The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-03-24


he naval service proper. and only dollblu
ihe amnunl ~ wlsirh il sioOd when she
honorable gentleman from South car1li-
ma lefl the department. The sLm sss
thfn abort g. .00c. cOos Il is now MOI guile
$4,000. 600: While. during he sane pc
Nod. Ihe army has besn nearly dO1hlej.
besides ihe raising Of mounted regimenis.
the most expensive Tor dat very reason
Of any in lie service. think lie gen
tienan from South Carolina. II be looks
into the suhjeci in detail. will find tLas
the cost Of The army i not Al his lcur
greater. per man. Than il was when il was.
nnder his own personal administration.
so am informed; and DAT. sliiough lI.e
pay las been rsised 4 dollar . month,
which has very largely augmented lie
expenditure.
The executive branch Of the govern
meni has sfni in estimates amounting. in
al, % iweniy-lour and half millions Of
dollars, for The service 81 ihe current yea,
which, with The million and half Of per-
manenl expenditure. makes twenly-six
millions. How much is 10 be added 10
that amount FOR appropriations not YET es-
minated. which NAV be made during the
session Of congTess. 20 meet honest
claims, and for other objects Of a public
nature! remember one item proposed
BY my friend near me Mr.. Mangrml for
a quarter Of a million for the hniiding nf
steamship. an item mol included in lie
estimates. but Cor which The Senate has
already appropriated: besides which Tiers
are various other iielns which have pass
cd or will pass during The present session.
When the honorable gentleman from New
Hampshire was al the head of tic Trea-
snry, he made, in his communications 10
Congress, constant complaints Of this se-
~ practice. lie well remembers tia he
was ever complaining that tie expendi-
TIRES Of government were swelled laE be-
yond the executive estimates, by afpro,
priations made BY Congress not estimai-
ell for by the departments. have calca-
lated that we shall add 10 the iwenty-six
millions Of dollars estimated for by the
executive Departments, or permanently
required, al least one million and half,
which would raise the sum for this year
10 iwenty-seven millions and half.
How then do | propose 10 bring this
down 10 twenty-five millions! | have, |
own, some fears that we shall not be able
to effect il: hut hope that we shall so
far reduce the estimates and p event un-
necessary appropriations that the total
vSI~slss-srv sa--.is
The mode in which | propose TO reach
such result is this: | suppose we may
effect a reduction of the civil list to the
amount Of half million. That general
head includes. among other things, the
expenses Of the Two Houses, and, as |
have hear,l. the other House has already
introduced report which, ifadopted, will
cut down those expenses one hundred
thousand dollars, though think that they
should be reduced much more. ] eslI-
male, then, three and a half millions for
the civil list instead OF four mil ions; lEen
estimate nine millions for the war. de-
partment instead Of $ll,7l7,G00. In
conversation which ! have lately held
with the chairman Of the military CONF
miltee &c this body, he expressed the APP
prphension that il could not be reduced
below ten millions, but ! hope it may be
cut down to nine. As TO the naval ser
rice, the estimates OF the department for
that branch of the service amount 10 So
707,500; an amount think Gar too high,
and indeed quite extravagant. i was
greatly astonished at learning the amount
was so large. Still know that the navy
is the lavorite Of all, and justly: il is the
boast Of the nation, and our great resource
and chief dependence in the contingency
of war: no man thinks, for a moment,
Of cfippling or disabling this right arm of
or defence. Bat have supposed that
without injury the appropriation asked
for might be reduced from S,7G7, 500 TO
S6,500.000. This would put the reduc-
ton in the naval on footing with that in
the military appropriation, and still leave
a greater appropriation than usual to that
department. The reduction TO six nil
lions and half is as large as think viii
be practicable, il we are to provide for
proposed experiments in the application
Of steam, and are, besides, to add largely
10 the marine corps.
How, then, will the total Of our expen-
iiiures stand! We shall have
Fnr the civil and diplomatic expea.
SEES II the government IS 200 0o0
Far TIE military Sc rvIce COO Gro
For the nasa, se,vi-e Con 600
+ r p~rmaaer, appropriations 100000
fur spprop ,alions not Included in
the esi mates see,o
Makin- an aggregate Of s22 600 600
To this amount suppose and hope our
expenses may be reduced. until, on due
Investigation, il shall be discovered that
still further reductions may be effected.
Well, then, having fixed the amount at
TWENTY-FIVE millions for the Ordinary cur
rent expenses of government. have sup
posed ii necessary and proper to add two
millions more 10 make provisions for the
payment of the existing national debt.