A Short Historical Sketch And Account of the Expences Incurred Under the Heads O
A Short Historical Sketch And Account of the Expences Incurred Under the Heads O
Ralph Wardlaw Thompson
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It was my wish to have stated, separately and distinctly, what has been defrayed from each fund; but this is not in my power to do from any docu- ments in my possession. I know that, on this and every other subject where the expenditure of the public money is con- cerned. , all men are fairly and reasonably jealous. But I also know, that there are men who are aware of the existence of this reasonable feeling, and that they studiously excite it into a dangerous activity by rumours and insinuatio...ns without end; the purport of which is to instil into the public mind a belief of the enormous extent of the salaries, fees, and perquisites of office. The next step, is a broad assertion, that Parliament, either from a corrupt influence or the most criminal negligence, are, and long have been, the silent and torpid spectators of a ruinous waste of the public money: next follows, as a part, and the real object of the system, a cry for a Reform in Parliament, as our only resource. I cannot In this place detail the various complicated and continual labours of Parliament on this subject.
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