The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-10-13

! their neglect in the collection or keeping
Of the revenue. Phey, have even been
ACCUSED by their Successors of having been
niggardlyin their expenditures.
The wings declared there was an i'm.
mense deficit, for the two fold purpose of
imputing mismanagement to their eppo-
nents, and ofsuppIying themselves with q
pretext for incurring national debt, and
setting on foot their own scheme Of prodi-
gal extravagance. The late Secretary of
the Treasury showed that no new loans
were needed TO carry on The Government;
that the accruing revenue would be ade.
quate. Mr.. Clay insisted that the resour-
ces were altogether insufficient. and that
the Whig Administration must borrow
millions on millions to 60 OH at all. Ew-
ing reported accordingly, and his Report
proved untrue.
What then is tho mighty sin established
against the late Administration! Not that
they had wasted the .revenue-not that
they had not provided sufficient resources
to support the Government on the eco
nomical and frugal scale on which they
had conducted 1t, but that they had neg
lected to raise money enough out of the
people to carry on the Government on the
scale of magnificent profusion coutempla-
ted by the Wings. They had not laid up
a surplus by heavy taxation, which would
render it convenient for Mr.. Clay to COM
mence his grand scheme Of operations by
giving away three or four millions, and.
cutting off permanently from the Govern
menl its revenue from public lands. He
was thus forced into an attitude which il
required his impudence to maintain for: a
moment-that ofincreasing the expendi-
ture while he declared the revenue defici-
ent; Of giving away the public money while
he declared there was not enough for the
necessary expenses of Goyernment--and
Enthusiastically beginning his promised
retrenctment, not by curtailing expendi.
lures, but by cutting IF the revenue.
But allowing that Ewing's false report
were true, that there was deficient reve-
nue., one falling far short of Whig wants,
and even not enough to carry on Govern
-ment on The frugal Democratic plan, to
what did such crime of the late admin
istration amount. Simply to this--that
they had been too abstinent of the taxing
power-that being frugal landlords not
desirous ofacting the spendlhrift, they
had not played the extortioner-had not
raised rents upon the lenants-llads not
burdened industry--had not cheated labor
of the bread itearned- had laid their hands
lightly on the purses of the people-had
in therare reluctance to take too much, not
taken quite enough. This is fault which
the producers everywhere, who pay taxes
will not very bitterly condemn-and which
the South will certainly pardon. Nc such
sin will ever be imputed to whig admin.
istration. Wing policy is now broadly
developed. Increased deb. incurred for
the sake Of increased expenditure, perma-
nenhy increased taxation TO provide for
the debt, and increased expenditure for
the sake Of fthe increased taxation it in.
wolves. No danger oftheir forbearing 10 tax
for fear Of accumulating superfuous sur.
plus. They will have wants to eat up in
anticipation any possible. surplus. Mr..
Clay has no objection, he AYERS, to grind
ing the faces OF the poor-.if it can be done
indirectly, so they do not know it, cannot
detect il. Monopoly must be ,pampered
indirectly by the protection Of an onerous
Tariff; and directly, by vesting millions of
the moneytaken from the people in taxes
in a joint venture with Philadelphia hnan.
ciers, banking sharpers, ana setting upa
national shaving shop to shave the people
of the piltanee taxation may leave them
that bankrupt money changers might
flourish to sustain bankrupt politicians
Directly also, by distributing millions more
to indemnify foreigns ockjobbers for their
disinterested dealings with dishonest state
legislators, who for their own private bene-
fit have pledged the faith of their States,
and call on Congress to tax on other
States, for its redemption.
Such is the plain difference between
Whig economy and Democratic extrava.
gance-Mercury.
GEN. CASS AND THE PRESIDENCY.
The Philadelphia Sentinel of Friday
contains letter from Gen. Cass TO the
Committee ofa political meeting at which
he had been named as candidate for the
Presidency.
Can Cass ernresses himself nc indis.