Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-08-02


hcsn u in Office and fair division OF III
hcnors OF the public service. This you know well estal
shcd doctrine in the old republican creed But becaus
my appetite not Unsuitable for office Others
and therefore 6t pcrscverc in my Withdrawal
that any why should defend myself against I'M
puatons brought into district by veteran eolleagu
Of against for my past conduct It's represents
tive But conclude that make the least com
plant anst your invasion OF my territory NV cous
and that OF the party with which and my pleasure
and with whom willing 10 stand fall,
be successfully defended against assaults that have bee
be made against IL. by the combined forces
locofocoism aud their traitor allies, Capt Tyler y CO. lie
the whitening condemnation of upon
all sfury Our cause being just feel hatwe have nothing
TO fear from the fullest and rcest examination and discus
sion of what have done and propose do in future
will event persecution and call
pshy We think stand upon a rock which the angrics
waves of faction cannot move Let for your good in
form you that yon and your party have got great
recently You seem to have arrived the lame
impoient conclusion that the Wings prevailed agains
you by charging and pressing home upon YOU host OF OF
fetal corrupuons and party mapracccs that BY the
the same weapons OF you canlvanquish them
suppose you go upon the axiom IN philosophy that ho
like will always produce the effects" But you
have failed entirely 10 mark the important qualification that
the under which operate
he similar. Without this, II - axion-it Is clearly
Now the circumstances IN the cases,
trcly disSmiar in several important particulars in
the charges, though numerous, never
thcess and fully sustained by proof in yours they
false and uniounded In your had great principles
and questions of public policy coming down from Washing
ton, Madison and the fathers OF the Constitution. which
you had rampcd under foot for which contend
ing But have you any suchl 50, what the, how
and where find them lou had power four years
under Mr. Van Buren, aud what did you do for the county,
You exhausted overlooking treasury, dried up the
of revenue, spent eight millions than
the current income from the usual sources-nore than
double the annual expenses Of the government and after
mighty effort for four brought forth that the
Treasury, when there nothing put into it, And
what have YOU TO promiscl nothing, nothing,
than nothing What folly then is it in YOU expect by
great and false camor against the Wings, will get the
people to trust you again.
But enough incidental matters. The question in dis
pue between Is and ought to be fully and
plainly discussed before the people. IL is however one
figures and though well calculated for interesting discus
son yet it is in which much is felt 10y
and certainly susceptible Of being made plain all who
will take the pains examine the documents and consider
the proof OF all the things that have seen IN the
conflicts OF parties m these latter days. has seemed TO
the sangest that there should be opinions the ques
ton of what party responsible os the present public debt
and that any respectable OF any party should suppose
that the people could be SO blinded Ivy polucans ana party
zeal have doubt of the responsibility OF
party for that well the general embarrassment OF the
country But how oheryou leaders have got TO be
Of opinion that the people guable that nothing
too absurd for them swallow, presented 10 them by the
prominent OF their party. In confirmation OF tins,
would remind You OF hacknycd remark used by YOU aud
your brethren Congress and elsewhere, that the Wings
beat YOU IN 1870 by hard cider skins and
sons-and You call the "hard cider campaign" IN your
late letter 10 me. You will also rccolect that
OF your leading editors said in lS40 that "a lie
well stuck good the Truths Now, sir, what
respect party leaders have for the intelligence and VIZ
tue OF the people their ability Tor sell government
who openly charge that they capable OF being carried
off by these IN great party contest IN which all the
tients OF the brought into actiJnl Sui you
claim the of Democrats, and profess have great
faith the people ana be their peculiar friends and ad
mirers! Ono less charitable than myself would be induced
TO eXcaim, hypgcrilcs how long will YOU continue 20
deceive the people with your false ptetensOns OF love-
fdcnce, and adoratonl Now sir having high degree OF
respect and friendship for you personality will ondeavO
eOHrinee least Of the Of your tins par
lcular question.
What are the facts and the only facts stated by
YOU in your first letters TO which ! replied When
the Wings into power the 18th March, ISL, the
public debt according your statement, ,692
Is, and the 18th February, 1913 the close OF the
second year of Wing rule in Congress, S27, $50
22l 10, making an increase OF Sl99Os,529 Il. This IS
all you say YOUR rsi summary exhibit Senate doc. No
IL makes the public debt lth March II, Ss379059, but
will cav about that. In my answer, ! admitted
that what you said true, but that IN consequence Of
failing to tell the whole Truth, you were bound 10 do
coming forward as witness as well us prosecutor, your
statement calculated have, and did have the
effect with the uninomed the subject 1t had been
utterly untrue whether you were guilty 81 wliu conceal
ment for the purpose of deccivng, will say, but
leave II Others to determine in Of the facts. sup
piled your omission by explaining what meant by the
public debt AT the Treasury Department and giving
at length document No. PSI, BY which it shown by
your T. L. Smith, Register Of Treasury that your
friends left the 4ih March 1884, when they Of
power, liabilities and demands palmer language de5s
against the government to the OF S35 527 1925 in
stead Of S1,siO,692 L. about five millions OF which last
sum- however, Is included in the former. also explained
the reason Of the apparent Inconsistency of the
ments, by giving the meaning OF the pubic debt
the Treasury which well known YOU but carefully
withheld from the people This explanation not, will
1t be, denied by and unlocks the whole mystery and
Fubs your mighty effort OF all it, thunder This explanation
was that the Treasury and upon their books demands
against the government but those Tor which bonds
notes out caSsed under the head of public debit
all other demands called liabilities" but binding
and hard pay the former. Ii you satisfied
this point examine again the little first
published by you but recently By your august friend
and esdc Gov Polk IN the Union of May 23d and doubt
less by every little democrat IN the State the pur-
pose you had in view when you obtained them. will here
again insert them that all who read may be convinced:
l.Amount Of the Pub!ie DEBT 4h March, 1871.
Old funded and unfunded debt:
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