Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-06-06

question OF comp0ratire expenditure, but for the
purpose OF shelving the practice OF looss and in
definite apropropriatipns which had formerly pre-
vailed hat colour there is for this iniinI ,tion,
am utterly unable 10 conceive. The form, of APP
propria,ions, was, in. no way whatever, in issue
between the gentleman from New Hampshire and
myse1t,-i can no trace of it in any part Of hi.
speecir-whlle his Wanting declaration tina; he
would not only take up my comparison OF the eX
penses OF Foreign intercourse under the late and
present administration, but "eXtenI it back TO the
origin OF the government hat comparison be-
tween Mr.. JciieIson's administration and the pre-
sent will prove, that 1.-The economical principles
OF Jeflei son were not so successfully reduced to
practice even by himself, rs they have been dur
ing the three last year >, and his delighted & self
satisfied annunc;ation, after presenting the tables,
that they shew how very far from The fact may
be The conjectures and assertions respecting the in
creasins extravaganza and productivity oil the GO
vernment," all prove unequivacaiiy and beyond
tie reach OF cayil the real purpose for which they
were introduced, and the impression they were in
tended to make
have now done with every thing in this contro-
vcrsy, which is personal to the gentleman from
New Hampshire aud myself. think must have
shewn, ihat notwithstanding his violent and con-
oulSice efforts, be has failed in every instance to
convict me OF error that in my statement of mat
ipS ~ Jdct, he has no been able 10 Slew the err
for oi single cent, and q Al in regard my rea-
sonings and deductions, the best evidence of their
the conclusions TO which they brought me-con-
illusions, now sustained by al official investigation
and ascel tanment of facts-wh.ie, in regard TO
The gentleman from New Hamp.ire, there are
errors aud omissions in his statements, some OF
which he has been forced TO acknowledge him
sell, and his reasoning stands equally con-
demned by the test OF facts and its own Intrinsic alla-
cy am sensible, however, that neither the parti-
cuiar subject OF this controversy, nor the char
actsr OF the parties to i affords sufficient justifca-
tlon tor occupying so much Of the time of the pub
lie with the discussions to which il has led My
apology, however. is that my attempt to vindicate
myself, to q portion Of my constituents against
charges involving both my personal and political
integrity, became matter of general publicity,
without my consent, and against my wishes,-and
taat the Jealous and public prosecution of these
charges since, by the gentleman from New Hamp-
shlre OIL behalf of my accusers, has left me al
tentative but TO appeal to the same tribunal in my
defence.
The gentleman concludes his letter with some
general statements, which like all the rest OF his
statistics. that have had occasion TO examine,
utterly fallacious. He gives you the amount of the
annual Treasury estimates during the whole OF Mr..
Monroes administration, and the three years of the
present, exhibiting average annual excess Of the
former over the latter of 81 ,00l ,795 and this he
presents fair criterion for testing the relative
economy of the two administrations. Has the gen.
tleman forgotten that, besides veTy large Grredra-
geS of the tCdr accounts, Mr.. Mouroe's admins
ration had army of 10000 men to provide for
during one half of Mr.. Monroe's administration,
while the present administration have had an ar
my OF only 5000 men to mantain-that time has
reduced the military pension roll from 81 9is I99
40, in 1922, TO $977, 1856 % in 1927 as he will see
from the table of expenditures annexed to the Re-
port OF the Committee of Ways and Means, during
the late session of Congress-and that Mr. Mon
roe's administration had to provide for payment oil
five millions of dollars to Spain for the purchase
OF Florida, from which charge the present adniuis-
tration has been exempt These items of extra
charge upon MIR. Monroes administr'n not to speak
of others which doubt not examination of Off
cia documents would disclose, are alone more than
sufficient to balance the excess which may appear
from comparison OF the Treasury estimates OF
the side of that administration. But have neither
the means here, nor the inclination any 1chere e
dlsentangle this new skein Of the gentleman's sta
stics. The fact is incontrovertible, and un contro
verted, that the current expenditures under the
present administration have very largely exceeded
those of equal period of the late administration
In the report Of the committee on Retrenchment
Up. 400 the annual average of those expenditures
during the years
1925, 1876 and 1927, is stated at SI2 1877 ,75i &C
and during the years 1922, 1923,
and 1924, az $3.50 GIT &c