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

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The noannte ven bv Me Bartleu Tor IS = &c.,
ssaf ndy atsd r.eo sel} tho samr win tb,U
g'van hv me, herAHse ~ thHt instance ouly, he
include the appfupraiion for AGENTS gnnrlc ,
~bleh. ior hat ,car. sns double allowance ol
* 900, n consequence" ptesUms. oi there nav
tle be. n 40 precipitation for thai object IN the
preceding YEA $50 This being the stltr ul
.t ne casc II isnhsious that tho result ola caupar-
IN betwceo the two term ofihree sra,s winch
took. Will br the samr, whether tins item 81 ap-
Precipitation be incnded. or excluded the a.
mounts appropriated for il durinE The Whole OF
each term helpg rg,'al aud balancing each 9th
er IN 1922. the isl year embraced 10 my
compnrspn. there was nothing auprspiintad far
tin 1921 a sum Of 54peD. aud ~ ISL u
sum OF $1,000. making total sum. for the first
Jefm % three years. Of Sl2 mo- In oach ofthc
following years. ISIS 1926 aud 1872 tnere vas
aregnar annual appropriation of : Loco winch
for thr whole term Of three years, also amount
ed 10 : tho Inc result nj u compnratIyr
statement for these trims. therefore, witt be the
sdne. whether you nelu h. On. exclude. this iipn
NJ appropriation, provided II be uniiorpily donc
}peach wear.
Before dismiss Nj Barfsts statement in
relation 10 tins branch of the subject | must
make one other remark upon Il which Is this
thar even tnone his diui,pn Of time. aud throw.
ug the ycaf oi is4b upon Nj Monroe admin
lstraiion, contrary 10 every dictate otIcason aud
justice the result OF lbs comparison Is altopoih-
~ iallac'"ns. ~ consequence ol bis suppression
ct an important fac. In Giving the amount f,r
ipIegu intercourse. lor the service OF the nrr-
sem year. he puts down e .un Of = ~ 900 onl,
and then announces the Jesuit 81 his comp prison
IN these word, leaving the erprpye of the
chr - last wears. Che present Gelpg oar nf
then) $4,000 los thtn the three last appru.
psalnns OF The preceding administrator
tue inference from which undoubtedly Is HAT
this SUN Of $4,000 is all that the adm,nistfa
ton can cxpend iof foreign intorrun Sc during
the present year. But the lact is, as shown Ly
document which, pre- ume. Nr Bartcfi must
have read, that thcre are a the disposal ~ the
administration, large additional sums consist
ing OF balances Of former appropriations stl
applicable Ia the expenses Of foreign inicl-
~nufse, aud that these sums arc actually nru.
dcd IA she estimates tor the service orthe PIE
sent year. For tbs tact, reirr to the. letter Of
the Secretary of the Treasury Of II January
Inst transmitting the estimates for the ,erviers
OF the present year being Doc M. 10 IN the
series OF Executive Documents OF the present
Session Of toncrss From that Document
tP7g@ - aud 2b) appears that besides the
SUN al 1900, men ,oued by Mr. Bartlett
thee Included IN the estimates faf The sertlrr
OF the present veur sum Of 100000 as sin
Appheah" l. what have "a led the Atai.R "a
p'nses of ioreah intercourse. and also, another
sum applicable 10 the ooningcnt expenses Of
foreign Iufartpufef the amount Of winch l. not
there stated 6nt whsh from another bncnment
tRrrpu OF The Cammlttce on EAprnd,tures of
the Department of State, .. 6, 6nd 10 he SO
Sh2-add these sums 10 ht Batlefts Si4o 900
and thrn, even upon his own tavanritc appof-
hontnrnt of time instead q " lcaNmr.' Of. AS be
says, the expenses of the three last years "
tthat Is, 1870 1877 aud ls2S) S2IuNu I,sI
than the thrre last appropriations OF the peeac-
ding administration they will be SIlg3i2
more.
have now done with Nh Bsrilett's comtnti
son between the present aud lat. Admnistro
tion, IN regard 10 the expenses of fnrri,n i,,te,
cnuse, and think must hayc satisfied .verv
oandld aud impartial mind that the statement /
made on that subject ls val nutcd 10 the very
letter, by unimp 'achablc dorumen,ar, an,hori.
~, aud thai Nj. Barilrtts statement g, a., 6.o,n
imPngn'ng II, is itself fail Of errors. from bee,n
ning 10 eud But the gentleman from, N u
has thought proper 10 carry tie comparison nm
on tins Sul,ieet back 10 the earlier perinds Of tho
government. and has attempted 10 SHINY ,b,t tho
present administration has not oul, co,du,.al tho
- cien intercourse Of the cuuutr, sith qt,.5er o.
cnnomv thanlt immediate predecessor but ,yi,b
far greater than even Wash,nutoe or lna,.,so,
or the elder Adams and for that burmese has
brought up from Seybcus statistical anouls in
formidable battle array. large masses and col.
uwns Of figures uader the head of FOREIGN In
tercoutse, during the periods of those ad9ni.-
'rations. There IS such gro IS aud ridiculous fall
iaey m tins par, OF the eentlrranis statistics
thai ! hardly know how 10 tre,t !, s.r,,.,.I,
IL would, indeed have been a most paroibc.,,f
discovery, #. after having shevn that the s,ue,.
6ts 81 foreign Intercourse dining tho preseut
year were only : ~ coo, As he suited then, IN no
fhe same class OF expenditures, darlng several
years Of MIR. JeHerson's administration ,y.r.
itrRely moie than one million of dollars and i,
one year OF mat administrations even more Than
two millions These Statementsare taken tfo,n
the Work mentioned above, (Seybe stat ann
p. 10 } and thc sums are there arranged il is
true' '"r me SAKE OF breNlig and simplicity, IN
der the general head Of" FOREIGN intercourse ~
bat tnese SIT as Include many other items Owe
W arse amount tas the gentleman migb, have
learned from the same authority IN. 7o4A if ne
did not already know it J beside, what 10th no
and myself meant by expenses OF foreion inter
course, and 10 which only our statements an
piled. The sense in which used the tc,,n ,r-
Pehse o. {0ftfEH tLstc0Fse. as was perfectly ey-
ident from The context, was the common and NO
puar, rs well as most natural UNDERSTANDING of
the phrase. 10 wit, the expenses OF mantaininp
Iftercourse With foreign nations through the n
sual diplomatic and Official organs and in that
sense waS restricted 10 the items enumerated in
page .. of this letter. such as salaries and outtIts
OF Ministers, Charges d'Aflairs. Secretaries of
Legation, Sc.--That the gentleman from New
Hampshire understood il in that sense. as indeed
every body else must have understood It, is mar.