Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-06-06

N.ll oa accoun, 90 the principal and mtcrcs, ol /
die public debt The second Is the sum ~ 81 |
Ssl,5>6 56, paid to mere hauts tor ndcmnilirs
under he ueaty with Spain of 1919. by which We |
scquted Florida. The third is $500 % paid |
90 States ilT claims 90 account OF war debts |
The fourth IS Sl77li - Tor the bIee per cen
tam 20 he new States on the lands sold within |
hgr lmG The hlih Is $1,000 GA account Of !
Che two per cenmm 10 the Cumberland tuad |
The Giih is si373 10 for The survey 1T he |
coast Tbo siythls St23,3i i62 lor collecting
materials ior the gradual increase Of ltenayy,apd
the Improvement ct the navy yu'is, The Sc.
,euh IS SlSc,3l' 81 for durable public bud
dma5. The eighth i, st29gT2 o. iot bridge.
and Qualifications The ninth j. sos % lot
roads, canals, and bytakwJters aut Improve
meats IA rivers aud hagbats, except DE C4e1AeF-
land road, which was stuffed bv ITSELF The tenth
Is Sl7lI55 10 for providing arm, l5r the militia
OF the United States, aud Tor armirg the iou,dca.
tious. The eleventh is Sl,261,6u0 Al, tor all
pensions, except those a myalljs The twelfth
is Si29,9ST 90 lor purchasing land from Indians
aud paying for Indian depredAlDons. The thr-
tceu,h, aud las, Hon, IS he sga @. S295,952 81
lor miscellaneous objects and for property lost,
power, The total of all these items, except the
public debt, is Ss,222,252 GO. This total added
to the sum paid on account Of the public debt,
makes close upon twenty-five millions Of dollars
and this, deducted from the aggregate OF near
lhirty-two millions, leaves a fraction over seven
millions for the real expenses oflhe Government
the ordinary and permanent expense during
the last year OF Mr. Monroe administration,
This Is certainly a satisfactory result II cxempts
the Administration Of that period from the mputl.
ton Of extravaganza, which the unexplained es
bibuon OF the aggregate expenditures Nigh, have
drawn upon it in the minds of uniformed per.
sons Ii clears that Administration Irom all
blame II must be satisfactory to every candid
mind. And now let as apply the test Of lbo sans
examination TO some ypar Of tho present Admin,
stralion. now 80 inconunenty charged with ruin.
/ Gus extravaganza. Let Us see how the same rule
viii work when applied 10 the prosent pet1diand,
| lor that pnrpuse, let US take the last year IN the
| table, that Of 1899 Let Others take any year
! that they please, OF rs many as they please |
take one, because ] only propose to give an ex,
ample and J take the last one IN the table, be-
cause Il IS the last Let Us proceed with this ex.
! aUHlaUuHi dbu Att NNAt tAt iFNN'Nai uAthhl dhh
comparative, will be.
Commencing with the aggregate payments
from he Treasury for all objects, NJ i. SAID it
would be seen at the foot Of ihe FIRST column III
the first table, iaal lhey Amounted to S37, 100,
306 81; passing to lie second column, and i
would be seen that tbs sum was reduced to S25,
gs2,797 70; aud passing to tho third and i
would be seen that tins latter sum was itself re-
daced to Sl3,525,S1O Is nod, referring q N,
second table, under the year 1889, aud i wpu'C
be seen bow this aggregate Of lblHyscycu mill
ions was reduced to thirteen and halG 1t wa.
a great reduction; reduction ofucady is olhlrd,
from The aggregate amount paid out aud Ion lo
the propof expenses Of tho Government its OF
binary and permanent eX2en-es--an inconcelya
! bly, small sum lor great nation Of seventeen NIL
hons Vi souls, covering an immense extent OF ter
ritory, aud acting pant among the great powers
Of The world 10 trace this rcductou--to show
de reasons Of DO difference between the first aud
the lLrd columns, Mr. Il. would follow the same
process which be- had pursued IN explaining the
expenditures Of the year 1894, and ask for both
ng IN ora case which bad not been granted In III
other
]. Tho FIRST item 10 BE- deducted iiou tn,
( thirty seven million aggregate, vas the sum Z
$ll,115,590 % paid on account Of the public
debt lie repeated on account The public debt
(or it was paid IN redemption Of Treasury notes
aud these Treasury notes were so much debt III
cured to supply the place Of the reuuue depo,
led wish die States III 1896, Of shut up u bank
during tho suspension of 1897, o. due lfon met
, chants 10 whom Indulgence had been granted
70 supp,7 The place Of these uoattainabe fond,
, the Government went IN debt by ISSUING TicasD
~ notes but faithful TO the sentiment which al
bored national debt, il paid Of the debt amo.
Ias fiat az ii contracted II. Above eleven million
Of this debt was paid IN 1892 amounting to q
most The one third part Of The aggregate cNpend
! turc Of that year and thus, nearly the one thir
, part Of tho sum which is charged upon the Al
+, mlnisiraGon as cxtraydgancc and corruption, VI
4. a mere payment Of debl!--a mere payment (
!, Treasury notes which we had issued to supp
the place Of our misplaced revenue. This tei
(, Icing deducted Gom the 27 millions reduces
!. to ~.
2. The second item 10 BE- deducted Is stated
NE cable under the description Of trust funds; af
/, consists Of money received ~ trls' for he Che
saw lndiaus, and other Indians, on the sale
!. their lands, ror which the United States act
- their agcn, and treasurer. il amounts 70 near
J quarter Of a million, to VII, $4,000 for ,he fe
= 1899 BOT ror the three preccdngyears ayerag
- million and quarter, and contributed largely
n swell the expenditures, q, ihcy #efs termed,
Il 1896, 1897, and 1898 This item bad no eS
tence N hs year 1921; 50 that i becomes ne
: charge apparently upon tho Treasury but
i, reality no charge q, att IS It was only dclHen
I, over 10 Indians the money which had been rec
i we'd for them, and belonged to them. Yet Il
,e item, amounting to nearly four millions IN the b
an four years, is SCI down to The reckless extra
'. gance Of mad and ruinous Administration
"a g. The third Item to be deducted is the sum
!. s7l7.552 q, for indemniiies that is 10 say,i
II moneys recovered from foreign nations, uud
- Gen. Jackson's administration, lor merchants I"
.. had been pIundered Under previous Admn'sir
. ,,tosp money! when received, had 90