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BY ALBON CHASE.
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POETRY.
r.V >1SS. SIOul SNEV.
Is it mil U ilii the child !" And she ansietrcd, *■ It is
ire//."—2 Kings iv. 20.
‘■Is it well with fact-laid !" A:i<l she answered, “Tis
w ell ;"
But 1 c.i/e l on the mother who spake,
for the tremulous itv.tr, its it sprang from its cell,
U:\ilc a thmht iit n,y bosom awake;
\m! 1 u\irkVl ih.it the iiloom in her features had fled,
S.i late in their loveliness rare,
Aral the hue of the watcher that heads o'er the dead,
Was gathering ill pensivcncss there.
•• Is it well with the child V’ And she answered, “ 'Ti;
well.”
1 remeni'iereil its henuty an l grace.
When tones of its laughter did tunefully swell
In Affection's delighted embrace :
And through their long fringe, as it rose from its sleep,
Its eyes 1 earn'd a rapturous ray.
And I wondered that silence should settle so deep,
O'er the home of a being so gav.
'•Is it well with the child I" And sac said, “It is
well."
It hath tasted of sickness and pain,
til the pang, and the groan, and tlic gasp it might tell—
It never will sutler again.
Irutiv dreams, as an angel, it stands by my side,
In the garments of glory and love ;
And 1 hear its glad lays to the Saviour who died,
'Mid the choir ol the blessed above.
(r life, how full of joys and woes,
Of d irk a id sunnv hours ;
A passing stream, whose hanks disclose
\Vi:d cliffs, then vales of (lowers.
Though winter broods w ith icy death,
And fiercest storms assail.
Soon conics the scout ol summers bie.uii,
And soft caressing gale.
And ere the storm <>l life is o'er.
And terror folds her wing.
The steadfast soul, on Glory's shore,
Beholds an endless spring.
ST A TEMP. XT of payments on account of objects ci
ther extra ordinary or temporary, including the public
debt, from 1824 to 1830.
of air these ik-rart, except the public debt, is] 5. The next item grows otirwf tho three per I 1$. And, filially. Mr. B. noted the stun of
§S.222.2«2 GO. This total, added to tile sum ' centum fund to the new States on the amount f $232,3ftV toHnfrcnflaTienbs 'objects, rot redu-
paid on account ofthe public debt, makes close • of the lands sold within their limits. It is due ] (-cable to a precise head, which' swelled the
upon twenty-live millions of dollars; and this. I to the States by compact, n$ a consideration, ] list of expenditures, without belonging to the
deducted from the aggregate of near thirty-two j and a most inadequate one it is, for not taxing ' experts' of the Government,
millions, leaves a fraction over seven millions ] the Federal lands. For the year 1839, this ] 19. The ExploriYig Expedition was the Iasi
and. in the second place, because he relied up-! for the real expenses of the Government—the j item amounted to 863,6701 and bcitig a debt j of the items. It Was of recent origin, Kttiount-
on the intelligence ’ * ' -l " ’ '
right whenever they
facts. This view he — , ... . . . —- . - r : - rvo • , , ,,„. s ■ v v — r;s
strument of procuring, and the Secretary of! empts the Administration of that period from ‘ someof the States had neglected forsomeyenrs ■ nary expenditure, said Mr. B. and the amount
the Treasury had now presented it. It was the imputation of extravagance, which the nn- j to draw their money, the payments on this j expended for each : and now let gentlemen of
himself to be very able at any tunc to have
risen in bis place, and to have exposed the de
lusion of this thirteen and thirty-nine million
bugbear; and. if lie did not do so, it was be
cause, in the first place, lie was disinclined to
bandy contradictions on the floor ol theSenato;
b oi the conntiy to set all ! ordinary and permanent expenses—-during the due to the States, is no part of the Government 1 ittg to $97,968 in 1839, and to about $56,0000
ey obtained a view of the‘last year of Mr. Mhnroc’s administration.— ! expenses. For the three previous years, when j fdr the three preceding years,
te had made himself the in- • This is certainly a satisfactory result. It ex- j the land sales were at the largest, and - when I These are 1 he eighteen heads of extraordi-
ring, and the Secretary of i empts the Administration of that period from 1 some of the States had neglected for someyenra ( nary expenditure, said M ~
le Treasury* had now presented it. It was the imputation of extravagance, which the nn- 1 to draw their money, the payments on this * expended for each : and
ady for the contemplation of the American ! explained exhibition of the aggregate expen- account amounted to near one and a half mil- 1 the Oppositioit'say for w
rople; and lie could wish every citizen to J dilurcs might have drawn upon it in the minds lions of dollars: and of course, swelled to that ‘ not vote, to which they
g J E- £:
I I 1,1,-
ready
peop! , _ .
have the picture in Iris own hands, that he j of uninformed persons. It clears that Admin-
might contemplate it at his own fireside, and j tration from all blame. It must be satisfactory
at his full leisure. lie could wish every citi-; to every candid mind. And now let us apply
Inch of these they did
now' object, and for
amount the ext ravage a nee of 1836, : 37, and ] which'they will not vote again at this session't
38! In the year 1824, this item was only' With ibis view ofthe tabular statements Mr.-
j B. closed the examination of the items of ex-
G. The sixth item to be deducted was near- 1 pcnditurc. and stated the results to be a reduc-
allied to the former. It was 8198.530 for Sion of the 37 million aggregate in 1S39, likfli
8-17,714.
iy
zen to possess a copy of this report, now re- . the test ofthe same examination to some year
ceived from the Secretary of the Treasury, j of the present Administration, now so incon-
ms extravagance,
le will work when
one of these authentic copies, tearing the im- j applied lo the present period; and. for that j plicable to the Cumberland road. In the year j item, t
year in the table, 1S24 it was only $17,000: hut in lire great lciletn
under the call ofthe Senate, and printed by its itinently charged with ruinous extravagance. I the two per centum on the'sales of the public ! that of the 32 million aggregate in 1824, to
order ; he could wish every citizen to possess ] Let us sec how the same rule will work when j lands to make roads to the new States, and np-1 about one-third of its amount. The very first
prunatur of the American Senate; but that ] purpose, let us take the last
was impossible; and. limiting his action to j that of 1839. Let others take any year that
what was possible, he would propose to print ] they please, or as many as they please : I take
such number of extra copies as would enable : one, because 1 only propose to give nn exam-
some to reach every quarter of the Union. He | pie ; and 1 take the last one in the table, because
knew that the report could easily go through it is the last.
2 I ! the newspapers, (for it was very short.) and he j ination, and
y , 2 hoped that it won! t appear in every paper that ] comparative, will be.
1 was a friend to truth and to fair dealing—that Commencing with the aggregate payments
wished to give correct information to its read- from the Treasury for s'! objects, Mr. 11. said
ors. He hoped it would appear in nil such pa- it would he seen at the foot ofthe first column
pers; but that was not sufficient. The news-; in the first table, th„t they amounted to $37,-
paper publications were not sufficiently free'129,390 80; passing to the second column,
that of the payment’of public debt in thd
ption of Treasury links, reduced it II
mounted to near | millions of dollars: it sunk it from 37 million*
The other eighteen items amounted
to 812.056.977. and reduced' tlu? 26 millionst<J
s j a
C O N C. R ESS.
IN SENATE.
Turn.-1>\v. May 7. 1810.
EXPENSES OK THE GOVEUNM EXT.
The ('ll A 111 .submitted a report from the
Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with
a resolution of the Scnatc’of the 21th April, ns
follows:
Tin:vsruv Dkimrtmkxt.
May I. 1810.
Si u: I have the honor to submit tins report,
in compliance with the following resolution,!
passed bv the Senate, on llie 24th lilt:
•* Resolved, That the Secretary of the Troa-1
Miry report to the Senate the aggregate amount j
of all expenditures or payments ol every kind j
liom the Treasury in each year, Irom 1824 to]
ls'.l'J inclusive, in one column, and in another
column for each year the aggregate amount,
independent of the payments on account ofthe
public debt, whether funded or unfunded, and
ma third column, tlic aggregate amount for ]
permanent and ordinary purposes, excluding
payments on account of objects either extraor
dinary or temporary; such as the public debt,
trust i'nuds and indemnities, claims of States
Hr war debts or 3 per cents on lands sold, oc-
i i-ional donations in money to objects in the
District of Columbia or otherwise, survey of
t,-ie const, taking the census, duties refunded,
the Exploring expedition,mid materials collec
ted for the gradual improvement of the navy,
durable public buildings of all kinds, bridges
and fortifications, all roads, canals, breakwates.
and improvements in rivers and harbors, arm
ing militia and forts, all pensions except those
to invalids, and the purchases of title to lands
from Indians, and their wars, with such other
payments as may have been made in these
years for property lost or injuries committed
during any hostilities.”
The resolution was on the same clay referred
to the Register ofthe Treasury, with instruc
tions to prepare a tabular statement, containing
the uifoiination desired in three separate col
umn-;. It is hereto annexed, marked A.
lie was requested, also, to prepare another
statement, showing the specific sum which
had been deducted each year on account ol
each item mentioned in the resolution as either
exir-vmlinnry or temporary.
Relieving that this would he highly useful,
ns showing the details on which the general
results in the third column ofthe first statement
rest, and as embracing many statistical facts,
possessing in themselves much interest, 1 have
annexed it marked II.
Unless some accidental omission or other
error lias occurred, these two statements will
present all die information desired by the res
olution. With high respect,
LEVI WOODBURY,
Secretary of the Treasury.
To Hon. Rich. M. Johnson,
Vice President ofthe United States, and
President of the Senate.
A.
STATEMENT of expenditures ofthe baited Stales,
from the year 1821 to the year 18311, inclusive, agree-
<i to a resolution of the Senate oj the 2 l/i nj April,
IS 10
sales of 1S35. 6, and '7, it - —- , ■
§1.200,000. Here again was a payment of n | to 26.
debt converted into waseful extravagance !
7. Donations of money to, or payments on j 13). Here then is a result which is attained
Let us proceed with this exam- i account of, the District of Columbia, was the ) by rhe same process which applies to the yenr
ee what the results, actual and j seventh item of deduction which Mr. B. men-) 1821, and to every other year, and which is
! tinned. It amounted to §120,374 for the year; right in itself: and which must put to flight
1839. It was a new item in tin* list of Govern-i and to shimie all the attempts to excite thei
mfcnt payments, having no existence in 1824,, country with this hnghenv story of extravn-
nor until the year 1832. After that time it . ghneo. Tii the first place the aggregate expen-
hnd been annual, and ns high as $313,000 in dituros have not increased three fold in filtcen
one. venr, to wit. 1833, and for the years 1836. years; they have, not risen from 13 to 39 mjl-
iro'm cavil to answer h.s purpose; no pubiica-! and it would be seen that this sum was red tic-1 : 7. and '8, amounted to near §140,000. It was items, as inconiintmtly asserted by the Oppds?-’
lion could he sufficient but the one made by ; eHo $25,982,797. 75: and passing to (he third. I a gratuity to the District, which had no politi- tipii; but from 32 millions 16 37 or 39. And
the order of the Senate; and, therefore, he j and it would be seen that this latter sum was !
•utility to the , .
rights; and it was a gratuity which had ; how have they risen - ?
By paying last year
wished the document itself to go forth, with i itself reduced to §13.525,800 IS; and refer-; no other object than to releive it Irom burthens 11 millions' for Treasury notes, and more than
the Senatorial imprimatur upon it, in sntii ] ring to the second table, under the year 1S30. ] improvidentiy contracted; yet received the 12 millions for Indian lauds, and wars, renRw
cient numbers to teach every quarter ot the j and it would he seen how this aggregate oi’i usual ehara ter of corrupt extravagance. vals of Indians, and increase ol the army at id
Union. He wished a large number to be print- j thirty-seven millions was reduced to thirteen’ 8. The Survey ofthe coast was the eighth navy, and other i'.env- - as rnunicrntcd. r l ho
cd; but would not suggest any particular nunt- j and a half. It was a great reduction: a ro-] item \yliicli Mr. £5. explained. It was a teui-'j result is a residuum ol 13) millions for tlieex-
ber until he had first given to the Senate some ] duct ion of nearly two-thirds from die a^grerntte i pornry and extraordinary object, which had penscr. of the (loyernmciii: asmn II rnil liof>»
They nil soy that
:ndi-
m»I-
y i
liihited the aggregate, and the classified exprn- ] the world. To trace this reduction -to show
dituros ol tlie"Govenimcnt from the year 1821 the ro; so: s of the difference between the first
to 1839, inclusive: thc-c. ond one (marked B); and the third columns, Mr. 13. would follow
outnined tlic detailed statement of the pay-' the same process which he had pursued m ex
igents annually made on account of all tern-[ plaining the expenditures of the year 1824,
porary or extraordinary objects, including tlic
public debt, for the same period. The second ] been granted in the other,
table was explanatory ol the third column of] 1. The first item to be deducted from
i §
: i -s
o *.-» __ »i C-. j
:yca,c*)«?
— -»#3 *
-» o
i s i
: « 'c •— -
nggre-
9. Duties refunded to merchants was ano gate expenditures for 1824, came within five
ther ol the new and large items which had ;.millions’ of those of 1839 : consequently tlmf^
lately grown up among - ottr Treasury pay- j without a deduction for extraordinary expen-
nieiit
yet in .. „ , . ,
id nsk for nothin’'in one case which had not, it was §791.000 atid for 1836 4 , and 8, it ( the Admin i .. .
mounted to above 8,81)0.000. This was a informed persons excited against it by a grotind-
lortid firm the ! favor, or an act of justice to merchants, grant- lc.<s clamor 1 ; yH'no otm thought of raising such
s. [Tom 1824 to 1832, it was unknown :
i 1$39. it was $179,301: in the year 1833,
dilurcs; the'charge of extravagance: waste, vuitl|'
profligacy. &c. might have been raised against
isiration of dial dav, and some
taken togrther. j thirty-seven million aggregate, was the sum of
to sec the actual i $11 146.599 65. paid on account of the public
— '<3 CW
cc -- o m t
tiie first one; and the two
would enable every citizen
expenditures, and the com
tines, of the Government lb:
which he had mentioned.
Mr. B. then examined t!
comparative expenses of tv
ken from the two contrast!
ta, and invoked the attention
the results which the comparison would ertbi-j s
bit. lie tool: the first and the last rf the years
mentioned in the tables—the years 1824
]S39, and began with I he first item in the fir-
column. 'Phis showed the aggregate expendi
tures for every object for the year 1824, to hnv
been 831.898,538 47—very near thirtv
millions of dollars said Mr. B. and if stated j most the one third part ofthe aggregateexpen
alone, and without explanation, very capable j dilurc of that year; and thus, nearly the one
of astonishing the public, of imposing upon the j third part of the sum which is charged upon
ignorant, and of raising aery against the dread-
fill extravagance, the corruption, and the wick
edness of Mr. Monroe’s administration. Ta
ken by itself, (and indisputably true it is in it
self.) and this aggregate of near thirty-two mil
lions is very sufficient to effect all this surprise
and indignation in the public mind; but, pas
sing on to the second column to see what were .
the expenditures, independent of the public ; and consists of monies received in trust for
debt, and this large aggregate will be found to i the Chicnsaw Indians, and other Indians,, on
be reduced more than one half; it sinks to j the sale of their lands; for which the L uited
',.330,144 71
.11.
!>V acts of Congress, or hv judicial decisions.■ a clamor in
. * * <•’ * . i .... .vAi? IiIia 1 I... -
,-ions constructions oi jibe chare:
1824. No one then thought of
xtravagaKce, payments on ac-
nnd w >11
11 Permanent public buildings is another : presented, will roach every citizen, a
.fthclaro-c items of recent expedit'd re. ’For- clear up every doubt. They will cnabf»-
~ hverr item of cxpenditdMf
to twelve and a half millions. T he
ttnoii the actual administrations. amountin'
jo The sum of $735,570 for*bridges' and ordinary nud permanent expenses, amounting
the twelfth item which Mr. j to thirteen ni:(l n half millions, no one objects
all admit that that sum is a million nnd a
tp
r.i! -f?n litureaj
a»)f pern lent of llirj
for poimanent
>
;>v. vTK'its of rv- 1
nvmrntHon arcoun-,
ml ordinary pur* •
e-* ki’ul. from the of tht? pnMir
ht !
mvp.4, cscludinc ,
Yro,>. 1
r*M8urv.
tvheshor funded
Ol;
avmeufs on ac- j
unfunded.
mint of objects
|
ither rxtraordi-
1
I
J
mtv or toinpora-
IS.'i
S3! .899,539
47
St 5,330,111
71’
S7.I07, C 92 05
1S it,
23.595,904
11,190,159
94
0.537,671 27
1-26
24.103,398
•IB
13,002,346
27 i
7,058,872 12
1S-J7!
22.630,701
01
12.653,095
65;
7.427,175 78
IS-.'SI
23,439,179
52
13,296,011
45
7,788,301 80
25 011,358
in
12,600.160
62
7,503,201 46
1830
24.595,291
55
13,220,533
33 1
7.621,827 56
1931
30,038,446
12
I 13,804,067
00
7.679,412 C6
1832
31,330,698
06 10,510,388
17!
8,562,6.50 42
183.'
21,237,299
19 22,713,755
ii
8,927,00 5 77
1931
21.601.982
U 18,425,117
25
9,607,797 97
193r>|
17.573.1 It
56 17,511,950
2S
9,157,490 32
1836
30.808,101
01
30,86S,16t
04
It.689,987 18
18371
37,205,037
tr
37,243.214
24
13.098,321 83
18391
39.455.138
3f
33,849,718
08
• 3.837,594 44
1939
37,129,390
St
25,082,797
/o
13,325,800 19
“.''ur
as ihr pahlic
dchr, trust fundi.
mlcnniiiie*, fliim of
Sii-c, f
it war debts, or
three per rents on
laiivds srj«h ncr;i *;anal
•Obtained train the Fcnrth Auditor's Oflier.
T. I.. SMITH, Pceistcr.
Tnr isi'RT Department, Re^i-it^r's Ofticc, May 4,1?40.
On motion of Mr. BENTON, the ’etter of
the Secretary, and the tables, were ordered to
be printed.
Mr. B. then rose to make another motion,
and that was. to print an extra number of these
papers. He proposed to give his reasons for
the motion, and for that purpose, asked that
the papers should be sent to him, (which was
done:) and Mr. B. went on to say that his ob
ject was to spread before the country, in an
authentic form, the full view of all tlic Gov
ernment expenses for a scries of years past,
going hack as far ns Mr. Monroe's administra
tion : and thereby enabling every citizen, in
every part of the country, to see the actual, the
comparative, and the classified expendituresof
the Government for the whole period. This
proceeding had become necessary, Mr. B. said,
tirely satisfactory, and to enable every citizen j in the last four years, is set down to the reck-
to undestand the important point of the Gov- j less extravagance of a mad and ruinous Admin-
eminent expenditures—a point on which the
citizens of a free and representative Govern
ment should be always well informed —to at
tain this full satisfaction, let ns pass on to the
second tabic, (marked B) and fix our eyes on
its first column, under the year 1821. IVc
tstration.
3. The third item to be deducted is tne stun
of §717,552 27, for indemnities ; that is to say.
for moneys recovered from foreign nations,
under Gen. Jackson's Administration, for mer
chants who had been plundered under previou:
States and cannon
pcnditurc for future times and for posterity.
It amounted to §174,906 for 1839, and aver
aged above half a million a year for each ol
the three preceding years. In 1S21. it was but
shall there find every temporary and extrnor- j Administrations—whose money, when reeeiv-
dinary object, and the amount paid on account ] ed. had gone into our Treasury, and was after;
of it, the deduction of which reduced an ag
gregate of near thirty-two millions to a fraction
over seven millions. We shall there find the
wards paid out to the rightful owners as their
j respective rights wore ascertained. The pay-
<K*ntions in money n obj«*.u.vin ?ho District of C6)um!£ft t or roh
Mtviie, survey or the coast, takint* the returns, duties refunded.
goring Kxpediuon, an l m<tte* iaU collected let the gradual
i'.iuc jveniem of the navy, including imnrovejne.its at narv 5*rd«,
gamble public building* of nil kinds, liridgc* and fortiicutvjns,
u 1 roads canals, breakwntpr.t, and improvements in rivers and
lnrb<?rs, arminfr militia nud fort*. »’l pert.dons, esco-t those win
v j i \ H and the purchases of title, lu lauds froat Indians, (Indian
department,) t»» removal of Indians and the wars, with such oth-
cr p tv menu .14 miv have been made in th *se years for ptvtperty
Igm, or iujiiries coiuniittcd during any lioiiiii|icp Notte of these
'•• m or columtu include any t'jtng o.i acvouut of the l*o$t Ol(icc
Dca^runent. • '
The expenditures pf l?39 arc subject to vaf« ion, on the spttfc-
i or tfie Treasurer's account* lor ih; t ve.ir, which have not yet
Wlthi* mher. T. L. 9MITIT, ll^Wer.
Tr» tM Rv Urraittlir^vT,
Ih-^stcr’aOflifit, Mav ». l^m.
past, to impress the country with the helicfth.it
the expenditures had increased threefold in
the last twelve years—that they had risen from
THIRTEEN to THIRTY-NINE millions of
dollars; and that this enormous increase was
the effect of the extravagance, of the corrup
tion, and of the incompctcncy ofthe Admin
istrations which had succeeded that of Mr.
Adams and Mr. Monroe. These two latter
Administrations were held np as the models of
economy; those of Mr. Van Btfren and Gene
ral Jackson were stigmatized as monsters of
exttavagance; and tables of figures were so
arranged as to give color to the characters at
tributed to each. These systematic efforts—
this reiterated assertion, made on this floor, of
thirteen niillious increased to thirty-nine—
and the effect which such statements must
have upon the minds of those who cannot sie
tlic purposes for which the money was expen
ded, appeared to him (Mr. B.) to require some
more formal and authentic refutation than any
one individual could give—something more
imposing than the speech of a solitary mem
ber could afford. Familiar with the action of
the Government for twenty years past—com
ing into the Senate in the time of Mr. Monroe
—remaining in it ever since—a friend to econ
omy in public and in private, life—and closely
serolinizlng the expenditures ofthe Govern-
jnctit dnrmg thc whole time—lieY.Mr. BA felt
I rospi w
! ment for 1839 was near three quartern ot „
explanation of the difference between the first 1 million : hut for the three previous years they
and third columns. The first item is the sum amounted in the whole to about five and a
of§16,568.393 76, paid on account ofthe prin- I half millions: and, according to the accusation
cipal and interest of the public debt. The sc-: of the Opposition gentlemen,
cond is the sum of§4.891,386 56, paid to mer
chants for indemnities under the treaty with
Spain of 1819, by which we acquired Florida, tween the present
The third is $5,510 27 paid to States for claims j When, in ilk
which they now object, or against which they
voted ! They will not name one ; and the
reason is. because they cannot! They voted
for all —they approve all—the country will
approve all, ’except part for pensions and har
bors, and of these the Opposition were the lead-
in.r advocates. And thus these gentlemen of
§171.155. .
15. Pensions, except those to invalids, was
thp i,pvt item noted bv Mr. B. for deduction. .....—..— — - ,
gratuities from the Treasury; and the Opposition arc presented in the cxtreordi-
They were
to make a general
half that shm.
16. Purchase of lands from Indian
They -vill nemo mvitem, her arise they cannot.
Mr. B. said 'that this 1 Administration, and
that of Geneva! Jack soil, were ready for a con-
road,
is$l
litia
fortific
for r
twelfth
from
tious
sum
j’jind
during ’hostilities’ with any power.
This brings the tbirtv-seven down to thirteen
and a half; and ;it that point complaint ceases.
Mr. B. said that file tables which were pre
sented treated every Administration alike. Be-
iitjttfngin the’fast year of Mr. M->nroe, they
came down through the term of Mr. Adams,
aud the two terms 'of’General -Jackson,lariflI inn
three years which had elapsed under ;Mr. Vajj