When Harrison began as president, the economy was doing pretty well, and the government had a lot of surplus money.

哈里森上任总统时， 经济还不错，政府有很多盈余。

The opposite tendencies will set in if the quantity of surplus money is an abnormally low proportion of the national income.

如果剩余货币数量占国民收入的比例异常低，则会出现相反的趋势。

Whig opposition was not strong enough to defeat all the president's proposals. Congress approved a bill to postpone payment of surplus federal government money to the states.

辉格党的反对力量还不足以击败总统的所有提议，国会批准了一项推迟向各州支付联邦政府盈余资金的法案。

Van Buren asked Congress to postpone payment of surplus federal government money to the states. He said the money would be needed to operate the federal government in the coming year.

范布伦要求国会推迟向各州支付联邦政府的盈余资金，他说，在未来一年，联邦政府将需要用这些资金进行运作。