, 1840-05-30

hh III Disuict Of C0iumola, or Otherwise, survey Of
the coast, taking the census, duties refunded, Explor'
Ing Expedition, and materials collected for the gradu.
al improvement of the navy, including improvements
at navy yards, durable public buildings of all kinds,
bridges and Notifications, all roads, canals, breakwa-
tiers, and Improvements in rivers and harbors, arming
militia and forts, all pensions, except those to inva.
lids, and the purchases of title to lands from Indians,
(lndian DEPARTMENT. the removal of Indians and the
wars, with such other payments as may have been
made in those years for property lost, or injuries com.
mitted during any hostilities. None Of these years OF
columns include any thing on account Of the Post or
fee Department.
The expenditures Of 1899 are subject to variation,
on the settlement Of the Treasurer's accounts fol
that year, " hich have not yet reached this office.
T. L. SMITH, Register.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Registers Office, May A, 1910.
On motion Of Mr.. BENTON, the letter
Of ;he Secretary, and the tables, were order
ed to be printed.
Mr.. b. then rose TO make another motion.
and that was, to print an extra number OF
these papers. He proposed to give his rea.
sons for the motion, and for that purpose.
asked that the paper should be sent TO him,
(Which was doneD and Mr.. b. went on to
say that his object was to spread before the
country. in an authentic form the full view OF
I'll the Government expenses for a series OF
Years past, going back as far as Mr.. Monroe's
administration; and thereby enabling every
citizen, in every part of the country, TO sec
the actual, the comparative, and the CLASH
fed expenditures of the Government for the
whole period. This proceeding had become
necessary, Mr.. b. said, from the systematic
efforts made for some years past, to impress
the country with the belief that the expen-
ditures had increased three fold in the last
twelve years-that they had risen from
THIRTEEN to THIRTY-NINE millions
of dollars; and that this enormous increase
was the effect Of the extravaganza, Of tie
corruption, and of the incompetency of the
Administration which had succeeded that
of Mr.. Adams and Mr.. Monroe. These
two latter Administrations were held up as
the models Of economy; those Of Mr.. Van
Buren, and General Jackson were stigmatised
rs monsters Of extravaganza; and tables OF
figures were So arranged as TO give color TO
the characters attributed 10 each. These
systematic eilorts-this reiterated assertion,
made on this floor, of thirteen millions in
creased TO thirty nine-and the effect which
such statements must have upon the minds
VI "lo hiiii I tO pun pooC !"
which the money was expended, appeared
to him (Mr. B. 10 require some more for
NAL and authentic refutation than any one
individual could give-something more i'm
posing than the speech of i solitary member
could afford. Familiar with the action OF
the Government for twenty years past-com-
ing into the Senate in the time of Mr.. Mon
roe-remaining in it ever siDce-a friend
to economy in public and in private life
and closely scrutinizing the expenditures OF
the Government during the whole tIme-he
(Mr. b. felt himself TO be very able ct any
time TO have risen in his place, and to have
exposed the delusion of this THIRTEEN
and THIR rY-NINE million bugbear; and,
If he did not do so, il was because, in the
first place, he was disinclined to handy con-
tradictions on the floor Of the Senate; and,
in the second place, because he relied upon
the intelligence of the country to set all right
whenever they obtained a view Of the facts.
This view he had made himself the instrument
of procuring, and the secretary Of the treasury
had now presented it. 1t was ready for the
contemplation of the American people; and
he could wish every citizen to have the pic.
ture in his own hands, that he might contem-
plate it at his own freside, and at his full. leis-
ure. He could wish every citizen to possess
u copy Of this report, now received from the
Secretary Of the Treasury, under the call Of
the Senate, and printed by its order; he could
wish every citizen to possess one Of these
authentic copies, bearing the imprimatur OF
the American Senate; but that was impossi-
bic; and, limiting his action to what was pos.
sible, he would propose to print such number
of extra copies as would enable some 10
every quarter Of the Union. He knew
that the report could easily 60 through the
newspapers, flor it was very shorty and he
that it would appear in every paper
that was a friend TO truth and to fair dealing
that wished to give correct information
to its readers. He hoped it would appear in
all such papers; Tut that was not sufficient.
The newspaper publications were not suffi-
free from cavil to answer his purpose;
no publication could be sufficient but the
one made by the order Of the Senate; aid,
therefore, he wished the document itself TO
20 forth, with the senatorial imprimdtur up
On it, in sufficient numbers to reach every
quarter of the Union. He wished a large