Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-03-29

I'm 1927. the total amount ulsOurS-
ed was 6ZZ,ooo,' w
PAYMENT on account OF the Pub-
lie Debt. which is to be credited.."lO ,OO5, 6oo
Payment of awards under the first
article of the Treaty of Client b4o
Making total to be deducted. $50, 402,S15
And exhibiting the current expen-
ses of the
In The wear 1928. which was the last, and
doubtless the most painful, of MIR. Adams's Adj
ministration, the total expenses we're
'' Sa5,4s5,S15
Of this sum, there was paid for the
reduction of the Public Debt. .:.l2, 163, 456
Also under the first article of the
Treaty of Client. by
These sums being, as before,
deducted fcom the gross amount
drawn from the Treasury, will ex-
hibit an expenditure, for the mere
purpose of sustaining the Govern
ment Of....................... .....Sl ool ,oUO
will now proceed to shew the progress of re.
treachment and reform, about which myself and
many others have been long clamorous, by exhl-
biting an official statement of the expenditures OF
the year 1899. since the commencement OF the
In 1899, there was disbursed the
sum OF. 10000
of this amount there was paid to-
wards the Public Debt, the sum of S12, 404,OO5
Under the LIST article OF the Urea
Nv of Client, ...................'''''' l,99o
These sums being deducted from
the amount drawn from the Treasu-
nv, and expended, will leave the nett -
expenditure for the year 1929, ate. ,75S, 592
Thus it will appear that the expenditures OF the
first year of the administrator OF General jack
son exceed those of the first year of his prede-
cesSr. 1868, 81, and those of every other
year. between 200, 600 and one million and halt
of dollars.
In the single item of expenditure for Foreign
Missions, according to the appropriations for his
year, there will be an excess of S65, 500 over
that of the last year of Mr.. Adams adminlstra-
tiOn-tO wit:
For Foreign Missions in 1880, ......S1S4, 500
For contingent expenses Of the same, $4,000
S2l4,5O0
Deduct from this the amount appro-
priated to cover a similar expenditure
due for the year 1928, ............."..Sl49,0 600
1t will then be perceived that the excess will
be in the year 1880, over that of 1928, the sum
of :. sirty,fp thousand fire hundred dollars"
now compare the appropriations made for the
contingent expenses of the House of Representa-
tiv S while Mr., Clay was Speaker of the House,
with those since made:
In 1922; they were. ".S45,000
In 1928, ."......."....... .".... 10000
In 1924, ."......................... 10000
In the year 1899, we find thence. S106, 900
In the year 1880, ............."..... $4,000
Making the difference more than t,co to one, be-
tween this and the former administration.
must also remark, that in the year 1896, the
pay to Revolutionary pensioners exceeded by
$4,000 the amount at present allowed: and
that in addition to these, other disbursements
were made, on account of treaties with the Greek
and other Indian tribes. There was also embra-
ced in the estimate of that year, the sum of $751;
600 toward the Public Buildings in Washington.
From the foregoing examination, and variety
of corresponding facts, my mind was perfectly sa-
tisfed, that instead of retrenching the expendi-
lures of the Government, they were increased!
And where the work of increasing themi is to end,
| acknowledge that am too little skilled in the
oscillations of the times to pretend to say.
1t is also true, that the President has recon-
tiers, uho no,o receive an outfit Of $4,000, and a
made upon some of the Departments. with view
to ascertain and discharge those who might be
considered sinecures in Office. But none are
found, while more are called for.
Discovering that had been most egregiously
mistaken in attributing all the errors of the Gov
eminent to the former, and anticipating tho
rough correction of them under the present Adj
ministration, in which calculation have been
wholly disappointed and deceived, can it be a
matter of surprise that should abandon its sup
port, further than conscience may lead me, and
pursue a course which the love of truth, and the
great interests of my country most mperiously
demand?
never can stoop to practise or countenance
deception. AS amember of congress am sworn
to do my duty, and that duty will endeavor to
perform, regardless of consequences. My motives
were sincere, and my object the public good. l
sought no honor-I coveted no political distinc-
ton. came here to serve the people; and as l
thought, to advance their interests. l was de-
ceived. but the deception was discovered; and l
now protest against being used as an instrument
longer to fan the fame Of expectation among the