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

ISL IEa8E4 tA4a FN9ts
Bat he high expenditures which kaYs
been stale 10 lhe debate On Ihese resoln-
iiors. wers those made during ihe laie al
Accumulation. 10 essry year Of wh,fh
they berrowed money pp0a Treasury
notes. should lhe psesenl sdninislrslion
CONTINUE 10 borros throBghosl the lerm.
their opponenIs here. The friends Of she
Lave. will have nothing 10 boast Of in that
respect, much - we. who support The
Government. may regret i. 10 regard 20
being obliged 30 borrow money. the $40
administrations are alike.
Having thus shosn that there is no
foundation in fac, Or ihe Argument of lhe
honorable Senator. suppose The srsu.
menl itself IL disposed Of, and that ,hrlr
admitted exmassgsnee 10 wilhosl prelsx,
OF excuse.
The question now 10 settle is. wheiher
six millions year, tia smouni esiimslsd
IN The resolutions. % enough 10 deduct Tor
the exlfsssgsnce on an average OF The en-
Tire lour years Of Dir. Van Buren,.
- ThehonDrable Senator IRON New York
says . is moi. II his friends here who
voted the appropriations, and tLoss who
spent them. sgree with him in this, let
Them show how much more than Elk
millions year should be deducted from
their expenditures. as unless and WASTE
fol. l.ellhsm lake Up their expenditures
under each head. and confess that so much
more was spent Than was necessary on
one branch, and 90 much on another, un-
Ill they GET through; and il they make out
lhs,. in The aggregate. E,hey- spen, eight
millions year wsstefally, and il We
should consider HE estimate couecl and
The confession . sincere and an honest
one, will sgree 10 make il The basis Of
legislation. set down jus, two millions
more to The score OF their sxravaeaaee,
and write iewniy instead Of ,~eniyawo
millions sgains. their iweaiy eight. Zoe
ordinary expenses.
Let them slate This openly snd1 above
board, 50 that the people can understand
that j. 10 for the purpose ofeeonomy. and
not done under cloak 10 deprive them
Of fair protection for their labor, as ihess
seems 10 be too much reason 10 fear 70
the object Of the ssiimstes aud excuses
now presented.
When speak OF estimates for the 60.
ture revenue, DO not sllude 70 any Offer
ed by The Senslnr from New York. lie
offered none. Ii was peculiar that he
did not. An honorable Senator, Q polil,-
cal friend Of HE, was remsfking 10 me
when h. was speaking. that il was unsafe
for aDySenator 10 contend with ,heSena,or
from N. York where calculations aud fg-
ures were concerned. Ailhe very moment
The Senator himself disclaimed al know
ledge Of such calculations, and therefore
declined presenting any estimate whatever
on The subjecl Of the future revenue. But
this parroi The subject was taken up by The
honorable Senator from New Hampshire.
who declared al the outset that he had
spent nearly bali his life in Whs, he called
the drudgery Of figures and calculations.
Such an experience entities his produce
iions TO consideration.
lie has submitted so MANY and 50 va
rious estimates for reduclngrthe expendi-
tures, that | Cannot recoilect their details;
bu, The result Of the whole seems 90 be,
that the government can be administered
at an annual expense of from seventeen
10 twenty millions Of dollars; thus show
Ing thai, in his opinion, IRON eight 10
ten millions year. certainly, were spent
by the late administration more than was
necessary! His scconn..of The cause Of
this extravaganza is dlfieren. from the one
given by the Senator from New York;
although he took care TO include The on
ly which that Senator relied upon--thst
Of a surplus in the Treasury. The Sen.
a,or from New Hampshire says that the
Executive department, ., the other end
Of the avenue, was in nowise responsible
for these appropriations and expenditures,
md read from bis own reports 10 Con.
,ress, 10 show how sharply he had rebnk-
I'd his friends here for making them.
Congress alone was rcspos,ble. he ssys.
md acted against the wishes and in de-
spite Of his Executive rebnke. lie GER
ainly exhibits The Hon. Senator frnm
New York (,hen the head OF The finsn.
:lsl department in this body) in new
attitude. and in very different position
rom that which he was supposed 10 oc-
upy, in The quar,er oil the country from
Which come. No one there. ever sns-
'ecled the honorable Senator from New
fork Of being ignoran, Of. or indisposrd
o carry out. lne wishes Of the Executive.
Il Of his party. We looked upon what
le said or did as "by authority" when
I happened not TO agree with what was
written in the report of the Secretary.
Md i. must have been very different nn-
Ter that administration, from what il has
'een since have had seat in this body,
the party could not count upon lis
riends in Congress TO carry on, its views.
have seldom seen the time when they
ould not be counted 10 q man upon the
yes and noes in such case. They had
he maturity in hoth houses Of Congress
lunng the whole of Mr.. Van Buren's
efm. although giant il was not always
10 in Gen. Jackson's time. Whatever