Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-10-14

books were 10 De opened at THO treasury dtsStssAe
4th day of March that the new Administrator
would take new point Of departure, and for tn
| purpose of discriminating between economy am
| extravaganza, they would close up the old book
of the two past Administrations, and open new
set upon their own account, for the operations o.
the new powers. Thisi what we were told, an6
| how let US take peep into these new books, ano
see the entries which have been made, or propo-
sed to be made, in them.
1t will be recollected that the past Adminstra-
ton was charged with expanding forty millions
Of dollars per annum for the expenses of the
| Government; and tho new Administration were
| to defray the expenses of the same Government
| with the one-third part of that sum, namely !:
| with thirteen millions Of dollars. will not stop
to vipdicate the past Administration from tho in
furious mputaton Of expanding forty millions in
| defraying the expenses of the Government: that
task was performed above year ago in this cham
Der, and to the conviction of all Present-friends
and foes. 1t was then proved by document
from the Treasury Department, the verify OF
which no member could impeach, that, of these
imputed forty million, above twenty of them
went to the great object of freeing the Southern
and Western States from, the incumbrance Of their
Indian population-holding treaties with them
distinguishing their territorial titles-remoying
them to the DISCRIMINATING the war in Flori-
da-and to the further object of redeeming Treas
ury misunderstanding permanent public build-
ings, and paying over indemnities obtained from
foreign countries; and, that all which went to
the expenses Of the Government did not exceed
seventeen or eighteen millions of dollars. I
will not stop to repeat the proofs then delivered:
my business lies with the gentlemen who
We're to carry on the Government for thirteen mil
lions per annum and who came into power few
short months ago upon public pledges to that effect
will see how these gentlemen are redeernng
this pledge-will see how the account stands in
the second quarter of the existence of their AID.
ministraton, and in the second month of the SEES
sion of their first Congress. For this purpose
Will take view OF the moneys and means left
by US in their hands the fourth of March last,
and of the amounts raised or attempted to be rait
seJ by themselves at the present session, and Of
the amounts wasted, squandered, or given away,
or attempted to be so wasted, squandered, or Civ.
en- away. l will look into their new books uh.
der these three heads and will use no evidence a.
gainst them but that which they furnish officially
against themselves.
Promising that the present year is only year
OF ten months (for we carried on the Government
during the hIst two, and paid all expenses up to
the 4th of March)-premising this, proceed.to
show what have found in the books against tho
new administrators under the three heads men-
toned, and begin with the amount which we LEFT
In their hands. This l find stated in the report
upon the finances, made to the two Houses Of
Congress at the meeting of the present session,
and upon the third page Of that report. The a.
mount there stands thus stated:
l. The available balance in the Treasury
on the 4th of March, 1871 $616,SO 10
2. Treasury notes authorized
under the act Of 1910, issued
after the Sd of March, I64l 4I3,592 -
?. Do. authorized by the act of
1871, to be issued after the 4th :'.'.l
of March, 1871 100000
4. Receipts from customs estma- a,
ted at $4,000, 900 90
s. % public lands 2,5OO.OO 90
D. miscellaneous sources 10000 90
Amounting to S2O,73O,395 "a
Here, Sir, are close upon twenty-one millions
OF dollars to carry on the Government for ten
months, by administrators who complained of
our extravaganza, and promised to exhibit them4
selves as models of economy. They promised
to carry on the Government for thirteen millions;
we furnished them with twenty-one for ten
months; and here we are, before the ten months
are hall ont called together at an expense of half
| a million of dollars to provide additional means,
| we asked no more to carry on the Government
| than we left them We even made an extraom]i-
| nary provision over and above the funds on hand;
and the accruing revenue-a provision Of five
| millions OF Treasury notes; the whole for them
selves, the issue Of which was not even to com:
mence until they came into power. Upon these
supplies we should have gone through the wear
1t the Democratic Administration had continued,
without shilling more than the twenty one mil
| lions turned over to our successors. This haa
| been asserted and demonstrated to Won bv tha
Senator from New Hampshire. (Mr. Woodbnry,3
late Secretary Of the Treasury, and who spesks
win the knowledge OF experience, and with the
| authority of practised statesman He has told
you repeatedly in these pulveri2ing speeches in
which he has reduced your Secretary's report to
| dust and ashes that he would have carried on the
government during the remainder of the year,
without calling for an additional dollar if the Ad,
ninistratlon of Mr.. Van Buren, had continued in
power. You have all heard his declaration and
now call upon hun to say whether l have mis-
taken his assertion. whether time and refec-
uon or the arguments of his opponents, have in
duced him to retract, or qualify his important dec
laraton. lpause for reply.
Mr.. WOODBURY. stood up and reiterated
his d claraticn.
Mr.. BENTON. Coed ! must request the
Senator to write down his statement i'm his OWL
words, and deliver it to me, to be incorporated il
my speech will putt tin the body of the speech
1t shall be printed in great letters they should b,
OF gold letters--large and shining-each digi
long IL shall be printed in staring capitals, tina
: the old farmers-the producing classes-the bee
: which make the honey, not the drones who eat
y that all the friends of their country, no matte
. how classified in party poi.ica--no matter no,
= they voted at the last election-that they, ON
= and all may see and read, and reading, reinembe
:. forever, this authentic declaIaton Mak Mr. Ia
70 Bnren's administration trouid hare gone Mroue
g The year, # Hhad Jesn continued an po,uer, Difj
II out haUjng required additional collar fron,
= people.
n Mr.. Woodbury. handed his statement to M
:! Benton. 1T was in these words:
r. "MR. WOODBURY. STATES in REPL