New-York daily tribune., 1843-03-01
T,e Ri,nuces of tnr Country.

The Finances OF tnr Country
We AK the close attention Of our readers to the
clear and admirable Report of that able Statesman
and trisd champion of Wing policy, Hon. MIL
LARD FILLMORE, in behalf of the Committee Of
Wuys and Means upon he present and prospective
state of the Finances of the Nation. just at the
cese of the Session. when the energies OF Congress
were all needed for the summary transaction o'
unfinished business. President Tyler chose to em
barrsss them by Message announcing that, II
s,i,e of all the provisions they had made and pro-
nosed % make, the National Treasury would h'
exhausted before the expiration OF the current
wear. What was his motive IN this may not sceri
clear. i, ,,ey i,aYs been to prepare the way io'
an Extra Session Of Congress, which it is under
stood he is desirous to coEvsac, tor the more sure
and speedy accomplishment OF ds purposes' OF
the mere desire 10 embarrass their sc.lon, aho
perchance force upon them the odiGm OF imposing
a tax on tea and coffee may have urged h'm TO IL
Some personal and cherished design ne undouoted'
ly had or he would not thus boldly and Pertlno-
.cously have, con,radicted the official statement o.
the Secretary Of ,h; Treasury, and demanded addl'
.Iooal taxation ct the hands OF Congress. ne
sought grossly 10 misead the People, to induce
dissatisfaction with the existing Tariff, and t.
bring reproacl ypos the egislalion of Wing Con-
gress; and to accomplish this he did not hesitate
20 mss,ate the actual condition Of the Treasury
and 70 proclaim deficit when zone existed or was
iikely to occur
Mr.. F1LLMoRE has met this attempt by plan
clear statement which carries with 1t the PROOF e'
its own correctness. He examines in order the
estimated receipts of the Treasury for the year. th
several sources from whrh they are 20 come and
the expenditures Of the different branches OF the
government; and shows clearly. beyond reach q
cavil or doubt, that the esd of the year will wit
ness q balance az the Treasury Of more th0n
FIVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. under the existing
regulations aud upon t'.e estimates OF he proPe'
department. There is not, therefore, the si'ghtes'
ground for the apprehension affected ana exP:esSed
by the President. The excess of money IN tst
Treasury Is amply sufficient for any cont'ngerc9
likely to arise aud there exists not the most 'f-
mote necessity sor the recommended imposition o.
o tax on tea and coffee.
The closins paragraphs of this able document
emineu..y deserve at,aatien. The h'ius'on o! th'
President 10 ,na want Of some tfnaaclGt plan i@
s-improyo the currency at the counry Is met az II
deserves, With n aecia;a,ioa Tat Congress ha,
repeatedly evinceo =, Willingness to enact :, any
measure that has ,,,e ,es, OF successful experience
20 recommend it aud ,ha, vii! neither endanget
the treasure Of the nation nor confer on the EA-
ecuive powers dangerous to our liberties he
Exche1uer is such pen, aud hence 1t has
b.en rejected The President refuses to lend nj,
sanction to any other plan; regardless OF the WIN
Of the People, the wisdom of Congress, the wants
of the country, the pressing necessity which he
ackno vedses 10 exist, the dictates of common
sense and, every consideration which ought to IT.
fiuence statesman cr a patriot he ooeyS only hs
own obsnacy and apparently for the mere sport
of Seeing how efrctusly ac can block the wheels
Of legie!slion. how the whole country must stand
still 81, i;s beck or WELD slevishy to his demands,
be Insists ,pon the scheme he has devised.
M- Fi,txoRE, with bold directness not to be
mistake or evaded, places this whole matter in
its pyoper light. We commend his Report to
general end attentive consideration.
C TaE GRE WESTERN was reported below
Las, evening but we believe she did npt come up.
We received ne rarers from her up to the hous Ct
par going TO press.
rJ The Lecture OF Mr.. +. ". EMERSON ct the
{seecnacle last evening, attended by 9 Hers
large and Intelligent audience, and was heard with
atsentSon END pleasuee. His subject :" De-
naestc Life v one, he said, of grave and serious
import, To whica justice could be done in d
saere collection Of sketches such as he proposed to
give. The chief poin, of his discourse was to in
sis. ,h., Home is the true and proper field for the
display of the greatest and lofsiest virtues of the
hu,a.a ,harac scr. and that the Household shouS
BE r.gc.ated no, by fashion or prudence solely;
ba, governed by the tastes and the character %.
those for hose sake IT IS TO exist. Il was full OF
beautiful pis,,sres, and eeinced the same dscrimi
ne,iea and earnest, genls insig ght which mark ali
Nc E,nsrsons Essays. The concluding lecture
of the Coarse bcfore the Mercan,iic Library As.
socia,ion is likewise to be delivered next Tuesday
evening" BY Me. EMERSON.
" 1t will be ssen by our City Intelligence that
the Gesod Jury have found true bill against Mo-
ses Y Beac,,, for libel en- the Editor of the
Herald.