The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-10-01
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II hls fpeech Il soush tlssd. lad, vlce
President Calias fa5s Ihs efdinalJ 60
psasss Of he sosefhmeat, under he 81
rs<f Of Bachshsh's simlhlafstion, veft
tgf0 900 co. md that n tfopeftlon % the
humtef n Inhabitants the esptnsss row
are Its than they refe then A. The
total Expenditures u The aovefnmsnt ipf
the aszl yea ending Ia Juns last stfe
over tss0O00 900, Coiiat does not chgtee
70 NEEDLE vth that year, but brings fof.
ward what he sAys sfo the appropriate ne
foe ofiInafy expenfcs Tor the current Ne
cal year 10 mskes these out 70 BE- about
st55.O00,O0
Why no, take the fiscal year recently
closed, and compare II with Buchauan's
Last yoarf This would have been ialf,
and would have shown how much Of fe'
trenchment there has been under Grants
administration. II would have instituted
a fair comparison between the txpchdi'
lures under Buchanan and Grant.
And here We wish 10 point 10 the lingo.
nuity Of the Vice President Ia manuiac
turing statistics. He says the total ex.
pcnditures Of Buchanan's last year were
tS5 100000, but he generously credits Il
with various services and items, which he
says ought 10 be deducted, until he cuts
them down some t26, 100000. One is sur
prised at such an exhibition Of q desire
10 be not only Just but generous In Mr..
Colhx, until be reaches that part of the
speech In which he begins TO make de
auctions from appropriations In Grants
administration. Then his generosity Is
explained. Following the example In
giving credit which he adopted In dealing
with Buchanan, he cuts down the ordina-
ny expenses for the current fiscal year 10
$50, 100000 and then says many more Inn
portant deductions might be made.
let us reverse this system OF reasoning
Let bounties, pensions, interest on the ma
tional debt, hsrbor and river a~ppropris'
tions, and for public buildings, all stand
In dealing with Buchansn's last year, and
compare the total expenditures with those
| for the year ending in June last. What
sort of q complexion will that put on the
matterf
Colfax Is evidently a subscriber-per
haps q contributor-to Brother Patton''
newspaper. He has adopted Its motto
Forgetting those things which are be
hind, and reaching out after those things
which are b~efore"--in his calculations
concerning expenditures under Grant
| Afraid of dealing with the actual expens
es for the year that has closed, he rest
his showing upon estimates for the veal
TO come.
According to those estimates, the or
6inary expenses Of the government fol
the current fiscal year will be twice a
great as they were any year under Blu
chanan. Has the Vice.P President eve
heard Of deficiency bills and unexpected
bslancesY Secretary Boutwell, estimated
that eight millions Of the latter would b,
brought from the last into the curren'
fiscal year. 1t has been the fashion fol
heads Of departments to expend those bal
ances without waiting for authority OF
direction from Congress for their employ
ment. To suppose that they will not nov
be 30 employed ia to suppose that the mel
managing affairs in Washington are con
temptuous Of party example, and do ne
itch to get their fingers on the publ
funds. There is now a controversy be
tween the Treasury Department and th
Attorney Generals office with regard +
the power OF any department TO emplo,
money not appropriated, but, judgin
rom precedents furnished by the Radios
party, that power will be maintained.
There is no difference, in point 6
morality, between the presentation Q
true figures to sustain false statements
and the direct assertion of that which !
untrue Chicago Times, Sept. ID.