The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-11-24

deliberations Of Congress al the present
session, VIZ.
ls,. The repeal of the sui Treasury.
I'd. The Incorporation OF Bank adapt.
ed TO the wants of the People and Of the
Government.
Sd. The provision of an adequate reye'
nue. for lhe Government, by the imposition
Of duties, and including an authority 10 con
tract temporary loan TO lesson the public
debt contracted BY the las. Administration,
4th. The prospective distribution OF The
proceeds Of the public lands.
9Th. The passage Of necessary aPpropria'
ton bills. /
Resolred, That il is evpejien. TO dlsif-
butte the business proper TO be done at this /
session between the Senate and the House |
of Representative so as TO allow oil both |
Houses acting on the same subject al the /
same time.
Here ives the evidence Of Mr.. Clay, an
eegeruess shared by his political friends, to
90 at once to work aud place the financial
affairs Of the Government on proper loot
ing. A revenue, loan, and a bank pro
lee, were consequently prepared, and twice
was the latter vetoed by the President, at
ter infinite labor on the par: OF the maJori
ty to carry gu, their own original measures
and, failing in that effort, 10 accommodate
them to the Executive will. II was the
constan, aim of the Wings to transact busl'
ness and cut off defamation IN Congress
Hence /" the one hour rule, which the Up
position, being adverse to action and de-
lighting in long speeches, unliofmsy resist
ed 10 tue extent of their power. The org
inal plan proposed by Secretary Ewing, oil
funding the deb, created by Van Buren,,
and of extending the requisite loan 10 eight
years-yhich would at the time have made
the negotiation On easy terms perfectly tea
slble-was slrenuousy denounced by his
psrtisaus. SO long as the Treasury could
be harrasssd by its own notes falling Que
and by claims for which NJ means we're
collected, they were satisfied, provided The
people could thereby be pursuaded OF their
especial enmity TO 6 national debt" And
with the same condition they are satisfied
still. They would rather have an actual
debt OF hundred millions OF dollars oppres
sing the country undef some fictitious name,
than fund, if necessary, the amount OF one
hundred cents due by the Government, aud
call it, as i, would truly be, national debt.
Blu, We are depressing.
Returning 10 MIR. Gays resolutions,
there is one thing Indispensable. II The
Wings had been able TO carry out their own
plans, they would have had on the statute
books at the close OF the extra session oil
the above projects. Bu, in what partIcu
lar was their original plan of operations
carried out In nothing except The repeal
dsnnsd policy, they cease to be responsible
for the consequences Of lie failure.
With regard TO appropriations TO meet
the curren, cost of Government together
With the debts left By Van Buren,, no, GOV
cred by the loan which was proposed, the
wings could no. instantly mske all the re
auctions deemed subsequently, expedient il
the several Departments. Time was neces
sary to examine into the details Of oil the
Departments, and, considering the Augear
condition in which the previous Admins
tration had left them, it was task Of nc
ordinary difficulty. Had the Wings, how
ever, been suffered promptly to achieve
their purposes, with the concurrence Of the
President, as they once fully anticipated
their attention Ia rstTenchnents would have
been efficiently given long ago. Yet, il
spite OF every obstacle, they have effected
important reductions in various branches
OF the Government. They have, in the
face of every species Of hostility, at las
passed tariff law. They have thus pro
sh.
store The credit OF the Government. They
have rescued from their adyersaries under
Whatever banner they have appeared, ma
ny OF the weapons BY which The Industry
OF ihe country saye been pros,Taied -
They have, in word, forgotten no expe.
dieot OF economy or omitted any feasible
method oil bringing means up TO the stand
ard Of responsibilities.
And now, we would ask, is not the evi
dence on the one hand abundant that The
Van buren, Administration, through lis IN.
bounded extravaganza, lad the bass, deep
and broad, OF The national debt, and that the
wing majority OF Congress on The other
hand, have devised ample means, and as
Tar as possible rendered those means opera
tlve' to iiqudate the deb, and pay the cur.
rent expenses of Government, Will any
one, IN the face Of the proofs afforded by
the public records, still aft CT 10 doubt the
wre.ched condition in which this Admins.
tra,ion found The Federal finances, or the de
sire OF the party which il brought into power
to restore them 10 order and make ado lus,e
10 The reasonable wants Of the Treasury
The Wings, Then, are 10 uowiss answerabIe
tor the presen, amount Of the national debt,
but their opponents are j9.;!y, add beyond
all caVil cnargeabls with the creation Of il.
10 vain may their organs try to shift tins
responsibility. Their own statements rise
up TO testify against them, and we fear not
that public opinion will Judge rightly ia tie
matter.-North Americaa.
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