Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-05-06

The "officisl Organ" finds itself drivea Ia
the necessity Of defending the present ad.
ministration hom the charge of extravaganza
and prodigaity, and 10 forced to resort to its
usual trickery aud deception TO conceal the
truth. IL the conductor Of the s.Officiap' had
| any knowledge Of fannces, or was in the
least converSant with treasury statements. he
would Rot surely attempt to show the differ.
ence between appropriations and expendi-
tures. With this Fact every tyro in politics is
familiar. and knows that il cannst be other.
wise. An estimate cannot be always accurate
| and il is on estimates that appropriations ara
founded. The "Orsan" labors hopslsssly TO
detect errors in cur statements in relation to
the comparative expenditures oft late and
present Administration. Truth may be yelled
and perverted, but cannst be overthrown-
and 1t will take greater sophstry an effrontery
than even the ''unapproaehable" possesses. to
| make the public mind believe the absurdities
which he and the Secretary of the Treasury
are laborlng to palm upon il. He repaark,
that 1t was the duty of Gen. jackson "to nav
the money to those who. under the laws
were entitled to it," This is all very we'll
bat will the Organ explain how it became the
duty oil General Jackson to pay, according TO
the very document TO which il SO axultingly
reters-1st, to the Secretary of tbs Treasary
S7,l4l So, instead Of So 900. his annual com
pensation --tothe clerks in his office. sl5.7gI.
instead OF $3.50 paid under Mr.. Adams
to the clerks in the Fourth .4,iditor's Office.
SIT ISL, instead of I6, 770-fer the contingent
expenses of the Treasury Department. so
1l6, instead of S34, 550-to The Pos, Ma ter
General, Sc 900, iRstead Of So ,000-to the Sc.
cond Assistant Post Masters General. IS ,8s3,
instead of S. 900, aud to the clerks of that
Department s46,3l5, instead of So, $40 paid
in 1922
The Organ 10 peculiarly unfortunate in the
selection Of the example il has made to Illus
trate the necessity OF an increased expendi-
ture in 1929. BY reference to the docu-
ment to which il appeals il will be found that
large number of appropriations for tho 70.
lief Of private individuals, light houses, SIS.
were made in 1923, which were dropped IN
1929. and SO cice csrsa. This, however. is
by no means a fair mode of calculating the
real expenditures of the govern nent, and no
one but the conductor of the "Organ" or the
wiley Secretary Of the Treasury would have
thought Of resorting TO it as fl illustration
we shall pursue this subject hereafter.
'Ses ths Repor, OF the Secretary Of the
Treasury Of April 8, 1880
Frauds In the Reports On Monday we
made on good authority some statements con-
corning the practices Of the Public Printer in
regard to the Debates in the Senate, which
ne has undertaken to charge with "faisebood"
In order that it may be seen WHARF this
change ought to rest, we PROFOUND to him tbs
following queries:
Did he procure Mr. BARroK's speech on
the Appropriation Bill, written out by that
gentleman from his notes?
Did he promise to insert that speech ON the
next morning, and did he keep the manuscrip,
for several days?
Did Mr.. BAsroN demand return of the
manuscript, and was his letter unanswered.
and the manuscripts kept for several days
Did Mr.. HUaH l.. WIRES speeeh sppear
IN the Telegraph, greatly changed, with
whole passages left out, to which Mr.. Ban.
TONS remarks had been most successfully
spilled.
Did Mr.. WHITE write out his reply, and
did ne certify IN his letter of the 18th March
mar tao Pushc printer had correctly reported
Did Mr.. BARros publicly and in strong terms
charge Mr.. WHITE with having cut of the
parts OF his speech to which Mr. B had sue
cessfully repHedp
When the Public Printer and conductor of
the Telegraph shall have distinctly answered
the foregoing isterrogatories. we viii take NO
his answers, apply to them eur statement of
Monday, and then proceed to eonsider his
proceedings in the Debate on the removing
power Of the President, and on other discus.
sions. Our statement, we repeat, was made
on good authority; and our faith in it is NOT
shaken by the bold denial of the Organ. nor
by the cah, to which we have not til ,urht
proper to respond, Of bis Reporters
.Natioaal Joaxnai
The Louisville Advertiser had better stick
to it's old trade of Billingsgate. 1t will never
cut figure at reasoning 1.-THE doctrines of
MIR Webster ct says) ia asserting that the
laws oil Congrt Sc are supreme, any thing In
the Constitutions or laws Of the State. to the
contrary notwithsta aiding go to the subver-
sion of the sovereignty, independence and
laws ot the States" We really did not ina
glse that the gross ignorance OF the Constitu.
ton betrayed in these observations, belonged
to any man, who by undertaking to conduct
publc press. was pYta,o tdcie entitled to be
thought ntelGgeHt.-Rishmond Wing.
The Philadelphia Inquirer singles out the
names ofTazsweH, Tyler. and Smith of S. C.
for censurs, upon the supposition that they
have "set their faces" against the principle of
rewarding editors for partisan services. We
surmise that the Inquireris right in its guess, ,
| and we congratulate these gentlemen upon an
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