New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-02-05

'erence. An application for deficient sppropra-
ton. or arrears il then made 20 Congress and. a.
the debt has been incurred, the necessary sppro-
pristion isnever refused 1.-THE money has been hon
sstly sbursed snd accounted for, The extent 70
which the expense incurred may exceed the ap-
preparation is exhibited in the following sentence.
in the Report Of the Secretary Of War
Thsdsp.rtneui hs. presented e.t.iesf for eon,sersbe
in Of the appropriation fer the cur
h.esl year Provision made IN these spPr0pria
for Continuing 10 service beside the resusr troops
thoussrd volunteers but vss subsequently deemed
important greatly TO augment this volunteer force The
q volunteers called out beyond that number - over
fneen thousand, for hieh appropriation vas made
Whether the practice be correct or not, Il IL pub
hcly svowed and IL follows that Congress must
not act under the belief that the sctus expense 10
regulated by the amount appropriated. itis pos
tive fact that whenever II does not authorize any
one object OF expenditure, the practical power Of
determining the actual expense which snail be
incurred will be determined by the head OF the De-
partment Il is therefore absolutely Necessary
whenever an additional object Of expenditure 10
recommended. previously % examine crihcay'
and without much regard % estimates generhDy
uDderrated what the actual expense VII amour 70
Yet the trainers Of the Constitution thought ON
ervise For when il was enacted by the Constl'
tuition, that " the Congress shall have power 70
raise and support armies but no appropriation oi
money 70 that use shall be for a longer term than
two wears, il was clearly intended 70 prevent the
danger Of large standing armies and not less Gear
IL implied that armies could not be supported
constitutionally, without an appropriation to that
use The trainers Of the Constitution anticipated
the danger and provided the constitutional remedy
Indeed in every representative government
wherever certain share Of power 10 enjoyed oy
the peope il is that over the purse which has ever
been deemed the most important and o. itsei a.
most ,uffciept 70 prevent excessive oppression.
To this day. IN England, in France, and In every
other country, in which n representative form OF
Government has been introduced, IL is by far the
most substantial aud efficient attribute OF the pop
ulsr branch of the Legislature. IL IS true that IN
England the power though claimed 10 It's fullest
extent. /. very rarely exercised. milder prac
tice has prevailed Whenever truly important
question is decided in the House Of Commons
against the ministry the King must either dissolve
the Parliament and appeal to the people or yield
10 the will Of the majority OF the House. IL
WA In this way that the obstinacy Of George
Ill was conquered, and an end put 70 the
war waved by Crest Britain against the ndepen-
dence Of the United States But our elective mon
arch for the very reason that he IL elected by the
People u.s. during bis brief term Of office, more pow
erful than the British King and would not probably
be deferred from his course, by a mere decaratory
resolution. such az was that moved by Gen. Con
wsy in the House OF Commons. He has indeed,
by bis own act and without having consulted Con
eress, placed the country in q state Of war. This
having been effected neither Of the two Houses Of
Congress nor both together, are vested with any
Constitutional power OF compelling him 70 make
peace, or even 20 open negotiations for that pur
pose There is no other efficient Constitutional
power BIZ which he can be checked, but that Of
Withholding supplies % the extent necessary TOR
effscting the intended purpose.