Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-10-17

oI the Congressional proceeding Mr.. Jones Of
Tennessee, showed before the House of Rep
Tesen,atlves. that the expenditures Of the pres
ent year will amount TO the enormous sum OF
FIETY-TWO MILLIONS SEVEN HUN
DRFD THOUSAND DOLLARS-or, about
two DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS 10 each man,
woman and child, black and white, bond or free,
in the whole counlry This immense expen-
diture-double what the expenses were during
one wear of Gen. Jackson's administration, a
bout the extravagance of which The opposition
shouted so lusty--is made in time of profound
peace and tranquility. Had this Adminstra-
lion been in power during the Mexican war,
the National debt would now be al least two
hundred millions OF dollars.
nPThe above is from the Lancaster In
teliigencer Mr.. BUcHANAN's organ-and Is
q beautiful specimen of the manner IN which
the Locofoco papers in their eleclioneerlng ar
licles &" lie like truth" and impose on The public
confidence Il is an effort TO charge the pres
ent Administration with being the cause OF
spending, $52,000,000 year. Now IS this
true The Administration cannot spend one
dollar until Congress appropriates the money.
In whose hands is the Legislation OF Congress!
in that of The Loc have maJorities
in both bodies, and !he chairman and the MAJOR
ity Of members on all The Standing Committees.
At the head Of that on Ways and Means in the
House stands THOMAS H. BAYLY, Of Va a
Locofoco of The deepest dye. none the less
malignant for being renegade from the Whig
Party of less than ten years standing He re-
ports the Appropriation Bill Why then has
he not cut down these ex'ravagant ApproPria-
lions If The public money is wasted whose
fault is it bnt his--hal of his LocOfoco coea-
CUES on the Committee, of The Locofoco ma jor-
iry Of the House, and of The Locofoco Speaker
who appointed the committees So too in the
Senate, al The head of the Committee on FL
nance, 10 which all the Appropriation Bills are
referred, is placed DANIEL S DICKSON, of
New York" Scripture Duck, "as be is pIofane-
ly termed, because he quotes everything good,
bad and Indifferent. as coming from the Bible
who is an Old Hunker of most decided stripe,
and Cass man up TO the hub. Why does he
permit these exraSaganI appropriations TO be
made Why don't the Locofoco majority of
the Senate cut Them down? Ah indeed WHY
DON'T THEY?
The reference of The Intelhgencer TO the
Mexican war is most unfortunate one for its
case. That war did leave The county deeply
in debt under Mr.. PoLKs auspices, and the
present administration has 10 pay The interest
and principal of that debt. 1t has 10 pay too
Fifteen Millions of Dollars to Mexico for Cali
fornia aud New Mexico, as provided by Mr..
PoLK's Treaty.. 1t has 20 pay Three or Four
Millions 10 our citizens for their claims on
Mexico, which Mr.. Polk made one OF the pre-
texts for the wa:, and caused this government
10 assume the payment Of al its close. Ii has
10 pay Ten Millions to settle the Texas Boun-
darv Quesrion-another legacy of that war, an
nexatlOn and The last Administration. IL has
10 pay the expenses Of maintaining force to
prevent our Indians from making incursions
into Mexico, which Mr. Polk bound this Gov
ernment to do by treaty II has to meet the
greatly increased expenses Of defending our
frontiers, vastly enlarged by the acquisition Of
California and New Mexico, from the inroads
Of the Camanches and other saVsges on the
border seulers, and to furnish protection TO the
large bands OF emlgranis W no travese the Wes-
tern praTies, deserts and mountains TO Oregon
and the Gold Regons--all fruits Of The gIas-
ping policy of Locofocoism In addition 10
this, the seeming expenses Of the Government
are excelled by the fac, that the gross receipts
at the custom houses by virtue of an act
passed at the close of PoLK's Administration,
paid into The Treasury, and the salaries o. the
officers paid by appropriation by Congress,
whereas PreyiOusl y the net proceeds went into
The Treasury after the expenses Of collection
had first been deducted. This swells the ap-
parent expenditures Two or Three Millions at
least and then there must be added the vast
additional cost Of collecting The revenue at the
ports of California and Oregon, and the expense
OF Transporting the mails, &c. to and from those
countries by sleam-new sources of outlay
thrown upon the presen, Administration De-
duct all these items, and there need be no fear
OF comparing the expenses of this Admins
tralIon with those of that of Gen. JACKSON,
much less Mr.. Polk If there is anv exlrava-
gance about them, however, let the Locofoco
committees and majorities in Congress answer
ior 1t to the people. The fact is iha, now as
In lS4O, The Locofoco Administration has lefs
heavy arrears Of debt for their Whig successors
10 pay off, and while they are doing il, those
political deCeivers are all the time CRYING out
exIraVagance, while il is the result of their own
folly, recklessness, corruption and waste that
they are holding up before the people as the
sins of The more honest, faithful and wise public
servants who have taken their places-York
Republican.