New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-29


TIE e,.yL Of te,a.,s ~ 49,: :, :, e. 81: -,
AM confident; rs1-s .tEo 81 ts I,ssa: i~;n
for TIE s1ppcT: q he '-ssf-IneL-iD -
We'll Sir hsv.rg ere jed 80 oW"" t1s ye,r
more .tsn the IT, ,ayi1g ne1t g.sr - prpVios
several more mLCns tey oad tie .eceip.e, 20 u..s 40
vsLis Of the Government LOW, hEfryhs 90 WIN ~
pro,pec: during TIE p-ese.t 4 tclnis:fs1on o. .Ie
c.ips paying tie expenditures the s. ,resry 'ePSs'
in ihis letter Of re 1871 o. Nay, the sec.he ~
down in bic annual repor. tho. we snOud have 60 ie
visio the tariff q. the presen: tine. su, zee 70
~isdom il THE policy-the coantry W zee 20 49,
IL policy tia. imposes upon TIE oIe .msn' lle PC
res.y ofncresipg permanent r.tiaLsl dsbte &c meet
the wants Of the TTes.Iry.
IL his cond ton Of the county VITA. shou1 fss..s
mend,l The Administration shoCd come mere az
propose 20 increase gu! :ecepS, 20 rsse our
$4,000 0C0, or i. should come here With sPecihc aLo
detailed propositions 10 reduce the expenditure OF ,hs
Government by the amour. OF $l5.Vyo,UN. tnHH
wise tts.etmtn would come WITH bo;a proportions.
think that L we had men s. the head OF an4le "nS
adhered 10 the old republcs doctrine thai IN tune OF
peace the expenditures should De kept wiLnn me re-
&C pts should not incur permanent natiohh aeo'
20 pay The ordinary and current expenses OF the 10y
eminent. ] think We should have bad here, weeks
ago. propost IN TO Increase tie revenue by Ievishg
the Tariff and detailed and specifc proportions u re-
duce he expenditures o: this Government tea Aisee
or twenty million dollars. have no douo. u ;; ta ns
Government can be well administered for sJO,VVV,V'V
annually. But, Sir, instead Of coming here WIN d
proposition TO increase the revenue 10 meet tie orci
nary and current expenses OF the G0vernmeI-, We
Secretary Of the Treasury sustained by h- fesidett,
AID in both Houses Of Congress- ths We must not re-
vie Tariff under when We cannot, d aoy poss--
billy rase go 0O0, eco for the mex. year, waea sc
want 500 COO 600 NEE: the necessities OF tie G)T'
ernn ent Ths is ting with the Interests Of the rs
tcn and should NEE. tie stern rebuke Of tee AMER
can people. The Tariff gives you only about nlaetsen
per cent and you cannot have more than two hundreo
and fifty millions Of dutisble imports mex, year. Va
der the present tariff unless nave an unnatural ca
paneior Of bsLk paper again. unless We nave an era
If speculation II 81 to end il bankruptcy there s no
probability that for the ne1t Two or three ye is, weca
are more tnap fifty millions from the c1.,om'; ara
We. We are told, mcst emphstcsly, tina. this tarif
Inu,t not be revised
In tbs report OF tie Secretary Of the Treasury we
have abundance OF talk about "retrench nent srd
REFORM" liz il all talk-mere phr6ses-@o-ds word-,
wo,ds. VIII any Senator tel me what sirse propo;i
ton has been made, under this Administration, toward
"retrenchmert and reform 10 tbs expenses o.! the
Government The Secretary OF the Treasury is
spending nearly million and haE djl.srs more
money TO collect the revenue than ?ert by the
AdministI alton of Mr. Fillmore. Re spent 900
in The collection of the revenue on the Atlantic coas
The present Secretary spends $30 900 on the Allan
tic coast alone and employs slx hundred more men
than were employed by M. Corwn, and he ssks us 70
take of the limitation OF law, and TO Increase the ex'
penditures Of that Department 81 Ooo, wv arnusly,
bey ond the liitst OBS OF the sw The Secretary OF
War presssd upon us the raising Of five additional
regiments al an annual cost of 50 900 O which Con.
gees, in Its wisdom, voted down. The Secretary OF
the Navy wanted ten sloops a. an expense OF TWO az
a half or three millions dollars annually; scd am tod
that Dow under the cry that is got up Of British sg-
ressions in the Gulf twenty or thirty war vessels are
talked ot-snd here, by the way must cay that the
head Ct the State Department in his correspondence
taks very mildly about these sggress9ns, especially
when We take into consideration the warlike speeches
We used to hear from him or tbs floor. -.
Congress has slreaey saved eight or ten Millions
dollars by refusing 10 grant the e1travagsnt demands
tf the Executive Departments. and more may be
saved Sir there is proposition 20 reduce e1pendi.
tGree unless il be by defeating all private claim bils
Everywhere, 10 every department, we are pressed 70
increase the expenditures rather than TO reduce them
and am surprised that when you have borro Eed
$40 600 eco 10 carry through this year-wnen You
have exhausted it, and now ask ga. f1[ the
first half of the next yeathe Charmsn Ct the Co n
Inttee on Finance should. in bill OF this character,
rropose TO authorize the Secretary Of the Treasury 70
eppoint two additional officers. There is section 10
this bill to create two additional officers although the
Government has spent this yesr 3S OOO OO0 more tnan
its receipts, ard will have q deficit rex. year OF
sl5 Geo. COO if it redeems its Treasury notes. IL lie
proposed TO increase tie strength OF the Irea'uT Dc
partmeht. venture T. say that the force employed
in the several departments can be reduced one thnd,
and the public will no. suffer by il. There are men
employed in these departments who are absent some
Of them, for months at q time. There are men en-
ployed in ttese departments who are allowed to ira
verse the country for week. on eleconeering tours
men who are allow ed and encouraged, sy, compelled
10 get up clubs for the circulation o. political speeches
documents; to organize, in the City OF Washing
ness The Chsirman Of the Committee on Finance,
whom we SO often hear advocating economy-and
will do hin the justice 10 ssy that think he does /,
with great deal Of sirceriy-proposes TO add 80 to
the number OF clerks IN the Treasury Department
Sir they ale wanted; there is strength enough in
tina, department now and TO spare Not only that bat
here s an appropriation Ct $50 OOO to make the bonds
Oh which we are to get this money. believe s!,OoO
viii more than psy al that is necessary TO prepare the
papers to borrow the money upon. Here is another
ecor omca proposition from the Administration winch
prates so often aid much about retrenehment and
reform Some favorite j. 20 be rewarded, " per
haps the brother or frieLd OF some Member who
voted fer LecomptOp is TO be provided Ir by this sp
preparation. u..o,.....-,,
nd that 1t has been usus in the l. sn bills, 10 add
these clerks or sccoun. of he extra duties they
tail; and there is generally such appropriation. il
order TO cary out the expenses Of the loan. lie vii
fId that in the Ii al bill OF 1913, think.
Ny. WILsoS-PerhGps il has been u-ua bat that
does not prove the necessity OF it nor, and TO this
amount. Formerly, such bills csrDe for gfes. par.
pcses-to defend the country, or 20 provide means 10
pay the debts Incurred in defense of the country in
time Of wsr. This bill! comes here az time when we
ought TO enter upon general system OF reiuc in
the expenditures o. the G,vernmsn'; and believe
We have abundant force 10 t,at Dep N,ipen: 10 do all
that is necessary 70 borrow these $1,000 GOO. rhe
labor that will be imposed the additional Labor ID 8:
wll te required in tha. Department, can b. easily aud
readily furI ished IN the Department. shs. move 70
STRIKE out this section, and shall move to amend the
other section by reducing the amount therein appro
rri4ted from so eco 10 90 600. In giving the Sscre-
ary Of the Treasury these sl5 600 OOO Coz the t 40
quarters Of the next fiscal year, let tell him. in Ian
eusge not 70 be mistaken that eIpec: him and his
corps C clerks 10 take care OF the matter 70 perform
tie sdcit ona labor and thai will no. add 10 the
Dersl:ment any additional force whs.ever. Let Us
Il, him also, that We the representatives Of the peo-
pc, will LOT permit hin 10 expend any favor; g
so Geo for engraving and paper
tner,fre move To strike oG; tie MIN section which
is II lhese Horcs:
"sEc And Be JaTfkc enacted. Thai he Secretary Of IN,
T,asuv i htr,by suh.rzeG 20 appoint in ofe Of :he
Register Of Treasury additional clerk Of the thd cas-.