The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-04-01


the outstanding debt, inlemnes under treaties
with foreign nations, and the like, of $7,644G2 Is
per annun,--a sum about tho same as the differ
ence before stated between the true average flha
expenses Of those years and the average exhibited
by the honorable Senator
While upon this subject he desired TO extend
his remarks little farther, and to exnmine This
document from Mr. Secretary Ewing a little more
extensively. hlnch had been said about the ex-
peuses from 1926 to 1928, inclusive, the years of
the Administration Of The second Mr. Adams; and
it had been proclaimed, almost as miracle, thai
the ordinary expenses ranged then between twelve
and fifteen millions per unnum. The document in
question did not cover that auspGInus period, but
commenced precisely al lis close, and came up to
the beginning of the present Wing reign 1t Gov
cred exactly the 0GlnNus twelve yeats OF General
Jackson AMI Mr. Van buren,, from 1929 to 1910,
both wears baing included, And to the expense of
those years, and comparison between the APP
preparations and expenditures for each year, he
treated the careful attention of the body. He de-
sired Senator's particularly to remark tho almost
uniform excess OF appropriations over the eXpen-
diurcs for the first ten years OF the series, and
especially the marimnn Of that excess in the
year 1886. when the appropriations made by Con-
gress for the year anOunlel TO Ny sos III,
while the Executive Government only expended
the sum of S29 ,GJj ,2Il 46, thus prcseningnn en-
cess of appropriations over the actual expenditures
within this single year, Of SS,lOO,S6l 6j. VIII
any one ask stronger proof as to which branch Of
the Government led the other into the excess Of
public expenditures, during this period of eypan-
sion, Of prufu5ion, and of surplus revenues? lie
desired it to be equally carefully remarked that the
expenses during the whole of the first term Of
~ T,rI,,Dn Eppt nnnrV within the
standard Of Mr. Adams term, being only from
twelve and ElIf to sixteen and Il half millions per
annum, while the appropriations made by Con-
gress, for the last Of those years, were all but two
millions beyond the expenditure, With this sur
plus Of appropriation beyond the actual eXpendl-
ture, for the year 1882, and current appropriations
for the year 1893, amounting 10 twenty-five mil
lions and over, the expenses Of the latter year
were forced up 10 more than twenty-five millions
also. This was the first year Of General Jukson's
second term. For the second year Of that term,
1884, the appropriations were close upon twenty
one millions. and the actual expenditures less Than
eiGhtccn millions and half, and for the third year
1895, the appropriations were little more than
seventeen mion and three quarters. and the ex-
pondituros Just above seventeen millions Then
comes the last year of President Jackson, and the
year Of the great surplus revenue, 1886; the year
in whirh the appropriations were swelled 10 more
than thirty millions and tlree-quar,ers, be-
ing m increase oF all bu, twenty millions ppon the
appropriations Of the next preceding year, and
leaving an excess of appropriations over the en-
penii,ures Of more than eight millions, notwilh-
standing the expenses were Increased more than
twelve millions aud a battle-ground those Of the year
previous, and were forced up 10 Tie enormous u
NOM, gilmore than twony-nlne millions md II
htii Al these facts appear from the table APP.
preparations and expenditure, furnished by the late
Secretary, Mr. Ewing, The exact amounts, as
given BY him, for each of lie IL years. arc as fol-
lows: