Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-02-07

during tina, iina been Engaged in hsusssing and ex
p-us;ve Indian IN The Pursui, OF the policy OF ex
ting ishing indian Titles I" lands IN several States ana
th- temoys! o. ;hem 10 the West of the Mississippi IN
CARRYING effect various treaties with the ndians IN
paving the indemnes to our citizens recovered
from foreign Nations and embraced under the head OF
expenditures These circumstances had combined 10
swell the expenses 10 unusual amount But take Ue
preceding wears and the expenditures average IL NIL
Lions Of dollars per annum. He did not believe hey
could in future be reduced below that Gum DE piacec
faith the great QUERY about rerenchment ana re
form All hopes Of halcyon days are but Ut"pan
dreams; and his word for il, the Administration "hien
suppants the present with the deluslve claInor anou
trenchment and reform will increase lis e1Pend as
much the present, the present ana iae
tra,lcn did over the previous This was ine''!aOe.
have now s-acoast upwards Of 3 coo miles IN eA'eh
custom-houses erected along It's whole extent anu '
numbers necessarily constantly increasing cons
with foreign nations rapidly EXPANDING anu "n i'seN
pansion a commensurate increase OF foreign Ministers
Cunsuls &c merchant vessels covering every ocea"
and the known world: ana Oh necessity must
be a consrouent of our navy TO protect mat
commerce. and cause the national flag TO be respected
in regions where the weight Of American arms mas
never been felt We have inland frontier OF more
than FIVE thousand miles to Defend the greater por-
ton of which is bo,d,red by hostile tribes OF In
dians The late increase in the number OF the army
project this frontier the occasional lncian wars ha
will certainly occur periodically, though not al nAeo
Intervals swell the necessary expenses oil Govern
Dent The judiciary now extends over t~en'y-sH
States and embrace many more and BRING WIN
tie extension accumulated expenses. All OF these con-
alterations must render 1t impossible to retrencn the r@'
Government below The average OF The h"e
years preceding l6 which the only far periods OF
comparison Take the boosted era OF economy 80 oi'en
alluded 10 here under the administration OF MIR Adams
The average expenditures during that administration e1'
ceeded thirteen millions of dollars annually. Allow Tor
of expenditure only In proportion TO the IN
Of population, or commerce. or oil inland ironuer
her fair data tor comparison, and VIII be ma
nest that the expenses cannot be retrenchPd below
iuhI ,llipna From
population than forty per cent An iacease oi
forty per thirteen millions. (the average annual
expenses of Mr.. admnistral!nn) would be upwards
OF eighteen millions Of dollars An increase IN Inc e1'
pensrs of The Government proportion 10 the increase
Of population, may be looked tor aud VIII occur 10
newly settled country, where the increase IN Popuaon
is attended by sill greater increase IN extent OF TER
rilury and oil Commerce IL does not happen
in old Countries where The territory has been long hIeo
up the navy built and equipped, and the army s'aona-
~. But where the territory army navy, ana Inc va
rous branches Of the Government all increase with the
population as IN our newly settled country the necrs-
say and proper expenditures will advance IN nearly Inc
same raiio The experience OF The past will remove all
reasonable doubt n the correctness OF this assertion
The usual Expenditures excluding the peD"cs OF wal
and extraordinary disbursements have been about one
duIIa, per CAPITA each Inhabant OF the ). Thus,
in the year o0 the number " inhabitants vas hve mil
lions three hundred thuusand-the average eIpenoi-
lures under MIR. Jeiersons administration were So.
soy 600 In $50 the population was about seven mil
lions and the expenditures about millions OF dol
lars From o2 lolG, period OF the late war, the
expenditures than three dollars per capita.
Again: from 1924 to Is2e, during MIR. Adams ad.
minstraton the population was eleven millions, and
the average expenditures thirteen mions OF dollars
Here the increase OF expenditure had ou'stpped The IN
crease of population From lo2S 10 1882 the P0pua'
ton was thirteen Millions and the average expenditures
(beng the first term OF Gen. Jacksons administrator
thirteen millions Of dollars In this Perr1d The
expenditures had again been reduced 10 dollar PEI
capita From 1852 TO the present time, the expenditures
nj InnIa ruI N ln-
dentes obtained from foreign nations for citizens
bat chsrgeabe as expenses of tue Government, have
been about seventeen millions Of dollars The p0pulo
ton eighteen millions. For forty years pns
the expenditures have kept pace with the population
times ding It-5ut Sc dom less p,d ratio"
Unul territory filled Up, frontiers surrounded
by friendly nations than Indians navy built up
custom bouses established our pension list reduced
the ndilu.es will swell in The Ia!io Of the popua-
ton
MIR Edmunds said the proper and Legitimate expendi-
lures of The Government hereafter might be safely esiI
mated at eighteen millions OF dollars. IL has been al
ready shewn that the present tariff could under
sonabr calculation, be expected to furnish that sum
Cot of from the Treasury the proceeds of the public
lauds, and there must be increase OF the tarf or
national debt. slight fucuat'on IN commerce, pc
Rod Of cia prostitution, such as we have
Just passed through wi furnish petext for increased
duties, which will be eagerly embraced. The friends o
the protective policy have the power in Congress, ant
they need -palS r Of the Government, to
such contingencies those; 10 lessen the burhens
unequal taxation; 10 supply deficit in the Treasury
occas"ned by war prosiratlon of commerce.
When the law for dist ibunn 10 passed, il will
never be repealed. The States will commence systems
OF wsseful expenditure Magnificent schemes and ex
trsvagant loans be reimbursed of the proceeds
the public lands will be the order of the day Whatever
might be the necessities of the General Government
the motives OF expedency, the embarrassmenls Of the
States would be sucl that they would not permit
peal of the law. feeling Of dependence upon the Fe
dera Government BY the States for the Of paying
th.lr oh h. hIc dom
will increase with the Indebtedness Of the Stales and the
precedent sci 10y distribution out Of the public lrea
sury Other demands will follow, and whatever The
of the Federal Government the wants and
demands of the States would be urgently pressed. Who
has not viewed with modification and regret the humi-
latng proof of this, in events that have recently
pred: revulson in trade and commerce, unprece
denied rs II unexpected involved the finances oil
the U. s. in the fate with that Of individuals The
Government unable 10 deposile the fourth install
ment Of the plus with the States, without
borrowing money to make a dpposite. No candid man
regarded the refusal TO depuse the creation OF deb
against the Government Yet such the dope nGenct
OF many States growing out Of their Indebtedness tina
politicians found representing those States, who
claimed this fourth quota of the surplus debt
and with Shyl"ck's pertinaciry. demanded Of Con
gress-pay me what thou owest This, too, when there
was actual deficit in the Treasury, and when Con
gress was forced TO borrow money TO defray current
expenses. Instead Of coming forward with a patriot
ism and disntsrestedness which characterised those
States that coded the public lands and returning some
portion of the deposte already made with the States,
supply exhausted Treasury they exued in and scof
ed at The EMBELLISHMENTS Of The Government.
Sir, such law would throw the State Government
upon the United States for their supplies remove
the direct responsibility Of taxation from The Repesen
ta,ves in the State Legislatures The Representatives
in Congress-woud throw the odum Of taxation upor
the Federal Government bnih to supply IFS want.
and those Of the States would again bring that
ed and sgitang question, the tariff policy. Entertain
ing these views of The fourth resolution, consideIa
ton would induce him TO give it his support.
TWenty-aifth COngress---3d Sess.