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49, The Black Republicans at their convention
in Columbus the other day adopted the follow
ing resolntionl--se i sit r teF
ResOlUei, That the astounding disclosures of
the Fuinous and corrupt prodgnlity Of the ma.
tional administration, which, in the brief period
of eighteen months of profound peace, has ex-
'hausted an overAowing treasury, and added to
the public debt forty millions Of dollars, with
out any visible indication of a proposed RENE
'dy or cessation the evil, submits to the peo
pie 10 choose between the alternatives of Ma
tional Bankruptcy or National Reform
i'e' The following letter from the Washington
correspondent olthe New York Times, the lead
ing republican paper in the, country, certainly
gives the lie to an such boastful and lying brag
gadocia as the above, Give this letter care
fli reading, and whenever you hear one Of the
opposition making the lying charges against the
present Administration that is contained in the
above, because there are many Of them through
ignorance green enough to do it,) read to him
this letter., and if he will not be convinced,
those that are paying listening ear will be-
We say again, read it carefully, and preserve it
for fntnre reference. ED. SENTINEL. ..
Correspondence Of the New York Times
WAsHINdroN Saturday, July 10, 1853
It seems now to be an admitted fact, on all
hands, that the next presidential fight will be
upon 'treasury statistics and that "niggerism"
will be overslaughed Such being the case it
will be matter Of Importance to both the de-
mocracy and the opposition to have correct da-
t, upon which to build their platforms. Mr..
Crittenden, perceive, led off in the fight by
announcing at Cosington that Congress, at its
last session, apr oprated nearly one hundred
millions Of dollars for the support of the second
wear Of Mr.. Buchanan's administration. This
was the first gun-in the great battle Of 1860
and as both parties may be disposed to take all
advantages have prepared the following state,
mcnt of appropriations, having had "the time
and material for making close examination Of
the subject" The statement Is correct in every
particular, and challenges criticism.
q While the partisans are hurting their thun
ders at each other it will be well for the people
to be furnished with the plain truths, that they
may draw their own conclusions from the pre-
misses. | shall deal in no ''suppositions" nor
"why nots," but give the figures in detail, taken
from The highest official sources:
Statement Of appropriations niaae at the late ses
sion of the Thirty 6fM Congress for lie support
of The felera goceynmem for the year ending
June 80, 1859
Treasury proper-leSisa bill S4242, ,609 96
Treasury interior--hndS courts&c 1,S84,4!S G5
Treasury civil expenses 1856 81
Treasury customs l,929,56o AZ
Treasury interior--civf expenses 56l, lG5 80
Int. due State ofMaine (indcfinite)
about lo,OOO OO
Amt due |. D. Andrews about $1,000 90
American State papers per annum 2o,OOO 0G
Expenses for collecting revenue from
customs 100000 co
Cosrlar and diplomatic bill 912,l2000
Arny'bill lIl74, lo6 40
Military Academy, &C., 2Ofl ,472 II
Navy bill l5,5858O4 23
Indian bill aa rt 2,234,8 $50 80
Pension bill +, 769,5O0 90
Miscellaneous, under indefirite and
specific standing appropriations 3,059,910 II
Deficiency act for Post Office dep ,rt- n
ment for revenue for fiscal year
ending June 80, 1859 100000 90
Interest on the public debt (Stockl ,45,314 35
Interest on treasury loan, yet to be
neg, g,tiated, say rsra 100000 90
F# +f. Ntt.ttt tH 'EhWf
81 Total 61,033,543 50
Thus, Show the entire appropriations for the
present fiscal year to be si1ty one millions of
dollars, including the construction of tie new
sloops- Of war, and the interest OF a million of
dollars on debt not yet cTeatei--an1 aota hun
dred millions, as stated by Senator Crittenden,
and as echoed and re echoed through the coun-
try by the partisan press.i ef
9iBut the curious reader will desire to know
how the figures arc obtained BY those who wo'd
deceive the people with false statements II is
in this wise. The revenues of the Post Office
Department are now deposited in the United
States treasury, and drawn out by regular ap
propriations by Congress. These appropriations
are not in the ordinary language Of "any mon
ey in the treasury not otherwise appropriated" !"
but the amount is appropriated tout ofanym mon
ey in the treasury arising from the revenues re-
ceivel tram the Post Office Department." Nor
does the Secretary Of the Treasury in submit
ting to Congress hslestimates appropriations,
as required by law, include This Post Office ap-
preparation. 1t is matter with which he has
nothing to do, and which lies wholly within
the control OF the Postmaster General We
Judge of things only by comparison. The ap
propriations by Congress are large or small on
ly in compariron with appropriations heretofore
made This is a fair rule. Never before was
the appropriation for the Post Office Department
made out Of its own revenues, Set down to the
expense of the government Postmaster Gen
eral Brown asked and obtained permission to
expend S14,O00,000 Of the revenue Of his de-
partment; not even in the reckless canvass OF
1870 was it supposed that this expenditure was
an item to be charged in the bill OF extravagan
cies against Mr.. Van Buren,. The deficiency Of
$3,500,000 comes out Of the national treasury
and is, Of course, one Of the items in the list Of
appropriations, Mr. crttenden would charge
that list also with the S14,00000O which is ap-
propriated out of the Post Office fund. Such a
charge Mr.. 9 knows would be erroneous and
without precedent,
Then, again, the Secretary Of the Treasury,
in his annual letter to Congress, reported an
unexpended balance in the treasury of SIG, ,586,
508 so, which the deposition claim should be
added to the appropriations, and swell the sum,
in order to show the extravaganza of the pre-
sent democratic Congress. This is, indeed,
ahorse .chesnut'' logic. A republican Congress
made lavish appropriations for the last fiscal
year. A democratic administration declined ex
pending the whole amount and reports sur
plus. That surplus il now charged as an item
ofextravagance against the present Congress -
By such process of reasoning, Mr.. Crittenden
viii probably be able to convict every succeed
ine Congress oil extravaganza, as the same un-
expended balance WILL no doubt, be reported
from year ID year, until IL is again returned to
the treasury. 81
RI tile above estimate have notincluded q
few small private appropriations which were
made at the last session. including in the aggre-
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