Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1828-06-07


his time, these estimates were gross sum for salor
OF all ministers, while his have DESIGNATED tho mari,
missions and the distinc items of expense in eocb
Let us look at that part of the allegation which II
That the results of my statements are yroduced bu
odrary combination Of totally different items of egp
tire under the same geacrdt lead" This ossSr,;op
family adds another strong proof of the ycn,e,,n,
Pensty to rely upon imagination for his facts "LU
comparative statement, he admits that he embnI
the appropriation for the contingent eynenses IL
the Executive Departments and the expenses both $,
aud contingent of foreign intercourse Including SAL
inc agents OF claims in London Mine was a sep,r,,
pe OF appropriations for foreign intercourse and ano
OF the actual expenditures of tie contingent fund f
same and upon this, the charge Of arb trary comb
u ON Is made. How he has, stated i'm a senorato
the aggregate &c. know not, as have seen non
his separate lines. recoect that he made some rem
concerning the contingent expenses of the departme
put LOOK no notice of them. purposey omitted ~
seemed to me the mint and cunmin of his oferino
give my attention to what was supposed to be wcub
matters OF his labors. Mr. Rves imputed to me on or
IN the statement of his amount of the appronrat;o l.
foreign intercourse, and in the difference in the sn
stated and then dsclains being made answerable for
accuracy OF my arithmetic"I beg. that those resi-
and that arithmetic may not be put to mn account
ihey were not stated ino but his he NAV fhe choo
deny tiiat he made such statement for NAV have =,
understood him and and only saw that SO .wro
them down as his words and figures at the time he sno
M,c wiring i Is now before me, and repeated the sam
as ms IN his presence without correction The statem
appeared to me no Inaccurate in one point than
another and did not feel at liberty to DESTROY its
Will now advert to the table itself upon which \,
iaves mas bestowed so much attention. and give INV n
by resolution of the House passed in 1904 nm ind
TO he laws has been prepared with statements of the m
Proprlalons Tor each year, under distinct heads and
the 18th page of that work under the title a,nrn
ions Tor Foreign Intercourse" will be found the olI
| ing ''' ''i''"t
| $50,
1898 March, 3, $4,000 dolls for EXPENSES If 'o' p
Foreign intercourse i'm 1893. = ,E,J
| 1874 April ., 1S9 500 dolls for eynense of '
iSSs' Feb %, 2l3500 dolls. for same nLSa5, 2 34S
iS5o' warren a. Isl 300 dolls for in 1926 446
loso, May 4, 10000 dolls for Mission to Pa
1927, March 2, Isi 900 dolls. for expense If 4oo
| Foreign Intercourse, in 1927 = tx,
The amount of $4,000 for 1898 MAJ be found in ,t,
t 81 ae present session The volume referred is the
test edition most cheeriuy give the gentleman tbo
1u benefit of slight error, which viii be found in NM
aoie as stated 1t being the only one to reward nil thy
iapor OF ms investigation, and is also ore that doc. 49,
change amy principle stated by me- or essenoIv var th
result In the haste of transcribinr n mistokc -.
myself was made in one omission of $50O-and by com
Palhg inc whole with the statute it will be found tbo,
the oIcer OF the House. who contributed it. has in Tho
mount for 1893 included charge of So 600 for the
Oh cialins not intended to have been embraced mi;
$19,500. my -''" %S''ooo 10
AgainIMr Nves says, that upon my division of time
tic result OF my comparison altogether fllacious IN
consequence of the suppression of an importont fat
tease mark this assertion, and the wonderful nrocess b
which 1T is attempted be sustained He save 49, ~
sdes tne $49OOO put down for the year 1895 there is
sum of 100000 applicable the stated expenses Of For
eign intercourse, and $46o25 applicable 10 the contn
gent expenses, consisting of balances of former
Prlatlcns, which should be added to the sun, of I'D 0Oo
Tor this year. and make the amount of the three
the present administration instead of $4,000 or as cor
recteu lJoOU) leSs-l $4,000 than the throe pro
ceedng years. Here have the pentlemans sto,;t;o
the length, breadth and deph thereof The appronra
tons OF 1857, of 40S 500 were made by CONGRESS- 49,,
from this sum, set apart the Executive have mon NJ
iVess statement, sa0cd the sum of SI46S52 and havn
once charged them with the whole appropriated in
| q now ibntfh .1
again added because IL erpeadcd So that tho
more the Executive saved from the sums gyen in the
M years 'e greater upon the gentlemans theory
'ie G proofs OF lher extravaganza. Such statement
upon three months study, deliberately drawn ont and
put down IN words and figures to prove the Suppression
OF an important TACT by me- might provoke one less
iy surprised than the astonshcd Dominic to excIo;m
g PrOdigious." ~ eA''a'''
N!r Rives finds fault with the tables xbib, M
expenditures OF former periods under the head of For
eign Intercourse, and alleges that expenditures NOT
Sricty diplomatic, are included in those tables II
was not intended, by exhibiting those statements tn
ton at all the proprety of those expenditures or 70 coo
that thoy were not fer proper objects But while tho
compliant nov is, that the present Executive have o-ent
audc Tor prodgaity in the oosencss of present a9nro
Prlatons, reference 10 other times would show how
Huch greater amounts formerly included under sucb
general terms BY looking at the appropriations and ~
pemduTes tor the year lc3, advertcd by Mr. Rives il
VIII be found that under the general head of. evnond
lures Tor Foreign Intercourse there was an unexpcced
Dance brought forward from the preceding wear of two
millions nine hundred and ninety EIGHT thousand and CIV;
hundred and scventyseven dolls as is shown bv the n
di statement OF receipts and expenditures for lSG2-In
me year loO3 there added to this sum (see IT
laws vol 3 page go and 800 appropriations in these
indefinite terms; of two millions of dollars in
dition TO the provisions heretofore made for te nv
pose OF deirayng any extraordinary exponce which
be incurred III the intercourse between the United ,,c
ana foreign nations "A gain Tor expenccs ofnterconrss
with foreign nations, seventy five thousand five hundred
and sixtywo dollars'-and for inerco,,rsc beyoar ~,
United States and Agicrs and other BaTbary powers one
hundred thousand dollars'-Now, whether the eynenIi
're OF uese immense sums any part Of them were
rgmy claaSed under the head of " orenn intercourse''
not very essential 20 the main IacShe manner in
winch appropriations Mcn and are nan asked for nd
granted The authority Of Congress- by whose sanction
me tables were published is sufficient for the purpose for
which they were cited They do not as the gentleman
supposed resi- upon the of Scybcr alone but NAV
DC round N me 2ih vol u. $. Laws page S3-wbere
hoy were inserted long before Scybert book was in
Istonco. ~ " "a
But hasten to point directly in controversy he
tween ns-the contingent expenses of FOREIGN inter
course Mr.. ves attempts shew them bv reference
TO the appropriations, and says, that his statement is this
In lc22 nothing In 1885, $4,000
lS23, nothing ie;26, 10000
le.;4, $4,000 IS.7 3GnGo