Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-05-25
PUBLIC ENPENnIrrrrs

-s..-.|s OF Llr expenses rt GT.trnsnfu-
ia7 Pie l-->ea. yesr .e iae Naraca .CtE ANN,
IL Is ia,aa tom oca. documents. and NAV be- rs,s
o7aH as correct u every particular. We way4
car TIE especial attention OF eur readers 4, tb.,
statement 4 saves Us The trouble 1F DRAWING, nm
similar enc, which We promised 10 20 in our laSf,
and ii completely reiu;es the 90 repeated CHARGES
Of the Argus, Of extravaganza ua the pre,ep, al.
mnistratun. For the material facts contained IN
The statement, the reader Is referred To the acts pass
ell at the last session Of Congress making appropri-
atoms Tor the expenses OF Government; these acts
have all been published IA our paper.
Figures, u Is said never he, bot they are 'fcquent-
y used by the opposition press for the purposes Of
deception and misrepresentation. For instance,
when they state thai the amount Of the expenses Of
the government for the present year 81 or 81 mill.
IONS they state what IS absolutely false, although
that IS the gross amount Of appropriations. Again.
m attempting IN make out charge ofexlravagance
against Zen. Jacksou's Administration, they lug in
all the appropriations Of moneys which have b,en
received as ntemnites from foreign nations The
five millions Of dollars, which was recovered from
France Cor her agGressiors on our commerce, and
which It was necessary FOR Congress 10 appropriate
before II could 30 ont Of the Treasury tkey set
down as part OF the expenses Of Government
This is rdlcuouslv hl'e, As every bolv must know.
They omit too in their charges a material change
IN the Post Office department which Is pointed nut
below. But examine the statement Il IS 50 clear
and explicit, that he who runs may read and UNDER
stand
We are told by the Federal press that the cy
peLdurcs of the administration Of General Jackson
and Mr. Van Buren, were much greater than those
OF the Administration Of Mr.. Adams Thirteen
millions wear IS sad 70 be the extent Of the pub
he expenditures during Mr. AlamsS admini>lra-
ton and thirty nine millions during that Of Mr.
Van Buren, In order to present the question in its
lairest aspect for both parties, we offer the following
comparisons and arguments.
I. In the first place the appropriations 6r 1889
amount. IN round numbers, 10 the sum OF S3S 600
000. or this, the item of $1,000 600 must he de-
ducicd, which was appropriated for the coniinren-
cy OF employing $4,000 volunteers for the Maine
service. That viii not be needed so we may re-
duca The sum from SO to 2s millions.
?. The Post Office, during Mr. Adams admins
tralion, was separate department ItcoIlectcd and
pad ont lis own money; but the law has since been
altered, and an appropriation is now annually made
for its support, though not dollar Of the appro-
priation is ever paid BY the Treasury The sum ap.
propriated this year. for this branch Of the public
service, is Sj000000 This sum deducted from
S2s,000000, reduces the ordinary expenditures to
500 100000.
s. But we have another deduction 10 make--,hc
sum Of s 900 for the Florida war, over and |
above the expenses If the regular army; a measure
for which the Administration is not responsible /
This deduction reduces the ordinary expenses 70
S9Il50000. But there is more vet
4 ~ p,lin, Of e., I,.lt, y
the Mississippi was specially approved bv Mr.. Adj /
ans, but its execution not attempted until after
the close Of his term OF service. As the rypens,
Of the measure is not chargeahe 10 The pro0igacv
or extravaganza Of the Administration. and 4 M
part of the ordinary expenditures Of the Govern
ment, the appropriations may with great propfiety
be deducted. The amount is 81 .765 900. which |
lessons the S8,000,000 down 70 Sl9,3s5.o0o
5. Then comes an Appropriation Of $500 900 Tor |
pensions. which is probably five times as much as
was paid during the Administration of Mr. Adams: |
and as this is not for the support of the Govern.
meni, and the Administration is not responsible for |
it, it must be deducted, as a matter of course. from
the 95000,000. The amount Of the expenditures
Tor the support OF the Government is thus reduced
to SIG. $4,000.
6. Then comes three extraordinary appropria-
tons for the protection Of the Northern and West
ern frontiers, and for a military road, incident to our
present relations with the British and Indians which
reduce the So 100000 down to SIG l55 600
7. The survey OF the coast, which is no part of
the expenses of supporting the Government, re-
lnires an appropriation Of 100000 which, deduct.
ed from the gross sum, reduces the S39 900, 600
down 10 SIC, $4,000.
8. The public buildings make necessary the fa.
owing appropriations: Forthe Treasury building
100000 fpr the Post Office building Sl50 0o0
ter the new Patent Office, $50 000 for la IN
Washington, $4,000; for the cuStom-house in New
Y urk 3l50000; for the cust0ni-huHse in Boston
$4,000 These are all proper items lor deduction
md reduce the $3S,000,000 down to $l56l00G0
This sum- we doubt moi, might be reduced still low
er; bat we are willing TO please the Federal press
by allowing that it takes Sl5,G10000 year to sup
Dort the Government under Mr.. Van Buren's adj
ninistrauon. Now if S13000000 was nothing
but an economical expenditure twelve or fourteen
years ago it is most manifest considering the alter
I'd condition OF the country, that Sl56i0000 less,
n proportion to the wants of the people, than Sl3,-
100000 then was; and consequently, that Mr.. Van
Burens administration is more economical llan was
that of Mr.. Adams
Bad Things.-An unahfu servant a smoky
louse, stumbling horse, scoding wife, an ach- I
ne tooth, an empty purse, an undu,lln child, an {
ncessant taIker' hogs that break through enclo- /
ures, dull razor, mosquitoes, fop, and-a '
ubscrIber that wont pay for hls paper. {
II is painful 10 look at the condition Of our :
State at this time. jackson is continually crow
d with visitors, all in search Of Union Bank post
oles, and our highways are thronged with p
inns bound to the Mecca Of their hopes. "And the
eople were scattered throughout all the land of
Egypt to gather stubble for straw" Yet these
ostnotes are our only refuge, as il is. We have $
0 choice. The necessity is too urgent--the evil q
ay must be pul off few months, longer and u
ut few months II will be, for the relief will be 4
ut momentary lfever there was time for ri Ii
ID economy for "retrenchmeni and REFORM" it is S