Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-05-08

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Fort Monroe, 100000 10000
For, Warren, l2J.0O0 10000
Fort Pulaski. 10000 Is 900
Fort Srhuyicr. 100000 10000
Fort Caswcll, 5000 5000 /,
Fort Independence, 5000 $4,000
On Fosters Bank. 5000 5000
Al New Io,J,n. 5O.OoO 5000
The amount IF the first column Is $4,000 and
that OF TIC second 10000; 80 that in the difference
between the two. that is S720.OU0. we have the eN-
act measure Of the distance at which these works,
conformity, were kept behind ANY sensible pro.
gross.
Again. in another communication Of March :,
1910. on the same subject. We have the remarkable
TACT disclosed, that the Committee OF Ways aud
Means in the House OF Representatives had con.
descended 10 i:nplurc, to bescch the head OF this
branch of IN service 70 cut dowa certain other e.
Inmates twenty or tNeniy five per ccni," after they
also had been reduced 10 the lowest amount cDm.
pliible With and sensible progress" Thu answer
i,a Gignifcd, eloquent, and powerful remembrance
ana conveys a rebuke which II may be hoped YVES
duly felt. II concludes by saying. III II can Ger.
taialy be forcseen that long years Of peace yet n
wait US, ;hcn ihe progress OF the works may be more
deliberate. at this Department has lao right To
rest its estimates on any such views of The future"
Its remarkable that these very estimates, which
The Committed of Ways and Means requested might
he reduced, had previously been reduced by the
Secretary OF War, and that II was upon the basis Of
the Secretary's reduction that the additional reduc-
ton OF twenty or twenty five per cent" was asked.
The estimates of'Ihis branch OF service" says the
Secretary in his note to the chairman OF the Com
miueetofYVays and Means, together with all others
were aficniively considered by me, and very CON
siderlbly reduced, before they were sent 10 the
Treasury"
SIch has been tho uniform course oC the late
AdmIui,trliion-uoi 10 speak o iihc proceeding ole:
N-. a III
lraiions appear 10 have been suhi icnIly anxDus
and ready to evpenI. and even to sIuanjer, money
for other purposes; and IN ,ney enough to), in OK.
cess of the expenditures Of all former and equal
periods Of our hisiory. TO have answered nearly, il
not quite, all the desired purposes Of increasIng the
national deicnccs.
moment; a folly and ineficiency so long protracte d.
persevercd in to the last. and aggravated in every
stage as to their character ofrecklcssuess; in addition
u AL Ihis, Mr. PIckenss report comes out, just at the
close ofIle session, red hot FOR war, u~surping the
prerJgatIVcs of the Executive branch os The Govern
ment while negotiating with a foreign Power, aud
throwing down defiance al the feet uf the British
Government by aH act unknown 90 the customs o;
modern civilization, and equally alien To The prin.
siplcs aud habits which usually regulate the IuleE.
course OF nations. Who ever before heard of Con
gress taking ia hand, without being applied 10, and
without consent, a business pending between our
National Executive and a foreign Power; thus for.
eng the whole matter into n false position, tanning
10 a fame the wurpns>IOn both in this country aud
IN Great Brtain' Ifihe rashuess aid improperly
of this assumption had not been seen aud discreet.
ly managed, both here aud ia England, our ears ere
tins might have been salu,ed 10y a Declaration Of
War, and the thundcrs OF national strife nigh, have
been heard on our maritime and northern frontiers.
Nr. IickeHss rcPari was received by The House
Of Representatives. and ordered TO lie printed, by a
party vote. was approved by the Globe. the organ
OF the late Administration aud may he considered
as having been fairly adopted by the chiefs ofihose
ranks. as being identified with their feelings. A
majority Of that body, representing n II minority oflL.e
nation, or rather Incorporating the nation assum.
ed the right, ell The eve OF retiring from power, not
only 90 take the business OF The National Executive
m hand, (agamst Ihe spirit # not the letter Of the
Constitution )bul TO compromit the Executive and
he Nation IN a most momen;ous concern, and 10
force on a new Administration a war, without pre-.
parlIi0n, IN such u state OF the national deicnces
a7 has here fllen under our notice; with n bank.
rurt national treasury; and with a People distress
cd and overwhelmed with private and public cal.
aaiy. brought upon them 10y misrule.
The party Of Ihc Administrator which stands 70.
spJnsJDie before the nation aud the world for hay.
ing done all This evil IN the past, sought, as the last
act Of their ruthless sway, to bring upon the conn.
try the greatest oGail calamitics, az a moment when
u would have been aggravated. a thousand fold, BY
the political errors which had preceded il. l. il
not adding insuI. TO injury, Tor n party. standing in
this relation 70 an abused People. 10 address 10
them the injury, Are the United Siales TO weak
To maintain their Ind epcndcncel"
Even al such a time as the close of ia last ses.
SION ui Congress, when the darkest clouds Jung over
oar relations with Great Britain. a bill. reported
from "Ihc mmIti on Military AHdirs. making
appropriations for certain Publications Of the Uni.
led States, for the year 1871" dc. which IS under.
stood o. have proposed some important and much
required Rcw work.. was permitted 10 be lost in
one Of its early stages apparently 10y being forgot.
ten, certainly without any attempt 90 push il on 10
c~ugrussncnt. And the three several bills for con.
Thinning Qualifications, and for the support ofthe Army
anil Navy, &c. which passed, aud hardly passed
Ju il1 last day of the session, were precisely Of the
same character, for the scaniiucss Of their appro.
prialpus. IN the very face Of impending hosiilities.
as Hose which were passed AZ former sessions; lust
s]ulinIcu, fr ths most rigid necessities Of the &C.
iuaI ~soTsics. and "any sensible progress Of the ma.
tuuI' ds.cuccs.
lu addition 10 these remarkable demonstrations
OF iuiliglfDI aud nclicicucy in mltfoIs If such
eve ai VAR with the most powerful nation on earth.
yet scarcely ANY Thing has been done in prepara.
uDn Or war. by sea 90 land. Tho most nrgrurdly
anl sIu'gI appropriations have characterized oil
Their measures Tor this great aud mOmcntously i'm
P1rlaui object. al The same time that they have
used more, vastly more, money than any Admins.
tfniinu We ever bad.
To" sal they Justify this neglect 81 The public
dcioHcHs' Will they say The Government was too
EHnT And who made % po1H Admiuiug That
They could ls acquitted OF he responsibility Of this
PERJURY of Irr Government, b. that a sufficient aP0.
l1fy i"r leaving he country utterly deieucclcss1-
They could whilst thus negligent and imYroyidcui
multiply tc'eral Offices aud do other things ou no
mean sl.. 90 rHe expense d the National Trea
-AiF' .' iHHIy their position ns party. During
|"# o.. 49, &c. a
hHr0n ih0 annual expenses Of collecting the Gus.
''H. alone were increased from soveu hundred thou.
lhI 90 hI'7u hundred thousand dolllrf and Other
iA..iNfr iH1rrYu1r-s we're multiplied in like pro.
PORTION u tar NATIONAL jolcuces had realized The
l'N' ml1lI..lcs we might az this moment have
'.'n i'rIlrI against insult and wrong "Rigid
economy hlr been tle cry, but % has been pmrtis.
'I only 90 ihg hazard Of orr peace. and az the er.
pen'e OF our safety rs o. nation.
National ~EaicIigcacsr.
''7i.-Ii BE- stated chat he rogue who relieved the
numerical Bank of Cincinnati and tho Bank OIL
N,'...s ..lfN'1 n1rh. w1a mi hour i1 counting
pos money Boo tHe llucr bank. and paid the Cashier
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