New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-06-14

Now of these only the first and the last two
amounting to over Sll,OOO,OO00 were debts
pressing for payment, but the others were draw
inc interest, and that at least had 10 be provided
Tor.
But this was not all The Van Buren, Con-
grcss which deceased on the 4th of March, lSll,
1ad gone forward and made appropriations for
the current year amounting 10 ....... $3.50, 26
The Revenue laws left in force by them yeldsd in $500.
the same time Iooo ~
Leaving inevitable deficit Of s5O5.5i
But even this was not all the deficit There
remained unsatisfied old appropriations TO the
amount of Sc, 43U,3Ul
Beside the Van Buren, Congress left unsatis-
fed claims against the Government which they
ought 10 have provided for, but did not, but which
have since been settled and paid as follows:
For suppressing Indian hostiities, FLORIDA
War, 81 1853
Which other arrcarages, stated by the
Secretary of the Treasury, swell to-. ,2S9 ,535
Mr. Barnard says he has carefully examined
The bills, and he finds the whole sum audited and
oad since March, 1871, for arrearages due be-
.orc that time, is S3,500,000 under Indian Trea-
tics, and on other accounts nearly S4,00O,OOO.
Let us note few items. The last Van Buren,
Congress left unpaid of its s'cn expenses over
SOS, 900 They left the Post-Ofiicc in debt
$500 900, TO be provided for by their successors.
The Navy Pension Fund was exhausted The
Militia employed in Florida were left unpaid.
The Census had been taken the year before at Il
heavy cost, most OF which was left for the Wings
to pay. In short, they paid nothing which could
be thrown over, to be deducted from their ex-
penses and charged TO these OF the Wings. Their
dynasty gave Blair & Rives job of Census
Printing amounting TO some $4,000, to be
footed by the next Congress and charged to the
account Of Wbg extravaganza"
Did they no; know that they had run the Gov.
eminent in debt and every way out at the elbows I?
Mos. certainly. Their own Secretary OF the
Treasury had repeatedly Informed them that the
Revenue was deficient and diminishing, and that
hey must provide more. But they refused to
provide any. Finally they themselves admitted
It, by authorizing the Administration then COM
.ng in TO issue Five Millions more OF Treasury
Notes. Such was the condition in which they
left the Government.
We ask The public, therefore, TO Judge whether
the Debt which exists was not entailed upon US
by the last Van Buren, Congress. They ought to
have increased or levied new duties-Mr Wood
bury told them they must do so-but they would
not. An Extra Session of the next Congress was
deemed requisite to provide the ways and means
is not the cost Of it fairly chargeable on their
neglect OF duty! debt was incurred NEARLY
all really existing in one form or other when the
Wings assumed the rens) on which Interest to
the amount OF 1885,, 507 was due. Is not this
also fairly chargeably on those through whose
wiful neglect Of duty the Debt originated
The Wings came into power at the Extra
Session, and immediately commenced measures
tending to restoration of solvency in the Fl
nances. They promptly levied provisional
Revenue Tariff, which added to the Revenue IN
the three remaining months of lS4l the sum OF
1910 224, or at the rate OF S3,600,000 ycar.-
They next proceeded to digest new and admit
rable Tanf, which, as soon Us it could make 1t.
elf felt on the Industry and Business of the Coun-
Try, reversed the discreditable state of things