The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-05-12


He knows, we suppose, what sort of stuf
to electioneer with. He referred to the
car and carriages and the display Of the
soldiers and remarked he would not have
buried him in that manner, but in the
style suitable for republican Presiden:
and would have bathed his remains with
his tears but not with the tears of the bas-
ilisk--this he thought no doubt very pa
thetic. But after electioneering against
Gen. Harrison, and no doubt circulating
Montgomery and Hawkins publication
charging him with selling poor uhite
men and women for debt" we may well
imagine what sort Of tears he would shed
they would be the tears Of the hyena
rejoicing over a carcase his funeral cx-
penses-that would give so efficient SUBJ
ject to electioneer with. But as this SUBJ
ject has caused a good deal of remark
among the people we would invite their
attention to the following document as
published with the Funeral Expenses:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, april 4, 1871.
The Marshall of the District of Columbia will
suporintend the funeral ceremonies of the late
President of the United States and will proceed
to make all the necessary arrangements. What
ever expenses shall 10 necessarily incurred will
be paid.
DANIEL WEBSTER,
for himself and other Heads Of Departments.
Now, with what sort of justice can the
Wing party be blamed by the Loco Focos,
with the enormous expenses incurred for
the burial of Gen. Harrison, when the or.
der above was given TO the Marshall to
make the necessary arrangements. and who
is Loco Foco--yes, gentle reader, the
Marshall, who incurred all this expense is
Loco Foco, yes, he is man Of their own
kidney, and who knows but he may have
taken this step to bring reproach upon the
Wings. Mr.. Webster, for himself and
the other Heads of Departments, said
"whatever expense shall be necessarily
incurred will be paid" and the expense
having been incurred by the Marshall,
could Congress with any kind Of propricty
refuse to pay the amount. However much
we might be opposed to the expenditure,
we should have blamed Congress if they
had not paid the bill, and that without
hesitation.
The subject of National Debt being
made by the Wings came in for share
of his notice. He stated that the Wings
had made debt, we think, of something
like Sl5 or s20,o00,0oO. This is not the
case. 1t is usual for an administration to
make estimates at the commencement of
each fiscal year of the expenditures neces.
sary for that year and to make provision
for it. Attic session of Congress of 1910
Al 20 provision was made for the falling
off in the revenue caused by the reduction
Of the tariff, consequently the Wings we're
obliged TO obtain a loan to enable them to
carry the Government on, instead of the
issuing of Treasury Notes, which is a
species of debt although it has not that
appearance to the people-for man who
buys an article and gives his note fol it,
expecting TO make the money 10 pay ii,
might with the same propriety say he ow-
cd nothing as for the Government to issue
Treasury notes and then say there was no
debt. Mr.. Clay stated this in Congress
and yet the Wings have not only to bear
their own sins but the sins of the past adj
ministration.
Again: Mr.. Henry in remarking on the
report of the Joint select committee on the
subject of uniting the Literary and Inter
nal Improvement Boards stated that il re.
commended that the monies due the State
should be collected and deposited in the
Banks. Now, this is not so. The con
clusion of the report says: "they, (tht
committee) therefore, recommend that thu
boards be united and that the newly or
ganized board, be directed to collect al
the monies now due both boards, and TO in
vest the same in permanent; funds tina
is, bank stock or other stock yielding int
rest, and why do the Committee recon
mend this, because it requires malorlt,
of each board to do business, and in som
instances the expense of renewing loa
was greater than the interest received
and another reason is given in the follow
ing extract from the report itself:
"The committee hope that they ma
: be pardoned for few observations upo
this branch of the subject. 1t is one the
: touch with great feelings of delcacy, an
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