The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-03-06

! tiom ngmla las sald, that thls AID ornet Adj
mhs'fatlous hive not accounted tor al the
means winch catnc INTO thcr hands-thhI five
millions a year IT. accounted tur=-thai II. Ia
twelve year., thrS lrtyr puId seventy millions ri
pubic ,irbt they had three hundred millions Ui
revenue. Whence tine gentleman ohttnns his
three buadrcd mdhons docs MOI appear Bul
suppose. dn,t the true sum, he sulrly eau be
nj 40 los Ia nnd. IN me interest OF thu public
dcbi, m occasion lur the ApplioHIun oi the real
difference between thH receipts aud the pay nfut
I oil the eNpCusCs at Go>einmt nj, and frdn, tion
Of the pI mClpul But take thc gentlcmah'- oMn
postum, AID huW rmlucut.y above every othcl
Administration doe, hc elevate TN present lie
make, nlnr trals Of former Administrations pay
| but ihnty seven millions OF debt. with nlncoms
/ Of two hundred aud twenty eight millions OF
frNennr while the present, III threc scHr, has
pad thuty tn &c mons Ut principal aud inter
81 with but seventy tNo mIliions revenue, and
has 81 expended Twelve mlllionsH Ion prpua
/ ncnl woths Of internal Improvement. " II Will,
(sHFs the Secretary, IN ns last aunuh icpoltD
/ 81 be tsihctpts 10 Congress 10 know, that. du
rms Tie thnve cars !" quest II, besides these
| ".pay meuts made CA account al Inc debt aud all
! % other paymc Ia meet tho annual expenses OF
50 Gpvenment, large sums have bren aprhed 10
. Objects nealua Il character neither tcppnra.
" ~ nar tnnu,d Inc sum thus expended lnr
permanent inIpl uYrncnis, Il stated 10 e Twelve
millions The secretary adds. "nnauion, thu
&" after providing III the regular support Of IL
" Government. u scen 10 proceed IA tins mannrI
- N the payment oi IL public debt. aud ~ add
g" nenal disbursements ~ considerable, ior
" which equivalents remain, tnnt. nr tue nost
pat, ulc OF permanent value 10 the nation,
cannot hc regarded rs olhtl ihan prosperous
" IN Its financial condition.
lhal part ol The goullcnan's calculations
which was intended To- show thaI burdens boruc
bN The People ot tins country arc greater ihan
have been estimated, dots not plebend To- con
net with that result any erlstnr OF lhosc who
now administer The Government. But, ! am
not willing that the People be induced 10 believe
they alc ,utclmg eva, from any causes tIral do,
notcAst Il understood the gcnilcndos pun
post, was 10 prove Ercat Amount ol tax "a
the Goyerumcnt 10 he pald ~ the People aud
with the hbelty ot assuming What premises We
! thoose. any drsned result Is easily obtained
/ lie ASSUMES, Is the amount ot revenue, twenty
| i've mIllIonS-ihe nnr receipts hcng twenty-five
millions lie add, five uulinus is the per cent.
/ are OF the me- ch1nl, al whch | do moi undel-
| stand thr pieces OF connecting inlO II huYrn-
! lnenl iax. To tn, ihIliy millions. twenty nil.
lions dIc addel or the tnNeN assessed iur the SUP
/ port ol Government by the states White the
+ fict s that, II all the states assessed the SAINT
as WI Rulih dll INV blhi NV Nllb' sum Nbtilu
| be bat twelve millions. 50 far nom lhI, many
ofthe States rhisc 40 more uutn from lorIy 10
I sixty thousand dollar, annually lor the support
of Government, making gross sum OF about onr
/ million, instead ol twenty millions. We should.
OF course. come 10 very different results. That
i gcutemau, assuming is the amount p,id, inv
millions Of dollars, whir We hud no proof OF u
sum over twenty three millions.
Another argument 10 support the charge al
/ cxtrayasant expenditure Is attempted 10 be
/ founded upon a comparison Of ihs and The AT
mnislrHtIon OF Nj Jefferson. lhanl, the zen
tIenau lor calling ns Ia TINS comparison. II
E, proves thai thr economical principles Of J. iar.
sou were not 81 successfully reduced u praclier,
even by himself u, they htyo bcccn dnlng the
last three ycas. From three or four millions,
/ Ia lriIer,ous Administration. say, the grnhc
man. o0t expenditures have increased, IN one.
iourth ota century, h twenty five millions
Nh Hfea rose 10 explain He saId he consul
cred three or tour million, ~ Tue ordinary cuIs
rent expenses oi Je1,lson's Administration
and The pfduarh current expenses OF HE pl, sent
Ia &c thnlrrn m,Iaons
Nj. B1tiri said he did not know how the
ecullrman made his Thirteen millions.
Nj. Rtrcs SAID he would rel hm II sns By
taking the alaoanf paid toward lhc debt fl on The
whole amount Of expenditures
MI fBufftfb- \ tbAtb 5llilliIfI IlbtfhA, ana
one winch In, the advantage al bcbg accurate.
Is 10 take tn estimates ot expenditure lot he
yrar, a, appeu bv thc Srcrftuy's report
which, instead 81 thirteen millions, gives us Ihe
precise sun OF s3S 900 dsU ~
IN lsul the expenditures of ia" Government
we've 81 81 bl6 "6-=lhc receipts of the slm,
year wee ~l2slG.5%o % la lso5. tn *
prndtures oi Government "rtc SI6.i6I. ~ "a
---tho receipts ol thc s,unc yrar weIe ~ loo
66l ~ In IA. inst Of which year, lhr u
mount al whit the gentleman terms the cur
rcnt CNp'n.c, at Government, wasa fraction
les tlan i've millions. md 10 the last fraction
over SIX millions i've hundred Thousand dnliars
instead OF the sun three o. four millions, by
him supposed
y bat WIS the condition 81 rhs countf, thrn,
and What Is tnowl Chu the habdinruis Of tht
. cradle BE- fitted tn The ~ and proportion, NJ
mauhpud N thai period rclcurd 10. TIN
r House consisted 81 one hundred aud lorty mem
bcrs--nosv, of Two huud Cd and thirteen. lht
senate rh"n consisted 81 thuily.two member
NOW OF forty eight. The ypcusr, Of ,Ae,e M
brucbe, was then l6I.526 dollno--,t now
III 500 dollars. For an army, III lso2, ~
had 100 men. At q cpsi oi ! 1909 dollar; ~
. have no" 5000 men, Al - cost Of u1o,3l5 dal
lars. We had then. instead oi a. NHsy, six H.
gates seven ,loops 81 wHr, aud some R,iu-bpntt
b. with uue Captains, tbrty 81, Itutcuats. Hnt
one hundred and Gny Nm-apmen, al a cosi 81
S9poopo -="e now have sryfn sdIps pf thp line
eleven triaatc, twelve ,ip9p, of VA b.,r'!r'
schooner, aud ,m3.ler sr,.e,l,--"Ilb tb,sy .tHge,
Captains two bnadtod and twenty whine I'calen
ans, and three hundred dort ninety Two Miaslip.
mn, Al a cost Of 3 SO 10 aDiar,. Nhot vas
then on territory compared vii, the pr@p1f
and what the coldi ION al - Tue wduie r.
glon Northwest ofihe ONO sent snslr Dele Ite
who is nov IN tie senate supported by ciga
teen Repies ent4tivc., and I've Other senators
from the same Territory. The ann of our 10
verumont on tine South. ha, been extended 10
The Gpli Of Mexico on the West, we approach
the Rocky Mountains and the gentleman from
Virginia Nj Elogil Is already impatient to
plant our standard At The mouth OF the Ore
CON.
Since that period, our domain las every where
Ln.m cALanlcl by Observation-Disclosures Of Indian u.