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

lumn were represented by the sums al the bottom
OF that column? This question put I'd the gen
tlemans conscience il it has not been entirely
swallowed up in the "void plolound'' OF rs Stats.
tics
Let us now see how he disposes Of another ale.
CATION made by me, that the & different restGS he
exhibits owing" Gin party "to an elbtr airy
combination of totally different items of eipendi-
ture under the same general head" He Says lis
was ga separate table, (ihe gentleman, it seems
has his separate tables, tho he does not lie my
separate lines -hisswas separate table Of the
appropriations io- foreign ntercourse and ,noth-
er Of the expenditures of the contingent fund for
the same; and upon this the charge of arbiuhry
combination is made" Now if the gentleman
found it conuencnt to refer this charge to the la
bles here described by him, | think it must nave
been apparent to every one else who took the rou-
bic to read my letter, that referred, an foc to
other tables exhibited by him in which he gave
the expenditures of the three earliest administa-
tions under the head Of " Foreign intercourse"
from which it appeared that III several year. of
MIR. Jefferson's administration the expenditures
tor "Foreign intercourse" were from one to So
million Of dollars and III year, largely upwats
OF two millions. These tables were brought In
Immediately after his table of the appropriations
under the present administration for .toreicn in
tercourse," and were triumphanuy appealed TO- in
the language OF the gentleman, Ito shew how We
ny far from the fact may be the conjestures and
assertions respecting the increasing crtrnragdnce
and prodigatHy OF the government" Now, Ial-
legged that in these formidable sums taken from
the period OF Mr.. Jelferson's administration, and
arranged under the general head of Foreign
intercourse, there were included many items of
large amount, of totally different character from
what both the gcntlemaa and myself meant bv the
expression OF foreign Intercourse in the compari-
sons instituted by Of the expenditures of the
~ aI, rn,in 4
king the sum g ven for particular year IS03) &.
analysing 1t into Its constituent parts by doing
which 1t was shewn that the rghful sum of 81 OOI.
9OS "a, (Which had been put down by the gentle
man as MIR. Jeferson's expenditure in that wear for
foreign intercourse,) was made up of no less than
Blk distinct items OF expenditures, and that only
$9t 800, ~ OF IT were on account OF what both
the gentleman and myself had comprehended I'M
der the denomination of foreign INTERCOURSE
Here was the arbitrary combination of totally diff
erent items OF expenditure under the same cener-
al head, OF which [ spoke; and am Glad to find
some evidence that, however he may have been at
loss about the pathological Import of the CHARGE
he felt the full force of its practical application
Tor he has dropt, fiom the very middle of the ey
tract OF his speech, which he introduced into his
letter, the imposing tables to which the CHARGE
applied, and which evidently were not the least
pleasing fruits of his labours in his own ewes
when the speech was originally given to the pubic
should have given the gentleman credit for
" the compunctious visitings of nature which he
has discovered upon this subject if it were not
Tor the refuge he has sought in an imtimation that
these tables were rot introduced with reference
to the question OF comparative expenditure. bat
for the purpose Of shelving the practice ofloose s.
indefinite appropriations which mad formerly pre-
vailed. What colour there is for this in:i,nllon
l am utterly unable to conceive The E0ym Of an
i'm m wav yn ~,
tween the gentleman from New IlamrslIire and
myself can see no trace of it III any part Of his
speech-Whe his Wanting declaration TINT he
would not only take up my comparison, of tue ex
pences OF foreign intercourse, under the late and
present administration, but extend it ba ok to the
origin OF the government,'-t a comparison be-
tween Mr.. Jetferson's administration and the Dre
sent will prove that the economical PRINCIPLES of
Jefferson were not so successfully reduced to prac.
tee, even by himself, as they have been during
the three last years, and his delighted and self
SATISFIED enumeration, after presenting the tables
that " they shew how very far from the fact NAV
be the conJeCtures and assertions respecting the
increasing crtraOae ance and prodigahiy of the
government" all prove unequyocay and be-
yond the reach of cayil the real purpose for which
they were introduced, and the impression thew
were intended to make.
have now done with every thing in this con-
troyersy which is personal to the gentleman from
New-Hampshire and myself, / think / must have
shewn that, Notwithstanding his violent and con-
rutSiOe efforts, he has failed in every instance. TO
convict me of error-that in my statements ofmat-
tiers Of fact, he has not been able to shew the err
ror OF single cent, and that i'll regard to my rea-
sonIngs and deductions, the best evidence oftheir
correctness is afforded in the substantial truth of
the conclusions to which they brought me-con.
illusions now verified by an official Investigation
and ascertainment of facts while in regard to
the gentleman from Ncw-lIampshre there are
errors and omissions in his statements. some of
which he has been forced to acknowledge himself
and his reasoning stands equally condemned by
TIC test OF facts and its own intrinsic faacy-I
am sensible, however, that neither the particular
subject Of this controversy the character of the
parties to it, afford sufficient justification for oc
cupying so much of the time of the public with the
discussions to which it has led NV apology
however, is that my attempt to vndcatc myself to
portion oil my constituents against charges inyo-
wing both my personal and political character be
came matter of general publicity without nv
consent aud against my wishes and that the zeal
Gus and public prosecution ofthcse charges since
~ the gentleman from New Hampshire, on be-