Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-08-02
RICHMOND DAILY WING.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, August >, isis,
DEMOCRATIC EXPENDITURES.
An important Document.


We publish this morning most valuable docu-
ment from the pen of Mr. Carthers, the late mem.
Der of Congress from the Nashville District. 1t
is in reply to some misrepresentation and false
hoods put forth by the Hon. Cave Johnson, in ~.
gard to the public dcb,-and rs similar ialsehoods
have been circulated by most of the Democratic
speakers and presses, it is equally applicable to
! them.
Nothing could he more scathing than the stern
and manly rcbukc which is visited upon Cave John
son and nothing more conclusive than the expo
sure, which is made ofthc gross flschoods oiwhich
! he and his Democratic compccrs have been guilty.
in respect to the public debt. Ii has been com.
mon thing with these gentlemen TO affirm, that the
public debt created by Van Buren, was a mere tri.
ile-not exceeding or millions of dollars-and
that the debt oltwcnty odd millions, now existing,
was contracted by the Wings. Mr.. Cauthers de-
monStratcS, by official documents-by the records
ot the Government that this charge is, i'm sub
stance, n shameless ialsehood, and has no other
foundation To rest upon than a miserable verbal
bubble. At the Treasury Department nothing is
regarded, technically speaking, Public deJl, I'M
less bonded, or converted into Government stock.
or has undergone some similar process. On this
the Democrats have seized, and build all their
ialsehoods and receptions. They went to the
Treasury and found when Mr. Van Buren, went
out of office. there was only about millions thus
technically denomnatcd Public DEBT and they
therrupon swear that this was the whole amount
of debt hcqucathed by the Van Buren, Admins.
tration To that which succeeded it. They studi.
ouSy keep out of view the fact. that in addition to
this : millions of debt, there were upwards of 30
millions of liabilities incurred by that Administra-
ton and entailed upon the Wings. To meet these
liabilities. amounting to the round sum of TIIIR.
TY-EIGHT MILLIONS of Dollars-for the re-
demPtion of which the public honour was solemn.
~ pedgrd-all the resources 10 he relied ON was
the accnIing revenue of the year ls4l-which fell
short of II millions. Thus leaving the Wings a
clear debt of ~ MILLIONS, with no means TO
meet il. and the credit of the Government So i'm
paired, that six per cent. loan could not he ncgo
tiated at par. But the Wings, palsicd as they were
10y the treachery OF Tyler. shouldered this debt
they passed bill To produce an adequate revenue
they then negotiated loan to pay the liabilities
contracted by the Van Buren, dynasty And for
this they are charged with creating an immense
public debt.
We ask the Wings to read and treasure up this
document. Keep it until the campaign fairly opens:
ii will bc invaluable to them. II is a clear con-
denSed statement, based upon facts which cannot
be conrovertcd. And we believe that no homes,
man of any party read the plain and candid
exposure ofthe system of falSehood which has been
practised by the Democratic leaders ON this sub
iect without feeling of modification and indig.
nation We again ask that the document be read
and preserved by every Wing.