Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-04-09

This was the ground taken by Mr.. McLane
when he was at the head of the Treasury
have his Report before me but as the
fact, presume, will not be denied | f,rbear
TO read from it. He suggests, a. the fit
amount to be raised by the Tariff he pro-
posed, the sum of fifteen millions Of dol
lars as sufficient to meet the wants Of the
Government.
hope now have shown that the Wing
party before they obtained power, never
were pledged to bring down the public ex-
penses either TO thirteen or to fifteen mil
hons They were pledged, admit, to re-
trench the unnecessary expenditures, and
10 make a reasonable deduction whenever
1t could properly be made consistently with
the public service: that process, az | un-
derstand, is now going on in both Houses.
and trust the fruits will be seen before the
end Of the present session.
Cnp!cdged, therefore, as the Wing party
, was, as TO any specific amount, the ones.
ton recurs, al what sum can the eyperse-
Of the Government he now fixed?
Irepest thai the exact amount Is difficult
10 be ascerta,hed. have stated it in the
resolution ! now offer at 'Wcu', -,no mil
lions; and shall soon show hHw ! have
arrived at that amount But, before I do
that, allow me to call the attention Of the
senate to the expenditures Of the prece-
ding Administration for. in altcmptinr to
III the sum for the future. know Of no
course bur 10 look back upon the erDeri-
cnce Of the past, and then to enLaaynr tn
deduce from it the probab!e amount of
expenditure. What. then, were thu, cxr.,-
ditures Of the four years OF tie past Al.
ministra'iOn'
IN 1897 tao s'noHn' wa ar. MI. O.T y
In l~3S It "Es 20 .;5a 43s -
In 1889 :,TGl;l. -
In 1890 - 236 Iva :,
Making mn aggregate Of sl42. 55i GAS As
" nIth gives ia an average psr year Of s}5 SO.
$50 IS.
1hc sum nave proposed is only tween
ty-two millions, which deducted from thir
tv-hve az above, !eavesa reduction Of els.
40,O0O--being sum greater than the
whole average expenditure of the exfraya,
CANT and protiigate Administration Of Mr.,
Adams, winch they told US was So enor-
nous that it must be reduced By xrcs,
":etrcnchment and reform"
am not here going to inquire into the
items which composed the large e1pend;.
lures Of the four years Of Mr.. Van 3 urcn's
Administration. know what has been
said. and will again he said, on that subject,
that there were many items Of extra e.
pendlture which may never occur ayain.-
be 1t so; but DO we not know that every
Adntnlstrai!oah has Its ex'ras. and that these
may De expected - arise and W. and mus,
arise under every Administration beneath
the sun! But take this also into view in
boxing at the expenses Of that Admins
'ation; that less was expended on the ma
uphal deienCes--'ess in the construction or
repair OF fortifications-less for the Navy,
ana less for other means Of rcDelng a for.
.eIgn attack, than, perhaps. ought to have
been expended. At present we are all an
mated with common zeal and detcrr,na-
ton on the subject of defence: ali feel the
necessity Of some adequate plan Of defence,
as well upon the ocean as the land, and es
PeclaIly OF putting our Navy and our for
tihcatIonS IN 4 better state to defend the
honor and protect the rights Of the nation.
we fec! this necessity, although we all trus,
that the calamity Of war NAV be aver;.d.
This calls for / greater amount of mo-
ney for these PURPOSES than was appropri-
a'cd under Mr.. Van Buren's Adninisira-
ton; besides which, in the prngreas of af-
iairs, unforeseen exi gencies NAV arise, and
do constantly occur, calling for other an.
preparations needed, which no man can an
licipatc. Every Ministry in ever Govern
ment-every Administration Of cur own
Governmcnt has its cxtraordinarics and
its contingencies; and it is no analogy for
Mr.. Van Buren's Administration 10 sav
that the circumstances which Cccas;oDcd
It's expenditures were extraordinary and
peculiar Making all the alIowan Is which
its warmest friends can ask for the cSDcn.
Sos Of tic ng'orious war in Fl0rda--e con.
test which has profusely wasted net onlv
the resources of the Treasury. bat the best
blood of the na;ion-making the anplcs,
allowance for this and for all other extras
whatever, the sum expended hv the last sd-
mniStration still remains 10 be far. far be-
yond what Is proposed in these resolutions
as sufficient for the present. and for wears
10 come. II must, in cand0r, he conceded
that this is very great diminution of the
nationaI expenditure; and snch, if nothing
else were done, would redeem the p!edoe
Of the Wing party.
But let us now consider the subject in
another light. Thirteen millions was the
average ANIMAL amount Of expenditure TN.
der Mr.. Adans's administrator. which ter
minated thirteen wears ago, | should lie
authorized, therefore, to take the com
mcnccmcnt Of his administration in 1925,
being period of seventeen years, in ma
king comparison Of the progressive in
crease of the national expenditures; or, AT
al events, adding onc.half Of Mr.. Aharns's