The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-08-07

the lSt session OF the J5th Congress. The
table is too announcement in size and form to
be published here, but we give below the
title Or character of the Appropriations and
their several amounts as finally passed and
signed by the President and the concluding
part Of Of the Article. 1t is beyond questions
as to its facts, and will serve to show tho
enormous e.chGc CgGncc Of the present locoluco
Administration.
Treasury Notes, oN."09
Manufacture Of Arms. 800 900
Pensions for the ycrr 1879, 100 800
Investigating Committees, 81. 900
Treaty wit! Denmark, 40S,1 Ji Il
Deficiency Printing sd and Gih Con-
gress l.189 So
Deficiencies general for the year 1853 970l 900 50
Indian Regular for the year 1879. 1.3:S. I0i 10
Military Academy for the year 1859 IS2. S04
Deaf Dumb and Blind Of district OF
Columbia. 5000
Investigating Committees. 1900
Leg slativc. Executive aud judicial
for the year 1859, 6l2T sos 81
Clerks in Land Office, Oregon, 1000 60
b oundary Line, Texas, $4,000
Consular and Diplomatic for the year
1880, 912I2O
Naval for the year 1850, 1t.5GS sd %
Sunlry Civil Tor the year 1854 5,5j5 o3l ~
Indian Supplemental for the year
1889, go 9j7 SO
Army for the year 1852 17lS5, sos l6
Revenue from Customs for the year
1859 5000 900
Military ROAD in Oregon, 80 nOO
| dian Deficiency for the year 1888, }39 j95
Mail Steamers for the year Ioi9, 1,USN7o0
To authorize Loan of $50 .000OO0, 1000
pust Office for the year 1859, 100000
CT .OG7 762 Is
III, pao,,1o IF a. -, haul a.,
are sufficiently alive to the necessity of econ-
omy. Weayail ourselves Of the occasion TO
show them what the National Administration
has cost and is costing: and this We do ex-
clusycly from official documents.
Weinvie their attention to table prcpar-
ed from official sources and by hands alone,
competent TO do it, exhibiting the course and
results Of the financial legislation of the last
session Of Congress " ich, with the addition
OF the permanent appropriations, and the in
definite appropriations carefully estimated,
and the amounts by former appropriation
bills left at the disposal Of the government
will show the dct,mh gross means placed at
The disposal of the government ThcSc last
items are usually overlooked or kept out of
sight in such estimates, are touched only cur
sorlv by official documents and are seldom
most always have an inaccurate idea Of the
actual cost of the government.
Another important topic necessary to fair
appreciation of the conduct of The Govern
Incnt, is the objects Of appropriation ; and
that is especially necessary now to be con-
sidered, because the present administration
while greatly cXaggeraiing some. have great
ly reduced or entirely cxpungcl others: and
,f, I,yi,.
are those in which Che actual industrial in
interest Of tho country are most deeply inter-
csted.
The wrigg'ing of the administration under
the cnoImlty Gifts expenditures is quite sig
niicant,
They try to Withdraw this, that and the
other item from the list ; they construe words
sharply to deceive people; they distinguish
current and permanent appropriation they
shut their eyes to the roSt-Oilicc charges,
and vince under the expenditure for public
buildings; but Still these are moneys efpcnd-
cd the Democrats and the Democratic GJhigs
have the lingering Of the money; the peopic
have to pay the money and it is quite as well
that the pcopte should know it.
|. We propose to show simply what is the
actual amount Of money placed at the disposal
of the Administration by the appropriation
laws.
.. What amount was appropriated for the
fiscal year lS5S-'59.
3. How that compares with former appro
priations for other years
4. The character of the appropriations.
The report of the Secretary of the Treasury
shows that President Buchanan. in his first
year spcM-that is, took from the people
and paid away about SIS 900 600, or. as the
S'crcrary putsft, actual and estimated, $II.
963,05S.4l but that estimate omits about
Sl4 900, 900 paid by the people for the mail
service, which would bring up the cost Of that
first year to $50, 1858, 05S.4l.
Now, with this first year to start with, as
sample, bow much has been placed at the
disposal Of the Administration by heW two
democratic Houses of Congress Tor the eApca-
Sos Of the Government
The President approved bills appropliatirg
the following sums, according to the table,
VIZ:
Sums specific in the bulls $67 ,067, 1928
Indefinite appropriations care
fully estimated from official 1882 ,23I %
sources ----------
Making $40, $50, 100000
Sums in which permanent
laws place at the disposal
of the Government, omitting
cost of collecting revenue per
former laws HIS, 22l. 40
Sums appropriated by former
applicable to the expenses
of 1859 1856, 5SS.35
Sums appropriated by perma-
nent laws the use Of the
post-oflicc depot 1i,4l5,520.00
Agg rcgate loans appropriated
for the use of the Administla-
ton, and placed at their
disposal by the last session Sl06, l67 ,3332,S4
Pretty good work for one session and both
Houses largely democratic J!
How much of this enormous aggregate of
$l0G, lG7 1928 is for the use Of the year
ending June 80, 1859.
The only items which can at all be proper
y deducted are the various deficiency bills
applicable to service Of the year 1858.
The only items of this sort are in the table.
No IL, deficiency general for 1888
$4,000, 500 50
But Of that sum S., 9l0 500 is for the army;
and the Quartermasner General said in his
estimate, by way Of apology for this enor
nous deficiency, that as to $3,O07 oil 80,
ga large portion are for necessary outfits,
which though they must be provided by this
present fiscal year (lS5S) will be used prnci-