Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-21

NJ treasury notes. delivered in the House Of Repre-
sentatiycs on the 18th March, Mc expenses q TIC
G0rernmCRt
(Erom Nr PGrdcrpot,'s Sncteh.l
s.Rut rc arc told IN conclusion, that there per-
mancu Deficiency and that owing to the cxtrava
rant expenditures Of this aud the last Administrations
Of the General Government. SIR, take ISSUE again
with gentlemen on thus point and can show that the
expenditures of the last several years have
been occasioned not BY the President not by the Ad
ADMINISTRATION, properly speaking, but by the votes OF
Congress: and generally by Wing, than BY De
mocrac votes that far the Administration is
cerned the increase Of expenditure has not been
in proportion 10 The of population 1t very
easy now To deCaim against the large appropriations
of past years but gentlemen would merit much more
on the score of candor and honesty should they
pany their patriotic nvectives against eNtravasdnce
viii, the admission that their votes have been
most instrumental in contributing 10 IT. charge the
extravaganza upon the eglslature-l acqu the Exc
c,tive Department of the Government from any par
ticipaton therein. There have been, to be sure
causes and sources of expense, which II not in the
power of any Administration to control and for which
no particular party branch of Government should be
held responslbcsuch our Indian @ars, and the pro-
lection OF our Northern frontier. Mr. Y. said lie had
prcpared some statements and tables, showing the
penses of l-2S, which the last year OF the admins
ration of the distinguished gentleman from Massachu.
sets in his eye MIR Adams and the expenses oflS3-,
which was of the years over the extravaganza OF
which Opposition gentlemen now poured out their bit
tcres lamentations ana the comparison he had lnStu
ted would prove that in the Executive branch OF the Co
vernmen the increase ofcxpensc, since lc2- had not
bee in proportion the increase opopulatIon, but that
the expenses ohc Legislature have more than doubled
since that period In ISIS, the aggregate amount of
expenditures for the support of the Executive Depart
ment of the Government was ShO1 III In le3S, twas
| S-5G925 The expenditure of this year much
augmented BY the of 18th July, l-6, TO re-organze
| the General Land Office. Independently Of the IN
crease occasoncd b this act there has been none equal
to the increase of population The increase IN Tic ca
penscs of the Legislature has, however, been in much
greater ratio. In lc2S, the expenditures Of the Legs.
| lavc Department of the Government amounted 10
S705, $50. In lc3-, they amounted to 81 ,12o,lGI.
constituent part of this latter amount was the sum OF
SSI S1S, paid fof the printing OF the House OF hrpre-
scn,ntves; year, be IT remembered, when certain
| Mr. Allen, patent Conservative Wing, held the
Office of Printer Gentlemen surely will not pretend,
that the friends OF the Administration are more Gull
pablo than the Opposition for this increase OF expense
Of our Legislature. We have not always been able
| "a boast majority here At all events, the Federal
Whirs retained in Office their avorite Printer more
than half the period that has elapsed since ISIS But
to continue this comparison little farther and to cs-
tahsl fully the truth of what we have ALLEGED,
that it is the legislation OF Congress that has sw'!ied
10 the aggregate "thc expenditures ot this Govern
mrnr In l-2- cur military expenses, exclusive oi
pensions amounted to S3,GG6, 81. In ISIS 10 s. 2i5,
600. This dsproport'"n arises chiefly from the raising
an additional regiment of Dragons by the net OF I'D
| ~,
liSnent of the United States by the act of 9th July,
ISIS The latter act, it VIII he rccOllrced, filled up
all the companies that were not complete. Surely The
Administration is not peculiarly responsible Tor ths
increase Of expenditure consequent upon tn" small
augmentation of our military force. Our Indian wars
our immense Western frontier and our Northern
outbreaks in the estimation of gentlemen OF all par
ties rendered this small addition TO military force
absolutely necessary. ! can hardly believe that the
party which supports the Administration ever Wi!
\ all ham tad IN N
advantage 10 itself, IS party, from this increase OF
our army: because sir al least nGr-hithS of the Of
tircrS 81 the army and navy, # they have any pn-
ltiril feelings y, al. opposed to that great Demo-
cratic party winch has, for the last twelve years been
IN the ascendant There seems to be soth NJ ~ their
very nature which induces them tn regard the Demo-
cracv with dstavor. Whether it be because large
Standing armies we're, and never Will be, Ia
yoritcs of the Democratic party, know not; and yet
r the appalling aggregate OF that array oi one nun
bred thousand office holders, which this Government
i, said command the officers Of the army and navy
are always included ! speak thus o! them, SIR not IN
spirit of apprehension, for rank among the oihccrs
Of the army and navy many highly valued personal
friends but repc the idea, that the friends OF the
Administration tins floor could have voted TO
ncrcas, the armv from any hope Of increasing Exccu-
tive patronage Nv intelligent, able, and industrious
! friend from North Carolina, Mr.. Mckay, was al the
head of the Committee Military Affairs wien the
ac passed 10 fill up the ranks al the army; and those
!
care with which he watches the public treasure, the
jealousy with which he notes and the freedom and iide-
tv with which he rebukcs any steps towards cXtrava
rancc come from what quarter they may, can hardly
be disposed to believe that he ever supported an IN
crease of military establishment without there was
! the utmost necessity for IT.
"Iut, sir c, W. pursue our tables and comparisons
still further In l-2-, th" aggregate expenditures or
the Indian Observation-Disclosures annuitIes and Indian
treatics-was S705.o-i. In ISIS. they amounted to 81"
90 32} And will il he said, either that the Admins
traton sent past peculiarly responsible for this
vast increase that have received II" equivalent
for this large expenditure: Sir, since the commence
nien of Gen Jacksons administration, we have added
millions upon millions TO public domain by means OF
our Indian treaties, and cxtnguishing Indian titles
We have created polite source OF revenue lor The tu
re and unless the unconstitutional and mtschcvoll-
plans OF distrbutiUnsts among the States prevail We
will be soon most amply reimbursed for all the adj
vanccs we have made under Indian treaties SIR, tins
is money most judicously and profitably invested
Again: in l-}S il cost Sis9,00l for the protection
of our Northern frontiers; in l-2- nothing, because
there were no troubles there, IN that vicinity. In
ISIS, the building and support Of lighthouses cost
SOL ,95 in l~:;- $ii3,2 and this, SIR, III conse-
uIpnce nftr increase OF lnh houses by acts Of Con-
nrcsS In las, III" paid for the survey and m
provcmcntS Of ports, rivers, and harborS, amounted TO
Sl2l ,O.I in lc1-, il reached the very formidable
amount of 81 ,l~s,r1G. And you need only refer 70
the yeas and nays 10 ascertain which Of the two par
ties this floor have been most favorable to aPpropra
tons of this description Have they encountered
opposition here |, has been chiefly from the friends OF
the Administration My friend and colleague, the form.
or distinguished chairman ofthc committee of Ways and
Means, Mr. Cambrecng, generally voted against ap.
preparations for objects of this descriptions and to show
that the policy of expcndng the public treasure IN the
improvement of larbors rivers and ports s iavorle
policy with the Opposition, he needed only refer to de-
monstrations very recently made by two of his Wing
colleagues, McsSrs Barnard and Marvin. Both had
proposed bills Tor these purposes, and both had made
long speeches in favor Of annually letting apart large
appropriations for objects Of th's description. Let ne
mot, then be told that tn" enormous increase under
this sing" head, from Si2i ,uH, 10 ncarl two millions
OF dollars is c fruit Of the policy of TINS or the past
Administration. These appropriations have ever found
!, favor with Federal high bank, high.tarif Wings
Though plead guilty to the charge Of having voted
for many OF them, sorry to be constrained To adj
mt contend that they find their Justification OF JUS
titled they bel in the principles of latitudnarian
Whiggcry. They are the avortc appropriations ol the
Wings; and ii is little unknd, when they rcbuke Us