The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-05-26

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u y Ill be requisite that "a annual amount
Of iwsniysix millions Of dollars be rails.
ed 10 meet sll the engagements Of the
Government. VIZ: twenty-five millions foI
ordinary annual expenditures; I~o mil.
hons Tor The gradual payment 81 The ex.
isling tebt; and Two millions Tor eohlia
gencies. and Cor reserved fund.
They propose 10 raise these twenty.
six millions By such . modification al ex-
listing Laws IS viii prevent those reductions
OF The rates Of duies 90 twenty per cent.
which are contemplated by those lsss.
boz ahich reductions rsnnol be made con
sislehIly with The public ihnres,. They
propose olhsr direct and distinct changes
from The practices ofihe Government On
der The lsIe administration: such as that
we shall stop running 10 debt. and also.
cease q apply the land fund 10 lie pay
ment Of ordinary daily expenses in llme
peace.
All these propositions appear 10 me 10
be recommended BY every Consideration
Of sound policy and Justice; and rel they
are opposed. Hence. we have The
mendnenIs proposed BY The honorable
Senator from New York. (Mr. Wright.
which suppose should be FIRST eonsi-
derrd. although. IS | consirue The rules.
they bring the original resolutions also
within The range Of The debate.
i Hha Set .a4..l..esns $500 .Wssh a. =
views Of oil sides. The amendments 10
the other iour. and which propose frsl 10
examine. seem 10 have two ahjecs: one
10 10 complain of what was done a, The ex-
Ira session, aud The other 10 prevent any
declaration by The Senate Of what is pro-
!, per 10 be dune 81 this; and thus defeat The
whole purpose Of The original resolutions.
which was 10 make such a declaration,
upon The subject embraced. as would
form The basis Of present legislation.
The amendments propose no such thing;
and make no declaration Of the amount 10
be raised Tor revenue. As this appears
upon the face oflhe amendments, il nigh,
seem 10 be Sufficient 10 dispose Of them
a, once; but the argument Of The honora
bic mover seems 10 be in support Of them.
or, ! should rather say, in defence or ex-
euse Of the expenditures 81 the late adj
minislra,iun. The amendment has indeed
ye5y liile, and the argument, lass, 10 do
with the real question presented in The
resolutions, viz: The annual amount Of re
venue necessary for the Government for
years 10 come.
This argument. as defence or excuse
Of the late administration aud It's friends
in Congress, Tor the appropriation sndex
pendllure Of Immensely larger sums Of
money than was ever before known in
our Government, in any Presidential term,
in lime Of peace, am free TO sdnil was,
as the arguments OF the distinguished
Senator usually are. ingenious, able. and
fearless. IL remains to be seen whether
il has sufficient warrant in the facts tire
(ers 10. and upon which u entirely depends,
to prevent the public judgment from deter
mining that il was also reckless one.
| will mol say what may be expected from
the public judgment, but propose to ex
anime aud present The. facts upon which
the argument rests. These are drawn
from the same source, by the mover Of
the original resolutions, and also by the
mover Of the amendments, viz: the tables
showing tho expenditures Of former
years.
The honorable Senator from Kentucky
mir. Clay gave The aggregate expendI-
ture for each OF the four years Of the las,
administration. from 1887 To 1910 in.
elusive, amounting. in all. to over one
hundred and for,y-one millions OF dollars,
making an average Of over lhiiy.fye mil
lions per annuu,; and from his he deduct
ed his own estimate OF what oughl 10 be
the annual amour, Of ordinary expenses
wiz: twenty-five millions. and thereby
showed an excess oil thirteen millions a.
year over the expenditure proposed by
himself, lie declined tn gu into The de-
tails OF the expenditures OF the late admi-I
nistralion, TO show how this excess was
caused.
The honorable Senator from New York
went into the detail, in his reply 10 the
Senator from Kentucky, and complained
of The liability Of such general statements
TO mi,lead The public. lie admitted tina,
the expenditures for The whole fur Years
were Sl4l, 554,22l. but alleges that a
large amount $50, 597 ,s4S) was for other
than the ordinary expenses al Governs
ment, and that the balance of about one
hundred and eleven millions was the ac-
tual amount Of the ordinary expenses of
the Government for the four years; max
ing, in round numbers. an average expen-
d,ure Of about twenty eight millions per
year for ordinary expenses, and OF about
seven millions per year Tor debts. coniIn-
genclcs, &c. /
This detailed statement, think, gses
a palmer, il not mre currec', view Of
the actual expenditures Of the late al.
and enables us mure clearly
to see the difference between them aud
The proposed esiimatc for the revenue
aud expenditures Of The Government. II
shows that The amount for actual eypen.
ses Of the late administration (ni twenty
piuht millions n yeatl ureallc exceeds The I