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VOL. XXXI
RALEIGH, N. C- WEDNSDAY, 1840.
I
NO. 23.
REMARKS OF Ma. WISE, '
OF VIRGINIA,
On the Central Appropriation Bill. '
IIovse or Representatives, April 10,1 840.
The General Appropriation Bill being
under consideration in Committee of lite
Whole-
Mr. Wise called for the reading ol the
first item in the bill which was read ac
cord inn-1 v.
o . ...;
lie then observed mat lie siiouki not, in
the remarks he meant now to submit, di
verse into anv discussion of the Presiden
. af . . . . , f
(ial nuestion. but should conhne himself
strictly to the consideration of Govern
t ... . r .
F tiee- hut is willine to b.se hi. ei.ims to patronage mental expenditure to questions oi econ
l the nro6eieney ol his aeholarl alone. omy and extravagance.""" - '
VZIV woulddo so at a earl Wg. If the ..." 1 h rreaiuent, (said air., yv .n I .
kheir so, u,a 00 " ' message nreacl.es to us economy, as usual;
fl0n- JOHX R. HOLT.
Orsnee county. May 15
o iiiA2rivB-aw'he.'l alAesKV
II lee'al business entrusted to bis insnagement and
5. ..t ih adiaihin? counties. He refers those
ne anr w - .' , .i-.: ru
lunVienurtnted will, hi u to aiinon
L 'Alor Lawyer or Statesman ol North Laroh-
ftl ' ! . . a . s .. -. it a In ll alia-
for fidelity. nim.T, ...
ch.ree of the duties of Ins profession.
Italeign, mj -
nu-iiioiis & I.ellers of !ladume
Malitrail, by the counwaa lie Aieriin.
JUSt IlliUllineU an r mi: uj
1 l UUXKIl k HUGHES.
1840. v, : v
My '9.
JAMES llEURON,
Civil Engineer,
Inventor of the improved construction
ways.
Address, Haltiinoro, Maryland
of Rai.-
KALEIGII, JUNE 3, 1840.
nrtirnni in u pr.nnnmv
and as I listened to the lecture, I resolv
ed that 1 would watch the course of the
Executive Department throughout the
rttiSfc-" W"' f ee4 vht trTef tfieiYlprWffe'
would be conformed to their faith.
The gentleman from N. Carolina (Mr.
Monlgomery ) tells his constituents, in
his printed speech, that Congress is re
sponsible for the public expenditures, and
that the Executive has recommended noin
ing that is not conformed to the strictest
rules of economy. The Committee of
Ways and Means, instead of increasing
the amount contained in the estimates
from the Treasury, has diminished it.
And now let us look at the result. - The
simple questions to which I now ca'l the
attention of the House and of the nation
are these: 1st. lias any item of expend
iture the Executive sanctionrand it it has,
is there anr reduction from similar ex-
- - - .
penB-in'lflrmeryearr"''""
On this plan, 1 mean o stsrt with this
Administration at the starting place, and
come out with them at the poll.
And first, I inquire what was the a
mount of appropriation for the civil and
diplomatic expenses, of Government in
1837-38? and 1838-'39? Gentlemen at
home. UDon the stumn. may dispute their
own official acts, (they have disputed Mr
the Department, and that amounts to 5,
085.000; and here, for the civil and diplo
matic expenditure we have the neat little
sum of $9,500,000. Thus it appears that
Ihe first four money bills brought into this
House by this economy-preaching Admin
istration amount to the beautiful sum of
$20,390,000. Then there is another bill
for the expenses of the Military Academy
another for fortifications; another for the
public buildings So we go. This is our
progress in the grand march of economy.
Now, air, I denounce but one feature in
this bill. I do not sav that the bill is right
or wrong; all I seek is to fax upon this Ad
ministration the amount and the responsi
bility. , s
1 hiye 1aken ffne item in the bill, how
ever, on which to remark a little. It is that
of "contingencies." UndiT this head, 1
find that this bill appropriates the sum ol
$420,375. Here, in a bill appropriating
nine millions and a half of dollars, we find
"nearlialfar'ntl
Now, if any principle in the appropriation
ol public money is more important than an
other, it is that the. appropriation shall be
specific, and founded on estimates ; but
here are $420,373 appropriated lor we
know not what for contineencies. . And
what nre contingencies? It is a sort of
omnium gathrrtnn term which embraces
all manner of fraud and peculation, and
hides it from public view. Every sixth
item throughout the bill has a tail to it,
lonser or shorter, of "contingencies " I
think now is the time for us to find out
what thi very equivocal term actually
means. I will take one or two examples
at random:
Foe contiieent expenses of said build
iii2. includine fuel, labor, oil, and repairs,
three thousand three hundred and nity
dollars."
"For contina-ent expenses of the office of
the Secretary of War, three thousand dollars."
"For contingent expenses of said office,
twothousand dollars."
"For contina-ent expenses of said office
three thousand two hundred dollars."
ions."
Monday, April 13.
The House having again gone into com
mittee on the General Appropriation
Bill-
Mr. Wise said he had risen not to go
into a detailed examination of the items
of the bill, but merely to point out one or
two-particulars in which his honorable
co league had certaiitly been in error.
Mr. W. here went into a statistical ar
gument, in the course of which, in direct
ing his remarka to lr. Jones, he turned
almost entirely away from the Reporter,
so that it is impossible to give even me
line of argument.
One portion oi nis rrmami nan rcici-
ence to a comparative view oi me appro
priations for the Post Office Uepartment
in the time of Mr. Adams and under the
nresent Admistration; and having obtain-
eiUTronvMr. W. a copy of the items, we
present n oeiow.
Under Mr. .Mam:
,'4! TlflTh
Till'. VKi
1 WILLIAM HbMll iiahuiwii,
rl'he invincible Hero of Tippecanoe the incor
ruptible Statesman the injkxibk Republican
tupatriot Farmer of Ohio.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN TYLER,
A StaU Rights' Republican if the tehool of '08,
one Virginia?! noblest tons, and emphatically
one if .1merica,s most sagacious, virtuous and
patriotic statesmen.
J7- The broad banner of HARRISON, L1B-
UTY and the CONSTITUTION is now flung
the breeze, inscribed with the inspiring motto
ik t-OXE PRESIDENTIAL TERM THE IN-
BGRITY OF THE PUBLIC SERVANTS
1 THE SAFETY OF THE PUUL1C MU-
EY THE DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC
ANDS THE DOWNFALL OF ABOLI-
blGN-AND TH B JS EN ERAL GOOD OF
THE PEOPLE.
FOR GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA,
JOHN M. MOREHEAD,
OF JOUH.FOHD COUNTY,
ITiB able statesman the sound republican the
patriot the honest man.
Valuable Testimony.
The following passage of applause was
endered to the merits of General Ilarn
on by the Editor of the Richmond En-
uirer, on the the 18th of October 1813
"The callantGeneral Harrison has now
put all his enemies to shame."
The above testimony was rendered to
he illustriobs old jvarrior, when he pat
Ihe foreign enemies to flight on thefield
II arm- ,. W hy cannot h Enquirer Jo
lier val Harrison ettual justice at this
fi?lien' he ii encaared in the sacred
1828.
3 assistant!
Clerks
Mestwnnrs
Additional clerk
Contingent
$5 0oo
S4.700
1 4M
11.000
6.100
ISM,
HIS,
1M,
. e.47,S4.1 SI
V.IU.I54 S9
15.330,134 71
Total in Mr- Monroe's admin. fl04.C3,iOO 59
A venire each year, I3,(sr.9'25 07.
From h Maicli, Mil, to 1 tS, 1 1 ,490 459 94
18tf), I3,06i 3l6 27
i . IM7, . I,65.,090 5
1S, IJ.V6,04t 45
Total in Mr. J. Q Adam's admin. $50,501,914 St
Aerr each year, $!9.f.2S 78
From 4th Marsh, 1S8, to
189,
IS30,
1831,
1831.
1833,
1834,
IS35,
1836,
IS 660 460 00
13.tf J9.533 00
13,864,067 00
l.5l 388 00
811 713 7S 00
18.445.417 00
17.514.950 00
30,868,164 00
Total in Gen. Jackson! lmia f l.1,73,735 00
AreraR coh year, $l8,i09l IS.
From 4lh Marth, 1S36, lo IIM7, 39,164,745 .00
1838, 40,447,911 00
1839, 31, SI 5,000 00
HUGH McUUBEN.l j-
THOS. J. LtlMAY, J. P '
Under Mr. Van Burtn.
1840.
3 assistanta 9,7,500
Clerks & mesaen-
48,600
11,600
1,600
3,000
55,000
13,
4.7oe
(Id it i cum 1 do
Uonliiij(eiit ixpen-
se
Auiliior
Clrrks, ete.
Add lion al do.
Contingent
From general fund 152 200
lu Mr Adams a ,
lime .. 46,100
Increase in office
since 18sJ8 106.100
voodDiiry sasam.aott aESinlH"
I i - . . . i "tor conuimeiii caiicn"':" r ip i
A
of this House, by whom they are certified.
They cannot here plead non est fuclvm.
And what does the amount for the civil
list of the 2d session of the 25th Congress
turn out to be? $8.25,3(0. My colleague
Do;nti me to the fact that this was in the
short session, and saya that it is more than
double during the long session. But 1
will compare long session with long ses
sion, snd short with short. Now I say
that last year the amount lor the long ses
sion was R8,2i2,560; while in this bill it
is $9,221,220, apart from the salaries of
the officers of the United atatcs courts,
which are $345,000 moresay, in all,
nearly nine millions and a half. Here is
an Increase in the very fiijtt appropriation
bill they submit to us, oltnore than a mil
ion of dollars.
Welh'sin let nwlouk- at the short
session, in ibay tne civn list lor ine
short session was $9,010,000, and then
there was an appropriation during the
called session for support of Government
and for the suppression of Indian hostili
ties, or 82,109,000. And behold, under
this most economical A ministration, the
very first haul is for $9,500,000. and this
sum, be it remembered, is below the
Treasury estimates. New, during the
"Federal!' Administration of Mr. Adams,
that Administration which was denounced
as so corrupt and extravagant, the whole
average expenditure of the Government
in all its branches was less than $13,000,
000. And here, in your very first bill,
you are within two millions and a half of
what then was appropriated lor the whole
expenses of the Government. You have
tineenf exnen
ncludipg (he expense of quarterly books,
stationery,, printing, and pay i laoorers,
four thousand seven hundred dollars-'
"For contingent, expenses of said oflice.
including four thousand dollars for rent
and fuel for the Auditor's Office, eight
thousand dollars," &c. &c.
1 have confined myself to what has been
advanced to-day. 1 have no reply to the
personelitiea with which the gentleman
from New York (Mr Vanderpoel) enter-,
lained the House yesterday. But there
was one subject which I think that gentle
man touched unfairly. He reiterated the
charge that for all the extravagance of the
last year Congresss alone were to blame.
That gentleman asked whether, if this was
so. the eentleman from Massachusetts did
HrotshaTe-the'brame-frf'at least mne-vtrteM'
I mean that ot five millions of dollars to
satisfy the claims of American citizens on
(lie French Uovernment lor spoliations.
This side wipe was a little unfair, if it was
intended to prejudice those claims when
they shall come up. I say it was a very
unfair attempt to destroy the rights of in
nocent individuals.
Mr Vanderpoel rose to explain, and dis
claimed all such intention.!
I am happy to hear the eentleman had
no such design. He may be assured the
People never will complain of the expen
diture of their money so long as they are
satisfied it coes only to nay just debts. I
was sure it never could have been the gen
tleman's purpose to injure honest claim
ants, many of whose demands could be sub
stantiated at once in any court oi justice
Mr. W. then proceeded to observe that
the, general: appropriation brtl rnndur he
two Administrations. was not a proper testj
of their comparative extravagance, lhat
test was to be found in the actual expendi
tures: and he therefore went into a com-
narison between the Administrations of
former Presidents and that of Mr. Van
Buren.
lie befan with that of Mr Adams, be
cause Mr. Jones had challenged a com
parison with that,, affirming that if all spe-
Government wouhr be Itrund even more
economical now than then.
Mr. AV. read the following tabular
view of appropriations in 1828 and in
1840:
Total In Mr Van HurenV.lflrM yri CI 1 1,406,963 00
Aeerage "for each year, f,37 ,135154 33.
.. -y,, $,305,925
1810, 7.289.314
1820, 9 638,131
1830, I2B56.407
Supposed to be ahont. In 140, 17,000,000
KecaMtHlatitn a expenses.
Gen. Washington's 8 j ears $15,892,19 55
Aerace lore.eh trear ftl.yso.axt ro
Mr John Adam's 4 yeara 91,450,351 19
Averaira 3 .101.5 It
Mr Jefferson's t years 4l.3O0.7BS 68
Aerra 5.162.591 51
Mr Madison's I y'eara 1A.C81.938 16
. AVerare 18.085.617 48
Mr Monroe's I year . 104,443,400 59
Aterare 13.057,925 07
Mr J Q Adams's 4 years 10,501,914 31
Aferace 12.625.478 58
Gen Jackson's t ycara 145,793,735 00
Aterira 18 224.0188
Mr Van Huren's 3 yeaia 111,406,963 00
Aseiage ' ' u
them fur exceeding "thai estimate." and
the Executive skulked out of all responsi
bility. Though all the Secrelaiies were
busy Tarnishing estimates, none were con
sidered or spoken about but those from Le
vi. lhat Judas who carried the bar. lie alone
was respenaible for Government estimates,
and, if Congress went beyond what, he ask-
ed, it was all profligate extravagance, a
fainst the will of the Executive: Now
lr W. waa for applying Gen. Jackson'
doctrine, that the "Executive Dep. waa
unit)" in the matter of estimates all the De- ;
partmenta were, in fact, but one. General
Jatkson had Insisted that the whole corps
ot 200,000 Executive officers were one
grand unit, and he himself a God to wield
them. Let ua.at'uk to the doctrine, and
when they asked for money, no matter from'
Which of the mouths of the great anocalyp-
tic beast the demand proceeded, let there
be bu t oneeaponsibili ty. .
Now, Mr. W. did not want, before the 1
People of this country, to go beyond the
simple rule of three. Place his learned
colleague and himself before a colleclio of
(ilain common sense men, and let his col
eague attempt by figuring tn explain to '
thera how it was that Mr . Van Buren spent
thirty-seven millions pejr annum, and Mr. .
Adama twelve" Wiliiona per annum, and
yet Mr Van Buren was economical and Mr -,
Adams extravagant;,. or ow peace e-.
tabliahment under Mr Van Buren came to - .
cost more than twice as much asa war ea
tablishment under Mr Madison. And by
lha time thai kit lle2oe 'Mil-eiWiisee.i!?iiH.,
a plain man on this matter, Mr. W, fear
ed that the Ignorant muituune wouiu nave
begun to conclude that men, who could
prove by figuring such things as inese
ooeht not to be entrusieu witn power.
I he common people would negtn to mini;
that these democratic lawyera, who couiu
prove that thirty-seven was less man
than twelve, knew a little too much, and
f 6.15,493 291 1
t:..-
could figure a little too
tie tot
well.
ratmenti on the Public Debt.
Amount by (ien. Washington S jears $36,093,956 93
Average for each year $4,511,619 61. ...
Ami by -Julio Adams, 4 Tears 11,957.96 09
.Average 4,"739,49tt 67
Ami by Mr Jeftersou, S years 65,136,308 53
Average S. 18, 299 82
Ami by Mr Madison, a yeara 83,428.943 91
Average 10.428,617 85
Am't by Mr Munroe, 8 years 10t.366.ltl 2
Averare 13 670763 90
Am't by Mr i Q .4Jms, 4 )r.rs 45,3al.S33 43
. The Hon.. Dr. Mongoinery (he receives
both these titles by courtesy,) has indict
ed a long speech upon the House, and
bored the readers of the Globe with it, and
proposes to print it in pamphlet, for the
more general dissemination uf his seeming .
truthstMl. eelual faUhoodaJlia leadin
objecteeema to have been, to induce the
people to believe, that in the last Congress
the Whigs had a majority, and that the
Whigf yoted for tie extravagant apnropri-
ationa made by that Congress. Both these .
re palpable untruiiis. Any one wno win
turn to the newspapers odhat dajr, will
find that the Adnnuistratiou papers invari
ably claimed a majority, and the WLiga
admitted the truth, of the claim. It waa
Uettlhe-.?itiwvf -!
' , .i . .. , ' - t . i t- r. r'.u .. .tt...l.. t.
eat
elpl
sml !i
e,
Tsi1'
tlt"
I tv
yaf
ori-
JBtr
-.' .
11 1
gprit'tjf delivel ingTlie country of its ihtcr-
itl foes?
X lianny MiffKeMioii
The Lynchburg Virginian, regarding it
almost certain that Florida will apply for
idmissioii iutQ .the Uttioa ..within. the nex .
residentia! term, wishes to know how M r
Tan Buren will act on the subjeet, in the e
i ent of his re-election U the Presidency.
Vill he veto a bill proviiling for the admis
ion of Florida into the Union, with the pri
ilege of holding slaves within her borders
r notf If Mr. Van Buren is not disposed
V exclude from Florida the liberty of hold-
Jig slaves within her borders, he must have
Jirned clear over, horse foot and dragoons,
Jiacfl be ad vocated the M issotiri restrictiona,
ince heivoted in favor of inhibiting the in-
loduction of slat ery fnto the different terri-
prles of Uie
llterdictino' tint admission nf alnvea
o -
londa itself.
have tjswrped that mostl Tiiinorable'' desig
nation, and clainiit.aa your peculiar char
acteristic: and here you are, at one jump,
within two millions and a half of the total
amount of expenses under that most feder
al of all federal and corrupt Administra
tions, by putting down which you came
into power. If this is democracy if this
is economy, God save me from such dem
ocracy and such economy. Though I
have been thinking: all my life that I was
a democrat, and though 1 have, aa a pub
lic man, been stirring myself lor econo
my, I find f know nothing of the matter.
One thing I am pretty sure of. the Peo
ple of this country will choose federalism,
or any thing else that God may send them
in His mercy, ralher than such democrat
ic economy as litis.
But is this all? Sir, this is a mere be
ginninga priming, aa they kay in the
West: " How niany other'TiTI are yet to
come inf there
lie pay ofnieiubcrw
kc
Stationery, priutingj
Secretary losig-n land
patents
Cl'ks, watrhmen.eon
tintrenl eiiicnditureal
Uetit. of Stale
1st uomptriTS omce
20 n
1st Auditor's Olhce
2,1 do do
3d do do
4lh do do
5th do do
TtfirV't?'OrRee
Heiria. TreasV do
CninV (ien. Land do
SolV of Treasr's do
See of the do do
See. of War's do
Paymaster Jen doi
Commi sary do do
Adjutant do do
QuaHormast. do do.
Com'ry (icnerxl
ot I'urchases do.
Com'ry (ien. of
Sulisistenee noi
Chief Engineer's do
Sunreon tJen'la do
I oiiofrranliiral liar
Suerliitendcnt. ex-
iienscs ecc J w
'.ee huildinr
SeeV Natrv's Office,
Comin'r Navy.aalary
clerks Kc
471.800 87 .34
106,203 325,000
l.iOt
1828.
1840
j 600
22,600
16 H
19.900
24 950
20 750
18.100
50 450
22.801
13,45trt-5 250
18 900
20,901
82,6501
19.95IH
14 8M
than
1X28
191,456
28 327
23,500
34 550
28 250
4,900
2,781
5,030
5 550
3.950
1,354
14,25(M
22.75M
27500
98 500
7,450
50 417
66 000
7.9i
1.800
8 250
8,301
S.oom
7,50fJ
7,1501
2, 151(1
4,235
6.95q
15 85li
22 7501
80(4
300
1,1271
More
i nan
1828.
218,797
1,500
4 850
200
2 200
2000
1,000
8,300
$58 362,135 which, with Inter-.
est lo time of payment,- was a
bout Average . 8,024,792 85
..ih C..Jav i i 1 1 i I Hi n i BIS I II w I I i Ii
,'Wrv or; khwi jar.u cr.'imm"WT?&?iSi'.-
T
64.191,331 00
Kapenses as above
$414,534,243 37
635.493,291 18
Total
$1 O50.oar.S34 Tl
30
',600
75.000
7,450
15.867
37,750
3 000
1 800
4,100
5,519
2 430
3,250
796
4,235
6,950
1,600
into
A Grave Question.
Who is General Harrison? A son of
pe uf the signers of the Declaration of In
fpendence, and
'whI and wisdom ami comfort to render
('at independence grateful and beneficial
countrymen. Wlm ia Mai tin Van
pren? The son of no person knowa
14 the Indian apnropna
tion bill amounts to $883,000: and that 1
- .1. .1 - . .1
United States, and in favor of "e""e' ,e-f Wl,u" ,ne 7uml" W1 ,"e
! ucpariiiirin, ii inn, inj nonorauic cui-
league will contradict me.
Mr. Jones here interposed, and said
that the appropriations in the Indian bill
were, in the main, invirtue of Indian trea
ties, with the exception ol the ordinary
visit atitoii we an i - m . . j ,
I .S-na.aaiAA fai IllA aTlirrant a ta fl ft sTlf til
who. has contributed hia , , -r - '
llliiian urpni linriii. j
Well, sir, be it so. Then there ia an
other bill for the pay of the army, that is
founded on estimates from the War De
partment, and it amounts to $4,920,000
Then comes the naval appropriation bill,
founded, like the other, on estimates from
""m, and who haa done nothing for the
ltttry which any one can point out.
ment. It is never fair to allude, in cen
sure or ;attack, to; expenditure reeom'
mended by the Committee of Claima.
The true test of the economy of any Gov
eminent is not the actual sums it expends,
but whether the expenditures are just
and necessary and for proper objects," and
in conformity with law. Show me that
you have apent alt the money in your handl
as it ought to be expended and I care not
if you scatter hlly millions a year.
- . ' .. ' ....
It is the fashion, on the stump, in vir
rinia, to ahow by figures that the expend!
tures ot Mr. van iiuren s Auministration
for the bona Jidt purpose of Government
have not been over fifteen millions, al
though the gross amount is thirty-five or
thirty-seven millions. Now, ihey may
bv fururine. reduce .what they choose to
call the bona fide expenditures of the Gov
ernmentto five millions, if they likeiand
tTien T will Btrlke'the balance between five
and thirty-five millions, and make you
account for the extraordinary eipendi
lures. It is these extras that 1 am alter.
You must account to me, and,v through me,
to the People nf Virginia and the People
of the United States, for this great and
extraordinary excesa over-the bona fule
purposes of Government. Her? come the
first four appropriation bills, hot, fuming,
from the Executive pen, and they demand
of na an amount of twenty millions of dot
lars (This is the first atgn of any thing
like business we have seen these first five
months of ihe session.) Yet, vhen I p-int
to this enormous sum, tarn gravely told,
the President is not accountabl lor li
the President wants only fifteen mil-
Mr W. then presented the following
FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.
The following table is made op from a
letter of the Secretary of the, Treasury of
the Untied -Stales to the' Commute on He
trenchment (April 9, 1830) and from pub
lie documents since that date:
Expenses tf Ihe Government front the ith March,
I vtfy, to ju jecemner, ib-js.
From 4ih March, 1789, to Slit
December 1791,
179.1,
1794,
1795,
16.
.Average pt- Average lax
pulution. on each per.
ion par if Tar.
In Cen. Washington's tyra $4,205 045 47
In Mr Aaams's4yeara 5.029 899 $106
In Mr JcHerson'a 8 year! 6,099.227 1 06
In Mr Madison's I years, 7,759 076 9 33
In Mr Monroe's I years 9,638,131 I 36
In Mr J Q .fdams's 4 yeara 1 1,569,093 I 09
In Gen Jackson's 8 years 13,785,125 1 33
In Mr Van Boren's 3 years 15,756,020 8 31
Add to the other expenses of Government
those of an army of 200,000 men, one half
always in pay and service, at P200 per an
num, lor pay, support, anu cioimng oi men
aiutonicerai anti builditiB'permarient-bar-
racks," munitions, arm, &.c. (a very email
allowance,) and it wonld make 820,000,
000 equal to $1 IT per head upon the
. . i ... r.i. IT '..-.I
wnoie population oi ine uuucu oiaics. es
timated at I7.uuu.uuu. oy mis recoin
mendation of Mr Van Buren lie would
raise the tax on the People to $3 53 per
head ner annum, more than double the a
mount ever levied on tne reopie in time oi
neace before, and about one third more
ihajn was levied by Mr Madison during the
war. It is remarkable to see that Van
Buren'a expenses have cost the people one
dollar a head more than General Jackson's,
though there lias not been half so much
money in circulation, uive nun me aianu
ing army, and they will run up to $2 17
more per head than, under uen. Jackson.
Call you this "walking in his footsteps?"
$1,919,589 ss
1.877.9 J3 6S
1,710.570 26
3 500.546 65
4,350,651 04
3,539,930 40
Total in Gen. Waahingtrm's adm re. $14,893,198 33
Average eaeh year, $1,986,524 82.
From 4th March, 179G, lo 1797, 3,934,590 96
1708, 4,623,223 54
1799, 6 481,166 72
180 J, 7.411,369 97
Total in Mr. John Adam's Admin. $21,450,351 19
Average eaeh year, (5.362,587 79.
From 4di March, 1900, to 1801, .4,181,609 90
102, 4,737,079 91
1803, 4,002,824 34
- 1804,""""' 4.452,851 '91
- 1805, 6.357,234 62
1106, 6,080,209 36
1807, 4 984,572 (9
I S08, 6,504,338 IS
Total In Mr. Jefferann.t admin, $41,300,788 61
Averate each veer. $5,163,591 AS.
From 4th March, I SOI, te 1809 7,414,679 14
7 1810, S,3II.OS2
1811. 5.592 S6
1813, 17.S29.498 7
1813, 88,083.391 92
1814. 30.127,686 38
. 1815, 36 953,571 00
1116, 23,373,439 51
Total m Mr. Madison' admin. $144,617,939 86
Avenae eaeh Vr. 11.085 617 41.
From 4 b Mai ah. 1816, to 1817, 15,454 609 43
1818. IS 80S 674 71
1819, 16.300.373 44
1820, 13,134 530 57
1821, 10,723,479 07
Mr, W. denied that thi increase t ea;-
nenditure was to be attributed to the jn-
crease iiif he oputaUn."of . the xountryj
and. in nrool of thia position, he added an
other table, exhibiting the population of
the United State! at each census.
Mr. W. said that he should not have
entered into this line of debati had he hot
been driven into it by Ihe remarka of hie
colleague. Hie sole object waa to "draw
from hi colleague a definite reply ta the
question whether this bill was the bill of
his committee, or the bill of the Depart
menu? If hetherU usai Iht but or Von
firm, or ihe bill of the Executive? He
waa determined that the Executive should
never upbraid him with Ihe charge that the
extravagance of the bill, if it was extrava
gant, wainot the President'a, but waa the
extravagance ol Congress.
He said that he now underaioea, better
than he had done some little time ago,how
it waa that this President and his becreta
ry contrived to throw this imputation upon
Congress. The- House had six commit
teea connected with Government expend
tare. The head of these was the Commit
tee of Wars and Meanst and, according
ly, to thia committee were aent what were
called, par excellence, the estimates"
that is, the estimates Irom the 1 reasnry
Department for the general expenses of the
Government, uut mere were inner aecre
taries besldea the Secretary of the Treasu
also aent in estimates for ap
hey elected their 'Speaker and; Clerk.
he Conservatives elected iheir Printer,
(Allen,) chiefly- becauae 4f 4he-bad char-
acter of Blairj and the Sub-Treasury bill
waa defeated, because of ita bad charac
ter. But are these to be taken aa evidence
that the Wfaiga bad a litajoritjr in CongrMW
Every one knows (he reverse to be true. -In
regard to the extravagant appropria
tions, the people generally are not aware
01 tne course oi ousiness in ine nouse, or
they would at once detect the trickery of
Dr. Montgomery. When an appropria.
tlon bill is reported by a committee, it ia '
read twice and referred to the Committee
of the Whole House on the Slate of the
Union. In that Committee it ia debated,
the several items scanned, amendmenta
offered to reduce or atrike out appropria
lions, llit yea and nay ton tliete que$
itontvtiwWiM'WbtUew te
thtjournalt. The main battle on the bill
ia fought in thia Committee of the Whole.
After every effort ia made to amend the
bill, to reduce or atrike out appropriations, J'.-.
and the bill ia made what the majority de
termines it shall be, the Committee of the
Whole report! the bill to the House, when
the question is put, whether the JLute will .
concur in the amendmenta made by the
Committee. The sense of the House hav- :
ng been already clearly expressed whilst
in Committee, it would be a useless watt 1
of time again to call fur the yeaa and nnfo
ao that the bill, in the- aha pe prescribed
by the majority is ordered a third reading. -On
thia queation, the yeaa and nays are
alwaya recorded, when the bill is of im
port nace. I his la the teat question, if
the bill is ordered to be read a third time,
it ia dpnejand t,uatMjft, then, j, JShaU-
the bill pass? Jbyerj on
of coniuroing neariy;,an. hour by againxal -.
ling yeaa and nays on tbia question, when
the House had only a moment before dc
a .a. a .
cided that the bill should oe reaa a miru
time. The opposition have done all ther '
can to defeat the bill, or auch parts of it
aa are objectionable, it-ia suffered to pav -thereforr,
" without recording the vole ore
its final passage. Dr. Montgomery haa
artfully seized upon thia fact, to represent, . .
that every member who did not vote against
the bill on ita final passage, waa in favor of
its passage! This is the unwortSy trick -which
he attempted to play off.last Sum-;
mer, to defeat the election ot Mr Deberry
and he is now endeavoring to humbug the
a a . . a w w l al. .
people on a larger scaie. lie on.ngs mo
same false charges against all the mtnibera
from this State. -:
There ia a case in point just at hand.
At the present session, Mr Deberry voted
against ordering; ihe Civil iftd piplomatic
Appropriation bill to a third reading. That
waaa test question. Notwithstahdhighis hos
tility to the bill, a !arge,majnrit decided
in ita favor. ro vole was taken.' there
fore, on the next and final qu'estintt, 'shall
the bill pass? And because Mr Deberry
had no opportunity of recording hia, vote
on thia question, he will next year be
charged by Dr Montgomery with voting in
favor of the bill! : ?;
Thia shows how easy it ia for an onprin-
n I na
1 . . J . ... . ' :I.J .1.. V.....nllnlrin.
Cropnationa lorjneir own tiepartmenisj vij. wtt w,, .... .r.
ut these were not included wheii Ihe Prea- gresi, and is jiresumed to be worthy l
ident spoke of "the estimatra." And aome credence, by virtue I the honorable
then, when Congress appropriated, aa they t etation he fills, to gull the public, who are
were a.ked, the blame waa all laid upon not familiar with the moiut operandsot
Congress proceedings.
Fay. Oil.