The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-03-19
SHfEiEGks 0Ht Hsr. CLAY i,
(C'0ntinucd.)

the same general suhjecls-subjects which
any here set forth; and shall, for lhd
r.asor, consider them toge h"r.
The second resolution ASSERTS
THAT such an adequate revenue can
not be obtained by dulIes on foreign i'm,
ports without adopting higher lale than
twenty peicent., as provided for in the
comp. OH act, which, al the time OF ills
pa Sc, was supposed aud assumed as d
tate that would supply sufficient reven-
lie for an economical administration oil
the Government"
The third resolulio concludes
~ hat ME laIe Of duties on foreign i'm
ports ought 10 be augmented beyond the
late OF Wenty per cent, so as 10 produce
netl revenue Of ~ emly-slX millions Ut
dollars-twen.l Two for the ordinary OK
penses of Government, two for the pay
menl of the existing debt, and two mil
lions as a reserved fund for contingent
cIeS."
The fourth resolution asserts
~ hat in the adjustment OF tariff to
raise an amount OF twenty six millions Of
revenue, The principles ol the compromise
act generally should be adhered 10; and
llIal especially maximum rate OF al val
otem uul Is should be established, from
which there ought to be as lille departure
as possible"
Tire first question which these resoIu-
~, 4 L.. a.
amoul Oh the annual expenditures of }hlS
Government Now, on llris point, shall
not attempt, hat is impossible, to be eX-
acl and precise in stating hat that may
b.. "e can only make an approximation.
\ % man, III his private affairs, can say, or
prctcmds to say, at the beginning Of the
} car, precisely what Shall be the ID
mouHt Of his expenses doring the
! ear: that muss depend on many Lnlore-
seen contingencies, which Cam with
any precision be calculated beforehand;
all that can be done lsto make AN ap
lr"A!ual!on 10 what ought to be OF
" hat may be the amount. Before | con-
Sldcr that gu slion, allow mt To correct.
here, an assertion made fist by the Sena-
tor from SOuth Carolina, Nj. Calhoun
and subsequently by he Senator from
Missouri NEAR me, Mr.. Linn and be-
!Ieve by one or TWO other genIirn.en, VIZ.
that the WI lg party, when out oi puv er.
asserted that, Ii trusted ~ h the helm, they
would administer this Government al an
Of expenditure not exec, dn g
- < IIll (Hn L,po IL s,,rh on 81,
ZION was actually made by either or all oi
these gentlemen, that it ill never he re-
pealed again without IT sorting TO proni to
sustain ii. know of no such POSITION
ever taken by the Wing party. or by any
prominent member of the Wing party |
Sure ! am that the party generally pledged
tseli To no such reduction oil The public
Apenses-nnne.
And again say that trust before such
IN assertion Is repeated, the proofs will
De adduced. For in this case, as in Others
hat which is serted and reiterated comes
At last to be believed. The VI hlg party
lid promise economy and retrcnchlneul,
md | trust | will perform their promise,
deny Gin no offensive sense that lhe
" hIg party ever promised 10 lrdIce
he expenditures Of this Govern
nent to thirteen millions of dollars. No;
'ut this was W hat they said; DUNG The
oar years of the Administration OF Mr.. |
Adams the average amount ol The public /
expenditure was but thirteen m llluns, and
,ou charged that Administrator ilI out
age"us extravaganza, aud me your
elves INTO power on promises TO reduce
he annual expenditure; but, having OBJ
al cd power, instead OF reducing the pub
&c expense, y,.u carried them up to the
astonishing amount If near forty millions.
But, while The Wings never asserted thai
hey would ADMINISTER the Government
with thirteen millions, our opponents, oul
respected opponents, after having been
hIee years III power, instead nt bringing |
he expenses below The slant ard Of Mr.
Adams Administration, declared that fl
cen millions was the amount at which
he expenditures should be fixed. Thl-
" as the ground taken hv Nj. McLane,
" hen he was at the head of the Treasury
lave his report before me, but as the
act, presume, will hot be denied, for
bear 10 read from ii. lie suggests, as the
lit amount to he raised by the tariff he
had proposed, the sum of fifteen millions
ol doll. Is as sufficient to meet the wants |
ii the Government.
hope now have shown that the Wing
party, before they obtained power, never
we're pledged to bring down the public
expenses either TO threen or TO fifteen
They were pledged, admit, to
relrcnch unnecessary expenditures, and
to make a reasonable deduction whenever
il could properly be made consistently
with the public service: that process, as
is now going ON IN both llou-
,es, and ! trust the fruits will be seen be-
fore the end of the present session.
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