The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-12-08


/ be hopeless. and ut the same time to Offe
4 them pardon for past offences, on condi
: ton of Immediate submission to the Gov
/ ernment. This policy was pursued Will
r eminent success, and the only cause for re
: gret is the heavy expenditure required tC
: march n large detachment of the army tC
: that remote region, and to furnish its sub
.sistence- IItah is now comparatively peace
ful and quiet. The military force has been
: Withdrawn, except that portion of it neces-
sary to keep the Indians in check and to
protect the emigrant trains on their way to
our Pacific possessions. E A-
8rrTF FINANCES. H. ~FsF-
In my first annual message, promised to
employ my best exertions, in cooperation
with Congress, to reduce the expenditures
of the Government within the limits of a
wise and judicious economy. An overflow
ing treasury has produced habits of prodi-
gality and e1travaganee which could only
be r,radually corrected. The work required
bott time and patience. | applied myself
diligently to this task from the beginning,
and was aided by the able and energetic
efforts of the heads of the different execn-
tive departments. The result of our labors
in this good cause did not appear in the sum
total of Expenditures for the first two
years, mainly in consequence of the extra
expedition, and the very large amount of
the contingent expenses of Congress. Du-
ring this period these greatly exceeded the
! pay and mileage of the members. For the
/ year ending 30th June, 1858, whilst the pay
and mileage amounted to $1,490, PA, the
/ contingent expenses rose to So, ,093, 309 79 i;
and for the year ending June, 1859, whilst
the pay and mileage amounted to $685.
093 &C. the contingent expenses amounted
to 81 ,43l, ,565 rs. | am happy, however, TO
be able to inform you that during the last
fiscal year, ending on the 3Oth June, 1860,
the total expenditures of the Government
in all its branches, Legislative, Executive
and Judicial, exclusive of Public Debt, were
reduced to the sum of S55, ,402, 465 46; this
conclusfvely appears from the books of the
Treasury. In the year ending on the 30th
June, 1858, the total expenditure, exclusive
of the public debt, amounted to S7l, ,90l,-
l29 r. and that for the year ending 30th
June, 1859. to SG6, ,346, 226 13 whilst the
books OF the Treasury show an actual ex-
penditure of $50 9,648,4 474 ~ for the year
ending Goth June, 1860, including 81 ,040,-
G67 Il for the contingent expenses OF Con-
gress. There must be deducted from this
amount the sum of S4,296,O09 26, with the
interest upon it of SI5o,00O, appropriated
by the act Of 18th February, 1860, for the
purpose OF supplying the expenses Of the
Post Office Department for the year ending
50th of june 1859. This sum, therefore,
justly chargeable to the year 1859, must be |
deducted from the sum OF SIS, ,848, Az 81,
in order to ascertain the expenditure for the |
year edding ou the 30th June, 1860, which |
leaves balance for the expenditures of I
that year Of 55J, +02, 465 &c. The interest |
on the public debt, including Treasury
notes, for the same fiscal year ending on
the 30tlI of June, $50, amounted to
So, 7,3l4,62, which added to the above
sum of S55, 402, ,465 4G, makes the aggre-
gate of $58, $40, $50 08. II ought in Justice
10 be observed, that several of the estimates
from all the departments for the year ending
on the 3oth of June, 1860, were reduced by
Congress below wnat was and still is deem
ed compatible with the public interest, al
lowing liberal margin of So, 500, 900 for
this reduction and for other causes. 1t may
be safely asserted that the sum of S6l, 600
600, or at the most, 1000, 600, is amply
sufficient to administer the Government,
and TO pay the interest on the public debt, |
unless contingent events should hereafter
render extraordinary expenditures neces-
Sary. This result has been attained in !
considerable degree by the care exercised
by the appropriate departments in entering
into public contracts | dave myself never
lntertered with the award of any such con-
tracts, except in single case-that of the
Colonization Society. 6eemed-sitA advisa-
BILE to leave the responsibility in each case
to the proper head of the Department with
the general instruction that these contracts
should always he given to the lowest and
best bidder. 1t is my opinion that public
are not legitimate source of pat
ronage, to lie conferred upon personal or
political favorites, but that in all such |
cases. public officer is bound to act for the
Government as prudent individual wonld :
act for himself
AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. {
1t is with great satisfaction ! communi-
cate the fact that since 9he date of my last {
annual message, not single slave has been |
imported into the United States in violation |
Of the laws prohibiting the African Slave /
Trade This statement is founded upon a a
thorough examination and investigation of e
the subject. Indeed the spirit which pre- d
vailed some time since among a portion of
our fellow citizens in favor of this trade,
seems to have entirely subsided.
FILLIBUsTERING. e
also congratulate you upon the public S
sentiment which now exists against the C
crime of setting on foot military expeditions O
within the limits of the United States, to
proceed from thence and make war upon p
the people of State with whom we are at i
peace. In this respect a, happy change has d
been affected since the commencement OF t
my administration. 1t surely ought to be a
The prayer of every Christian and patriot V
that such expeditions may never receive p
in our country or depart from b
its shores. v
TRANSIT ROUTES. t
1t would be a useless repetition to do more e
than refer, with earnest commendation, to t.
my former recommendations in favor of il
the Pacific Railroad, or the grant Of power n
TO the President to employ the naval force 81
in the vicinity for the protection of the il
lives and property of our fellow citizens G
passing in transit over the different Central s
American routes, against sudden and law 0
less outbreaks and depredations and also to a
protect American merchant vessels, their e
owners aad cargoes, against violent and un- b
lawful seizure and confscation, in the ports r.
Of Mexico and the South American Repub- Il
lies, when these may be in n disturbed v