Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1828-06-07

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and mine, dd not attract my attention a, the time he
was speaking. When. in the progress of his remarks
" he hrSt adverted to what had said listened for ,no
men, III order TO hear what he had Ia s,v i'm ro, =,
me, ana soon had occasion 10 him RIGHT in REGARD
~ nus nnsconcePu1n OF some my remarks But worn
on" us was and the House was by protracted dscus
SION OF two three weeks which had now RIM do,r I
e eeS and not pcrceving that Mr. Bartlett had attract
cd the attention ofany body else to what he WINS
did not think il Necessary to inHct m,n i, .
rksone task of following lin through drv and onnro
oo.e drawn out with no very enchanting power of elo
ceuon ana disnssco myself from any further ot,ent;
10 MN, and was engaged in conversation with some Of
my friends on other subjects during the greater n,rt r
tmo Time he was speaking
The complaint of the Gentleman ~ ,o,, bt ,. A..
hoo0oy else attended t. my remarks. wish moi Ia no
considered as having made for myself Whenever il Ia,
pceh my fortune, misfortune cast If upon , ia;
ouehce OF the House. their potcness has been sucb nc
10 cause my regret, thatmy efforts could not better con-
pensate their kindness. NV owIcdron,ott IL
oie uue ior such attention, claim no r;0Lt to q
by a very enchanting power of elocution ne ,at %
usah may do; but receive it, it is probably intend
Gu IN PROOF OF FREE lily intercourse which have cher
ished with every ge eenlan and as rcc,rotau ',oa
of that respect wh, has been my purpose to show IT,
listening to the remaks of others have the cruelty
toSay tha MIR Rvef ought to have inflicted upon him;
self the " irksome task Of following me while I had an
the pleasure OF stening attentivey to the whole
OF ms speech as dern it my duty to listen wbencvor
intend to reply, am liable to be replied TO Tho con
tIast between tho lees to which my remarks had r,
DORM and the out pouring of nectar with which b bod
refreshed in the day prccecdinc must No dm,t h u
been orcbly felt by the gentleman himself Irl so
Us WIS te oPer1uon OF swallowing and small was the
4unuty OF the lees, which he suffered to be ndmns
tered to him, most unquestionable proofs are exhibited
Gveh at inns late day. oftheir unpropous influence upon
Nus agesuvG organs The dyspeptc symptoms of ncr-
'"us artatity are too apparent throughout the letter
TO leave their effect questionable '
t 20 baVe done with the MRS which the gentleman
mas u'ought nj 10 assume this occasion and which no
VIII pardon me for saying, in nv humble ;,drrnt d ,
grief. - w 'o 'u' Hich vi MS
Ash il probable that many TO whom Mr. pi,oa, ,.,
may conn., will never have seen the speecb mon bih
the ntt,r peg eave for the better understanding of
e mere To insert short extract or two from, I'm,
madverson: viz "Jcel Vi MS UNI
Ina part OF the gentlenans calculations which was
h!eh'et TO show that burdens borne by the Peone Of
inns country are greater than have been estimated does
oI Pehu TO connect with that result any censrc of
those vho now administer the Government Rmt I a.,
not wiling that the people be induced 70 bi; ,i an
evils from any causes that do not exist ri mn
$500, eo Gentleman purpose it prove great
Snouh OF tax to the Government TO he nail b,, -
PIE; ard with the liberty of assuming what nrcnisep ~
oSe any desired result is easily obtained He assumes
| ro a CI Vi revenue twenty-five mions-the true
e. III VI tic year being twenty two mions-He adds
I'VE ilohs as the per cenage of the merchant of ,bh
ert aa The process of converting into gov
I TAX; 20 TINS thirty millions, twenty millions are
auaet Tor the taxes assessed for the spnort of o,,a
e.t Oy the states; while the fact is that if all the
states assessed the same as VIRGINIA and Noy, VI si
, I' sum would he but twelve millions So far from
ts many OF the states raise 10 more than from, c,r,, M
SHY thousand dollars annually for the support of the Gov
hdkig gross sum of about one IN llion insfooi
OF twenty millions We should of course comet or
inherent results That gentleman ASSUMING as the
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Oh SUM over twenty-three millions 'N nv li'o'
Ahether argument - support the charoe of .xtr,vo
S is attempted to be founded upon COM
PdiiSo oil inns and the administration of Mr. Jefferson
tank the gentleman for calling us to this counar; T.
proves lat the economical principles of Jefferson were
not so successfully reduced to practice o,o he VIZ c
as ey have been during the last three wears From tro
or four millions, in Jcfiersons almnistrnton t ee
cnntr our e1enues have increased, in one-fourtR of
century 10 twenty-five millions We
" MI FIRES rose to explain He said be Io., .l
sans as lle ordinary expenses of Jeffer-
OF tfe present, TO be thirteen millions PiSos
MI BGrttoH said he did not know how the oentlerp,
made ms thirteen millions. ~ s'N'ii
: Mr.. RiUcS said he would tell him I, ,,,, H. go.
me amount paid toward the debt from the whole ,,t
OF expenditures wiz '' amount
Mr.. B@nteH. much simpler process and one y, bi,
vantage OF lelng accurate, to take the esti-
mates OF expenditures for the year as appear bv the Sec
precise sum of S. 9903S9 a. s' no 'i'S
IN iooi the expenditures of the Government ,roro
$G 90 % 80 me receipts of the year were SIP
&c , 10 IN io0o the expenditures government were
Si'loo,66l 80 In tie first of which years the anonnt
Oh wnat the gentleman terms the expenses ofgoy
eminent was fraction less than five millions aud u, th
last traction $60OOOO instead of the sI,,n Of . ~
4'oooOOO, by him supposed" u
The gentleman STATED, TINT tbc ox,o., g
tercourse In the three last years of MIR Monroas oJ;i
Iauon amounted to 250,000 and the same exnersos in
he hrce rs years of the present. amount TO Ria GOO
.io present exceed the former byfS267 900 The
alcy or error OF the sttemen in mpntine 10 Mr. Al
one year OF tle EXPENSES incurred and provided for
Uuoo nc came TO the Office The appropriation for 1895
was made in February, md with which Mr., A had no |
more to do than his SUCCESSOR wboevor he r. ~ ITO
has with the appropriation of this wear The nov
appropriations for foreign intercnpTso tbon Vi
Ill 20 $S2OOO In 1926 $187.5O6
80 I2,ouO 1897 $1,000
1925 $4,000 do OO0 p
1923 $4,000
S4S4OOO $457, 500
leaving the expense Of the three last years COO
laSfnr
ministration" - " ' P'0eui'g al
Again That item Of the expense of foreion ;,tor.
course embraced under the title ofcontngent expenses
nus ec adverted to as source great abuse Here for
answer, let us resort TO official documents ~ ~
lherc was expended of this fund