Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-07-08


publican Banner Of June eoth last, copied from the
QgDosifiOn, is review 81 my letter to the Demo
cratic ssatecentral conmitsee on the subj t Of the
public expenditures. The writer csntrsvs1is The
correctness Of some Of ny statements, sad gives
shat he thinks ars the true amounts Of tbs szpsn-
ditures, taken from the oi8slsI Treasury Reports
He extracts from ny letter the folIoxins:
.'qn theysar 1867. during the MEXICAN var.
the expenditures exclusive CT payments o. az
count OF the public debit want up 10 the sum Of
SOS. 60l s6Ss 81. THE Treasury Report for that
year shows It 10 have beea IS 929 095 90 In 1319-
90, after the close Of the war; expen lures Esre
reduced 70 $S7, l65 800 90. 1.-THE Treasury Re-
port for tina: year shows it to have bosn
$35,565. SOP IS. The next year they went
up TO $44,o49,949 z8. lThe Treasury Re-
port for that year ssys SaS.7e7.5 1892 IS The
next year down sgsin 10 $40, $50 S54 81. THE
Treasury Rspcrl FOR thai year says $50 732, 0s067
again, in the next year, 1923, Mr.. FiIlnorss
last year, up to the sE1 Of S44 079 1855 SO This
Treasury Report for that yeav ssys 43 594 252 81.
and since that there has been constant regular a.
Of four 70 SIT millions year. until tae expen
dtures Of the Uaied States have reached the enor-
nous amount Ct from sspsntysfOs 10 eighty aaaiogs
q d0llars each year. How has this been Effected.
ami who are responsible for il? Ms opinion is,
that both parties aud ail paTiies, 10 exts0i.
are respsnsib fer Il; and certainly tia sioFiiy Of
the Opposition oannos relieve themselvss aad their
party from taeir tan share Of the responsibility,
&en ..
The statements included within brackets are the
correclicns Of inc Erer Of the review. taken from
the annual Finance Reports Of the Secretary oft
Treasury, which are Esaerslly made 70 Congress be-
fore all tae warrants ISSUED hr the year preceding
the date Of the report are presented for payment.
By resolution Of the House Of Representatives,,
passed December SO. 1871, aud The act Of August
26 1872 the Secretary Of the Treasury is required
to lay before the House, at each regular session.
''aH accurate statsaset end Gcoozt Of che receipts aad
expenditures Of all public aoneys dowa 10 TIE last dag,
iHelusi0s," Of the preceding fiscal year, Such re-
ports rarels agree IN amount with the stsiemeats
in the Annual Finance Reports But. being revised.
corrected, and made accurate, are generally found
to show the expenditures larger, than as stated in
the Annual Finance Reports. Ny statements of
the aggregate expenditures Of the years referred
TO we're taken from thoae revised ana corrected
statements OF the receipts and expenditures. for
the several years those Of the writer Of the review
we're taken from the Annual Finance Reports
have compared my statements with the Reports OF
accepts and Expenditure" for the several years
aud end that was correct.
In my letter stated thst ein the year 1867 dur
ing the MeIiosn War, the ezpeRditares exclusive Of
payments on account cs the public debt, went up 10
the sum Of 500 sol, 569s7 The writer Of the review
says, the Treasury Report for that gear show. il
TO have been SIS. 929. O959s," that is the Annual
Finance Report. The Report Of The Receipts and
Expenditures shOEs it to have been the amount
which stated and which doubt mot is the the Cor
rect statement.
Again state that sin the year 1850 after
the close Of the Mexican War; the expenditures
were reduced to S37, l65, 990O9.". The suthor Of
the review says the Treasury Report for the year
shows it to have been $50, 665, s022s" His State
ment is taken from the Annual Finance Report
made BY Mr.. THoxAs CoEwIE, Secretary Of the
Treasury, and vas dated December is, 1856, and
from that report is correctly stated. But on the
18th Of June, 1851, six months after the data of
the Finance Report the same Mr.. THoslAs CoRwIN,
Secretary OF the Treasury, reported the Receipts
and Expenditures" for the year ending June 30,
1850, from which l took my statement, and upon
examination fad was correctly stated, at So, 1885,,
10000, IS the expenditures OF that yesr, revised
and corrected by Mr.. CoRWIx.
Aud, agaih, said, "the next year 1850-5t}
they went up to $44 049. 9i9, 48" Says the author
Of the review. " The Treasury report for that year
says S4S, Isl. 1872 IS True, Mr. Secretary THom-
AS CoREIN in his annual Finance Report, dated De-
cember 81, 1851, gives the expenditures of the year
eading June 60 1856, stated By the author of The
review. Blu: the same Secretary CoRwIy il his re-
port of the " Receipts and Expenditures for the
year eading June 50, 1851, dated Juas {, 1852 five
months after the date OF his Finance Report, and
nearly twelve months after the expiration of the
fiscal year, and when the warrants issued daring
that year had had time for present ,tion and pay-
ment, states the expenditures f,r the yeas ending
June so, 1851, to have been, stated By ne in my
letter, S44, 049, $40 as.
The writer Of the review took his st ltemsnt from
the Finarcs Reports," sad to,E nine from the
"Rscsipls and Expenditures" Mas were taken from
thereyised aud corrected reports, aud of course
the true and reliable statements.
Ih4ve carefully compared the statements made
by me with the rspOrs Of /" Reegpis ard Expenda-
ures, from which taken, ard fud that as correct
could refer to the other years 10 the extract from
my letter, and the reports aad off iia record will
fully sustain my statements.
The reports of the " Receipts and Expenditures"
for the four years under Mr. POLK Administration
show the expenditures to have besn, exclusive Of
public debt:
For the year ending June 80 1876, 4iss59 20
the year ending June 3d. 1877 3d. $50 81
For the year ending June 30 1913, 4527 454 a
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