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

SIR (saia mf. NJ u arr done here, was at loss
- how how an argument, solely LOT parry ehe''
80 80. out with al thc piauelo'ity Oh "utn' k'"s
49, S-rr,. and quoting the record with The Ut
' and yet be false in effect, unfair, ana
's, 90 b,.h The Administration and the people: As
~, now beginning u understand this mater VIII
,v word relation 20 H. that the people n'ey ne warn
ID q be on ih"ir quad ard 10 examine iuy oeiore 't
,r in adhesion their belief is not every ming '"d
Shines in the dark that is Are in reality out ''e" ~
ont, on examination, TO be FOX ire, or some mug
We'll Sir. to give you an example: ~ pam. NOW G.
FINER in tho country takes up a speech, made in Con
r,sss bv some worthy orthodox high priest OF me oPPo'
lion aud he reads that "the expenditures IN eS9 anom"
Cd 20 Sl3 296 04l and that the expenditure {" 1000 10
ego l63 900" He tina, the latter srm three res
the amount Of the former and the speech IS repee
with the high sounding epi,hes Of corruption, .o
y,yance" "wasefniness, public riundcrers, &C -
for these gentlemen have vein ct greut Ic""ess !"
coin;np such ,erms-he feels himself grow indignant AZ
the manner in which the Administration is imposing OH
The public. Now it never occurs 10 me nohes' I'""'
this, although the Wing orator Is te'i"S Inc Uu'h ne
or,;,s 10 tell the whole truth and to make me proper
ono,iors rearired hv cano3 and fairness. He mol
;normed that the expenditure stated for leS the or
binary and current expenditure of that year ana la
the for 1887 ~ The gross e1pendcre IN
ciudinr all SUMS ordinary and extraordinary hho seFe
raj ilous Of dollars besides He told thai The whole
expenditure Of IsS including public b., &c, amount
ed TO S25 459 00O and that in The stated amount ex
pended in 1897, there is included $5Glu 4V4 oil uus
funds for Indian tribes, aud indemniues recovered
from other Governments for citizens and
which are in fact expenditure al all! Nor Is ne IN
formed that the OF pensions IN 1887 over the
amount of pensions IN le2S, is 81 s2l QUO and that
this sum is increased 10 about Sl2iUO,Wo by eI-
penses Of Florida war, rePaymtn;s on ora"hacks
and debeniures three and five per cent funds 10 new
States, and investments for Indian lands 'nr oil OF
which reasonable man will hold the Administration
responsible Still less is he told OF the necessary aug
mentation in expenditures from the great increase
in the growth of the country end in oil The departments
of business besides extraordinary appropriations tor I'M
provements for the bcnr fiji Of commerce, exploring
petition &c many OF which owe their paternity 10 Inc
Opposition themselves
Now, Sir, (connued Mr. N.Y. if implicit credence be
given by the people 10 the fiiere'ed charges IN re
ference to the late de!acatons, winch have been MADE
to give force and spirit TO tire ceaseless lor1eht OF aouse
which has without stint mercy, been poured upon me
Administration from The CONNIE nccmcnt OF tins session
TO the present time, they mus, have concluded That
new Of corruption and waste hao akcn place IN Inc
history ur the Government They could come TO no
other conclusion than lhlt little or no money was ever
lost by the Government until General Jackson was call
ed 10 The Presidency. Surely they must have been lest
in wonder, ay horror.stuck al The wastetu!ness and
prodigaty of that incompetent and reckless iunctonary
Sill more must they have wondered al the inconceva
bic folly of advocating any other mode OF Keeping safely
the public moneys than that Of permitting the bank coz
poalioDs Of The country to keep ard manage oil our
financial matters, seeing that every sensible man must
know that Spectators 10 be trusted than any
body else. Yes, they more consIdeIa,e and righe
Gus, coming up even TO the scrptural nJuncons, Tor
Imagine, if you cam such interesting crisis during
this supposed painful suspense IN the public mind. and
think Of the cruelty Of the gentleman from Ohio, (Nlr
Duncan,) who conumaciousy and vudely, without in
welcome, forward, armed, too, with
the records of the Government and without prelude
apology tells he whole story, backed by The record by
which The mist is dispeed and every thing nut bnch
where il before Yes he had the audaci,y to Affirm,
and 10 psoye it, Also that The CLOSES fewer and
less in amount, during the administration OF General
Jackson and this Admin sraon, far as had pro
crossed by than onehat than the average losses
OF all the preceding administrations, although the Co"
lections and disbursements than double, and
that the heaviest losses sustained by both The a'e and
present Administrations, owing to the failures Of
banks and merchants
lie showed you that up ards Of Sc 0G0 Goo had been
lost TO the Government BY banks prior TO Pres dent Jack
sons of service that of this amount there lot
by depreciation Of bank paper. under MI Madison ed
ADMINISTRATION 600 0G0 iha, 500 GEO was lost by banks
under Mr. Monroes, S21aCOO under Mr.. Adamss and
SIP 900 under General Jackson administrations This
statement of the honorable gentleman, far from being
extravaganza is in fact short Of The real amount lost
this account In letter Of the Secretary to honor
able Senator in the other end of the Capitol during last
session. 10 answer to an inquiry made respecting this
subject he says speaking Of the amoun, lost BY banks
slhs near 81 G76 900 stands against old bank deposilo
riss The loss the Treasury by taking deprecated
notes in 1911 10, l6 and L. is estimated al quite S.
500 co., and there is hand OF such notes the
received, and paid nway collected a50ui $50,
600 more lie also speaks Of large probable losses by
the late depose banks including depreciation Of their
paper.
The gentleman from Ohio showed you that ST OPS GOO
had been lost BY collectors Of dulles including rshes
and attorneys since The mencemeni of the Govern
men,: sixty Thousand dollars Of which only was lost
That of $4,000 lost by receivers fer public lands
5000 600 occurred since O, Jackson came into power
which, though equal in amount to what lost BEFORE
is rthecss, hundred per cent less when you
10 the fact, that twice much land has been sold
since the fourth Of March, lo29, sold previous to
that time.
That of S6,5O0,0O0 lost upon merchants bonds, elk
millions were lost previous TO the fourth Of Morcb 1923
and hat Of the remaining $500 geo, part was lost upon
bonds falling due, subsequent to that date but which
executed previous TO that time, and for which the
Administration not responsible. BY turning TO Sc
nate document number SOB, you will there find list
of forfeited unpaid day bonds the number of many
thousand with the name Of each delinquent, and the
amount lost each boud The money los, the bonds
Of single man, Edward Thompson nearly all of
which executed in leo after Mr. Adams came in:o
power, amounts 10 nearly $1O00OO do not mention
this 10 cast any reflection his Administration, which
may not have been any mGie TO blame than any other
creditor of nsolvenl being more The misfortune Of
the Government than The fault of the President. Yet
the unreasonable attempt is made 10 bold the late and
present Administrations responsible for all such
The whole which III be eventually lost, on these
bonds the Secretary OF the Treasury wl
much from Sc, 500 0O0,"
1t seems there two thousand three hundred
delaung disbursing officers prior The commence.
ment of President Jacksons first term Of service and
some forty more during his administration. That by
these officers the Government lost upwards of 81 100
600, previous TO the above term and about 500 900
during its continuance The whole amount lost since
1889, upwards OF SIS coo coo, comparatively small
portion Of which was lost under Gen Jackson's ADM
nistration With oil these facts staring full in the
face, let ask you, Sir, what becomes of the
question aske d by my colleague mir. Underwood the
other day-why was II, that honest could be-
or were not selected during the last and present 40.
mnistratons, to fill the Government Offices as did fill
them under the former Administrations question: Sir,
which he asked with great apparent confidence and
readily answered il himself with great felicity and self
competency, for which all know my able and worthy
colleague, whom much esteem, ia very remarkable p
Why it that my colleague asked such question:
when It was not possible Tor to he sustained by facts
1t YVES, Sir because the very great and sbors
OF that gentleman had prevented him from locking into
the acis and he like many Others led away bythe