Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-16


fore any question was taken, it was on motion oil
Mr. Mckinley. laid the table, in order to take ny
tho Indian question.
~ The National Journal clearly exposes n misc
rablc trick in the following article:
Rsirenctment and Combination Tactics The alb
surd aud gratuitous iusinuations against Mr.. CHtt
TON, contained in labored cabinet article which
appeared in the Telegraph of Saturday last, il is
no business of ours To notice. that gentleman be-
ing fully competent 10 defend himself. That the
CoMBiNATfoN would resort 90 every form of ab,is,
OF Mr. G.. for daring to tell the truth IL only what
was to be expected. We shall expose Inc iallacios
OF much of tho article referred 90 as entcavors 10
make it appear that the Jackson Administration has
diminished the public expenditures; an effort one
would INNS TOO Prepostercus even for the reckless
print in which 1t is made. The process is curious
Tire Cabinet selects the first nine months of the
last year, as best calculated 10 answer the trick
it then goes on TO show that during the two first
months, January aud February, of that year while
Mr. ADAMS was in office, the expenses were S2,i0G
pos, which is at the rate Of 81 ,2io, ISL per months
whereas IN the seven following months after Gen
jackson took the keys, the expenses were blu,
SI,7oi,T53, Mt the of 81 ,lOO,679 per month
Then COMES flourish about what has been saved
by the change. Never was moro wrctchcd trick
devised than that attempted by this calculation
Let us expose the juggle. The two months put to
MIR. ADAMs's account, test of his expenditures
arc January and February, 1920, tohiie Congress
I7ds an sessions the mere pay and contingencies of
which body, There being Jackson msjorties in both
liousns.) amounted, according to- Mr.. Secretary
Ingham's Report, to S369, SO for the two months.
Hat as the session closed, under the Constitution
when the last Adminisraon went out of Office on
the Sd OF March, the months put TO Gen. Jackson's
account, were OF course free from any such charges
This plain statement of the case manifcs,s the un
harness OF such comparison the Telcgraph
makes; comparison which supposes that Gen.
Jackson has made saving by not keeping Con
g!ess here all the summer! To compare like with
Ike, and thus to test the two Administrations by
me same criterion and principles, II is obvious That
Inc aforesaid sum of S369,52 for Congress ex-
penses, should be taken out of tho two months
charged TO Mr.. ADAMS. Lot this deduction be
made, so as to ascertain the legitimate expenses TO
DC compared III the series of months and the account
for Mr. Adams's two months, January and February
VIII then be S2l29,75I, at the rate of 81 O64875
month. Now, the Organ admits that in the seven
succeeding months, when Congress was not in seS-
sion, the Jackson Administration expended 81 ?0i 1873
or SllOO,619 month; that is TO say, they went on
from the start at the rate of TuIRTY-FWE THOUSAND,
FIGHT HUNDRED Ann FOUR DOLLARS month more
than the Adams Administration lad required for the
IKE expenses. This Is as plain figures can ma Ike
1T Profgacy and extravaganza have in this way
followed in the footsteps Of the man now in power
and 1t any thing could render odous tine gt of
himself and his BOARD of Rewards and Punish
ments, 1t is such miserable attempts as that in the
Organ, on which we have been rcnarking, to deceive
the public.
~ The National Journal states, that Mr. BaEton's
Speech in secret session, the appointing power is
IN press, and will appear in day, or two.
u The Washington Telegraph Of Wednesday,
states that it Mr.. J. $. land not Mr. Philip P.)
Barbour, who recommended Mai. Lee to the Presi-
dent, for office.
While on this subject it may be well TO state, that
the friends of Gen. Marshall in this city, with whom
We have cOnvcrsed, deny that he recommended Lee.
According to them, Maj Lee wrote TO Gen. Marshall,
perhaps asking letter accommodation. In reply,
the Chief Justice wrote him letter. in which was a
recognition of his talents 1.-THE possession of which all
men accord him) and some general, and matter of
course expression of good will and desire FOR his
cess. This letter, which, if that to which it a
reply be considered in truth, polite evasion OF
the application, Maj. Lee used TO forward his views
and the President still dsingenuousy, to skreen
himself from responsibility.
Gould the President have been una cquainted with
Mai. Lees history? The idea is incredible. IF he
was not, how shabby his conduct first, in doing
what he knew be wrong, and I'd, after the act
drawn into criticism, in attempting to shift the blame
and the responsibility from his own to other mems
shoulders
IL The Washington papers of "Wednesday, say
not word of the festival of Tuesday, rURroRrING
TO be in celebration of the birthday Of Jefferson
but in reality, continuation of the contemplate
trick attempting to identify the characters and ad
lnnistraons of Jefferson and Jackson as much alike
as Hercules and IIylasand subtcriugc to hide the
distractions of the party under the formal and cere
monious harmony Of : dnncr-party.