Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1839-08-17


when the appropriations exceed tbs IS
innate. the Administration > excuses ~
throwing the blame upon Congress -
approPriaiiug mach larger suns t1an
those called for IN The estimates Inss
is most unfair. If the Adullnss.ratzon
has majority IN either Branch q In
gress, il can always vote down any 81
il chooses. Since the session Of lS54-5,
the Administration has had mastery
majority in the Senate. nnd also u he
House except on the sub-Treasssry rsses-
tIon- In February, 1855, when The JseS-
son Administration vas attacked 60
Tended him on the ground that a rs-a4liy
he had had no majority IL either House
That defence was founded IN truth. ss /
/ believe. up to that tiE7e, ba, could never
be made afterwards.
/ Again-Althouga The Secretary $ ss,l-
mate Is made and furnished. every a1e1-
I Der a. the head OF anv important Com
mlttee very well knows that afterwards
and during the same session the differ
ent Departments apply agaia aad agaia
to have additional appropriations made
otherwise the public service must sali'sr-
These additions are constantly made In
the shape Of amendments
| never can forget the Cnl1st course
on this subject While AZ the head OF
the Committee on Indian Affairs. a trea-
" with some OF the Indians was ratiie3
late Ia the session. which stipulated a
payment OF One Million twO or three
hundred thousand dollars The Seer
tarv of War sent 20 me as chairman o.
the Committee, an estimate Of the a.
mount necessary 70 comply with the tTeu-
~. and requested me TO have the apPr0-
prlatlon Bill amended. 50 as % grant the
sum required. With the consent Of the
Committee | complied with the reaaes-.
aud this happened Just at the time Z a2s
desi rabie with the Executive - i=ss-a
my reputation, the first thing ! saw "a
the government paper the next morning
after Congress adjourned was an attack
on me and nv COmmittee- for having
this extravagant appropriation male
| am willing TO suppose matter has
sometimes appeared IN that paper, y hica
the Executive did not approve: vet b.
lIeve nothing Is ever inserted. which the
Editors do not know or believe viii be
acceptable.
| mention these things 10 show y 13- IS
the practice, and that for most Of The ap-
preparations for general objects, the TX
ecutive Is, and ought 70 be- as mueh res
pon~ible as if they were called tcr- IN
the Presidents Messages
Again-by a Rule Of the House t. is
made the DUTY of the Committee OF
WAYS and Means To examine into the
state Of the Revenue and the expendl-
lures and to give their opinions in Feia-
ton 10 them.
At the last session Nr- CambreIsnC.
Chairman of that Committee. ulade a
very democratic report. containing some
very sound doctrine. and some very an
excusabIe errors In II IS placed 5y Way
OF Note. what was intended as an excuse
for the Administration, IN an apFroPria-
ton of one million one hundred ana for
tv-seven thousand dollars for the par
pose of removing the Cherokee Indians
He states 10 substance. that this sum
was inserted at the instance OF the Com
mittees on Indian Affairs. Of the tWo
Houses, at the heads of which were my
colleague Mr. Bel AM rlEseff. - far
from this being true the bill IN which
this sum IS included originated IN the
House Of epresenIatlves-fhe slu was
introduced By way Of amcndmeat-the
yeas and NAYS were taken. and Nr. Cam
breleng himself voted for IL. When II
came 10 the Senate. Il was referred to
the Committee OF Finance, Of whirh
Mr.. Wright Is the Chairman. aad OF
which | am not "A member. 10 was re-
ported to the Senate and passed there
without amendment.
should not have found so much lauit
with this, were II not that this uo.e bears
int rnal evidence that II was prepared in
the Executive department and sent toI
Mr.. Cambreleng for Insertion IN hls re-
port, thousands Of copies Of which have
been printed and circulated az fhe Pa5-I
lie expense
As soon as / was appFised Of th5s ssla,-
ter, | took occasion 10 explain i n a
speech made IN the Senate, IN the caac9u-
sion of which | observed, that in Fassice
TO the members Of the House / nus say
thought Mr. Cambrelang the ociy ulsui-
Der on the FLOOr-remember SAYS E. fir.
President. me only nseaz5er "a tie Floor.
vino could be induced to do m aes on
such cruel injustice. ! did not eitherl
then, or now, intend 70 include the pre-
siding officer. because from his c7a3lcI
10 relation 10 the three miIlioas Ear de-
fences against France some years sace-
| have thought him capable Of do.ng aay
thing calculated TO injnre me
| pat these cases - sh0x il Is nss1s-
sibie | can have conidence Ia aay ali
minisiration composed Of such mate rails
At the same time admit there are many
men attached 10, sRd supporters = Is. inl
whom have the highsst coHedence- AMI
for whom have the mos- sincere re-
gard.
As 70 the expenditures themselves.
can they be necessary 10 the ecoaazos-at
Administration Of the government As
suredly not. Enough mas been lald Der
fore the Public 10 satisfy every reason
able man. that there : inexczsabfe ex
travagance and WISE, and | 81 at.
dwell upon what We aire1iv kuagE.
brt refer 10 few new items - ~av 81
example. assuring you that the Is ceala
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