Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-11-26

from the Ilh Of March, lSil, (f not
burdened with additional appro-
prlaons,) will be 23,O193o9
Take the Sccreary's own reduced est
mates, (attcr correcting the errors 10
which have alludcd1 and the means
from the 4,h Of March wil! be, rs es,l-
mated by the Secretary, S2O,73o,395
Add debt received from the Bank Of The
US. Glol3G
Add Treasury notes charged san expen.
diture prior 10 the Ill of March, but
not redeemed until afterwards ,no,0On
Add amount in mints 2l1,uoo
And the aggregate of means from the 4ih
Of March will be 22O64,53l
Deficit at the end of this year 81 ,OI,o5
instead Of $4,000 al, stated by the Secretary
And il is 10 supply this d.icu that Congress has been
convened at an expense 10 the people .! nearly one
half the amount 10 be snpplicda deficit which can
only be created by the most extraragan and wasetul
expenditure of the public money, as shall hereafter
attempt 10 demonstrate Now, Sir, what was the PLAN
and obvious rcmedy' Let II he borne IN mind, that
Congress had not adjourned fortnight before pro-
clanlalon was issued by the President, which probably
met members on their way home, summoning them y
attend this extraordinary session-and for what: i"
make provision, alleged for what had not been
deemed necessary for the public service by the repre-
sentatiyes of the people, that remedy, orcby urged
by the Secretary HIMSELF "to reduce the expenditures
within the limits of strict economy i'll other words,
to carry into practice his own precepts This was his
duty; this has been the uniform practice VI Govern
ment; practice which prudence dictates, and is sane
toned by the soundest principles Of economy SIR, It
is good rule, whether applied 10 individuals or TO Go
yernmen,s to limit their expenditures by their income
and tie individual the Government that hab'tua!Iy
departs from it, will in the end be involved IN pecuni-
airy embarrassment if not in ruin.
But it may possibly be said, that the SlO33O,2' Of
une xpended balance the end OF the year charge
upon the Treasury 10 be paid by this administration,
which il is necessary to provide for. Normally, IT ~
SO; practically, know II Is not: Tor no nd MINIS
tralion ever did, or ever can, expend in single year
all the appropriations both old and And The law,
which provides that all appropriations which shall not
be expended at the end OF two years after they shalt
have been made shall 90 to the surplus fund, shove,
beyond all doubt, that they never expected to br
applied within a single year. But upon this branch al
The subjec, am content that history shall speak As
lono ago as the year 1919 The uncx pended balance n
appropriations Sl0,121 JAG; in 1914, Sl7 357 .2
in 1898 Sl4,g23, 49, in l-26 Sl9,503 0i9; in 1887,
sal S 27 and al no time within the last eight years
has the une expended balance Of appropriation been less
than Sill 100000. These unexpended balances have
hitherto passed over from year 10 another, until
the close of the respective administrations; when they
| have in like manner been passed 10 that which sue
ceeded And it must be Ut the close of this unless
the whole practice of the Government in this particn
lar shall be changed like balance, then, will at the
close Of this admnsta ion go over TO that which shall
succeed and therefore is express the opinion, that
while nominally it may be regarded as charge upon
this administration, practically it is not 50.
desire MIR. Chairman, to present one o her view of
this subject before proceed to the examination of the
other statements of the Secretary, which submitted
10 this report After correcting the errors 10 which