The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-05-14
FAcTs FOR TnE PEOPLE.

FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.
In a late number Of The Madisonian.
We end siairmeni. made out from Off.
eial documents. which exhibits the ex.
prnsss Of The government Tor each year.
from is FIRST organization in 1853 10 The
commencement of The present year.
From dis statement |, appears. that
during The eight years Il Gen. Washing
tons administration. the average expense
for each year amounted 10 si,ose.524
So. The average population Of the eoun.
try during that period was4 ,2os, o45i con-
sequently The average tax m each indlisi.
dual 10 provide Tor The expense Of the GO
,erninent was a. cents.
During Mr.. John Adams's adminisira-
hon Of four years, the average expense
Coz each year was s5.s62.5s7 70. The
average population being s.o29.s9s, The
lar on each Individual was dollar and
9 cents.
-. During Mr. Jrirersan's administration
Of eight years. The average expense Of
each year was s5,i62.50s So. Average
population 0.oe9. 277; tar on each indi.
sidual dnllsr and Q CENTS.
During Mr.. Msdison's administration
Of eight years. the average expense Zoe
each year sss sis,0ss.el7 4s. The
average population being 7.759.o76. The
TAX on each individual was Q dollars and
% cents. 4, was during this sdminis,ra-
ZION that The late war with Great Britain
vas carried on.
During Mr.. Munroe's administration Of
eight years, The average expense Cor each
year YVES sla,os7. 92s .07. The average
population being e.6ss.isl, the tar on
each individual was dollar 80 cents.
During Mr.. John Q. Adams admi-
nis,ra,ion Of four years, the average ex.
pense Cor each year was sl2, 625,47s So.
The average population being li,56s.
Oo3. the TAX on each individual was l
dollar and 0 ceais.
During Gen. Jackson's administration
Of eight years, the average expense FOR
each year was sls.224.09l So. The
average population being ia,7s5,i2S,
the tax on each individual was dollar
and 30 cents.
Mr. Van Buren, has administered the
government three years. during which
the average expenses have amounted to
the enormous sum Of s37. ls5, 654 30 for
each yea'; and The average population
being l5,757,02o, the tax on each indi.
,idusl i. Q dollars and 90 cents!
The administration Of John q. Adams
was put down because Of its alleged ex'
ira'a gance; yet the tax on each indisi'
dual was only one dollar and nine cents.
Gen. Jackson succeeded. and "retrench'
mtni and reform" was pretended 10 be
the order of Tie day. His eight years
expired, and Mr.. Van Buren, came IN,
"pledged to follow in the footsteps oil
his illustrious predecessors" and under
his very prudent and economical sdmi'
nis,ra,ion, the amount required Of each
individual for The support Of government
is bu, f,co dollars and hirty.sir cents!
very little more than twice IS much as
Gnder the 50 called exlrsyagant admins
Halion Of J. Q. Adams; and only three
Gems more than during Mr.. Madison
administration, when We were engaged
in a war Nth the most powerful major
on the globe.
How much more will be aided to th,
annual expen.es Of Mr.. Van Buren's al
ministration, should the militia be organ
lied, as proposed. into /. a standing army
Of l00, 900 men," we shall not atiemp
10 calculate; the evil already being suih
eienlly enormous. Each Of our reader
ea calculate wha, proportion will fall Il
himself of the present expenses, ant
Judge whether he can bear an increase
Eve .daIlars aud ihirty.six cents IS th'
average TAX on every man, woman an'
child 40 Abe United States. How mucl
would ,ha, be {, family Of eight
snan. his @ife snd six childrsni IN