The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-05-05

sfFu AIf1s0fga 80 A-+-- -. A. n
a..e,naiur u asrol Il from tks insnos
" go - Administrator hal Eepfoaehss
.h.,lS soms o. The ssbjsrt Of reonomy'
a,A .l,sr an dis sssi and pfehagas u
asn5i,ure q uoasy. where are he n.''en
4 ,n.aum.nss whieh fhsy have len % |
h;aa ,hswf II has BEEN sunk - ne ne
,,,,ss q Florida. Or worse fhsn ~ss'su ~ i
~. ,.,a.f,r a Indlsn tribes from enc sios
n !, ,i,,r . Ihs other. and By loesains Den
\ he ia,medisls vicinity Of our ifoniisr
s,,d,nsp,s. creating ihe esuss ioE nav sx-
..,d,,u,e, ler he defence &c our ciiizsns
hos endangered. Where. ! ssk sgain:
are de tnonunsnts Of al this expenditure
VIA, has lhe nalicn GOT 20 shos tof 10
money. You sxpendeda5 millions year
Ior four years; and yei iSssyon whoPu1
down the Administration OF Mf. ko,ms
for is sr.ravsgsnce. which expended but
thirteen milI,onsl Gentlemen have disPni
NJ he gross amount. but ! speak from o.
6eisl papers. They have gone into
l.borious examination Of the account, sna
,l,er an lhsir wiDuaslng and sitting. ihey
have been compelled % confess 70 - an
nu,l expenditure az isenly-eighi millions.
And re, ssnllemen Who had The Govern
m.nt for years. alter spending ell they
could Law iLeir hands on. and LEAVING Us
aneInply Treasury. without any provision
whslesef 10 replenish i. come here ana
rsproach . new Administration. no, IN
power single year. Tor not having eject.
ed q general system Of rsirrnchnenn
Gentlemen wh0. INSTEAD Of funds. lei us
large debt. and shn violate oil dsceney
and proprieiy in launIing rs wiih loans:
The necessity for which they are The real
authors Of! / say. then. IL Ihe charge were
| Just. and the papers proved 4. sllll q would
come with 4 very III grace from such
quarter. Rsirenchmenl! Why did nai the
senator from N Hampshire aud the ssns-
Tor from N. York effect The re,renehmeni
Iof which they now profess such psiriuiic
solicilude when one was u The bead OF
The Treasury and The other Al The head OF
the COMMITTEE on finsneei What we're
they doing all The while they held riie con-
troll Of the whole fiscal means Of The TO-
rernmenti The Senalorirom New Ilamp.
shire tells as that he did. 81 last, wake
up. "a laugh, and was very desifous oil
elIeciing reinrm in The year 1910. But
let Us look little into The circumstances
under which The honorable gentleman lelI
this sudden zeal Cor reform. What we're
iheyi This whole land. from one end Of il
TO The other. was FLIED with general out
cry sgains,ihe wastsful extrasasance his
Administration. A Presidential election
was approaching. moreover, aud il wal
particularly important that fair and mode
rate accounts should be made up for III,
inspection oflhe people. Under al lhes,
powerful motives 10 action, What was &C
: cnmrlished by the united labors of III,
Administration, backed as they were b
the Senator from New Hampshire and lhl
Senator from New York; lie tells Us
with exuliaiion. that he reduced The ex
penjiiures of tina, year o. SEQ 300. 900
And how did he do III The faci sss adj
veried to by my friend from Maine, fMr
Evans. but he did no, call The attention
Of the Senate 70 tie difIeren, laws b,
which il wa, done. BY letter from ID,
Secretary Of the Treasury, dated 3D. Sep
timber, 1910. sfler the ANNUAL spproptia
lions had been made By Congress Tor tn,
public service, IL appears lha, he came
not 10 Congress, bni TO the Committee o
} Ways sud Means, and ssksd them Z,
postpone enough Of wha, lad been aciu
ally appropriated as indispensable To-
the seryics Of the year, to avoid the crea
lion OF defici. in the Treasury. The,
had expended al! their means. wasted am
lsyished away all the public money tina
, they could get into their possession. an,
snll experimenting deficiency il The pub
lie wants we're provided for, he comes
and begs fof temporary poslponetnen
Of upwards Of Two millions OF dollars; an,
! The President was accordingly authorize,
10 postpone The expenditure ri ~, 200, OOl
Of the regular annual appropriations. I
% easy 10 see how the expenditures weI,
J teduced; il was by The mus, ekraUrllina
!. ~ expedient thstever was resorted 10, an,
such as The records Of no other Govern
ment on earth can show-au expedien
which | hope will never be Tesorlpd TO a
. gain. The appropriaiing pnwer enirus,
: ed 10 Congress ty The Constitution ha,
} been regularly exerted; tie aunu.l appro
prialion in c"nIormin,.y 10 estimates iron
the Executive department. had been dis
: cussed and agreed upoH: sndlhen. a pow
: er new and unknown, a dispensing pow
; ef. was put in,o The hands Of the Presi
dentto set aside alhis discretion the aciioI
J Of the lave Here Mr.. CLAY read iron
the acts Of 1910 The extraordinary au,ho
. rliy vested 10 The President Of ,he q. S
TO Pos'pons large appropriations Jus
made for the military service and Tor Iat.
ufcanons. 1.-THE exigencies OF the Treasu
~ required il. Thus j, is seen that III,
: boasied redoe,on Of the expenditure I,
twenty-five and half millions vas fec
ted MOI by any real relrenchmeni, bn, b,
a pOstpOnemeut Of ohierts of high n.,;o,,