Daily Richmond Whig & public advertiser. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1833-1840, 1833-12-07
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RUnIxC ADvHxr1snR-
SATURDAY, .uos7stsss, NE. 2.
THE PRESIDENTS mEssAdE.

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What docs tho Prssiisnt mean BY iheIfsllowinr
statement
s'Ths method. however, in which thS account.
of the trspsportaiion of the mail has slkavs hoou
kept appeen ~ haze presented an ii.sprrfscs
Wow Of IL exronsc<. Il has recently btrn disco.
verrd. that ffsm tho earliest rkaris {ahs De.
rartn'snt, tbs annual satemsnss 1savs bsen calcu
lated TO exhibit amount csnriderabiyl short Of
the actual expense incurred forstixt scryiceP
What 10 meant NO suppose, was 10 break gent.
" TO the country the intoIg cnoo nf the great de-
6ch in tho Post Office. nowhere Estimated nj
less than S500.e0o and by some as high BE- mil
lion. But, is not the discovery to tho method
In which the r"'t Office accounts have bcsn kept.
in tho language OF the Baltimore Chronicle. a
'marvelious discovery" considering the period
ut which il is made. third of a.ccntury amer the
establishment, Of tho General rost 0Hiecf L.
II not yot mrrnr -emsfts hi. that Il should have
escaped the vigilance Of Judge Mclean and his
predeeesscrs, and that it was reserved for Mr.
Barry to make il, no wise isiinguished a. a man
Of busncssf The Chronicle pronounccs il a PAL
try and contemplate rrcvaricatien, To apoIigisc
for the large dedication which has Occurred in
the Post Ofice. The story, clucidsted by the
President, is so lamc aud improbable. that until
bctior av"uchrd by facts, 81 must be regarded ms
designed TO skreen the Postmaster GencruInt the
expense Of his predecessors. who can understand
that The books were kept thus myster;ousIy
and still that tho head cf the Department, shou A
never discover il until Sew7 Annual reports Of
the condition Of The General Post Office, have
been always made to Congrcss-how could their
accuracy have been ascertainsd and ,,oucl,ed
with such books. and how could such 40 officer
1 nj MIR MrT hoe.
lection of the books. The story TO sew the
least OF Il, Clocks suspicious" The discovery ut
the very moment when the Post Master General
mas dehcrncY 10 account for. adds to tie suspi.
ciousness.
Upon this subject Of the General Post Office.
was ask particular stcnton to tho letter Of tho
spy IA WSsAi"gfon"- (which appears in another
column. The last Congress in1vxiJly resisted
thy packed Comn'i'tces) all aitsmp,s at EXPLORING
iho abuses of the Post Office. Tho defalca,;on
now acknowledged, may have tho effect Of far.
cling its portals, and admitting those who h.y,
the undergraduates TO lay open the true condition
OF its affairs.
TnE BASx.
We have already ndvcrtcd L. the tone In ,vtsel,
Gen. Jackson speaks of the Bank UIS,atr..
IL Is altogether unworthy III tho Chief Stlei.sr.es
OF great Empire. who should srrvry ylrfI,fcs
affecting tho interests Of the nation WHY oh;I,-.
| sophieai regard. diseardins rho pr.iud,tes of.
pariizan. and eschewing the language Of "a.
'royorsiai gladiator. The dignity Of Tho pea.
dents language on this thcmc, docs mo, -
cend above that Of the organ Of the K;,c,<
en- Cs"ire's "pd >5s f...~-as------- Artn-
eolors his own eyes, j. plainly trassscrfa Z. lilo
objects which he sbckoids. The isn,por or
Presidents TRADE sgsinst the Bank. Is st1{ 81 an
iniiamcd parizan, furious with zeal "a ,ie<tsax
what lo diskes. rather Than what I,s di>kporoycS
IL was unbccomng Of a Presden, Va; ~ mo-
'estly and benignaniy styled Iimse] .'I1o fIiher
Of his people to bring the weight OF fE s,ation,
TO inculpstc citizens whose condosi is 70 te Judged
of by tho public and 10 assert the truth Of casrrs
not proved. or this par, ,f mo President's Mes.
cage. the Ba.imors Chronicle observes;
Gas matter of course, he is. out against tl,c
United States Bank; but he presents nothing more
on the subject than rrPstition of the sslc and
ridcnlons charges Contained in former nassac,s,
and IN his rccen. manifesto 90 the Cabinrt lie
says that the Secretary Of the Treasury will assien
bs reasons for the removal at the deposiles. with
which rcasons, no uhc Prcsidcnt) accokiss. hut
we're liz at liberty to adopt his own courss he do
olares that he would "order seire Jacial sgainsi
the Bank, with view 10 put end 10 the charter.
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comment on Tho Bank concerns Is cIarLcifriz' 4 ny
dDplicity. folly. and maIigDty II is too late for
hun tn sliIt the responsibility Of removing thc do
Posi'cs. from his own no tho shoulders ofjis 80
croary; and IL u therefore rank hypocri,f to talk
oi concurrng with tho Secrct7ry's views fan act
which proceeded from bis ovn dict ationj
Tue DEBr AND TBg TAnIFv.
! on these Subjects wo adopt the csrdnent OF
the same paper:
''The national debt will BIO reduced ida mere
cyphsi by tho first OF January the whole hmoun,
loit nnpa" oil That date being only Sf.76I 062.-
The recsipts Into the Treasury, during ilspresent
year have amounted To upwards of S3i loo. OOO
more than e,2S,00n,000 being derived idn, Gus
toms md the bslanco from pubIIs land. 'fhc
PRESIDENT DOES not, however. think that ihl income
ct succeeding years will be 90 great, no 1ereforr
advises that there shall be no further relation Of
the taif."
AfssAa,.
1 Not word Probably tho events ,heh are TO
DO made Tho subject Of special mssiars--or
Pcrehanee, Of another royal Proclamuiiodl
srarg RIcnrs.
Not word! The exPosifion Of the Pssclasna.
iioh, procured last summer by Mr. RiicbIo. for the
purpose Of swoctening tho Presidents ,dour .,
tho South. makes no part Of tho messsgs, nor il
At all alluded TO. Jackson declines putting his
signature 10 it. or officially recognising i in any
shape or form, and II must therefore be considered
A. worthless.
~ tho President makes his Proclsmsdons tho
vehicle Of State Right discussion. wo rtay look
Tor second fcsoriPt on that subject, H. he Ala
bs'na Proclamation. should one bo determined
upon.
This Message is a bumdrum affair. apd much
inferior in art and style to chose which have pre-.
coded IT,
Mr.. DUANEs LETTER.
Mr. Dusne's letter 10 tho Prcsidcn, r. oiu Sen.
tembcr, appended TO liir expose, and marked No,
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