Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-03-29

pn;s,,,ion have been shamefully exaggerated.
ATa,ars EXPENSES, independent OF the deol, were
only .bou, sl4oooooo yearly during Gen JaeAsIa
EN-" onlv about SCI 100000; and this including
a.,th;oo temporary and extraordinary. See MI.
v.ps report at the extra session, lo4 10 Inc Mouse
fRn,esen,a,iyes No. 81, making the average only
s2llo525l) 9
Wing Secretaries instead of expenditure OF or,y
,,,llons annually, which often reckiessy
ch.,red in the Of 1S40. But our opponents
I'D out that under them, reduction OF The expenses
was 10 be made, not merely TO twenty ana eigh'ee
millions bat thirteen millions OF dollars, yearly ana
;ais from quarter, among many Others not likely 10
b. gansaid as not authoritative with the wing faiy
the annual expenditure, (said Mr.. Clay, may, IN
reasonable time, be brought down from It's present
amount Of almost forty millions TO near one thiru OF
The, sum NM Claws speech al Hanover Court
House. in $780, reported in the National lntelgencef
Of July l5 1900 Having shown already the ground
ssness of that charge about forty millions let US see
moment how the deliberate expectations heio on,
accompanying it, have been disappointed lhsteao u
keeping down the expenses of ls4l below twenty n-
Ions which Me-. Van Burens administrator pro-
p1sed-instead of econom;sing as the eS'gencies OF
Inc times and their pledges requ'ieo' even ~
mower convened an Extra Session OF Congress and
BEGAN forth with 10 vote away more money lhey
gave outright something like twenty thousand ooiia1s
10 Mrs Harrison They added object alter OBJECT.
Scheme,
emergency, ill., before their adjournment, the aggre-
gals of new appropriations equalled from hive to sx
millions II thus that the expenses OF that year.
instead of being kept down at nineteen or twenty NH
Ions were swollen to more than tSentysx millions;
and have never ence been reduced by our opponents
nor proposed to be reduced low within eight or ten
Millions, had been promised before the election
N3 rest any OF this assertion, table is annexed
compiled from the reports OF their own officers (See
annual Treasury report, December, 1S43, PIP so, 81
J,xN ,pI,n pdapt DF he III 0rb
IN ISL Ca1 sa6, 1914, 343
IN 1912 23,92l ,057
lnlSl3(D 22,56o,24
lnlS4l (e) 26,o",oo9
As some persons might wish to see the whole
aDina expenditures, including Treas and dcb We
ave only years OF the Wing administration (sil-2
S Sssa isem 1850 ~si5 $3.50 si-IS Sc
ts2s-s42 $50 go This makes the Two Wing the
Estimated quarter of the calendar year Three quar-
srs ascetaned-Sl69 $40 1885, add al rate
ia Estimated by The Secretary for the fiscal year.
THIS is, on an average, S24 1893, l07 year, and the
result, will probably exceed that unless The Democratic
party succeed in cutting down some OF the large est
mated expenses for 1874 This IS almost twelve mil
Iona wear greater than promised before the cleo
tom is ten 10 eleven millions more yearly than The
expenses under General Jackson and three to
iarr millions more annually than the average OF &C.
neral yaekson's and Mr.. Van Burens terms united
Another consideration connected with this SUBJECT,
and lave It for the present.
Besides the reiterated charge Of great expenditures
N amount under Mr. Van Buren,, which the Wings
engaged reform and reduce 20 abou. thirteen millions
,sa-;-bu. which, instead of lowering, they have &C
inay increased, from the twenty-five and hal. NIL.
lions OF his last year. than twenty six millions
IN one and higher ;han that proposed in another year
they complained grevousy that the expenses under
M- Van Buren, not met By the revenue OF each
wear. It is true that, including appropriations added
BY Congress, and large drawbacks OF revenue not
s.ed a diff
sboa five and half millions in the whole four years;
tnl. consequence OF that something like that sum
had been ADDED TO the temporary debt on The 9Th OF
March. 1871 when Mr.. Van Buren, went ont OF power
(See NJ FnrwaTds report 10 the Senate No. Al, Jan
uary 10, 1922 But this The whole OF the iaise
foy million deL, created under him; while as to The
S30,14l 94S debt-which, according 10 The last an
nns report from the Treasury, now exlsis-ai! OF IT,
eu, that FIVE SIX millions, has been created snce ex
cept about n quarter of million OF the old debt, ana
million and third assumed by Congress on account
Of the Ds,ric, of Columbia. LODGED, Mr.. Clay went
So far in words as 10 pledge himself AID caused his
trends in the Senate pledge themselves to prevent
such course: but still, recklessly plunged into 1t.
They united most tremendously in passing this reso-
luton taken from the Journal in February, 1912 J
"Rssoired, That it is the duty Of the General Co.
srnment TO provide an adequate revenue witnin the
year to meet the current expense OF the year; ana
Ina, any expedient, either by loan or by Treasury
notes. 10 supply, in time of peace, deficiency OF re-
venue especially during successive years, - unWse,
and must lead to pernicious consequences.
Yet in the face of this, he aud his friends have, eve
year since they came into power, violated both the
spirit and letter Of the resolve They began by giving
away the revenue from the public lands and next failed
entirely in providing what was adequate from other sour
They have, every year after period Of profound
pesce resoed the shifts of loans or new treasury
notes And, after thus swelling the debt TO more than
twenty-sx millions, they contemplate an expenditure
this year and the next which, unless prevented by
t-enchment taxation the people, will cause
further deficiency and debt hch the Secretary Of the
Treasury estimates at ,Oo9 more. Al the end
of mex, year, # things SO on in this way, their debt
may reach S35 900 900 How much they will rerench
expenses to obviate this, unless forced into it BY
persevering frmness the part Of Democratic mem
bers-whose unfaggng exer,ions have accomplished
all hitherto effected-can be inferred from the past.
In the Senate, where MIR. Clays ma orl,y has been
decided during the whole PERIOD numerous additions
Of appropriations and expenses have originated rather
than retrenchments; and among the former that most
understandable donation TO Wing printers of near fifty
thousand dollars. There, the reductions attempted by
Democrats in the other House. have also been thwer
ed in many cases, and in others defeated. And there,
last but no, least in strong proof that The Wing party,
as party, mediate real retrenchment in expenses
there, where Clay Wings outnumber all opposed 10
then'-ihe great leader himself got up committee of
'erenchment and had his colleague placed at the head
OF IT. But, incredible il might seem, never, to the
present moment-never has single report OF any
KIND come from that committee; never single dollar
OF retrenchment been proposed never shilling tried
to be saved TO the public treasury, nor single burden
on the people recommended to be lighiened
From this signal example, let an intelligent yeoman-
~ learn the utter worhlessness Of all Wing profess
SONS 10 economy and rerenchment in the public
expenses.
LIT not be forgotten that, up TO this session, the
Clay Wings have had decided maoritya,i in both
Hoases of Congress- over both Democrats and Tyler
men and have thus controlled The laws, authorizing
expenses well receipts.
WHAT prudent citizen rally 10 the polls for the
election Of spend,hr,is ike these for lsadets?-who
Keep the promise Of frugaly and retrenchmen to the
ear but break the hopes-who Frustrated the pub
lie credit time, the close of ls4l and first hall
OF c42. to be able TO borrow dollar at par
and never restored till adopting Democratic coun-
ss aud taking back the proceeds Of the public lands
and who became for months unable TO meet their debts
and, II Let alone, would have required Bankruptcies
Tor The General itself, ample as that they
passed sponge out the private debts of many Of their
political friends and public officers!
Published By order Of a Committee Of tie Democratic
Members Of Congress
We shall publish in our next the paper No. 9; be-
ieg "fHE NATIosAL DEBT AS 1T WAS, AND AS II Is