The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1843-04-07
COON RETRENCHMENT,

], is ye; fresh in our memories, the coon cry Of
retrenchmen, in expenses which was to follow the
election Of the Wings. What is the result in
this particuar' As with the balance of those
promises Il has proved hollow and false. More
has been expended in the two years, than was ex-
pended under Mr. Van Buren's term. We have a
National Debt of Seventeen Millions. And the
L. S. Treasury Notes which used TO be such a
bugbcar TO the wings of 1910, have hecn ncreaecd
IN circulation from five to upwards Of Eleven Mil
lions, And then look, the expenses of the gov
eminent which were 10 DO reduced to thirteen mil
lions, are increased to more than double tina. sum-
Ic, the following, compiled ready to our hand by
the Troy Budget, be carefully read and pondered
Then let the people decide as to whether they
can support such prof'lgale party,
Here is The piclue.- in figures that cannot lie
We have !, length in form, and from scource
tina, the Federalis,s themselves will no, dare 10
question, development Of the "econoMy, re-
trenchmen, and reform" Of the immaculate wing
Congress elected in 1910. The last National In
telsencer contains the official report Of the Clerk
OF the House Of Representatives Of the approrria.
lions made during the scsond session of the eth
Congress We give the summary.
Civil and Diplomatic List. 50 s63 ,2o3, SO
Army, 6,4O5,2sO SO
Navy, 6,774,d05 AZ
Notifications, 27S, 900 90
Pensions. 730,776 90
Indian Department, Treaties, etc. l,3OO,O77 AZ
Private Bills House orRepIe-
sen,atves, 1855 81
Private Bills Senate, 62,773 03
Total. $24,952, 100 SO
At the outset, lei it BIO remembered, tina, e" Ty-
Ter too" (however much cheating Whggery may
endeavor to blame lin for their other evil dongs)
cannot be responsible for appropriations by Con-
gress
Tmeniy:fre million ofdoli0rs short fraction]
spent during single session Of Congress that
.acredly promised to bring the expenses of the
Government down to thirteen millions, is indeed
doing pretty well, VIVA, think the people Of
this Is this in accordance with their promis-
cs!
But this is moi the whole Of tho record, by a
large amount. TO this must be added the round
sum of T,renty Millions (sl9, 799,277 7s,) ap-
propru,ed by the extra session.
Nor has the whole yet been named. When the
rederalisl. took the reins Of Government, their
friends in Congress demanded and secured an ap-
preparation of over Tpeniy-sir Million Of Dol
lars for the expenses Of lS4l.
Making grand total of expenditures for the two
years gilmore than Serenity Millions Of dollars,
or over Thirty fire Millions per annum.
And added to this, they have meanwhile sad
died upon the country the monsrous debt Of IT. !
teen million Of dollars in addition to three
millions of obligations left by the former admins
,raiion, which however were provided for by that
administration, but even the means left for that
object were also squandered.
Rolling up together the whole amount we have
as monument Of Wing" false promises and
professions, proaisacy and extravaganza, during
only two years of expenditure and deb, amounting
to same Eighty five Million Of dollars Espen-
dture,. Serenity Millions addition to debt, Fir
teen Millions.