Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-13

tho Client treaty, there viii be an excess IN the latte
year And before prove hs by figures, hope m
colleague viii pardon Inc for giving hun this riendl
adycc-thut hereafter when he chooses volunto c
the petgM OF his name to show that my calculation
OF the expenditures for the years 1928 and 1929 wa.
ioundod IN error and calculated to mslcnd the pub
lie mind he will have The candor TO exclude iron
the estimate al that not properly tn, expenses
tue Government. | am sure ii he il able 10 tlctcc
the mistakes in Mr.. InFhan's annual report, Inc mus
have been aware that he "mislcadlnr the publi,
mind when he charged to the year 1928, az par, o
the nett expenses of that year, the $3.50 OGc
40 which had been previously deposited in our
Treasury by the British Government to paw Amer
lean citizens FOR dcportcd slaves.
The whole expenses Of 1928, including public debt.
and the award under Client treaty, were SI5 3lJ
Deuuct doot PAID Sl2,l63,i53
Ghent award 70o,0Co--1s,953 ,5O7
Nett expenses for 1898 1881 COG
WicklIffe, were so NO ), >
Deduct debt paid $l2,5Oi.Oo5 80
Client award 1896 55- I2IO6 OO2
Nct'eNpenscs OF 1929 l2G6I,9I5
EXccss OF 1929 over 1898 Si33, 100
Thus i, will be seen, after Mr. WcklHn has Off
Ciousy Numbered the Secretary of the TREASURY into
mistake of million of dollars, the expenses OF 500
are still higher, by Si3j,I03 than they were when
the Prodgals as they were Called were in power
This, too, Is comparing one yenr in which there
was short session of Congress, il329,) with one
(l328,) which had long session; aud every body
Knows. that more money IS generally granted away
al the long session. than at the short As the last
year was the short session, the expenses ought to
have been great deal less than the preceding year
The mere pay of members would give an ADVANTAGE
10 the last year OF $4,000; but instead of diminish
he sfNf ln ha,a
year before, by = 80, 1903, according 10 Mr.. Wick
niles showing, and, according to Mr.. lughan the
excess is q ,2Oo,C COO
Mr. Wickfe may take which horn of the dilemma
ho Pleases; there will be little for him to brag about
Gross laundering on the horn and gross extrava-
gancc, not only the other horn, hat OH both horns
But we have now been comparing two years, in
which the friends of Gen. Jackson were a majority
much iaircr way for Mr.. WIckiiic would have been
~ have his re,renchment parallel through those
years, when the last administration had majority in
Congress.
Take 1925, The first year of the last administrator
iaso aocoIdiHg to urwien. s IS S5SI7
Excess IN 1929 over 1925, SI.435,II2
Take lB26--whole expenses 2ilO33a8
Excess IN 1929 over 1896 95T.5l9
Take l8l7-whOlc expenses Ql6S7 16I
Excess in 1920 over 1921 S2,3I4i52
This is comparing the gross expenditures of the
different years on he principle adopted by Mr.. Wick
life.
Taking his own figures and carrying his principle
Of computing back to those years when the Adams
and Clay party had majority in Congress, if Mr.
lngham is right i'll his report, the difference against
the last year would DO much larger than is above
stated. But choose TO meet my volunteer colleague
on his own principles He cannot then complan.-I
Ills attack consider not only wholly gratuitous but
ilberal and unkind.
He will find himself somewhat at loss to crpla,n
away, by all the LILored roports of either himself or
the official editor, the force Of the foregoing state
ment. call upon him. or any other Snan, to give
"eNtracs'' from the documents referred TO- As to
personal newspaper abuse from that quarter, | look
upon it as high euiogiun.
/ am gentlemen, most respectfully, Your obcdient
servant, THOMAS Chiffon.