Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-03-17

Making an aggregate Of
W hlch gives us All average per year


The sum have proposed is only twenty Two m.lllals,
which, deducted hohl thirty five above, leaves r.
ducton OF Sls.b1O 0oO-bclng sum greater Than Ill.
whole average expenditure o the oXtrayagai md Iren
gate administration Of Mr., Adams, which they told
enormous that II must be reduced ~ great re
trenchincni aud reform
AN mol here going to enquire into the itcma which
composed the large expenditures Of the four years Of
Van Bnrens administration, know What has been sad
and vi" again be sad, thai sub ecthal tAcIc were
many items Of extra expenditure " lch never ccem
again. BE it So; but do know that ovey Admin
straton has It's extras and that these may he tSr,esd
- arise and will and must under every Admnstfa-
ton: that less expended on the national defence
IN the construction and repair Of ortff a,lonsloss fr
the navy and less iot other means If rcpcng fore On
tack than perhaps ought ohayc been expended. At IRE
all animated with acomnon zeal and d,rrmi
nation the subject Of defence all feel The necessity Of
adequate plan OF ucienco wei upon the TIC
land and especially Of putting navy ard ortiica
os III better state 10 defend the honor and protect the
rights Of the nation We feel this necessity although
all trust that the calamity of war may be averied.
This calls for greater amount OF money iur these pr
poses than was appropriated under Mr.. an Burcns Ad
mlsraton besides which, in the progress OF affairs,
unforeseen chigcncios may ARISE and do constantly
cur calling for other appropriations needed, which M
man can anticipate. Every inlstIy IN every Govern
ment--cy,ry Administration Of our own Government
has lis cXtraordinarcs and lis contingencies and is
apology for Mr. Van Bun's administration say that
the circumstances which occasioned its expenditures
extraordinary and peculiar. Making all the allow
which its wanost friends ask for the eNpon
o the nglonous VIM in Florida contest which has
proisoly wasted not only the nfthc Treasury
but the hat blood OF the haon-making the simplest al
lowance for this and for all other whatever, the
expended by the last Administration sll remains 10
he far beyond what proposed in these resolutions
sufficient Tor the present, aud for years 10 II
must, in candor be conceded that this is very great
dminuon Of the national expenditure and such,
thing else were done, would redeem the pledge oflhe
Wing party.
But let consider tho subject in another iirht
Thirteen millions was the average annual amount oil oX
pendi,ure under Mr.. Adams administrators which ter
minated thirteen years age. ! should be author 2c, i,
therefore. To take the commencement Of hs administration
in 1928. being period of scventccn years in making
comparison Of the progressive increase OF the rational cx
pcndtrcs; at all events, adding half Of Nh Al
amss term, 10 take the period MS running fifteen years
back; but shall not avail myself this perfectly far cal
culaon and will therefore say that al the end of ihr
teen years. from the time when the expenditures were
thirteen milions propose that they be raised TWEEN
,ytwo millions And is this extraordinary increase
Tor such period, in country of such nd increase and
DEVELOPMENT MS this is What has occurred duing This
lapse Of tnel The army has been doubfcd or nearly
it has increased from little 5000 OCO
We have built SIN eight or ten ships Of the line, q do
not rccollcct tho precise number y or three new
States have been added TO the Union and periodical
cnumcrations have been made Of the national population
besides which there have bccn and are 10 be- vast,
expenditures works identification and national defence
Now when we look at the increase in The number of
members in both Houses of Congress and consider tie
necessary and inevitable progress ard growth Of the ma
ton is it, ask. extraordinary thing that the end Of
period OF thirteen years oureXpendurcssh increase
from thirteen to twenty millions Of dollars Ii we take
the period at seventeen years Gas finally nay CT at
but FIFTEEN years. tho ncroase OF 6xpcnses will be f,und
rot to % ~yrnd tho proportional ilcreasc os YrIa