Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1839-08-24
From the Globe.
THE FEDERAL PARTY AND
THE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES.

AAAA CDLAl LAELNUlIUkES
j BY letters from the states where eIec
Itlons are now impending, we learn that
The federal Wing orators, abandoning the
theme Of defalcations, which involves too
many Of their own devoted partisans 10 be
available, rest their main attacks upon
Ithe Administration, upon alleged extrava-
|gance in the public expenditures. This
rs very convenicn, weapon, however an
fair may be the use made Of it. 1t is
easy for the most ignorant Of iheirnrators,
Jas well as the most knavish, TO state the
amount OF expenditures in a given year of
Mr.. Monroe's administrations, 10 compar-
ison with given year Of Mr.. Van Buren's,
and because the latter exceed the former,
charge the increase, without taking the
trouble to investigate or state the true
reason, to the extravaganza Of the Admin
listration. 1t is their evident hope aud
Expectation. that the people whom they
address viii be induced, without inquiry
|or consideration, 70 jump TO the same con-
lclusion, aud vote agains. the friends ofthe
Administration on that account. In this,
las in all other Of their misrepresentation
70 mislead The people, they are doomed to
Ia signal disappointment
| Washington was President eight years,
John Adams four years, and Mr.. .Jetler.
son eight. Nobody will now question
1.-THE economy Of Mr.. Jeilerson's admins
ltralion. Yet the public expenditures IN
Ider his administration far exceeded those
under Washipgion's.
The expenditures OF Jeflcrson's last
four years were s23,927 PAS
Those Of Wasbington's last
four were l2,O92-3o4
Excess Of Jefferson's admin
islrasion, Sll ,s35,04l
Thus JtGerson's expenditures nearly
doubled Washington's for their last toul
years, and for Tie whole administrations
more than doubled.
Yet, who charges Mr.. Jefferson will
extravagance?
Again: The expenditures of the last
four years OF Madison's administration
were SIOS.5g8 G9G
| Deduct tlose e Mi. Jefier-
! son's last four 2s,saa ,as5
Excess Of MaJison's admin
istration, SCI GiS, S43
Thus, Madisan's expenditures more
THAN qliadruped these Of Jefferson, and
were about ninc-foId those Of Washington.
| But, say the federalisis. those were war
Expenditures. Aud are mol a!arge por-
tion Of those which they charge upon Gen.
jackson and MIR. Van Baren war expen-
ditures also? Was not Mr.. Madison even
more responsible for the war Of 1912,
having approved the declaraiion,shan Gen.
jackson was for the Black Hawk and
Seminole wars, which were commenced
|by the enemy? And il itright that they
should hold the one responsible for wal
expenditures, and not The other?
But let US look little further. The
expenditures Of Mr.. Monroe's last fcur
years, which were years of peace, were
5,G65, 4g0
Deduct Mr.. Jefarson's 23,927 ,2ls
Excess Of Mr.. Monroe s2l ,73s,l75
Thus, theexpenditures Of Mr.. Monroe's
last four yedrs nearly doubled Mr. JeffeI,
sons and almost quadrupled Gen. Wash.
lington's.
So the expenditures Of !. G. Adams
-four years were $50,50l,9ll
Deduct Mr.. Jefferson's last
years 23,927 PAS
Excess Of j. @. Adams over
Jefferson 1874 $50
Thus, the expenditures off. @. Adams
-four years more than doubled Mr.. Jefler-
sons last four years, aud more than quad
rupled Washington's.
! The expenditures Of Washington's
third year, being the first il which The
public accounts appear TO have been sys-
|temalized, were but 81 ,9l9,590, whereas
those Of Monrce's third were $4,000 ,273,
showing az increase Of eight % one, or
more than SD GOO 900.
Upon the general and sweeping ground
assumed BY the Federalist q Che present
dav, Jefferson was guilty Of extravagance
because he spent more than Washington,
and Madison and Moore because they
spent moro than Washington or Jefier.
son. Bur IS not the cause of this con-
siantly increasing expenditure perfectly
apparent and completely satisfactorily Is
Iii not to be found inih constant and rapid
growth Of our country? From thirteen
States we have grown to twenty-six from
three millions Of people we have grown e
sixteen. Our territory has been more
Than doubled, and our settlements cxtend-
led. Our commerce has increased beyond
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