Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-06-25

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| | find tina: then onii.ted some items for
the next year, and that the amount of enol-
! uments is even l,rger than [ stated. We
have Indirectly increased the salary and in-
cidental EXPENSES OF the President from
$40 900 to $50 900. and that, too, in plain
| aud direct violation of a clause of the Con-
| 5iitution which forbdz any increase OF the
emolulnents OF the President during his
term Another comparison will illustrate
the increase of expenditures. | fnd By
reference to u speech made in the Senate,
by Mr. Truman Smith Congressional
Globe, vol. 25, pnge I24) that the entire
expense OF printing f,r the XVIII Con-
greso was 100 .S64 dollars, or 95, ,423 dollars
per annum | tind, from q recent report OF
the Chairman oil the Committee on Printing
eAr. Taylor), that the expense Of the print
ing for the AXXIIId CoBgress--famous
for It's repeal of the MISSOURI Compromise
- aTtauunted to 3,035.S27 dollars, or l,512,-
slS dollars per auuu4Ig, OF more than TO-
ooe dollars fer every member of both Houses
of Congress. Such is the character Of tie
increase in that single iterA alone That
the XNNIIFd Congfess, which, think was
the most disastrous in the history OF our
Government, bseasse it Feosenea a strife
long before that lits4e settled. and iuatnara.
ted this wild system of reckless expenditure
, which we will find it so difficult to check.
look, Sir, at the miscellaneous itenis cf
eHpe penditures. In the early reports of the
Secretary of the Treasury, the miscellane-
oas items were few ard far between. But if
gentlemen will turn to reports Of this ses-
Y sion Cttouse Document No. l3), they will
find from page 25 to page 63 filled exclu-
= sively wi-h he details of the InisceHaneoAE
expenditures of the Guvernt1ie ut, auaoai4ting
to lS, ,946, kS9 dollars. I'm this vast mauso-
8 leum ure buried yocr secret contracts. your
: : jobs, your CustomH ,uses, your Marine Hos
: ptals, your Posi- Office deficiency and Post
3 Offices, your Coast Survey, your Court Hou-
$ ses--a vast catalogue Of jobs to partizan fa-
1 vorites.
: Mr.. Smith, (Va. You voted for them.
g Mr.. Sherman, 20 1.-The gentleman will
y fad by looking at the record, that he is mis-
r taken. But am glad that he has called my
: attention to this point. hope that he anu
: his political friends will press il daily ant
= hourly. His remark shows how tbankles.
= task it is for gentlemen on this side Of the
1t House TO comply with the urgent demand,
: of the Executive for money. Perhaps il
n may teach my friends lesson but il i
: does not, then hope they will take warnin.
from the example, and the very marked ex
Is ample, set the other day in the case of m,
e late colleague, Mr.. Campbell. who had dis
= played his zeal, + think unwisely lin the las
Is Congress, urging all the Appropriation bills
,e and complying to the fullest extent with tn,
rs demands of the Executive; and, Sir,~wheI
ID any Of us yield, and, under the commendabl
:. desire TO sustain the Government, evel
ID when Hnwisely administered, vote for gene
et raj Appropriations bills, then these extrava
1 CANT appropriations ase ss,tewri in ctr teeth
( when we only vote what they ask. hop
tn gentlemen Upon this side of the House vii
taAe this as a warning ard lessen, It
,e thankless task for gentlenief 10 ai!li IF ed
m ministration like this or It's Predecessor il
az carrying on the burdens OF the Govern
IN ment, when they cannot voce fo-a sihgt
of Appropriation bill without havi5iT all thes
Z. contingencies and jobs and other item
he thrust upon them, and being told "y on' vote
Id for them" Sir | can say for one did moi
It. The gentleman will not find me in tha
category.
q have already referred To- HE military es
Os Enlistment, showing vast increase in i,
81 expenditures. ] might, with the document
il before me, show how millions have bee
g. sunk for transportation, subsistence, an
ol supplies, contracts made without public nj
20 % tice, but am admonished that my time wi
not allow.
~ Without an opportunity TO examine, IN
- :, under the plea OF pressing necessity, at a
y early period of the session, we were calle
n upon to vote extravagant appropriations, il
tended tocover large contracts fuF subssten nc
90 and ransportation-many of which are i
legal-or have it charged upon US that "
were willing to leave otr gallant army
q. the Rocky Mountains without food an
30 30 slseltey. Unwilling to DO that, some on tn
,r side voted for the Defacieacy bill; bat VII
'o' car trace the expenditures of this money!
Ups We were told yesterday BY tlse Glrairnna
. of the Comaittes of Ways and Mems, th
rs obi these rYYroPfiaiiofss are IN Pursuance
lai existing law. Now waat him to- aoss,
at his leisYeS ROW h comes that in lSs
ng there were employed in collecting of II
'o' revenue 1880 persoAss aad that in 1856
when the law had Dot bee8 changed, thel
ex were employed in tire SgFaeUs Custom Hol
sSi ses 2,9l3 and in 1857, soe9 empleye eess al
,,s2 this before the new tariff had gone into Of
,sg eration! How comes this increase of 5s
iii officers in the Custom Houses! Under VIII
J,as law was the increase made! By what a,
ID thority are these fresh leeches set UpcR tt
.e treasury Sir. large portion OF the appr,
prialions annually made depend simply upo
ne ne your will; and if you cut off the supply th
expenditure will cease without impairing
n single provision OF the law.
he Sir, retrenchment and reform are matter
Sc of imperative necessity. II is not a mer
er cry OF demagogucs, but a problem demant
to ing the attention aud worthy the highest abb
mt ity of the representatives of the people. N
IN party is lit TO govern this country who car
oi not solve it. II is vain to look to execuiiv
nd officers for reform. Thcr power and Unfit
enee depend upon executive patronage, an
'ls while we grant they will squander. Th
IT. Senate is neither by the theory of our sy;
us TEN. nor by its composition, fitted for th
mt task. The House alone has the consttl
In tional power to perfect radical REFORM
u The Constitution provides that no none
nd shall be drawn from the treasury but in col
he sequence of appropriations made by law, ar
o, that all bills for raising revenue shall orig
lal nate in the House of Representatives.