Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-01

H. been appropriated for the use OF the mn--and all
this 10 meet expenditures amounting to ,5ol o..
The receipts from revenues, Nc., during the year
.s:,7 with the aUcGsd balance the LIST January
of that wear amounted to ,3Ol 30, leaving
balance in the Treasury on the lst January, ic3o,
of s3II Isl, LAB %, from which must be deducted
S33 IOl G44 % which was them ana SIM IS, anardH
liz having pre yiousy been deposited with the States,
due from banks and appropriated Tor the use OF The
mint: so that there i'll fact, only Sl,oeo4Jo - IN
tho Treasury on the Ist January le35, the first year OF
MIR Van Buren, 5 administrations But suPposhg that
there were si5 goo Geo in the Treasury, when Gene
raj jackson left the Presidency. as the Journal alleges
bnt which viii be seen was not inc iaco IN reply 70
The ouestion wlcrc IL and what has become oil
i, we answer that S2S,6Uo,oClI has been depo-
SIZED with the States, 81 ,lOO,OOO is due from nsovent
banks and SlOG,0OO has been used III the mnt-aha
what is more Mr.. Van Buren, IS no more responsible
for the expenditure Of tins amount of S33, OH "a
than The editor of the Journal himself
It will be recoected that, during the oath Con-
,rress there was surplus IN the Treasury OF about
$40 900 600 At that time, there was majority OF
Whirs in both branches 81 Congress, and law was
passed TO loan the surplus money in the Treasury TO
The different States which was to be refunded at any
time the Secretary Of the Treasury might Direct ana
whenever il might be required to deiray Inc expenses
of the Government. About two-thlrds OF the surplus
has since been deposited with the States, and as this
co,ors under the denomination of loan, It is
coun,rd as 50 much in the Treasury, although it has
lone since been expended by the different States Tor
various consequently IS "nara'a6c, as
il has never been reundcd and perhaps, never VIII
be- The Opposition, disking the Idca that Genera!
Jackson had so conducted public affairs, 10 swell
the receipts beyond the expenses OF the Government
to more than S4000000O in single year, adopted the
plan of draining the Treasury al once by depositIng
this amount with the different States; and TO prevent
the same amount from again accruIng, introduced IN
the different appropriation bills large amounts for d
ircn objects OF earthly TO any one, except to
benefit themselves and few of their friends Hence,
at the first of the 23th Congress, large major
ity of the Wing members, not only r0fcd f"r me Wh0e
estimates Of cIpcndiiurcS, bat tor more rdn siN VIII,
LIONS beyond lie csaaatc$--and they likewise voted
for Diucty millions beyond the estimates, in the course
NJ fy. or six wears We have before last OF re-
solutions introduced BY Wing members during the
second session Of the 25th Congress, approprmting
over six and halfmllions Of dollars more than the
estimates for no other purpose than to benefit a
few of their personal political friends. Among
other items we observe $4,000 for cleaning and I'M
proving the port Of Louisville, Ky, and for erecting
lrht house that place. introduced by Mr. Graves
Another authorizing the Postmaster General 10 har-
gain and contract with company or companies 10 take
a mail from the United States TO and across the 18th
mus of Panama To the Pacific ocean, introduced by
Mr. Reed, Chairman Of the Committee on Post ON.
ces and Post Roads and arpropriatng Sl'o,ooo Tor
that purpose. Indeed, almost every Wing member
introduced some procc, of II similar kind for the
purpose Gf sQuandrrnI the public money and TO
drain the Treasury, that they might be furnish
ed with an opportunity 10 denonncc The President
for his extravaganza, and waste "s the pubic money,
when, at the same time, they alone were responsible
for it, With this they pressed these proposed ex.
peniturcs Congress, at a session when they were
procaiming the Treasury bankrupt They knew that
the Florida war; the purchase Of immense tracts of In
dian territory the distribution Of nearly thirty millions
dollars among the States, the reduction Of the revenue
bv the .tagnaon of commerce, and stopPagc OF the
sales Of public lands consequent on the bank srspen-
sion, had rendered II Impossible for the Treasury TO
provide for six or seven millions beyond the thirty
odd ALREADY appropriated by Congressman what did
they care for that So much the better for them,
as they would then he able to dcnouucc th" Admi-
nstration for It's extravaganza, notwithstanding they
had voted Tor over six and half millions more than
was required carry the operations of the Go
vcrnmcnt. We say that ma ory of the Wing mem
hers voted for these appropriations; aud thcy would
have succeeded in adding six and half millions to the
thirty millions already appropriated had II not been
that some Of them less reckless than the mGjory unit
ed with the Administration members, and defeated
their schcmcs-and until ncighbor prove the
contrary he may pirate about the extravaganza Of ava
Buren, and the Administration rs much rs he pIcases,
and no unprcjudccd individual will believe HIM
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