Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-05-06
Aitbmon0 Enquirer.
BY RIrcmIE, DrSSAyAST, TYLER 4 WISE.
FRIDAY MORNING. NAY 6, 1859.
EXPENDITURES OF THE GOVERNMENT.

The Opposition have distributed over the state
a pamphlet entitled "What it Costs to be Gov
erncd" There has never, IN political campaigns
been put forth by any party more impuden'
butch Of unscrupulous Roorbocks than thh
pamphlet contains. Garbled extracts from
Democratic speeches, and the extravaganza oil 4
Black Republican Congress, are paraded agalns
the Democratic party.
Had motives Of reform really actuated th'
compilers of this pamphlet, they would no.
have mingled and jumbled the transactions o
two Congresses, and presented the eSpendi
lures of both, as the work Of this Adminlstra
ton. But as deception and trickery are tho
purposes Of the Opposition in Virginia, they
have designcdly mistifcd these matters so as
to nlislcad the popular mind into belief o
their assertions and to confide in their profes
sions.
To the better understanding Of =" What II
costs to be governed" we shall separate the
acts of the two Congresses, and show "wha
it costs to be governed" when Black Repnbli
cans and Americans arc in alliance-and from
the expose the people Of Virginia may under
stand what To cypect when "all the elements
are combined.
This pamphlet says:
"Thc disclosures brought To liah, by the in
yestigating committees exhibit the american
Government, under the present Democratic
Administration. as the most wastcial, cxtrava.
CANT and corrupt now in existence II '"fh
ucrs trae ,cVnM tie inr.stigdf"g r"him't'feSo q
a Democratic Coaqrtss exhibit ~ And if the
investigating committees oi Democratic Con
rrcss docs exhibit waStefulncsS, extravaganza
and corruption, docs not that fact d.nl0nstratt
and vindicatc the integrity Of ourparty: These
questions completely reinlc The charges OF this
pamphlet:
It is true that the investigating committees
of the Democratic party dn exhibit the ex-
trayagancc. wasteiulnc>s and corruption OF the
TnIRrY.Fornru ConyrcsS-thc Black RepuD'
lcan House Of Representatives under Mr..
Speaker Banks. What party is responsible for
the election Of Mr. Banks: What party hav-
ing caused the election Of Mr.. Banks is rcspon-
siblc for the wastc(ulncSs. extravaganza ard
corruption which the investigating committees
Of the Democratic party have brought 10
light -
The party Of South Americans in the Bath
Congress, by factious opposition first to Rich
ardson, Of Illinois, and afterwards to Aiken, Of
South Carolina, caused the election Of Mr..
Banks to the Spcakership, and thus gave the
organization of the House and the control Of
its legislation to the Blacl: Republicans. And
this party Of South Americans arc responsible
for the corruption that dissraced our Govern
ment under the 3ith Congress,
The Opposition in virginia are but part oi
the South Americans whose representatives
thus gave facilities to the Black Republicans
for the gros, corruptions that have been en-
posed by the Investigating committees.
To better illustrate this matter, we subjoin
the following comparison between the eSpen.
diturcs Of the 33d Congress, under the Demo
cratic organization. and the 3ith Congress, un
der the Black Republican speaker, Mr.. Banks
who was elected hy the fIcti"us Opposition o
the South Americans-thc present aiderS and
abettors Of Wm. l.. Goggin.
We proceed now to show the domestic man.
agelncnt of the opposition House Of Rspresen
tatives, as compared with its Democratic pre-
decessor-that is, a comparison Of their legisla
tive expenses respectively.
The following official statement Of the Regis
ter Of the Treasury, it is true. on account oi
its regulation BY the fiscal years, does not give
the amounts expended by each Congress scpa'
rately; but still the time between the end the
fiscal year 1855 and the organization Of the op.
position House succeeding it was with short
exception, time OF recess. when none hut the
regular expenditures fixed by law are made
By this statement, the Opposition is allowed the
benefit Of scvcn months economical Demo-
cratic administration. from the 30th Of June,
1855, to the lst Of February, 1886. when it or
ganized and until which time its capacity for
expenditure had no opportunity to exercise it
SELF As for the time between the end of the
fiscal year 1853 and the beginning of the thirty
third Congress. it is immatcrial. because the
preceding Congress was Democratic.
STATEMENT SncwixG rg r,rsESIs aspr FROM TrEsrEI
or acc,rsr oy c,Rr,iN AsrnrK.1oss Bi.ysSrAIY TROY
THE rgIR 1874 20 !>1;, INCLUSIVE:
From July l. lisa, From July /
20 June so, 1875. ISIS. to Jun,
NJ. Boyd Speak 50, l>5,. Mr
Bank, ,'reas