Litchfield enquirer., 1858-09-02

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 EXTRACT
 FROM SENATOR rRUMBuLL's SPEECH, ON THE
 PUBLIC EXPENDITURES.
 But find l am spending so much time upon this Slavery question that am becoming some what lioarse, and as wish to say something to you in regard to the expenditures of the government, and show that the party in power Is as false to its other professions as 1t IS to those it has at different times set up on the Slavery question, will pass for few moments to that subject. The expenses of the goveri- incnt, as you have probably ofteu heard, have Increased enormously within few years past. The amount of money at tue disposal of gos- crnment for this year, is more than one hun drcd millions of dollars. This l know has sometimes beeu disputed but have here the official statement made by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, showing that more than cighty-one millions were specifically ap- lropriatcd at the last session of Congress, ana there are indefinite appropriations to pay claims the precise amount of which is not yet known, ""sSA osuVuuV, dt tIiC lOWcoI cctiiudGC, Whu reach three millions and balf-making over cighty-four millions and there is an uuexpend- cd balance of appropriations made last year, amounting to more than sixteen millions l know it is said that it is unfair to charge all this to this year that surplus will remain at the end of this year, to be carried to the next list but l think it is much more likely that the Administration will come ill with I..E. more, as they did at the last Congress, than that any surplus will remain. The expenses of the government during the Administration of President Pierce were $232, ,820, ,632. This is more than all the expenses of the government from l79O, when it was organized, for thirty years together including the war with Great Britain in 1872. President Pierce expended more money during four years of peace than our government expended for the first thirty years after it's organization.
 In 1923, the expenditures of the government fr all purposes, exclusive of the public debt, were $9, ,7S4, l54 59. In 1851 the expenses of the government, exclusive of the public debt, were $65, ,032, ,559 76. The pro rata, accord ing to the population of 1923, was 94 cents on each individual. The pro rata in 1851 was $2 2S, according to the population. Now these facts ought to attract the attention of the country but if were to state in detail some of the expenditures of this government--some of the means by which these expenses have been increased, it would strike some minds more forcibly. will call your attention to the city of Chicago. You have custom-house located here. In 1852, or for the fiscal year ending ill June 1858, the last year of Fillmore's administration, there was collected at Chicago $ll l,S0S 86. Six men were employed to col lcct it, aud they. received $2, S92 l2.- That was little over two per cent For the year ending June 30, 1856, there was collected at Chicago $145, 662 40. Sixteen men were en- pIoycd in it's collection, and they were paid $l4,349 go for doing it. Now ask you, liv- ing right here as you do, is there any reason for this increased expenditure ? Can you tell inc any reason why it cost ten per cent the last fiscal year to collect the revenue at this port, and only little over two per cent. four years ago? Is there any reason for it except that the government wanted to shower the money upoA favorites 1? Yes, there is req son. l don't know what it is. [''The demo- cratic party must be sustained" Laughter and applausc. think that is the best rcason.-- Renewed laughter. They must sustain the ofice.holders. But Chicago is only Q single case.
 l have the official reports here, and will state few other cases to show you how the government expends money. There are some other points where the expenditures for collect ing the revenue are much worse than at this point At Wilmington, Delaware, there was collected in 1857, $2,0O4 95. How many men do you suppose it took to collect that amount, aud how much do you suppose they got for it N took cight men, nnd the expense of collecting acas $15,S48 88 l! Laughter. Gentlemen, you began entirely too soon. These are Mt better sort of cases At Annapolis, Maryland, there was collected same year $374 25. Re neved laughter. How many men do you sup pose it took to collect that? H took four men, and they arcre paM for their serriees $9S3 42 At Ocracske, North Carolina, $82 55 accrt collected im 1851. H took screen men to do st
 Laughter And aa economical gorernmfmt under q democratic administration, priding t. sclf oM is c omomy paid strem men toeo ect his $S2 55 tAe sum of $2,30l 52 Laughter. ] At Port Orford, Oregon-now you would ex. pect something extravagant over there-the,t ssas collected $5 85, and it took tpo men to col lees t, and they scere paid for collecting s. 723
 Great laughter. Gan any of you make the calculation of the per centage that was paid to collect the $5 85? believe it aoas about fre Hundred to one Don't you think the govern. ment ought to get rich? At Monterey, Cali fornia, the amount collected in 1857 was $45 2S; tArec men s0ers employed to collect ;t, and spere paid fov doing t $7,05O 95! At Buf falo there was collected, in 1851, $10, ,I40 53 1Asrs scers ten mcn employed in as collection and they scere pasd $l6,S96 5l. will moi weary you by reading this report further. I is the e6icsal report cf the Secretary of th Treasury. in answer to resolution of the Sen