Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-04-13

Tne Expenditures 81 the eoveru r,tes,1--
Facts and Figures for Democratic CAM
dtdates.
The ideais widely prevalent, says the Washington
States-We entertained ii ourselves-that the ex-
penditurss Of the federal government ars increasing
every year at az alarming rate, and that they now
smOunt 10 nearly hundred million Of dollars per
annum. The fact is far different as We have asoerS
tanned on investigation and are prepared to prove
The expenditures Of the government fall an immense
margin short Of hundred million, and are rapidly
decreasing, instead Of increasing, each year
We shall make statement Of the facts of the
subject, which viii be very brief and perfectly
elusive.
The payments Of the treasury during the fiscal
year 1878, we're larger than during any preceding
year of peace These payments we're ordered and
appropriated for by the Thirty fourth Congress- st
the session Of 1867; the popular branch Of which
was controlled BY the Opposition. and was presided
over by Black Republican Speaker.
The total payments out Of the treasury during the
fiscal year 1873 REPORT on Finance for 1878,
SO,) were Ssl ,5S5. 66776 of which aggregate the
sum Of S9,6s4 SO was paid in redemption of the
public deht-leavipg as paid on account Of expeDdi>
lures, ST., 9O1, 1879. This sum, however, does
not represent the expenditures of the year alone,
but embraces sundry items Of deficiencies which
wore appropriated by the Congress of 1878 to
discharge debts incurred in preceding years. One
Of these Items was for deficiencies in printing Of
$S4l, 1885, another was fJr deficiencies ia the army
service, incurred during several preceding years.
amounting 10 81 ,22O COO which constituted an item
in the deficiency bill CT 1878. generally known as
the Utah deficiency bill large poriien Of the
expenditure Of the Utah expedition paid during
this year; tO-Wit: about g. s66 259. which was an
extraordinary and not regular expenditure.
Then there was the stipend paid to Denmark for
her release of the Sound dues, amounting to $408-
731. All these and other similar items make an
aggregate of seven eight millions of dollars paid
in the year 1878, not properly chargeable to the
ordinary expenditures of government fer that year.
but which helped to swell the actual payments out
Of the treasury during the year to the sum of S7l
901, l29, as we have already stated This explanae
ton will account for the fact that the actual pay
ments of the year were larger than during any
preceding year of peace. Notwithstanding, how
ever, that they were thus swollen it is plain that
the expenditures of the government during that
year we're far short of the fabulous sum Of hun
dred millions, charged by the Black Republicans
We come now to the fiscal year of 1889 the
year in which we now are, and which will expire
on the 30th of June Dext. The appropriations for
this year were made by the Congress of 1878.
We cannot yet tell what the actual payments out of
the treasury for the year viii be- but the apprOpra
lions made for it afford safe approximation to the
amount. The appropriations for the year, stated
officially by the clerk of the House Committee Of
Ways and Means, and published shortly after the
close of the session Of 1878, are as follows:
REGULAR APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SERVICE OF
TIE YEAR 1850