The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-10-17
From the Riehmaud Wing.
What has become of the
Public Money

n MbN&t NaehAAM
See the arlirle on The SUBJECT extracted
below from the New York Courier and
Enquirer. There is surely enough cir-
cumslances aadueed IN thai article 10 sx-
cite the suspicious Of the most eonhding,
Of The integrity Of our rulers. The loose
mode ol keeping accounts. the system Of
Jumping, putting hundreds Of thousands
in a single item. without any sort OF e.
planallnn, leaves the whole IN darkness
and induces the worst of inGeTences.-
Why. as the Courier asks, 10 there so
much particularly in detailing SlO T.
TEN, when nearly million is despatch
ed in the single-phrase "srmy expensesE
What satisfaction or iniormailnn does
this give the country, and who can form
any idea Of the expedwncy or pr0pIleiy.
or of the faithful aud honest expenditure
ri any appropriation! May not hundreds
and thousands ol these large items be US
oil in elecliOneering; or thrust into the
porkeIs OF the office holders themselves!
Who Can say, Congress csr.no,. because
all the infurmation il has 10 these lump.
ing items. The people cannot. Tor sas
same reason.
The wh"ls public revenue, under this
system Of rendering accounts. 10 al the al.
most absolute disposal ot the Executive
and his "hirellngs." They may take
what they chOosr. and there 10 no clue
To their detection. len or kfty az a
hundred thousand can be thrown into the
Navy or Army item. OF under the con.
,ingenI and miscellaneous head. and no
body 10 the wiser. The grand total, IL
10 true. amounts 10 The enormous sum ol
thirty. whine millions. but how IL vas ex.
pended is still The matter Of inquiry and
doubt.
The presumption is against the men in
Office. from the number VI rngues who
have been detected in their employ. and
acting. some Of them. under their comm
vance, from the vast and uncalled for in.
crease Of expenditures from thirteen To
thirIy.nine millions, aud from the fact.
most of the high Executive officers. from
bankrupIs and beggars. have suddenly
become immensely rich. While the
whole county has been suffering, and
the Public Treasury has been drained 10
the last cent. and forced 10 anticipate its
receipts by the issue Of Treasury Notes.
these men alone have grown richer and
more insolent every day. VIVA. Cato OBJ
served Of the Roman Republic in jis
most depravea state, and as an evidence
Of iis deptavily. 10 equally applicable 10
our owa: "7ss STATE is poor-iis Mn.
listers gre rich"
Let the people. under the circUm,,an.
ces. determine tive causes ri the similar
and unnatural state of things existing a.
mong Us. let them say, If there be no.
cause al least To suspect. that the public
money has been purloined by those ell
trusted with iIs custody,
From the Now York Courier and Enquirer.
Uhat has become of The Money p
The expenditures Of the General Gov.
eminent in the frs, year Of PRESIDENT
Jacksou's administration amounted tn
si2.6jO. AGO; in the year 1897 they had
reached the enormous sum Of $50. l64.-
7iJ. and even then Mr.. Van Buren, con.
graduated the country on its "econoIni-
cal" disbursements. What 10 the cause
OF This vast increase! What has become
Of all this money. VIVA, is tliefe To show
for 10! Iacofocoism preteuds that il has
been wisely and prudently expended
Tammany Hall crrIIiies that our Admin.
Isiraiion is more economical than ever
The Albany Argus receives $4,000
year for figuring The Government into
a republican and democratic moderation
Of expenditure. The Washington Globe
pockets 100000 per ap,up, for
The same seruiee. Theoretical Democra.
cy in the Evening Post draws delicate
distinctions between "ordinary" and EEK
raordInary" outlay man,lss the
whole matter in cloud OF smoke aud poo
cry. which uystifics the larges, liberty
men into persuasion that S39.l6i.7ia
il really much smaller sum than Sl2.-
66O.460
But in spite Of the certificates Of the
paid patriots Of the press. The venal and
mercensry supporters of a corrupt admin
istra,ion, the People will ask the qnes-
linn, what has become 0f the money -
Why, says Mr.. Blair. il has all gone in
"ex,raordinsry" expenditures. And how
have you managed TO "get rid" Of four
and twenty odd millions IN "ex,raordi.
nary" expenditures ! Why. says Mr.,
BLAIR. again. they were all voted by the
And pray how voted by the
whigs-when you have had adminisIra,
ton inalnrilIe, IN both braachc. Of Con-.
gressl Why, says MIR. Blair. once mwe.
the Wing minority slwsys ou,numbrIed