Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-03-10

1t will be recollected that the Preside,
annual message, at the opening Of the n,.....
session Of congress, after abiding to the h..
the iortifcation bill, at the last session -
ging the loss upon the Senate, saws /; .. rh;.e'
ure was the more regretted, not only b.c.,,...
necessarily interrupted and delayed The
OF system ofnational defence. projected ~,
diateiy after the last war, and since s,s.a,,-
sued but also because it contained eOpt;,s..,
appropriation inserted in accordance I'D,
views of the Executive in aid of tbi. ;u....
object, and other branches of the o.,;.'.,
fence, some portion of which might h,,. =.
most useiully applied during the pas, se,.o. :
We ask the reader to compare this w;n
following extract from the speech Of NJ, r..
of Ohio, in the Senate.
Now we all know that there va,
priation 10 any Of these objects in Is2s . apPlo.
nothing remained TO be done that Yea, A
apply the unexpended balance of l534to ~.
and other like works, all in state Of fnr, sao,s
ness. And was this done Let the Chiefran;
neer answer. / read from the documenfs aa-1s
panying the Presidents message Of The s ~
December, 1885. (Doc. No. /, D. 1Ol.S y"
Fort Schuyler, 7hrog's Neck. IN, D..
Ne'o fork.-lt was hoped, from the ampIe ~.
paratlons made last year. and the funds ay.;,rtI-
for their application, that the construct, 70
this fort would have been prosecu,edtb n,na.1a
year with much vIgor. But though m a,s'sIl
and facilities OF every description have b~s, =
waiting, It has been impossible 10 procn,. "
suihcient force TO carry on the work win H.
progress that was desired. No exertioD h..
been spared to facilitate the operatiop aSa. Us
letting parts on contract or by hired I.bor
unavailing efforts have been made 10 role., ,SS
necessary force in Boston, Newport, Coua,s,;.
cut. and the western part Of New York; s.
that the balance OF the appropriation Of abop,
nine hunred and fifty thousa nd dollars. made &,
Notifications in 1884, could not be expepded II
1885, for want Of mechanics and laborer,
would ask gentlemen here what they have done
with the regular appropriations Of last wear far
those objects if the bill had passed? Could thew
have applied it /; or would il rather have added
another .arge item to the account Of unexpended
balances And more partic ularly, what would
have been done with the item of three millions,
if 1t had been accepted by the Senate, and The
bill had become law? know Of no satisfaco
ry answer to the inquiries, therefore expec,
none. OF one thing, however, ! am perfectly
satisfied now, and il was a matter of very diff.
cult solution TO me heretofore. This state Of
things in the Departments accounts full, for the
unwiiIiGgness Of the friends ofthe aamnistrstcu
TO appropriate the sums to these objects which
we of The opposition have heretofore thought
necessary. There was danger of causing anlmad
versions upon the Executive Department, for
failing 10 apply to the. defence Of The country
funds which the two Houses had appropriated 10
that object.
Bat let US, in passing, take single glance al
the Navy appropriations, and see whether they
have been as large as could be adyanageousIy
applied TO their particular specified Objects
We have it report Of the Secretary of the Ma.
Wy Of February Sd, 1926, (Doc. No, 96 By
this it appears that the whole amount applicable
TO the naval service for 1885 was Si,sA,E1
The amount expended was 3,6OO2g |
Leaving balance on Dec 81, 1885 S3,6l404
Which the Executive did not cause to be- ex.
pended in the year 1895, for the reason doubt.
less, that it could not be expended with adym.
tage TO the service. What, then, would be
done with the prodigiois appropriations which
II Is now proposed TO make for these obiecsi-