Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1803-04-16
LETTER from fbs Honorable JOHN
FONLER, Member Of COagrstj jr0m
Kentucky, TO bis Cogjiitaeats.
<NTDnyTT I'D
(CIRCULAR.),
WASHINGTON. Feb. as. rse

THE coaiiitutiausl term for which have
L bsen eletted by your foiffsees TO the ie-
vcnth Congress. expires in few days. Be,iev-
ing it 20 be my duty TO communicate fueh.nst-
tess oil political nature, 10 which the general
welfare OF the Union, and OF my condiments IN
particular, are concerned, my ufua mode has
beea 70 communicate conciitly what appears %
me OF the fft importance, and to refer Tor the
delsi,s on the ioooIdinste Transitions 20 the
common vehicles OF information the public pa
pcrs. .ailhtt
II my memory is correct, 10 my letter ad.
drefcd to yor az the clo!e o, thc iaa itliion.
noticed the very i1urihirg fate of the public
Ieyenue, ard the mca!ures Recommended by the
Preddent and adopted by Congse(s, 90 relesfc
the people from the ieyeIe oppufiicn OF taxes
with which they had beeo loaded darine the
fopg ysaa OF error and madnels,, in which our
government was en,rehed 10 men either incom-
peisnI un~orthy ofpUblic confidence. Great
alarm wa, auenp,ed 10 be raiied 10y the fallen
party -Tnin TO ous finances, and diareb TO our
country, were pretended 20 he .tosetold. The
even. has proved ihrie to be iaile prophecies. l
will give you lev tstss, and you can draw your
own cono!ohons. The preient administration
will have been in office two years on the 4th OF
March. In ,he year beginning with October
,7og, and end,og w,,h September SEQ, the
lat year OF phn Adsms's sdniniRrs,ion. the
exrcnd,ures os government. exelI6ve of pubic
oeot, in'cEeii and reimbnriemen,s, amounted 20
7,,oos 900 doi,srs. In the year beginning aud
| ending IN The fame months Of Isci and 1902
| being ,hr iecond year OF Thomas Jsaerbn, the
| expenditure was 4 ,o4S .ooc dollars, having a
fssiDg in public expenie OF, 3,o3S ,ooc year.
In ,he iaa tao years OF the iorm.r adnrinihsaIion
| the expcnirs of government smduned 10 the
enornons fun oi 7i,9S4,93o dollss Taking
the average 1T the two yean of the preient to
be double the expcnie Of the prelent year, il
woald amount only to little more than 8, ooo eco
which prc.ens diiFetence very charaeieraic
of The parties. FAY 1 600, 900 OF dollars favcd
TO the public from wane and corruption in-
deed from employment TO the public danger aud
ruin. The eitilrate of the Secretary OF the
Tiesiury OF the toll expenles for the eniuing
year, are under flxee millions.
The rpaossemeDt Of the finances in every
other refpett is equally profperoos and wlely
regulated. During The lsIe administration il
was cufumasy 20 leave in the hands Of public
ofieers 10 the cultorns, loan Offices, purvcyofs,
canirsttors, navy agents, and psymaRers, watt
.fdms of ihc pubic money, which we're employ
ed in private tpecaistion. 'ThD was done TO
procure sdhefeats, and 20 reward thoie who de-
lcItcd theis old principles of 1876, or went to
the mott violent lengths in hoitiity to republi-
can govcrhmen'.---Vaff fums lay in this way :,
whsn the public wera inpofcd upon to borrow
money at 8 per cent. IL ha, not been brought
completely home 20 the individuals, but ,here is
Rrong grounds 70 believe, that grfaf part OF
the pobiic's pzvs note,. which was TINS fuppof-
ed 10 be in the hands of public officers, wss lent
To The public at this enormous ipterea, CON-
pletc flop has been put 10 this traffic and cor
rnption, and yRem laid down by which every
individual Officer is obliged TO account at fllort
periods f,sr tlc money in hands. and TO repay il
TO the ucafury where there are not difbafie-
nen,s OF ,he public sceoan, TO he made from it.
Seven months after the administration came
into Office. the amount in the tresiory was only
z.o43,5iS dsNsn. notice leven months, be-
caaie about that period, the mraiures of the
former admminration had about cealed TO opc-
rate. sod the prefent had began to go into ac-
ton. In one year sf,cS that date, that is on the
n Of Odober, Sos, there was in the treafury
4,S3o.67S dollars. Befide which the govern
ment mas paid opssrds Of rire s7iii,sss of the
public deot including intereR. And what is
highly Aauering to the public feeling and ere.
diiabie 10 our country and government 1 have
good ground TO believe that aep, have been
..StAaaiI taken to diicharge by anticipation,
all clsims rpon ~ for the foreign debt. up to
the month Of one so4. No nation ON earth
ever exhibited 10 70 hons fpace, 20 May evil
deoccs OF happy government wifely & iucceG-
folly adminiaered.
There il orc other fabjea Of very conf
dersblc importance. particularly 90 ths STATE
which have the honor TO reprtfcnt, that has
occupied much Of the afientioo OF the Executive
and both Hoofcs Of Congrcfs in the pfefent ief.
Gon. IL is already familiar to you by the gen.
eral attention which il has excited. The con.
dsa OF the Spauiih lusendant at New.Ofcans.