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CHABLOTTE, X C. TJESVAT, JimiL 8, 1828.
[NO. 177
PUIJI.ISIIEI) WEKKI.Y
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insertions, or they will be continued until forbid
und cliargod accordingly.
coxFicTios.mr,
FuriT Htiire, t^c.
subscriber inforn)s the citizens of Char-
I. iottc and its vicinity, thnt slie li;is rented
the liouii' hitely o cupitd by IVIr. 'I'liomas A.
Nrrmt iit, a*, a iii-nry, and that she has just
opt’i.ed an nsbCii tii.. nt of Dandies, of every
l, s r.piion, .Aiii.('h's, F'gs, I’runcs, Haisns,
Vcul l:-rli y, K'ico, f^n oktd tl« rrings, Oysters,
t’nirki rs, I'ickled Kis!i, and IMiiladclphia Beer;
with a bUpplv of anl >ng:ir, Stc.
H veil LL COHEN.
Jaiiuury ?1, lS^‘-38—3nit79
( hrtsUuniiI'.~Chi\A\i\.vi\\y contains a profess
ed revelation (t I'le will ot (iod, exhibits obvi.
ous and simple t\ 'lence of the nature of virtue
and vice, furnlslx.-; the strongest possible mo-
tives for virtuous conduct, often reforms vicious
men, pr('mj)ts to extensive philanthropy, im
parts principles that support men under the
trials of life, assures us of eternal existence be.
yond the grave, and if it is not an eternal por
tion of felicity, it is not its own fault.
Gregory.
Spavtsfi Maxim.—Perfect equality exists only
among the dead.
i)iss()LU'H()\.
flUFF. coparlin rsliip hcret tore existing bc-
t w 'I'lI>A.> 'I'HO I rKI' & (’() uitsdis-
«, \'.il on thi Ijlh instant, by mutual coii'^ent.
J’l i'uU bted to \\ ill please call ai\d set
tle lieir respective aicoui ts, without dela\, as
vt wish to close the concern as soon aa
resi:j|e.
(::.„r'otte, .Tan. 22d, 1S28-67.
i iu\ JJE'l II GitLHS.
SPEECH OF Mli KAKILEri.
Extract from Mr. U.irtlett’s Speech in the
House of Uepreseutatives.
In answi r lo the intfrestinj^ view of our
tinancial prosperity presented by the
netuleman fVem Pennsyi\atiia,(Mr. Ser-
geani,) who addressed the Iloube on Sa-
turiliiy, i[»e f»entlemati from Viigiuia has
s lid tiiai this ari(i iormer .Adniinistraiions
have fiot accounted for all the means which
atue intotlieir haticls—ihutfive millions
a ytar, are accounted (or—t!iat if, in
w. Ive years, they have paid seventy
& JSUmOFS fur Sale, , '*' “’ons of public debt, they had three
l^Y Virtue of a Deed ot Trust, exvcnte.' M ^ ed tniU.ons of revrwuc. ^Vhe^ceth.
Jj William Scott, to sernrt a certuin debt! ^enilemao obtains hts 3 hundred nulliohs
therein tnentioned, 1 will sell, at public vendtie ' -tppear. iiui suppose that the
on 1'ucsday, the i?9th of April n xt, on the pre-j true sum, he surely Can be al no loss to
mises, that valuable tract of !.am., known in , find, in ihe i--leresl ol’the public debt,
the name of the Brick llonse tract, lyinK onl occasion for an application of the reui
the south branch «jf Mdl-Crei k, two miles w( st ! . n- i . i ,
of Tnckasecge Ford, joining th lards of Cap-. j •'‘^ce.pts anu the.
Caldwell, John He.ay, James Smith andotl.eis,, of the expenses ul Ciovenipcnt.
containiiig 570 aeri s! j ai u i-efluctic>n of the prnuip. I. Umi
Ft w tracts of equal size, in this section of, t;ike the j^entleman’s own ptisitiuti, at;(l
country, aflord a greater proj)ort.on of g(.od ; |uj a eininetitiy i«bov( every olhec Adtniii-
h.nd. A p:.r..eu!ur description is tUm..- un-| , ^ jj
nec«ssar\, astl'ose Wishing to purthas( will, (f , ... » •
course, exun.re ter th*n,.elvis. 1 A(U>Mnis! r.,
TJJOTTKn & III N riN(i n,‘N,
IVtilrh Makers iind Jcu'ellers.
OF till' late fivn! of i iiomas
Thorrhii Co. letve re-
nuni-d flieir e? t:iblif;!imeiit to
the bnili irig t.p]) site Mr.Jtio.
1 Sloan’s m w house, about 50
irds iiorlii ot llic Ct.url-
IJoiise, where they are pre-
I pared to carry on the above
I bnsiiics.s, in all its various
hr;»iiclie.-», lu. iit atness and despatch. 'I lu y
have a liandsome as.'^ortni. ».t of gold aiul silver
Patent Levers, andgooil [)iuln Watches; Cen-
tlenien’s ,.nd Ladies’ gul'i Chains, Seals and
Ke\s; Pe H, Filagree ami P;.ste Ear Kings,
Breast Flos and Finger WingN of handsome
patterns; .‘'ilvcr I :il)l( am! I e;i Spoon.«, ann and convenient ^lurt lloiM, and all other out
varlou.s other articles in their iine, which they j l)>iililinjvs necessurv tor the comfortable resi-
wlll sell low lor C^sii. ^o exu-tlor.s w ill he • ^ I'.niily ; together with a W ell of
spared, on thei' pan. to gl>e ceinpate sati.st.i.^ - - - ■
tion to those witu n^l^ favor tlu iw with tlair
'Fhc Gild }imc on this tract is coi 'idin d
qual to an_\ in the {;(.!d reglop, S; ' r .is it
has bt ( n txaniihC'', its n.iiierHlogit i. 'li.iii'ts
are sop* nor ti> tho.se of the ncl i: i ^
>*erklen'' nrg, ;i oiiixlii.g in va't tp i,’ » ! • s ( t
pvi-ites, wliieli scicntitic mintrs pri ii' wi i ■. ’!:e
true i^old ore.
At the same timi and plr.re. 1 li m il two
likely n gro won t n, and oi e or ;»•, *. cl iinen.
'I'erni?, oin-tlnrd rasli ; appn \ i c -1 noii.
w ill be taken for the retr.uii n .. tw( -;| n'^
SIUNFY .' H ' K' !>.
Lincoln County, ^^urch 14. I'.S-
YALUAliJ tTtoA; \ Y
ivit s.:i.L.
KlNtj desirous to remove from this . ountry,
I ofl'er fur Fule ni\ HOUSl^ am! LOTS in the
iji it.iity seven millions of
I’eiii, V, i;l) ,iti inrojiu' of two huiidieci
nri! (>.venty-'igh' iitillions of revenue;
^ i" ‘.iie in ihtee years, has
•i. (l'.!',iri\-ti'ue tiujlions ol' piincipal
! i! itil* res’, r’.'iiti I’ui seventy two
MX'. hii(, ,i! cl Ir.is al'.o expended
tvn iv.’ ii.iiiiMii I'lii- pi-ru ;'!ieiit works
It vM!, (
tia- 111 crelarv , ill hiS hiSt ali
i e baiisl'artoi y tn (^ 'i^;r
hiji diiiiii).’ 1 i;e I liree V Cars i" tj'H siion,
l)''st(li-.s tlic“se pjjti.eJUs ira'le n accouiu
. (d till (U t)t, cMul ull oilier po} lilt tils to
; n ( r 1 ! Ik aniiuai«, xjcnsi-s o!' (io\ ernrnent,
j lyi'};e 'Uins liuN( bt I ti L.p|died lo objects
I w I .ir riif a i !i. !\.c:er tieitlier u ii.jiorary oi
Janii'al.” i i'e suni thus eXj'jctrJt d (or
I perntutu'Dt intprovt inctits. is s'a'.ed to
I be twelve ni Ilions. The Seerei.ii y adds,
a nation, that after providing loi th«
Mr. liartletf. A much simpkT pro
cess, and one which hj'.s the advantage
of beinp; accurate, is,to take the estim
ates of expenditures for the year as ap
pear by the Secretary’s report, which,
instead of thirteen inilliors, gives us the
precise sum of Ss,590,380 -14. ]
In 1801, the expenditures of the Cov-
ernment were l«,oCl,fl46 5C—the re
ceipts oftlie same year were S12,31C,-
53095. In 1808, t he expend uures ol Gov-
ernmcnt were 5S 16,704,580 20—the re
ceipts of the same year wei’e Rl7,100,-
6619.1. In the first of which years llu
aniouiii of w hat tlie s'entleman ternjs the
( urrent expenses of Cioveriiincnt, was a
fraction over six millions five hundre(*
ihouband iloliars, instead of the sum o?
three or ft)ur millions by him supj>ose(.
What w as the rondition of this ruunti .
'lu-n, and « hat is it th'a ? C an the hab
ilinients of .lu cradle b» futed to the sizi
and proportions of maniioti ? .At tnat
perit>d referred tt>, tiiis House coiis.Si* i‘
;>fo?ie hundred and ie». ty member '-—'io.*.
wf two hundred aiil iliirteen l i e Seiiui
tiien con-isted I f ihiriy-'wo ti'i-tr.‘>ers-
fiow of for^y e iglit. llu x. us's o!
;hese two braiich> h was l >eii i64,5'J6 dol
l.iis—il is now 47l,8i»() dt)liars. For ai
.Xmi'V, in IH02. we iuul 2.400 men, ai
eo^t «>l 844.00y didlars ; we have tiow
G.OOO iiien, at a eost ol 2,050,317 ilollai s.
W t: l,ud then, instead of a Njvv. six
il^ I frigaies, seven sloops of war, and som»
j jguiiboats—with nine Captains, thirty-six
I ! Lu utenants, atid one humlred and fifty
' Midshipmen, at a cost ol §900,000—w*
In 1823, #82,0(^ In 1826, fl87,500
1824, 189,.500 1827, 81,009
1825, 213,000 40,000 Panam!||
1828, 49.0UQ
patronage'.
ClUillotte
..Inal 7ep.H-lJ bl>e, elevcr.
ess to know^ :sloops ot war, besides
’‘schooners and sntaller vessels—with
tiiii i)-tljrer Captains, two hundred and
I vvenry nine Lieutenants, and three hun
dred ami t'inei)-»wo Midshipnien, at a
eost of 3,286.649 dollars. Wiiat was
then our leni;ory coni|)ared willi the
ptesent, and v. hat the condilitm of it f
l iie wh>>Ie tegioh Northwest ol tin Oiiii'
sent a Singh' Dele;.^ate—who is novv- in t'
Senate, siipjioried by eighteen Hepresen-
of \vlKr.- I M \ rrsullr 5uppol7oii\'sV.ovi^rI'i.' '“'''''■r;, “‘i;'■■ Snialcl-s (.on. Il',-
s il j^ood tlw house, larg^c . i • i - ■ » ^aiiic *1 t*i*ritui'V. I tu* uiiii of our Ciox-
■ ‘ in nrocet*(J in this ijiunntT in the pjvnit nt , ituuui). nuaMii muu v
ofuspublicdebt,Sc inaddilional.lisi.urse-
inetits so Considerable, for w hich eqni va-! ^ ^
lenis remain, that, for the most pan, are approach the Rw ky .v.^untains ; a.,d
of permanent value to the nation, cannot 1 liotn ugiiiia [ ii
Jan. 29, 1828 —66.
THii JlKiH ! ni I) HOUSE
'Fhe lot is in good repair,
I all the fences having been made new within a
I few months ]iast. The situation is one of the
I most desirable in the village, cither as regards
huilth, a stand for busini&s, or good neighbor-
hot)d.
I will also sell a tract of land adjoining the
[town. The land is of good quality, wtll tim-
' bered, atid w hat is cleared, under a good fence.
n ^ . - , . U\.iVvi, auvi %>iitvisicivnicu,iiiutvi a^v'v/^idiw*
^ 'Fhe price will be made to suit the times. Ap-
v.dua!. e Horse frem Mr. ' , subscriber.
Stockton, I wi.l sUiiH. him/-' GREEN KENDRICK.
; Charlotte, March 12th, l«28.-74tf.
ha - -
hi , on ^’U.n'-r Creek, flv l ivir fi'st v..;rking
»la\s in I-K b w k. to lie It I to mares at tin re-[
t!ii(.(il ]i:-.ce of tl.'.-c dollars the single visit, j
paid at the tlnu of srr\ice ; five dollars'he st a-^
son. p.y.ihle llie 15t!i of Drtol'er i'.e\t , umlten
h.ie t's to insure a inari' with fo;'l. 'I'he S' ason
^OTICK.
TllEnottd JACK, formerly the
property of jMr. Hnndly.
be nuarc'. d as wh\”r ’ U,u7'nroH,cnms !im-aii. ■. plain uu
in itsiinaiKial condition.” I standard at tfie inouih ol
\'iigiiiia
ieii' to pi
' the Or. g Ml.
Thut purl of the gentleman’s calctila-j Sjncc that jicriod, our domain lias »‘ve-
ticiiS which was it.tendi rl to show that j I'y h re been exlendid b\ txiinguisb
burdens bun.e by the Peoj)le of this conn-1'nent ol Indian ti'lc. Oui coutaiy has
try aie {jreaterthan have been estimated, b'-en carrie'd triumpliaiuiy tt.rui,;.;!i wa .
dot's not pretend to conncct with that' M iHioii'-, in claims growing jut wf it,
result any cetnure of those v.ho tiuw . have In en paid, wlul* a miliujn and a
administer thr CTtjVernment. 1ju», I am I'.iM in a year has b(cn disti ilnKed lo ‘he
not willing that the I’eople be ituliued Jo uni'iant ol the Pa'; lot .Ainiyol the Ke--
believe they are sufFering evils I’roin any olniion. T he soiuiersot the Arm\, w it.;
causes that do not exist. Ifl tU;deistood tin ir increased pay, ai.tl present peileii
A ]m)pen\ oT Mr. iinmiiy. of (rentleiiiati’s purpose, it Was to prove ci ^iiii z.ilinn, itw ib be lound, cosi us
ionMw*^ miVs^eid^ a great amount of tax to the (i„vei n- less per man, than at tiu tune referie.i
.. 1 . i,,.i. * n ...>,i ... ,1 non, two miles ncTtii oM iiar oite, i
fi'st of AiiLHist (are '.vl'il be t.ken In pn vent "'“•er the management of James Murpliex, sen. ' ment, to be paid by the People ; and nil , lo, v. liile t:ie permanent lot tresses upon
a' ci len'ts tir escapes but 1 will in.t b! liable Jack is in fine order, ainl w ill be let to mares at the liberty of assuming what premises/>ut coa'l3 and 11 outters, i;ive securily to
foreltli r. * dollars the season ; teti dollars lo insure; we choose, any desired result i.s »-asily towns and terliloiy. I houga in
.1 \M S was put bv (ien. Hampton’s Old Fwig. and two dollars thi smgle visit. I ne ' ubtained. He assumes, as Ihe amtjunl I 'var, our gallani Nuvy cfitiiinatids respect,
IS gut by (ien. Hampton’s Old Fwig.
A lir.'tliei' desi nption is ('.(eiiicd nseb ss, a* it
“is hope ! that all who wisii tobrieil liiii' .tnd
valiia' le colts, w ill ca'.l ■\ihI indgi- for them-
Selvts. J.WtLS DLNKINS.
I’ebniury 2fi, ISJS.-SlSO.
\{)VSG Aiuiiii:,
./?,v O'/o Sir of JiuanokCy
>> _ IV’II.I. st.ind the insuing
f.▼ » season, ;it tl'.e stort of
tin-*on & i'layfcV, at Heaiy’.s
* ‘'’''1' "I'bin 18 miles oi I.in-
coliitoi), and ol Cln.rlofte; and will he let
to M. rt s nt t!,c' \er\ nioileratt price ef j'R the
h.ts now co'i ni( need, aiul will end the last i.f
Jnlv. i bis J.ick IS consideretl as suie as any
titli’er, as all the mares, w ith viry few exci.p-
tions, pul to him last year, are w itli foal.
W M. IMVII)SON.
March 15lh, 182S.-74tf.
Slate oT Nortli-CarormH,
MKCKLEXIU-liG COT’>TV.
Svperinr lovrt oj Ldir. Fnil Trnn.\2':7. ' (lovernment by the Slates; w'hile the
of revenue twenty-ine millions—ti.e true I and secures lavor—\et,in peace, ive (eel
receij'ls of the y«’ar being tw eiily-t wo ' iis exper.ses, and lorgei its protection,
millions. He adds live millions as ihe , It is too (dien spoken (d as an (Xpendilurc
percentage of the merchant,of which IdoMur the seaboard, ant! lor the merchaiii.
not understand the process of converting ^ I'ruc, ii islhe shield to our citizen and
into a (lovernment tax. I'o this thiriy j bis p!'u[)eriy in the remf/lest sea. biii this
millions, twenty millions arc added fur ■ benefit r; enjo\ed c(|na'ly by llie lai nu r
I he tar.es assessed for the support id beyond the Alleghany, as the ciiizen ol
Jane Main t'i. Andrew Main.—Petition te.r Di- fai t is, that if all th-J Sl.i't s assessed tiie
I ^..me as \'irginia and New York, the
wh.jh- sum would be but twe.ve mi.11cm,s.
the sati-faet';on of the court,
f the .
State ;- -lt is is Onieretl l>> tiie eoi>r>, that pub-
I’l appi ariiig to
that tilt liel'eiulaiit is not a rtsident i
•i.'-on, f.) the : ;ngle ie.ij', anil ?!5 the insiir-1 |,i ni uK 6 weeks in tin C i'awba .loiir-
ance, the nioiie) fv>r in^i.raiiei will I. e claimed forth- (htceduit to appear ai oiiriiLXt Sii
•IS soon as tliernarc is disi ovt red to be with i i,.,\^^to i.e held lor ,'ltckh u
So !ar Irom this, many of the Slates i aHii.
no IT,Die than from I'oi iy to six'/ lliua-
ihe port w hence the aijuadron sails. ’1 lie
jjrotcction j;iven to our commerce is a
ledtjclion from the raU; of insurarice,
a!v av'- in eitVct paid by tl.c j^rower of the
ptoducl, or the consumer of the impon
Liid (luring one period of our (iovern-
sand dollars anmiai!, for the SLi]ip''rt ol ' meiit, an c.xi einliiure of 800,000 in
ioai, ortho property cliangi d
SIR
js .1 liraviiilul (ni’j, 7 \ea;T- old novt «prlng,
Up'.v.ini-. of 1C) liaiu'.s lii^h, of grrsd jiowt r, -
Tit'll aod \ii;‘ol‘; and, in puln. of blood, is info-
flor to no horse in the St.ntlie'ii Statt s, as will
hr een by tin'ibllou In^ c ertllieate f i oin Judge
Calm ron and Mr. Hi. iiiie'ian, ot Orai.gt , w hich
liill\ establislii's his pedigee .
“ W'f ecrtlly. tloit I be iiay Stud horse YoitU'^
sold in Angii -t last to Mr Allreil M.
}>u'’'in. of l.incli'ii loniiM, ua-> r.ilsi d (.y u->;
tl'.iit III' wa-. got 1,\ On! Sir .Kichie, his dam b^
Ea;;'.!', his gran ilaiii b\ tlu' iinpor'.t'd horse
liniid, hisgrrat, great d.im, h) Mark Antlion).
ille vva.-i si\ \e.iis old last spllll^^
Jitunari/2J, 1H2H.
DIM AN CAMF.KOV. 7
riuiM VS J). iu;nm.iia::.’’s
The season w ill con.niencc on the 1-t
?larel:, ami end on tin 1st of AngnsI ; good
pust(;ra;.'e will he fiirnised t>T;.t!s, and ^^raln i? •
’h( market pnee, If re(inired ; carf will bi la-1
ken I prevei ! acelilents or escapi s, but ho li- ,
ribllit', tor either.
Ai.FUEl) M. F.UH I'ON.
Fi hrnarv IJ, i;;:H.- 5t77.
burg coiint_\, at tin oiirt llonsf in C .arloite.
on 7tb Monilay aft*, r tl.;'4*li in NCircb, 182H,
and answer, pli'ad or deinnr t - neiitloner’s pe
tition; otherwise it will be he-ard ex parte, and
decreed ae«. ordinglv.
JAS M, lie rCllfSUN, c. s. c. T..
6t81—per. adv. #2 5(;.
I
i»V .Vvv\\\-i'v\viA\i\a,
MKC KI.KMU K(. COl'N fV.
Cinirf af I
Fill! T,,m. 1.'.,,'.' 5
.tohii Weeks,
I !' ajipear'.n;
Gi ('i:.VTS UEW.llU).
\N A^' ' Vfrotn the snl)s''riber.
i, Wiillain l!-yd, an Indeiiti d :i:
..•ruitn e. An; pi r‘on tle.'t u 11 -
h\( r tin- :-aid apprt ntii e to ii.i at n '
• house, si. ill recei\e the I'ovi •'twaro.
.!A(.'OIl LI'.AK.
I/‘4)cn!n Ci’i'it':,-,
.Miivch 16. lc«> —r;‘"rc.
(ioNerMuent, making a gios,s sum of
boui -iie miliioni ituiead of twenty mil
lions. \\ • slifMihl, d course, c*me to
vt-r. (hil itnt Ksniis. 'I'iiat g'M.thoian,
assnm-itg as the amonni iianl. iif y mil
lions i'l diillai'', while w • iiiid ;io pi'ooi’d
•a still' O'er t w t iil\-tfii'i'" irillii’ns.
Aiioiiier arg’Jiiii nt to thei
c!'ur^,e of e\'I'avaratil i :;pendi:urr, is at-|
t'lnj.i'd to I'.e r.umb'd itjiori a :omi)ari-j
■ or. ot I Ills etui the .\(.!initiis!i alim of Mr I
.1. iiers(jt). I I hanli llie geiilieriian loi t;al-'
Adm’r. jr. 'I'lio; ti. Folk, L.v’r. |mg ut to '.his coinpari- ot' Il pt o-.is
andi.tlurs, i t h j i i he t coiioii. leul pM tu i pies ol' Jiil'ir
tothe s.'tisf ction of the Cnirt, son kv ere not So suet essi o il v retluced lo
pr je i ;ce e ven by liirnseil', as tl’,v‘\ li:ivi
I.f'. 11 during Ihe l.tsi three \iars. i rotn
1 in I e or loo r miiiiwns, in J» f.erson’s An-
I) ini^t ratU'n. Sii) s t lit }.'( n h ii:ii. 'Mii t \
j endilu’ es have inc re.issed, i,i om -loui ;ii
id J c«ntur\, lo tweiii y-iive iiiillions.
[.Mr. !ives rose lo t xplain. I!e said
ill cohsicioi'd thiee or I'n'j:' tn.lhons as
ordinai y curtent expi ti'-es ol Jeiier-
'( n’s .Adininistralion ; and the «jrditiar\ |
curi ent t xpenses ol ihe presctil
ihii let n millions.
!i’i reu'iing lb( Navy, s;ved lo the country
Sh.600,000 in a sin;;le year, in the reduc
tion ol premiums'.1'i.isui-ance upon out
tonnairc.
\li\aiithr l!i I iiison, N'ney l!o in
I’oiir'-'Oii ;i' it I htiinpsoii Kohii son
tl,:.t l.iei a'u Sat.h r ai.ii M r_\ his v\ ife ; I lio-
1,1 :ni son an i to beeea bis w f'e , NiOs> s \i-
1 p. t.i ■! .I.iiie I-'.' w i » . • 'shorin lU’Oii'.son, .l.nu'
„t I
:j01i, J.i
u'Il iu!;o s ill Itiis suit, li\.- ’ e\(nul tl li-
nnts I I this st.tr: Orilired, that piii,hr..tion
t.e in h' si:;Witk-> in ti ( ('atawi>it .Imirnal,
that they ;.ppi ur ;.i the m \i oni-1 ol l.qn.t;, lu
Lw lii ld for bi.iil conntV, -it the • oiift-ilouse in
Chirlottc, on tlie 7th Moii i.'\ alur ih- 4‘i>
'^nidav t .'1 h. ai.d p'l- 'd lo tin- hdl
of (oi'.pl.'ii t ; Jiihn Wieks, .\dm i.ist:-alor
w;tli ’lie wi'l '111- xei'. of Janus l'i .nson, oih-
ii'-,. lie ii|f gini ;n pro cui.lissi; will he enii red
jiains' thrill.
1). |{. ni'M AP, CUrk.
Aj/iil 1, 1 pr. aov,
'i'he ,xpens‘’s of foreif);n intercourse
ha\e!>cen a iheme»f givat ompIaini,atHl
I otM' upon which the gentleniaii has also
itisli'.i-'ted a cot^i|)urison. 1 will not only
attend to his co!n[)arisor;,. hut extend i!
ijaektoih.e origin ofibt; (iov.rnment.
Let ns. howe\ei, take witii us the !a( t.
tlia‘ V.e l.ave now more missions upon the
r.--;ti!'.eril ol’ South America, than v.-e
hnvei:[)on l!ie coritineni ol I'nio])'". Hy
!he reduction of the g.fi d-ol tin luission
, .it Clhili to a CiKUge, flosernmerit has
I been » iia!)led to senil a (.lharge to I) n-
|fna'l,, where v/e huve ci.iinis in coiilro-
I versy.
I '1 frentlennn st..ted, that tiif^ expenFe of
1 fere:/n ii.ti.reoni'-e in ihe thiee last years el
j M'-. Monrof’s Adii.inistratioii, an.onnt. d to
! 2SO,0(iJ dollars, and the s-oiie expei.se in the
1 thr c lli -t \ euis it thi- jiri-senl, ini.ou’ I to H
00./dollirs; ir.aking tli'j present exeeed the
rrner bv 267,0-'0 iloll.nrs. The f. lla( y or er-
lo be i ,.,,p „f htateniein, is in inijmt:nj'; lo ,^h•
I .\daiiis oil.- )ear of the e\p- iisi s ineurn d and
Mr. liarlletl said he did not know hov pioVidetl for belore he came to the oiliee. 1 he
le histl.irteen millions, appropriation hn- 182.7, was i. ade in Fe'.rnary,
$484,500 *457.500
I.c.ivlng the expense of the last three years,
27,000 dollars less than the three !»st ippropri-
.'.tions of the preceding Administration.
Jhit, let us look still further back, and first,
to Washington’s Administration. I h f.ireigt*
intercourse appropriations were thm as fol
lows :
#1.733 33 In the time of J. \ «■’ *.
In 1791,
1792, 78,766 67 In 1797, #17‘\^' 4 2,1
1793, 89,500 01) 1798, S4..ril .2
1791-, 116,403 51 1799, 199..-74 U
1795, 912,(m5 12 18ut.', 18.>.i45.>3
1796, 109.739 64 ’ —
$1, V5S,8:7 .7 S79 .vlS'J
In Mr. Jefferser,’; ’inie, tb''S- e\p» > re.
In 1801, 4*'1.'>9 .-’ .1 7') In »>2,6o .62
1802 4'n, ,'5..> 62 18‘)(>, 1,0 9
18'j;, l.i." 1.96m ;>4 1RJ7. '•
1804. 1 1-9,.'91 62 18 b, 2 -ti
more to do
( 1.1 V' ;•! I:
I n> u> //(»;
tin gtti.l*man m,»dt ..... • .* ''"■'■"'"j'’ j v.hieh, Mr. Adams had i
I ,N., . Him- ^uuI he vt.iuKI If II In..., I m,c, , v> r l„. n.„v In ,
; V as bv taki!)^; tliif atntni’.u paid •‘-''''•il'd . |,^j, ^ i^|i tj,^; apjiroprialion of this yrar. Ihe
j ti e debt il'onilli'i wl.yic aiuyUQl of tx-. of approprialions for fce^'jo ipter-
I p'.ridiLurcS- 1 cuuim; tl:'vn svunds thm
i7
f'.xchisive of » xpense of Haroary i>i r, O'l -e.
' ' esi talde-« an antlK IKK a;"i s'io-a ', ' e»«
• \ l,-.r trom lln' faet nnay !>'• fJie con,, etnci; .. d
ssv rtioMs respecting the incr. .ismg .^lr*va-
g.mce ami proili^ality of tiie l-Jjivern'i.i. in.
.in. I hat .ti in of the t x[>en . of fort igtl
int. re'inrsr, emhra' . d under tlu tub ;f con-
liiig. lit I xpe-'S s, h,.s hei n ai'.vi rteil t as a
soui'Ct'ol j,M'e.ii a' us. . Mere, for answer, let U9
resf.ri to ofVuijI iloeti.nei.ts.
There was i \p mietl of this fund —
In 1823. >.'.0,5.‘4 .’>7 In li»26, #18 627 07
1824, 20,145 78 18 7, 36,.’48 6;i
1825, 25,474 9.5 1828, noapprop’n dv’tPi
J76,2o5 05 ?5 1,875 70
'I'his, wliicb is designated a* tin co.itingen®
fund, till after the ch.se of Mr. Jefferson’s ttina
w as not tlistingiilsbeil, but eml)raccd in a gene
ral sum for Foreign Inte.rctnirse.
Fhe amo\int of this fund expentled in the five
la-it years of Mr. M dison’s .idministralion. waj*
1^29,1,310 03, making an average of 1^38,668 ft _
year.
The amount of this finul expended in the
e ght years of Mr. Monroe’s administration,
wMs 5^289,316 78, making an aver.ige of )S36,-
in 59.
Fhe .'.moimt of this fund expended in tho
tw'o\(;.rsT) v| of Mr. Ailams' administratlim,
w hih- no aj)|n'"prlatioii is i .Vedfbrthe jivesenf
year, wp> f5l,875 70, making an averane o^
^27,137 85 I r tin two years ; a sum less, an-
nual'y, ’ban was expeinlcd by iN’r. M.uI.m.ii.
J'3I,2.)U, 15 ; less, aniiu.illy '' an the snin e.\-
pen eit bv '’r.- >!oiiro«, bs H,7 6 74.
.\noth( r viev» of tb s sii' _;i et pre .i-nts result*
fqu;i!l\ tnuii pln:it in ta-.or-'t tlie* Aihnn.istra-
lion, as tioes cv'erv vi.w ioondeil n;j'»n C.cts,
and not •'onj^ • ture ..ml supp. s tion.
Take till- approp)i.'li' ii' '•' 1823, 4. and 5,
Ifichnhi.g all Mimsti. rs, Clr.ri'i s, Agi nis ol*
Cl itiis. y-.-er. lai n s, ( le tin-rut (-\p ’-.si s, in-
ttri oiiis*- wrh R .rliary I’owtrs, .md r. I I oP
siek ai'tl listi'. ^s (1 “-ean. n, iiul t! «• liiiies . '
For 18 ,), S.198.455 17 i or 1HJ6,
1«24. 26.J,5iOOO It. 7. 2„o,000
1825, 00 1S.;8, do-
durtii'g tinex-
}i743,955 17 peiided balance, C2,000
$548,500
Which is IrsR.hy gl65.455 17, iham
the same items of the three preceding;
years. I prefer sur h facts to any com
ment, and I present ‘^licb facls as sceiiii
to me to need nocommcjit. 'i'he gentle*
man’s remark upon our ‘•financial mi?-
lenium,” has romethinf]^ mote of justico
in It than b« supposed, v/hcn it war.
made : for, if there has been any pcriorfl
ill our (Government which in trutU
he so desitMialed, this i^i that pcnor.?.
,\nd what is iiis answer r.nd hi'j com'«
iiieni ? An cx*rac» from tii" letter of Ju«
niub to the T.ditor r,i’the Punlir Advert'
liser, describin'7 the rJi.'j'rv't:c3, rca#
or imaginary, of ]',n{>iand : an cxtrac^■
intere-.ting as a tpccimon oi’ htiC! \vrit~
ing—doubly i:ifc:e;ilin™ as exhibiting^
by contrast, ouro\7n happy condit'on. Uut,
says the gen'Ieman, v,c liear complaints
—our manuliicturrrscomplain vil'dcprcE-
sion. ml dors he j'.roposo to r^’lievA
the.n ? And i-s il this i\dminisiralion or
its friends that refuse lo lijten to tlieir
lotreaties? 'I’I’.e questions lacd iiO
answer. Again, we are asked, why aro
I here niajorities in both branches of tiio
Legislature opposed lo the present riov-
ernmen r So far from being the result
. fdisconienl in the great body of iha
Peo[)!e, il c(.»mes frtmi a fact directly iho
reveise. 'I'hey were content anti
liappy, and in their repose have
h.\ve snrfered diaappointi d political Zr.ah
lots lo o!)t...;n the power of misreprCiCn-
ling lh( m. from their own confidt nre iit
the wistlo.n and justice of the ineasure**
• d the (;overnm«-nt, that required not
heir ( n.'i is to protect or support thertv
A ( oiifidt nee frofti whicii. w lien achaiigei
tjf mea'-urei is threatened them, tiu- peo
ple will ai t)USf* from llu ir slumbeis. and»
like Sampson, burst the botuls w nh whic!»
, idiiiral aspit ants attempt lo hii;d them,
lint why should there b.' disc.onlent iii
un\ (piartei 1 answer, iti il.»; woi'Not*
on* who has weil observed hiima’i .1,'iurei
.^mong all ranks and degrees ol men,
“in all ages, and inal* coun'tir m ly bo
seen the ra:»id luotsleps ».f a dark spii'-
•*it of envy, trendi ig dost ly, every
••whrTf, np(>n the m..rch of gfea in ss,
•S nih-L. voring lo s'JIy what is I'.eau i ilnl,
••and to lir.n'g down whal is ele^ aietl.’*
Aijairi^ v., are told we liave