Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-10-20

The clsnor 81 an Oppression a1tet he AZ
psass Of ne exlrf session q Congress. called
81 Gsa. tisrri.sa. i wen Utb5 ~. Evans q
Name. % shs following fsugfiPhs Of his
These gehllsmsn cry 90. sCoHgEess
vas called together = pay ihe public
debts. Did fhey DO IL Not Yet the =
uE.o say 80 lefl Is al ac,ual defeiiin the
Treasury Of 6va and half millions, sad
an amolni Of from twenty 10 twenty two
millions Of appgopFialiodf. made BY them,
10 bs presided far What Did fhey trans
nil 70 Us 10 discharge these tRtnly -seren
Or wsnty-sighi millions Of positive debt
alreaty inc0freds A reselne stated BY
the ho0orsble genileman before me- Mr.,
Woodbury.. then Secretary Of The Tlsa-
snry, at Twelve and BALI miliionsiast
year, aud 10 fall 10 ten millions this year.
So that lbe seniire income Of both years
fell far skorsof the engagements already
fastened upon Us for ne frst. Gentle
men now complain TIA, we have Tesorted
10 Tressurynoies-th themselves have
left Us Eve millions Of Them 10 pay and
nothing but Treasury notes and loans 10
pay with; Tor (ss / have already shown
he whole income. for more than TWO years
10 advance. was already absorbed. and
nothing Jeff Us for earfyigg on The Co
vern meni but temporary expecients,
made difficult BY Tie pressure Of the
times. snd the discreSii into which They
| had thrown US.
Such is the condilipn OF debt and OF IN
adequate revenue ID which they left Us
plunged; AID wheS we. goIio work 10
raise means for relieving the Treasury.
They denounce US. as promoting exirsva-
gance and eontriving voluntary debt. ia
order that we may have pretence for
laying protective Tariff T.
] IF, sir. public debt Be curse, whoRre
obnoxious 10 the mslsdiotior-tbey Who
brought il Oh, or they who take measures
10 pay il oil ANA who. sir, are the pro-
tectiye tarIf psr,y-,hey who have left
the country no other means but high du,
ties 10 exlritate Us from our embarrass-
menls. or We who simply put those IN.
avoidable means into prsclice, u
What. thea is the reality of this com
lplaint o. Whis exlravagancel Il is, that
we have provided for the public necessi.
ties bccssioned BY them. Sir, without
that extra sessibn as about which 50 much
clamor is made I've: surely Mr. ysn Blu.
ren had bis exln session. too. unrebuked J
The Governmen, as Il is now easy 10 see,
could not havegOt through the year
That extra session. If iidid nothing else.
did. al least. forshe public revenue what
The Senator from New Hampshire fMr.
Woodbury. hadin vain 10 his reports. Of
three or four years besoaght Democratic
Congresses 10 do, II Gu, off those quaint.
lies Of foreign articles introduced by eva.
sions ofYour laws, as coming within your
free list. These frauds from abroad, the
very awkwarded hole that could be i'm,
sgined 10 yoursysiem Of duties, that Wing
Congress stopped and in this alone, Tar
more than paid any expenses attending
its being convened. Let meIhere remark,
TOO thai this Illicit aud unattended free
list. thus curtsiled. and ;hus recommend
ed 10 be So abridged by The democratic
Secretary Of the. Treasury. forms large
part Of tbativery wide number Of du,iable
articles or which the Senator from Mis-
souri mskef another charge cainst ms.