Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-06-09

ef the character OF Tie Oues now unCSt |
consideration, must be obvious to all, and
touaIly so, that the events Of the present
.ess,on are we'll calculated TO awaken pub |
he solicitude upon the subject. By the
statement from the Treasury Department,
and those from the Clerks of the Senate
and House of Representatives, herewith
submitted, it appears that the bills which
have passed into laws, and those which,
n all probability, will pass before the ad-
ournment of Congress, anticipate aPPro-
oriations which, with the ordinary expen-
ditures for the support Of the Government.
,y;ll exceed considerably the amount IN the
Treasury for the year 1880. Thus, whilst
we are diminishing the revenue by a re-
ductlon of the duties on tea, coffee and CO.
Goa, the appropriations for internal I'M
are increasing beyond the
valuable means of the Treasury; and II to
fins calculation be added the amount con-
famed IN bills which ate pending before
tho two Houses, il may be safely affirmed,
that ten millions Of dollars would not make
nm the excess over the Treasury receipts,
unless the payment of the national debt be
postponed, aud the means now pledged to
that object sqplied to those enumerated IN
these bills. WITHOUT yell regulated sys-
tenn of internal Improvement, this exhaust
ing mode e apr opnation is not likely 10
be avoided, and the plain consequence
must be. either a continuance OF the ma
tlopal debt, or a resort TO additional taxes.
Although many of the States, with a
laudable zeal, and under the influence OF
an enlightened policy, are successfully APP
plying their separate efforts to works OF
this character, the desire TO enlist the AID
of the General Government IN the con
struc,ion of such as from their nature
ought to teyolve upon II, and 70 which the
means Of the individual States are made
quate, is both rational and patriotic; and,
| if that DIES 70 Is not gratiied nov, 1t does
not follow that it never will be. The gen
eral intelligence aud public spirit of the
american people, furnish a sure guarantee
that, at the proper time, this policy will be
made to prevail under circumstances more
suspicious to its successful prosecution,
Imam those which now exist But great
as this object undoubtedly IS, 1t IS not the
only one which demands the fostering
care Of the Government The proserva
ton and success of the Republican prncl-
pIe rests with US. To elevate ITS charac-
ter. and extend IFS influence, rank among
our most important duties; and the best
means to accomplish this desirable end,
are those which will rlvet the attachment
of cur chlzeus 10 the Government OF their
choice. by the comparative lghtness OF
their nnbi,c burdens, aHd by the attraction
which the superior success OF its operation
will present to the admiration aud resPecr
of the world. Througi. the favor Of al O.
verruling and indulgent PROVIDENCE our
country IS blessed with genera prosperity
and our citizens exempted from he pres
sure of taxation which other, less favored
portions ofthe human family are Obliged to
bear; vet, it Is true. that many of the tax
es collected from our fellow citizens, thro'
the medium of lmposts, have, for con-
siderable period, been onerous. In many
particulars, these taxes have borne severe
" upon the laboring and less prosperous
classes of the community, being imposed
on tbe necessaries Of life, and this, too, in
cases where the burden was not relieved
by the consciousness, that It would ultf
mately contribute to make us independent
of foreign nations for articles OF prime ne
cessity, by the encouragement Of their
q, owth and manufacture at home They
have been cheerfully borne, because they
were thought 10 be necessary to the sup
port Of Government, and the payment of
debts Numerically incurred in the acquls-
ton and maintenance of our natural rights
and Liberties. But have we a right to cal
culate on the same cheerful acquIescence,
when It is k own that the necessity for
their continuance would cease, were 1t not
for Irregular, improvident, and unequal APP
Droprlations of the public funds2 Viii
not the people demand as they have a right
to do, such prudent system of eXpendl
ture, as will pay the debts Of the Union,
and authorize the reduction Of every tax,
to as low point as the wise observance
of The necessity to protect that portion oil
our manufactures and labor, whose pros
perity is essential TO our national safety
and independence will allow2 When the
national debt is paid, the duties upon those
articles which we do not raise, may be re-
pealed with safety, and still leave, / trust
without oppression TO any section OF the
an accumulating surplus fund.
which may be benefcialIy applied TO some
well digested system of Improvement
Under this view. the question, as TO the
manner in which the Federal Government
an, or ought to embark IN the construc
ton Of roads and canals, and the extent