo should give it. Tho rule which an indi vidual adopts for his government in like cases, is to give that sum which will secure a com petent man to perform thei duties which he desires. I know of no other-principle which the Government should adopt for the guidance of its action. If you want a mere, copying clerk, any man who can keep a country school in your district or mine, or who would be employed as a merchant's clerk to keep books, is com petent for that purpose. Such individuals are glad to get three or four hundred dollars a year in the country; and we have such in dividuals constantly coming to us to obtain employment in directing speeches and docu ments, or to seek places as messengers in the Departments, at that ratef of pay. I remember a case which will, perhaps, illus-' trato , the principle. I will state it At the beginning of this session a lady came to me with a letter of introduction, who stated to me that she had a husband who was a messenger . . . T I 1 A - 1 L in one ol tno uepanmenis, aim jrot thirty dollars per month; that his health was very bad, and that he was barely able to dis charge his duties. He was not able to at tend to any other sort of business , when not performing office duty, and had" half a dozen children. She was very anxious to get one of her sons in here,-as a page in the House. I called upon the Doorkeeper of the House, who isa very' polite and obliging man, and asked him-to give this boy a place, rile informed me that he could not,5 because sever al members of Congress had brought on young boys from the distant ; States for the purpose of getting these situations for them. The conclusion I came to was,. that the pages are paid so well as to make it worth, while to bring on thesedxys from the distant, parts of tne union to get tneso appointments. Uur pages receive two dollars a day, regular com pensation. Dunnsr the last session of Con gress, by a two-third vote, but against mine, tho House agreed to give the pages a sum in addition as aff ixtra allowance, amounting to considerable more than their salary for the session, making their pay as much as four or five dollars a day; and the result is, as I stated, that boys are brought on' from the remote States and .secure placeswhilo those in the city , who jneed the pay as much are excluded. This is an abuse which I have constantly op posed but unsuccessfully heretofore. In fact, at each session I am in a minority of less than one thirdj generous members giving away the public money to their favorites here. . I want : to call the attention of the House to another fact. There are persons in the citv who are glad to be employed as copying clerics it a" dollar a day. But when you -raise the' satvry of copying clerks to $1,000 a year, you throw these persons out of employment. And how? Xrhy, as soon as the salary is raised, and the fac becomes known : abroad, young politicians frcHq North Carolina, from Tennes see, and from tK remote ' States, will come here audi apply r the places. They are young men out of bx,iness, or, perhaps, a little above their busines arJd having politi cal influence, they secure tH situations; and iiiuac ucio iu ujo wtj aie ulspCeu. J.U1S IS the way the system vrorks; whTW y0U take more and more from your Treasury, ju get no better officers, hut, in fact, worse ones. . -Suppose you were to pay the workmen employed upon the wings of your Capitol ten dollars a day; the consequence would, be that men would como on here from every quarter of the '-Union and apply for situations. Poli tical influence would bo brought into requisi tion, and the Superintendent would probably finally be obliged to distribute his workmen among the different States, as the cadets and midshipmen are now distributed. As it is now, the ordinary price is paid, and proper work men are 1 obtained without any noise being made abroad in re-ference to it. I know we are called upon to be liberal to these" clerks, and I should be very glad tb be so; I have several friends from my section of country among them. But it is not our own money that wo are voting away. We only act as the trustees of tho people; and I am not going to vote to raise the xompensation of these clerks still higher when hundreds of my constituents work quite as hard at home, and do not receive more than fifty or seven ly-five cents a day for it. Suppose, Mr. Speaker, I should sav to you, I am directed by ono of my constituents to get some work done for him; I-aUvhis agent merely or trustee; I can got it done for $100, but there is a good clever fellow who wants me to give him $200 as a favor to do it; and I should tell you, fur-' ther, my constituent is a poor man but an honest one, and a hard worker, with a large family that he is trying to educate, and he finds it very difficult to get along and main tain tbera. "You would at once tell me that, as an holiest man, I .had no right to give away 3100 of his -money.' merely to gratify ono of my. favorites; that I would act fraudulent as a trustee, if I wore to spend his joney thus. Supposersir, I should go to.one of my consti tuents, who was plowing in his field, and say to him, Why do you not hire hands at seventy-five cents or a dollar per day, to help you tend more land and make a bigger crop? He will tell me, "I cannot afford to give anybody seventy-five "cents per day. I cannot give fifty cents per' day in cash to hire a hand. I am not, perhaps, clearing that amount myself." If I should say to him, "Now, my friend, you are taxed on your plow, on .your, salt, your sugar, the woolen goods you wear, or the. blankets you buy to protect your family from the inclemency of the season. Are you wil ling to pay an additional' tax; you who ate making from fifty cents to seventy-five cents per day? Are you willing to pay an addition al tax to enable some others to get more than four or five dollars per day, who are not work ing hear as hard as you dol" He will tell mo instantly, "Nol" Have I. tho' right to take that manfe money who pays it for pubfticipuk poses, for necessary expenses, and appropriate H to an uncaiieu ior increase oi salary meri . , 11 . .1 1 '1 I X ly to gratify my favorites? The moment go beyond the line of what is just and prop tho moment 1 determine to frrve a man more than his work is worth-for the value of evev man is regulated by the demand for his ser vices I cannot say that I do what my duty calls for. i If I employ a man to do my pri vate work, and I pay him more than he gets from anybody else, I pay him well. The fact that you can get men to come forward and seek these offices, if you were to put then down to $500, or 6600, is evidence that they are doing better here, in their own opinion, than anywhere else. . The only rule for Congress to adopt is the one which I have laid down, and that is to pay what is necessary to obtain competent men. I jadmit for higher officers,your Com missioner of Pensions and others, who are re quired to: understand the laws' of the country, and ouglit to' have judicial minds, you ought to pay more. The, rule we have to adopt is to pay what will secure 'the -necessary. -work..-.Do as anv honest trustee would do with a trust fund. Where he has to spend any money for his trustors, he will spend only as much a3 will get the work done. If you, Mr. Speaker, and 1 were employed to have a houso built for a man,' we would not think it right to pay twice as much as we could get the work' well done, for, Iraerely to gratify those in our em ploy. '; ' ; r " ; - And I 'will beg, Mr, Speaker, that gentle men will I bear oue thing in mind. r There has not been a single instance, during my time in Uonress. wuere uio emojumtuw w u office have been reduced.'' I do not - speak of petty post offices. : Ave reduced the salaries there? iudirectlv, by reducing the rates of nostae. ! You will find that whenever you move a man forward -I do not care . what office ho fills-tho result is that he stands whera he is advanced, .This matter of salaries is an advancing tide;: it' neve j recedes."-.'" ! ' Again: You cannot satisfy tho wants of these gentlemen. Snpposo you-1 raise tho clerkships up to ,$8,000 per year, the amount now given cabinet officers. ' Well, tho result will be that men who have been Governors in their own States, or Senators of tho United States, understanding f that thoy. canr get . $8,000 per year, will como here, and such men will fill the clerkships. They will crowd ou those individuals who would bo glad tocta the work at lower rates and after they hayo held those offices ten years, they will petition, if they think that we will listen to their pe titions. -They will tell us tliat houso rent isr r high; that they aro bound to entertain their friends when they come- here that it costs a. great deal to keep np carriages, and rent pews in fashionable churches, and that they must have an increase to $1 0,000 per year. L; v Tho U'uot a rm in the countrr who Is making money as fast J as he wants to, and tbelre is not-a man holding office who pots asrnuch as he would like to get; and if you wui ask inhi whether ho ought to have an ad vance, wo will answer; '(Yes. I can turn this; . Gentlemen talk to me about liboralty. - I can very well understand the liberality of thq man who puts his hands into his own pockety and pays out his own money. L do not ,call i it liberality to misuse the " money of other people, and give it away to favorites. This money is raised by taxation. . It. is . taken . from an. unwilling, reluctant 'community They are willing to pay as much'asjwc need, nd nothing more And I do not feel that I can, ith any sort of propriety, insist on tax. . jng my constituents, tho majority , of whom cannot make v ne dollar per day, to enable others to get a muck larger sum, wheu wo . can secure tee service tor less.' I want to presefat these considerations' to the House. I mteud, at some timo during this session, if I get tho opportunity on ono of thev appropriation bills, to say something about the character of tho j public expendi tures of the country, hey vastly exceed those of any other country in the world You may go to Londpn,T?aris, ojr anywhero -else, anil you will hot find the public expenditures thre liko the amount paid for tho same ser vice here. I know that the' rate of wages is higher in the United States,! but it is no rea son why we should pay ten times-as much for the same service as others do, when w o , can get it for tho half only. This is a thankless duty which .1 5ara dis charging, sir. We are surrounded by a con stant pressure. It is a very popular thing to be generous, and vote the people's money out . of the Treasury. If that money camo into the Treasury just as the water comes into tho Potomac, I should be glad to hand it about to (everybody around us; i but when I remem ' ber that it comes there by taxation upon tho people, I do not feel at liberty to vote it away unnecessarily. . .. ; T : Sir, the Government of the United States is rapidly becoming tho most extravagant in. the world; in fact, it is the most extravagant io r its service, ana n win soon Decomo tho. most profligate and wasteful for it is tho na ture of all vices growing out of expenditures, tojincrease rapidly Everybody knows that the decay of the Koraan Republic arose from the fact, that in its latter pays tho public men gave away the money, lands, and other pub licj property for votes to make themselves pop ular, and to be elected consuls and pro-cdu-suls; but they were in tho habit bf giving it to tho soldiers, and there was, therefore, sotho excuse for it; they said these men had defen ded tho country. We, however, 'are making ourselves popular by. voting mondy and lands to! men engaged in the civil service, or who have performed no service! at all. Tho result is that things are moving rjn at railroad speed;' We aro constantly increasing our expendi tures with less service. ' It is a notorious fact that we do not get better! service now, in tho Departments, than we got twenty or thirty years ago when we did not spend one half as much. I beg gentlemen to look at this mat ter. If you will put down these expenses to the lowest rates that will pay and secure ' competent. men, that is all they have 1 a right , to expect you to do. When you havo dono that, you will not have this great presBuro for, office, you Will not have tho wholo country seeking office, and this perpetual strugglo in politics. You will -get the work well done; and remember, too, that by tempting theso men to quit their usual business, and; como on here to seek office, you do them a great deal more mischief than good. - ' I have made these, remarks, Mr. Speaker, j merely, to indicate the grounds of my opposi- ; tionUo this bill. I should Iike to ' gratify these clerks, and pages, and others, by voting ' them money; but I dp not feel that I ,can doi it with justiceto my constituents. I would much rather avoid makingj: this opposition. I would much rather that somo other gentle man should come out and; present 'the points of objection- to these measures. I think this bill ought to be referred to the Committee of the Whole on tire State of the Union, and bo discussed there, as all money bills should bo discussed. If its principles will stand discuss oq, then let it pass, and I will acquiesce in it. I 3o not believe they will stand discuision. I doi not believe there is a Congressional a is- trict in tho Union where these expenditures, . which we are making all from good feeling, anjd to gratify persons around us, would bo jusunea oy xuo peopie; oecause n can do shown that you do not benefit too: donees at alll taking them as a class; you may benefit anjindividuai here and there, but you doinoro mischief thf n good to therri as a class. I hono this matter will be well understood by the pebpie,' and that each gent l-j-man who votes for the bill may havo to justify his vote before the people; If so. T do not think tho next Congress will press through such a bill as this without discussion, and under khe ga of tho. previous question," as they are; determined to do this, if they can. I consider myselt ibrtu-f uate in getting this opportunity to put in a
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