The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-05-15

rou In reistdn 10 that portion Of the efpendi-
inre out Of tins fund which is'mostIable 10 abuse.
Il mean rxpen dures FOR Feorei sseruscel we have
now tie authon ypfth public aud uneontradIe-
ted statement Of n member Of Congress air j.
& Barbour who is also = member OF the stand
ing committee on Public Expenditures, for the
fact that the amount Of this kind of expenditure
since the commencement ot ihr present admins
trstlon has exceeded all bounds Of proportion 10
the same kind of expenditure under former ad.
nisiratious in Ike circumstances, You will see
from Mr.. Barbour's speech, copy OF which
sent YOU that the amount of secret scrt4ft exprn-
diturcs duf ug two years and niue months Of
hr Adams Administration has been = $1,000 =
o. while the hole amount expended tor ecret
service from he beginning 10 the end OF MIR
Monroe's eight years, WAS only SJ63o, aud that
IN the short interval of thirteen days, indeed, 10
wit from the 9Th 10 the Dist November last, MIR.
Adams expended IS 91S Tor secret serptcs be.
ny - 32s more than Mr. bnroe expended
DUNG the whole period al his administration.
Having seen aud examined the Official vouch.
ers on which Nh Barbour I, statement Is founded
know IT o be entirely core I.
have now noticed all The statements made
by Wr. BArdtr. which appear To have direei
hearing on the tubular statement contained ~
mcuts Of more general character, leading TO
entirely false conc usions ~ relation to the ICON
ouy IF the present administration. and which
are susceptible oil the { eatcsl Tciutatlon. But
after The exposure have READY made Of the:
frrOTg Of hs statistics, II certainly cannot be ne
ccssnty To pursue him any idrthei Indeed, Is
not the fact Wtich has not and cannot be cOHir0-
urried that the Uh0ic curfeni expenditures Of
The government under he p esent admins
tration exceed he aggregate amount OF sImilar
expenditures, during an quail period OF the last
admiuisrat on by near 5ereH millions Of dollars
At the lowest calculation, according 10 the esi-
mate IN my speech this excess Is 5000 S33
Mr. Barbour IN his speech, makes 1t ss 90, 3D7
IN consequence OF excluding the item OF militia
~ pensions. winch dad not exclHle,) and h.
reluctant admission ofthe President in hi mes
sage 10 Congress AT the commencement Of the
Session thai the expenditures Of the Last year eY-
eeeds lis rrce PTS, by The sum OF hife h0aired
HOUrGnd dol as which H. calls VHaH cTCcA-
Atc not these fact sufficient IN themselves to
stamp with Hter reproballon and dlscrrdu all
ia VAIN prrienson, of economy On the part
of the friends ai the present administration
fear that in the exposition have given you
| shall appear 10 have been tcdIouy-- Wv o Jet
has been To leave not,Ing unexplained. hut To
give yom aud the rcsi oi my friends the fullest
satisfaction IN regard to every point Q, discie-
psncy involved m the statements OF Mr.. Bartlett
aud myself | have felt that the charges which
my cpemles III Amherst have raised upon these
discrepancies Choosing 10 consider Mr. Bartlett
rs uijnta5tc aud 10 condemn me by The standard
oi his lnfalhiy) touch NV personal character
aud that considerati n has awakened seuslbl.
n.y. and produced ,ohciude to vndicate the
correctness ofmy statements, which under Other
circumstances, should not have ndulged-lf
then, shnll have been tedious | may yet hope
that Is an act Of Justice YOU VII take the e. u
Bile 10 examine what ~ here submitted, TO tom
pare my statements with Mr.. Bttteits, aud 10
say whether, in every instance, they rc not II.
rcrae ably sustained, both AS 10 fact aud ptlnui-
Pile The statistics of the " gentleman rom New
llHmpshre' and the assertions Of his buffers
and sponsors IN Amherst to the contrary not
whstandng
am, very respectfully,
Your friend, aud obt sery't
w. { KlNES.
p. S | send You herewith a copy of Report
very recently made by the Committee on the
E>p mixtures of the State Department You
will fnd IN u As far as il goes a complete cor.
roboI alton OF the statements contained in my
speech. In page 9 you viii see the appropti-
atoms for the contingent expenses OF the Depart
ment OF state. ior the e0ui gtui expenses OF tor
eign Intercourse, and The contingent expenses Of
Missions abroad, all stated Tor the years, 1925
ls2O, aud 1877, and corresponding, TO a single
cent, VIII the SUNS given IN my labular stale
meni for those years. In pages aud 6 you
vii see that While thc appropriations for the ron
GHEeHt expenses Of this DEPARTMENT have been
largely Increased for the last three years, the
expenditures for tn same time, have greatly ex-
ee"dad the oRaaai appropriations, aud that those
expenditures compared with the expenditures
under the Inst administration. extended flom an
average OF SI1uW pr anuum 20 more than
S32, uoo per ennum-You will see also in the
statement annexed To the Report, aud occupy
ln2 the space from page o. 10 page - the IA
mount oil stcytf serricf expenditure by the ptes-
eni administration under The denomination OF
" Presidents certificate without specifications -
winch eot''cly supports Nj Barbour statement
on this suhiect.--.lo The ulne other matters. OF
a. interesting aud important char ctcr contain.
ed IN the report need not bespeak your aiten-
ton " C. r.