Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-09-25

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1t will be that the President refers TO this
statement, the Head of the Treasury, but
as from the Treasury Department His object was to
make it appear that the appropriations were beyond
the " available of the Treasury - and he says:
q" If TO THIS CALCULATIONS BE ADDED THE AMOUNT
CONTAINED IN THE BILLS WHICH ARE PENDING BE-
FORE THE TWO HOUSES, 1T MAY BE SAFELY AFFIRMED
THAT TEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WOULD NOT MAKE UP
THE EXcEss OVER THE TREASURY RECEIPTS, UNLESS
THE PAYMENT OF THE RATIONAL DEBT DE POSTPONED
| To sustain this view of the financial relations of
the country, the statement from the Treasrry gives
an estimated deficiency of seven hundred and fifty
FIVE thousand eight hundred and sixtyth dollars;
and an additional estimate of appropriations pending
before Congress, to the amount OF NINE MILLIONS,
FOUR HUNDRED AND sEvENTY-oNE THOUSAND, TWO
HUNDRED AND EIGHrY-fouR DOLLARS"
! The object of this formidable array of MILLIONS
was to make impression upon the country that but
Tor General Jackson s Roman virtues Congress would
have absorbed the whole amount of the public
nue. in wasteiul schemes of internal improvement,
and thus have defeated the payment of the national
debt, owe will hereafter show that this part of
deliberate scheme to break down the independence
of Congress but we postpone that part of the sub
ject to another number.)
Nov, who could have believed that when General
jackson submitted part of his veto message this
estimate from the Treasury Department, showing a
deficiency of seven hundred and FIVE thousand eight
hundred and sixty three dollars he had before him
report from the head of that Department, leaving for
further appropriations, estimated balance of one
million, SIX hundred and seventy two thousand, eight
hundred and sixteen dollars and above S3 4G;}
80, the unsatisied appropriations of former years
liable to be called for in $780, and which, from the
nature of the appropriations of that year, would be
met by similar appropriations uncaIled for in that
year. and excess of 81 ,947 6S7, of the
public debt Yet such is the fact and, in proof of
what we say, submit the following copy, which
we have obtained from the files of the Treasury De-
partment.
GCOPY
(See the record Of ihe Treasury DEPARTMENT.
SUBMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT.
An stimate IF the probable maaus vi the Trcasu-
ry Tor the year $50. and OF the OPERATIONS made
Tor that year by former acts of Congress and by acts
passed at the present session, far the same have
been published 10 the 2Isi of May 1880, inclusive.
| The balance in the Treasury the LIST January
i05O, was $5,667 $50
vi "hrh there are unavailable 1,423,546
i Leaving an available balance of 4.24i,244
The receipts of the year 1880, esti
matedat 23,s4O,OOO
Making an aggregate of 2SOS4,244
But there remains unsatSfcd appropria-
tons of former years, liable to he
called for in 1880, amonniingto 3,463,739
Leaving Tor the appropriations for The
:, year 1880 24,62O,5O5
For the year 1880, the APP
preparations already made
are Tor the public debt $4,000 600
And for other objects, in
cl Ing those made by
former acts, and by acts
oil the present session, as
far as published, viz.
Civil miscca-
ncous, ~ fD' gn
intercourse 1861 ,96i
Military 597OO62