Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-06-25

Federal Government averaged, from 1892
to 1896, inclusive, S2,794,22l 81 annually,
of course, the charges on the
Treasury, on account OF public debt. For .
the four years Administration OF The elder .
Mr. Adams S5,337 ,087 70. In fho cigh,
years under MIR. Jefferson, S5,137,59 81. |
IL 1909, 10, and II, under Mr.. Madison's, |
before the war, So, O6.ll9 TO- lin 1922, %,
and "a, under Mr.. Monroe, CATER the ex- t
pcnscs fthe war and its arrearagcs were |
paid) S9,9So,G47 co; excluding, for obvious
reasons, the five millions which were paid. liz |
1924, on account of the purchase oiF!oricia |
Under the present Administration, the same
class of expenses, during the years of 1928.
1926, and 1897, have ;;yeragcd the sum oil
S12,l27,75l 60.
The steadily progressive mcrcase Of or
expenditure shows the tendency of all Gov
ernments, however free, to Il gradual accu-
mutation III the variety and cXpensiyeness of
their establishments; and, although ior these
aggregate expenses the Executive cannot bel
held solely responsible, IS many OF them are
the result o! the Legislation OF Congress, yctl
theamount Is made up, in part Of many sums,
the disbursement Of which depends upon his
discretion, 10 say nothing Of the influence
winch he has the power OF exercising over
fixed and specific appropriations, which axe
usually made on estimates or rccommenda-
lions OF the Executive, and hence, primarily
as W.. as Ultimately, under his control.
That lrugahty Is 4 virtue not only essential
To the purity but the very existence of Il re-
public, is cardinal maxim which cannot 200
often be inculcatct!; and your committee
know not where 20 find It's lessons better en-.
forced than by the example Of that Chief
Magistrate vino has left us his precepts in
J},S l.
tho chart and compass hy which this confcd-
crate Government ought to be stored, an,,
upon which the safety Of its voyage so much
depends:
considering the general tendoncvto :1u5-
tipiy oGices ana dependencies, and to increase
erpenSe to. the ultimate term of burthen
which the citizen can bear, it bchooyes us
I'd avaii Ourselves OF every occasion which Pre-
sents itself for taking OFF the surcharge; that
it never may be seen here, that, after leav-
ing to labor the smallest portion of its ear
nlngs on which it can subsist, Government
shall itself consume the residue Of what il
was instituted to guard In our cG1e. too.
! OF the public contributions entrusted TO our
direction, 1t would be prudent to multiply
barriers against their dissipation, 6y oppyo-
Pr'0fu2g specific sums TO c0ery specific purpose
susceptible Of definitions; by disaIloIing al cp-
phccfio"s Ct money Carrying from the appropri-
HI3oo m ob?ecf, or tr0nscfndiag 1t IN Gn,ouat:
! 5y rednoi,'g the mdcfned field Of coutiagcs,-
cleS, and thereby circ,oasc,Tbing discretionary
po%ors oyer money; and by bringing back to
a single Department all accountabiities for
nccy' where the examination may be prompt
eificaclcus, and uniform
| In conclusion. your Committee are aware
/ that the session is too far advanced to allow
them TO indulge the hope that all of the re-
forms they propose can be acted Oh at pre-
sent; but they must be permitted TO remark.
That, however rksome the task they have
performed: and revolving, in some of it's foa-
lures, lor refrenchment. in the usual under
standing OF the term, Is considered as pargi-
n7ony: and call parsimony is ola quality ap-
preaching to unkindness, as every reform
must operate as d sort ofpunisilraont.' they
will, nevertheless, be abundantiv, rewarded.
! if, IN tine end, they have struck out a sinole
! truth which can add any thing to the bonn-
! ty, justice. and economy, with which the af
lars ofthls Republic should be administered.
lAFPENpIN TO BIZ CoNTENCED ~ OUT. :Exq' !
Improvements la Pennss!saain A Thil.6.irbia M
pr, alter pat culayizrg those portions Of tie great
canal route ~ that slate which progress, under
contract or soon 20 be so, closes hy rcnarlDg that
~'nh eighteen fnon'hs from tins time, there will be
! q,
and OF Rail Rods more tnan one bundled and ffv
Prcadeniinl c'cr'i0u Tie tenth Presidcntiarierra
expiring with t'e 20h Congress On The third Of March
ensuing, choice of tho Electors, and OF President aud
nee PRESIDENT must DC made the passing year The
law OF tongress (oi 1922 p'ordc7, that tho choice Of
Electors OF President must he Inade within thirty fonr
days preceding the Gr.' Wedncsda, Of December
and The Constitution n the electors to rnoe
IN tbe respective states SAID first Wednesdays Of
December to vote BY ballot separately for President
and Wee President Of the United States one Of whom
Il Fa-, zhaI! rot he obabitant of the same state
WITH themselves This year the fi;st W. 1cslav Of
D2cNmbcr falls The bird of the month consequent,
~ be choice Of oIertor, must he made 90 o. after rhe
ds' otOciober, and before the 1st Wednesday of De
@Ir. ,Nonroc in .tlr I2rt-T;o following --e,m
OF" 2hd resolutions were on nro,iou Of the RecordeT
40 pied ~ Tic Common Council Of New York, Oh the
18Th ia=iant:
The Common Council having received information
oai the Hon. JAMES MONROE, late President OF The