Weekly national intelligencer., 1852-05-22

done and the arrears had become formidable be
speedily reduced because of the immense Of
counts with which the Office incumbered The Sc
nate WIN remember that during the had ten more
regiments OF regulars and than seventy thousand
added to the army and that the disbursements
ana accounts were therefore largely and perhaps proper
snately increased Resides which, the inexperence Of
many volunteer officers, acquainted previously with
army accounts, made these acsouns difficult Of
element Besides all this, postponement of the settle
Of the accounts Of thereguar dsbursng officers was
rendered inevitable by the necessity Of first settling those
of officers going out Of the army believe sir that this
experience is similar to that which the Of 1912 taught
and, considering all the difficulties under which he
has abored think the Third Auditor deserves credit for
reducing the Of accounts he has done He is
the Senator from Virginia said, hardworking and in
dustrious man, and think good officer
Sir believe that have pretty nearly got through
with my budget but there few words more that
wish to say The Senator from Virginia. tolerant as he
of the Administration in his speech still seemed to
think that there much in the conduct the members
of the Administration that deserved anmadverson and
he rather limited that these abuses could be remeed
by but must be reached by the people He made
ntmaton that the thing which he has much ut heart
economy in the administration Of public aairscould
only be arrived at by change of Administration Well
really Mr. President think, reasoning of the future
from the pastand do not know how else we can rea-
sonit is extremely doubtful whether if the Senator
wish should be grafed there would be any such reform
as he fondly anticipates.
think have shown the Senate that what the Senator
from Virginia has charged abuses the present Ad
Lnelr origin IN times that many
them instead Of being abuses had been sanctioned by the
wisdom Of every Administration that has preceded this
one; that those things which endeayoring
remedy had their origin under different Administration
Why who 1t that posted the troops in towns in Texas
and in New Mexico That was not done by this Admin
istration- 1t was done in Mr.. Folks time. Who it
that the construction to which the Senator objects
in regard to transfers under the act Of 1896? Who first
practically adopted that construction which the Senator
thinks is papably violation Of law in regard the
act Of l842! Who appointed those quartermasters who
have held back their accounts long Who appointed
Mr.. Reynolds quartermaster in New Mexico? Who but
Mr. Polk? Under whose Administration was it that one
of the uartemasters were kept back for th
teen quarters the Senator said in his speech The
administration of Mr.. Polk
will not multiply these instances because do not
wish to to be illtempered but what wish to say
shs that if these things be abuses they are traceabe
to somebody else than to this Administration do not
see any occasion for calling upon the people correct
abuses which do not exist We do call upon Hercules
until the wagon is mred The fact is that if this Ad-
minstraton goes out Of power it will leave things in an
exceedingly good condition for its will
leave them IN very different condition from that in which
it found them How it when Gen. Taylors adminis-
raon came into powerin 1849? Who was it that struck
down the estimates from the Quartermasters department
for that year? 1t very well known that the reduction
OF those estimates required by the late President Polk
himself that he required the Quartermaster General to
reduce his estimates; and the incoming Administration
was left with deficient appropriations for that
Who it that at the time when Mr. Polks admin
istraon expiring and Gen. Taylors was coming into
power, suddenly, without any sufficient data without any
detailed information without any the inquiries into the
subject which ought to have been demanded in such
case changed entirely the system of paying the officers
concerned in the collection of the Who was it
that then forbade the system which had existed from the
foundation of the Government and adopted another en-
trey and untred and brought down the scale of ex
penditures to amount entirely insufficient? One mil
lion FIVE hundred and sixty thousand dollars appro-
praed for that purpose and the Secretary of the Tea
sury was told that he must collect the with that
Whafx <haa H. III
important public services-to bring them down below
their proper requirements and Congress- at the very
next session. had to give the Secretary some 100000
more in order to enable him to collect the revenue and
had to give him very large powers in regard the col
lection Of the the Pacific coast How happens
1t that these things come out when just the
Of Presidential election, just ut the moment when
Administration not favored by majority in Congress is
coming into power? Sir, should not have mentioned
these things had been that the Senator seemed to
intimate that this Administration haddone much wrong
that the people should rise in their majesty and them
out Of power. That is the English of what he said al
though he said it much more mildly / admit Now, /
dey the Senator to show that there any abuses be
charged to this Administration half enormous if there
be any at ALL as those which be shown to have been
perpetrated by Administrations which preceded it,
This Administration into power with all the en-
barrassments which the close Of the Mexican war threw
upon it. There and untried state of things nm
the Pacific We had received an immense acces-
sion of territory which entirely unprotected There
military and naval establishments to found and
new civil establishments to erect After the lapse Of nine
months from the peace there had been no Government
provided for New Mexico for Utah. for California
Who provided for them? Under whose auspices was the
quiet of the country established Under whose auspices
enced that dscord which threatened the very dis
rupton Of the Union 1t under the auspices of this
Administration which the people invited to turn out
OF power There is scarcely branch of the public SER
vice in which this Administration has not shown as
think, signal energy. Look at the Navy Department
Why you are expending money for the Navy
Department than you in 1851 mean for the navy
proper and you keeping larger squadrons aoat now
than ever besre and the Of the country is
vastly better protected while the steam service is largely
increased 1t is true that the general expenses of the
Navy Department have increased but howf By legsla
tive action-by Congressional You have made
contracts for steamers chargeabe on the navy
nearly million per annum You have made contracts !
or directed them TO be made for floating docks costing
more than million in single year. You have authoriz-
ed expenditures to be made for the naval school at
pois for the navy yard at Memphis and various perma
nent improvements at other yards have in my
sion table showing the expenses of the Navy Depart
ment for number Of years past This statement con-
ains list Of the appropriations for the navy proper
1T is prepared from the annual statement of appropria
ons submitted to Congress pursuant to provision Of
the second section Of the act of Congress passed the
lst Of May 1920 have statements for the years 1S41
down to 1851 inclusive Here the table which shows
the details and groups the results The total expenditures
OF the navy proper and marine corps as follow;
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