ant fleshpot. The very thought of catering to
such appetites disgusted Gallatin. To Jefferson he frankly said, in
1809, that while he did not pretend to step out of his own sphere and to
control the internal management of other departments, yet he could not
"consent to act the part of a mere financier, to become a contriver of
taxes, a dealer of loans, a seeker of resources for the purpose of
supporting useless baubles, of increasing the number of idle and
dissipated members of the community, of fattening contractors, pursers,
and agents, and of introducing in all its ramifications that system of
patronage, corruption, and rottenness which you justly execrate."

RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES DURING MADISON'S ADMINISTRATION, FROM
ELLIOTT'S SYNOPTICAL EXHIBITS.

RECEIPTS.

------------+----------------+---------------+----------------+
Four Years | Customs. | Internal | Direct Taxes. |
Ending | | Revenue. | |
Dec. 31. | | | |
------------+----------------+---------------+----------------+
1812 | $38,151,330.15 | $18,674.03 | $28,491.87 |
1816 | 62,813,212.43 | 11,470,507.24 | 8,639,611.38 |
|----------------+---------------+----------------+
Madison | 100,964,542.58 | 11,489,181.27 | 8,668,103.25 |
------------+----------------+---------------+----------------+
----------------+----------------+-------------------+----------------+
Postage. | Public Lands. | Loans and | Dividends |
| | Treasury Notes. | Sales of |
| | | Bank Stock. |
----------------+----------------+-------------------+----------------+
$85,077.40 | $2,889,466.46 | $15,606,201.30 | - |
364,787.84 | 4,977,570.54 | 94,321,103.73 | - |
----------------+----------------+-------------------+----------------+
449,865.24 | 7,867,037.00 | 109,927,305.03 | - |
----------------+----------------+-------------------+----------------+

----------------+----------------
Miscellaneous. | Total.
|
|
----------------+----------------
$209,309.34 | $56,988,550.55
630,248.16 | 183,217,041.32
----------------+----------------
839,557.50 | 240,205,591.87
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