Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-02-13


the Contingent fund. do no, complain be,
Cause they do this, su, because they do now
what, during the last administration they con-
demnsd
Mr.. BucRA NAN said, he did not expecr the
House would ge' into party debate upon an
appropriation bill. He did no, think either Of
the gentlemen who had spoken had taken a
correc' view Of the subject. l, mus, be admit.
ted. in tho regulation OF foreign intercourse,
that : small saving may be an immense loss
IL is the duty of the Executive to have the for
eign interc curse so conducted, that the inter
ests OF the country should suff r no loss. II
could not be possible tina: the wisdom Or folly
OF any ADMINISTRATION was to be tested by the ex.
pendIture under one or another head Of The ap.
propria,ions. Sta'esmen looked at the objects
aud considered what the country required.
was one that CONDEMNED the last administration,
no. On account OF III, money expended, bu, be.
Cause, in my judgment, they expended, i, in
| violation Of the law OF 1910. That system had
grown up under one President, followed by The
others, until GU Fl were charged for appoint.
me nts made abroad. There has been appoint.
men,s IN de Of Ministers aoout to return, cor.
y.rting 'heir Secretaries into Charges, and al
lowing them 500 for outfits: aud in one case
this had been done only TO return. But this
was question for The people IN settle. The
Executive was competent to make recalls, aud
who would condemn him for using his discre>
ton II must be an extreme case, indeed, for
the House Ia withhold app OPERATIONS enabling
the Executive to use a discretion which he was
at liberty TO use. Tie people would decide
whether his movements were judicious
| Mr. EVERETT said that he agreed with the
| gentleman from Pennsylvania, who had just
taken mis- seat. as TO the cause OF the increase
in appropriation. Tha, gentleman had stated it
| 10 be, The recall OF several of the foreign mia
listers, and 7he GU IS OF their successors and
i, was evidsn' from the comparison Of the bill
| Of this year with the appropriate law OF
the las tina, such was he fact He also agreed
with the grntl, man from Pennsyl, ania that the
! recall AID appoin m-nt of ministers was mat
ter oil Executive diScretion; and that i, was on
| " in an .xtreme case, that the House would be
iu, ified in interpreting TO withhold all appro.
p.i lion Gar the our6, Of a minis'sr thus ap>
pointed. But Mr.. +. begged TO recall to the
! rec. I ton OF the House he manner Id whic h
This debate arose. The gentleman from Ken
tu key, Mr.. ickiiff-, hsd put he QUE s,ion TO
the Chairman Of he Commir'e OF Ways and
Means, why ne atpropria'ion Tor the iDlo-
a,atic service Of this yrar an,oun ed 10 1870 900
! dollars, while the las year Il was but l37 600.
t. his enquiry The chairman ~ he Commit
tee of ways and Neaus hid replied hat there
Lad b.en previous To last ye4r,an accumulation
m. pended balances 81 former apptn pr.a IONS
which had rendered II nec essay % ,pproDri,te
lies. 70 iha year, b., that zee sur ius>es being
all expended. larger sum was required for
this wear With great d ference the sour re
from which this statement proceeded, Mr. Ev-
pre,t could no, agree To us correctness lie did
not 6rd in looking at ;he e>,imae, from The
| r fnr here
any such surpluss under the he ad Of appropria
lion.
| There Mr.. Everett gave way to an explana-
| ton from Mr. hCDufhi'.
Mr. McDuFFIE said II was iir from his 'nen
ion 10 say any thing yesterday, which a"y hu
man being could construs into party dIlusion
/ He did in rerly to the question Of he gem
tlem,n from X ntucky, STATE the reason thai the
balance # the fund was all expended
| MIR. EVERETT said that the genrem,ns cx-
pIan,,iou was in accordance with his own view
of The case and re was about, him ell, imme
d,ately TO state, that The surplus alluded TO
wa, in diffe rcn fund, for whie h no ap2ropria
ton a, all was made il 1929; and tina! conse-
oue.,ly the Increos' Of forty thousand doll1rs
il, ,he diplomatic service 81 The present year
oxer the last, was not owi'g TO any such
su, plass being addeG 10 the appropriation oil
1929 II was an increase Of expenditure, ow'
ing, as the gentleman fam Perns> i''nia' s's-
ed 20 the recall Of the foreign minister's, and
the appointment Of their successors. Surprising
tnis mater 10 he now understood oil round IN
II use he should say no more sboni l..
He must, however. dwell a moment on ano-
Their point oounec'ed with this epp' op'la, 'o"'
in which, after WHIST had been said he nred no.
Jiscisim being volun ecr These our 10
the amount Of owe, forty thousand dollars
have been paid, wi hnu, any speeihc aPprop'ie'
ton On ne contrary, gentleman iro'a
Georgia, Mr.. WILDs] he last winter, propos-
ed IN Commi,,ee Of tn Whole 10 make an ap'
propris ion for The outfits Of ministers who
misn, be appointed; and the committee DE,
elined making such On appropriation They
passed he bill, as IN y found it, with speehc
approximation. for certain designed salaries
and Quilts, with an estimated addition, tor
eoo,ing ncirs, of twenty thousand dollars
This looked rather, when considered In con,
nexiau with the refusal Of the eom"i'tee ]ns'
alluded 20, like excluding all ou,h not rr'vid'
ed f,r in the bill. Aud yet, no'ws'hs'a"ains