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Sir, I have trie honor to submit this repint, iei
compliance with the following resolution, passed
by the Senate on the 24th ult.
""Revived, Thai the Secretary of the Trea
sury report to the Senate the aggregate amount
ol'ail expenditures or payments of every kind
from the Treasury in each year, from 1824 to
1339 inclusive in one column, and in another
column lor each year the aggregate amount, in
dependent ot the payments on account of the
public debt, whether funded or unfunded, and
in a . third column, the agreate amount fur
permanent and ordinary purposes, excluding
payments on account of objects enher extraor
dinary or temporary; such as the public debt,
"trust lumls and indemnities, claims of States lor
war debts or 3 per cents on lands si!d, occasion
al donations in money to objects in t tie District
.ol Columbia or otherwise, survey of the coast,
taking the census, duties refunded; the Explor
ing Expedition, and materials collected lor the
crradual improvement of the navy, durable pub
lic building? of nil kinds bridges and ft rtifica
tioiis, all roads, carials, bre:ik-waters, anil im
provements ni rivers and harbors, arming mili
tia ami firts. all pensions except those t inva
lids and ihe purchases of titles to lands Irorn
Indians', the removal o! I.idiaus, and their wars,
with such oil;er payments as may have been
nnule in those .years ibr properly lust or
injuries committed during any hostilities.'
The resolution was on the same day referred
to the Register of the Treasury with instruc
tions to prepare a tabular statement, containing
the information desired iu three separate col
umns. It is hereto annexed, marked A.
He was requested, also, to prepare another
statement, showing Hie specific sum which had
-been deducted each year on account of each item
mentioned in the resolution as either extraordi
nary or temporary.
Believing that this would be highly useful, as
showing the details on which the general results
iu the third column of the first statement rest,
and as embracing many statistical facts, posses -6tni
in theuselves much interest, I have annex
ed , marked B.
Unless some accidental omission or other er
ror has occured, these wo statements will pre
sent all the information desired by the resolution.
With high respect,
LEVI WOODBURY,
Sec'ty. oft he Treasury.
To the Hon. Rich. M. Johnson,
Vice President ol the United States, and
President oi the Senate.
A.
STATEMENT of Expenditures of ihe
United Slates, from the year 1824 to the
year 1839, inclusive, agreeably to a resolu
tion of the Senate of the 24th, April, 1840.
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OhtinPrl from the Fourth Auditor's office. ' T. L. SMITH, Register.
Treasury Department, Register's office, May 4, 1840.
Qn motion of Mr. Benton, the letter of the
Secretary, and the tables, were ordered to be
printed.
Mr. J5. then rose to make another motion,
and that was, to print an extra number of
these papers. He proposed to give his rea
sonf for the motion, and for that purpose,
asked that the papers should be sent to him,
(which was done;) and Mr. D. went on to
say fhat his object was to spread before the
country in an authentic form, the full view
of all the Government expenses for a series
of ybars past, going back as far as Monroe's
administration; and thereby enabling every
citiu, in every part of the country, to see
tbi actual, the comparative, and the classified
expenditures of the Government for the whole
period. The systematic efforts made to im
press the country with the belief that the ex
penditures had increased three-fold in the last
twelve years that they had risen from thir
teen to thirty-nine millions of dollars; and
that this enormous increase was the effect
of the extravagance, of the corruption, and of
the incompetency of the Administrations
which have succeeded that ot Mr. Adams
aud Mr. Monroe. These two latter admin
istrations were held up as the models of
economy; those of Mr. Van Buren and Gen
eralJackson were stigmatized as monsters of
extravagance; and tables of figures were so
arrauged as to give color to the characters
attributed to each. These systematic efforts
this reiterated assertion, made on this floor,
of thirteen millions increased to thirty-nine
and the effect which such statements must
have upon the minds of those who cannot see
the purposes for which the money was expen
ded, appeared to him (Mr. B.) to require
some more formal and authentic refutation
than auy oue individual could give some
thing more imposing than the speech of a soli
tary member could afford. Familiar with the
actiou of the Goverumeut for twenty years
past coming into the Senate in the time of
Mr. Monroe remaining in it ever siuce a
friend to economy in public and private life
and closelv scrutinizing the expenditures of
the Government duriug the whole time he
(Mr. B.) felt himself to be very ably at any
time to have risen in his place, and to have
exposed the delusion of this thirteen and thir-ty-uine
millions bugbear; and, if he did not
do so, it was because, in the first place, he
was disinclined to bandy contradictions on
e floor of the Senate; and in the second
f the country to set all right whenever they
obtained a view of the facts. Ihisviewhe
had made himself the instrument of procuring,
nd the Secretary of. the lreasury had now
presented it.
It was ready for the contemplation ot the
American people and he could wish every
itizen to have the picture in his own hands,
that he might contemplate it at his own fire
side, and at his full leisure. lie could wish
every citizeu to possess n copy of the report,
uow received from the Secretary ot tne 1 rca
sury, under the call of the Senate, and printed
by its order; he could wish every citizen to
possess one of these authentic copies, bearing
the imprimatur of the American Senate; but
that was impossible; ana limiting nis action
to what was possible, he would proposo to
priut such number of extra copies as would
enable some to reach every quarter ot tne
Uuion. He knew that the report could easi
ly go through the newspapers, (for it was
very short, and he hoped that it would appear
in every paper that was a It lend to truth aud
to fair dealings that he wished to give cor
rect information to its readers. He hoped
that it would appear in all such papers; but
that was not sufficient. The newspaper pub-
ications were not sufficiently free from cavil
to answer his purpose; no publication could
be sufficient but the one made by the order
of the Senate; and therefore, he wished the
document itself to go forth, with the Senatori
al imprimatur upou it, iu sufficient numbers
to reach every quarter of the Union. He
wished a large number to be printed; but
would not suggest auy particular number un
til he had first given to the Senate some.view
of the papers themselves, and thus shown
them to be worthy of the most ample multipli
cation, -nd of the most extensive diffusion.
Mr. B. then opeued the tables, audexplamed
their character and contents. The first one
(marked A) consisted of three columns, and
exhibited the asjiregate, and the classified
expenditures of the goverumeut from the
year 1824 to 1S39, mclusive; tne second one
(marked B) contained the detailed statement
of the payments annually made -on account
ot all temporary or extraordinary objects, in
cluding the public debt, for the same peiiod.
The second table was explanatory ot the
third column of the first one, aud the two,
taken together, would enable every citizen to
see the actual expenditures, and the compara
tive expenditures, of the government for the
whole period whicn he naa mentioned.
Mr. B. then examined the actual and the
comparative expenses ot two ot tne years,
taken from the two contrasted periods refer
red to, and invoked the attention ot the Sen
ate to the results which the comparison would
exhibit. He took the first and the last of the
years mentioned in the tables-the years 1S24
and 1S29 and began with the first item
in the first column. This showed the ag
gregate expenditures for every object for the
year 1824 to have been $31,898,538,47
very near thirty-two millions of dollars, said
Mr. B. and if stated alone, and without ex
planation, very capable of astonishing the
Dublic, of imposing upon the ignorant, aud
nf raisin? a crv asainst the dreadful extrava-
mnee. tho corruption, and the wickedness of
Mr. Monroe's edministration. Taken by
itself, (and indisputably true it is in itself,)
and this aggregate of near thirty-two mil
lions is very sufficient to effect all this sur
prise and indignation in the, public mind;
but, passing on to the second column to see
what were the expenditures, independent of
the public debt, and this large aggregate will
be found to be reduced more than one half;
it siuks to $15,330,144 71. This is a hea
vy deduction; but it is not all. Passing on to
the third column, and it is seen that the actu
al expenses of the government for permanent
and ordinary objects, independent of the tem
porary and extraordinary ones, for this same
year, were only $7,107,S92 05, being less
than the one-fourth part of the aggregate of
near thirty-two millions. This looSs quite
reasonable, and goes far towards relieving
Mr. Monroe's administration from the , impu
tation to which a view of the aggregate ex
penditure for the year would have subjected
it. But, to make it entirely satisfactory, and
to enable every citizen to understand the im
portant point of the Government expendi
tures a point on which the citizens of a free
aud representative Government should be al
ways well informed to attain this full satis
faction, let us pass on to the second table
(marked B) and fix our eyes on its first col
umn under the year 1824. We shall there
find every temporary and extraordinary ob
ject; and the amount paid on account of it,
the deduction of which reduced an aggregate
of near thirty-two millions to a fraction over
seven millions. We shall there find the ex
planation of the difference between the first
and third columns.
The first item is the sum of $16,56S,393 76,
paid on account of the principal and in
terest of the public debt. The second is the
sum of $4,691,3S6 56, paid to merchants
for indemnities under the treaty with Spain
of 1S19, by which we acquired Florida.
The third is $5,510 27, paid to states for
claims on account of war debts. The fourth
is $47,714 53 for the three per centum to the
new states on the lands sold within their lim
its. Ihe tilth is 17,UUU on account ot the
two per centum to the Cumberland road.
The fifth is $4,373 19 for the survey of the
coast. The sixth is 8423,34-2 46 for collect
ing materials for the gradual increase of the
navy, and the improvement of Navy Yards.
The seventh is $1S0,3C9 67 for durable
public buildiugs. I he eighth is $429,972 04
for bridges and fortifications. The ninth
O sg.naa QQ ll.r r.jttc. .ni-ala an1 lii-nL-
waters, and improvauienu in rivers and har
bors, except the Cumberland road, which was
stated by itself. The tenth is $171,155 43 i
for providing arms for the militia of the Uni
ted States, and for arming the fortifications.
The eleventh is $1,267,6C0 41 for all pen
sions, except those of invalids. The twelfth
is $429,9S7 90 for purchasing land from In
dians, and paying for Indiau depredations.
The thirteenth, and last item, is the sum of
$296,960 21 for miscellaneous objects, and
for property lost, or injuries committed, du
ring hostilities with any power. The total
of all these items, except the public debt, is
$8,222,252 66. This total added to the sum
paid on account of the public debt, makes
close upon twenty-five millions of dollars,
and this, deducted from the aggregate of near
thirty-two millions, leaves a fraction over
seven millions for the real expenses of the
Government the ordinary and permanent
expenses during the last year of Mr. Mon
roe's Administration. This is certainly a
satisfactory result. It exempts the Adminis
tration of that period from the imputation of
extravagance, which the unexplained exhibi
tion of the aggregate expenditures might
have drawn upon it in the minds of unin
formed persons. It clears that Administra
tion from all blame. It must be satisfactory
to every candid mind. And uow let us ap
ply the test of the same examination to some
years of the present Administration, now so
incontinently charged with ruinous extrava
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gance. Let us see now tne same ruie win
work when applied to the present period; and,
for that purpose, let us take the last year u
the table, that of 1839. Let others take any
year that they please, or as many as they
please. 1 take one, because 1 only propose
to give an example; and I take the last one
iu the table because it is the last. .Let us pro
ceed with the examination, and see what the
results, actual and comparative, will be.
Commencing with the aggregate payments
from the Treasury for all objects, Mr. B. said
it would be seen at the foot of the first col
umn in the first table, that they amounted to
$37,129,396 80, passing to the second col
umn, and it would be seen that this sum was
reduced to $25,982,797 75; and passing to
the third, it would be seen that this latter sum
was itself reduced to $13,525,800 18; and,
referring to the second table, under the year
1839, and it would ue seen now mis aggre
gate of thirty-seveu millions was reduced to
thirteen aud a half. It was a great reduction;
a reduction of nearly two-thirds from the ag
oregate amount paid out; and left for the pro
ner expenses of the Government its ordina
ry and permanent expenses an inconceiva
bly small sum for a great nation of seventeen
millious of souls, covering an immense ex
tent of territory, and acting a part among
the ereat powers of the world. To trace this
reduction to shew the reasons of the differ
ence between the first and the third columns,
Mr. B. would follow the same process which
he had pursued in explaining the expenditures
of the year 1824, and ask for nothing in one
case which had not been granted m the other.
1. The first item to be deducted from the
thirty-seven millions aggregate, was the sum
of $11,146,599 05, paid on account of the
public debt. He repeated, on account of the
public debt; for it was paid in redemption of
Treasury notes; and these Treasury notes
were so much debt incurred to supply the place
of the revenue deposited with the States in
1837, or due from merchants to whom indul
gence had been granted. To, supply the
place of these unattainable funds, the Gov
ernment went in debt by issuing Treasury
notes; but faithful to the sentiment which ab
horred a national debt, it paid off the debt al
most as last as it contracted it. Above elev
en millions of this debt was paid in 1S39,
amounting to almost the one-third part of the
aggregate expenditures of that year; and
thus, nearly the one-third part of the sum
which is charged upon the Administration as
extravagance and corruption, was a mere
payment of debt a mere payment of Trea
sury notes which we had issued to supply the
place of our misplaced revenue. This item
being deducted from the 37 millions, reduces
it to 26. -
2. The second item to be deducted is sta
ted in the table under the description of trust
funds; and consists of moneys received in
trust from the Chickasaw Indians, and other
Indians, on the sale of their lands, for which
the United States act as their agent and trea
surer. It amounts to near a quarter of a mil
lion, to wit: $240,694 for the year. 1839, but
for the three preceding years averaged a mil
lion and a quarter, and contributed largely to
swell the expenditures, as they were termed,
of 1836, 1837, and 1838. This item had
no existence in 1824; so that it becomes a
new charge, apparently, upon the Treasury;
but in reality no charge at all, as it was only
delivering over to the Indians the money
which had been received for them, and be
longed to them. Yet this item, amounting
to nearly four millions in the last four years,
is set down to the reckless extravagance of a
mad and ruinous Administration.
3. The third item to be deducted is the sum
of $717,552 27, for indemnities; that is to
say, for moneys recovered from the foreign
nations, uuder Gen. Jackson's administration
for merchants who had been plundered un
der previous administrations whose money,
when received, had gone into our Treasury
and was afterwards paid out to the rightful
owners as their respective rights were ascer
tained. The payment for 1839 was three
quartet sofa million, but for the three previous
years they amounted in the whole to about
five and a half millions, and, according to
tkx oiu9iuui of the Opposition eendeman
constituted so much of the horrid extrava
gance of those years! and here let us remark
the difference between the present times and
those of 1S24. When in that year, the sum
of near five millions was paid out of the
Treasury for indemnities to merchants under
the Florida treaty, no one ever thoueht of
injuring the administration about it. These
conceptions have been reserved for the pres
ent day. iow, tor tne first time in the his
tory of our country, or perhaps of any coun
try, the recovery of indemnities from foreign
ers, and their payment to our own citizens,
becomes a dreadlul extravagance a ruinous
waste of money for which a mad and pro
fligate administration must be thrust from
power!
4. The fourth item is a small sum of $4.-
875 56 for claims of States on account of
expenditures for the general benefit during
tne late war. It was a payment ot debt, and
not an expense of Government, and though
small iu 1839, it had been considerable in
three preceding years, amounting in that tune
to about $230,000; and of course, weJung
by that much the aggregate expenditures ot
those years, and helping to makeup the mon
strous extravagance of which th country
heard so much.
5. The next item grows out of the three
per centum fund to the new States on the
amount of the lands sold within their limits.
It is due to the States by compact, as a con
sideration, and a most inadequate one it is,
for not taxing the Federal lands. For the
year 1S39, this item amounted to $63,670;
and, being a debt due to the States, is no part
of the Gevernment expenses. For the three
previous vears. when the land sales were at
the largest, and when some of the States had
neglected tor some years to draw ineir money,
the payments on this account amounted to
near oue and a half millions of dollars; and
of course swelled to that amount the extrava
gance of 1836, '37, and '38! In the year
1824, this item was only $47, 14.
6. The sixth item to be deducted was
nearly allied to the former. It. was $198,530
for the two per centum on the sales of the
public lands to make roads to the new States,
and applicable to the Cumberland road. In
the year 1824 it was only $17,000; but in
the great sales of 1835, '6, and '7, it amount
ed to near $1,2CO,000. Here again was a
payment of debt converted into wasteful ex
travagance. . -
7. 'Donations of money to, or payments
on account tf, the 'District of Columbia,
was the seventh item of deduction which.
Mr. B. mentioned. It amounted to $126,
374 for the year 1839. It was a new item
on the list of Government payments, having
no existence in 1824, nor until the year 1832.
After that time it had been annual, and as
high as $313,0CO in one year to wit, 1S33,
and for the years 1836, "7, and '8, amounted
to near $440,000. It was a gratuity to the
District, which bad no political rights; and it
was a gratuity which had no further object
than to relieve it from burthens improvidently
contracted, yet received the usual character
of corrupt extravagance. v ; -r
8. The survey of the coast was the eighth
item which Mr. B. explained. It was a tem
porary and extraordinary object; which had
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