Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-04-26

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Showing, in two years,
that this "economical' ad.
ministfatio Of Gen Jack.
son actually expended more
than Mr. Adams's the sum
of ass, 1878 7t
And leaving balance OF
the appropriation, for those
years. to be yet accounted
for, either for current ex-
penses, sphich may increase
The Gm0a,t, or to be carried
to the surplus fund, 2,34a ,069, al
! Which, added together,
| will give the amount ap-
propriated, S4,725 ,943 II
| But, said Mr.. F., this is not all: we are
now called upon for an appropriation ex
ceeding in amount the appropriation of the
last year by 81 .o92 doar>i
This is the boosted ecoaoB,W this the re
trerchment this the promised Reform!
of this prudent and saving Administration /! I
Sir. such Retreach,aent needs Reform, Such
! Reform needs Retreaetment .4ad such Eco
nomy needs both Retrenchn,ent and Reform
| The Senator from Maryland (Mr. SMITH J
complains of statement, made by the Sc
which has been published in the Nationa!
lnteliigencer, which he admits wears rather
an .sngly appearance Tor t tss Admin.
but he says it embraces a favorable period.
of only two years, in each Administration,
and to the prejudice of this Administration,
and that he ought to have embraced the
whole four years of each land says there is
a small mistake 10 that statement. Sir, /
will give the comparative expenses for
three years, in what has been called our D
piomatic Intercourse, during the Admins
tratioH of Mr. Adams, and of Gen. Jackson.
land Gen. jackson has been IN Office bit
three yearsD and the Senator will find he has
made a mistake of over 80 600 dollars. In
stead of GAG 900. as he has stated it, the ap
preparation is s270.l56; he has not included
one of the 10000 contingencies!
Appropriations for Diplomatic Foreign
Intercourse Of this is the term) in 1880 81 80,
1894 $50
Same, in 1927 2S-29, 467 500
Which makes the last three
years. excess over the first
three years, in our foreign in
tercourse atoae, IN recalling TO
reign ministers, and reward
ing favorites. S227, 156
But, sir, these are not the only expenses
which, III my opinion. ought to be reduced.
1t will be recoilected that some time since
resolution was offered by me, instructng the
Committee on Finance to inquire into the
expedency Of abolishing the offices of Sc
cond Comptroller and Second Auditor In
looking at the ..o6ictat Globe" to which my
attention was called, it 5, ems that the in
cumbent in one of those offices has charged
me with something like coalition. on combine
ton, to mj,re him! by proposing to abolish
his office On this subject, have only to
say. that the incunbents are both unknown
to me They nave been appointed under
this administration. | never saw either of
them, to my knowledge; and am very sure
they kno,o as little of me-when such a
charge is made. But, sir, this is not the
only attack which has been made on me for
Offering that resolution; and | shrewdly sus
pect kyso,o the quarter from which it came.
But, let 1t 20 for what it is WORTH Ii is now
twelve years since, as member Of Con
mittee of the House Of Representatives
then called by the Senator from Maryland
the radical committee ! made the same
proposition in that committee; and my OPT
MON on that subject remains unchanged,
that these offices ought TO be abolished. A
single fact is sufficient to proveit. Previous
to 1917, all tho duties now performed by the
First and Second Comptroller aud the So
licitor of the Treasury, la new office, created
two years since, involving an annual expen
diture oil 0,000 dollars, were performed by
the First Comptroller alone; and the duties
now performed by fire auditors were then
con6ded TO one auditor and too accountants
since which the nar accounts have been set
ltei, and the army reduced! My opinion
was then formed on an actual inspection oil
the duties performed by each, and from hav-
ing kept an account with the Treasury De
partnlent for about nine years before | hao
the honor of seat in Congress; and my fuI
belief then was, and now is, that Ivy pro
per distribution of the labour in those Off
ces, one third of the present number o
clerks might be dispensed with, and the pub
lie service would not suffer; and in this my
option is sustained by another Commlttet
OF the other House, to which | shall soor
call the attention of the Senate
The Senator from Maryland stated il
this body, two years since, that "radica
committee effected reduction of the ex
penses to the amount of three millions @
dollars, sas the amount of receipts and ex
| pendtures would show" Sir. the Senate
gives that committee too much credit. Ii
due to the present presiding officer, VIII
was then Secretary OF War, TO state tina
I for much of the success ofthat committee
reducing expenses. and for the system OF az
countablty growing out OF that nves,igs
ton. we were greatly indebted to has volu.
e tary and efficient aid; and the country owe