Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-08-03

Or palaces for monarch than places in which
the peoples required business You
recocct that the cusom-house in New York made 10
least OF dollars and that Boston had
the last Hundred thousand dollars
and Is not covered and demand made upon the
Wing Congress appropriate three hundred thousand
finish IT, which refused do pelerng said that IL
should stand unfinished splendid Of the waste
full OF the last administration Now, sir these
two houses which only intended for collectors and cerks
and other officers weigh goods collect duties and keep
books n have enough of support the
OF Tennessee, Judiciary, Executive, Legislative all
dozen years, without dollar of upon the people
What could party in such splendid houses
cep TO ayorites in large Jobs and feeding
vanity OF their dependants Houses costing 500 900 (and
that would take nearly all the OF Tennessee
whole year. tscems to me would have been fine enough
Il they would have been sufficiently splendid
federal arsioerate Ways you insultingly dcuom
nate Us, but you PLAN, republican, demo
Gratis, you falsely and hypocritcaly call yourselves
could not be with such that little
would build. You also erected house for the Treas
ury Department OF upwards of million, Post Office
upwards OF half million and Patent office the
Now portion ot these heavy expenses you threw
over upon us, and bound pay them under your
positive But YOU may that there
enough the democratic majority IN both houses OF Congress
who voted against them have defeated
it had been for wing support therefore you
responsible But this position will lead YOU insupcra.
bic difficulties. thad not been for the OF democrats
the present tariff OF which you loudly complain, would
not have been passed. For you well recoeci that the
Wings could unite in sufficient numbers pass when
all the democrats in the house from Penny lvana, half OF
the twenty from n. Iork all Massachusetts &c.
king remember right, between twenty and thirty,
To the and passed through the Housc;-and how
was IN the Senacl IL had clearly failed them, when
OF party both who hnd been spoken Of for Presi.
den-Buchanan and Wright (the latter Van Buren's Sena
tor and night hand mani and several Others came forward
and by their support made law. You also very well
know that the Bankrupt n,y would have gone into
force and indeed could have been passed.
ocratc votes The of Mr.. Walker alone You
ware would have defeated the in the Senate
Now in view Of these awful consequences, am sure
will be disposed any skuk from ne.
sponsbiy upon that ground. But the people
gment upon point like ths they will always hold the par
ty which has the power responsible for what's done.
In the year ls4l, the session, YOU added
largely 10 the appropriations. Did add than
upon iar calculation the time thought had pro.
vded for by tariff upon Injuries, against which you
collect most OF your party no all voted But whether
made provision for necessary for the hon
and safety of the country The appropriations that
session tO the expenses OF the and all about five
millions Will Won point ont the item which you think in
lndlcous under the circumstances More than half OF the
amount 10 put the country o defence by
and land You have forgotten that difficulties with En-
land that time relation the Mcleod case, the North
Eastern boundary, sc. caused the wisest among
have serious apprehcnsionS OF with that mighty
ton You and all your democratic colleagues Joined that
opinion, and the people ut Tennessee Joint alarm
letter dated Washington CITY, June 25 lSI In that you
use this language, we have unsettled difficulty with En-
gland which we canddly fear may vet result in war; you
proceed 10 the which YOU refer: aude TO
the case OF Mcleod, which Is now IN uncertain
and we fear critical attitude
Now, this OF things, was it not our duty 10
make some preparations to meet such enemy-would
we not have been duty the people
II we had mott II we had failed do SO, and war had
what would have been the abuse that you
would have heaped upon Us You would have said the
people we told you that these Wings federaiss and
bought by british God don't You that although We
told them we edndidly feared" at the door and
all men united in this opinion, they have done no.
thing to make successful and the consequence what
toretod that the sacking our cities and over.
running the country And all men OF every party would
have joined in denunciaiion. But put our forts
which you had suffered To deapidate in order, but
menced no new ones we established home squadron
OF the ships that you had built but built no new ones 10
meet the enemy his coming and dispute his landing and
save our soil from delemeut by hostile made ap.
preparations for purchasing good supply OF arms and am
muno and endeavored 10 set every thing in order for the
conflict Now Is It not most uncandid unparUtc and
dlculous that your party should strive make capital
OF these wise and necessary appropriations Ii YOU will
cast your eye the list appropriations the called
session IN doc No 81, will find that the whole OF them
o any consequence for the objects before named ex
cept the necessary expenses OF the session, and
For the Florida miiiia, which YOU had employ
ed and failed to pay, S3I6,6Ol
For the Georgia militia, same 7SIg5
And for your debt to mail contractors, &c. 497 ,653
Making in all for YOU $500 653
would like to give all the items here, that all might
Judge OF their propety under the circumstances but
! would take too much space.
am glad 10 that do differ abou, the facts that
the Wings at their last session brought down the appopra-
lions oi te year 1913 and half Of 1874 reRfv fOuI and
half million, for the year ls3 only sixteen millions
and thiTd You say to be THAT il enough that
we had sinister motives for doing and all that, but still
you admit the ipci 10 be You say the executive will
spend the whole Of in the present year and the next Con-
grtss vi" have 10 make up say they have pOwer 10
40 So ana ought 10 be lnpCachCd II they do. This do
for democratic notions Of the power OF the President but
according to the Wing creed he has no power to draw
ty from the treasury but according appropriations made
bylaw Hecannctlawtuy spend than is voted by Con-
gFes and should apply forthe purpose and the time esg
mated thank youiJr admitting second column vonr
inst letter TO that Eat the last the late Congress
the appropriations, well other legislation,
seemed 10 manifest wish for economy and rctrenchmen
the part the Wings than has ever been exhibit
ed by that party since have been member Congress
For this great change also YOU attribute had motives But
still the admission OF the fact OF reform made and that
IS good deal 10 from Locofoco. When did any
candid, honest have II in his power say during
the reign Of party, that disposition 10 retrench and
reform was ovnced in their acts Of legislation admins
traton Never.
Well now upon the whole, my old economical retrench
ing friend, a right handsome reduction TO bring
down the appropriation in the third year Of power from
your average thlrtyree sixteen millions or even from
the twenty odd million OF your last and bag year. TO six.
million Aud YOU will remember that half million
OF this carry the AsIDurton treaty and is what
you would call extraordinary expenses for which YOU say
party responsible. DO you this pretty good
uIhment Of Wing promises OF economy and REFORM Do
YOU regard tits evidence that Wings forget their cleo.
uoneerng promises when they get into power For the
sake OF justice aGd your character and the good of the
people, do repeat this charge any more but admit your
I sins and ask iorgigness.
Let for how the last democratic and the
first wing tenn n congress- will compare in appropriations
We have already seen that Van Buren's /
years made the unparalleled amount Of Sl33,3l7 PCS
Wing term for 1871, including
called session, y 2G3Jlg
For 1912, Post Office and all 2Ij51I57
| For lSi3oud 1874, esiimatingthe
last six months Of - 10 be the
Of first, 33OO1OGO
s5,--3G ESQ
Behold he difference Si7IG3J5G
difference Of iOy-seyen million. in favor Of the ,ybg
l.Iml WIN MOT l-.l- an-l, hn rn.u 1nt .. ....- -.