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The only real difference was that under an openly corrupt machine they had to pay in bribes for franchises, laws and immunity from laws, while under the "reform" administrations, which represented, and toadied to, them, they often obtained all these and more without the expenditure of a cent.
Two successors had already been given to Necker, when application was made to Calonne in 1783. Calonne was daring, brilliant and eloquent; he had much readiness and a fertile mind. Either from error or design he adopted a system of administration directly opposed to that of his predecessor. Necker recommended economy, Calonne boasted of his lavish expenditure.
That this is not the case will presently appear. The reader must not however imagine that I am about to inflict on him an account current of the expenditure of the squadron; but circumstances compel me to a precision in this respect on personal grounds: the Brazilian Government though in possession of the documents and vouchers afterwards transmitted by Captain Shepherd publicly persisting in the statement that I never furnished accounts of the expedition to Pernambuco and Maranham thus leaving the public to infer that the disbursements just narrated, together with subsequent payments, had never in reality been made!
I object, therefore, to this vote, not on that account, nor even because it causes some distrust, or may cause it, in the United States; but I object to it mainly because I think we are commencing a policy which we shall either have to abandon, because Canada will not submit to it, or else which will bring upon Canada a burden in the shape of fortification expenditure that will make her more and more dissatisfied with this country, and that will lead rapidly to her separation from us.
Nothing can have been more unworthy of him than the sneer at Pitt in the great speech on the Nabob of Arcot's debts , for stopping to pick up chaff and straws from the Irish revenue instead of checking profligate expenditure in India. Pitt's alternative was irresistible.
Should she, for the great occasion, hire more beautiful china and engage servants? Should she draw on the savings bank for more delicate viands? To begin with, Mr. Burke knows exactly what salary Mr. Davis gets. He knows whether it will warrant such expenditure. Will it make him feel like placing more responsibility on his assistant's shoulders to see him living beyond his means?
By comparing the public disbursements of 1869, as estimated, with those of 1791, it will be seen that the increase of expenditure since the beginning of the Government has been 8,618 per cent, while the increase of the population for the same period was only 868 per cent.
He joked and teased and carried on like a small boy; and insisted on ordering an elaborate dinner and a bottle of champagne, in the face of even Johnny's scandalized expostulations. When Johnny protested against expenditure, it was time to look out! "This is on me! This is my party! Dry up, Johnny!" cried Talbot. "Fill your glasses.
A very good quality of asphalt is obtained in different parts of the island, and considerable quantities have been shipped to the United States. Signs of petroleum deposits have been strong enough to induce investigation and expenditure. An American company is now at work drilling in Matanzas Province. The most extensive and promising mineral industry is iron, especially in eastern Cuba.
Gillian made out his account of his expenditure of the thousand dollars in these words: "Paid by the black sheep, Robert Gillian, $1,000 on account of the eternal happiness, owed by Heaven to the best and dearest woman on earth." Gillian slipped his writing into an envelope, bowed and went his way. His cab stopped again at the offices of Tolman & Sharp.
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