Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1839-06-22

the money had been received BY the a.
vernment, and could not be drawn f,oS
the Treasury, for the owners of II, excen,
by virtue Of appropriation laws. Av,ir
the IS 1896 900 received in trust for n,
Chlckasaw Indians on the sale of ,bsi,
lands in 1856, and the sum Of al .2OO
600, received in the same way for M
same Indians, in 1867, and then inrs,,
ed for their advantage, and also numeron,
sums received in trust for other Indian.
and afterwards INFESTED for their bene6,,
these sums are all included in the cbarn1
ofprohigate expenditure, because. bayinS
been received by the Government. tbeSS
could only be invested by virtue of apnrc
prlation laws, and therefore appear in ths
list OF appropriations, although, in reality
having nothing to do with the expenditure,
OF the Government. Again, the S475.
600 paid out of the Treasury TO merchant,
for drawback of duties last wear. which
merchants did not pay their bonds for a.
ties, but obtained delay both frcn the Al
ministration and Congress; even this lara
sum paid by the Government for drawback
OF duties, to those from whom.dutes On
imports were due, this also is included IN.
der the head ofprofigate expenditure, Er
which this Administration is to be abused
and vilified! Here are near ten millions
OF dollars at once accounted for, upward,
of one half of which was clear gain, Oh.
tanned from foreign countries, and paid 10
ouf citizens for spoilations; a large portion
of the remainder was trust fund for Ind.
ans, which, though included in the apprC.
priations, had nothing to do with the OK.
pehditures of the Government +; and the re.
naming part, being nearly halfa million,
was so much money raised by the Govern.
mentand paid to merchants for drawbacks
instead Of being received from them for
the duties. 1t is an insult to the people to
try and deceive them in this manner. Itr
an insult to them, for as they have not &C,
cess to the detailed items of expenditure.
they are not able to detect the imposition
that is practised upon them, and thus are
made to believe what is not true.
Having detected and exposed these
items, which, though included in the ap
preparations, are in fact no part of the er.
penditures of the Government, now come
to the actual expenditures, and will show
that great imposition is practised upon
the public understanding, by presenting
gross amounts, without showing the heads
OF items of the expenditures. Thus, IN.
der the charge Of prohigate expenditure
OF the public money, is included all the
expenditures for suppressng or prevent
ing Indian hostilities during the Admins.
tration Of General Jackson and MIR. Van
Buren,. The Black Hawk war, the Flori
da war, the Creek outrages in Alabama
and Georgia in 1886, tho Cherokee diff.
culties, which, together, have cost the
country $20,000,000, all these are inclu.
ded under the head Of profligate expendi.
tnre as ifthe Administration e. its friends
had consumed that amount of the public
money in their private and personal ez.
penses instead Of the nationa, defence.
The extinction Of Indian titles is ano.
Their large item of expenditure, necessar.
ly incurred for the good Of the States, and
unJustly charged upon the Administration.
Take the case of Georgia and the Chero.
KEGS alone. Here, the extinction of the
Cherokee title alone cost about five and
half millions ofdollars by treaty, to which
Congress has added upwards of million
more by law, during the present session
This was for extingnishing title then
large allowance was made for removing
the whole tribe and then another allow
ance Tor subslstng them for one year az
ter they arrived west of the Mississippi
and, after all, large body of militia and
volunteer are Kept under pay, and station
ed in the Cherokee country, to see that
the treaty is complied with, and that no
outrages are committed on the whites In
this way, the Cherokees alone have cost
and will cost, the Treasury more than
5000, 900; the whole of which is to be
included under the head Of profigate ex'
travagance in the Administration. What
has occurred in the case of the Cherokees
md Georgia, has also occurred, thoughin
ess degree, with all the Indian tribes in
'ther States, to wit: In Mississippi, Ala
,ama, Tennessee, North Carolina, New
York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,
We. The Indians have been removed from
III these States by the policy previously
commenced and carried out by General
Jackson. They have been removed at a
arge expense, ard those who condemn
he expense must also condemn the reno
'a', and wish to have those Indians brought
Jack again and replaced in the bosom Of
ne white population.
The permanent defence Of the country
las been another object Of expenditure,
nder the late Administration. Toprepare
Or war in time of peace has been their
maxim; and hence the Notifications Of the
ca coast, the general increase ofthe navy,
he erection Of docks, and establishment
navy yards, with arsenals in the States,