Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-08-17
Correspondence Of y. Y. Com rnere!Al Advertiser.
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MR. EVANS, SPEECH.

Alter my letter Of this evening was concluded al
; o'clock, Nix Evans OF Maine, Chairman al tie
Committee Finasce, rose IN reply to what had
f,Ilen from the oppo1snts Of the bill this day.
This speech Is universally allowed to be worthy
o. The best and most able Senator who ever oeeu
pied Tie responsible position so worlhiy filled
by Mr Evans. shall not pretend to give you more
than the most hasy analysis Of il, it will soon be
Published at length, without doubt 1t is worthy q
beng stereo,yIeJ.
Mr. Evans said lie had hoped that he should not
ne called upon to 90 into the matters, altogether
eNtraneCns - lie deemed them, which hoBofs lie
Senators had brought into coninne ion with the bill
before the Senate. But at the risk Of dea wing the
passage Cf it somewhat longer time ihsn he
could have wished he would cursouly glance
over them.
Tic then noticed the hue and cry brought against
the Wing party Tor performing 50 little OF the pro
mises made 90 the country, e retfenchment and
reform, since they had been in power. lie sug
gestcd 10 tho authors o these ale .alions that II
would be candid end fair 70 await the summing up
81 at least ooe years accounts and TO zee what the
balanee.sheet would show, LtfJie they brought such
a charge against tho successful party.
They might then see account Of great re,rcncii-
Tnenis Of expenses, Of great saving Of hitherto most
nnUarnntable expenditures, Of needless Offices re
dueed, Of the reduction Of the Navy and Army Ia
economical bass, Of great sums saved IN the
other things
They had come into power inheri,ors of n largo
debf. and no revenue 10 pay II with. They were
driven TO the eIpedient Of issuing Treasury rot,s
the necessity for which wis created, not by them
selves, but their predecessors, whose lvofite mea
sure TO raise supplies this Was this a fapl.
" 30, whose
Mr. Secretary Woodbury. bod ever resortsd 10 this
mode Of obtaIning money, while The Treasury wss
m his hand; he was constantly 80 the habit OF AN
ielpoung the revenue" as he was wont 10 call IT, in
this wsy.
The Wings arc accused Of making efforts 70 70
plenish the Treasury which their predecessor in
power had left empty, with debt upon d, oftwenty
millions OF dollars. And the calling Of the ezra
session, Tor that purpose, j. denounced ns a need
less, nay prohIgate expense, and as having re
suited IN no good.
Mr. Evans would say 10 the Sena,ors who r,,d
this argument that TIE extra session was the saliva.
ton Of the country from greater dstresses than Il IL
labOrng under even now. Without H. With ali lie
revenue lel1 US ny The Yon Buren, administration,
and the power 10 issue Treasury notes as Inc oni,,
ready means Of providing for the government, liz,
government could not have possibly gone through
the year.
And what had they done at that extra session, II
nothing else, there was one thing they accomplished
which Mr. Woodbury., though he felt the slron9
necessity for doing H. end had mnde the endsavor.
had not been able 10 bring about. They had eorI
rccted the notorious abuse arising under the eYistno
sfco list Of imports, and had thus prevented f,o
This alone was a saving 10 the Treasury Of moro
than Enough 10 compensate Tor oil the EXPENSES OF
that 90 much abused extra session.
Bot Nc Benton had carcaturod and denounced
the clause in tho present bill, introduced for this
purpose-tko clause imposing a duty on all unenu
meratod articles, Of 30 per cent ad vaorem-ns
"drag net" to catch every thing, and 10 suffer moth
ing 70 be imported free tat could bc helped. NJ
Evans asked Senators on the other side finley woul,
really be willing 10 leave that section out, and {,
expose the Treasury 10 the gross frauds II was TO-
Tended 70 prevent