Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-22

this Administrator are answesatie fct tie aggregate
Of bubble expenditures; that The People shouiu iooh
ONLY 10 the lodiings of the account that temporary TX
pendiurcs take E!ace OF necessity, under every ui-
nistration. VIII this course serve geh'leh rh nov
comparcs the aggregate the expenditures oil ms with
Thai of former Administrations: This It IS SAID, IS the
true criterion test the economy or 10 so" tne extra
yarancc of an Administration. How STANDS thf e
count between 1924 and lS9, IN The ag9rege cApeh-
d;turcs, Not more favorable 10 the Opposition. But
hi; tb fair the honest the Just mode of settling the
ncc.nni. Nav there not be public expenditures OF q
Temporary character unavoidable III one year, which
would not occur in another: Would u De iisht 10
CHARGE such an expenditure TO the Administration tneh
in power: No, SIR no. The true mode IS the one whch
he had odoned for his guide Look 10 the permanent x-
rd;tnrcs NJ The Government for each year; compare
The expenditure ufonc with those OF another year lei
The difference be made 10 appear ana t me Auh'hs-
tration in power account tor any 'hefc"ce against IT,
This would be right; but II suns senators u. me
Opnosi,ion better to take the annual aggregate OF cx
penditurcs for all purposes and TO compare te
ro,e ne one Administration with that OF anotner II
will lead to no more favorable result Tor tfeil LOT lhe
vcars l.ai and 1888 ls39, than that before stated
The Senators over the way would gam nothhs by m
.,,utnu any such comparison. But the report OF the
Soro,,rv now before the Senate, had been denounced
bacopse il speaks of a payment OF poruoh OF me
nnbc debt in 1888 when, il is alleged, there was then
no national debt No national debt IS tnis 50: =
few DAYS past both himself aud the senator from Mas
c,chusptts commended tlIal ttN
sue of Treasury notes. could not be Justhed upon any
other constitutional ground than under that clause OF
lie Constitution which conferred upon Congress the
mower TO borrow money that it was loan, and when
made 9becamc public debt He admitted that was
an unundcd deb, but nevertheless was, IN every view
suhsistinr debt and for the redemption OF winch the
Faith of the Government was soemnly pledged.
The payments therefore made from the Treasury IN
sag in taking up these Treasury notes, were as mucI
an ex,inGuishment that amount OF the uneNpeueu
public debt, as the payments made IN lo24 Tor IKE
purnosc were an extinguishARent of corresponding
,mdunt Of the funded debt of the Government Inc
only difference was, that in the latter case, the deol
was due abroad, in the former, the debt was due al
home. He would say in conclusion, that ne hoped 10
sec IN, motion submitted by the Senator from Missouri
,douted If there was truth in the stories abroad IN
The land as TO the extravaganza and prolgatc cxpenui
turc of the peoples money by this Administration, the
nubIication of this document can have no effect. II
there is no foundation in truth for such statements, inc
urntnr of this document will tend TO correct every
error to remove every false impression now resting
mon the public mind in relation 10 tins subject ina
cause must be both weak and wicked which can only
be sustained by deception and trick; and that cause
strong md mast prcra, which rests upon the Inmova
BILE pillars Of truth and of justice
ITO be cOntinmed)