Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-09-23


penses and that, Too, in country where, as
/ am 4 sssIred BIZ gentleman acquainted with
the couairy, thousands 0 cords Of wood could
be cut in sight ofthe fort to winch this wood
was sent. am also Informed that wood has
often been taken from Florida 70 New Orleans
for sale and should not Re surprised i tbs +
wood was originally from Florida, ard after be /
mo shipped 10 New Orleans, and ploper'y sea- /
sened, was shipped back agan to Fiorda TO |
fr,rd little patronage. These, sir, are a |
Tow snec,nens Of expenditure in the Florida |
var for 1897. could for hours read charges
aa,aBv obnoxious tocensnre and, sir, have i
lhad Resolution on your table ever since the |
srst resolution dav of this session asking the |
ecrefarv Of " ar for detailed account ofthe |
exnerdjtnres of the war; and the friends CT
! INSTRUMENTATION, by some miserable subter-
| fnge orauibbhng point of order, refuse 10 call
for the statement. And yet, sir, this Is called
/ = commemorative Government, and we assume
! 10 he the Grand Inquest ofthe nation, and the
| neonla are told that all officers, from the Pres
.debf down, are strictly accountable. Yet we
can. at ask how S3G,000,0U0 Of their money
bas been spent, without being told by gentle
men that the Opposition voted supplies tor the
4 war. and that these expenditures are extra
i ordinary Truly, sir; they are 'eriraordana-
4 rg.7 and Their fore it that | demand lmi
i aIhf ezol;c4t statement as 10 their nature.
lam told. SIR, that steamboat was offered
Ito tie Government for about Sl4,00O. and, re-
f,isirig to purchase, they chartered her until
thav 6aid some S72000. am told, SIR, that,
nlank. in several instances, has cost 81 -
per f lot, or : 1875 per hundred feet. Also, that
. fire. wood has cost $50 per cord. Sir, i is the
/ .Iuty- Of The Administration party to give the
Peo,,le light on this subject, and to relieve
themselves. If thew can, from the charges OF
vast e and pecu,atlon.
believe the charges to be true, from what
have seen OF the documents now before me J
and this Is but the account Tor one year
should AMONGST other tlr gs, like to see what
amornt has been expended for the 'bleod-
hounds which, as every person now ackno"l-
/ edgees. have turned out to be common ours,
and not worth shilling head. presume
: tnut this erperine1n, with the contingencies,
. cost so,ne thousands. / perceive, also, that
r one man has been paid 81 80 per day, and
subsistence, for transporting forty bushels OF
con IN sacks, from one post to anotil r, ~
,. Wisconsin. F our has been transported from
c one nlace 10 another until il cost sou per bar
c rel. an then sold for one-iourth the cost o.
: tr.,n snt,rtation. In short, sir. did not see
q tt4a hio~s stated in official documents could
b moi have believed it possible that such gross
IN management existed. But | must leave
l tb;s branch Of expenditure, thus hastily CLAN
s ceC at, ard pass to another
q rThn gentleman from Virginia, IN his anxiety
2 70 defend his new allies, quotes an expense
p Of lind an emigration, and subsistence lof u,
= a ms as an item of expenditure lor "ilci
- N any of tie Opposition voted and tie eeii'ie
" An classes Il nnder the head OF 'eXtraordllld
q ~ exnenses.' ! shall not deny that many Up
Il po.l,ion members did vote ior the estima,e
p llamantied hv the Administration ior I'm
Z branch Of the pubic service lhI,ih tue.
y wore oni.e itlstifiable IN so domg. Ba'' s'f
g coald any one ofthe Opposition have ever sup
+ posed taat the money voted Wouid nave II
"a sp sAamafuiY squandered, absolu'eiy WASTED
Is he reports Oft officers IN ttlat cep'iF 'ilol
p2ovF # Ia have been? Will cite one orr"
;n.1a,oss ont of the many could enumeratt
to prove the uujustfable and crnlha ABUSE
III a,linb have been practised on this SUBJECT
I'D Document No. l27, of the Sd session OF 20i
by CONGRESS-. is a letter Of Mr.. Ponsetf, Secrt
a tarv of War. In that document find con
lie nnnicafions rom the Cemwsssary General
ial 8, ,hs;staara. addressed to Mr.. Poinsett, and
* ,bern parceive that the Government, after pu
he chasing unnecessarily vast amount OF pr
NJ visions. &c. for the army sent INTO tne Cne
D, okee country" and, having no use iorlt' orde
N ed if to be sod and viii quote an extra
re from that communication
ler ..The suuplies sold consisted OF oO barre
rty nork. 2645 barrels -four, SIi hard bTead, :
bpshels beans,I6 bushels corn meal, lo5 Gus
lch Ill corn. sos bushels sa..75,O27 1ounds sugi
on Al. 0Q7 pounds ofcofee, ABS pounds rice, 81
ing 030 bounds bacon, D, ISL pounds soap a.
ase noYras candles. 81. gallons whlskey, OIL
on. ra1ons vineoar, and all the issuing apparat'
d !, sucb as scales, weights, and measures Us
onS u,hile the volunteer troops were IN serve
nu- Thase articles produced the nett sum OF so
aa- III co. y.
lbie This. sir. is the "ofcial account Dc
eX- ,rv gentleman here deny 1t Is there a
one of The Administration party who wishes
rom rive an exclamation! Ifso, will give W
n OF Nj me sir. Then, let none OF the Admin
ma ration napers throughout the Union care
ave donv 1b;s statement. And what do prove
for ~ Mr. Chairman! That this vast amour
What s,,nl;os g coIJected unnecessarily, cost, as
ons. ,,raar bv tfe accounts ofthe department,
with words Of SI60O00, including transporter
the COMMISSIONS. buildings erected for their
lded servation. sc. were sold by this al wise
Ad- conoefent administration for less than one J
r Of ii costs. This, sir. Is the Mariner IN WI
r M the money of the peoples wasted. VIII
ppo the gentleman from Virginia # It was poss
thoy for any honest man to anticipate such unlt
resi- fable souanderings of the public money
Had seems. sir. that the % Isl pounds OF soap V
d by not needed BIZ the asny. 1t ought neve
1onld have baen sold, sir. 1t should have ,
'ould shippel TO Washington,and would have SCI
ntry. as fraction of the quantity neeessar!
'rove cleanse this foul Administrator. But, 81
S for vii owe YOU another item Of sales OF ste
leiul- &c. purchased u necessarily, and solo at
'es OF tion IN the Cherokee country, IN 1905.
upon embraced in this same COMMUNICATIVE.
men, SIR. that corn. which cost the JoVefhfneh
'ta1e- least one lar aud halt ard ~ many ms
/, &C. res two dollars per bushel, ana accamnl
81 unnecessarily ii vast quantities, was soio
lster- Ills economical Administration as follows
: the AL bushels corn, at IL cents per bn
orda. 375 do at IL do
team 4 oq0 do at 10 do
100 do at 3 do
am. 4 339 do at ID do
4,250 This. sir, is 8 specimen Of the Price
9.725 which this article was sold, and THOUSAND
6,OlW dollars thrown away in this one artlcl
9,5Im corn alone. And this sir, is only fractis
81 500 The quantity sold. find further. sir, that
1000 n,,rciased at double the usual cost, were
r am ~ 3-1-2 cents per bushel This corn and
t1.000 wore moi damaged for The report states
56f1O0 - have been sound, and e damaged
l~,OOO sold separately. could proceed, sir, 70
/ 900 n,eratt, hundreds Of cases of the same NJ
5000 III me- a,ne viii MT permit. wllcose b.
$1,000 ~ from letter of the Creek
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