Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1858-07-02
lfr FROM ne New YORK Evening Post
- r.r~urs Of Mr. Buehrnan's First Tive
Woorr In 0fftces


By overlooking the deficiency bills, loans
and some other matter, the Union preteuds.
% have ciphered down tho appropriation
bills tos65, ,00o, 900 or thereabouts, and takes
great credit TO the administration for its
moderation.
The Union does not count the S10,000,-
600 appropriated in the form Of q deficiency
bill, and the B,lg6,00o acres Of public land
granted during the fiscal year for railroad
purposes. and worth not cent loss than
flo.0Oo.0o more. These sums make the
appropriations amount to Ss5,0o0,00o, on
tke Unions own showing. Expenditures
Of the government in 1923 were S9,7s4,-
ie4 so. Ifthey were permitted to increase
in the samo ratio as population, land they GER
tainly ought not to increase with any greater
rapidity,) they now ought not to exceed
t2s, 600, 900, whereas, on tho Unions own
admission, they are considerably more than
double that amount, and the administration
Of 1928 was by no means remarkable for
its economy.
But we're the figuring Of the Union cor
rect, and the appropriations but half Of what
they actually were, il would reflect no credit
upon the Administration, for the largest
sum which has been named as the aggre-
CRATE Of appropriations falls considerably
short Of the specific estimates Of the execu-
tive departments, without reference TO the
leading Recommendation Of the President,
which would have added many millions to
the amount. Let US take a few illustra-
tons:
For custom houses, Notifications, aud the
extension Of the Capitol, the appropriations
are reduced below the Executive estimates
and recommendations, upwards OF million
Of dollars.
For the Navy, Congress granted only
seven ofthe ten sloops Of war called for by
Secretary Of the Navy, and refused altogeth-
or the fifty gunboats, for which the Union
writing in behalf Of tho Presidents Swiss
Guard of contractors aud jobbers, was SO
pertinacious.
The increase Of the army was the Presi-
dents favorite scheme, and in that he failed
altogether. His five regiments, which
would have constituted permanent charge
upon the country OF between seven and
eight millions Of dollars, was killed outright,
and the three regiments Of volunteers have
been quietly abandoned.
Thus it will be seen, that had Congress;
yielded to the wishes of the Administration
tho appropriations would havo exceeded
$l20,O0o,0oo. To meet these expenditures
forty millions Of debt have been contracted
or authorized, and if wo may rely upon the
estimates of Mr.. Howard, of the Committee
Of Ways and Msaps, authority for ten mil,
lions more will be needed before the first
day of next February. 1
The financial result Of two years Of Mr..
Buchanan's Administration will therefore,
be the using up OF surplus of tweuty-four
millions Of dollars, and the creation of a
debt of fifty millions.
The Union may think this is creditable
showing for the Presidents first two years
in Office; but in this section of the country,
even with tho notorious profiigacy of the
forty thieves in the CommonC Council of Il s52,
ard of Fernando Wood in 1861 fresh in
our minds. we must say Of Mr.. Buchanan's
Administration, that none but itself can be
its parallel. 7pl