The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-06-13

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given in detail These lstte. having been received by
the board of aldermen the mayor official powers ceased
and the president Of the board Of aldermen became
ocio mayor, The president is Mr. sunmers and be at
once entered upon the and important trust which
the exigences of the times hAd plsd In his bano and
began the preparation Of procsmstions. All tAc APP
proaches to the City Hall kept gussdod but by 10
o'clock most of the citissns had retired from the neigh
borhood. - F'-N
At Fort Vigilance things remained in ss Qss there
were however several arrests during tho day. a5
MESSAGE or THE PRE- tAD-
| yOURNMENT--S7ATE OF THE TREAS
VI UR4ssrss frfssfsal i, ncssasg IE4shassfK
76 the Senate and House Of Representatives
feel Il 70 30 indispensable duty to call your at
tenton to the condition Of the treasury Onth- 18th
day OF May Inst the Secretary of the Treasury subued
report to Congress on the present condition OF the
finances Of the government In this report he states
that after call upon the heads Of departmental he had
received official information that the of S3T 900
900 would probably be required during the first two
quarters of the next fiscal year. from the first fully I'M
til the LIST of January This sum- the Secretary says
"docs not include such amounts may be appropriated
by Congress and above the estimates submitted To
them by the departments, and have data on which
to estimate for such expenditures Upon this point
Congress is better able to form correct m opinion than
The Secretary then estimates that the receipts into the
treasury from all between the lst Of July and
the LIST of January would amount to $25 900 600 leay
ing deficit of 500O, 900, inclusive Of the Of
about O00 the least amount required to be in the
treasury at all times to secure its successful operation
For this amount be recommends loan: This loan it
will BIO Observed was rcqured after close calculation.
to meet the estimates from the different departments, and
not such appropriations might bs made by Congress
over and above these estimates. 9seM aas
There embraced in this sum Of $4,000, 900 csti
to the amount of about ST. $50 900 for the three
volunteer regiments authorized by the act Of Congress
approved April T. 1858 for two of which, il not for tho
third no appropriation will be required To this
/ tent of he of NAV he
piled TO pay the appropriations made by Congress beyond
the estimates from the different departments, referred to
l. in the report of the Secretary Of the Treasury.
To what extent probable deficiency may exist in the
treasury between the LIST July and the lst january next
be acetined until the appropriation bills well
the private bills containing appropriations shall have
Adversely teaches useful lessons to nations as well
individuals The habit Of extavagant expenditures os
tered by large surplus III the treasury must be
reced the country will be involved In serious nan
Under amy form of government extlavagance in
penditnre must be the natural consequence, when those
who authorize the expenditure feel no responsibility in
providing the means of PAYMENT Such had been for
numbers Of years condition previously 10 the late
monetary rcvusion i'll the country Fortunately at least
for the Of public economy, the case ia reversed
may be- enyrtcd the dierent appropriation Bills
well Is those made by private bills and above the
eAtimAtcs nj the dssont departments, will 30
sary for Congress provide the Of payment before
their adjournment. Without this the treasury will be
exhausted before the first of January, and the public
credit will be seriously Impaired This disgrace must
not fall upon the country.
1t is impossible for however, to ascertain this
amount does there Mt present seem to be the least
probability that this be done, and the necessary
provided by Congress to meet any deficiency which
may exist In the treasury before Monday next vt IL
o'cock the hour fixed for adjournment, it being
Saturday morning At fpast III o'clock. To accom-
plish this object the appropriation bills, they shall
have finally passed Congress, must he before me- and
1 irna all In 0f
moneys appropriated and to enable Congress TO provide
tho necessary Az this writing it is understood
that these bills yet before the committees of
conercncc and the amendments to some of them have
not even been printed
Foresceng that such state Of things might exist at
the close Of the session, stated, In the annual message
to Congress Of Dcccmcf last hat from the practice of
Congress such examination Of each bill the consti-
tuition requires has been rendered impossible The
most important business OF each session ia generally
crowded into its last hours and the alternative presented
To the President is either to violate the constitutional
duty which no TO the people and approve bills
which, for want Of time Il IL impossible he should have
examined, by his refusal TO do this, subject the
try and individuals to great loss and Inconvenience
| 4l.f o - tt o sW .
:. For my own part, / have deliberately determined
that shall approve bills which have not examined
and 1t will he Of extreme and most urgent
sity which shall induce me to depart from this
rule
The present condition Of the treasury absolutely re-
quires that should adhere to this resolution the
present occasion for the which have heretofore
| presented.
In former times it believed to l,c the true charac
tor Of appropriation bill simply TO carry into effect
stng laws and the established policy Of the country
practice has however grown up of late years to engra
such bills at the last hours of the session large a
proprasions for and important objects not provided
for by precxsng laws and when time is left to the
Executive for their examination and investigation. Noa
tentative s thus left to the President but either approve
measures without examination, by vetong appro
priaon BILL seriously embarrnss the operations Of the
government. This practice could have prevailed
whouta surplus In the treasury sufficiently large to
cover indefinite amount Of appropriations. Necessity
compels TO arrest IT, at least far to afford
time to ascertain the amoupt appropriated, and to pro-
vide the Of its payment.
For all these reasons Irecommcn TO Congress to post
| pone the day Of adjournment for brief period. L
promise that not hour shall he lost In ascera:nng the
amount of appropriations made by them for which will
be necessary TO provide know II will be inconvcnient
for the members attend called session, and this
above all things, desire to avoid
JAMES BUCHANAN.
WASHINGTON CRY, June l2 1858 liA4
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The FISHING BouNTYThe Barnstable Patriot the only
democratic paper that grt coast of the old Bay
State advocates the repeal Of the fishing bountics 1t
says 1--WE have from time to time, in the columns of
this paper, advanced considerations which show
that the repeal Of the fishing bouncs act SO from being