Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-05-23
SECRETARY FORWARDS REPORT.

morning; anil in publishing it, we take occasion to Dis
abuse the minds Of eur readers Of into which We
fell end into which We have uispl them, IN cur last
papcr in reference 10 the expenditures Of the years
lsi2. Isl Is and lSi4 as estimated by that gentleman.
Thc aggregates it is true were correctly sa.c hy us
to VIII 81 S22 25s Cor the first. 81, l5j COS iyr the
second aud t32 262 90 for the third year but Of these
sums s. 100000 appropriated in ls,2, to the re
detnption Of outstanding treasury notes ,i,5o},eo0
in SD the same purpose and to the payment Of inter
Isl on account Of the public deJt aud S6,7d 9i6 in
ISL to the payment Of interest and principal Of that
debt. Looking only at the aggregates the items of
which they are composed did not attract our attention.
These items, though charged upon the future, are Of
course rightly ctargeabp to the past and the extent
that the Van Burcn Administration left an OUT
STANDING DEBT, admitted ly It's friends to have
been al least five and half millions Of dollars, and
OUTSTANDING CLAIMS, which its means were
inadequate to meet. and beyond that sum- these a
mounts ought Of right be deducted from the account
current Of Mr. Tyler's expenditures, and charged to Mr.
Van Buren's These several items amount 10 S2l :
III SO. which, being deducted from SIS 800 $50
the aggregate of this and the succeeding years.
will cayean average annual expenditure, strictly speak
ing Of about -. millions Of dollars
We are clad to that Secretary Forward is bold e.
naugh to recommend duties sufficiently high meet the
probable demands upon the Treasnry-though we dis
sent from his opinion that the Land fund ought 10 be re
called from the States We dissent from it, first be
of the Insignifeence Of the amount which, as the
reader will observe, is estimated. for the next three
years, to average little a million and 4 half per an
num- and secondly, and especially, because the Public
Lands in the language Of Gen. Jackson and Senator
King OF Alabama, (both hleh authority in the Loco 70
co church ought To to be Of revenue.
We hope that Mr.. Tyler concurs will his Secretary
in the recommendation Of Discriminating tarih-hough
well aware that. if he does now there Is
NJ guarantee thai he will adhere month longer 10 his
opinions BE this as itmay hope that Congress will
10 is duty If Mr. Tyler should hereafter refuse 10 co
operate with that body in the only legitimate and pract
cable mode Of raising revenue, hope it will leave him
10 devise his ofmcelnp the claims oflcru
lie creditors and oflufng the national cneaqemonis
That the Tariff Warcry will again be rascd by tlusc
who deem party triumph Of more importance than the
national welfare, well aware. Dui we already
s'lufary change in public opinion on This great
question, ard we do fear encounter it, Expert
ence, the great teacher is correcting the false theories Of
closet potcians--and ia conc beirc the people. we
would not give fact fr i5rfy ihcaics though back
I'd by forty bales election,
,''' 'I''' " -, '''' an me power
- l"' i.'',o'"'Y u 'iio eo''n growing
gu, ''9'''' ''''' 'i' ny" ''''s u ou''' upon ID
y *" i'' init w "'H'i" planter PAM iieulolrN-
S wv '''a u 'o''o" "' sun "9 bounty to me N2f'n
~ ""' WIS i'fns ee""@ Heh ny INES
oppressive tax upon the South. The most dcpora-
o'' l'''"',S we've ufa"n "' ue dts'HtnT elects u
! II.
"o ''i'' P'i"s painters were Impoverished,
anu '''' ''''s WIZ ruined; III eur ihaF's q com
'lee ''c grass gre" III me streets. and our shipping
fo''e" al the "taf'es. h'taI or nudity that odlo1s
'aFh' ana magic change Was to PISS over this wide
spread ana nhOehen scene OF wreehctincSs and Iun Tho
planter would grow rich: commerce would revive
ana inc mercantile and agricultural prosperity OF the
south would be placed beyond the reach OF di-aser,
Ne-ltWas done c-halt Of theducs have becnstrich
On oll-and now what do we behold The cotton grow
my States are plunged ndetPr peenary difficulties than
3 ever We're heore'hflr great staple now rings abou
'aii le price II commanded when the duties We're twice
as h5h as they are hoW-and they might pray al
ways "oe permitted TO pay Az taIfs in TIE hundred, II
hey could only secure such ready sales and such high ri
ees as they obtained when was SAID they did So In ont
word the reduction et the Tariff has lsied The prcdic
os"t the men WHO Were ready 10 plunge the country IN
10 c''l war Tor The purpose OF eeetlng that ohccts
rs 'e increase oil The larill from lelo TO lsN, ias
hed all 'e predictions OF Its opponents by securing
p'eheous revenue, aHording an ample market Tor on