, 1840-06-13
FOR HI JOURNAL.


the Journal OF the esd and sOth May, and
shall endeavor to refrain as far as may be con-
sistent with a proper exposition of facts.
from any allusion either to the writer or TO
his motives: of these, | have once spoken in
language not easily misunderstood; neither
shall l attempt to refute any of his unmerited
personal assaults upon the supposed writer of
the communication signed "%Junius;" ] feel
that they are not applicable to me, and as
such discussions are neither very interesting
to the public, nor productive of much good.
/ "once for all" take my leave of them.
1t is known to you and to the readers
of the Journal" that | became a cor
respondent to your paper, not from any mo-
tives of ambition. or TO crafty any feelings
of "personal malice" flor l entertain Money!
but with the honest and | hope laudable in
tention of repelling what l conceived to be a
personal attack upon a friend, and of lending
my sincere if feeble aid. in sustaining the
correctness of his statements, and the princi-
Piles of the party with which he and ] are asso-
ciated. This much considered due to friend
ship and to truth; yet it is possible that |
may have been mistaken-that | may have
suffered feeling to rsIrp the throne ofredson.
and in my wish to serre a friend and sustain
truth, may have lost sight of prudence; and
if so, l fatter myself that there are few, re-
ry .fe,o, in this intelligent community, who
will not place whatever ~improprieties may
have been in my communication to their right
source-"an error of the Judgment and not
Of the heart" This much, by way of an ex-
PLANTATION of my feelings and motives. Now
let US turn our attention to 4 consideration
of the matters in dispute, and upon an inves-
tigation of facts, see how far the statements
of my friend sCi~ncinnatus," are sustained by
truth, and to what extent. if any. they are
liable to the charges of Duane" In this
investigation, / pledge myself to the commu-
nifty, that / shall not speak from any %calcula-
tons, or " tables contained either in GAN
Almanac or the "GIobe,'' Though | recog-
both as being very useful publications.
but from the rery highest authority: Docu-
prepared under The supervisor Of the
several heads of department., and published
under the sanction of Congress.
In order that | may bring the matters in
more directly before the attention of
the public, | will extract from the communi-
cation of "Cincinnatus," as published in the
/" journal" of April 4th, those portions to
which exceptions have been taken by sDu-
ane,' and the same. out of which has grown
our controversy. In that communication.
~"Cincinnatus" holds the following language:
"There is another subject about which
the Federal sWhig' grumblers, are found to
deal quite as .fairlya as they do touching the
Independent Treasury Scheme: that is, the
subject of the expenditures of the public mo-
ney under the general government. These
hypocritical economists, are loud and unceas-
ing in their clamor about 'ertraragance.'***
and we are cited back to the pure and unde-
filed coalition administration of Messrs. Ad-
ans and Clay, as presenting a fair sample of
governmental economy. Now it will be re-
membered by all whose knowledge extends
as far back as the four years of federal mis-
rule under the coalition administration, that
the United States were at peace with all ma
tons of the earth, that nothing was done by
that administration to cause any unusual ex-
penditure of the public money, except in
the purchase of a billiard table for the Pre-
sident's house, and IN expenditure of S12,-
600 of the public money, in the purchase of
a splendid carriage and horses, for private
use! During the coalition administration of
Messrs. Adams and Clay, there was no uar
with the hostile Indian tribes within our own
borders. No removal of a hostile savage foe
from the bosom of the white population, west
of the Mississippi river, with the view to
preserve the race of the nations of the forest.
and to preserve the lives of our helpless wo-
men and children on the frontier settlements.
No purchase Of large and valuable tracts of
land from the Indian tribes in different Sec
of the Union, and the organization of
new territories. No increase of the
aavy for the protection of our on
the high seas. No increase of the army for
the protection of the lives of our citizens,
and our property on land. No increase of
the pension list, of the poor and disabled
of two wars with a foreign foe.-
No taking a general census of the United
States. No building of fire proof buildings
or the patent Office, general post office, and
treasury department. No, none of these eau
'es for an increase Of expenditure of the pub
ic money by the general government during
he administration Of Messrs. Adams and
Clay"
This is the extract--these are the state
that have been SO violently assailed by