New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-01-01


The Union gives statements OF the National Deo''
showing the following aggregates:
March eth 1891 when Van Burens expd
Do. do. lsi5 when Tyers term expired I.st-.
Increase In four years. ~
On this The Union comments
"uence 4, Will, b. seen that the Wing now oookh
show We have National Debt Of about EiohFESH -
LIONS DoLLAxs more than TEN aiLL IT, adrinIs
cop.r,ru,a ono Of the legacies OF the lkte wing
$500 yvhso nromises OF retrenc hment and economy
end In millions o.. debt. This Is ine Han sI - -,
the Democracy predicted they wouo iun a' rsyios
fni ,,oderakiDgs They proposed during Tue Piestou
,,,,.sn TO reduce our annual expenditures 10 Ia'son
iTons II doers and relieve us from all oeot ana u,
NECESSARY .sxaiion. But Nh Weosers new Doos S
,b., they increased expenses and our taxes oy
,h uneoosl aid unjust Tariff CT 1872 and have et me
peopis 10 strugg,s with heavy National Debt we are
6s,rv now 10 % arle 10 state that the present Admins
,rri, h,, Already paid about million and quarter
Of The principal and interest ofihis Wing debt ana na
i, /. fully prepared TO pay eTery dollar as II sna IGN
Iris Difficult, TO be calm in answering sucn repre-
sena,ious as the above from the journal created anu
xn,,ai,.d By the will of the Chief Executive OIL the
NATION. to support which the people Will DC re-
oni,sd to paw a, least Fifty Thousand Dollars per
annupn moro for the Printing Of Congress than
faithful capable practical Printers were willing TO
do the work for. And yet we shall endeaVot 10 re-
pres, our Indignation, and answer the foregoing 40
ooolly and Internationally though II were mean'
10 bs honest and candid Now 10 the facts
Mr. Van Buren, came into power on inc 4'h VI
March. 1887 on the retirement OF Gen. JACKSON "oo
I'm his yaledctory declared, that he eft this erea'
People prosperous and happy. The Revenue was
Then abundant and Gen. Jackson lett lover aho
nbovo the Twenty Eight Millions OF Dollars Previ'
on,]v voted and afterward distributed to the Sta'esl
over Fifteen Millions Of Surplus 10 the Treasury.
Mr.. Van Buren, sold off the Governments Seven
Millions of Stock in the u S. Bank at ISL per cent
premium, netting over Eight Millions OF Doiars'
which he received and spent; and he left the Gov
eminent in debt Tho Union sets forth ABOVE over
Seven Millions OF Dollars, making total OF over
Thirty Millions expended by him during his Ad-
rninistration, beyond the accruing Revenue ne
did not attempt repenish the Treasury during MS
four years save by the issue OF Treasury Votes
he had interest to pay save on the debt created
by himself And yet the Editor of The Union VINO
Sustained all this reckless running behind without
,nurmur now complains that Ten Millions OF Dollars
have been added to the debt during the succeeding
four years and impudently talks OF John Tyler as
" tho late Wing Administration"
And mark the deception. He says that the Debt
was Increased Ten Millions of Dollars during the
last Administration, but does not say how much the
Earp,as in the Treasury was swelled during that
pane period We believe Mr.. Van Buren, left
little more than $1,000 900 scattered through all the
various repositories throughout the Country and
that Mr. Polk found more than EIGHT Millions In
tho Treasury when he came ina difference oil
Sever MILLIONS 10 be- subtracted from the Ten
Millions of Wing Debt leaving it but Three Mil
lions or thereabous. Why did The Union neglect
20 s.ste the respective balances in the Treasury Is
there a man vino does not knorc why
"The Wings promised to reduce the Annual Elk.
pendtures to Thirteen Millions" says The Union
tits not true: The Wings showed that the Jackson
and Van Buren, dynasty had clamored, when out OF
power. at Mr.. Adams's expenditure OF Thirteen
Millions year as extravagant and wastetul, yet
had themselves swelled 1t to Thirty Millions They
demanded and promised reform of this. but they
did NOT promise to reduce II TO Thirteen Millions
But tho Whigs promised TO pay off the Debt
Well, srs, they came into power and found Reve-
nue. run down under Van Burenism from over Thirty
70 under Fifteen Millions per annum, and tending
still lower. They found but few coppers in the
Treasury Ia good deal like the specie vaults OF
Messrs Barker & Buffers Bank at Sandy HilD
whilo there was an immense amount of Appropra-
tons and claims against the Government to be pro-
vided for and paid. The retiring Loco. Foco Con
gress ordered an issue of Five Millions more OF
Treasury Notes TO supply the wants OF the Treasu-
~; and this was not enough. The Government was
30 bare Of resources that Extra Session of Con-
gross was required TO provide the needful. Loans
were found requisite to meet the accruing demands
Meantime our casual President turned traitor and
coileagued and connived with our enemies TO trus
trate all our plans and defeat efforts for National
relief He vetoed our most important measures,
including the first permanent Revenue BILL whereby
our aocruing Revenue has since been less than
u would have been. In the next Congress or last
two years of Wig rule, the House was also
strongly against us as we'll the Executive;
% that we had In fact the Executive but some TWO
or three months; the House two years, and only the
Senate for four years. And yet we were enabled TO
carry measures through Congress- during our brief
ascendency which have given the Country Prosper
lily instead of general Depression and amply pro
vided for the payment OF the Public Debt. The
Wings came into power with Revenue of less
than Fourteen Millions per annum. and Debtiaev
itably accommodating at the rate of Eight to Twelve
Millions per amman; they surrendered their last
bold on the Government 10 Messrs. Polk Il Co. with
an Annual Revenue of Thirty Millions per annuai
giving clear Surplus of Six 10 Ten Millions toward
the payment OF the Debt. and rendering certain the
payment Of that Debt within ,wo or three years, if
tbe new lords will jus, lie, tho Tariff alone and no,
plunge the Country into War or ether calamity
That the Administration is enabled to pay off the
existing Debt whether Wing debt or not is
purely and VIGOROUSLY owing TO the measures of the
Wings. and especially to thar unequal and unjust
Tariff of 1912" which The Union execrates. The
present Administration has done nothing as yet 10
increase the Revenue or diminish the Expenditures
ION the contrary mas incurred extra expenses by
its Texas ornaments Whether its measures are
likely TO accelerate or retard the payment OF the
Debt, let time determine
Including fourth OF the Surplus Revenue of 1896
voted 70 the ou, its Disrbudon countermanded
By the Congress Of 1875
II The Courier and Ezprsss are needlessy
distressed at the prospect of being asked odsy TO