Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-18
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25.l44,927 IS
Annual average

And this is The true average with which the averages
Of other administrations should be compared-menng
out 10 all precisely the same measure OF justice, aho
applying the same rules in every case 80 that, m
stead of Adams s being .between ~ ana Ii mliionS,
and Jacks IL and 10 millions, as stated by the
Whip Committee their own data, upon common fair
ness and common sense, prove, that Mr. Adams was
within a fraction of "a millions, nearly double; zen
Jacksons fret term % millions, and his second term
"a millions-and upon the data we furnish and thai
from Wing documents too, Mr. Van Buren, as -
millions What advantage then ought to be gained
from statements and calculations thus proved TO be al
lacious
After showing you then, the facts they exist upon
their own data and nsttuling the comparison between
other administrations and MIR. Van Burens TO exhibit
the truth it really exists, we yet inquire, what justice
or proprlety there 49, comparing administrations al
different periods Of time and under different cfcuh
Stances without making allowance Tor Inc oiHeishc-
in lime and circumstance: VIVA, justice there Is, IN
comparing the expenses necessary Tor people In te
infancy with those of people IN their maturity Hhat
oropriey there is, in comparing the eSpenses OF g.
vernment having population Of millions us IN l190,
Of ; millions as in 1900, or of millions as IN 1919,
with n population of II millions as IN lel0 In
c,mnaring The expenses of Government composed
of II mr. II cpnfederated States, with those necessary
for Government, posed of 20 conederated States!
What Justice there is, III comparing O Go'ernmen,
scarcely known among The nations oil Inc eatli a"a
having intercourse with but lew oil the gfeat pow
with which ranks among mrs, ohu WIS.
shs are in every port and whose represented
by her ambassadors and minister's ~ nearly every gov
eminent on the face Of the globe What proprey there
is. in comparing governments thus d'ssmiiar, IN
state of profound peace, with one IN state OF war
But the Wing Central Committee do speak OF the
war administration of Madison in contrast with mr..
Van Burens term, and they say "Fhe war admnistra,
millions year Now fHeqs%tR4at yRaSnfas 81 S
which it would be fair to compare with Mr. Van Bu
rens it would be q administration, taking along
in the estimate, the differences existing in ether
spects. II is notorious that during his administration
The country engaged in continual hostilites with
savuges, es difficult to subdue wandering Arabs,
keeping to their Businesses IN the everglades o Florida
and from thence harrassing our citizens and soldiers
mere than open enemy: and it equally notorious
tina. during the period, we threatened with
with England, The most powerful nation of the
earth, and that the anticipation Of that rendered
it necessary to increase deences by land and
by sea, and even induced Congress to place extra
ordinary powers in the hands of the President to meet
any contingency. But "the war administration Of
Madison averaged somewhat upwards of Is millions -
Let how this statement will bear examination
In order 10 arrive this average, the Committee
again driven to the necessity of taking MI Madisons
eight years-two terms. We take from their statement
the following:
The expenses Of Government from the An March,
1905 TO The 4h March, 1916, were as follow