Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-15

ou ,,ciou Of Mr. BE%TON, the letter ct Tie S"cre'
trr and the tables, were ordered 10 Gc Pfin!cd.
Nr T. then to make anpirr m"''""' az" ~
w n nr,u, an extra number OF these papers u" pro-
' :, ,,,yc his reasons for the motion, ana Tor that
,rro.c asked that the papers should be- sent l" NM
,,h;c was donc) and Mr. i. went on |" say 'iat h>
h.c, was to spread before the country III an "G'h''S
~, the full view Of all the Government expenses i"F
a series of years past, gong back as lar as Ut
Jr;strao.,; and thereby enabling every citizen, III
- ,r, of The country, TO see the actual, the c"lhpa'
and the classified expenditures OF the Govern
, ror the whole period. his proceeding haa pe-
o necessary MIR. b. said, from the ystenatlc ch"rS
,,,n for some years past To impress me country
the belief that the expenditures hau c'eisc"
~ last twelve ycars-that they had risen from IN
TEEN 10 THIRTY NINE millions 4" dollars; anu t!ia'
r or,nous increase was the effect ot the cXlfa'a-
,pc. Of the corruption, and OF The incnnipechcy "'
tho Administrations which had succccurd t"at VI w
,,ns and Mr. Monroe. These two latter Admins
traons were held mp as Tie models 81 economy, t"u
If Mr. Van Buren, and General Jackson wcr" stigma
food a. monsters of extravaganza and tables .! ii@u'rS
,y.rc so arranged 10 give color To VI"
,r,bued 10 each These systematic chortS-this ,r'''
r,ed asscrtion made this toor "f HTfcch nil'"''S
;cre,sed TO hirtu ninc-and the effect winch such
o,a,oncnts must have upon the minds of those who
cannot sec the purposes for which the money was eA-
nrndcd appeared to him (ar 3D. to require some more
formal and authentic reiu,at"n than any one i"''uu
could give-somcihing more imposing ta'' lhe sp'e,
If solitary member could afford. falH'ldl WIN NV
action of the Government for twenty years past-col-
;ng INTO the Senate in the time OF Mr.. Monrnc-tc-
uainin" in sincea friend to economy III P""'
and in private fc-and closely scrutnlZng Inc eNpel
,iturcs of the Government during the whole tmc-iie
MIR B. itt himself TO be very able at any Time 10
have risen in his place, and 10 have exposed the ne'n'
sion of this thirteen and hrtyninc million bugDcar
and if he did not do So because, IN INC nrst 'st
Mace, he was disnclined to handy contradictions on
The Aoor Of the Senate and in the second place, be-
cause he relied upon the intelligence OF the country 10
c all rrht whenever they obtained view OF the facts
This view he had made himself the instrument Of pro-
curing and the Secretary of the Treasury had now pre-
<cn,cd it, Ii was ready for the contemplation OF the
American people, and he could wish every c'tizen 10
have the picture in his own hands, that he might con-
template it at his own resdc, and at his full leisure
He could wish every citizen 10 possess copy OF th's
report now received from the Secretary OF the Urea
surv under the call of the Senate, and printed by us
order he could wish every citizen TO possess one n
these authentic COPIES bearing the 'mprtmatu OF Inc
American Senate; but that impossible; and, UNIT
inc his action to what possible, he would propose
to print such number of extra copies rs would enaoe
some to reach every quarter Of The Union lie knew
that the report could easily go through the
(or it very shorty and he hoped that wou'u
pear in every paper that friend to truth ana &c
fair dcalnr-tha wished give correct inflammation t
its readers He hoped it would appear IN all such pa
pers; but that was not sufficient The ewspaPcr pup
caons were not sufficiently free from cavll to answe
his PURPOSE no publication could be sufficient put Inc