The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-06-22

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The House being II C6mmiftes of ths Mkol
on the Army Bill, krs Sherman, Of Ohio. sxtd
wish 20 state my reasou for dpDoeltje III
bin, aud also The bill authorizing loan Of Hl5
000, 900. L u with some reloetancs efat
tsespaas upon the time Of the Houss H thl
period Of its session and will make M II
marks e. brief - possible. lido not know ths
any other opportunity will occnr. aud I IN
therefore embrace the psesent.
eREsEM1 cONDl4loN or xneAsuRY,
On the lat day Of July 1a6t there NaS sur
plus Of el7, no. ia, il the Tseasnry. This sul
plus hes been eeduced to the shadow 81 asshads
Ehe Secretary ef1he Treasury ID Decemher Iasi
IN message calling for An iseue Oe d 20 00O,0 ,0O
of Tf&asutv Iotes. cold a. that IL iii
butsa small part. Il any, ofsshe amouns woni
be needed st ahy early day; yet, now, sve Dasr
another message from that same officer, Il
which he tells us that
This 2O,O00, 600 loan of Treasury notes
authorised BY the act Of December Is, 1867
will be exhausted in supplying the de6cien.
cles in the Treasury for the present fiscal year
I'VE shall commence the next fiscal yea
dependent entirely upon the current receipts
INTO the Treasury 70 meet I'll demands from it.
SO, for the hrss year of this Administration
We haves ~ additional 70 the current revenue, ri
Old balance Of I'll, 600. 600 and 81, 900, 900 o
.. areasury notes already expendcd and gone
y = naSesa oencleney 81 S51 900, OtO "a single
year; sn1 ws are nov called on By the Admin
istrauon ior smother loan Of SID, ,000, ,O00. And
Ina ~,
exigency-it ls only partial remedy, q homeo
palnlc dose. The Secretary gives us fair motto,
snat w ne Win want Iurtner loans during the mex
nscaa year. vii Call the attention OF ths
eo,nmlttee 20 tnis clause OF MS letter -
"ase connneo this inquiry to tue two hrs
qon1eFs :n OF sne next hscai year, As Congress
~" .e~ssenoie oe'ose tue close o1 the secont
quar,er, anu wut oe time enough then
shouio ~ become necessary, to provide fol
lusufr contlngencies, that cannot now pc fore
esen:
fusure contingencies that cannot now b
Ao'esee" - the secretary, Ike MlCaWber
raltins lot something Ito turn up Sir
tnese iuture contingencies can be forsseen.
:, can oemonstfate 10 aay sensible man that the
secretary OF the Treasury viii be compelled 10
can on Congress Tor ". 900, 900 to supply de-
nclencies IN the next hscal year. To that will
have to De added 81 100000 to redeem the
Outstanding treasury notes and interest, which
run out Tor one syear, SO that there will be an
ADDITION 10 the national debt OF $4,000, 900 in
TWO years. s
Under these circumstances, loan bill is pro-
posed 70 the House, and 1t is not accompanied
oy any measure OF revenue, or of retrench-
ment and reform. No proposition is made to
increase the tariff, no measure to enlarge the
revenue. As the first fruits of this Admnistra-
ton, We are embarked in a permanent system
OF loans to support the Government.
UTAH WAR.
4 desire, Tor moment, to call the attention
OF the Committee to another remarkable para
graph of the Secretarys letter. He says that
since the meeting of Congress, " the demands
upon the Treasury for the present fiscal year
have been increased by legislation to an amount
not far below ten million dollars"
would like TO know by what legislation we
have Increased the burden thrown upon the
Treasury! Has the Committee Of Ways and
Means introduced measures into this House ap-
proprlating $lO,O0O,00O not sanctioned by the
Executive! Has any act been approved by the
House which appr0prates $l0,0O0,00O not cali
ed for by the Secretary OF the Treasury! If
Congress has thrown an additional burden upon
The Executive Departments, l W. uld like to
know by what law and for what purpose it has
been done. have no knowledge of any bill
which has not been demanded and urged upon
Us by the Executive. Certainly Congress has
proposed no new expenditure. But the Secre-
lary says this has been done by legislation
We did pass deficiency bill, and that sup
pose is the legislation referred to. But at
whose demand? We all know how urgently
thcse Executive officers, who now seek to