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the western caroliinlain nm rowr.h not urlkuat to thk unitki tatks bv run constitution nor ckohibitbd bv it to tub statbs ark rk.krvbd to thb «. r,-.s v ok rn run vbih-lb amendments to the constitution article jc -•— dumber z o vovume 1 \ salisbury jv c february 25 1842 j whole jyumhcr 1,100 tehms or the remarks up mr calhoun uf suui'u unjust in its operation little did i anticipate lhal if the people should raise thorn lo p wor hut 1 am not so oureasnunbln ns lo espeot thai reform cm be tlie wo it ol a day i know too web throughout hm whole range of this branch of tho put erviee ahutl now pr tc sad to lhn other ilein which i carolina in sesatk jsnunry 33 18-13 un the bill authorizing an issue of bvo millions uf trsasury motes sucn uu item und of so large an umuuut would at this lima be found in the estimates when the trea sury is deeply eii.hirri8.ed tha credit of the gov ernment unpaired uud hie reven e from the lands surrendered tu the states and terninrioa ueii tho labor und lime ,. requires (,, en term in tiny sued opinion al 1 ask is unit the w rk shull b e.irly , seriously and systematically eotn nenced il is lo be regretted lhat u h is not already t-.iin>neumd,unil thai there is so little apparent inclination at>ii we had a riuht to expect lhal the chairman of hie committee of finance u bringing forward a now loan of$0 mill huii would have al least uude.tiiken to inform us after it full survey of the estimate and expenditures whether any reduction could be made and il any to what nuiou.it before ho asked for a votu iiiiiliinir so ureal an addition in the public debt 1 cannot bill regard lha omission n hud omen it looks like repudiation ofsoleinn pledges hut wmtt he bus billed tod 1 shall attempt bill iii a much less full and satisfactory manner thftn lm might have done wilh till bis advantages as iho head ol the committee for the purpose of comparing i shiill select the years 1833inid 1h40 i select the for mer boc.use n is tine of the years of tho secdhd term ol mr mi in rue's administration and whiehil is udinitted now a ministered the moneyed ulia.r of the government wuh a reasonable regard tu economy ; hut al ilia lime it wa thought by all tu be liberal in ha expenditures and hy sume oven pro fuse a several senators whom 1 now see tuid who were then members ol congress will hem witness hut i elect it fur ti still stronger reason i 1 ,. the yea which immediately preceded thehrst acl pro fessedly passed un the principles of iho protective policy the intervening time between the two periods comprehends the two acta f i'd'h and 18'<!__l by which thai policy w.is oarried to sboh jjreni ex treme to those net connected with ihs butikinit system and the connection of the bank with the jiovernmonl is to be attributed that train of events wl ich hits involved the cnuntiy nnd be gov rnment in so many difficulties ; und .. in.niy others thai vast iticrense of expenditures wlnr-h has laken place since 833 ua will be shown by the comparison i am about to matte the disbursements of the government ate com prised under three areut i.e is : ihe civil list inclu dintf foreign incercuurs nnd miscellaneous ihe hive selected lor morn particular exniiiinuli'lii iho inereaged axpenaea of collecting the duties > n im ports in 1838 ii was 7 16 ()!>!>, equal lo 886-100 per cent on lha amount collected und 9s-100 ut the aggregate amount of imports mid in 1840 it nn i increased to 81,542,319 24 equal to 14 13 ii i per cent nn hie amount collected uud tu 1 58-100 on the aggregate amount of tie imports being .... asluul increase of nearly a million and considerably more than doiihln tho amount of 1623 in 1839 h roe lo 1,714 515 from these bids there can be little doubt that i mure lb in a million iiiiuunlly iny he saved under i the two hem of coot uigeiit expense of congress and hie collection uf iho customs without touching j hie other great items comprised under hie civil list e executive and judicial departments ho , foreign intercourse light houses uud n.iseelbine | mis il would be safe to put down n saving of at i least a half million for them i ball now pass to the military with which i 1 i ni un re familiar 1 propose to confine mv re ; murks almost entirely lo the army proper inclu , ding lie military academy in reference in which ! the information i more in i and untune i exclude ihe expenses incident lo the florida war and tho expenditures for the ordnance the engineer lie topographical the indian und the pension bu rcaus instead of 1823 lor which there i no official uid exact statement of the expense of lhe army i shall tako 1821 for which there is onu made by myself as secretary ol war und cor tho minute correctness of which 1 can vouch il is contained in a report made under a call of the house nl representatives and comprises ti com pared*.e statement of the expenses of the artnv proper for the eurs 1818 19 20 and 21 re spset.vely and un estimate of lhe expense ol 1822 it iniiy be proper to add winch 1 can with confi donee lhat lhe comparative expense of 1*33 ii it swltd he ascertained would he found lo be nut less avertible than 1821 it would probuhly be some lute more so i hose remark i shall begin wilh n com c has f l-'i hii iir f.di'.or and vroprnlor mr calhoun said : than wn.no measure that a " i'em at such a period look like infatuation ; required greater oautloii or more severe scrutiny am 1 hope the committee on fiuanoe when il hi n one to impose lax s or rinse n loan bo thu comes lo ink up thu est mutes will strike it out form what t may . 1 hold that unvcrnmeiit ha no i certainly ought lo be expunged j and 1 hall ao right lo do either except when tho public service oordingly place it utnong the items that ought to in ikes it imperiously necessary and ihuu only to he rot ranched . tha extent that it requires 1 also hold thut the 1'us.iug lo the treasury department i observe expenditures ciiu only be limited by limiting the mi estimate of 43,933 for surveys ol public land ; supplies if money is granted it is sure to be ex und under the head of " balance of appropriations ponded thus thinking it i a fundamental ruu.|°n *•>■slat deoamber 1841 required io ho ex wnh mo not to vote for u loan or lux lull nil 1 sn 1 ponded in 1812 9300.0(10 for the lime object satisfied il ia necessary for lha public service and i making together 9348,883 which oughi either then not if ihe deliceucy can ho avoided by lopping \ n"t be ir iho e.titnntes or il put there ought to be t.f unnecessary objects of expenditure or thu on j credited in the receipt of the year the reason forceinenl ol un exact and judicious ec iiomy iu the j wiu be apparent when it is staled hint the d.stri public disbursements bitlertgiuing these opinions ; bution act deduct the expenses incident to tlie ad it iv in rain that the chairman of the finance ' ministration of the public und und among others com ni tec pointed to lhe est.matoeof the year as that for surveying and ol course it must be de a sufficient reason lor llie passage of thi lull us : ducted from the revenue from llie land before il amended est t males are too much a mutter ot isdistrihutad among the states and brodghi to the course to satisfy ma in a case lilie this i have credit of the treasury it is in fact but . an ad some practical kf-tuvletlgo f he subject and know vnnce out ol he land fund to be deducted from it too well how readily old items ure put down from before il is distributed i'hera are several other y in to veur without much inquiry whether ihey j hems in lhe eaiitnute connected with the expense tun bu dispensed with or reducod nnd new ones jwcident to the administration of the public lands inserted vvi.houl much more reflection to put tow inch the same lemark are applicable mid much reliance on them to satisfy me tho fchuir wilic '> w1,uld " la,le a " additional deduction of many man must du what lie ha not even attempted ho thousand dollars but tho exact amount of which 1 must amte satisfactorily the reasons for everjrpew have not had tune io nscerikiti these several hem aud the increase of every old one and how items laken together make the sum of 84,317 ihul the deficiency to meet tbe revenue cannot be 332 25 that imiy fairly be struck from tho t_.su u voided by retrenchment und economy until be mates to these there are doubtless many others doe that he baa no right local on u to vole thi of considerable amount fhal might be added had 1 heavy additional charge of li've millions of dollar the lime and means for lull investigation ann ng ou iho people especially at u period of such unox them i would call the alteinloii of the chairman to ampled pecuniary embarrassment having omit an item of 9108 627 17 under lhe name f " p:i ted tu perform tbr duty 1 huve been constrained lent fund and comprised among the bilanc s to examine for myself the estimate iu a very husty ot appropriation on the 81st ol december lust auu manner with imperfect documents and no oppor winch will be required for tin your 1 have not tiinity of deriving information iron lhe reapictive had lime to invesligaie it and am uninformed ol departments but with all these disadvantages i uanature h must ask the chairman to explain — have satisfied myself that litis loan is unnecessary oe it mean receipts i of monev derived from pay — lhal ua place may be supplied and more limn menu for patent 1 it so it eight to bo passed to supplied hy retrenchment and economy nnd the tho treasury and claased under the receipt of the command of resources in tbe power of the govern year and not the appropriations unless indeed ment without materially impairing the efficiency «•»•« •*» bome act ot congress which bus ordered of the public service my reasons for which i shall otherwise if it be an appropriation i would ask now proceed lo sluie ■to w ' la ' '• '' appropriated and to what particular tho est male of the secretary of the treasury object is it to be applied this year 1 the chair for the expenditures uf the year is 932,997 258 oian will find itw page 40 ol tho document con nr in round numb rs thirty three million em mining tho estimate braced under tho following head the mvil list 1 would aak the chairman also whether the in including foreign , intercourse and miscellaneous teres on the trust funds including both the smith amounting lo 94,000,987 37 military iu all its sonian and indian which may not he applied to the branches 911,7-17,791 83 ; navy 98,705,579 73 object of the trusts during the year have been ua — --"■ir-lons applicable to tho service mded in the receipis of the year t we id ihe year st 572,900 and treasury notes to be l*y interest on them and have the right of course redeemed 97 000,000 '" tll ' lr "<°> '»' pn ;•"»«»•«■. cv5 .... 13 among ihe nbjeeta ot retrenchment i place al ar < ( * t » ujst cunaiderable thai of lhe lor me , the head the gnat increase that is proposed lo be numc ti uboul 930,000 annually made io the expenditures of ibo nav compared 1 would also call in attention to the pension wuh lhal of last year it is no less than 92,508 list i observe the diminution of the number id 033 13 taking the ex|*nditures of laat your from pensioners lor the inst year ,. very considerable the annual report of the secretary 1 see no suf a 1 l m l,,e extreme age of the revolutionary pur ficieiit reason al this time mid iu the present em ! '° n . lfltfre nust b j a ri l»d diminution ill the li.l barras.ed condition of the treasury for this great a finally clo*sd i have hud no tune lu uivesli increase i have looked over tbe report of the gate the subject sufficienlly lo a iy lo what amount isk-retary hastily qed find none assigned except the tren.urv may be relieved from hat source general reasons for uu increased navy which i am but i am informed by a friend who i familiar with nol disposed to controvert ' but i am decidedly ol he subject tbat a very great reduction of expen the opinion hint tlie commencement ou h ht to be dilure any 9300,000 annuaky fur some years postponed nil soma systematic plan is matured may be expected under that head tr.der these both as to the ratio of increase und the description various heads and others which a careful exumin of fu.ee of which iho addition should consist and lill ntion might designate i feel confident that a re t e department is properly organized and ill u con duction might be made by retreuchme.il it hie e dm to enf rre exact responsibility and economy e «» >•'« umount ot the sum proposed to be in it disbursements i bat the depart ment is nol borrowed by thi bill a amended without maieri nm now propmlv org.un-__-.ed iu ihul condition we ally impairing lhe efficiency uf the government have li,i authority of tlto secretary himself in i hall next proceed lo examine what reduction which i concur i an satisfied lhal it admiius may be made by strict economy in ihe public dis iralioit cannul hu made effective under the present buraements by winch i mean nol parsimony but ruunim particularly as it regard its expeu hat careful and efficient administration o the mo dilurae$_h have very great rospocl for the head of eyed ulla.rs ol the government which guards ihe d*rtnieni and confidence in his ability and against all abuse and waste and applies every dollar integrity li he would hear the voice of one who to tho object of appropriations and thai in hie man wishes him well und who lakes the deepest niter ner best calculated to produce iho greatest result est in the branch nl service uf which he is the this high dutv properly uppenaina to the lunciiuus clue my advice wnuld be lo tako lime ; to look of lhe kxecutive and congress can do hut little alioui ; to reora niae ihe department in hie moat more than to urge on and sustain lhat department efficient manner ou the stall principle und to as of lha government in d,.cha-gu.g ft io winch 1 tubli.h the most rigid accountability aud economy belongs and which must take the sad in the work in lhe disbursements before tho great work of a of economy and reform my object is lo how thai sisiainstie increase s commonoed till that i there i ample ro.un for the work and that great do 1.1 no a dollar lo the e^ondi.ure make reduction may ho mate in the expenditures by uch sn „(' he fouodaliou before you begin lo real the j nn administration of lhe moneyed nffa.ri ol the go uoers.rueu.e i am aware that there will be a ! vernme.it a i have described uut how t ihis to considerable increase ihis year in the navy cm be made apparent ? can 1 be done by minute ex pared to lhe expenditure of last year in oonse am.na.ion of h,u various hems of he est.-nu.es and luence f tho mruordmary session thi may expenditure can a genera stale of looseness ol deduct several hundred thousand dollar run the abuses or extravagance ni ho riisbursomeiiis be a propose to retrench ; but 1 cannot doubt seated and housed hy uch examination all , ha bv a improved administration ol lha moneyed attempt of the kind have failed and must continue i s^r tho depar.me willi the very great re <» *. -° : »< uld be uiprac.icable to extend c n.m.i prices and agea,a saving may he made « enquiry through the various head o expend mora i , i suffieio to make up lha daduciion , """«• * single account m ght he selected that 1 of improved jm.u tration i compic j would occupy ucommil.ee a large portion of a ass , ", ii mr iorps and her 1 d i my *"■1 nd after all their labor it would b more du y i re a.k zt the climates for tna brauoh , than at even chance that , ley would fail to deleol „ erv e appoar to me to be very large the ! abuse and mtamauage.nent if ihey abounded ever , , . ii z mated a one thousand privales und ... ; ■"•''>• the he beyond account ; and can only ,; j ■, n to e , ense „, 9903,893 tins rtke tne be reached by the senrcbing autl cru,„,,/.,„g ey . iu he iir no liii-ee for o i .. cms of long of fniihiul and vigilant officers eharged with the ; anding ats a convenion and cheap points j »<*« •»»«• vrtrtaaa l ,-,.,. period when tho price of provisions there is but one way n which congress can a.-t cb,h ml all other articles uf supply is low a \ with efibct in lesl.ng whether iho pub he bfnds have i r .„- imribm 1 observe is for barracks whioh if bee j id eious yund economically applied to the 1 nroperal all aorelv may be pos.pn i till ihe li jeeis for which ihey mare appropriated and f mil , me uf ibo country are placed m better emu of holding tho charged w.ib.iheir adn rat ... responsible and that is by comparing ihs present l\w,l now nans from il navul to lha t illtsry eiponditures with fhossof past periods of acknow ,,,.,„„,„„.„,: and here 1 f„a an esiimats l 91 l4h economy or foreign cotempnraneuu service 5w033 3 for lmrb,.rs creak and the ike i 1'ihv k 1 if o , uch a umpa won ihed 1 s „„, v h.i.i i ..... lu'pns-d at this bs.in.ate all shuuld i uch erea.er ban lliey huuld be after . . ,„ b ■„, be hers of ilia ben ila for he lasl , making dim allowaooa those who have .„.- « „.| , ,.,!„ nr tan years must be l.t.i.tln.r wi-b iho ins should be held responsible lo.educe „ l pro , ;„,,„_, ,„.„ xpendtuue it is mu 1'the par level r ... g,ve sa.ismc.ot'.y reasons for uul do b anches of iho old expued a ... rie in v ta and ing i ; i thai ih ito cou«e whmh ntand to pur ' , e „ ly ■which re s il bus never sue they wliunow i ve , be e urol both ol dm ', i in ,.,„! wis s,,i,e*iv tolerated areas und ihe baecutive department eame into '","" i t ry fol o overflow n w,.h power o hi ptadll ■- i i ui il is but h ,.'',, .. s ot i ' .«« vagam and fur that y i i b wd responsible b.r ho re lhe surplus reve,,u w ,-,,,.* i ,,,.... 6 b iirai of lha abuses and inismanagemont winch tha wbbtkbn carolinian ia published every friday morning at j per annum tn advanrj nr 3 fill if paid within three month other wis tl mill invar ia hltj he charged oct no paper will be discontinued except at the editor's discretion until all arrearage are pud if lhe subscriber is worth tho subscription ; nnd the failure to notify tho kdibir of a wish to ducon jiiiite at lensi one month before the end of the year subscribed fir will be considered a new engagement j-jw advertisement conspicuously and correctly in j scrlod ut 1 per squire nf mu ems or jiftcin lines . if tin sized typo for the lirst insertion and 25 cent i lor each continuance court and judicial advertise 1 incut 25 per cent higher than the above nites a de duction of shi per cent from tho regular prices will bu made to yearly advertisers af advertisements bout in for publication must be marked with lhe num ser of insertions desired or lliey will be continued id furbid und charged accordingly letters addressed to the editor on business must t-ti,i.t pass os i'ost vo n ihey will not be attended to english and classical school ra v 1 subscriber having engaged ibe services of mr ' j ' i vubb s gradtmtn , f 1 ir mb college to t.-acb hi childien u,!i take into the sshdul a few pu pils tortus par session of 5 months . . 8 lo tflb michael brown salisbury iv 11 is a,v a . *•,_•__,-_■_>_• 0_3si_r>v_o<s sv ri'n-r.-^fi mw,m.wj3w,1 j»j!rrf5>*^~»><t»>*f fc.«,_____j«.)sj a l-trjffc variety ol u-ilt-ii seed liir tale at the salisbury itrus more by c it wueklku miliary and the navy 1 propose to beyin with ihe first and luho.hiein in ihenidnr in which ihey stand the expenditures under the first i end linve in creased since 1823 when ihey were 2 022 09u in 5 492,030 98 the amount m 1840 ; showing un in crease in event en yen a if 2 7 10 lo 1 while tho population ha incieused only about j to 1 hint s about 75 percent — making the increase of espi-n d,lure8 compared to the nioreuse of population ubnut 3 6.10 lo 1 this enormous increase has taken place although a lar/jo portion of ihe expen ditures under this head consistiog of salaries to offi cer and the pay uf member of congress have re inained unchanged the next year in 1841 the expenditure rose to q 195 560 1 nm however happy tu peiceive a considerable reduction in the c-ttmaie fhr hi year compared nun hie last and several preceding year bin slid leaving mom lor grca additional reduction t bring ihe increase oi expenditure to the same ratio with tne increase id population us liberal us that standard of increase would he that the senate iiinv firm some conception in detail uf this en irnihua mel-pasn i prop so to go inure into particulars in reference to two items : ibe contingent expense of e two houses of congress . and that of collecting the duties on imports tbe fatter though of „ character belonging lo the civil list is not included in it or either of the oilier heuds ; aa lhe expense incident t collecting the gu-doui are deducted from i he receipts before the money i paid into the treasury partson in iho first place between u21 und hie bstimata for ho army proper lor this year tho average aggregate strength of ik army in tho year 1831 including officers prnle.sors cutlets and soldier was 8,109 and the proportion ol ofli cert including hie professors of tha military acad emy to the soldier including cadet was 1 to 12 18-100 and the expenditure 02,180 093 03 equal lu 21)3 91 for each individual the e.ii male for the army proper for 1842 including tho military academy is 84,453,370 18 the uclual strength of lhe army according to tho teturn ac companying the message ut the opening of the se sion was 11,169 assuming this in he the aver age strength lor this year and adding for the aver age number uf lhe academy prolessor and cadets 300 it will give within a very small fraction 390 lor each individual making a difference of 9180 in favor of 1831 ii iw far the increase of pay and ike additional expense of two regiments old a goons enmpa e o other descriptions , if troop would jistily ttti increase 1 am not prepared lo ay til other respecls i should suppose ihero ought to be a decrease rather than an increase a hie price nf clothing provision forage aud oilier articles of supply as well as transportation are f presume cheaper than in 1821 the proportion nl officers lo soldiers 1 would suppose lo be less'to 1*43 hum 1821 and of course as fur as thai hus influence iho expense of lhe former ought to to less per man than the latter with hits brief nnd imperfect rumparibu.i between thj^expeiibo ul'182ll nn ti^fl of tbe mails at and from salisbury arrivals oeparturea northern sunday tues northern monday wod iljy and friday , at 1 1 a m nesduy friday ul 7 southern isalurdsy moll a.m day und w'o-incsdoy ul so all em sunday tue t a m day and i'ridsy at j2 al w stern friday sun western sunday tues day and tuesday ul u day mid fridsy at 11 p m a m bjlsts-tvilln sunday und stateav.lle wednesday l'hursdsy at 4 i m and saturday ul i a m raleigh sunday and raleigh wednesday and thursday at 111 p m saturday at 0 a al chsraw tuesday thura cheraw monday wed div and saturday at 5 nesduy and friday at 9 p m a m kaycllcville sunday and fsyettevitle monday thursday at 8 p m and friday al i a m mocksville friday at 7 mocksviile saturday at km oa.m h'he conlinjeiii exiien.es they include hie pa^^jfujej sluniiles for this year i shull proceed itij bod mileage of member of the senate in 1833 was il more nunuie nnd full comparison between tho 9 13,841 ot of which the printing cost 98,849 58 former and the year 1837 i sbicci hat year j and stationary one thousand six hundred and hnr cause the strength of the army and the proper ty one dollars and flftysone cents ,* and lhat uf he '""" "> offioerarfo men n very material point as n house thirty seven thousand eight hundred und relates to the expenditure is almost exactly the forty eight dollars and ninety five cents of which same the printing cost twenty two thousand three bun °" turning to document 165 house of repre dred and fourteen dollar und forty one cent aud sen'alives 3d session 26th congress a letter will tho stationary three thousand eight hundred and "*' hmnd from tho then secretary of war mr eighty seven dollar and seventy one cents in poinsett giving a comparative statement in de 1840 tho contingent expenses of lhe senate were ">•', "<* he expense ol lhe army proper including seventy seven thousand lour hundred and forty llih military academy for tho jcnrs 1837 38 sevan dollars and iwenlylwo cents | of which tin 39 and 40 the strength ot the nrmy for the printing cost thirty one thousand two hundred and rirsl f these year including office s professors eighty bve dollars and ihirty'lwo cauls and ihesta cadets and soldier wns 8,107 being two lass than lionary seven ihotisand txly one dullurs and even j 1 m 1 the proportion ol officer nnd proles ty seven cent and that oi ihs house one hundred j •"'"• to lhe cadets and soldier 11 46-100 being and ninety nin thousand two hundred and nineteen t8-109 more than 1821 thu expenditure f,,r dollar and hliy seven cents ol which lhe printing i l*w 3.308,011 being 9 1 127 918 more than cost sixtv five'lbousand and eighty six dollars und l**i the est per tnun including officer pro forty e.xtv cent und the stationary thirty six thou j f''*»..rs cade and soldier , w.s in 1837 108 03 sand three hundred and fifty wo dollars and nmelv ' exceeding thai nf 1831 s141 12 per man ll ap oina cents the aggregate eapensasolriie tarn hou paara.by tho le'ter of hie secretary lhat the ex bcs together rose from fifty thousand six hundred snd i _*■■» p , " 1 >" r,,s0 '" 18;w "' 9i(ii m i t t is nitiety dollar and two cents to iwo hundred and |*« •" l,ie luml1 "' b ospartmaqt al he time lo seventy ix thousand six hundred and sixlv x dol ty « "«' " declined under his ndiniiii.lratmn lhn lars ; being an actual increase ol 5 4-10 ,.. 1 and i "*'" !«', to 9891 65 nnd in the subsequent to an increase in proportion to population of about w90 88 there s no statement for the year 7 2-10 to one isul as enormous as till incr nse 1*4j ! but as there has been a filling ,,(! in prices is the fact that ho number of members had in there ought to be a proporlionala reduction in tho creased not more than about ten per cm from en*t especially dunug mo presnnl year when 1823 to 1810 is ealoulated to matte it still more here is a prospect of so ureal a decline in almost strikingly sn had the increase kept ee with every article which enters into the consumption of the increase ot members and there is no go»d the army assuming that lhe average alrengih of reason why ii should greufly ascend it lhe ex lhe army will bo kept equal to the return aceom pendilures would have risen li iflhy thousand six panving lhe president messagn and hint the ex hundred and ninety dollara to i tv live thousand i pendilure d the year should be reduc-d lo iho men hundred and fifty nine dollars only raskina ol 1*81 ihe eapense ol lhe army would mi increase ufbul five ihuu.aod sixty tune dollars ""( sxceod 93,805 883 making a dtflerenee corn hut instead of lhat ii r hj iwo hundred and pared with ihe estimates ol 91.ss7.894i hut thai seventy six thousand six hundred and sixty sis from the increase oi pay and the greater expense hollars making tin increase of iwo hundred i »• lhe dragimna cannol he expected having no twenty five thousand nine hundred and seventi wri.in mtorwaibin how much lha expenses are dollars to place lha subiecl in a sl.ll ,„•',,■sin n c anli increased from thoss causes 1 am not kingviow lbs oontmgenl evpe uses lu 1823 were prepared to say wh.it ought to he the actual re ni tha rate of 141 per member winch ona luetmns hut unleas the increa«e of pny and iho would suppose waa ample and in 184 nine bun '"'•'" "' <'"*< because i tbe dragoon uru'verv dred nnd forty two doll rs i'lns .,,-, men im , eat il ou..jhl to be very considerable look i'lue under ihe immediate eye id congress i fouml ihe expense of the army in l-^te inc and vet we were told ut in krtra bi men by lhe dinj lhe military riidcmv lo be 98,709 i at pi-.-seui einuriiian nf me f'.n e um.niiisa lhal ■. rost of 8481 57 per man including officers there was uu room lor ecniiomv and lhal no re professors cadets and soldiers and reduced i in duction could be made and even in ibis discussion 1931 n otiso.ms al ., ensi of 383 81 ami he has ml mated ihul little can be lunc as making a dill-ienee between ibe two years in lha enoriiinus us in the contingent a leiiseauf the two aggregate expenses of lb uriev of st 521,357 houses i infer from he v rv great inersase ulland9l**5 68 per man there was it is true u expeniliiuri's under ihe bend of ivil list generally great tall in piic in il,e interval i but allowing wiien sii large a portion is mr fixed salaries which \ __— — have not been materially increased for he lust 8ea document 38 hi it let session 17(1 c'on sevcntmn vears lhat ihey ara ,"•, much l.-s *<>' fr -- i\3mmu 0\l h&u is a lureo quantity of plunk tteafttling x und oilier building material „ „ bind ibr sale nt he diluol chirm l-'isnur ot south ysdhio haver oruieily i'earsuu mills a quantity ot choice curled maple plank suitable for linking bouse-liin.i nre of various kinds any quantity nf saw d shingles can be furnished al a very short notice these shingles ure always made i on of hsurt pine r yellow poplar ol a regular siv.e i ami requirt no jointing but dan be ua ijed on the rool 1.1.1 us they lull from lhe saw — i'nce 3 per 1,(hk tit tue mill williamson harris agt december 31 1841 '"•'• n3-—mill irons^^ch mikrb may he had nt c flutter's foundry on south yadkin river mill irons of almost all de , soriptions used in ibis country c-j3h ao — ■s-.w mill irons uudgeoes sll sorts whso's of all : sues ito — 1 i n nol on bind they n-uy bo made to ! ,„ ier i a short nolice williamson arris agent il-c-mber 31 l-ll v laborers if anted wanted a number of in mis to work ut j the mum business ut lit mail's hill in david , in i'oiiiih " the u*tml wage will be giv j bi i t hands will ba pud oil weekly nr | inonihly us ihey may wish — l»ood board may be id near ibu mine nn reasonable terms it phillipm vllem agent ,' imi'irv 1 1 1*48 '■•''• n 1 !. a s ittt 7 ?!^^^ tpasi'o'ft iiksit it l iv inttrmsibe ciiisen uf hali.hurt : b snd surrsuudb :; oounlri , lhal ha has ■wncsd ; tilum ni work in hi lino of bu.n ». al bis dwelling where lm will nuke up work alter l iscul out al the i illo.v.n irn :- leans ousts and a'l kinds nt thill coals h<t i oth coats 3 50 pants 75 vest 75 ; overcoats 92 hi ah kinds of country produce taken in exchange lur ; work ut ibu market price hjljsbury n t january 21 1843 r lt'oll balk — a first rale jvete t'ooki ug stave ■uu cheap terms a|iply ut tin office 1 cembbr 17 18.lt 8w
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Title | Western Carolinian |
Masthead | Western Carolinian |
Date | 1842-02-25 |
Month | 02 |
Day | 25 |
Year | 1842 |
Volume | 22 |
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Date | 1842-02-25 |
Month | 02 |
Day | 25 |
Year | 1842 |
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the western caroliinlain nm rowr.h not urlkuat to thk unitki tatks bv run constitution nor ckohibitbd bv it to tub statbs ark rk.krvbd to thb «. r,-.s v ok rn run vbih-lb amendments to the constitution article jc -•— dumber z o vovume 1 \ salisbury jv c february 25 1842 j whole jyumhcr 1,100 tehms or the remarks up mr calhoun uf suui'u unjust in its operation little did i anticipate lhal if the people should raise thorn lo p wor hut 1 am not so oureasnunbln ns lo espeot thai reform cm be tlie wo it ol a day i know too web throughout hm whole range of this branch of tho put erviee ahutl now pr tc sad to lhn other ilein which i carolina in sesatk jsnunry 33 18-13 un the bill authorizing an issue of bvo millions uf trsasury motes sucn uu item und of so large an umuuut would at this lima be found in the estimates when the trea sury is deeply eii.hirri8.ed tha credit of the gov ernment unpaired uud hie reven e from the lands surrendered tu the states and terninrioa ueii tho labor und lime ,. requires (,, en term in tiny sued opinion al 1 ask is unit the w rk shull b e.irly , seriously and systematically eotn nenced il is lo be regretted lhat u h is not already t-.iin>neumd,unil thai there is so little apparent inclination at>ii we had a riuht to expect lhal the chairman of hie committee of finance u bringing forward a now loan of$0 mill huii would have al least uude.tiiken to inform us after it full survey of the estimate and expenditures whether any reduction could be made and il any to what nuiou.it before ho asked for a votu iiiiiliinir so ureal an addition in the public debt 1 cannot bill regard lha omission n hud omen it looks like repudiation ofsoleinn pledges hut wmtt he bus billed tod 1 shall attempt bill iii a much less full and satisfactory manner thftn lm might have done wilh till bis advantages as iho head ol the committee for the purpose of comparing i shiill select the years 1833inid 1h40 i select the for mer boc.use n is tine of the years of tho secdhd term ol mr mi in rue's administration and whiehil is udinitted now a ministered the moneyed ulia.r of the government wuh a reasonable regard tu economy ; hut al ilia lime it wa thought by all tu be liberal in ha expenditures and hy sume oven pro fuse a several senators whom 1 now see tuid who were then members ol congress will hem witness hut i elect it fur ti still stronger reason i 1 ,. the yea which immediately preceded thehrst acl pro fessedly passed un the principles of iho protective policy the intervening time between the two periods comprehends the two acta f i'd'h and 18' n im ports in 1838 ii was 7 16 ()!>!>, equal lo 886-100 per cent on lha amount collected und 9s-100 ut the aggregate amount of imports mid in 1840 it nn i increased to 81,542,319 24 equal to 14 13 ii i per cent nn hie amount collected uud tu 1 58-100 on the aggregate amount of tie imports being .... asluul increase of nearly a million and considerably more than doiihln tho amount of 1623 in 1839 h roe lo 1,714 515 from these bids there can be little doubt that i mure lb in a million iiiiuunlly iny he saved under i the two hem of coot uigeiit expense of congress and hie collection uf iho customs without touching j hie other great items comprised under hie civil list e executive and judicial departments ho , foreign intercourse light houses uud n.iseelbine | mis il would be safe to put down n saving of at i least a half million for them i ball now pass to the military with which i 1 i ni un re familiar 1 propose to confine mv re ; murks almost entirely lo the army proper inclu , ding lie military academy in reference in which ! the information i more in i and untune i exclude ihe expenses incident lo the florida war and tho expenditures for the ordnance the engineer lie topographical the indian und the pension bu rcaus instead of 1823 lor which there i no official uid exact statement of the expense of lhe army i shall tako 1821 for which there is onu made by myself as secretary ol war und cor tho minute correctness of which 1 can vouch il is contained in a report made under a call of the house nl representatives and comprises ti com pared*.e statement of the expenses of the artnv proper for the eurs 1818 19 20 and 21 re spset.vely and un estimate of lhe expense ol 1822 it iniiy be proper to add winch 1 can with confi donee lhat lhe comparative expense of 1*33 ii it swltd he ascertained would he found lo be nut less avertible than 1821 it would probuhly be some lute more so i hose remark i shall begin wilh n com c has f l-'i hii iir f.di'.or and vroprnlor mr calhoun said : than wn.no measure that a " i'em at such a period look like infatuation ; required greater oautloii or more severe scrutiny am 1 hope the committee on fiuanoe when il hi n one to impose lax s or rinse n loan bo thu comes lo ink up thu est mutes will strike it out form what t may . 1 hold that unvcrnmeiit ha no i certainly ought lo be expunged j and 1 hall ao right lo do either except when tho public service oordingly place it utnong the items that ought to in ikes it imperiously necessary and ihuu only to he rot ranched . tha extent that it requires 1 also hold thut the 1'us.iug lo the treasury department i observe expenditures ciiu only be limited by limiting the mi estimate of 43,933 for surveys ol public land ; supplies if money is granted it is sure to be ex und under the head of " balance of appropriations ponded thus thinking it i a fundamental ruu.|°n *•>■slat deoamber 1841 required io ho ex wnh mo not to vote for u loan or lux lull nil 1 sn 1 ponded in 1812 9300.0(10 for the lime object satisfied il ia necessary for lha public service and i making together 9348,883 which oughi either then not if ihe deliceucy can ho avoided by lopping \ n"t be ir iho e.titnntes or il put there ought to be t.f unnecessary objects of expenditure or thu on j credited in the receipt of the year the reason forceinenl ol un exact and judicious ec iiomy iu the j wiu be apparent when it is staled hint the d.stri public disbursements bitlertgiuing these opinions ; bution act deduct the expenses incident to tlie ad it iv in rain that the chairman of the finance ' ministration of the public und und among others com ni tec pointed to lhe est.matoeof the year as that for surveying and ol course it must be de a sufficient reason lor llie passage of thi lull us : ducted from the revenue from llie land before il amended est t males are too much a mutter ot isdistrihutad among the states and brodghi to the course to satisfy ma in a case lilie this i have credit of the treasury it is in fact but . an ad some practical kf-tuvletlgo f he subject and know vnnce out ol he land fund to be deducted from it too well how readily old items ure put down from before il is distributed i'hera are several other y in to veur without much inquiry whether ihey j hems in lhe eaiitnute connected with the expense tun bu dispensed with or reducod nnd new ones jwcident to the administration of the public lands inserted vvi.houl much more reflection to put tow inch the same lemark are applicable mid much reliance on them to satisfy me tho fchuir wilic '> w1,uld " la,le a " additional deduction of many man must du what lie ha not even attempted ho thousand dollars but tho exact amount of which 1 must amte satisfactorily the reasons for everjrpew have not had tune io nscerikiti these several hem aud the increase of every old one and how items laken together make the sum of 84,317 ihul the deficiency to meet tbe revenue cannot be 332 25 that imiy fairly be struck from tho t_.su u voided by retrenchment und economy until be mates to these there are doubtless many others doe that he baa no right local on u to vole thi of considerable amount fhal might be added had 1 heavy additional charge of li've millions of dollar the lime and means for lull investigation ann ng ou iho people especially at u period of such unox them i would call the alteinloii of the chairman to ampled pecuniary embarrassment having omit an item of 9108 627 17 under lhe name f " p:i ted tu perform tbr duty 1 huve been constrained lent fund and comprised among the bilanc s to examine for myself the estimate iu a very husty ot appropriation on the 81st ol december lust auu manner with imperfect documents and no oppor winch will be required for tin your 1 have not tiinity of deriving information iron lhe reapictive had lime to invesligaie it and am uninformed ol departments but with all these disadvantages i uanature h must ask the chairman to explain — have satisfied myself that litis loan is unnecessary oe it mean receipts i of monev derived from pay — lhal ua place may be supplied and more limn menu for patent 1 it so it eight to bo passed to supplied hy retrenchment and economy nnd the tho treasury and claased under the receipt of the command of resources in tbe power of the govern year and not the appropriations unless indeed ment without materially impairing the efficiency «•»•« •*» bome act ot congress which bus ordered of the public service my reasons for which i shall otherwise if it be an appropriation i would ask now proceed lo sluie ■to w ' la ' '• '' appropriated and to what particular tho est male of the secretary of the treasury object is it to be applied this year 1 the chair for the expenditures uf the year is 932,997 258 oian will find itw page 40 ol tho document con nr in round numb rs thirty three million em mining tho estimate braced under tho following head the mvil list 1 would aak the chairman also whether the in including foreign , intercourse and miscellaneous teres on the trust funds including both the smith amounting lo 94,000,987 37 military iu all its sonian and indian which may not he applied to the branches 911,7-17,791 83 ; navy 98,705,579 73 object of the trusts during the year have been ua — --"■ir-lons applicable to tho service mded in the receipis of the year t we id ihe year st 572,900 and treasury notes to be l*y interest on them and have the right of course redeemed 97 000,000 '" tll ' lr "<°> '»' pn ;•"»«»•«■. cv5 .... 13 among ihe nbjeeta ot retrenchment i place al ar < ( * t » ujst cunaiderable thai of lhe lor me , the head the gnat increase that is proposed lo be numc ti uboul 930,000 annually made io the expenditures of ibo nav compared 1 would also call in attention to the pension wuh lhal of last year it is no less than 92,508 list i observe the diminution of the number id 033 13 taking the ex|*nditures of laat your from pensioners lor the inst year ,. very considerable the annual report of the secretary 1 see no suf a 1 l m l,,e extreme age of the revolutionary pur ficieiit reason al this time mid iu the present em ! '° n . lfltfre nust b j a ri l»d diminution ill the li.l barras.ed condition of the treasury for this great a finally clo*sd i have hud no tune lu uivesli increase i have looked over tbe report of the gate the subject sufficienlly lo a iy lo what amount isk-retary hastily qed find none assigned except the tren.urv may be relieved from hat source general reasons for uu increased navy which i am but i am informed by a friend who i familiar with nol disposed to controvert ' but i am decidedly ol he subject tbat a very great reduction of expen the opinion hint tlie commencement ou h ht to be dilure any 9300,000 annuaky fur some years postponed nil soma systematic plan is matured may be expected under that head tr.der these both as to the ratio of increase und the description various heads and others which a careful exumin of fu.ee of which iho addition should consist and lill ntion might designate i feel confident that a re t e department is properly organized and ill u con duction might be made by retreuchme.il it hie e dm to enf rre exact responsibility and economy e «» >•'« umount ot the sum proposed to be in it disbursements i bat the depart ment is nol borrowed by thi bill a amended without maieri nm now propmlv org.un-__-.ed iu ihul condition we ally impairing lhe efficiency uf the government have li,i authority of tlto secretary himself in i hall next proceed lo examine what reduction which i concur i an satisfied lhal it admiius may be made by strict economy in ihe public dis iralioit cannul hu made effective under the present buraements by winch i mean nol parsimony but ruunim particularly as it regard its expeu hat careful and efficient administration o the mo dilurae$_h have very great rospocl for the head of eyed ulla.rs ol the government which guards ihe d*rtnieni and confidence in his ability and against all abuse and waste and applies every dollar integrity li he would hear the voice of one who to tho object of appropriations and thai in hie man wishes him well und who lakes the deepest niter ner best calculated to produce iho greatest result est in the branch nl service uf which he is the this high dutv properly uppenaina to the lunciiuus clue my advice wnuld be lo tako lime ; to look of lhe kxecutive and congress can do hut little alioui ; to reora niae ihe department in hie moat more than to urge on and sustain lhat department efficient manner ou the stall principle und to as of lha government in d,.cha-gu.g ft io winch 1 tubli.h the most rigid accountability aud economy belongs and which must take the sad in the work in lhe disbursements before tho great work of a of economy and reform my object is lo how thai sisiainstie increase s commonoed till that i there i ample ro.un for the work and that great do 1.1 no a dollar lo the e^ondi.ure make reduction may ho mate in the expenditures by uch sn „(' he fouodaliou before you begin lo real the j nn administration of lhe moneyed nffa.ri ol the go uoers.rueu.e i am aware that there will be a ! vernme.it a i have described uut how t ihis to considerable increase ihis year in the navy cm be made apparent ? can 1 be done by minute ex pared to lhe expenditure of last year in oonse am.na.ion of h,u various hems of he est.-nu.es and luence f tho mruordmary session thi may expenditure can a genera stale of looseness ol deduct several hundred thousand dollar run the abuses or extravagance ni ho riisbursomeiiis be a propose to retrench ; but 1 cannot doubt seated and housed hy uch examination all , ha bv a improved administration ol lha moneyed attempt of the kind have failed and must continue i s^r tho depar.me willi the very great re <» *. -° : »< uld be uiprac.icable to extend c n.m.i prices and agea,a saving may he made « enquiry through the various head o expend mora i , i suffieio to make up lha daduciion , """«• * single account m ght he selected that 1 of improved jm.u tration i compic j would occupy ucommil.ee a large portion of a ass , ", ii mr iorps and her 1 d i my *"■1 nd after all their labor it would b more du y i re a.k zt the climates for tna brauoh , than at even chance that , ley would fail to deleol „ erv e appoar to me to be very large the ! abuse and mtamauage.nent if ihey abounded ever , , . ii z mated a one thousand privales und ... ; ■"•''>• the he beyond account ; and can only ,; j ■, n to e , ense „, 9903,893 tins rtke tne be reached by the senrcbing autl cru,„,,/.,„g ey . iu he iir no liii-ee for o i .. cms of long of fniihiul and vigilant officers eharged with the ; anding ats a convenion and cheap points j »<*« •»»«• vrtrtaaa l ,-,.,. period when tho price of provisions there is but one way n which congress can a.-t cb,h ml all other articles uf supply is low a \ with efibct in lesl.ng whether iho pub he bfnds have i r .„- imribm 1 observe is for barracks whioh if bee j id eious yund economically applied to the 1 nroperal all aorelv may be pos.pn i till ihe li jeeis for which ihey mare appropriated and f mil , me uf ibo country are placed m better emu of holding tho charged w.ib.iheir adn rat ... responsible and that is by comparing ihs present l\w,l now nans from il navul to lha t illtsry eiponditures with fhossof past periods of acknow ,,,.,„„,„„.„,: and here 1 f„a an esiimats l 91 l4h economy or foreign cotempnraneuu service 5w033 3 for lmrb,.rs creak and the ike i 1'ihv k 1 if o , uch a umpa won ihed 1 s „„, v h.i.i i ..... lu'pns-d at this bs.in.ate all shuuld i uch erea.er ban lliey huuld be after . . ,„ b ■„, be hers of ilia ben ila for he lasl , making dim allowaooa those who have .„.- « „.| , ,.,!„ nr tan years must be l.t.i.tln.r wi-b iho ins should be held responsible lo.educe „ l pro , ;„,,„_, ,„.„ xpendtuue it is mu 1'the par level r ... g,ve sa.ismc.ot'.y reasons for uul do b anches of iho old expued a ... rie in v ta and ing i ; i thai ih ito cou«e whmh ntand to pur ' , e „ ly ■which re s il bus never sue they wliunow i ve , be e urol both ol dm ', i in ,.,„! wis s,,i,e*iv tolerated areas und ihe baecutive department eame into '","" i t ry fol o overflow n w,.h power o hi ptadll ■- i i ui il is but h ,.'',, .. s ot i ' .«« vagam and fur that y i i b wd responsible b.r ho re lhe surplus reve,,u w ,-,,,.* i ,,,.... 6 b iirai of lha abuses and inismanagemont winch tha wbbtkbn carolinian ia published every friday morning at j per annum tn advanrj nr 3 fill if paid within three month other wis tl mill invar ia hltj he charged oct no paper will be discontinued except at the editor's discretion until all arrearage are pud if lhe subscriber is worth tho subscription ; nnd the failure to notify tho kdibir of a wish to ducon jiiiite at lensi one month before the end of the year subscribed fir will be considered a new engagement j-jw advertisement conspicuously and correctly in j scrlod ut 1 per squire nf mu ems or jiftcin lines . if tin sized typo for the lirst insertion and 25 cent i lor each continuance court and judicial advertise 1 incut 25 per cent higher than the above nites a de duction of shi per cent from tho regular prices will bu made to yearly advertisers af advertisements bout in for publication must be marked with lhe num ser of insertions desired or lliey will be continued id furbid und charged accordingly letters addressed to the editor on business must t-ti,i.t pass os i'ost vo n ihey will not be attended to english and classical school ra v 1 subscriber having engaged ibe services of mr ' j ' i vubb s gradtmtn , f 1 ir mb college to t.-acb hi childien u,!i take into the sshdul a few pu pils tortus par session of 5 months . . 8 lo tflb michael brown salisbury iv 11 is a,v a . *•,_•__,-_■_>_• 0_3si_r>v_o |