Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-08-09

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out ofthc Mexican war b,quealhed TO the
Wing administration and amounts to the sum
ofS204,377.
7th. Refunding duies collected ia Mexico;
expenses Of Commissioners under the Mexi.
treaty! draughtsmen. and contingencies Of
the boundary line. and expenses incident TO
the war loans and Treasury notes. all tcms
connected with the Mexican war. and justly
chargeable to Democratic rule. amounting to
S5s.9l5.
The above items. nfter dcducting the inter.
est on the debt existing previous 10 lS45.
form an aggregate Of more than 100000
for expenses growing directly out Of The Mex
lean war; the paymen, Of which was unavoid-
able. and has been directly saddled upon the
Treasury by the Democratic Administration
of Mr.. Polk. and in no way formed a portion
of Mr.. Polk's peace expenditures anterior to
the war.
The following additional items are OF
character which formed no portion Of the an.
nual expenditures under any former Admins
traiion.
lst. The expenses Of collecting the reve-
| Contingent expenses Of ditto l0,2A5
Expenses Of collecting revenac from
Sales of pubic lands 145.306
Upto the :ird Of March. lS49, when the
Wing Administration came into power. the
expenses of collecting the enue were first
deducted ron the gross receipts, and the nett
amount only was paid into the Treasury. and
| figured on the annual statement as the amount
| Of receipts; but by the act of 81 March. 1S49.
the gross amount of revenue IS now paid into
| Treasury, and the expenses for collecting it
form an item Of current expenditure.
20. ne expense of taking the Seventh Cen
| sus, S672, ,503.
| sThis is an unavoidable new expense. paid
| by the Wing Administration, and occurs only
| once in ten years.
Sd. For refunding duties on sugar and mo-
lasscs, collected under Mr. Walker construc-
ton of the tariff Of 1916. but which the Su-
preme Conrt has decided were illegally col.
lected, S439, ,5SS.
4th. Payment for debcntures. drawback,
&c. on foreign goods on which the duties had
| been collected, and refunded on tho expora.
ton Of such goods from tho United States,
| S794.639
! 9Th. Repayment to importersior excess Of
money deposited for unascertained duties. but
which was refunded SO soon as the exact
amount Of such duties was ascertained, $685.
O2l
Both these latter items form portion ofthe
amount stated as recei pts of revenue, but Of
course form no item of actual expenditure.
9th. Dchentures and other charges con-
nected with the customs. S72,623
s,h. Refunding duties per act ofsth August
1916. S59,732.
S,h. Ocean steam mail service. which is in
cludcd in the expenditure OF the Navy De-
partment, but the revenue from which source
is included in the receipts Of the Post Office.
Si.302, 1865.
This item formed no portion Of the cxpen-
diture under Mr.. Folks administi alton previous
9th. Repayment of the public debt and treas
ury notes. IS j PCS.
10th. Trust funds paid. so57.396.
Nothing under this head is included in the
above expenditures for the year 1876 under
Mr.. Polk
| llth. Expenditures for the Indian Depart
ment for the year ending 3o,h June. 1851,
were S2,Sl5.599 whilst uuder Mr.. Polk they
were only 81 ,22s, ESQ. making difference Of
Sl.5s7,3l9.
| The additional expenditure under this read
has been made in pursuance Of special acts Of
Congress. and principally under new treaties
with the Indians.
We will paose here, without bringing into the
statement many other items which could be
fairly introduced, such as payments Of private
claims authorized by special acts Of Congress.
building new custom-houses and marine hos
! pitals, erection of buildings i, new territories.
expenditures for public buildings in WASH
ington, &c; for, though many oil these items
were not properly classed with the actual cur
-f.l
in like manner incurred under the administra-
ton Of Mr. Polk. yet by no means to the same
extent as Congress has greatly extended the
expenditures under these heads.
Let US then sum up our statements in the
form ofa
! RECAPITULATION.
| Direct and unavoidable additional cxpendi-
lures under the Wing Administration in con-
sequence ofthe Mexican war. viz:
lst. lnstament to Mexico S3,242.40O
I'd. Indemnity TO our own ciri-
zens, due by Mexico 2.516,69l
Sd. Interest on The Public Debt 3,696.72l
4lh. Arrelrages to Mexican vol
5th. Pensions growing out ofths
9th. Expenses of The boundary line 2e4,377
7tb Various expenses underline
treaty with Mexico 5S,913
Total 1e.e54,4s4
bequcatled by Mr.. Polk's Administration to its
| Wing successors as war expenses, except a.
bout SSOO,OO0 for the interest Oh the portion
of that debt which existed previous to the war.
The other expenditures as detailed above.
which formed no portion ofthe annual charges
upon the previous Administration, were:
lst. Expenses ofcollecng mar
ilime and land revenues $2.044.025
Cd. Expenses Of Seventh Census 672.5o3
Sd. Refunding duties on sugar &c. 439.566
Ith. Debentures, drawbacks. &c. 794,639
9Th. Rcfunding excess of duties 696.02l
9th. Other debentures 1908
7th. Other items Of duty refunded 59.732
9th. Ocean mail service 1,3O2.36S
OH. Repayment of public debt, &c. s6l.26S
10Th Trust funds 257, 1896
1lth. Ex,rapaymentint the Indian
| department, I.ss7.3ls
-otal s.707.479
The e. re expenses Of the Gov