The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1836-07-15
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bastes Benton" the great Humbug OF the
10Th century, is fast sinking 10 hrs proper
level. When he and his co.laborer, Sena.
tor Wright, the mouth piece of Van Buren,,
affirmed that there would be no surplus TO
divide, the correspondent Of the l. 5. Ga.
zette SAYS:
:" Mr.. Riyes met all these statements by
an arthme,ical calculation. The receipts
for the first quarter (said Mr.. Rlves) are
III millions-,akiug round numbers-the
receipts for the second quarter are mil
lions. This gives 20 millions for the first
six months. 1t is well known that the most
busy financial time has to come, but If you
only double the first quarter, II gives 10
millions for the year add this to the %
millions i, will make an aggregate OF 90
millions. Mr. Riyes said he did not see how
this sum could be used in the course Of the
year. Is II possible (saId he) that any gen.
tleman can rise here, and say that we shall
dare 10 expend % millions ~ any one year
When did any years expenditure exceed
% millions, save IN a particular year, when
the expenditure reached 81 millions The
Creek war has passed away-the cloud
which hung over the Southwest IN conse.
auence Of the contest in Texas, has dlsap.
peared. Would any gentleman then say
that we could expend 6j millions He re.
>yolted at the idea of such an expenditure,
aud the people would revolt at II. He then
went on to euloglze Jefferson as the author
/ Of the navy, and declared tina, IN his notion
Of the gun boats, he had gone in advance
OF the age we are now falling into tho We.
nv same idea, when We are building steam
batteries, which are nothing more than Mr..
Jeferson's gun boats with the advantage Of
steam. tie considered that gentlemen were
dragged along by the weight Of the surplus
revenue, TO vote for appropriations which
were not necessary or Iustihable. lie wish.
ed TO see gentlemen relieved from thus IN.
nuence, emancipaied from all artificial mo.
tlses, aud that every appropriation shall
hereafter be leit 10 rest on ils own merits.
lie predicted that there would be nearly
30 millions Of surplus money IN the Tfea.
sury IN the commencement OF the next year,
and he wished to see the administration pro.
posing some reduction By means OF which
the revenue may be prevented from incTeas.
ing. Ailer Mr.. RlSes had spoken FOR some
time in style otrcal cloquence, be sat down,
and Mr.. Tallmadge made a most excellent,
a most able speech on the same side. Tie
called on MIR. Bentot 10 come down from
lRttt Htyrkf ,l x
the path o.; common sense said il sas high
lime that the people knew who we're IN IA.
yor OF this dreamy pursuit OF a golden cur.
rency, and he wished II 10 be proclaimed 10
the world that he did not support any Of the
IDEAL notions Of a gold currency, which
had been protested BY the Senator from
Missouri, nor any other notion which @ent
to the overthrow OF the credit s. stem Of the
county. When these speeches Of Mr..
Rlves and Mr.. TaIlnadge, and the speech
Of Mr.. Pcarce Of Rhode Island, made in the
house to-day, about members getting mo.
ney from pei banks tor s2cculallons, ION
which q committee IS ralscd) shall be pub.
llshed, the regency will look blue"
This gold hnmbag will be tho les,
and scorn Of all future time. po~lerliy will
wonder that any Senator should have hnd
the daring eiFrontery to attempt to palm
such pa pable cheat upon an inlcIIigcn,
people-and still more that any consldera.
bic portion Of such people should have been
creduous enough to swallow the giIdcd bat.
1t shows how nearly tho A" Golden Age +"
approaches the Age Of Bruss, when such
an lmpudent piece OF quackery could have
4 moments success.
The correspondent, Of the New York Star
has the following paragraphs
" The language oil Tulmadge, as | snld
above, was decidedly opposed to that which
his colleague bad used time after time be.
fore. He denounced the course Of Benton
as decetlul, and his gold principles as the
principles merely, Of humbug, He utter.
y refused his consent TO 20 with him N
hls prodigal system OF waste of the public
money. He viewed the history of the rise
and progress OF our national prosperity, and
deduced that prosperity from measures d..
rcctly opposed to those Of Wright, Benton,
and their gold and glory companions, -
lie admitted that IT vas n thing to regret
a separation from his friends IN politics
he admitted It with feeling; but he had
judgment Of his own, and he should act up
! on 1t, with sense of independence, with.
out which, ITS value was nothing.
Rlves used no language Of hummcry,
IN his denunciation Of the system Of expcndl.
lures, which had been acted upon by Jack.