The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-04-06


can be done, what is tic use OF IaWs,,
What5is the use Of (;;dnsr IS, 8 xcept
for IA debating club ito discuss the
enalici pation of Is lfricails iii this COINS
/ try II, oiie session, md ltlie eInanei,ea.
7 ton u, the doMn.trGddG dGifi masses Of
Enrope;it the 'iieyti we are b .,'liii .''i
ming to t,ike,the affairs Of 1iJjJ iyaii INTO
Sconsid dcfation With The viesss gi wing
her fiepdninfGt trade, ataleaStfwIiii,5ttf.
SELVES, and by next year wc:siall5 axe
MP tie isl,ist of hlirian lil5sftY ia Him
.do3st:iii, land tile rights Of mai in Chi
na, Tor which %c have d growing sym.
.pathy, arising froin.tl lie tide 3fs einigfas
tioh. which lias iBriskly Bessiiifltr0in,illa
country TO Calii0liii;,.!i Aid 3iita jiIas
come tosthis, tliat Whilst Gungfess is
making tour Of philanthropy all lyoycf
the World, and Intending &t6 tstRei ibllsi
ness OF Tie rest 81 fsfiinanliind, the Presill
dent is making free with some LII ed,
millions Of the public in0nry iit.ecoil-.
tempt ot:Ia@. s , e. tsfssf
fsNqwit is one She3 mos reIpa lSa+ 4
ble2featuresi Of the, ,tilslessthat tslclil pro-
ceedings as the Rresidcnt''s .oecur, nhsll.
there IL a hostile litie,l. 31auioritssi,iif
both Houses Of Congress, lnlesa Mes
have observed f;em tls Com ploniisy
coalition, down to TINT of the Selsl,s
Printing, that whcneveral any stu upcEdous
fraud, orsubusc is to. be, pcrpetratcd---
SUCH asi@puid Ssinksa part assuming
The soleSreaponsib ibility sit sis{torthwitli,
ndelt taken by u combination, ofsboiht
parties, and then, such professions OF
llbcrality nationality, 3patliotisnl, and
luionism arc made as 4 We would ex-
pect .fiom a baud of brothers, lcagned
II dHlcrd the capitol against aniidnight
assault OF barbarians.a AS "a striking
iHust alton of The way these things
are dpne and suffered, we will quote
commentaries, ef sihe Washington
Union. which aspises ito.ibe soleiergdnr-
ship ofthe. e.oppositipn party but which
untortnnatclyE caniiot get the. Ce,isus
Printing witboutith aid of aln,inistra-
ton votes. But for Tint, and, fbutifor8
the general pfocliyity to- q anior, Of
both parties VtSthe sake 9f the spoils,
~ St,ssisl have e:yp pectea an opposit sition
ls.5ii
his lpe ,as ioii.
AN'Nthyswhenl General 4 ckson d, 1,ereJp5
took the responsibility of chan ging the
place. of.Sdeposit Of the public funds
from one bankto others, eeppositinn
was .almostroYolutionary yiand volcanic.
Nowaloek at .the gentleness of the \
roaling ofGeneral aclrson's ex-priyate1 4
secretary, when millions are taken, .hy ]
President out of the treasury,
without :authorityof law, but ]
in direct violation of it, Is .s,s.I s. /
'1he pendency Of such a j measure
makes the impressionSthatsthcre must
have been some very material error or 1
either in. the Executive esti-
mates orihc Congressi enal appropria-
tions at the last Congress, rthat there
has some extraordinary looseness in 4
tho execution of3the flawsGby disbursings
officers. If we are notirnistakea irpthe
temper ofthe people. they will have
their attention arrested 5bya, PROPOSE
ton to; add three millions Ito thei
fifty millions appropriated for the
current year. and IL very satisfactory
explanation will be required from the
Executive, who now calls for SD large
anadditional amount OF money and /
from the members Of Congress who
respond to that call. Weare, trongly
Inclined to The opinion that deficiency
bills are becoming rather too much
a matter of course, and that tlleEet is 4
a readiness to yield to such Executive
calls which IS calculated ito elicit
some criticism. live are correctly /
informed, the present deficiency billis3
intended to cornply@ith an Executive 4
call for about three millions of dollars,
which tits said becomes necessary to !
carry on the operations Of the gov.
eminent until the 30th of June. 1852
The alleged necessity f,irtheadditionali
sum arises from theTfact thatiTthel
last Congress refused; To appropriate
the amount then called for by the En-
ecntive estimates by about three
millions, and that as the expenditures
have gone ON saccoriingto the scale. of
the Executive estimates, and not ac-
cording to tho law ofsCongress, it now
becomes necessary fortherresent Con-
gress to correct ana error of tho
last Congress-. TO our mind this
state3 3of facts is extraordinary, and,
demands corresponding degree Of
scrutiny ON the part of members Of
Congress. 2.H tl: il's 4sSy'sst =
IL "We do not mean to he understood.
as intimating that there las been any,
miSapplicatinn of the public. money
which has produced the ALLEGED
deficiency, Or that the facts, When
developed, may not show that the
deficiency ought TO he Supplied.
Whit we mean is, that when the Ex-
ecuiive has made his estimates, and
submitted them to Congress, for the
annual appropriation, and when Con
gress has refused to appropriate the
amount estimated BY 5thrSe millions OF
dollars, it the Exeettito goes on to
eXnend according TO his estifhate. tantl