Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-08-27


selves TO this deposition OF the public funds
to the neglect OF the public debt already Incurred by
the government, and from which it ia the policy OF the
present ad,ninisrati TO free the nation, by EcoNo
MY. RErRENcHMENr, and a prompt accountability
IF public o1cersi
lei 40 reform for the Executive to Insist on stea
dy application OF the public revenue 10 the exiinguish
OF the n,,iryst deb,,--to which the honor aud
nden-e OF the nation IL pledg'd-in preference
to scattering tn. income OF government upon an i'm
mpnse variety Of new and sectional projects OF Inter
nal Improvement. which can only be comm. nc, d
now, and perhaps never be completed, and which ATE
better a, all times under the management Of the State
Governments?
In 1922 the fret wear of Pres'. Jaekson's admin.
tior, 81 1888 500 II OF the national debt pal-an
| amount exceeding the payment made by AIR. Adams
in the preceding year by f,oo hundred and f,oenfy
thousand three hundred and sirty-f,co dollars, ana
| serenity cents
During IN. six months Of The current year there
ba been paid Of the public debt the hu Their sum OF SIR
millions and foNr hundred thousand dollars And u
the system Of -conomv,t a. has psen instituted IN the
governnent by President jackson shall receive no
iinerruptoa, IL is computed that the whole maternal
d"bi will he paid of, and government stand tor'h
ore tered before the world prior to the end OF the year
1884 ~ VIVA, freeman ia not ambitious to cooperate
with the administration, in bringing about this emo
bling result!
But had not the President inerposed this veto, and
che cked the millsns that popos ID 10 he dawn
from the Treasury. aud added to the public debt, aud
afterwards rscolected from he industry Of the people
through the continuance OF the system Of inderec taxa
ton i'm posed the Decessarirs OF life by the tariff,
how sadly reverse would have been our condition!
IL thu inquiry made OF what benefit will til" pay
men Of The nronal debt be TO the great mass OF the
people, except to foster proud feeling oil patriot
ism
When the national debt ,hal have been paid. the
twelve millions of dollars raised annually to meet l.
will no longer he needed. This immense sum is now
raised by tax upon foreign Importation, and pro-
poronats increase of the prices thereof 10 the consum
er. Without the naton, debt. neither th, great rev.
enue. drawn directly from the pocket. Of the pie
nor the great EXPENSE incurred by tho salaries and
vices Of public officers to collect it, will he necessary
The work OF refrenchment may then he extended still
farther, and the Of the mai n, in OF
| emergency. will be in the increased wealth Of her Pop
ula,ion. and ability 10 pay taxes.
Assuming correct basis the census Of 1870. and
that the several States of this raised to
iingush the national debt in proportion 10 their popu-
laon, he yearly at Maine amounts for this single
purpose. to the sum OF YOUR HUNDRED AND TWEEN
rY THOUSAND AND SEVENTY DOLLARS
Is not the POLICY Of this admiosraron which con
templates dscontnuance of this Immense tax upon
our people after 1884. by corresponding decrease OF
duties on the imported articles OF necessary and com
mon consumption the true policy for Maine to advo-
cate?
II said that this policy undermines the grea. sys
tenn OF Internal improvements contemplated Tor the
| national government to execute.
To execute for ,hs almost exclusive benefit Of the
Western States, we might add. But need this be the
efectI
With The annual amount OF Four hundred and TWEEN
~ Thousand and seventy six dollars which Mine will
save in the price Of the imports consumed by her pop
ulauon, through dminution OF the dute' on them
will she not be able and her citizens have the rosdy
means to extend her Internal Improveme yearly,
shbuld her government deem il sxpedient, immensely
beyond ,ohat the national government has done for
her from year 10 yfdT?
The reader must perceive, that Maine il left to her
SELF sfer the public debt shall have hesn paid, to dis
pose at her pleasure, Of the amount which i'm
posed on her population through the Tariff. could in
few years only, il expedien every valley into
canal, and line every summit with rail road through
out her territory and by force OF her wealth aud
resources alone!!
What has the State OF New-Yo.k. unaidea by the
national governments bounty the contributions Of
other States, Effected within few years! Her spsn-
did works Of Internal Improvements-her roads and
canals are the boast Of her government, and the ad
mira ion of the World
Ard these but for the taxes imposed by the federal
government the imports nsumed within her limits,
might have been wholly paid for, and even extended.
Whereas, by diversion of the surplus wealth Of that
people, drawn out through TIE tariff, into the national
Treasury, the credit Of that State stands
pledged in the erection Of her great public works,
debt which, on the lat of January last, exceeded
ftcelpe millions of doiidrs!s
II the great and powerful State of New York, with
her THIRTY FOUR Repre- in Congress, could
not rely her influence the national Treasury to
advance her works Of Internal improvements
80 az TO compete with III, GREAT WEST, how feeble
must be the hops Ct Maine for aid from the national
resources
In part execution of the policy of the national adj.
minisaton, to dsburthen the people of indirect taxa
ton, the tariff has already been modified in in.-
portant parculars, bearing directly upon the interests
Of NJ ane.
The decrease of due, upon Coffee. Tea. Molas,es,
Cocoa and Salt, each of which enter less
he daily trade and consumption OF every family il
very important effected At the last session of Con
gress On the suppo'on that the quantities of
each viii be imported and con +umed yearly,
imported and consumed during the last year. the con.
siderable sum Of three millions, for hundred & eighty
s6Uen thousand, seuen hundred and eighty four dol
lars less will be paid for hem yearly by the people
INTO The public Treasury, than paid for them by
the peope du ing tho last year The proportion of
this sum- that will he saved to the consumers of these
articles in our own State, amounts 20 only fraction
less than hundred and fifteen thousand dollars
per annum
indebted to the liberal policy OF the present national
Administrations Further
Is it no reform to expel veraiiy and peculaiion
from the Treasury Depattment-to remove defaulter.
and faiihless ofhcers-to punish frauds committed 10y
dishonest cicehoders and 10 institute tectual cheeks
upon the money accounts Of all subordinates through
whom the aud public funds are collected aud
disbursed and where efficient existed bsi0re,
DefaIcations, exceeding in amount THREE HUN
DRIED THOUSAND DOLLARS, have alre aJy been
detected, and the delinquent officers di placed.
Heretofore the Treasurer Of the United States might
by his own draft the bank, with other guard
than its gisry command every dollar in the Treasury.
But under the present administration, regulation has
been instituted, which requires the sgna Of dsr
snt ofceTs, and the OF diff rent Registers
In different Offices 10 enable 10 touch the peoples
money Heretofore, in the Pos,-ofice Department,
moneys appropriated for specific purposes min
Ried with the general funds-salAries dawn by
clerks and subordinaies without the knowledge Of the
Postmaster General in advance Of their servces-ind
the iunds OF the Department in part scat red in
deposits at different banks, by OF the sstants sub
ject 10 his individual checks, and in part retained in his