4milwews.p . X.ER.lfif OF TILLS.PdPER. Tas Cesercin Is published every Monday morainic, by Baser J. BTMTLA, at $1,75 per annum if paid strictly ix auv•scit—SJ,oo per annum if not paid in advance. No subscrip tion discontined, unless at the option of the publisher, until ail arre.tragcs are paid. AnrMyrtsmittvra inserted at the witial rates. Jos Plusyrso done with neatness sad dis patch, and at moderate prices.• Orrtes in South Baltimore s treet, directly opposite Witmpler's Tinning ENtahlislituent, on• and a half mos res from the Court House— " COMPILVEt t,II the sign Auctioneerin,g. Nl)l4'El4 W. FLENI3IING, resiiUn7 in 13re4itiriLte street, near Junes Pierce's, Getty.ltr, , z, offers his sett 'MCA to the public 2a SW , : Crier and Aurtioneer. Ilis.charges are moderve, and he will on all occasions en deavor to render FMI. 4 EIOOOII. Ile hopes •,) receive a share of public patronage. Aug. 17, 1,`337. Co-Partnership \TOTICE.—The undersigned haste wouvict --1 ted with them in the Lumber business, E. C. llama'. They would therefore give no tice that the business hereafter will be con ducted under the firm of SaALL, Dtsoca k Co., and they hope, by strict attention to business and an earnest desire to please, to merit a continuation of the liberal patronage heretofore be.toyred upon them. - KILLIAN SMALL A: CO. Lumber Yard, ON North Georg , St, "rt. near the Railroad, YORK. PA. We would inA ite the attention of Meehan- Builder, and other■. to our large and wall selected stock of I. 1".1111E11. enn,i.ting of evert• desoription of White Pine B.)arcle and Plank. Joist, Scantlin2: and Fenciag. Also, I'ine and Chesnut Shingles, Laths. PieketA. Worked F1,,0r ag awl Ireatherboarding, &e. We are prepared to CUT TO ORDER any size, quantity and quality of 11'111TE PINE d• OAK Ll:if BEI?, zit the shortest notice. and have it deliTereti to any point neee6ale by Railroad. We also manufacture and keen on hand a gene ral assortment of SASH . , DOORS, . 4 ihulters, Blinds, Window, Frasnest asid Door Fell nitS gke-Orders for any sizes not on hand filled 'with d h.patch. Stir Our stock and wotortment is equal to nny others, and nre determined to sell at the Loa'-t market prices. rErAll orders and communications ad dreqsed to the undersigned, at York, Pa., will recei%e prompt attenti,m. SMALL, BENDER & CO. York, May :24, 18 .h. lv New Marble Establishment. v. ilom ... „ „14 mist re.p,trully A infirm his friend, and the public zeti erallv. that he hna nnenc.l a new M.trble Yard at „Vi-,•q-rry,trai-n. .Irlanis minty, Pa., where lie will ese , .!ute all .1%%0rk in his line of hiisine,4, .u.• 11 :kI.ISUMENTS, TOMB sTI - rcEs, it with neatness nod disnat , _ll, ail at price , to hutt the times. All orders addro—e , l to A. V. Ilanihneh. at 31,:S:lerrystown. .I.l.Lios county, Pa.., will be pr,,niptiv tatendcd t”. 31.1 y 51, ISSS. Gra Who will Refuse TIT! tr 6,11, 0/ /heir sitoacy awl the riyht r J, a d; MARTEN'S is the place to get it, Ns twee. they sell all kinds of Gracebies, Confeotionaries, and Fancy Articles—in n word, every:hie:4 belon g ing to a first-class Grocery. 2;1 das , es al seven different kinds, front 40 cents up to i i ;er gallon ; Sugars, six different kin. , ., from t 3 cents up to 14 per lb.; Coffee, five kinis-: Te:t., ('hncol.tte. Rice, Crackers, Tea Cakes. 'Bottled Pie Fruit. Cheese, Fish, Pickles, 5411 6 Bacon-arid Lard. May 24, I85:-4. _ _ _ Coach Trimmings. 5 000 y.kiti)s„fS:lk C...th Fringe ; 400 ruid l)rah Trim m ng 1,501) Tas,ols ; 75 Sides Patent R; 00 ,Its, and a large vtiriety of nil 'aim!. of Trimmings, which we will be ll at rt;lorca prices for c:tsh. is the time for M=E Notice rpo TAX-PAYF.R.S.—Notice is hereby gic "L en that the l'ututs• C,immi.sioners will make nn ABATEMENT of FIVE per cent. upon all State and County Taxes assessed for the year IStiS that shall be paid to Collec tors on or before Viiirsday, the Ist day of *My next. Collectors will be required to call on mx-payers on or before the alsire date, and make such abatement to nil persons pay ing on or before said day, and ray the same to the County Treasurer, 'Ahern isc no abate ment will be made. By order of the Com missioners. d. M. W.Ja LT k: It. MaylO, 1 Sheads & Buehler L Have c'om.tantly - on hand, at their yard I" on Washington and ltailrotul streets, any variety of Rh cr anti Mountain B LUMBER—White Pine, Iletnlock, E Poplar, A4lt, Sx.—Boards, B Joist, Scantling and Studding. They are ready to fill all orders, at the short est notice, for any amount, for pur pope% at priceN which will surpri-e who may favor them with a call. They have also on hand a lot, of worked Flooring, Win- dour Sad, Palings for fencing, Plastering and Shingling L tthV. Szo, Gettysburg, May 3, ISSB. The 500 People ao bought' their Winter Clothing from Iv FRANKLIN B. PICK I\G, are all con ing back. and bringing with them their friends and acquaintances, to examine his XLNT assortment of spring and Summer Clothing, just opened at his new Clothing establishment in Charnbersleurg street, op posite the Lutheran COurch. They will have the cheapest and best assortment f Goods to eeTect from ever brought to Gettysburg.— They will find every style of Stitur.ier Coats, Pantaloons, Vest', Ra•:.lrin Coats of every quality, 'Frock Coats of Italian Tweed, Cash meres, Linen, Cliez.k: Luck Coats. Pants of black and fancy Cassimeres, Tweeds, Jeans, Linen, Purlr. Cotton. &c. FRA..NKLLN B. PICKING April 26. 1858. New Goods. GO. ARNOLD has just reccired from the City s large stock of Goods, a mon g whit* are _Ladies' Dress Goods, 'very cheap and litipst styles; cheap Cloths, Cassl meres, Tsramia, Summer Cloths, Drab Detate, Coat itrgs% Itistiage, Linens, Calicoes, Gin,gbains. and„s, stock, of domestic goods. Also, GROC.MES, The abate goods hare been well selected and wiltita sold at small profits for Casb.— Plsae* assspine, and judge for, yourselves. Gettytberg, Itiarch.Z; 1838. RUITS and Confections, nice and fresh, F just Trot& the city, to be had at OILLESPIE t THOMAS'. MBS & TOBACCO.—klarge supply of kintis, just rooeivest at J. C. GUINN '& 131t0.'8. Mil PIECES of Wok Pl?tre ',just re oeived sod for salts 14 Apia & PAXTON & AULLIIENI".§. 50 4 1a i r s i e Scithce stdr,l l lll6 l for sale 0 1 And visual at elicositore of. • 'inc. ll 4tatiPtatitlY, 4.1i141116114 •Caseimeres, and every article of Woo, good and Cheap at -• J. C. QUINN & pilitiSlOLS—Latesst.lkylies. at. . „Miss licesasSy"g. anything you want can be bought A ohotspor than elsewhere, at FahnestocEe.. m*STI, 4 LLVi --C heap and fashionable, at , . ' MISS MX/MAROS.' Ra= 40. I YEAR. The rockets rising to the sky Bear the glad sound, and seem to cry, . Break forth in singing, sky and earth I And herald forth the glorious birth, And sing your dearest, sweetest lay, Ou Independence Day. . And while the birds are flying round, They echo forth the glorious sound, Hopping about from tree to tree, They seem to any, "we're free! we're free I" They warble forth their sweetest lay, On Independence Day. No king or emperor here intrudes— No wild fanatic here deludes— The laws art hut the people's choice— The nation's ruled as by one ♦oice— We all are happy, bright and gay, Oa Independence Day. 0! where's the country, frr or near, That has a gala day so deer As ibis, on which we all unite, All party strife to put tb While care and son ow flee away, On ludepentleace Day. When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political 'bands which have connected them with another, and to assnme, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal stations to which the laws of na ture and of nature's God entitle thetn,*a decent - respect for the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the:causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evi dent, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed ; and that, whenever any form of government becomes destrnetive of these ends, Ms the right of the people to alter or aiiol ish it, and to institute new goverment, laying its foundations on such ptinei pies, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.— Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments, long established, should riot be changed for light and transient causes ; and, accordingly, all experience bath shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are suf ferable, than to right thems.lves by abolistiing.the forms to which they aro accustomed. - But, when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing inva riably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despot ism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such goverment, and to pro vide new guards for their future securi ty. Such has been the patient suffer ance of the colonies, and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former system of govern ment. The history of the present king of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having, in •direct object, the Establishment, of an absolute tyranny over these states.— To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world : F.IIINESTOC;KS' SEE • He has refused his acsent to laws the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. Lie has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing impirtance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be ob tained; and, when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refesed to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would re linquish the right of representation in the legislature; a right inestimable to them, and formidable to tyrants only. He has caned together legislative boches at places ujausual, uncomforta ble, and distant from the repository of 'the public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with h ;nesse res. Re has endeavored to prevent the 'pepaiition otsbesest4tes; .tor that par `poae, obairticOng.the laws - of naturali Asti°. of foreigners, refusing to pugs theits to eacciarage their h4ratioa hair, and riiiiing• the conditions of ' ow appropriations of lands. Re has obstructed the administration ofyistico, by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers: MN= THE COMPILE 13y 11. J. STAHLE . - • 44 14:- . 4 • - • ‘Nir-, • • t- • % A' for The Compiktr THE FOURTH OW JULE. ■Y LILY urnrarroir With joyful notes we hail this day, And carol forth a joyous lay, We greet this lovely festal morn, Which was from freedom nobly born, And sing our loudest, sweetest lay, On Independence Day. Our gag! 0, wax it ever wave O'er people free, and true and brave, 0, may we to it e'er prove true, And ne'cr disgrace wan, waive Ann sirs, And ever joyiul be, and gay, - On independence Day. Declaration of Independence, JULY 4, 1776 He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, fur opposing with manly firmness, his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused, for a long time after such dissolution, to cause others to be, elereted; whereby the legislative pow ers, incapable of annihilation, have re-, 'turned to the people at largo for their exercise; the state remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the dapgers of inssakut frore . irithoat, dndtxopx nluioas i thin. EIMI I:l2=lME!Mliing lie has made judges dependint on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He Las erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of offi cers to harass our people, and eat out their substance. lie has kept among us in time of peace standing armies, without the con sent of our legislatures. Me has affected to render the military iisilependent of, and superior to, the civil power. Ile has combined, with others, to sujoct us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation. For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us. For protecting them, by a mock trial, frOm punishment for any murders which they - F•liould commit on the in habitants of these states. For cutting oil' our trade with all puts of the world. For imposing tuxes on us without our' consent. For 'depriving ns, in many cases, of the benefit of trial by jury. For transporting , us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offences. For abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary govern -meat; 'and efiliiieng its boundaries - so as to render it at once an exemple ant fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into timed colonies. For taking u wpy our charters, ab3lish ing our most valuable laws, and alter. ing, fundamentally, the forms of our governments. 'For suspending our own legislatnreq, and declaring himself invested with power to legislate for us iu all cases whatsoever. Ile has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection, and waging war against us. He hat plundered our seas, 'ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and de stroyed the lives of our people. Ile is, at this time, transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to com plete the work of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun, with cir cumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbar ous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation. Ile has constrained our fellaw•citi .zens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their eouwtry, to he come the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their bands. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our fron tiers, the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an un distinguished destruction of all ages, Garet, and conditions. in every stag. of these oppressions, wo have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms. Our repeated pe titions have been answered only by re peated injury. A prince, whose char acter is thus marked by every set which may defiuo a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have we been wanting in atten tion to our British brethren. We have warned them, from time to time, of the attempts by their legislature, to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded thorn of the circum stances of our emigration and settle ment here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them, by the ties of our common kindred, to disavow these dsurpations, which would inevitably in terrupt our connections and correspon dence. They, too, have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguini ty. We must, therefore, acquietsce in the necessity which denounces our separation, awl hold them as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace, friends. We, therefore, the Representatives of the 'United States of America, in General Con.,ress assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world fur the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, to tally dissolved ; and that, as tree and in dependent States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which inde pendent States may of right do. And, for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our iortunes, and our sacred honor. Death of a Miser.—A man died a few days since, aged 94, in Cambridge, Mass , who bed lived very poorly, and was not supposed to own any proport,y, except the house and lot in which he lived.._ beirs, , however, on search ing th e premises, discovered specie of varioas countries and denominations to the amount of $50,000. Another Bagtisk Boiseess to 6e Married. --The Cour" Journal says derais nor little doubt, from the state of neg.utia dons between her Majesty and King Leopold, of Belgians, ort the subject of a fluidly itlliaaeo, that the affair will be Speedily oomutaislotited to both houses of Parliame MrSiletice is a cheap virtue. ==3 glonorratic, Nato anti tant4 Nontual. GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, JULY 5, 1858. Jorm HANCOCK, Prat TRIZTII IS MIMITT, AND WILL NIT:VAIL." READ ! PLBLIC EXPENDITLRES. SPEECH OF MR. LETCHER, or TIRGI'“A, In reply to Mr. Sherman, of Ohio; delivered in the House of Represent.Ltives, June 12, 185 d. 31r. CHAIRMAN : In the discussion which took place some days since be tween the gentleman from Ulno (Mr. SHERMAN ) and myself, I then stated to the committee that I would seek sonic suitable occasion between that time and the close of this session of Congress to present my views fully on the interest ing subject of government expenditures. The bill now under consideration proposes a loan of $15,000,000, which is absolutely necessary to enable the gov ernment to meet its obligations. The gentleman from Ohio admits tho neces sity .of the measure—admits that, the government must have 08 amount provided for in this bill, or the obliga tions incurred cannot be met as they mature. Yet, strange to say, he avows his opposition to the only feasible mea sure that has been or that, can b 3 pre sented to furnish the means required to sustain the credit of the government ! After.voting with a vast majority of his party friends to create this necessity— after a formal complaint that we would not increase the expenditures by voting 81,500,000 to the improvement of rivers and harbors in the Northwest—ho now comes ferwarl to resist the passage of a bill to furnish the means required to meet appropriations made by the two Houses of Congress. The policy of that side of the House seems to be to vote expenditures, and then refuso the means to meet them—to impose burdens on the government, and then repudiate all the measures proposed for its relief.— I anticipated such a result, and berme it was that I have on several occasions during the session proposed to engraft upon the bills a section providing for a loan sufficient to cover the expenditures provided for in each. It is my deliber ate ()pinyon now that such a section should have been engrafted upon all the appropriation bills, and then those who voted the expenditure would have been compelled to take the responsibil:ty of providing the means to pay the sums appropriated. no Honse, however, did not concur in this opinion, and henee it is that many of the most liberal voters for expenditures of money will non re fuse to give their support to this If it shall fail, these appropriations must remain unsatisfied, until it shall please corium% topiovide. the necessary means. Neither the President nor the Secretary of the Treasury has ant hority or power to furnish the money for that purpose beyond the provision made by the treasury note bill, and the accruing revenue from customs and lands. The gentleman charges that on the Ist day off July last there was a stir ' plus of $17,710,114 in the treasury, and that Congress has already granted $20,. 000,000 of' treasury notes, making an aggregate sum of means of $37,710,114 in a single year, which, together with the current revenue, tins all been ex pendod by this profligate profligateadwlnistrdtion. These facts. in his opinion, make out a elear and undeniable case of extruva xnnee against the party in power. Ac company me in the investigation of these facts, and we will ascertain the precise weight to be given to this charge. The Secretary of the Treasury in forms us in his annual report that the public debt amounted, on the Ist day of July last, to the sum of 5'29,000,8M 90, and since that time the snm of $3,505,. 232 39 of the debt has been redeemed. This sum, then, is to be deducted from the surplus in the treasury at the date fixed by the ' - ,, entleman from Ohio.— slaking this deduction, we have the sum of 813,814,551 01, instead of the sum with which we are charged in the account as stated by him ; or, in other works, an error within a fraction of 3-1,000,000. Now add the $1:0,000,000 of treasury notes authorized by the net of this session, and we have the gross sum of 533,514,5,51 01, instead of 837,- 710,114. Deduct the amount of the deficiency bills, slated by the gentleman to be 811,201,708, and we . shall then have a balance of 522,613,173 01. Sow, Mr. Ulmirrnan, I ask whether the present administration can, with eyen a show of reason or justice, be held responsible, by its bitterest enemy, for the expenditure this year of a dollar beyond the amount, of the deficiency bills, which we kayo passed ? The re maining $22,613,173 61 is the unavoid able result of paying for the legislation of the last Congress, of which the gen tleman from Ohio was a leach ngmember. The Sneaker of the House in that eon gives belonged to the opposition. An opposition majority controlled and di rected the legislation. The Committee of Ways and Means, opposition by two to one, reported the appropriation bills, and that opposition are responsi ble to the country for the expenditures' of the present fiscal year, expiring on the 80th day of this month.' The gentleman then preeeeds to give us the,iteins tbat'are embraced *Vie' dapiency bills ,possed . Orkfant,' session, and charges tlMi, the Nara's, gance f the ad:nig:Oast:6n Ala' ran der-' . , ed the passage of theae defibiCuoy noceowtry. ' - 119 . preigiats 'the following,' table of items; to wtielt tentioix of the committee : Sound duties by treaty with Denmark sSei_ 011 Printing dedeteacittireittitr passed =' lariat Balitate of iodating delartemeylbe.tithr - • : year ...... 80000100- 111istellameout ................. 473;310 Army dedeleaty 7 015 00d Post - Office deficiency.. , The first item charged against the Present administration, in the gentle man'i table, is 15333,011, for the sound duties, by treaty with Denmark. This' treaty was negotiated by the last ad-' ministration, and, as no appropriation was made to meet its stipulations, the duty was devolved upon the present Congress of furnishing"the money re quired to fulfil its provisions. Can it ; be pretended that this item furnishes I evidence to prove the extravagance of the present administration? Was it not our duty to execute that treaty fully, fairly, and justly, to the letter?' There cannot be two opiniOns on that poirit. The next, item is the printing; deficiency of $341,188. The legislation of the last Congress imposed upon the country the debt for printing, and the duty of paying this debt has been de volved upon us. Will the gentleman pretend that the administration' is in any sense, or to any extent, responsible for this expenditure They had no agency in , contracting the debt, but it came down to them as a burden impos ed upon them by the Republican House, ; over which N. P. Banks presided as speaker. The next item is' an " esti mated" printing deficiency for this year of 41000,000, whick if it is to be provid ed for, is needed to.pny the debts en tailed upon us mainly by tho last Ronne. Why was the printing ordered by Vie opposition? Did they not know when it was ordered that it would have to be pahl for, and'as it was ordered by the opposition—the gentleman's friends in the House—with what propriety can they now , arraign es for providing the mends to pay for tt, if we shall be eom pellefl to do so Neither the adminis tration nor its friends in this Honse can be -held responsible for it. Bat will such a suet have to he paid ? I appre hend:not, as oar notion shows that we have' only appropriated in the eundry civil - bill the sum lof e 316,000 for this purpiose. Hero, then, is another error of the neat little limn of 828400—n0 great amount to be , sure, yet still worthy of a passitg 'intim,' Then we have an item, styled miscvlinneons, of $873,818, which is intended to pay off obligations imposed upon us by the legislation of the lest Congress. It is under :his head that we find the appropriations for custom-housies, mdrine hospitals, and other public buildings, which cover the "fobs' and 'contritctsi' td which he refers. I cannot suppose that the gentleman designs to impute; dishonesty to the officere of the government, in connexion with the eentrnets for these buildings ordered by Congress. Tho contracts Nalviell have been made were made by thie Fillmore and Pierce ad ministrations, and not by the present administration. But for,the opposition those buildings would not' have been ordered -by Con gress 'and -I would really like to know what ' khe gentlemah from Guiana[Mr. Vrashburne] and from Detroit [Mr. Howard l -tuid from Louisville [Mr. Marshall] -and from Cleaveland [Mr. Wade) think of this assault., coming from so distinguisiod an opposition leader. Let the gentleman and his friends shoulder the responsibility which' legitimately attaches to them for the necessity which demanded this appropriation. The administration is in no Jost sense chili-gable with it, and the country will so decide. Thep we have the army deficiency of $7,925,000, paraded as another evi dence of extravagimee nod profligacy. Was this expenditure necessary? I maintain that it was—that the public sentiment of the people, without dis tinction of party, demanded that the laws should ho enforced in Utah. The President has executed this order of the people, and has brought, the Mormons into sidijection to the l:iwtul anthority of the government. A prudent fore cast, a wise statesmanship, have con trolled,acd directed the entire jx.ilicy of the President towards these misguided people, and peat 0. quit t, order, and obe dience to the laws have been secured• without firing a gun or shedding a drop of human Hood. Everywhere this re sult is hailed with satisfaction, and the sound, conservative men of the nation applaud the prudence, wisdom, firm ness, and practical judgment which have been exhibited by the administra tion in the happy adjustment of this difficult and dangerous question.-1 Let the gentleman from Ohio and his party friends make the issue that the President has done wrong—that the measures which ho has adopted have been unwise and injudicious; let them, it they see tit, charge that he has wast ed the public money, and they will find us ready to Meet them and try the is sues before ,the people. The respect and affection of the peope for law and order, their settled and determined hos tility to everything that wears the ap pearance of open resistance to the au thority of a government to which we owe obedience, leaves no room for doubt as to their verdict whenever such issues shall be presented to them for their de cision. We challenge the opposition to these issues. Will they, darn they meet as . upon them? If they think we have spent more money than is neces sary, we call upon them to specify the items of expenditure that are, in their jtidgmesti extravagant. Withhold in fatdre the wholesale clargesi and give as the . details. in the name of the tast-payisfig demand this of you.l hovrirrer, has been sp. preprinted toSapport thesrmy in Utah fbr die heitt'l!sar,`and is therefore an AdVanaiiiCo a deficiency. The. last item initmerated te, the. detioienerfor the Post ©See Do 'ce ment , amounts ingt011t,40911711. - - us not this espon dittrersquired to tarty out the legiida ' don of the , last Congress? New post ' routes inns established, and mails could not be placed upon them without en tailing expense upon !the Treasury.— DE= /1 7 041,CJ0 TWO IXII,LAIL 4 4 A-YEAR To meet this expense we wore compell ed to provide the means in the deficien cy bill passed at the opening of the session. I imagine the gentleman, and nine-tenths of his friends in both horses, voted for the post-route bill; the execn- !or thi. aim them, wilt b cpeoa h.l . 44'6" " tion of' which made this expenditure -, (14rictg the year Ib6:, 0,000,0001011 unavoidable. 1.4* On this branch of the subject, I provepe that the gentleman from Ohio has corn- 'When the gentleman from °biome+) mitted several very extraordinary er- !his estimate of 692,000,000 as the ex ipenditures for the year 1859, be was rors---unintentional, I doubt not, hut .' yet such errors as clearly demonstrate s ad l y mistaken in 'kis calculatiooC-- that implicit reliance should not be pia- I Against his conjectural (intimates 1 now ced upon his calculations. T he first oppose conjectural ~ stimates of , the error consists in charging the adminis- iSecretary of the Treasury; anti ifc is tration with the surrillllB in the Treasury !Pal pshle that the gentleman enof about on the first of July last, and withholding , mist a B27, k 000,000. I to the extent it to b ononl hat ybeen dered at from it credit for the amount of tho that, with such errors as I have polu f public debt which it has paid out of it led out the ilireved editor of the 4 1.1iew since that date. The second error the Sound duties, consists in fixing b y York Tribe- his issue of the third a treaty with Denmark, at 6333,011, n noticing the gentle when the true sum is 8403,731 44. The iould have said: "We third error consists in estimating. the , d it much better * it balance of the printing deficiency for y aspect, and had been the year eodinge 30th of this month !rtisart in its scope and at 8000,000, whillPthe,eivic appropria tion bill shows that it is only 6316,000. The fourth error consists in fixing the amount of the deficiency bills passed at this session 10811,041,690,w hen it should have been 89,794,209 89 for thefirst, and $341,189 58 for the rioting bill, and $408,781 44 for. the 15 euty with Den mark, making in the aggregate 810,- 454,130 91. Rather serious errors in a speech which was designed to be used as a text-book by the opposition in their war upon the administration ! I now come to his estimate of the expenditures for the fisaal year ending June 30, 180. fie makes a most start ling - exhibit, and works out an aggre gate of expenditures for the next. year of $92,148,202. And how is thin mon strolls' retmit ascertained P In the first place, he informs ns that the Secretary of the Treasury estimates the expendi tures for the year named at $74,064,775, and then be adds the following items, amoanting to 813,089,54 T:: Tree new ..... ..... $4,289,547 Probable PostOfflee deSeien - ier over amount appeopriated...... Public buildings Private bills testimatei4 Printing deficiency Army deficiency, estimated , to be same as last year 6,000,000 ..Vet one cent has been appropriated for the three new regiments—the Pres ident baring ascertained that they would not be needed for tbo service in Utah. In the regular post office sppro -priation bill we have appropriated fur the Post Office Department, for the year 185'J, the sum W 13,500,000, which exceeds the - regular appropriation for the present year by the sum of 81,000,- 000. The Post Office Department, drew from the treasury, for the year ending Juno 30, 1858, 83,969,173. Suppose the deptrtmeut sheuld require the same amounts for the year IK)9, as we have providei in• the regular appropriation bill for 13,600,000, wo would only be called upon for the additional sum of il-1bV,173. This, then, ' is an error of upwards of 82,0,000 in his estimate in regard to this single item. The re gular appropriation bill contains all the sums necessary for public buildings, amounting to 53,104,0e0 ; and this, therefore, is likewise an erroneous esti mate. We have been charged once by the gentleman with the printing detici• on of $OOO,OOO in the expenditures of Lb year 1858, but for sonic reason that ho has not chosen to assign, lie again charges us with it in the expenditures of the year 1859. And, finally, lie esti mator; that the ariuy deficiency for the 3-ear 1859 will amount to the round sum of 88,090,000. AU these arc con je:tnres, and, so for as their accuracy can be tested by existing fuels, they are shown to be of thu roost unreliable character. That the gentleman hi In self is not, satisfied midi them is clearly manifest from his Jechir.rtion that they " say be over-raintated." I submit, lt to him to say, whether, ffoin the facts now before him, he is nut entirely satis fied that they aru gre-itly "over-csti mated. " The gentleman then proceeds thus : Now this sumo s9.2.,uoiLuee does not include any of the folloying items of expenditure, and I wish gentlemen to odd those, upon th , irown estimate, to this aggregate : For protecting tt orkA commenced on our numerous rivers and harbors, the lowest estimate of which is $l,- 500,000 and then there is your calcnder of one thousand private bilk demanding your at tention. There is the pension bill for the old soldiers of the war of 1812, proposed by the gentlemen from Tennessee, [Mr. savage,) re uniting $ , 4,000,000 per annum. There are the ten new war steamers, proposed by my friend from Virginia, pin llocockd 32,...54xt.utm. The French spoliation bill, urged so forcibly by the gentleuuut from 3lassachusetts, [Mr. which, if passed, will require $5,000,000. The duties to be refunded on goods destroyed by tire—l do not know bow much. Commutation to the heirs of revolutionary soldiers—l do not know how much. Claims growing 0131, of wars in Oregon and Washington, urged by the delegate from Oregen, stud certified by an executive officer, $5,000,000. Then we have the Pacific. railroad, a foretaste of the cost of which we have had in 91,000.004 expended al rawly in the publication of Otis report of the surveys." But. two of the measures enumerated in this formidable hit, by the gentleman him Ohio have received the sanction or Congress—the addition of sloven steamers for the , nary, and. for .that purpose an appropriation of 11,200,000 has beest embraced in the regniiir naval bill.; , stirs the amount necessary to pay thaprivatoelsims allowed by flitrrelis. What asm wig be row4iiqd fur eflypotte etuiptit now be depiripine4, but A Hoopoe it will not, exceed his eeU meteolsl,oo%oQo. The hill to refund ties on gooda destroyed by tire,wep footed as the Rouse before .tAte vette. twee speech - was _delivered. in Wed the fact, that none of these uses sum have been recommended by the De ., p trtiruniti or the Preeideht. Ilaving thus noticed the gentleman's estimates, I- nor desire to 4istgaire whether be is not in favor. eiLati,,the Isteseures be hsosetherati toonwilliteth or ho is not reads& give mph - and all hie aordisl and h y approval f Aro not his political associates,- fir r at, any rate, an overwhelming majority of them, in .favor of all these meassres, and are they not ready to teat- their votes in aid of their passage? What.- evor may be the gentleman's indiminal , position, I erprehend there can belittle, , if any, doubt its to the position -of the larger portion of his political friend*. ! 1 now come to the estimates of the Secretary of the Treasury, and to the recommendations of the Committee ‘Vnys and Means, made to eongress iat the present session : The Peeretary eetbmatri that of tie allitsenfillationa for the rear 1454, there %ill b. impended wring the year 7it.59, lina,teltAtitt Permanent and Indefinite appro prt.tiowe, 07.166,214 de Add for eullectlatt revenue then customs, 1.1410,000 00 "-"••"""'""' 1 , 80 1 Recommendations for the row 211.1. P•zoa, as reimrte.l by the Com nilt tee of t a)a met 'fleeing, 53,1:03,001 AII other appropriation.. (eotl mated) at present session 3.000,000 011 NO. 41. bearings?" I propose to examine into the, viti mate of the Secretary of the Trbahury a little further, to show that ho hita'ex hibited sound jud7rnent and prnetleal knowledge of the duties of his °filets: ' The iumnal estimates ur approprisalotul fi4b0,3111,14113 eatoolSted are, Other estiouttee referred to the committee of Wt7l. and 510.W.11 at serious times Jul hafg the arsrioa, 44,21111,11111 64 So much for the estimates of f,ho.Boc rotary. Now 1 present the rugashutav propriations for the service of the. your 18.59, amounting to 84438,24, T.LL Pension, Indian, regular, Do., supplemental, Consular and diplomitic, ...... ... 01'244 Illi.i Military Academy, 162,804, Ou Naval, 14,A $,444 23 Sundry civil, 5,557,144 U 7 Legit.lative, executive, k judicial, 0,134,943 14 Army, 17,145,11434 . G Mail steamer, 900,750 1 4 U Post Office, 3,500,000 , OU Collecting revenue . from imports permanent, additional, 1,500,04)0 To which add Treasury votes, ILA 120.000 QS Manufacture of arm,. 1858 3434,00 t) U 0 T.xpensea Inraptigataug nom. unitteee 18.58 33,000 00 Treat , . with Denmark, 1858 4trt.131 14 Do&fleecy in printing, ice, 1383 341.180 34 Do. fur the year, 1.851 9,444,308 .0 Deaf. dumb. it blind. D 0..1.153 3,000 OW' 1 ' /Owasso' itirestypaleg sour , .: : , t lan are, 13.41 12,400 IS Oar ala Oregon to reenter , . , .... !! :I 1,700,000 1,000,400 GOO,OOO lout nwei•er, 1%3 2,000 00 • 7, „t Rant» ng Tot Is tumor y it opt S2l 00,000 !$ Jsoweut to Ilia las“ uf 0W,009,000 6. 0 000 10 1 Esti watt Ot6.r appropriartlono, WM not printed and inciudin all private Wag, 3.463)141-4; et,scs,sp Thus we find the expenditurul thu year ending June 30th, 1630 aMonnt to the sum of 368,000,000, instead ofilitt ? 000,000, as estimatA by the gentlennis front Ohio. If the wishes of the Presi dent and Cabi net,and a large inaj4rityAi the Democratic members of Congress, could have prevailed, the expenditures would have fliden below this sum. Dial result, however, demonstrates most cod elusively that the conjectural est/quasi of the gentleman front Ohio wenumill within millions of the true amoantitsisi should cause the people to iliatutsll4l theoretical and imaginative czsculatisii , on subjects of so . much iinmienuo to their welfare. And, in this conne?cion, pumit ineAs exprCBl3 my cordial Lpprovitl itliotelit• timents imbudied by tho his annual inJtiongo, in which ho.dettlairem that— '• An overflowing treasury has let tl) Ng* o r p ro di g dity :tad estratigunee.in our Jo% G u n. It has induced Congress to wake T npi,ropriAtions to objec,t4 for which they niter n unlit hare provided had it been naceolally to raise the amount of revenue required win". them by iitcrea3ed taxation or by luassis. i Aie are now compelled to pause in our cnreer,Aad to ,crutinize our expemliture4 with then/moat vigilance: and in perforining this fluty, 1 piedg • my co-operation to the extent of ivy tialoollThio tional competency. - "It ought to be observed at the tats Me*e that true public economy duce not catudetith withholding the means necessaryto aecoustillek important national objects Intrusted toll! hY the constitution, and espeeiallysuch iv mei be necessary fur the common defence. In Ilia present crisis of the country it is uttrAinfordo confine our appropriations to objects of.this character, utile±s iu curet rrhcrejultier tel4l - may demand a different course. In 41 caste care ought to be taken that the ticifiey granted by Congress shall be faithtlittratiNt economically applied. • "Under the federal consiltntion, 'every 4411 which shall have passed the !loose of , llh sentatives and the Senate shall, before ll' bleu comes a law,' be approved and signed vretat President; and, if not approved, *lse shill.tott. turn it a jib his objections to that huiM ,Ilh which it originated.' In order to perfownt Mil high and responsible ditty, *nada/1;11ms must be allowed the President to road. afil examine every bill presented to iiIi(1 . 11 :2 approval. titles* Oils be ' affcirdent/IS constitution becomes a dead lines hP particular; and even worse. it becomes a.wasses il l * of deception. Our constitaents, ,ace_ Presidenes,approval and signature attac exch act of Congress, are induced to tel ' i v/ that he hasactinft performed this eliit} ,ii en la truth. nothing Is, in many tam" s, aim. tioa: foanded. . :-.1 .../ "1. rota the practice ;A Contrail, l!ttok4ft,ctr sminstion:of each bill as the copsalsitiorism quires hits been rendered Npossible. 'The most importont business of eattriessiltrotbiteilt veil! crowded Into its Last boors, dad 11w4014, ternative presented to the Prelricileatisnloksphss Violate tbs conittitOenal Ott 'N pi biffirr" Im ay to the people, ond eppruce bills which of time, It ie;mpos)ibfe tiii should Bate toed, or, by Itlirtleftuail to do tithr, it • country' 'gait isdirtduste to grant hiss cos roiderise..• - •- Ie fislT _ . _. .. • . .... ,,_. years "Besides, a 'preolice .haearyt 4 . • rt sear beagle betties MB .eppriskirprfir tetillailat MOO toing -an approprtamoi is were confined to spkii, for 'carrying. into' Alert *Asti**' weli-estailisiisd petit:yes the rtrattneiialiej" tle.titae was then rlgniradi titisPfa#4o.44s their examination. i • Consorvative meh oral! a*id,ll M TIE 3 r=~ ,t,- 3 1 1106 0 1 1 $1416400/ 0 .. 4J .. 1+40,01 10 339,545 ttu .... 1,150,01;!4 10 51,401,231 22 111,4110111.111 OE
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