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

lions, aud of these not dollar was then payable
and demanded, which had not been paid. If there had
been, he possessed, in order to discharge Them nearly
six millions of means in money, and authority to issue
other notes.
Nor were many Of them TO become payable by the
18th Of March, when we summoned, nor by the
3oth of May when met. He had more means
than were sufficient la discharge all which were due
and presented even before this session began, and To
pay all other expenses and have left over two millions
OF resources besides the accrnng revenue
Thus III the 9TH PAGE. edition by the House, he
SAYS that late as the lst Of June he had funds in
The Treasury, per siaementC, S6'l,'hi 10
And power To issue Treasury notes,
authorized by the act Of 9th Of Febru- .
ary, 1871 ,195,a43 81
These constitute existing means, equal to 81 l'o,N' w
There is M pretence, therefore, oi any mere deot
then due, which required this carly call Of CONGRESS
The Secretary HIMSELF denies and reucs any such po'
stnn 81 hs first Statements and as to any dtp's VINO"
night xist and fall due next year, 1t would have beeh
ia q provide FOR them At the regular ses'
sion. Accordingly the first syllable we hear IN tue re-
port about debt due, is at the bottom Of the 81 page,
where he very nielllgiby, t. the amount oi II
for the year lSil speaks If Treasury notes ccevl-
bic for public dues in The present year Or payable IN
lei2, and, by means Of more than six millions oi
those he adds, making aggregate Of 'ebS and dt
fcH I" BE- provided for in this and tie r"snia. year, Of
Sl20-s,2i5 Is This is very clear, suppose, 10 ms
friends on the other side Of the House 10 the amount
OF the deb, falling due in l,ll II 50, how much IS IL
VIII any gentle favor with the amount: None
Why Because, IN TRUTH does mol appear that dol
lar Of IL IS debt due in ISL is conrssedly an az
gregne made up not If debts, but Of dejS mt dcHc'
together, and not Of debt for ISL but Of debt and de-
felt for "'hls and the ensuing year. When you ana
we II, little doubt exist from the other details
gwen, that most Of that part Of it consisting OF d'
does not fall due till 1912, and could then be early
i,.I IfIr,.
The accIuirg revenue. This meeting Of Congress,
them as necessary 10 provide for debt due now, or
even IN September, is drlns,e. This reason offered
for II by lis friends makes it sncidaa eo dc Sc But
am willing 10 admit, that afterwards IN the report,
hearing On ;hIs point ol debt due IN l7il, the
Secretary talks to throw more mystery over u
Whether he does this through carelessnrss or other
wse the Senate must in the end Judge. At the
c"se Of the fourth page when, the previous page
he had expressly admitted, that the d,fri Tor the whole
year was only about SIX millions or, IN his own
words "eaving unprovdrd for Of the demands Tor The
present ysar the sum Of S6,odoal ~, he observes,
that liz makes ''an aggregate OF deficit ior only the
next hret unnihs OF more than nnr millions. THIS i
very extraordinary lis face, that the drhcit ~
quarter Of should be nine Inlcns, or greater
;han in The whole year But Il may be possible. tie
next adds remark 10 Tie mode Of providing Tor
,hc above deficit togethcr with thu residue Of the exist
ing pnblc debt He thus admits and recognises, as
h. did on The other page the distinction between de-
ift and dcJt, aud proceeds at TO computation OF
receipts and expenditures lSG, aud more espe-
cally Of the last four years, Tor no Jusiihabe ohc
connected with this session. with The fiscal dc!cit
and debt he considering, unless II was To snow
sill further or larger deficit debt. Accordingly, IN
ms cnncusnns after the comparison IS made he adds,
the last four YEAR, that there appears an excess
Of expenditure over the current revcnde 81 S'i'lo,-
Oh 90 Then, after words in brackets he I'M
mediaely saws s.rhus and 10 this extent, within the
4, cl,.Il f.,n I
the amonn, of the revenue lie speaks next and
further o being ..hurlhcncd with debt incurred IN
lime Of peace --abnu; angmcntng stint dfM OF lis
brrnr an "increasing National debt'-and of taking
''riircual measures prevent It's further ausnenta
ton '
Now, | ask gentlemen for information, # he IS mol m
Gcrsoad b. Of them here TO mean ~ tic debt the
hrtv.nne millions and more he had Just been speaking
G an ofcxpendiures BY the past Adm'nrsira-
tom Tha. sum immediately prccedcs, and with me
nine millions drlci, in the three months inst before
named would hold ~ h The country the whole OF the
colossal debt ''nsrnrogSs ri iorty mdjons about
which his party had sad and sung 50 much during Tue
preceding six months.
II MI his friends do not 50 understand him-and his
rrpor, is Praised hy them being very ""adcrSt"Hdt
Mc-pi me tell them that many Of their political iath
do understand HIM. and are now on Tie wings 81 me
press waiting 10 every hill and valley III this widely
= y,ended country that this IDENTICAL thirty one millions
is the d,ht created hy the past Administration. They
say that Mr. Ewing declares It to be-that this IS
VIVA, he recommends 10 be fundcdand hence THIS ana
the nine millions supposed deficit would make all the
mammoth forty millions, which had been so often pre-
dicted.
This morninr-from several such allegations in his
own norzan press-one nf his ardent trends-an edit
Tor Of long and high sandlng az well as education, ana
recently State Scnator-sends 10 me this printed no.
iicr If tins part Of The Treasury report
.sm The 1T January, ls3 I" thu ii Of March, ~ ihrrr
uf
TX oyE MILLION. THREE HUNDRED MD TEN Tlnt-
SAND DOLLARS.
This i The nanaI d,5,hc legacy of Van Rnr"nism Mr.
Eu ue calls rightly lie recommends thai ~ BE- funded
II s remarkable that soon afterwards, IN the report,
i separate head, entitled 'pnLir deC, and under II
are paoe or two Of observations but in no part Of
Them does he state the amount of the pune dfb ex-
rent as 10 he inferred from this ihiry-one millions
and tho readers Of this readab'e document, as MS
friends call IT, are flung back TO tins thrtv.one NH
Inns ~ the trlr amount, which they say he recon-
mendeJ 10 be funded At least his political par
1,,s ont of Congress that Is the true amount, as
ibcv understand him, and a they no less thnn hr,
,cr, doubtless very anxious tn have verified hen
or,in SAYS another of the modern Wing presses, tins
vrrv week referring 10 this very report:
..r, ,rpras IL h. deficiency IL revenue 81 about 81
AN 40 aud debt ii soolo'J, which may BE- augmented"
The close of The year
So once more: .,o
again: If We 10 be relieved OF the eAsng dem :" s'
no o., ther. Should further augmentation I" iir revenue 81
am. ,l,ons for purpose Of gradually clearing Oh t'' ~
cnmhranre.'
And another:
". wish 10 confnc the Thoughts of ali our readers 10 on
rn min, Tins wrrk-the condition If The u = Ircas'Tyah'
Tho annunt If Mr. Van Bucn national drbt-s legacy u Tue
.cop,s-innrc than th!ity millions"
Another, going down even 10 MIR. Ewing ceh'S'
says: . :, IN, ,,.J
10, tbr national incurred by Mr. Van Buren,, dhrs tue
-, years of administrations amounts Ia hirfyoHs mmaaS
49, LupJed and thousand fourteen dollars and tnenty fen'
But enough out Of myriad Of such blunters ms,
then is the place. and proper OCCASION TO correct these
scandaous and iagllious errors derived from THIS ve
~ document, by the Secretary S own friends w'li
endeavor TO sci history right this pon before s'l
down These statements as to the contents oil Inc re-
nort. must he either true false. ] say then, hrst'
will Mr. E,vings friends this floor admit tha' a
snnle one If these statements, made by his and their
friends is tru.S On the contrary, must they mol ae
clare thai their own friends, led into error BY the Sc
cretary himself publishing the ioulest
,,iions If the TRUTH If they declare then let me
ak what hcauiiiul illustration tins collision ana
contradiction in their ranks furnish OF The boast
ID clearness and accuracy Of this report. Tor Tue
eht already created be not thirty-one millions, ac
cot,inr to Mr.. Ewings views, ~ understood out OF
Congress, il must be only about sit millions as 'hal
SIM, any other pnrtInn OF the report,