Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-04-13
THECASE PLALNIY srArEn-

Gu opponents have 4 way Il their Uwn in rC1-
ti'a 81 STATING VIA; usv are pleased % cal facts
Mr.. Murray, iie oriy democratic representative 90
Congrcss !um Kentucky. explains ,te manner ID
WHcH tIcy maSe tic present administration appesr
mufs expensive lhsn FORMER on-s
ST (>ad Mr.. NJ uuu | was more fam 90
with 'he manner 10 which uiLss are done here
Was OF loss 10 know how an argument. solely Cor
party effect caud be made out, with al the psy>-
bLiy 81 truth. giving facts aud figures and quoting
the record Wdh me utmost exacutud,, aud vet bt
ia.se n effect, uus.r ami UNJUST 10 both the Adm n
SiTau0n and the People As am now beginning io
understand lhS m1uer Wi say ,orl IN relation
10 Il, that tie people NAV be warned To ha on thtir
guard, and tocXamne fully before they give IN ai-
heSon their belief $40 IS rot every than, that shines
N the darn that IRE 10 rcadiy but often turns olL
on examination, to be tox-6Ic. or something else.
WEI, SIR, b give you an example; a plain, honest
larmeT 10 tae country takts up a speech, made To-
Congress by some worth, orthodox hrh priest Cd
the Opposition, and be reads that lie txptnd..
lures in ISIS amounted 10 SIS 296 Oil and that iAe
expenditures Of lSS7 is SSg,l6lO00" lie secs
That the latter sum three times the amount Of tie
iormeF, and Is the speech is rep'ee with the high
sounding epiihe'S OF corruption 'cNUayagance
"waS'e!u.ueSS,' "VUhlc punjeFtrS" Nc.-tor these
Gentlemen have VEIN uI great richness in cuiuug
such teumS-he feels himself grow indignant at the
manner Va which the Administration is imposing on
ihepu5c. Now II never occurs To the honest man
that although the Wing orator is telling the truth
he om,l- 10 tell the whot guth and To make the pro
per explanations required by eaudor and fairness
lie Is not informed that the expenditure stated lar
lo2e is the ordinary and current expenditure OF that
year, and that the amount stated Tor ls37 is tie
gross expenditure including all sums, Ordinary aud
extraordinary, AMI several millions OF dollars besides
Tie Is not told that the whole expenditure OF lS2s
including public debt, &c amounted TO sos 4j9 600:
and that IN the stated amount expended in 1887
there included $4,000 of trust funds ior In-
dian tribes, and ludcnulles recovered from other
Governments for our own citizens, and which are.
in n - no expenditure at OIL Nor is he informed
that lLec1csss Of pensions in 1881 over the amount
of pensions in fifteen twenty eight, is one milton
eipit hundred and IT, tay one thousand dollars aud
that tins is increased 10 about Si200O,0o0 by ex-
penses of Florida war, repayu, '''s on ora"
and debcuturcs three AMI five per cent lohds 10
new States, and investments for Indian aHGf' Ior al
Of which no reasonable man viii hold the Adh.ttlS'
ration responsible. sin less is he told Of the ne
cessary augmentation in our expenditures from the
great increase IN the growth OF the country and in
all the departments OF business besides extranrIma-
ry appropriations for Improvements, for the benefit
Of commerce, exploring expedition, sc many OF
which owe their paternity to The Opposition them
selves"