Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-02-18

planck col up Ia put me right. he has put him.
self doubly wrong. understood him 10 sa,
that during the two hrst years OF Mr.. Adams
term S2l3,UO0 were appropriated for the Tor
eign int, course inform hm and If he will
take the trouble 10 look INTO the statute books
he will see for himself that II is So that the sum
was but Sl47 ,6o0. Helwas also INCORRECT, in
stating the sum called FOX during thu last year
Of Mr.. Monroe's Administration. He saws it
wa 800, 90. The book shows that il was but
s 5000 and thai amount was not expended
hut was faithfully accounted ioT by the hnnora
bic gentleman then at the head OF the State De.
paitmcnt.
The Gentleman from New York threw
out another insinusiion when audng to the
extravaganza OF The Administration when the
late President was Secretary of State. Is he
aware where that leads him The appropria-
tions then were liberal. The last year thai
Mr Adams was Secretary of STATE, the year
1924, he appropriation was Sl4s, 0o0-ibsr.
AL but moi more liberal than the present yedr
In the year 1929 there was but S74 QUO called
fnr--.not one half as much rs is asked for this
year. 10 the year 1922, but $685. 900 was asked
tor this fund The increases was gradual the
public history explained The cause of the ins
or "a. 1.-The gentleman from New York
would examin- he would find thai the exnen
SEES were not more than was reasonable, aGd
do not go beyand those of tue present time
The salaries are all fixed by law, and The sum
TO be called for is accordingly asC s,temed. H.
Inv previous remarks made no Intimation
that there was any thing more ,han necessary
called for AT present would suggest to the
gentleman however, il, in referring to abuses
which have heretofore existed, il is worth our
while to fnn into those which We have con
-. w,,.ly II
10 do the very thing we have once censured 7
II appears that outfits have been taken this year
from the Contingent fund. do not complain
because they do this, but because they do now
what during The last Administration, they con
demnrd
M. Buchanan said, he did not expect the
House would get into party debate upon an
appropriation bill He did not think either Of The
gentlemen who lad spoken had taken a cor
reat view oil the subj Jet. Ii must be admitted
in The regulation OF foreign intercourse, that
Il small saving may be an imme nse loss l. is the
duty of the l. ecniive 70 have the foreign IN.
recourse SO conducted, thai the interests Of
country shali suffer loss. Ii could not he pos.
sibe that theiwsdom or folly OF any Admins.
tration was 10 be tested by tire expenditure
under one or another head OF appropl iaiIons.
Statesmen looked at the objects. and conI,d r
ed what the country required. | aas one thai
condemned the last Adm'ais ratIoD, moi on
account of the money expended, but because,
in my judgment, they expended IT in violation
OF the law OF 1910 That sy stem had grown
up under one President, followed b, the others
until outfit were charged for appointments
made abroad. There has been appointments
made Of NJ nisters about to return, converting
their Sec etarys into Charges, aud allow iug
them XII 400 fDr outfits ann in onP case I'm,
had been done only TO return. But this was
question tor the people 10 settle. The Exec.
utye was competent 20 make recalls anl who
wuld condemn him Tor using his discretion.
Ii must he an extreme case, indeed, tor the
usirg lis discretion. II must be IA extreme
cas-. indeed, tor the House TO withhold appro.
pistinns enabling The Executive TO use n disCre-
lion which he was al liberty 10 use. The
people would decide whether his movements
were jndiclous.
Mr.. Everett said he agreed with the gen
tleman from Pennsylvania, who had just
taken his seat, as to the cause of the Increase
in the appropriation That gentleman had
stated il 10 be, the recall of several oil the for
eign ministers. and the outfits of their success
soIs, and 1t was evident, from the comparison
of tue bill OF this year with the appropriation
law of the last, that such was the fact tie
vania, that the recall and appointment Of min
isters was matter oil Executive discretion
ard that it was only in an extreme case, that
The House would be justified IN interposng 10
withhold an appropriation for the onlft ola
minister thus appointed. Bat Mr. f. begged
10 recall TO the recollection of the House The
manner in which this debate arose The gen.
tleman from Kentucky, (Ar. Wickliiie,) had
put the question: T. the Chairman OF the Com
mitee of Ways and Means, why the apPro.
praIion for the diplomatic service OF This year
amounte1 to 10000 dollars, while the last
year It was but 1877 600 TO his erqulry, the
Chairman ofthe Committee of Ways aud
Means had replied, that there had been, pre-.
ylous to the last year. an accumulation OF un-
expended balances of former appropriations,
which had rendered il necessary To approprl-
ate less Tor that year but that these surplusses
being all expended, larger sum was required
for this year With great deferehce to the
source from which this statement proceeded
Mr. Everett could not agree to its correctness
He did not find, in looking at the estimates from
the Department Of State for 1929, that there
was any such surplus under this head Of appro.
priations.
Here Mr.. Everett gave way TO an eAplana-
ton from MIR McDuflie.
Mr.. MtDntfe said it was far from his lntpn-
ton TO say any thing yesterday, which any
human t-ine could construe into party ala-
Sion. He did, in reply to the question Of
the gentleman from Kentucky, state the rea
son, that the balance ofthe fund was all eA-
pended.
MIR. Everett said thai the genteman's ex-
plana;un was ia accordance with his own
view of the case, and he was about, himself,
Immediately TO state, that The surplus alluded
TO was ina different fund, for which no APP
propIia iion AT all was made in 1929, and that
consequently the increase OF forty thousand
dollars in the diplomatic service OF the present
year over the last was not owing TO any such
surplus being added 10 the appropriation OF
1929 Ii WAS an increase OF expenditure,
owing as the gentleman from Pennsylvania
stated TO the recall of the foreign ministers,
and the appointment Of their successors.
Surprising this matter 10 he now understood
all around the House he should say no more
about il.
IL ,a,st bouover dwell a tnoment nm anO.