The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-03-24

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b. naa asked.
Very well: if thai Is al he asks. die
gentleman viii NOT be disappointed. We
could not begin AZ The extra session; il
could moi then reasonably be expected Of
Us; for what Is The duty Or . new Admi-
nislraiion when il FIRST comes into the
possession Of p0werl LIS immediate and
pressing care is % carry on the govern
meni; to become acquainted with he ma
chine; % look how il acts in is various
parts, and 10 take care lllal il shall not
work inlnriouslv 10 the public interest.
They cannot. Al once. loOk back Al the
past abuses; il il not practicable TODD so;
il must have lime 10 look into The pigeon
holes Of the various bureaux, 70 find ont
what has been done. and what is doing.
lis first great duty is 10 keep The machine
ofgeyernmenlin regular motion. licould
non. Wherefore, be cxpecs;d that Congress
would 60 into thorough process Of re-
form az the extra session. lis peculiar
object then was 10 adopi measures Of inn
4nediaie and indispensable relief 70 the
people and 10 the government. Besides
which, the subsequent mislorlunes Of The
Wing party were well known. President
Harrison occupied Tie chair of state but
FOR single month; and lhe members Of his
cabinet Jeff il under circumstances which.
lei me here say. do them the highest ho-
nor. ldonol enter upon The inquiry wle.
iher the state Of things which they sup
posed 10 exist dill actually exist or not;
bat, believing il to exist, as they did, their
resignation presents one Of The most s;g-
nal examples of the sacrifice oC the honnrs
and emoluments of high station, a; great
expense and personal Inconvenience, and
Of noble adherence to honor and good
faith. which the history of any country
can show. Bat may Justly claim, not
only on behalf of the retiring secretaries,
but for The whole Wing party, stern nd
herence 10 principle, in inter disregard Of
the spills doctrine, and Of all those haser
motives and considerations which address
themselves 10 some men with SO great a
power. | say, Than, that The la;e extra
session was no iiIno q -vrisr1 "a srSu.
aaa axaoaaiso-e.,,l .lsil;ealt reform ,hruugl,-
Oh. the departments Of the government: a
process like that can be attempted only
during regular session Of Congress; and
do not gentlemen know that il is now in
progress, by lie faithful hands 10 which
il has here and elsewhere in Congress
been committed! and that an exiraordina-
nv committee has been raised in this body,
insomnch that 10 effect il the Senate has
somewhat shot from lis usual and appro-
pirate orbitby establishing a standing COM
miltee Of re,renchment! 1.-THE honorable
senator from South Carolina took four
years u bring down the expenses Of the
war department, when under his own inn
mediate superintendence, | may surely,
with confidence, make my appeal 10 his
sense of Justice and liberality to allow US
at'lcast two years before he reproachcs US
with a failure in work so much more
extensive.
will now say that. in suggesting the
proprieiy Of fixing the annual average ex-
penditure Of this government at twenty.
two millions Of dollars, from this time and
for some wear TO come, il is not my par
pose to preclude any further reductions
Of expense by the dismissal OF useless OF
ficers, the abolition of useless Institutions,
and the reduction Of unnecessary or extra
VACANT expenditures. No man is more
DESTROYS than | am of seeing this gnsern-
ment administered at the smallest posi-
bic expense consistent with the duties en-
trusted to us in The management of our
public interests both at home and abroad.
None will rejoice more il it shall be found
practicable to reduce our expenses tn eieh-
teen, To fifteen, or even to thirteen millions.
None. | repeat it, will rejoice in such a
triumph Of economy more heartily lhanl.
Monochrome.
Bat now allow me to proceed 10 state,
by what process have reached the sum
Of twenty two millions. as proposed IN The
resolution | have offered.
The Secretary ofthe Treasury has pre-
scented To us estimates for the current year,
Independent, Of permanent expenses OF a
million and half, amounting to about
twentv-four and half millions. WHICH
may be stated under the following heads,
viz:
For the civil lit. frrcicn inter.
course aaa M ceitaneons. SI.0uo,sod 90
For e. c war department fnclud'
lag all b anch,s, il1lT tsl 20
Mai se,y,ce STa5,5i3 S.
sci 42l s5s 81
And here let me say single word ~
defence of the army. The department oil
war comes tn us with estimates for the
sum Of sll,7l7,49l 81; and those who
look only on the surface of things may
i sn,,nase that this su,n is extraordinarily