Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-06-20

Ioblocts by Mr.. Van Buren,, was considered in Mr.
Adams, an intocrabe predspostion TO prodigalny
II cannot be denied that the increase of pensioners
advantageous 10 Mr. Van Buren,, and that the expen
dture of large of money on the frontiers and in
Florida has done the locofoco party good service II
the interest of ho powers that be- to expend large
sums Of money on the. frontiers, and in Indian ter
rtores before elections, for which, the suppression
Indian hostilites furnishes plausible excuse 1t was
sarcasticay said of Mr. Adams Administration that
Indian difficulties had been proracted and that perhaps
some persons knew ,ohy. The same may possibly be
true of Mr. Van Buren,. In looking over the appropri,
atoms OF the present year, the phaseoogy of one item
seemed peculiarly strange. Near two millions were
appropriated for ',peserUing and suppressng Indian
hostiities" This phraseology may have been accden
tai, but it is worthy Of observation and reflection.
Let us test the logic of the Van Burenitos by case
in common life. Suppose that one of our planters
should dismiss an agent overseer, TO whom the
exclusive control of his business entrusted for
his extravaganza and msmanagement and employ
another pledged to rcform and retrenchmpnt" 1t is
afterwards represented to this planter, that his re-
trenching overseor isguty fgrcater prodgaty than
his predecessor and by way of apology the
offers the following comparisons and arguments. We
will adopt thousands instead of Millions in the illus.
truton.
81. In the first place, the expenses Of the planta.
ton for the present year amount, in round numbers
to the of S3S, 900. OF this the item of 10 thou
sand must be deducted, which promised an attorney
on the contingency ofdefending suit involving your
title 10 very valuable tract of land. That will proba
bly, not be needed so VIC reduce the sum from 80 to %
thousand
"2 Heretofore the plantation raised corn and hogs,
&C. sufficient TO supply all necessary provisions; this
policy have thought proper to change, and depend
providing provisions with the of the cotton
crop The sum appropriated this year for provisions
is thousand This sum deducted from % thousand,
reduces the ordinary expenditures to $3.50
80 But VIC have another deduction to make some
of the negroes insuted my neighbors in a drunken
spree, for which have had TO pay sls5O-a measure
for which am not responsible, although might have
been settled long since if had bestowed on the matter
even ordinary attention. This deduction reduces or
binary expenses to the of $2I 1850 But there is
more yet.
~ The policy of removing herds of wild cattl,
vest Of the River was specially approved by your fo
ner agent, but its execution not attempted until
cr the close Of his term of service As the expense
# the measure is not chargeabe to the proAgacy or
Xtravagance of my acknowledgement, although CON- :;
non prudence would have accomplished the work in
alf the time with halfthe expense) and is no part of
he ordinary expenditures of the plantation the appro.
ration may with great proprety be deducted The ;,
mount is ,7G5, which lessons the S39 900 down to
he sum of 1885.
%. Then comes an appropriation of $4,000 for 9,
imposes of charity, which is probably five times as n
luch as was paid by your former agent and as this is
OF for the support Of the plantation and am not res
onsble for it, it must be deducted as a matter of
curse, from the $38,OoO The amount ofthe expen.
lures for the support of the plantation is thus redu
I'd to SI6,s85. r
SO Then comes three extraordinary appropriationsl
r the protection of the Northern and Western parts
the plantation by bitches and fences, and good
ad, incident to certain changes which have taken 9,
lace in our relations with neghbors, which re- II
uce the 80 600 down to 1925. g
ST. The survey the country which have caused Il
0 be made, and which is no part Of the expense of O
Importing the plantation requires an appropriation of
80, which deducted from the gross sum- reduces the
Is 900 down to 6,I64. c
"o. The new buildings make necessary the follow. O
ng appropriations: For store house 500, for Il
ltcben $3.50, house for old ploughs and such like
Kings $780, for Jail $780, for two cotton houses one
$780, the other $75 Although the old buildings we're
III sound and substantial, they were entirely too plain
or man Of your wealth and standing. These are
therefore all proper items for deduction, and reduce
he 5000 down to $500. This sum, doubt not
might be reduced still lower; but am willing to please
my enemies by allowing that it takes $3.50 year
TO support the plantation under my management
Now if $4,000 was nothing but economical cxpen-
ture some years ago. it is most manifest, considering
the altered condition of the plantatan, that 5000 is
less in proportion to the wants of the place. than 3d.
QUO was then, and consequently, that my management
is more economical than was that of your former
agent"
We have used numbers nearly proportionate 10
those used by the "Aurora" although the results are
not IN exact conformity to the rules of he sch GLARS
arithmetic" 1t is worthy of observation that the
idea is attempted to be nculcated by the locorocos
that the ordinary expenses of the government are no
greater now than they under the administration
oil Mr. Adams andupon this founded the argument in
favor OF Van Burens economy Allow us to introduce
here another illustration. Suppose that $500 boards
and clothes an individual and is sufficient for all Ordi
nary (Which we understand TO mean necessary cxpen.
Ses; afterwards while these ordinary expenses not
increased, he expends an additional sum of $1,000, in
charity, Bowie knives and pistols exploring exped.
Iions fights, and champagne frocs. Is il proof of
his economy that his ordinary expenses, boarding. clo