Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-04-26

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dian wars, Black Hawk Creek,
aud Seminole. amounting in all
to Sl0, $50 900 prior TO lc3S 722 222
Which lea yes the true annual excess STR. GIG
No reasonable man woud attempt 10 hold the Adrni.
ns'raon responsible for The items Of expenditure above
deducted. Were such an attempt MADE it would 6c
futile. The Administration is more charrsabie for
the increase OF pensions COR payments Of Revolutionary
claims balances due States, repayment of duties on
daw backs and dehentures than for the paymen Of the
national debt The trust funds properly 10 cx-
prndure al ALL and far ihP ndemnitles
from foreign Governments which constitute the greater
portion OF these funds they clear gains 10 the
try, and not expenditures BY the terms of their ad
mission, the States entitled to pr cent of the
proceeds o the public lands given in cnn.d their
agreement not 10 tax these lands. The amount which
they receive annually from this fund depends the pa
tity sold OF the public land for which the Administration
is responsible Ia Icj the proceeds of ruJc ards
sweIled to S2i-7 900. This Item, therefore, is
properly deducted Far the expenditures Of The Indian
Department, being on account Of PURCHASES Of Indian
lands. the Administration is not more responsible than
Mir Jefferson for the fifteen millions plid for Louis
Mr.. Monroe for the FIVE millions paid 10 Spain
for ForIda The census and increase in the number Of
judges md other officers from extension Of The circuit
courts, &c to tie States Constitute charges ofne.
cesSy, for which The Administration is not baneable
For the money expended in the Indian wars, the AGmi-
ns,raton is not more h!ameabr responsible than
Mr. Madison for the expenses Of the late with Great
Britain In these expenditures therefore, n. pro-
gac extravaganza no corrupt FEEDING OF Treasury
The remainder Of The average anEus' excess Of eI.
ren'tur is composed IN pa,o the averagr annual ex-
Of expenditure Iur the nine years over
rage annual expenditures for items GUng the four
preceding years, 10 wit:
Navy establishment Sil5 $3.50
armories arsenas, barracks and quarters iGs 900
Ordnance and ordnance stores Is 1876
Futticaiions 1916
Congress, and printing for Congress 1917
Lighthouses 5000
Internal improvements, including riger-,
crerks, haTbOrs, &c and excluding Alex
andia canal and Potomac bridge 32i 900
Total animal average excess for these items 81 800 O54
Which deducted rom the general annual average excess
OF 213J9l6. leaves an average annual still Ie
naming, Of 81 10000
Another principal item oil Increase that Of SURVEYS
is included The of expenditure for the va.
rious items first above cited. was, in part thrown upon
he Administration by its and good fortune in
Of the foreign ademnes and lie various purcha.
of Indian lands; in pat by national ms"rtunes in
case OF the several Indian But all Of hem either
support themselves, in of the three and five per
cent fund paid 10 States, are temporary in their
character, having already expired being shortly 10 ex
pire The aggregate amour, "i excess or the last
ed items for nine years is sl2,0U7 755 gren,er Than
would be the amount Of expenditure account
in nine years. the rate Of expenditure therefor from
1875 to 1898 inclusive. how far the people may be dis
posed to sanction this increase when they consi-
der the wonderful growth Of this mighty nation leave
them determine large portion Of 1t is not such
approve myself; but Whatever may be the decision of
ihe people respecting THIS matter, the Opposition are
wholly precuded from blaming abusing the Admins
lralion for this increase The measures BY which has
been effected have generally received their strongest
support from the OPposlioni and gentlemen Of tha, party
cannot with more reason hold the Administration
sponsbe therefor than for the depose of 2S l0l 600
with the States which received the most cordial support
Of the Opposition The greatest increase in these items
has grown out &C large appropriations for internal i'm
prOvements, lighthouses, and he navy the increase 10
the last being partly attributable TO The Exploring Expe
dItinn. For lighthouses and Improvements roads,
canals, rivers, and s"acoast the Opposition have al
ways voted, and are always demanding more. The Sc
cretary Of the Treasury, in his las. annual report sug
gesPd retrenchmen in expenditures ior these objects,
noticing, at the time, that they rapidly in.
creasng every year To an extent unwarranted and npo
litic. How this responded to by The Opposition:
The Whole party abused him Tor suggesting the retrenc
ment and of them made the usua! charge that he
vas attempting 10 dictate 10 Congress "CUr commerce
mus, be broken down. says the party organ in tins
city, "bul not of the Treasury eCchrs Of the Adm
nstraon departments to be dispensed with quote
from memory, but This s the substance OF the editorial
remark How far the clerks in the several Departments
might be curtaed in number whe her curaiIed at
ALL do not know Bot ore Thing do know: the aug
mentarlon Of public business in those Departments has
been within the last ten years beyond all conception and
discover that business IN many OF them is always
in nrreor. The business in the Land Office Depart.
entry Of public lands alone, has Increased eDod aud
there must be something like corresponding increase
in Of the other Departments There has been more
than a corresponding increase in the lab0Ts imposed
upon them by this and the other branch Of Congress-
which have now become onerous in The Extreme
One of the items Of annual excess Of expenditures sub
nltled in The foregoing statement that Of Congress
and printing for Con sress the annual aver
age annual expenditure therefor. under MIR Adams I'D
rninis,ration, being $Sl,777 This s owing, in part 10
the great number of resolutions passed BY this or the
other House Of Congress- calling upon The Departments
for copies Of papers, records corrcspondences &C. un
der he plea of information. Look at your Executive
documents Of last session. mostly made up IN ihs way,
and reaching the enormous dimensions oil twelve Vo'
umes in the House and SIX IN the srnaip IN an, egh
teen volumes, each large as the "bg hall Bible
They have be copied by The clerks IN The Departments
and then printed, (some OF them several times oVer0
bound and distributed is II any wonder that so many
clerks are required when all this Is superaddrd TO their
ordinary and official duties Instances are common of
ton n, dozen clerks being at work for several months
to orepnre an answer 10 single call But the other
J, reod the published note OF the Solicitor Of the rea
49,, s,ano that he had directed the labor necessary
onswer a ingIe ca to be examined and estimated, and
Tia, il would take expert clerk tive years and
months to copy the papers 1t is notorious that
einlis Of these calls made by Opposition mem
bers and that two-thirds Of the documents obtained in
answer scarcely ever examined even by the mem.
Der making The call Who, then most responsible for
the Of clerk service and for the swollen expen
dtures Of Congress? Why S it has taken 400 reams Of
10 envelope three speeches alone OF Inc opposon,
besides The labor of pages messengers
&c in folding and preparing The huge mass for The frank
aude 10 The speech of Mr.. Binney, Of Philadelphia at
The panic session in 1884, and The speeches Of dstin
gn;shed Senator from Massachusetts, Mr. Webster and
Of the gentleman from Ohio, MIR. Bond during the last
session Now, Sir am not complaining of all this; but
are The friends Of the Administration TO be charged with
ALI this exravagance: If Ike the least show Of re-
s,s.nce against these calls the Departments,
we are Instantly charged by fifty voices with m attempt
10 suppress information which would subject Us
sufe and that we eyince disposition TO remain in The
dark "because our deeds are evil.