Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-07-24
tsichnnOnd, Tuesday, July "a.
EXPENSES or THE GOVERNMENT.

The Clerk of the House of Repre- has pub
lshed Report Of the appropriations made off
ercaed and officers the salaries of chich
ed, during the LIST and I'd sessions of The Congress Of the
q S'-Ihs duty is epjoned upon the Secretary of the
Senate and Clerk of the H. of by the 9th section OF
the "Act to authorize the appointing Of additional pay
masters and for other purposes, passed July A. lc}6-
and they required do il 'as may be after
the close of each session of present Re-
port extends TO ten columns Of The Globe-comprisng
every detail of appropriation, which has been made by
Congress, under the various heads specified in the fol-
lowing Reca plula,ion. We must content ourselves
with giving the general summary embraced in this Reca
pi,u!alion -Some of these items heavy enougb-and
the amount of than 80 millions is starIling-One
of the costly heads of appropriations viz those for
discharging The expenses Of the Florida War and the
Cherokee Emgratinn amounting 10 more than IL
millions, is "a temporary tax upon the country. 1t will
vanish with The occasion which gave il birth The pay
and mileage Of members Of Congress sufficiently large
being $567 GS0-und embracing the collateral expenses Of
printing, stationery fuel, &c, amount 10 more than
$3.50 900 The total OF the expenses Of the Federal
Government is great, to call for every proper
renchmcnt and every proper degree of economy-They
grow fast enough with the natural growth Of coun
Ivy; and il is IN us 10 ascTbe 10 Mr.. Van Buren,, such
variety OF appropriations, are made by Congress It.
sef-and frequently by the force of the Opposition.
But what would have been the situation OF the Trea
suryhow large would have been the revenue-and what
enormous would have been palmed upon the peo-
ple-f The policy of mir Clay and his friends had been
suffered prevail-if power had been assumed by the
Federal Government, which never belonged TO tiff a
general system Of Internal Improvements, for example,
had engraed upon the administration atfal
These encroachmeuts Of double aspect As powers
were assumed to ezyend also powers assumed TO
raise Thus, the Tariff and Internal imProrc
mtns were going hand in hand-and the people Of The
South in particular would have been doubly taxed; first
for the support of the iegtmate powers of the Go.
vernmeni and secondly for the sinister interests OF the
man nj cluters But thanks 10 Cen jackson, he came
in with his Feio cut short 10 the mad and
mschievous system of Internal lmprovements-enabed
us TO reduce The Tariff and thus restored the Constitution
to it's healthy action and relieved the people of fright
full expense. Let Mr. Bond rail and misrepresent,
he pleases. We are under incalculabe obligations to
General Jackson for these reforms He has cut down
our expenses, instead Of increasing them-and this is
the true point Of view in which we ought TO cons
der The Guestion-This is the real comparison which
ought to draw, between the policy Of the Republican
and the Federal Administrations Under such Presi
dents John G. Adams, the expenses would have run
up much higher, than they have been under Gen. Jack
son. Reverse the operation 10 MORROW Change Mr.
Van Buren, for Mr. Clay with his e1travagant turn Of
appropriations limited by such Constitutional scru
and the Of the People, increasing with fear
full veocy-It is hazardous prediction 10 say. that
instead Of g millions al this time, the expenses OF the
Federal Government would in few mount up 10
so millions. They too large aready-and j, will
qure Il! the energy Of the people, and all the wisdom OF
their servants 10 keep down the expenses and make all
necessary relrenchmenis. Economy must become the
order Of the day.