Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-09-30
Extract from the Speech of
81 Hon. T.. A. Hendricks,

y Hon. Il. A. Hendricks
Delivered at Indionap6zss. Sept 10. 1883.
/ find thas much is now being said by
our opponents about extravaganza in pub
lie expenditures. This charge is preferred
in very general Way. No man says that
Mr.. Buchanan has expended money with
out authority of law. 1t is known to us all
that not one dollar can be taken from the
National Treasu'y except upon the authority
Of Congress-Cengress must first appro-
pria,e it. The Executive is responsible only
upon its estimates, and for the manner in
which it expends the appropriations. II
m advance it makes extravagant estimates.
and asks of Congress to appropriate too
much money-or if, after the money is ap-
propriated. it should be wasefully cxpend-
ed, then the responsibility attaches to the
Executive In speech remarkable in
every way, recently delivered by one Of the
leaders of the Republican party. it is
brought as a charge against this Admins
tration that for the present fiscal year il
has at its disposal, besides the unexpend-
ed balances Of last year,the appropriations
OF the late session, amounting to 1884,
600, 600 When until now Vas the charge
of waste and extravaganza preferred
against an 4 administration in advance OF
the expenditures? Let the year pass
around, and ifn be found that the public
money has been used wastefuly, or with
out.authorft7 of hw then we will unite with
you in condemning the Administration fol-
the act. 4t
Upon the general question allow me to
say, gentlemen. that none of us can expecl
ever again to see the expenses of the Gov
ernment reduced to the sum formerly re.
quired Gold has flown INTO the country
of late years by millions. instead of thou
sands in former years, and bank paper has
increased very nearly in a corresponding
ratio, so that money Is greatly cheapened
and for the same purpose. individuals as
well as Government require larger quanti-
ties. 1t was fer that reason that three ses
sions ago, the Republican House declares
the compensation % members of Congress
which had been fined in 1919, altogether
too small, and by law increased It TO pear
ly one hundred per cent Our population
has gone up nearly to thirty millions; ant
has expanded over SO great territory, tha
we now have of coast and frontier more
! rules to defend than any nation in the
v orld, and SO that in the recent coinpaigr
10 Utah our soldiery marched and oul
transp, ortation wagons travelled greater
distance than was over come by Napoleon
in his celebrated Russian campaign. Our
trade and co,1mercc have so increased tha
our interest have become involved in tn,
movement and enterprise of other natious
and as first class power Nc cannot sub
nit TO wrong or insult, but must be pre-
pared to resent either ard our army expen
ses are and must continue greater than was
necessary twenty years ago.
Were the appropriations of the last Con
gress too large? Then | ask in what way
is Mr. Buchanan administration respon-
sible? From carefully prepared speecl
delivered by Mr.. Letcher in the house
near the close of the late session, l fine
that the estimates of the department:
amount 20 S54. 222, 861-very far below
the appropriations. And does any Repub
lican say that any item for which our esti
mate was made, ought to be omitted. or tn,
amount reduced? The only power The
President possesses TO control aparopria
tions. is that of making recommendation tt
Congress and 10 veto TIE bills. In hi:
message to Congress he sa id:
"An overHowing treas ury has led tt
habits of prodigality extraya gance in ou
legislation. 1t has induced Congress tt
make large appropriations, to objects fol
which they never would have provided hac
it been necessary to raise the amount o
revenue required to meet them BY increa. 'et
taxation or by loans. We are now com
pelled to pause in our career. and to scru-
t1nize our expenditures with the utmost
vigilence; and in performing this duty, l
pledge my co-opperation to the extent of
my constitutional competency.
at ought to beobserved at the same
time that true public economy does not
consist in Withholding the means necessary
to accomplish important national objects
intrusted to US by the Constitution. and es-
pecially such as may be necessary for
the common defense. In the present cri-
sis of the country, it is our duty to con-
4 uHC Jul d dppiOpitoiiOuo w oCJCOtS VI tuiS
character, unless in cases where justice to
individuals may demand different course.
In all cases care ought to be taken that the
money granted by Congress shall be faith
fully and economically applied"
1t is claimed that in the ag-
gregate they amount to SS4, ,624, ,e25 ,4O
From this is to be deducted
the appropriation for the
| POstoilce service whichis
! to be paid out of the pro-
ceeds of that service Sl4, ,035,520 90
Also, the deficiency Bill
which was forthe late fs-
cal year and mainly re-
quired to maintain the au
i thority ofthe government
in Utah 9,7O4, ,2O9, SO
| 23,739,729,s9 avg'
Which leaves the appropri-
ations proper made by
! Congress for the year en-
ding 30th June next.... SCI ,0S5, ,095 81
which is nearly seven millions beyond the
amount asked for by the President and
| his Cabinet--and for which excess Con.
gress, and not the Administration, is prop