The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1841-08-12

lst US take a peep IN these nf" DOORS anu
SEQ the eutries which have been made, or pro-
passed to be made in them.
II will be rocoElected thai the p1st Admins.
lra,ion WAS charged witb sypeadiug forty mill
lions of dolars per auHun for the exp enseS of
Government; and the nsw Administration
wers to defray the eSpeDseeoftbe came Gov
ernment with tho one third part oftbis sum,
namely, thirteen millions OF dollars. ] will
not stop to vindicaio tho past Administration
from tho injurious jmpua,ion Of eXpending fore
" millions in defraying the expenses of tho
Government; that tack gss Performed above
wear ago in this chamber, and 10 the con-
viction Of all present; iilend : and foes. twas
then proved by docunentfro the Treasury
Department, the verify OF which no member
could mpoacb, that, Of these imputed forty
millions, above t~enly OF lhemgswent TO the
great object Of freeing the Southern and Wes.
tern Slaes from the lncum6rsrce oil their ln-
dian population; holdlng treaties with them;
extiugushiOe their territorial tltIes; removing
them to the West; maintaining The war in Flor
ida, and to the further object of redeemos
Treasury notes; constructing permanent pub
lie buildings, and paying over ndemntles OBJ
taincd from !ureign countries; and that all
which went 10 the expenses OF the Govern
ment die not exceed seventeen or eighteen
millions of dollars. ! will nnt stop TO repeat
tho proofs lhen delivered; my business now
lies with the gentlemen who were to carry on
the Government for thirteen millions per an
mum, and who came into power a few short
months ago upon pledges to that effect will
see how thess gentlemen are Fede5mlng ths
pledge-wll see how the account stands in the
second quarter of tho existence of their Ad-
miDistration, and ia The second month Gf the
session Of their first Congress-. For this pur-
pose will take view OF the moneys and
means left bv Us in their hands on the 9TH OF
March last, and of the amounts raised or at
tempted 10 be raised by themselves at .he
present session, and Of the amounts wasted,
souandered and given away. Twill looh into
their new books under these three heeds, and
will use no evidence agant them but that
which they furnish officially egans' them
| selves.
Promising ,hatth present year is ~ny
| year often months (fnr we carried on the Gov
ernment during the first two. and paid all sx-
| penses up to The 4th Of March h)premsIpg this,
| proceed 10 show wha, haze found 10 the
books egsins, The new A3frip'Strators under
the three heads mentioned, and hegIn with the
amount which we left in thsir hands. This
fnd stated in the report upon the hnences,
made TO the two Houses of Congress, at the
meeting Of the present session. and upon The
third page of that report Tie amount there
stands thus stated:
| !. Balance in the Treasury on thaday $646,sOt
| 2. Unissued Treasury notes lnder Did law 4i3592
| g. Authority to issue new Trealurg notes 5,000 OOO
! A. Receipts from customs for ten mmths II 00O O0l
Receipts from lands for ten monhs $500 OOJ
| e. ReceIDts from mcelIaneous sources, 10000
Amounting 10 $50, $50, ,305
Here, air, are close upon lwenIy-one mil
lions O! dollars to carry on the Government
for ten months, by administrators who COM
planned of our ex,ravsgance. and promised ID
exhibit themselves as modeb Of economy
They promised to carry on the Government
for thirtern m lions; we furnished them with
twenty ONE for ten months; and here we are
before the ten months ore hail out, called TO-
ge,her at an expense Of half amlon OF dol
lars, to ov de additional means We sOker
no more 10 rariy on the Government than VI
left them. We even madO an txUao dinarJ
provision over and above the funds on hand
and The accruinG ,evenue-a provision Of 6W
millions ofTtebeuty noes; the whole Tor then
selves, the issue OF which was 20, even Il
commence until after they came into power
Upon these supplies we should have gOrt
through the year, ifIhe Democratic Admnis
uation had continued, without chilling mol
than The twenty.oue millions turned over Il
our successors. This has been asserted an
demonstrated 10 yon hy The Senator from n
Hampshire, IME Woodbury. late Secrels'
Of Tho Treasury, and who epeaks with tn
knowledge Of experience, and with tho autho
Ivy of practised statesman. HS has toll
you repeatedly in those pulVerizing speeche
in which he has reduced your Secresry's re
port to dust and ashes. that he would have ca
ried on the Government during the Eemainde
oftbe year, without calling for an additions
dollar, il the Administration OF Mr. Van Bure
had continued in powell You have all hear
his declaration; and now call upon him t
say whether have mistaken his assertion, q
whether time and reHeouon. or the argument
of his opponents, have induced him 10 retrac
or qualify his important declaration. l psus
for reply.
| Mr. Woodbury. stood up end reiterated hi
declaration.
MIR. Benton Good must request tn
Senator 10 write down his statement in his oW
wo de, and deliver il to me,to be incorporate
in my speech. illput it in The body Of III
speech. 1t shall bO printed in great letters
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