Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-07-02
ryTy.sEyENrn NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


the finances
lows:
Sir President, | am opposed to this motion. /
would not waste the public money IN printing and
disseminating among the people extra copies Of re-
port, which, from some cause mr. other, has unioriu.
nacly fallen into many errors, both az to facts ana
prime pies They errors too, SIR, NEITHER small III
magnitude nor unmporant 10 the main business ol
this extraordinary session; n, Which are recommended
measures most dangerous 10 The relations existing
between The States and the General Government as
we'll the future liberties Of the American people
shall proceed 10 point some Of them iraressy; !
but from any cap,ious spirit, or any unirendy
feeling. On the contrary the task OF inuli- finding
very painful II no, ungracons, and VIII be car
RED further than is necessary to the discharge oil
public dnty and duty from which the suggestions OF
threats that shall he dRSrtrrd, wi! not deter me
single moment II il my desire 10 be- replied TO- as
iu aud free d,cnsson, rather than sitting debate Is
the blood Of liberty and, It my opinion III respect
10 the mistaken contents of this report are wrong
Am ANXIOUS they should be exposed srek light and
| not ground, for ccnsurr-
| Once for al! likewise let me tell gentlemen thu
opposite side am no, golna TO dwell on mere cer'
cal errors N add ~ mp numbers much Of WINCH III
Departmcnt with two three hundred clerks and
n,nc or ten bureaus must, of necessity, IL done b,
subord mates On the contrary, shall cndcayo toeHer
case liberal charity though n former Secretary III that
| Department has no, always net with similar ndnl
pence from those opposed 10 hun, hui has hccn hung
IN 10 the country a. muddy h,adtd bi.ndsrer and
| bioekheod on account OF language misquocd, and
which liz never used, aud appropriation proposed l."
send han school 10 learn arithmetic because one OF
his clerks on'i.d figure, the printer msook u.
cure III the manuscript
| In relation h. another rrirvous charse-that Tor.
fiscal statements had -onctimcs been obscure
a charge quite often made against Hamilton hun
self IN his day-dd Il never occur Ia the ,mag'na.
on of such cioakers that part oi The obscuri'y nigh,
casts Their ba'ns, and happen either from =.
norance 'natnilon 10 such complicated and di'i'
cult subject
| viii not therefore, try 10 ina,c any ." tins
kind of eAirlorl nary courtesy exhibited by them but
will say, what Is true concerning most errors oi tsai
crpion--ihry are al tunes inevitable III such nu.
mrro,,s details. dcvoved others: and that the pre-
sent Secretary III be ccnsurcd by only when his
rnaer,al results wrong, his cod'n. principles
wrong, or h,s impressions are ncglgrn,ly coinmuni.
Gated 10 others, aud thus dong wr"n. For III.
stance IN the outset would observe, that IN the Sc
copy Of this report statement appears That the
outstanding appropriations on the ih OF March, when
1 the present Administration came INTO power were
thirty three millions and faction Bu, truth h..
own items amount 10 quite million more Vow thus
IS probably n mistake addition only. Again his
ten for cytl and diplomatic expenses, reaching that
aggregate IL IN ths copy SIX millions and fraction.
while the cory printed by the House oil Representa-
,,ves !, is quite million less TIN. may chari,ably
be presumed q mistake IN copying. A.au. lac twice
states III the Senate copy the receipts the first
months of ihis year from the L. = Banh, beng
seventeen mho.ls, whereas they could not trui.,,
be but once, and are but once added up
should lee, IS II losing self respect to of
in tram OF severe nrec,ve Tor these am Tor
higher game. II would be- only great many such or.
that would Justly tend To dcract from the weight
Of the whole report, far as they indicated haste, much
nadvcrtence, little attention 10 accuracy, either
the head or limbs Of the Department.
Another apology, IN one sense Of the word, - due
Tor both the Secretary and President, account Of
their being Ia, and inexperienced III Office,
though certainly would bchoove them, under such
circumstances 10 exercise unusual vigilance To AVOID
errors and not Ike the Secretary 10 travel amos, out
of the road and 90 INTO certain uncalrd.for clcu!l
tons ot receipts and expenditures for quarter Of
century, for possible object, which can DIVINE, ex
ccpt the partisan Of casting reproach on his n'ne
date predecessors. II he had e'scre for THIS Il might
perhaps have been quite useiuly devoted 10 making
his figures and calcu!atinns respect to the great Oh
ects Of this session. little than shall
feel compelled soon 10 show them 10 be
Indeed some charity might still be due on another
account that ~ the manner IN winch their friends re-
present the have been interrupted and nconmoded
nv the Eruption Of Nandal hordcs Of Office seekers,
coming from that dslnter.strd party which abhors
the doctrine that to the rtefors b,lone The spois -
They are represented Tor Office than
the famshed harpes and have helped 10 destroy
already one President, and II not made OF ron, will
cmbt,er the life of ms if this account be
rue, both the President and Secretary require some
forgiveness for financial m,s,akcs, particularly their
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among those, r,Irardag PARTISAN friends, not very
consistent with close financial details, and
very different from what Lord Bolingbtoke writes
to SIR William Wyndhnm was the situation Of his par.
" aud cabinet when II came into power. lie says:
Iir principal prng n actions Ia hay" The
m-nt nj the state IN our hands that cur principal ,s were ihe
construction Of ~ pcr great '"p"g""' o".'r'' md rtrn,
of Those Who haze hrl,r H. aud
of ha,mng these wh" stood ~ opposition 10 u,.
II will be proper often tins 10 advert 10
the message, TO see whether throws any new light on
the report, where obscure doubtful II be posslb.
for document To be ot that character which has been
so much CONNIE nded by IT'S friends for accuracy aud
what they cnsscally term ''inieil,g,b,ty and being
| understandable.
But the President seems, these financial state.
mcnts be peculiarly entitled 10 indulgence because,
az general rule he must Obtain his details aud conclu
s,nns fiscal matters from the appropriate organ,
winch IS the Treasury Department, aud hr refers eS
pressly 10 .the report Of the Secretary Of the reasu
~ for his data page -
! The President, however, may well b. considered
responsible for any mistaken general principle lie urges
on fiscal matters, but further. And 10 that extent
III few instances, shall be Obliged To question nj
least his political orthodoxy poInts III the course
OF th's mp casant discussion
In making scrutiny Of this report and the fsca
parts oil the message the public time shall no, be vast,
I'd ty me- on What is not vitality essential 10 the whole
object, end aud aim Of this extraordinary SESSION
Why then are we now deliberaIng here nj this mos,
busy aud interesting season oil The year he c"un
tain,y The appalling cause. Why have We been re.
moved from our poughs, our professional pursuits,
hru.,hs and affairs, except on account OF som"
unex pec.d and astounding difficulty, either IN the II
foreign relations, ncnacng rum or wal;
If moneyed matters stood on the 18th March, the dat
If the CALL Us they did the st Of that month, why
did no, Congress provide for an extra session. IT ONT
deemed necessary Why was not one moved IN
that body, and the reasons for II assigned Bu', no
When none had been even proposed IN Congress, ana
two da Us after the celebrated panic instructions to thu
Attorney General IN McLeods case, there bursts sad
denly the American world, the proclamation Tor I'M,
session. How happened hs' Had the humorous 'eel
ing, which s"me have supposed dictated those ,hstuc
tons, not subsidized And was Congress TO be sum
moned IN reality on that account but IN appearance
accoun, If fiscal difficulties then or soon appfe
hcnded Did TINS Administration tremble lest our o'
npprcssors who had long before murdered our peaceiu
war on MS. instead Of we on them ? and that afler
they had ayowcd and iusiled the barbarous ontroge