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bnble amount Of receipts from the customs, every
gentleman could judge as well as Mr.. J. His own
opinion was that, owning to recent occurrences,
formerly anticipated
"Mr. J. admitted that the whole amount nppro.
'priated by the bills and amendments would exceed
the estimates by million of dollars
Mr. Evans here observed that the chairman had
omitted some important items,
'Mr Jones recolected hat he had omitted ono of
's575 900, contained in the Naval Appropriation bill
This would make the whole amount Of excess about
a milo and half.
"NTr Evans said the total would be nearer Two
millions and half lie then went into enume-
ration OF items to show that this was correct
tement.
Mr.. Jones said that he had spoken only bills from
the Committee # Wavs and Means
"Mr Sergeant observed that, admitting the
estimates Of the Secretary of the Treasury to be
rect we should have this year but 10 millions from
the customs and three and half millions from the
public lands; and the sums already appropriated
would exceed this amount by between and mil
fons.'
During the last session CONTINUED Mr. 81 oflass
Congress, when the reign of Van Buren, ceased, and
he no longer had the power to msrue this great and
mighty nation, Mr.. Woodbury. makes his estimates,
and tells us we must not exceed them; and yet, be-
| tee of Ways and Means admits that they were ex-
ceeded by nearly two millions of dollars How did
they dupe the country! Was there in those estimates
of Mr.. Woodburys any estimate for the Florida war 7
Mr.. S. then read from document No. TO- Goth
Congress, I'd session, letter from the Secretary of
War to Mr.. j. w. Jones, chairman OF The Committee
of Ways and Means, in which, speaking Of the
rearages due to the Florida troops says: "Ths pay
is now due and, the troops stand in need Of it,
justice requires it should be paid the earliest possible
| day"-"with as little delay as practicable" With
this letter, of the date of December H. l640, was
| transmitted the following statement, received from
the Paymaster Generals office, November Is, lS40
of the dues to the Florida roops: "For arrearages to
the militia called into service to Florida, 1921 224 or
and for pay of battalion Georgia volunteers for SER
vices three months in 1910, s294i6 o.; amounting 10
S250690 l0.l
Mr.. Woodbury., in submitting his annual estimates,
| kept out of view not only the money wanted, but
debts due; among others, this debt; thus the Wing
party must be sadded with charges which the Van
Buren, Administration made Was it kind, fair or
generous for the gentleman from Virginia to impose
on the country in this way ? Take away the twelve
million dollars public debt, add shall be able
duce the expenditures ten twelve million dol
lars. These appropriations, therefore, were TO pay
the debt created by the last Administration, and not
the Wing Congress, or since the Wing party had oeen
IN power. He CMr. 81 requested the gentleman from
Virginia, therefore TO postpone his until there
was fair trial, to see what the Wing party would
do; and if hey retained their strength Loco 70 ism
did not make too much nroal upon them, he trusted
they woul d be able to give good account. If they
| could not let them e secuted out of power and sunk
a. ne trusted they (he late Administrator had, in
pubic Indignation and contempt