Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-01-03
United States Rerenus and Expenditure.
Mr. Walkers MIR McredI:hs Actual relur

| n,c ISIS D.r Dec 1880
| re,or,s $40 900 s3l 100000 s3966s 6Se
Other i,m,s 34O0OOO 3299O50 40l6 l6a
| r,,, a. 100000 3.79eO5o 43,774,s4e
| RAJ juv ,e,e 2s5366i 2ls49S4 l64,96i
ro,,, 9e2536o4 3ses4Ol4 45,959. sls
Expenses, 33,2l3,lo3 45,ooi'oeo 's''0' zoe
~, 1,,v ,sso 50405al 66OI 545
De6ct, Z '' 6,667,57I
The policy of the Secretary Ia seen In these estimates
Mr. Walker l66 could calculate the revenue and
for 1850 more closely than M Meredith could when na Inc
wear had elapsed That person diminished the customs es
mates although he knew they weencreasing aud eSasge
the expenses by seeking squander money 10
preparation bill checked his career and although ne con
nued make the expenses exceed by So oooooo MI Wal
ke estimate ,hcy were 100000 less than Mr.. Meredith
intended they should be- and the balance on hand Jny so
justified Mr. Walkers estimate, ahough differed
from llr. Meredhs. The appropriations OF Congress ioi
specific purposes required TO be expended within "o
years or they become estngashcd and is usual IN any
wear to allow much Of the appropriations 10 remain
over expended OF the old The Secretary mas Inc
power by paradng the former appropriation: Inc pema
nen appropriations as those Tor the payment Oh IN
and the appropriation, to make orHoaoie
figure This done By Mr. Meredith 70 create an iagi.
nary deficit when he asked for his loan ana now
done nv Mr. Corwin to manufacture seeming argument
in favor of our increased tariff: Mr. Meredith estimated inc
expenditures OF 1851 at s33697 52 'new appropriation
and sli 2a9siO ~od s4i997,Os2
The new appropriations OF Congress are for the year
ST. GAO 92o and Mr. Corwin estimates the whole outlay al
S6,S2617, which embraces the whole amount, any -
S. 900 moro than Mr. Meredith thought would be
called for and many millions more of old appropriations
than were ever before spent In year OF var he can
bv this rcksry only reduce the balance in the treasury 10
s5s 000 July 1851 and spending only The usual amount OF
old appropriations it will be over me uh~ u.s.,
calculation commenced BY Mr. Meredith TO show that all the
corrupt contracts Galphin claims and wasetul expeno
ture incurred by the present administration are cnal8eane
the is continued by Nh CoFwn ana meets hNn
only the contempt merits. In one point OF Wew now
ever the charge right Thus the Wing party seizea upon
the popularity by Gen. Taylor in that war TO CLIMB INTO
mower Thus but for that Gen. Tayo would moi nave
been President the Gaphn cabne would not have been In
power and Gaiphin claims would not have been PAID IN
this alone arc the present abomnanc EXPENDITURES
charpeable TO the war single item will show Inc nature
Of the expense In ls49 there were 47l5O men in active
service In enemys country and consequently a. grea
expense For the present year the Secretary o. war re-
ports H. 927 men and officers OF oil arms IN sefice ~
expense compares or follows:
No. of men. Expense ''army proper" Per mi, man
Ists, t isss9 s Iss5sIs ~ ~
Do these men cost moro than double on soil wha
they did in the enemys counry Yet this Secretary count;
I'D this outlay as consequence Of the war "nat nae
the navy 10 do with the war; Yet Mr.. Cowln intends 10
spend he says S097Gl0 against $94O6 I37 In leie Tue
las. year of when the navy had the greatest employ
nen and against the whole Of the navy IN
tho first year of the war double motive is apparent 70
these charges. He seeks for his high eIpeno
ture and also opprobum upon the brilliant admins
traton under which the war occurred
The same spirit Of meanness-u genuine Greeleyism-is
apparent in relation the warehouse SYSTEM lie acxnow
lodges the great utility Of the system and OF its importance
the country, yet makes covert attack upon us auhor
Mr. Walker. The introduction Of the system was necessa
ly attended with mpereclons which required experience
to remedy. Among these The system OF government
stores by which the government leased buildings una =,
uuired wurehoused merchandise 10 be stored in hen IL
this city large building aken but under the insurance
office rule take large risks merchandise could not OF
insured and consequently merchants would not warehouse
goods ALL Private warehouses were then allowed OUT
regulation made that the public stocs should De mrs
filled As merchants would not send goods to public ware
houses ALL under this rule the private ones were oil nc
use Congress last year passed resolution that he
Secretary might dispose OF the public stores on th'
bes, terms practicable. This he has neglected to do
and gives AS a that he much as the go
yernnen pays which s but ii it were II 10 no eA
ce nasmuch what the gets for storage does
not pay the expense Of the hundred employed ant
the rLOle is dead loss that he abandoned
the stores the treasury would be benehtted whatever sun
he might get would be profit, Depuations oil iner
chants have frequently waited on hs collector Mr aa
WELL and he repeatedly promised TO have the matter corec
ed but as suspected he used hs influence the ote
way depuation was sent 10 Mr. Corwin he promises
see It, came New York. The collector and the nas
ter dropped The patronage Of present system will no
abandoned at any cost and its continuance ne mean u
temp,s nscribe Mr. Walker Great professions In avo
OF commerce maoe but The difficulties in its way at no
removed have said that the offices will not insure IN TN
large public Some Of them take small amounts a
X per cent the rate in private stores being per cent OF
goods consigned commission merchant therefore INK
operates as 40 additional per cent of duty.
Under the head of ways and means the Secretary gives
genuine specimen Of the rigmaroc attocng the most
pabe evidence that s author had arrived at the age OF OF
years. and the position OF statesman IN the same p1eoca
ment as General Taylor whom he prayed the Mexcans
receive with boody hands and hopitable graves tna Is
he had "giyen his attention TO the ari quesuo
We were presented In consequence with strange Juoe
notions and surmses which carry their own condemnation
with them The great difficulty which man OF common
sense encounters when he is fret required to make an ag
men In favor Of protection Is TO overcome MS own conVc
tons Of right The moment he begins TO tn ne enconn
tes the injustice Of cyyGg tax upon the whole commune
" for the benefit of the producers OF certain articles OF con
sumption for the avowed purpose OF tempting though 'h
oneration of those bountes nger investments OF money
aud labor In those manufactures TO the neglect Oh DINER EN-
Payments previously pursued II IL not until ne mas DC
come and banboozed by the theories put forh b'
the monoposts about the national Importance OF sns
tanning them In preference 10 all Others mat ne cor
argue at all In favor Of the wrong. In proportion az
he becomes acquainted with those false theories, does HI
reason cohereniy. This requires long practice; ant
Panza viz: TO the Labyrinth Of lies Among the mos
remarkable of the whms Of the Secretary ana winch NJ
thinks presents reasons of the most imperative Chaac
teri why Congress should increase the taxes Is hat te
official figures show total imports Sl5 l3b SIS ana expo
$751; sos 100 being balance against US OF sZplqi $50
With these figures Of his production staring MIN u
the face the Secretary seized witt. ague nj counts MI
should be checked BY higher rate of duties SO as 10 bn
their aggregate amount within our capaoity 10 payf,
| What does he mean by "our' capabllty 10 pay II
he not ready to pay his taors bill! If he is why SHOULD
he trouble himself about every mans account IN he coun
ty7 The merchants who have purchased goods elmer
home or abroad are doubtless able 10 take care Oh their &C
counts without the aid OF Mr. Corwns suddenly awakened
solicitude In the matter Seriously, however, II 10 degra
ding 10 witness such display Of Ignorance on the part
cabinet officer Tha, which he calls "a debt incurred
IL portion Of profits accrued Thus the returns OF th'