The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 5, Number 14, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 June 1828 — Page 2

I have stated that thesmall amount of appropriation required for the service of the present year, was the revolt ol economical savings out ol pre-vious-appropriations. This will be manilVst horn the last view which I nww teke the liberty of presenting to the committee, of the appropriations and expenditures during Ihe years ]F25, H26 and 1827, under those lu ads ol appropriation, -in the application ot which a discretionary control is exer.cised through the Department cfState.

Those heads are, first, contingent expenses ol foreign inteicourse secondly, intercourse with Barbary Towers thirdly, relief and protection of American seamen #, fourthly, the contingent expenses of the Department. The total amount of appropriations under the first head lor the.,three years of 18^5,::^.826 and 1827, was &U 1*1)00 and the total amount of the service of -the Department, including a balance of appropriation for the year 18sd4, .and also some small iterp.s of repayment, was £127,420 05 the actual disbursement during the three years, 1825, 3 826 and 1837. was £80,567 97 leaving ari uneipenJed surplus of $-U3j852 08. The total.amount appn»oi lated during the same three yi aVt, lor intercourse with the Barbe ry .Powers as 8^0,QCO^ and the entire sum at the disposal ot thej)epa, tmeut, including a balance of the f.um appropriated tor L824, was ^,100,450. The actual expenditure «luting those three years wa8(255,•700 29 leaving.an unexpended balance ot 844,749 -71. 'ihe total amount for the relief and protection of American seamen, at the disposal of the department, during the same three ye^rs, was 899,67£ 84 the totai expenditure was $87,698 17j leaving an j^ntxpended balance ol

V'- J&f -m

4ki

iSr

.,Zi'v preceding has progress ivel) decreased, until tliat for the scr.ic. of Ch» present vear has declined low as 889,550 a little more thai, one-fourth of the amount appropria ted in the last year of the preceding .Administration, do not wish to he. understood as statKig that the fmallness of the sum »Pf »P"»t«lp for the cwrent year 's to permanent rctrenchmenU, and s. therefore, to be regarded as the standard for More years tat it 19 the effect of economical savings tr-om former appropriations, all of which mi^ht have been disbursed, there had been a..disposition to indulge in extravagance. "The next view, which is now Of fered to the committee, is that of a comparison of the annual expenditures during the three last years of the past and the same period of the present Administration.

Last Administration. 1822, 8173,879 51 823. .. 314,668 56 1824, 270,731 27

-.$759,279 34

Present Administration. \S25, *-$306,731 74 1826,. 3827,

M'' ^1 5/ -4^ «C

4 h'

gt 1.980 or. Hie total amount at The commaniloi U,e Department, for ts contingent exRenses, during tho same neriqd of three years was 897,863, the actual expenditure toi ihe same term being g90,30A,

not

253,296 20 287,463 42.

-2349,491 £6

The amount, during the latter Prni. exceeds that of the former by $90,^12 02 but this difference may be satisfactoril accounted for. Jn the first place, there was a remittance, in the month of iVecember last, of 870,000 to our European bankers, which is charged to the service of the year 1827, although, in point of fact, it will be disbursed in the year 1828. In the next place, the expenditure of the year 1822 amoun'ed only to the sum of S173,8/9 51 because the sum appropriated to the missions to the new-Amer-ican nations was not applied in -that vear. It was in succeeding years that those missions were despatched »v-d if ha* only been since the commencement of the present Administration that, ^1 of them haye been put in operation, and that the -entire expense, therefore, of maintaining the whole of them has been incurred. A comparison of the expenditure of the two la^t years of the past Administration with the two years of the present Administration, though, for the 'reasons just.mentioned, still operating unfavorably to the latter, will be more just. The aggregate amount of the expenditures of the years 1823 & 1824 was $585,399 83 and the average of each year was g-:92.C99 9H. The aggregate ainr.unt of the expenditures of the year* 1825 & 1826 was $562,027 94 and the average of each year was £281.013 97. The average expenditure of each of the three years of the present Administration being 8£83,163 78 2-5,although including the before mentioned recent remittance and the expense of the mission ot Tacubaya, is less than the average of the two ijist years of the past Administration. The preceding views of appropriation are exclusive of tue salaries of the Secretary and cleiks employed in the Department.

beyond

surplus of 4^f,558. This third and last view is taken from a summary statement of moneys appropriated, and expend«d under"cSJfotfi Heads of appropriations, for th£ years 1822-, 1823* 18&4,1825, 1826, and 1827, which is hereto annexed, designated by letter to the whole of which the attention of the committee is respectfully invited.

During the present Administration* there has teen a permanent reduction in the grade of two, and a temporary redaction in another of our missions on this continent, irom that of an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary^ a Charge d'Affaires. And I

very distant,-without injury

to the public interest. In respect to those branches of expenditure which have fyeen placed, by long established

usage,

under the control of the

Executive,

any

which they

^retrenchment of

are

susceptible must,

from the nature of the case, depend upon the exercise ot a sound and responsible discretion. \Vithout be-ing.able-now to state to the committee any particular reduction which can be made in those branches ol expenditure, I can only assure them that, so far as the application of that discretion depends upon me, I shall continue to be animated by the desire I. I\iive ever felt to observe all practicable economy. 5 _-

Without being perfectly suce that the inquiries of the committee extended

the officers immedi

ately concerned in the Department of State, and the expenses incident to it within the city of -Washington, thought it safer to act on the sup position oftheir havingcontemplated a more comprehensive inquiry into the disbursements of the public monev wherever made, and the utility of existing officers wherever their sphero of action may be, under the direction of the Department ot State.

I have the honor to be, with great respect, your obedient servant, H. CLAY. Hon JAMES HAMILTON. Jr. Ch'n, &c -P. S. 5th March, 1828.—This let ter was prepared at the time it bears date but its transmission has been

delayed from that time, to procure

the certified statements from the}

Treasury which accompany it, and

which, from the press ot business, could not be procured until this day. H. CLAY.

Character of John Q- A man who from his youth, has been trained up in the politics of the country, and whose name is found every where conspicuously connected with its history.

A man who in his youth, was distinguished for his correct habits, his assiduity in acquiring useful knowledge, whose character for integrity and patriotism has never been questional by ..the ^bi tterness

spirit. 1 .A man of the first order of intellect of long experience calm and deliberate in bis measures, and firm in his purpose.

A man who through his whole life, public and private, in all its particulars, will bear the test of human in a a a private life honorable to our country.

A man who was pronouueed, more than thirty years ago, by our political father, the sainted Washington, one of our. .most valued characters--•.f-A n^an who enjoyed the. confidence and participated in the admin (stration of Washington, JefiVrson, IVJadison and Monroe.

cThe

man whojirst introduced into

the counsels of the nation, resolution** laying the foundation for a general system of Internal.Improvement.

A man pronpunced by Monroe entitled tp confidence from his long services, his acknowledged abilities, arid unquestioned integrity.

A man declared, by General Jackson himself, in the hour of difficulty, to. be an able helpmate, whose conneaion with Mr. Monroe's administration would a^fiurd general satisfaction. \1

A m|n"of whom Monroe said, that whatever there was of expellen^e in his administration* was greatly to be attributed to his counsels.

A man who has been described for upwards of thirty years, by Mr. JeT lerson, as able, honest and learned, and one who would make a safe chief magistrate of the. Union. -*6 i—

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Sober Thoughts on the present Slate of jPrtr/wa.—History show's us that party spirit has had it3 existence in every form of .Governing: Republics have 9uJFered from it inore than Irom any other cause, and with the exception of France during the RetroUitiou, our own country has been more convulsed vith its effects thwi those arising from

any

induced to

believe that one or two of .ou* American missions m-ay be abolished, at a day

nisiieci

party

v%:

^1:

[.FromJhe JV. O. Argus of Ul May.~] The City Council having rtfused to comply .with the mandate of the Di?trictXo,urt, which authorized M. Harper, as Alderman of th^tith^viird, to take his seat in the Cuuocil, the Sheriff yesterday, by order ot the Court, Seized upon and took possession of the revenue of the city.

other source. Ihe recol

lection of past events, hawever, shows a wide difference between the contests of parties in former days and tho§e of the present. In all the political differences which have heretofore existed in this country, it has been a question ot principle which divided us—"measures and not men,' was the maxim of contending partisans. The present struggle is of a very different character:—openly avowing thejnselves satisfied with the "measures" of the present Administration, the friends ot {jeneral Jackson claim his election to the Presidency upon the ground of his military qualifications, ai|d without a single reference to his civil services. Had the battle gf Orleans never been fought,

could

General Jackson have,

"ota solitary vote in this State for President? Every intelligent man will answer, no.—Was it not for the fame which he acquired on that occasion as a successful General, ^,4 there a State in the Union (Tennessee not excepted,) who would ever hate thought of selecting him as a candidate for the first oflice in the Uepub lie We answer, no:—General Jackson himsplf, when the nomination wa* first made in the Legislature of Tennessee, considered it as an insult, and threatened, on his way home from Washington

to cut ofl

the ears of the dam'd rascal who had had the folly and impudence to make it and it is now a matter of public notoriety that the nomination was made, in the first instance, solely to injure the prospects of Mr Crawford in that State, and without,the remotest view of pressing forward General Jackson as a candidate with any probability ot hjs success. .Mr..Williams, a friend of General Jackson's, openly avowed these tacts in the. Senate of Tennessee, and the truth of tliera has never been questioned but the fire once kindled and the flames spread with a rapidity which

astonished

even those who had fur

the combustibles. Variou-

cjrcumstances

combined to produce,

as a consequence, what those wlio had been the prime movers in the affair never anticipated for a moment. The people, in the fullness ot their •latitude for his. military services, without reflecting upon the difference between a successful General ar.d the Executive of a Great Nation— without due reflection as to the difference of qualification for the two offices, without considering that a man may successfully command an army, who wyuld be ill qualified to direct the operations of a Government, rushed to the polls, &. prompted alone by their feelings, gave to the "Hero of Orleans" a vote which they never would have^jven but for this single circumstance

In addition to this, there were other circumstances which operated at the last election, in his favor: In the Western-States, it is well known, that Mr. Clay and Mr. Adams were the prominent Candidates before the people previous to the nomination of General Jackson .Mr. Crawford did not, nor could not, jinder any state of things, get a single vot« in the West:. In this State it is):well kgown by the friends ot both those gentlemen (Messrs Clay and Ai|ams,) that the nomination of General Jackson was considered as a mere chimera, and while the friends of both were extremely anxious and active, each felt disposed rather to throw tO-Geji'l Jackson .any support thty could not get for their favorite, than give it to his opponent. It was .the siyne thing in vTennessee between Mr. Adams and Mr. Crawford, and .the fact can be well established that in,Kentucky, Jealous of Mr, Clay, & prefering Mr.

Ad^ns infinftely to hiin, b,ut dreading the popularity of Mr. Clay, the leading ipeu of that State, Rowan, B^rry,Pope and others, threw their weight and itillueqce into .General Jackson's scale merely for the purpose of gratifying (heir enmity to Mr Clay, and dividing the votes of that State in order to aid Mr. ^dams.— But these men were overreached the plan succeeded beyond what they wished or expected, hoped or dfs'ired the tabltt»,were turned upon them, and General Jackson went into the House of Representatives with a greater qumber $f Electoral votes than eitherV the other candidates, Having thus embarked in his cause, these men now can find no good pretence for abandoning him, they have therefore stuck to the flag under which they commenced the battle, and with a hardihood ,and ef-

(V ify1'aS* singular arrangement ol things, and in the various changes which time brings about, he who was brou-ht forward by designing politician? merely

effect certain politi

cal purposes without tire ig e» pecta Jn.of success, and against his own consent, unqualified as he_ tel» and acknowledged himself, is left the sole opponent of the present incumbent:

and men

who formerly laugh-

ad in theix sleeves" at the idea of his nomination, now claim honors anc rewards for their services a cause where insincerity and political deception were, in th? fi'st instance, the .sole prompters oi their conduct and exertions.

With the real honest supporters o! (general Jackson, who vote for him from feelings

services

services,

gratitude for past

and

from

the country, men who have not nor never had the least'regard for General -Jackson, who cursed his victories in their hearts whilst they lauded him with their lips —men, who have mounted the Presidential question as a mere hobby to ride into oflice men who "draw the line" in order to further their own ambitious views —men, who have stigmatized him as a "murdererM and now worship him as a Saint —men who in a regular quiet state of things, never had nor ever will have any importance—a sort of political scum that rises to the top only whqn society is agitated to the centre —men who will join any party, express any opinion or do any act to promote their own interests: with these men let the honest, reflecting and intelligent of both parlies have nothing" to do— thfy are a disgrace to the country And should be shunned andjivoided by all honorable men let tvheir political opinions be what they may. Jt is these men that are busy in your towns and villages, riding throughout your counties and endeavoring to create an excitement in every pitiful election, whp are doing more mischief and more injuiy in the country than your best exertions for years can repair. Distracting neighborhoods, dividing families, arraying father agaipst son and son against lather, to secure not the election of General Jackson, but their own,:— to promote not the interests of the country, but their own ambitious and selfish views —men who would sooner see the country delved with the blood of their fellow-citizens in a civil contest, than have their own wicked and nefarious plans defeated Gracious God and is it come to this, that in a country like ours, where the President is a mere private citizen,the mere organ, the very servant of the People, that we cannot vote (or him as for any other officer without producing an excitement and feeling that is to agitate the country from one end of it to the other, and this to be renewed every four ijcars Are our individual opinions on this subject to be urged against him as an objection in every.instance when he is offering to represent us either in the State Legislature or in Congress Is a man, because he is for the one candidate or the other to be preferred simply on that ground, without reference to his merits or qualifications for office? If so, be assured you are establishing a precedent which you will sooner or later repent:—a precedent which will sooner or later cause the downfall of our Republican Institutions. What will be the result of these feelings if Mr. Adams is elected In four years a new candidate will present himself for the same office, and new parties will be formed. It will be the same tfcjng with General .Jackson, as^ he has said he would not serve but four years if elected the same scene will then be acted over, and inany who are.qow the warmest political opponents' may bccome the warmest political friends. What folly thfen tobring tins question to bear upon every other, so much so that not pven a Constable can be appointed in some counties,withoat avering his prefer ence for one or the other of the Presidential candidates. If you prefer General Jackson for President, vote for him.:—If ,Mr. Adams, vote for him but in the name of all that is dear to us as men-r-in the name ol our deare&t rights and privileges a* freemen—in the name of the Father of our Country who warned us against such divisions—in the name of the venerated Jefferson, who, when the political struggle was most vio lent, said, that in regard to oflice the only question should be

ift'/oi for 1 and

fronfery unparailelled,now ciaiq.for .the Rjrvoiutmrr-by tl« themselves regular commissions, tno spilt for ua--by the at first, but^ mere liuccaniers cnga- -nadc and swirvrin-s Jred in a predatory warfare upon oLh-

~h7 tbe sacriSte,, then etifji'

by the spirit of ihaIins'rruirTll'H

declared' us free—-bv tion which established

0-'ir

privileges as Freemen arid it .cans, I would appeal card such narrow and' views, such. Anti-Republican trines, and in oar selections

contra Hcan

t\ ---'.uOns for, lice, let us support those

an,l,

only, who, from their patriot^ tellisence and virtue, are enti our suftYages.

lied

RUU

'ron, ijic Lonaan Courier J\

Wili

Russian

Whether the ituss.an Ar», put in motion at the i|!(l finally intended, or whether'('i!"" son has been so ickward as to

been

necesarv

anu ti^ntion, it is obvious that n„ just claims upon the public, (& there *'»«t no .... are many such) we feel no deposition to find fault—it is an honest difference of opinion thfit divides us on the Presidential question, and we o-ive them credit for their sincerity but with the political demagogues ot

X'"

a conviction ot his1 -T to change th*itn

n. tlll,t

no I'K

-ive intelligence could be exp» in .tiiis country before theenr month, or the begiiiniiig of In the mean time, rumor

of'rj

'e njr

plenty of time "to bustie in the absence of olHciii

during ojucaj ne*. therq will be no want of reports oi colors arid characters— wariilce pacific—pacific and warlike, 'f,., will have their little day of life sunshine, and

forgotten.

In the mean timr, it Is q«i(e

CCr

tain that I\us«ia has net reliaouis'. ed, nor modified her purpose 1»1 ing to war with Turkey It is certain, that though neitherFraucEngland, Austria, nor Prussia tapart with Russia in the war, tlieyar on the mostirienilly footiu- witiiheThey do not side with Turkey, IM they will be ready to titlVr suchcoac sCls as may tend to brin» her ti more just and prudent view ofh present situation, and her fu{crft prospects. Two of these Power*, Great Uritain and France,alliedwi iv iiuhsia in pursuing a system of'poi cy hy which they hoped to prevupon the Porte to accede lo the independence of Greece.

The conduct of the Porte oMi^i one of the three powers ti)a«ume the character of a belligerent, an! thus'complicated the question reli tive to Greece, But France and Great Britain remain united by tie same treaty, and are equally Ownd to prosecute the objcct of it tlier have, in common with Ru.«si:i, witi,drawn their Amba^sador? from Constantinople, Turkey having refill to accept the terms proposal Ul they are not at war with her, haviag decl.arqd that they will not take any part in the hostilities bet'^en tl.i two contending parties. U't it is very true, as has been observed in Morning Paper, that t:iey cannot b= equally friendly with the Forte, wta liave rejected her olfers, and wiu Russia, who has not given them asv cause of offence. ihe situation».i affair* is ccrtainly an uncoiunm one, nor can we find any parallel case. A sanguinary strn^le take^ plice between a pawer and pi'Ht its subjects, which strusgl- i* pf11'1*0" tive of injury.to the commerce» tiB States of Europe, and gives opp11^' nity for acts of piracy. Three posers ..feel it necessary to interleic.an.t to proffer their mediation. overtures are rejected, and tie rt jection is followed up by equivalent to a declarati"" 0 against one of the three. 1 er assumes a belligerent a

by pacific means, it

Treaty

in di self.

is he hon

est is be capable is he a friend to the Constitution In the name the departed patriots and sages 0!

having been bound to its A treaty whicli

proceeded

principle

"P0"

of accomplishing

c"u'l

did not call upon thern t° a.their active support. leaves in their pacific attitude.

But .there are two even.ts, of which may accouip-idj thev.have in view.

Iiu

)()ll

make a nowerful impre^5'm ,|rPi Turkey by her arms, she may a. as one of the conditious

lie will make ™*:ine. t-wu will maKtt peace, ,eUC shall acknowledge the »l °P

and sailors to come uioinebtous crisis, to n»a«^ for t!ie wellare ^ne» which cannot ROW ip which, when the natjoo

ve!).

of Greece- Gr, Furkey«in" of a signal defeat, Great Britain and brauu^r ness to accede to th*

f* r"

tiie ,(th of Juy^

reaty 01 mc w...

t!l

and their mediation to^ 0 Iferences betecu Kus?*

artk -c«o«c«|)oa fe»«^.

ident of Greece,, has

mation, in. which he m«i

iers

at,^

ence has been secure*.»

Lt. fait'-

fMyrePM." 5

„,

on the importance ol enemy from,t ie ?«,!l

rt,cmi»

puttio^ down pirar.y. .nendHiheest^iiahmoBto^^ al Bank ^.

tivaciwU'M of April

r—V^v'°

.•rote'

Ci-ueia__..iveti

nauda in th-S

ti*

r".