SCHEDULE (B,) Shewing the receipts at the Treasury of the United States from January 1, 1812, to July 1, 1814, including about 6 months of peace, and about two years of war, to wit From Jan. 1, to Oct. 1, 1812, from the proceeds of the customs, the sales of land, &c. being three fourths of the revenue year, The balance in the Treasury charged this account, On the 11 million loan under the act of March 14, 1812, $8,201,210 18 3,947,818 36 5,847,212 50 $17,996,241 04 Receipts from Oct. 1, 1812, to Oct. 1, 1813, to wit— Sales of land, Other items of revenue, 830,671 53 -13,568,042 43 On account of the 11 million loan, $4,337,487 50 On the seven and half million loan, 3,907,335 00 $82,914,957 98 Deduct payments made at the treasury in the same period from Jan. 1, 1812, to July 1, 1814, to wit The civil list, Indian department, &c. $4,697,872 32 debt, Left for war purposes in this period, 21,101,417 72-25,799,290,04 $57,115,667,94 Note. Thus while the war cost above 60 millions of dollars, and the land forces 46 millions of the sum, there was but a small British army employed against the United States, and in this period, disgrace generally attended the American arms by land. SCHEDULE (C,) Shewing the great increase of the revenues of the United States, from the adoption of the Constitution to the adoption of the restrictive system; and while commerce continued free, and the great diminution of these revenues since that system was resorted tothey were as follow, as by Treasury statements. Prior to 1792, $4,418,913 In 1803, 11,064,067 Note-As bonds were given for the duties, and they usually become payable the next year-the duties payable in any year, were, generally, collected on the importations of the preceding year, as the $17,060,661 received in 1808 were the duties on the great importations of 1807, a few small sums excepted. Note, also-All these revenues arose from commerce, except $16,262,651. It will be observed that all the sources of revenue exclusive of impost and tonnage duties, did not, on an average, amount to quite one million of dollars a year; so that the impost and tonnage duties, the 4 four years preceding the long embargo, amounted to about fifty-eight millions of dollars, or to $14,500,000 a year. And if there had been no embargoes or restrictions on commerce these would have increased, at least not decreased till the war was commenced. That commenced four years and a half after the embargo was laid. It will be seen that all the revenues amounted, in four years, before the embargo, to $62,579,274, and deducting for other sources of revenue, one million a year, there will remain $58,579,274 received from imposts and tonnage duties: whereas in the three years and nine months after the embargo was laid, all the revenues, as above, amounted only to $38,508,922, or at the rate of $40,817,990 in four years; but in these four years were included, not only the ordinary million a year, but the two million direct tax of 1798, and the new internal duties of those four years, whence was collected at least two millions and a half; hence deduct $6,500,000 from $40,817,990 leaves, received from impost and tonnage duties $34,317,990,-$24,261,284 less than was received in the four years preceding the embargo; that is, above six millions a year, or above twenty-seven millions for the four years and a half, the restrictive system existed before the war; hence this sum was clearly lost by this system-See Schedule F. Note, also-The said $16,262,651 was received thus,—from internal revenue, $6,460,003; direct tax, $1,757,240; sales of land, $6,161,283 02; postage of letters, &c. $667,343; miscellaneous, $1,216,775. Therefore, it is clear, that if there had been no restrictive system or war, the old debt of the United States, would have been, before this time, paid, or nearly paid. SCHEDULE (D,) Slewing the state of the army of the United States previous to July 1, 1814. It was thus-effectives 27,010; aggregate 31,539; stationed as follows: In the first Military District, at Boston, Portsmouth, Portland and Eastport, aggregate number 2 Military District at New-London, &c. 655 714 2,116 308 2,244 3 do. at New-York, at Baltimore, Norfolk, North and South Carolina and Georgia, 2,244 at New-Orleans, Mobile, &c. 2,378 Recruits enlisted from January 27, 1814, to September 30, 1814, as by the return of the Inspector General were 13,898: to wit-in February 1814, 980 March Note-An army of 31,539, early in the year 1814, was, no doubt, a much larger army than the United States kept up the two first years of the war; and if properly employed, 31,000 regular troops were certainly adequate to oppose any force Great Britain, in those years, employed against the United States-31,000 men, according to the estimates of the War and Treasury Departments, should not have cost more than 12 millions a year, or 24 millions in the two years; whereas the land forces did cost 46 millions and more, in the wasteful manner in which the war was conducted. Note, also-When it is considered the United States had on the 1st of July, 1814, a regular army of 31,539, and enlisted in 8 months, from February 1, to October 1, 1814, 13,898 men, for what possible pretence can the national government have recourse to conscription, and measures destructive of the liberties of the people, to fill the ranks of the army? The course of enlistments amply proves, that if the army be well paid and supported, and according to contracts, there can be no occasion to resort to such violent measures. Note, also-Of the 10,659 regular troops on the sea board, only 1,369 were stationed in New-England. SCHEDULE (E.) Though the operations of the war in 1781 and 1782 were great, especially in the Southern States, yet it cost America far less than fifteen millions a year, as will appear by the publick documents. In 1782 Congress made an estimate for an army of 25,000 men. This estimate, which proved to be correct, was a little over eight millions of dollars. The individual States' expenses will be found not to have exceeded four millions a year, and Navy expenses were trifling. In 1781 the expenses were about three millions more than in 1782.-Prices were about the same then as now. The following is an abstract of the expenditures of the United States from the adoption of the Constitution, to Oct. 1, 1812, taken from Treasury Reports: Note.... These expenditures. do not include the interest and principal of the publick debt. Never after the peace of 1783, till 1812, did the expenditures of the United States amount to seven millions and a half in any year. In 1781 Cornwallis was taken, and it is ascertained that over 26,000 British troops were sent into the four Southern States in less than two years in 1780 and 1781. The United States were obliged to keep up large forces in the Middle and Northern States; and the militia drafts were often made in those two years.-During the long period from March 4, 1789, to Oct. 1, 1812, the whole Military expenditures of the United States were but $44,066,745 65 including Indian wars, war with France, and with the Barbary powers, the Pennsylvania insurrection, and several millions expended in the present war before October, 1812. Much less than two millions of dollars a year. And the Navy expenditures during the same long period were but $29,889,660 78. About one million and a quarter a year. Further, An examination of the publick documents will shew, that the eight-years-war of the revolution did not cost more than 205,000,000 of specie dollars. More than half that sum was expended in the three first years, when paper money was abundant, and the American and British armies most numerous; a period in which we withstood the forces of the enemy alone, in a manner so honourable to our arms. SCHEDULE (F.) This Schedule brings into one view the great loss of revenue occasioned by the Restrictive System, and the enormous waste of publick monies in the two first years of this war; the particulars whereof are stated in the preceding Schedules. 1. 27 millions of dollars, at least, were lost by reason of restrictions on commerce, for four years and a half before the war was declared or commenced, as in schedule C, $27,000,000 2. War expenses, as stated in schedule A, to the amount of $60,367,915, at least, were incurred in this war before July 1, 1814; whereas, on any scale of expenses of any wars, ever carried on in this country heretofore, the war expenses from January 1812, to July 1, 1814, ought not to have exceeded 27 millions, if indeed they could equal that sum. There then was clearly a wasteful and improvident |