Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-03-26

we were never more surprised than when read,
IN las, Fridays Wing, the second Address OF the Cen
;-4 Wing State Committee OF Virginia as 10 the rx
psaii:ures Of Mr. Van Buren's Administrator we
are .5rv ID see for sake Of the writer's and Tor the
cfed. OF the Stale 50 much trash interpreted h7ongh
lie heavy columns Such, for example. as MI an
gurens coafcts VITA Uchee Billy and Negro jack IN
gl,sda" the miserable hum5ug OF "Standing Army,
which !. now more contemplate than Fais,as ragged
,ent-Htha: in n,acala,e Democrat, Thomas Hart
Beaon''this corrupt man and his retinus OF 'oti'"
era and olacemen employing these gentle terms o.
yards Mr.. Van Buren, and his tTianos-at the same
tine forgetting shat the members of this mmacu'a'e
Wing Committee themselves, in l-lu, p;ac'isea a
soq! trick aad deception upon the people, IN getting
into mower on false pretences, was proved ~ one
os their Whiy friends, NJ. W. Ns"ton) Inc ao-
d--ss makes parade o. long stastica taoi's "'ch
ar forth IN The most bu Cling manner, auitaey arrive
as v-and nd mons,rous CONCLUSION, that the expenai
TIRES of Mr. Van BuIens admins:ra ION averaged more
i!ln .kirty-e;ght millions yea. AND no" % laey
AIRY. al this result Instead OF giving The expenses
If the whole rore years they leave out lSio, and take
tie average of the three first years only, and rely
UPON Report oil the Register IN loi0-suppressing
the expenses Of lS40, which were TEs millions iess
ta.n in 1888, and millions less than IN 1877 ano
l-$l rhes. facts they could have procured very
easily had they been ANXIOUS to publish The whoie
Truth.
year ago Mir A. II. II. Stuart, in the heat OF an
e!.ctioneernr canvass, charged Mr.. Van buren, ex-
peuditures al 80 m,llons-less by three mons than
these gentlemen
time the Bal,inorc American "a strong Wing paper
pat the expenditure a, th,rty-.hree milhons-less by
five millions than the present Wing stltement, pom
pouslv put forth Moreover according to the flebe'an,
cir Ewing, the Wing Secretary OF the Treasury. ~
reply 20 cal! Of Congress, put down the whole e1
pantitu-es of MIR Van Burens administration at less
than trfnfa-eight millions, (incudng appropriations
FIR the florida war, new pubic ha!'ngs, FenoVa! o:
Indians Sc, which are al! extraordinary exPsnses)
We have not room this morning ID notice more IN
nf .hta hIY INC
charges Mr. Van Burens expenditure al a larger sum
than we have ever yet brought forward. We
shall shortly answer the Address in full. All that we
tsnd present IT, call the attention ri the people
to the fagsan, Inconsistency among the n'ss ,he"i-
selves IN ms s1bIsct-to urge them not 10 pct any
!ai;h N thesa Wing charges, bn 10 wal until We saas
PUBLISH a dl! and Inconestble reply
As these Wing gentlemen proFessed TO EN-! ghen the
people, Why did not they state that the pubic oeet o.
the United States had BEEN increased from The 4h
March. ISL, hen the Wings came into power0 10
the March, 1913, nineteen taiiitons In,s IS SAN
pie OF Wing ECONOMY and Reform :" VIII the peo'
pie ,.us, these Godke politicians again with laeii
power,
S.are writing the above We have received letter
from Alr Dromgoole of the House Of
enclosing two pamphlets, entitled 1.-THE Expenses Of
the pas; and present Administrations contras'eo, ana
The National Debt it and as it's, from the pug
lie records OF the Treasury, accompanied w'th com
nents OF MIR d upon the fictitious pamphlet "fsc's
from The Record issued with much parade from
the Federal press OF this city, and circulated through
the State with so much zeal By the Federal leaders
They trumphantly overthrow the bold asserto late
IL promulgated by the Federal Central Committee IN
this ci,y-and show up the great wan. Of familiarity
with The subject which they have displayed, The NJ
ter naccuracy of the documents which they rely
They viii teach these gentlemen lesson Of caution BY
which We hope they will profit during the rest OF tins
artuous campaign They prove that the annual e1
pendtores since the Wings have into power ere
twelve millions year greater than vas promised before
the eecoa-ten to eleven millions more yearly man
the average expenses under General Jacks0n-th'ee l'
four millions more annually than the average OF zen
Jlcksons and Mr. Van Burens terms unl'eo, anu nea
three millions more than the expenditures OF the as
wear Of Mr. Van Buren's administration, against whic1
the Wings SO loudly nveighed