Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-04-12
RICHMOND DAILY WING.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. Arm ~. is,a.
Mr.. We aud tAs Tars.-osu,rreri.s aet.-No risla.

Mr.. WISE aud the T1ts.-Courrro,rise aet.-NO rOia.
fion Of it By the Whigs.
We pursue the task-not pleasant except Tor the
Perec, with which it is perfomedOf exposing the
rank injustice OF the charge made by Mr. Wise against the
Wing party, that has nirnged the compromise act
reckless and heaess accusation, pre-.
misc, il be found the annals Of party malguy.
And to hold up to this eccentric and shifting po
clan mirror in which he may read his own ungainy
and reflect them back upon the district again
woke the attention OF the of the eth district
this most significant fact that at the rery this most
consistent gentleman is HpbTdding and denouReiRg Ae
IVhigs hGring riOldted the Compromise Act. a, is
sustaining, nh all has SOUL John Tyler, rcho the SOFA
ddyof August, 1912, signed has 20 the rery lac
keh denounced rioiatipe Of the Compromise
of 1888.
Asking the reader keep constantly mind this impor
an fact proceed make 1t manifest that the Wings in
Congress have by the New Tariff OF duties. any way
trenched upon the eer spirit the Compromise Act
We showed yesterday, by reference the of 30
ITSELF that after the 30 day of June 1872 duties should
be laid for the purpose OF raising such be
required for economical administration of the Govern
ment"
The only question then, is, have duties been imposed
by the late act regulating duties imports Have they
been laid rereHue and such looks eco
nomic al administration Of the Government They have
defeient-we might almost say-empty Trca
sury, called aloud for the imposition OF higher duties
When the Wing Administration installed in March,
lS4l all the funds upon which Government could Law il
hands had been expended by that Administration which
Mr.. Wise, in lsi0 and before. Justly reprobacd
shamefully eSuavagant and profgae. Yea, in that
travagance which Mr. w. ken to the heights
of Chimborazo it squandered away nearly 80 millions OF
funds, besides the ordinary income from the Customs
and Public Lands.
1t left deb,-admtted by the Democratic leaders them.
seves-of 81 millions in Treasury notes. and appropra.
ITEMS the year ls4l of % millions and more making
an aggregate of Twcny-eigh, Millions, the paymen, OF
which be provided for by the succeeding Wing ad
mnistration.
To pay off these liabilities what left by the defunct
administration Recoeei, that there extrnordi.
nary which surplus the Tea.
sury-no Bank Stocks-no uneXpended annuitcs, which
the Government, in Its need might take and rciund-a
these had been absorbed by the reckless extravaganza OF
the preceding dynasty.
Besides all this the generalrevenue under the descending
scale OF the Compromise Act aud the universal pressure
the times had fallen TO amount not adequate BY half
Indispensable expenditures Of the Government, and
indeed, the liabilities actually left by the Van Buren, Ad.
minisiraiion. Mr.. Woodbury. himself the Democratic Min
lister of Finance had estimated the for ls only
IL millions of dollars, owing he said, the heavy reduc-
arising from the operation of the Compromise Act
And for 1872 for the like reason he put down the
from imports than 10 millions OF dollars.
Here then, left by the Van Buren, administration to
be paid by its Wing successor debt the lowest Of IS
millions of dollars and pay oifh revenue, in lsil
of millions, and descending 1872, 10 millions ony-a
deficiency Of 10 millions in year, and Is millions the
other below the actual debt the country which required
instant liquidation the public creditors from gneyous
wrong, and the nation from everlasting disgrace!
under these circumstances, the duties imports
raised supply large deficiency the revenue
pay the debts OF the Union-to the Union from
shame! Ii this was not imposing duties for REVENUE
we know what the imports and fit be departure
from the compromise impose duties for revenue then
cvnoede that the Tariff does violate the act-bu in
other conceivable event.
We shall resume the subject again and again calling the
attention Of the voters Of the 9Th district the telling fact
that Mr.. Tyler signed the Tariff bill of 5I2 and that Mr.
Wise Is at this moment sustaining Mr.. T. with all his
might and main.