The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-02
Charges Of EAtxava8ancs Assinst the Ad-
mimi tIaliun-fhelr Refutatlon.

Politicians who are in the ranks of those op-
posed to the present head Of the national 60
verpment have been charging, in their speeches
Throughout. the country, that unwonted extrava-
gapce has been one of the chief characteristics
OF Mr.. Buchanan's administration, and have al
legged that the expenditures of the current year
will exceed hundred millions of dollars. Sena-
tor Crittenden particularly has made himself
conspicuous in attempting to cheat the public
into this belief He, as one of those who had to
pass upon the appropriations Of the last session,
ought TO have Known that such statement was
a gross exaggeration. If he did no! possess that
knowledge before, he can refer to table print
ed with our Washington correspondence to-day,
showing the exact amount of the aggregate ap-
sion. 1t is an official statement, prepared in the
office of the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives, and is of course reliable in every par
ticular.
by this 1t appears that the aggregate amount
of definite appropriations made for the current
fiscal year was S64, 6l7,762 SO; while the indef-
mite appropriations made in the shape ofprivate
bills &C., are estimated at over three millions to
be paid out of the treasury-making the gross
amount sixty-eight millions OF dollars. That,
Of course, Is exclusive Of the revenues Of the
Post Office Department, which now enter into
the account ofexpenditures. 1t is also exclusive
of the unexpended balance Of sixteen millions
remaining over in the treasury from the ap-
preparations Of the previous fiscal year but as
such unexpended balances usually remain over
ut the end Of the year, and as that remaining
at the end of the year may not materially differ
from that amount, it would be evidently i'm
proper to include It.
From the sixty-eight millions, however, SO
appropriated, must be deducted the following
sums voted to supply deficiencies in the pre-
vious year, viz
General Dsdccncy biii.............. se,7oi 200 50
Printing DO. do.................... 3il l5s 80
Ipoian do. do.....~............. $50 Dos 90
Total tio,3s4.ss4 AZ
Thus nearly ten and half millions, applied
to the expenditures Of the former year, are to
be deducted from the gross amount appro-
priated: and this will leave the sum applicable
10 the expenses Of the current year ffty-eight
and a half millions OF dollars-a little over one
half of the sum at which the unscrupulous enc
mics Of the administration have set il down. No
one who has witnessed or attentively watched
the proceedings OF last session can deny that II
was the constant effort, on the part Of the
Executive and the democratic party, to cut
down the expenditures to the lowest possible
figure, and the equally constant effort on the
part of the opposition to load down the appro-
priation bills as heavily as possible With this
undeniable fact before the people and with the
exhibit Of 6fty-eight millions as the total
amount applicable to the expenditures Of the
current fiscal year, is II not the height of i'm
pudcnce and folly to be charging the admins
trsticn with extravaganza II only shows 10
what base and desperate means INSCRIPTIONS
politicians will resort