The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-09-20

$4,000 600 DoLLAts A YEAR.--0n Monday last
as reported in the Congressional proceedings, Mr..
Jones. of Tennessee, whig. shoered before the
House of Representatives,, that the Expenditures
of the present year will amount to the sum Of
ffiy.two milious seven hundred thousand dollars
or two dollars and bali to each rnau, wOman aud
child. black and white. bnnl or free. in the whpe
cuuntry! This immense expenditure is mad in
time OF pesce and public tranquility - Ohio
Eagle.
Upon The stats Of the finances in gen.
eral and the Galphin claim in particular,
our neighbors oflbe Eagle aud Telegraph
exhibit vast amount of infrmstion. if
ii is not reliable in all particulars. The
abnve extract is sample, aud we vii
ldissett it.
In the first place. Mr. Junos Of Tenn.
essee is not a Wing; he is a Democrat
and comes from district so strongly I'M
piegua,ed with Locoiocoism that mn reg
u'ar Whig csndidMe was brought out a
aaiusi hin. His evidence against the
ihe Administration would mol 60 o greal
ways.
ln the second place, buth Houses II
Congress are Lncoinco aud lmld thu
purse strings Of the Gnyernmeni. If un
wise and extraVagant appropriations ant
made. they are responsible. not The Elk
ecntive. BIZ, we will waive this.
In the third place. Mr.. Bailey Of Vn
giris. Chairman Of the COMMITTEES oI
Ways aud Means, whose Democracy no
one will dispute, showed before the
House If Representatives, TINT. deduct
ling nearly S4,25O, 900 tor new oi,jecls Of
expenditure. The present Appnpriarinr
bin is less by s8S,sGO than tina, Of 1916
46. which WIS reported by Mr.. McKaj
under Polk's Administration. befnre the
War with Mexiro began. The Eagl
will please note this fact.
In The fDorth place. these new obtct,
of expenditures alluded tn by Mr.. Bal
ley, are principally The legacy IF the last
| Administration, devised 10 the Nation by
the Locof,cr party. S3.O000O0 Of the
S4 $50 900, goes In Mrxico in pa pay.
ment Of the contract for the purchase of
a portion Uf her territory. and in fact
neahy every dollar of IL, is In que way
or another connected with the late war.
In the Fifth place, expenses may be in
curred "in lime of peace and public tran
quilily" which grow out Of far different
state Of thugs, and while the Eagle i,
attempting TO palm spurlous articles up
On its readers. it must remember that the
present Administration ia not tesi,ohs. bl,
for the payment of interest upon the Wa
debt. for tho payment Of The urchase
money of Mexican territory, for the pay
nent of pensions tn disabled soldiers oi
The Mexican War, for the money which
Is necessarily kept out of the Naional
Treasury by tho issuing Of land war; ants
for the liquidation Of individual claims
gainst the Government for losses incur
rcd or services rendered during tho Wa
aud growing out Of ii. or FIR ohy bonu
which may be given To our very dea
Democratic sister. Texas, to prevent no
hom flying into passion and robhine
her sister States OF portion Of their pat
'imopy. .
ln tho sixth aud last place, our con
temporary Of tho Eagie may exhibit his
ignorance just when and where he pleas
US. If he does not attempt to make capt.
al on the strength of X against the Ad
uiihistralion and transform MIR. Jones vi
Tennessee into a Wing. Instead Of nc
cusing 'hs Whigs with causing The expen
Nes craving ont Of the Mexicau War. til,
Eagle aud its lr;etds had better 60 II
w6ik and settle The difficulties whicI
have been enlailed upon the country b.
Tue last Administration. They had bet
tor 60 back tu the time when the Bnlti
more Convention turned them from anti
auncxOtionisls into anncxalinnists. from
Van Bu,entes 10 Pdkitus, and then fol
lowing up the truin Of events from ,ha
time To this they will discover what part,
has TO foot these onnrmnus expenditure
and falhrr these extraordinary dilicuI
ties.