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lam next feqaired 70 use my sxer,iens
30 10 reduce shd mosify The leaa hi and
revenue bill, As 70 Init Tie sun Tsise1 fpF
the support d Govefnnenl 10 toe amour.
o8ly which ECONOMY 10 The pabI5c ser
vice may require. The loan and reyes ae
bills here spoken OF. are those Of fbe extra
session. To these. therefoTs, IconGne MI
remarks.
] speak With perfect respect lot those
BY ahom this instruction is given. when ]
say ihag il j. peculiarly unfortunate con.
ing as i does from The friends of fhe late
Administrator. Mr. Van Buren,. on
coming into Office, found sur exceeding
eigbtsen millions OF dolIsrsIin the Tses
suFy. This included the sun az line
millions. beipg an insiald ent due 10 Tie
States. which vas never paid 10 them but
expended in be course Of his ADMINISTERS.
lion. The Government stock ID Tie eank
was sold for about eight millions. n skiag,
40 aggregate Of upwards Of tweus1sssx
millions over and above the ortlihary re-
venues Of The country which we9e 81 his
disposal. Al no period Of bis adrhinstltb-
/ ton. uas The ordinary income rf the Co
ixernrent equal TO its current expenses.
and this was 10 the process Of dialnutioh
by the periodical REDUCTION OF Ihe safiff
under The compromise aci. Yet he fore
bore TO make any provision for tie rxist-
Ing and inevitably increasing de6cieney,
Of the revenue; under the influences oil
what motive, no one can be al loss 10
determine. The result Of such . coarse
Of measures vas obvious. He left the
Tfeas1sy empty. swept Of all itsFesoar-
Ices. with . fevenpe inadequate 10 he cur
real wsnis,cf lhe Government, and debt
OF So, 600, OD0 in outstanding treasury
noies-ard thishss been most Incorrectly
represented as the whole amountDf dabt
lett By that Administrator. II this had
been true, Il would still have beer necss.
Isary 10 resort 10 a loan. for the acc1uing
revenue was nol equal 70 the current Ok.
renses. and could not therefore have t6r.
nished the means Of paying these notes,
which nevertheless must be redeemed -
But this constituted but a small porlipn
of the debts aud liabilities trsnsmitle6, by
the Administration OF Mr.. Yaa Buren 10
that Of Gen. Harrison. One OF anr own
worthy and able representatives (Mr
MerriwetheD has collected aud stated the
amour; Of postponed Obligations. that is Of
debts, due BY Mr.. Van Buren's admiuis.
ration, sui left TO be paid by hislsueces.l
sor including outstanding treasury nofes,
appropriations made BY The last Congress
of lIat administration, which terminated
lis session on the Sd Of March 1911, al a
sum but lillis short oftwentv FIVE millions
--say precisely S24.7l9, DOS. lOf this
sum twelve millions we're for appropria
tons made bY Cong whics became
debt 70 be paid by the present ht..7ninjs-
tTatioi. as soon as the services whies
were authorised by the several aprropria.
lion laws had been performed.
Such was the inheritance to which the
nrsseni Naturalization succeeded by The
extIayagant expenditures OF their pfede.a
cessors-bv their neglect to provide for
present waats, or future liabilities. Every
resource was exhausted treasury
platter was bright 10. its empiipe@--no
means Of supply were provided bui IN Az
thoriiy 10 issue treasury notes. Add YET
| am required 10 use my exariionsIio re-,
duce and modify the loan and revenue
bills to an amount only which econosp $ 10
the public service may require. why,
this public service consists not meseiy Of
the current wants Of The GoyefnmsnF. Tor
,he payment Of the civil list. The army
navy. SC. SC. bu, also or The pay GTeni Of
The debts and liabilities FELT by7lAeil4st IA /.
inis,fationEio the present 10 provl.s for.
and for which they will be unable u nj axe
adequate prp,isionior some time ,eScothe,-
unless a new impulse can be gtreniio orr
commerce. By which oor Imports sbsll be
very muchincreased -unless tnete shall
be greatly enlarged demand tor public
lands, or unless we resort to direcl taxa
lion. | lhink with knowledge 81 these
facts, this Instruction would no. have been
given
Col James Watson Webb, Editor a NE N y.
Courier and Enquirer, has been iudsc,te By 4
grand jury fot leaving the Stale 10 ashl duel
with ThomasF F. Marshall, Esq. 10 BIS defence,
he complains Gha: the provisions Of al Obsolete
law have been raked up % punish Elm. whilst
proninen, offenders have been alleweflo escape,
though stained with blood, aud some IL Inc min
isiers Of the law who are q iBdict he peaalIy.
upon him have themselves deen lrahssIfssofs.-
We quote paragraph to show that here was
no sanguina.y Intention On The parsof Colonel