Lynchburg Virginian

On account of	By the previous extravagant Administration.	By the present reform Administration.
Civil list, Diplomatic, Miscellaneous, Pension list, Indian Affairs, Military Service, Naval Service,	-	-	-	-	9,936,736 451,666,933 307,101,046 5210,163,048 594,796,045 9629,698,768 5326,402,699 63	14,028,899 312,248,415 8918,191,145 8917,691,307 4017,814,015 6155,483,484 3036,763,352 84

While the present administration have paid off the Public Debt	65,583,495.14	90,020,052.55
Awards under foreign treaties, &c.	720,225.94
	66,303,722.08

L.C. September 20, 1836.

The annexed tables furnish the most decisive evidence of the wanton extravagance of the "spoils party," who are now using the money and patronage of the people with a view to secure Mr. Van Buren's election to the Presidency. Let every freeman carefully examine the facts here placed before him, and then determine whether it is not his duty to oppose, by every means in his power, a continuance of such daring abuses of trust by public officers. Mr. Adams was charged with having increased the expenditures but a little more than a million a year, and the cry of "Retrenchment and Reform" resounded from one extremity of the Union to the other. The people became alarmed, and gave their support to Gen. Jackson in order to reform abuses of patronage, and curtail the expenditures to the necessary wants of Government. Now, look at the facts. During the first two years of the present reform administration, it will be perceived that a reduction of the expenses was actually effected; but after Martin Van Buren became the especial favorite of the President, and the public affairs were entrusted to the firm of Van Buren, Kendall, Blair & Co. to be managed for the purpose of hoisting the Executive Per into the Presidential Chair, the expenditures have continued to increase until they have risen from THIRTEEN MILLIONS to upwards of FORTY MILLIONS A YEAR! Really this is economy and retrenchment with a vengeance! —but just what might have been expected of such political speculators as Van, Kendall, Blair, &c. all of whom were original opponents of Jackson, as well as of Reform. And, to cap the climax of absurdity, these Renegades have the assurance to denounce OLD Jacksonians for refusing to support MR. Van BUREN, WHO IS PLEDGED TO CARRY OUT THESE EXTRAVAGANT PRINCIPLES TO THEIR FULLEST EXTENT!

We again recommend every citizen to examine the statements at length—but for the convenience of such as have not time do so, we give the following recapitulation of their contents:

Comparative Statement of the Eight Years' Expenditures.

sixteen years—compiled from Official Documents.

HEADS OF EXPENDITURE,

Entire expenditure of eight years

i.

Total, exclusive of Public Debt

provement

Naval establishment, including gradual in-

Military service, including fortifications, ord-

Indian Affairs

Revolutionary and other Pensions

Miscellaneous subjects

Awards under foreign treaties

Foreign Intercourse

On account of Civil List

nance, internal improvement, &c.

nance, internal improvements, &c.

Expenditures during the Administration of Messrs.

Monroe and Adams.

Expenditures, Including appropriations for 1835, of Gen. Jackson's Reform Administration.

'17,676,592 63:15,314,171 16:31,398,538 47 23,535,804 72:24,103,398 46:22,656,761 04:25,459,479 52:179,785,321 53

5,530,016 41,16,563,392 76,12,1095,344 78,11,041,802 19,10,03,668 39.12,163,438 07: 83,617,986 31

9,827,643 31 9,784.154 59 15,330,144 71:11,498,459 94,13,062.316 27:12,653,095 65:13,206,041 45'

3,319,243 09, 2,224,458 98' 2,503,765 83, 2,901,551 56; 3,049,053 86; 4,218,901 45,

4,263,877 45 3,918,786 44

760,624 88

743,44783

724,10644

242,517 25, 1,945.199 40 1,780.583 52 1,499,326 59, 1,305,810 57 1,556.593 83

976.138 86

678,94274; 1,046,131 40 1,110,713 2.3l

3

30.467 88

426,759 95

118,942 64

232,45192

202,25120

252,723 61'

1,170,655 11: 1.181,122 40, 4,559,152

3,111,951 44) 3,096,924 43, 3,310,939 85; 3,659,614 18, 3,943,193 37: 3,933,977 88

529,9s7 90

4,9:33.774 95

206,32088

826,123

1,452.135 58,

5,295 55

232.014 95

1,219,368 40

4,145,544 56, 29,690,768 53

705,084 24

850,573 57:

805,120,76

36,763,652 84

55,183,381 30,

17,814,01561

17,691,307 40

18.191,145 59

720,226 94

2,218,415 89.

14,028,89931

TOTAL.

96,167,335 19

26,402,69963

4,796,H56

10,153,04859

7,101,04652

6,402,06621

Note,—The last quarter of the year 1835 is estimated—but the sum total will be found to correspond with the estimates of the Department, though there may be some difference. in the classification of the several heads of expenditure. This may also be the case with the year 1836, which includes the appropriations actually made, together with the unexpended balances, as officially reported by the Secretary of the Treasury. It is not reasonable to suppose that these immense sums can be expended during the year 1836; but we present them to the view of the American people, that they may be satisfied of the inordinate extravagance of this retrenching party now in power.

Leaving a balance against Gen. Jackson under this head, of TWENTY-THREE. MILLIONS SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY DOLLARS'!

83,617,95634

6,402,06621