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

popelalioa; bot though heavy, i Is not money /
kons from the Treasury never 10 return to Il. II /
sl FsuFas, end viii prohi, IN The sale Of The lands
acquired yet the vast sums paid % this head, Is
eiisd against Us as ruinOGs sxifaVagsHee. ioI /
~hieh he Golhs should BE- driven from the Cap |
aqu
81. Removal Of I.dians and their wars was
another item ssarly connected with the last, and
subject 10 he came remarks. Il had grown up Of
lais, and vas dirVeted 10 The good OF The States.
In fe24 it was nothing m 1889 Il was 81 U.S.
sl4. In he three prsesding years q vasTespec
lively, ia round numbers, $6e0.00o, 26,5O0,000
and s5,500.000. This is one Of Me lafgsst heads
Of increased expenditure ia recent ysaFs, and oas
Of he most indispensable fOr the States OF he
South and West. II is aPpurisnanl 10 The par
chase Of The Indian lands and, although large,
yet the sales Of he lands will far mors than reim
buFss L.
IS. And, finally. Mr.. B. noted The sun Of
4232, $50 for miscellaneous objects, not reducea-
BILE 10 precise head. which swslled the liII Of
expenditures, without belonging 10 the expenses
of TIE Government.
10. The Exploring Expedition was the last Of
shs items. II was Of recent origin, amounting 10
-@gT, o6s IN 1889, md TO about e560,00O Tor the
three preceding years.
These are tbs aictlsen heads Of extraordinary
expenditure. said Mr p. and the amount expended
for each; and now 10, gentlemen Of the OPPOSE
taion say for which Of these they did no, vote, to
which they nov obieci,ahd for which they willuot
vote again at lhis session
With this yisw OF the tabular statements Mr.. b.
closed the examination Of the items Of exPendl'
'aurs, and stated the results to be reduction Of
the 81 million aggregate ir 1886, like that Of the
30 million aggregate IN 1924, to about one,thlfd
Of i,s amount The very first KEN, that Of the
payment Of public debt in redemption Of Trssu'
~ no,ss, reduced It'll .BiI'ons OF dollars Il.
sunk il from ~ millions 10 26. The other eigh-
teen items amounted i1& 2.656,o77. and Teduc,
ed the 26 millions 10 the IL Ia. Here then
10 . result which Is attained by the same process
which applies 10 the year 1874, add to every 9TH
er year, and which 10 right IN ITSELF and which
must put 10 fight and TO shame oil the attempts
TO excite the country with this bugbsar story Of
exiayagance. In the first place the aggregate
-expendhul o. have not increased threefold in,ff,
teen years; they have not risen from ID to 80
millions, a. inconune1ly asserted by tho The
Opposition; but from 80 millions to 81 or 80,
And how have they nasn' ny paying last year
IL millions far Treasury notes, and more than l2
millions for Indian lands, aud wars, removals Of
Indians, and increase Of the army and navy, and
other items as enumerated. The resul. is 70,
siduum OF 10 Ia millions for the real expenses
of the Government; a sum l. ID millions shor,
of wha. gentlemen proclaim would be an eco
anomical expenditure. Theyall say that Is mil,
lions would be an economical expenditure. very
veil here is IL Ia which IS million and
half short Of that maik
The auiheaiic tables show that The aggregate
expenditures for 1894, came within five milliono
Of those Of 1879; consequently, tha, without
deduction for extraordinary expenditures. tho
charge Of exlravagance. waste, ruin, ptoAgacy,
&&c. nigh, have been raised against the Admin.
islEasn Of that day. and some uniformed per.
sons sxciied.against it by agroundless camor
yet no enc though..of easing such olsmor in
1874. No one thea thought Of charging as e1
sfavagance. payments on account Of the public
debt, and for iRdemities to merchants, and other
extraordinary expenses. Then all parties made
the proper reductions Cor payments either tempo.
AIRY or extraordinary IN their nature. No one
s0ugktto myssilyov TO impose upon the ignorant.
No one thoughsol palming a'story Of ihmty.two
millions upon the country. ,All that has beea
reserved for the present dmes; il has been 70.
served for our day; and may have been attend.
ed fora while with the ephomeIal success which
crowns for moment the petty arts OF deusion
practised upon the ignorant. Dut the day fos this
deuson has gone by. The classified tables,
aew presented wIllrsach every citizen. and win
clear up every doubt. They will enable every
citizen 70 see every item of expeadMure-to
Judge hmself-and 70 demand Of the Opposir
lion gentlemen Iahey did not vote foE il them
selves, and lf they now object 20 III Taking
The extraordinary items as they rise, and begin
ing wlh The hEst the sum Of eleven millions paid
toE redemption Of Treasury noles; and 4 can Be
demanded Il that payment was no. right and SO
on through ahe whole list amounting TO twelve
and half millions. The ordinary and parma
neni expenses, amounting tOthxteen and hal
millions, no ono objects TO- oil admitp,ha, tina
sum is a,milon and half within tho msEk o
merltorious economy. II is on the enIaofdlna
rest ID on the difference between .lhHtsen, anC
half and ,his,ys seven .millions---that,,ke attach
is made; and now we produce these exiraord,na
rles. We give lisl oil them, item by item, with
the amount paid on account Of each; and cal
upon the gentlemen OF the Opposition to name
the one 10 whichihey object TO name tho one oI
which they did not volei This is wha, we do ;
and l. will ten yourMry President, what they sill
do they will not name one item to which they
nov object, or against which they vosed They
will not name one; and the reason is, because
ihey eannO, !! They voted for all they approved
sn--,hs country viii approve all sxcsp, pal fOT
pensions and hartOfsi and Of these the oppos
ton were the leading advocates. And thus these
gentleman Of the Opposition are. prese.tcd N
the extraordinary tight Of geing abroad to make a
general denuncia,sons Of the Administration Tor
extravagant expenditure and when We show
them the bill Of particulars, and ask of them to
point out tho exuavagan, items, or the ones for
which they did not vote, they wH remain silent :