The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-06-16

.sesefz.. sliiel : personal % tie ssnfleuan
I'm, N.-s. llainn.hilr adH myself. thiiis !
n, II have s.cNn lhai Notwithstanding tiis VIZ
ent aud csarnisire efforts. be has iailed N eve
/ :, instance - eensicf or If error ihHf IN MY
abatement oi matters efjast, he has not hfrn y
| bile 10 shew the error Of single ceni, anh 'h"'
| ia regard TO my reasoninRs anl Deductions me
bes, =. idenee of their eorffctHrss IS afforded 10
| the sntsisniial truth Of he conclusions TO nhch
they brought nie--coneuslons, now sustained
by 40 official investigation and asceffalninenf ~
| facts.--vhils ia regard 10 the gentleman from
| New Hampshire there are errors AMI OMISSIONS
| IN his RaitmeHis. some Of which he has been io'
eed 10 Acknowledge himself, aud hrs reasoning
stands aanaly condemned by the test OF facts.
and us own intrinsic fsllacy. ! afn sensible
however, thai neither the particular snWecf oil
this controversy nor the character ol the par
Ties 10 il, affords sufficient jnstihent'on Tor DC
cop,,oe 10 much the time Of public with The
disen.sions to which il has led My apology, how
ever, is. thai nv attempt 10 vind.eaie myselfio a
portion Of my constituents against charges IN
solyine beth my personal and political integrity,
became a matter Of general publicity, without
nv consent, and against my wishes, and that
The jealous and public persecution ofihese char.
gcs .inre. by the grtleman from New Hamp.
shire, on behalf of NY hecusefs. has leh me no
Alternative hat 10 appeal 10 the same tribunal 10
INV dei,nce.
The gentleman concludes his letter with
some general statements, which like nli the
rest ~ his statistics, lhui have had accession
IL examine. are utterly fhlbcinns lie gifes
YOU the amount Of the animal Treasury est.
mates during The whole OF ME-, Mnnroe's adj
nini4frslqn. and the three years of the pre-
seni, exhibiting an average annual exeess OF
I've FORMER over the Latter III 81 .ool 70h and
this he presents as n far criterion Tor testing
The relative economy al the two adm'nisira.
II ms. Has the gentleman forgotten ihnt, be
sides e6ry iarge grfenrage5 Of he pn accounts,
NJ, honroe'5 administration had AN army OF
10000 msn 20 provide Ter during Que. hall OF
Mr.. Monroe COMMUNICATION, while the pre-.
sani admiuitratio have had mn erny NJ only
Il 900 men 10 maintain ihn lime has ~ Incod
the military pcnsinn fell from \ ,9i5, 40 10
~ 1872. o ep77 $50 % in 1877, MS he vii
se.. an ths table OF expenditures annexed l.
the Report Of the Committee OF Why's aud
Means during the late section Of Congress
aud thai Mr.. Monroe administration had Ia
provide flr payment If FIVE millions OF dol
lts 10 Spain for he purchase Of Florida
FROM which charge The present adminstfalioH
has boen exempt These item, ot extra
charge npdn Mr. Monr IS administration, no
II speak of Others which doubt not an ex-
animation Of official documents would dis-
close, are alone more Than sufficient To ha-
anee the exess which may appear from
OF The Frea NY estimates on TIE
side Of thnt administration But hag nei-
thfr The means here, nnr the inclination any
icHere, Ia disentangln THIS new skein vt ihe
gentlemau's statistics. The fact is incuniro-
verlible, and nnconlinverted, thnt the current
expenditure under the present administrs.
ton have very largely exceeded those OF an
equal period of the late administration. L.
The Report Of the Committee on ltetfenrh-
menl, (p. 10 the annual average OF those es.
pendllres duriue the wears
1929, 1925 IL 1897, is stafcda l2i27,754 6o
and during the years 1922
1873, aud 1921, at q9s 647 80