New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-05-28


supplies without restriction without requiring from him any
guarantee for the faithful performance of his duties t
services OF competent public officers were avahaoe anu ~
involving the Government In vast number oil coa
persons not legtmsiey engaged In the business h 70
the subject matter Of such contracts epecty IN the Pu
chase OF for future delivery has adopted pocy sy
House" >,
Congress will see that should be wanting equally
in candor and in Justice if should leave the censure
expressed in this resolution TO rest exclusively or
chiefly upon Mr.. Cameron. The same sentiment Is
unanimously entertained by the heads Of the depart
ments, who participated in the proceedings which
the House OF Representatives. has censured. 1t is
due to Mr.. Cameron to ~ that, although he fully
approved the proceedings, they were not moved nor
suggested by himself, and that not only the Presi
dent but all the other heads Of departments at
least equally responsible with him for whatever
error, wrong or fault was committed in the prem
ises. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
WaIsincton, May 26 1862.
Mr.. MOORHEAD moved that 5000 copies be
printed subject to reconsideration by the Committee
on Printing
MIR. WADSWORTH suggested there be printed
extra copies Of the late Secretary speech, in which
the latter said he could buy Congress.
On motion of Mr.. HOLMAN the message was
!erred to the Committee Of the Whole on the State
Of the Union.
The House went into Committee on the bill to
purchase hospital in the District OF Columbia,
when
Mr.. DAWES replied to Mr.. Voorhees, remarks
on former day, when the latter condemned III his
and ruinous system of finance imposed on the people
within the last twelve months. After reading Mr..
Voorhees, array OF figures 10 his assumed public
debt, and its Increasing alarming magnitude, Mr.
Dawes remarked from Trustworthy data the expendi
lures OF all the Departments OF the Government,
outside of the War and Navy since the AdIninlstra
ton came into power are follows: For the In
terror Department, In,iiaus, aud Tensions TO
the I'D Of May, S3,6Sl $50; Civil List, Foreign
intercourse, and miscellaneous s2l $751; lO, making
total of nearly 81, 36r ,COO The expenditures o.
the War Department during that time amounted TO
1914 l72, 900 and the Navy during the same time
$42 055,o0o, or a total of sil6,& ,OOc. The aver
age daily expenditures in the War Department have
been $Sg7 %I5 and those of the Navy 500, So
making the average III both Departments S99S, A.
No acquisitions unpaid excepting OF a few
thousand dollars Tor iliegality or dsloyalty. Inc
payments last Thursday only $500 ,9l1; yet the
day after, when the paymasters came in, the ex-
penditures were 81 OO0OOO; but on Saturday only
$50O,000. So the expenditures OF the Government
up to the I'D of May last, in round numbers, We're
Tor the military, So ,OOO,VVO; Navy si-,VooiVco
ell other expenditures, so, OOV ,VOV-& to.ai Oh
SAL 900 coo. From the 4th OF March, lco, uli ire
ia of May the public debt, including S'OUoO'O oo
old debt, bequeatbed by Buchanan, amounted ID the
aggregate, on Friday last, TO loi,'9o.ii0' MI
Dawes run parallel between the expenditures
under the former administration and the Present,
showing as to the Civil List this administration has
been far more honest and econ0mcr. chan that. In
this connection he referred 10 the traorous efforts
and complimented Secretary Chase, showing that
the latter has aged the affairs with consunmae
ability. Not dollar has been lost to tue Treasury
by default wasted III profgacy. The result is,
the credit of the Government is mistaken, both al
home and abroad In further reply TO MIR. Noor-
hecs, he said for every dollar plundered by the
Republicans he could show corresponding plunder-
ing by the Democrats suce this administration came
into power, and concluded with remarks in no
degree complimentary 10 the loyalty of Mr.. Voor-
lees and hIe party friends.
Mr.. VALLANDIGHAM Dem, Ohio) replied
abiding to Mr.. Dawess figures, and saying that the
Secretary of the Treasury dare not atix his name to
the statement. Ii came from some clerk. Inc Gen.
sor 0! this Administration had authorized dispatch
stating that the expenses Of the Government do not
exceed, if they equal, 81 100000 per day.
Mr.. DAWES rep, Mass replied that the gen,
tleman had 10 authority TO say the statement ala
not bear the signature of the Secretary of the Treas
uyy nor was il true the data were furnished by a
clerk in the Treasury Department.
Dir. vALLANDlGHAM rejoined that when the
gentleman would not cay the statement bore the
signature OF Secretary Chase, he (Nallandi ghan)
had right to assume it did not have official sane
ton. He then replied 10 the financial part OF Mr..
Dawess speech, and sad the statements OF the Sec
retaries OF the Treasury and War, and Chairman OF
the Committee Of Ways and Means, show the eX-
pendiures from w o 10 i've millions per day.
Nr. COLFAX rep, Ind.) said: The gentleman Is
making his calculations upon false bases. He has
predicated his figures upon the assumption that be-
cause when the army, in the time OF peace, num-
bered Il, 900 men, and the expenditure for the army
amounted to $4,000 COO year. therefore 1t follows
that the cost Of every soldier now, then is the
average 81 600 annually. l desire TO draw a,,en-
ton to q brief explanation Of these figures. The
cost OF $l,OOJ q year a man includes IN the cot
of the army the cost Of the Notifications build
ing in various parts OF the country charged 70 the
military expenditure. Furthermore, II will be seen
that this email army was scattered IN California,
Utah, NewMexieo, Texas and In remote territories
where the cost OF providing for them was excessive
But when you have army massed, when you have
100 900 men here aud 100 600 men III another place,
with oil the necessary supplies near them, the ex-
penditure does not come up 10 a th0uand d0liais 6
wear a man, or at all near that amount But, Sir,
q word about the credit of the country. Ii if the
miracle Of the nineteenth century that the credit OF
the country has steadily risen higher and higher IN IL
midst Of an intestine war; and, while the gentleman
from Ohio Mr. Vsandgha,D) seeks TO make the coun-
try believe the expenditure OF the Administration is
greater than it is and greater than official figures
make it, the country still evinces in marked degree
its confidence in the Government. No other IL
stance can be shown Of a country engaged In a war
-especally in a civil war, which shakes public con-
fdence more than with foreign countries
bearing up under such enormous expenses as our
nation is compelled TO incur. The credit Of the
Government has gone up and up, till now It's paper
il above par. tell the gentleman from ONO lNr.
Va,land.gbam) that no attacks upon the Admin
istraton no attempts 10 make the war eX-
penditures larger than they really are, 10
attempt, direct indirect, 10 alarm the
American people, or create panic in the financial
market can shake the public confidence in the men
at the bead Of national aiairs The people, tell
the gentleman are determined to carry the
10 successful aud triumphant Close until the Stars
and Stripes again wave every foot OF the Ma
tional domain - until, everywhere, rebellion is
crushed utterly and forever. When, Sir, this Ad-
into DDUer-tls Adnlnlgt