Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-07-05
POLITICS..
AN ADDRESS

Az ADDRESS
OF the Democratic Contention, ,chich met at Salisbury
on the 20h day of .ay l9i2-to The People # Worth
Caroiina. -1CoxcLuDkD.
ryrrypl1I.GE- or fHE GOVERNMENT
The expenditures If the Government during the
last wear Of Mr. Van urens I'd nn;sraton amounted to
fraction mere t!ln twenty tw' millions OF dollars MI
Van Buren, himself aud ali his friends in Congress we're
anxious to reduce them sill more and without doubt,
if they had been continued IN power hs would have
been done.
The VINO leaders during the campaign Of lclO, de.
claimed loudly against these expenditures; they de-
nounced them as Atravarant aud promised, elected,
that they would al bring Gown the expenses q" The
Government, to fourteen or fifteen mo"s per year.-
Well they were elected, and placed IN power the qnes-
ton now Is hare they fulfilled their promises: Have
they brought The expenses oil the Government down 10
II or II millions per year: We answer no. they have
neither done IT. attempted 10 DO H. bat on the con-
trary during the very first year of their power, they
have increased the expenditures many millions thus
fasifynr all their Pied ,ci Daring the campagn, they
assured the people ,lat ii ar IL nillio"s annually were
enough to cary on the Government, aud :ha, they
would require no more Scarcely, however, were they
seated in power. when their leader Mr.. Clay Chair
man Of the Comn..tce OF Finance, declared and after.
ward. reiterated the same IA Resouon-lha, t!ceny
SIR millions If doidrS the lowest sum with winch
The Govcrnmcn: could b. carried on Ect0ye the cleo
ton, they prorssed tiat II millions were sniclen1'
after the election, they required - millions.
Arain: The Wing Tariff Committee on ;ilst March,
l-l2 laid a report before Congress III defence Of high
taxes, from VII ci, make the following. extract:
at repeated, the precise amount required !" carry
on tie Government j. unceraln;-bn IN tie opinion
Of the COMMITTEE smaller sum than 's2G,o00,Ooa or
-. 900 COO - liwcntysix or twenty seven m'i!Ions)
will not suffice f5r the ordinary expenditures"
Now it i!e Wings IN Congress have so grossly vo-
lated their PLEDGES, one year 20 have increased he
expenditures Of Ike Government frfIre millions n d0t
lars beyond what LEY had PROMISED, what mag not ht
expected from them ~ few years more, II they are
continued power, We leave the subject 20 The peo-
pie, and shall proceed 10
THE NEW NATIONAL DEET.
When the " hi2s contending tor power IN lc40,
they told The people that the Democrats had involved
the Government debt many millions Of dollars
some said t1cnty, some hfy, and some went as h'gh
forty millions.
To ascertain the truth OF tie matter, the U. States
Senate OF an early day, in the present session, directed
The Secretary OF TIE Treasury To report how much
The Government did o,yr wien MIR. Van Buren, went
out of Office T.,e Secretarys answer Is contained IN
Senate Document, No. -, Of the present session.
He states that itc only form IN winch any debt was
contracted during Mr. Van Buren's term, in the
e,n ssian al leaSurr notes, ani that the amount o
Treasury notes outstanding the !d OF March, lcIi,
was So COZ SOL :,i. TINS amount Included about one
million of Treasury taken up and in The hands OF
receivers but not caucelisd-thu showing that Tie
only debt against tic Govefnren nj when Mr. Van Bu-
rem out of Office was :3o'i1,'io, IN outstanding
Treasury notes. This could hardly be called debt at
all-for these notes were receivable Tor Government
dues and were coming in
Now let us see wha, the nhgs have done as respects
a public debt since they came INTO power.
During the Extra Session, they passed 4 law author
ling lean OF t,celre nations oil dollars
During the present session, they passed another act
authorizing further loan Of fec millions more, making
sertnteem mooas. The act author zing the Co
vernmeGt fund interest, all The outstanding irea
surv notes, To tie amount oil s. I1C,uuU--naaing Il
grand total of +s25750,ceO.
Thus when tie Na@s received the Government,
they found !, deart d,t', save the Sooo1,aol OF out
standing Treasury notes
But in one year after they cane into power, they
authorized funded permanent debt OF tc,afy fire mt
tons >cren hnndsedand Gtiy ttgaseHd d2t!arS and all
this in ,iae Of profound peace.
Surely the Whi.s mus, hc acting The maxim OF
the Old Federal party, HAT a National deb, * Ma
tioaal bessin,: o,hetw,Sc tev would no, have rushed
into so large deb: sio: period OF time. Since
tey have managed n. Of one year 10 create
pGblc deb Of nearly 70 NIL! ons OF Gallas, what
we not expect IN rha tire" years 30 come II the people
TO no: arrest them, in their ~d Of extruyaeace
and prod,sal;i' Let al! who value their rights and
would no: WISH 10 taxes ard tariffs onaIl,d or
themselves and rost.ry come to The rescue before il
is too late.
TIE GANNGIrT LAW.
Among the acts passed by the Federal party when
formerly in power EaaLra;f iasc T.ie Rcpuh!i.
cans were universally against 1t, a"t as ,h.y
came into power, they rfFfGied IT. Mark the analogy
Among The acs passed BY the Wings at The Extra SEES
sion was the Bankrupt iatc. The Democrats are uni
versally opposed II H. and they regain power
they Will assu5sdly repeal tins mos; odlous law
The Democ'asa'e opposed 10 It, because it gross
violation OF tie obligations 81 contracts winch exist
between debtor ana c'rd.;~r and because demo.
razing AID cosrup;rs II IS influence tie conuiu.
nhy
1t is now known That this law was passed b. CON-
bna,:on between lis particular friends, and hose wha
III favor OF distributing the proceeds OF tic pubic
lands one no voted fr it, went for plunderinc the
public Treasury, aud TIE other set for deranding no
nest creditors.
All who are in cAyo. Of repeating this most ni9u
tous law shond remember that it only be done by
turning ont of power, those who passed it, and who
now advocate il.
DIVIDING OFT THE TGoCEEDs OF THE PUEBLO
LANDS STATE DEBTS.
The Wings, at the Extra Session, under the in
Puence Of Mr. Clay, passed law 10 take from the
public Treasury the money hEoush; in By the sales of
The public lands, and 10 give it away 10 the several
States This was donc when the income of the Go
yernment was Sufficient 10 meet The expenditures,
and of course doing SO, woad create still greater de-
fciency. How was this deficiency TO be supplied
Why, ~ taxes on tie peoqeaod, arc the people will