The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-06-16
lB22 $50
ls23 soaa,e1a 81 is $40 sa7slt 70

sent Administrations, for equal pefiods, was "s
follows
lS22 1928
lsaa $3.50 1870 4l2,a2l 81
ls2it 1927 !
Making the expenditure OF this character, dn.
ring ihr three years Of the present Admhlisirn-
ton exceed Nv : Us dollars tho whole anonht
disbufsed dnrnle ulnn years under he two pea-
coedng Administrations (see Rep p l.22
IN another ilcls coming under the head of e0df'as
gent expenses OF Foreign intercourse, aud pnitie
ulaflV liable TO ihYorilism n Hbuse, That OF BtWs
o@gf DespnicbtS there IS also avery striking ~
cess on the side Of the pr sent Admnlstlalion,as
appears from the Report (p. 40 where u 10 slas
ted as follows
lsl2 1928
1873 s6,S27 1926 }Sis,ss6 ~
1921 1897
Besides the fotegning expenditures under the
CONTROL Of the Department " Stdfe there were
embraced IN the statement made by me, The ap.
ptoptaions for the contingent expenses of each
OF The Other Departments Whether the 'ionl
expenditures as well as appropriations. under
those heads during the inee years oi the
present Administration, have exceeded The
eggeHdiiurfs OF the three last years ol the late
autumn sli4,tiou, under tho sune heads, the follow
ing statement extracted from the snnr hephil
viii show. The contingent expansrs OF wltlmay
be CHILLED the Treasury Department rrgptr eh-
elusive of the General baud Office, (Which Is a
distinct system of administration ~ liscll, areas
follows.
1927 1925 }
Issa sdasoa 70 1890 1890 s7 ~ ,.n o. .,
The contingent expenses the War Depart
meat. as follows
la22 J 1928 a,a..o
i4Bo ' gpT lA0G NpR B9H
1921 ls27 s.e Rep. p. %.
aud the contingent expensasoi the Navy Depart
meni. NJ follows,
1873 tsll.s7o Of 1870 (sl4osl 80
1871 is27 } See Rep p. %
Thus the " Triumphant results Of the gentle.
man from New Hampshire, /" IN favor Of tins
Administration, aud tue bcnulifnl fabric OF his
statistics ate laid down beneath thu Irresistible
power Of stubborn, jaets Nor IS this conclusion
10 he eyadcd by nbjectiDg that ihe year 1870 IS
put 10 the account oithe, present adminls'ia'loil
in all the foregoing statements whatever
pinRibifiig there my be IN cpniendng that The
apprapriaiioJB OF 1875 should be carried 70 the
account of the late administration AS haYing
been made before fthougb bui very fow days
beforc) is termination, there eau be 10 ionhda
ton for such ;toiension IN relation 10 the q.
peHdiirfs Of 1875, fye-sikths ifnet The whole
of which were under the present administration.
Accordingly you will seeihai IN communications
addressed TO the Committee on Heiirnchnent
by the Secretary of Suite aud secretary OF Wa
whilst they r,ort 10 divers oiher ingenious
combinations and inyolutoos to bring out n IN
yorable result hey. in every casr pat down
the 1Jpendiipres of 1920, to The account OF HE
present administration. You will further SEE
thai IN relation 10 the expenditures OF Foreign
A III. Al. l..st4 rEtI..
Mr. Bartlett and nv self has almost exclusively
iotnod, il is distinctly Admitted. both by MI
Clay, and Messfs. Sergeant and Everett. Qhe
minority Of the Committee On Retre,chment,)
thnt tbr expenditures OF the three years oi the
present administration hGre erceeded those of
an equal period Of The lasl administration
They admit the fact aud then seek 90 explain
aud account for IT, II was reserved for the
" proves" Of the gentleman from New flanp
shire alone to take butter ground, and deny a
fact which every body else admitted.
Although the gentleman has not openly con
tended that the expenditures of 1879 shpui not
be charged 10 tie present administration, aud
| presume viii hardly 10 so, . While he hopes
90 use his own l4.nguagr,)to escape J1ds-
monl OF idiocy on Insanity" yet, apprehrndpg
that ifIhey should be 30 charged They might o.
yer@ helm his beautiful statistical hypOihese,
he evidently shows a disposition 10 Hrow an an.
ch0r 10 WiJldgdrd lie talks about " the put-
poses TO which al appropriation was 20 b. aiis
pied. beng decreed nndrr ioimrr ndmmlsifd-
ton :" but surely a geuieman who has such an
instructive horror OF" judgment Of ldiocg Of
INSANITY and who discourses with all iliT III
lniliarltv OF nero OF the ierule, (another AIT
ofresembance between him aud Mr.. iehabod
Crane. OF " beating ideas into otber people i
heads, though To speak truly, this process OF m.
slfucion seems not 10 have been very cicclahl
IN his own case--such gentleman surely vii
not grayely Contend that an appropriation Tor
Foreign Ihtercuurse is IN the nature Ola decree.
aud that the Executive Is bound TO cxpcnd eve
~ cent ofan appropriation winch Congress
makes, generally upon its own application
The gentleman also talks about expenditures
relutertd neceSsnry by measures which had been
devised, aud iiabilnies winch had been incur
red by a preceding executive" Bui II happens,
ui1st unfortunately for uis suggestion, tHal n
lafge portion OF the foreign intercourse aPpto.
pratioas OF 1875. were applicable to new ap-
continents, Wheie there were ettsiiHg racdRcies,
a. Is, the missions 10 Londpu, TO Madrid, 10
MEXICO, 10 the t,uate,nala, 10 Brazil and 10
6urnns Arycs which OF course leit tie ne"
President entirely at liberty IN consult bis
own judgment, as To lhe proprieiy OF ming
thrn.
ne dispute ttlNf'b 'lc B'hi'h"' ''"'
Arw Hampshire and myseI, ds TO the compar-
awe expenditures Of the late and the present
administration, being now decided by AN official
aud authentic asoertainiheni OF the lhet, II can
40 longer be of importance 10 dscusss the just
ness 81 he different process OF reasoning ami
celebration. by which We attained 10 our diiief-
ent conclusions. | should be content myselt-io
rely upon The truth Of my conclusions, nov
\ shewn by an Official exhibition oil ftcls AS esi-
i deuce OF the correctness of my reasoning, and
vice versa, Jas to the gealernansi but as he has
ndlDy ed IN many reniarhs Oh tiisbraheh OF the