Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-09-25

And the SENATE added 3,4l3,2lo
And the two Houses between them
added still further for indefinite APP
preparations, say 100000
S33 ,OS2 SIT
Amount reported to the House 26,046,S65
Leaving the sum of 7,035,712
as the amount added to the national expenditure by
the economical Democratic Congress or more than
one:tourh additional on achot acos asked from
Mem.*
The original amount demanded from Congress for
the annual appropriations for the current fiscal
year, as already stated above, was. $26,046,S 1865
The permanent appropriations I'M
der former acts of Congress for civil
list, expenses of collecting the reve-
nue., arming the militia, &c. amount to 5,0S7 $50
And for interest on the public debt 1879, 800
Making, together S35,014 AIS
which would have been the full current expend-
ture from the Treasury for the fiscal year, had not
Congress voluntarily added more than seven mil
lions of dollars to this amount. This additional
expenditure no one will pretend that the Admins
tration, or any body but the Democratic majority
in Congress, is responsible for. Congress has or
dered the expenditure, and the Executive has only
under his Constitutional oath and obligation to see
that its Laws abe faithfully executed" SO much
for Democratic "extravagance" against Wing
economy. The honorable Senator from Illinois
must excuse us if we retort upon him in the terms
of his own query Is this "that system of econo-
my in our expenditures in the various branches Of
the Government, which we had right to expect if
we placed confidence in Democratic professions ?"
The foregoing account of the action of the pre-
sent Congress in regard to the expenditures Of the
country relate solely to the sins of commission on
the part of the Democratic Congress But while
on the subject we will, among numerous sins of ois
sion of which they have been guilty allude to only
one viz, the neglect to authorize the surplus means
in the Treasury to be applied to the extnguishment
of the Public Debt, which subject was so earnestly
brought to and pressed upon their attention OF the
heavy balance in the Treasury, at least ten mil
lions of dollars could safely be spared towards the pur
chase of the public debit and if such purchases had
been authorized to be made, even at the present
high current rates for the United States stocks it
would still have saved an annual interest on the
amount invested of more than FIVE per cent, and
made an annual saving on the interest of that sum
of 100000, or nearly $1,000 daily. Besides
which, the release of such an amount from the Sub
treasury vaults would have been Of infinite service
to the commercial and financial community of the
country, instead of its lying useless and inactive
under lock and key. But saving to the country
of 100000 per annum was, we suppose, sum
quite too insignificant to be worthy of attention
from an economical Democratic Congress
We cannot let this opportunity pass without ex-
aiming, more closely than we have yet done, the
grounds upon which the Senator from Illinois sets
up such high claims to peculiar merit for the De-
mocratic Administrations of the Government that
we have hitherto had. In his public harangues, he
says to all his hearers in substance as he did in this
city, "You can never bring this Government back
I" to that honest system of economy which has dis
"tinguished Democratic Administrations, until you
"return to that rigid system Of accountability hold
cling every public officer responsible for the per-
Torrance Of his duties according to the letter and
esprit of the law" &C.
Let us, for moment turn back to the very origin
Of the present Democratic party-dating from the
accession Of JOHN QUINCY ADAMS to the Presi-
dency-the distinguishing principle Of the new party
being confined to that of enmity to that excellent
man, and to every one associated with him in the
Government, or friendly to him. or even disposed to
judge his Administration by its merits.
Precisely the same plan of operations, as the De-
mocratic party resorts to against the Wings and
their candidate for the Presidency was resorted to
against Mr.. ADAMS when he was candidate before
the country for reelection. The People we're then
taught to believe--and, credulous then, because
they did not then know what it was to be deceived
by public men-were really made to believe that
the party in power (the Republican party) had
grown extravagant in the public expenditure and
corrupt in the use Of the powers con6ded to them
Incessant efforts we're made by every means-by
false assertions, by decamatory addresses just as at
present-to make-believe that extravagance, with
abuse of Executive patronage, existed to an alarm
ing extent, and that nothing but the overthrow of
the party in power would eradicate the evil just
as Mr. DOUGLAS says now Upon this ISSUE a
Democratic President was elected to succeed Mr.
ADAMS and almost the first sentence Of his Inaugu-
raj Address opened thus The recent demonstra-
ton Of public sentiment inscribes on the list of
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