The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-12
THE WING NEW BOOKS" ONCE MORE.

THE WING NEW BOOKS" ONCE MORE.
Our article showing up the wing NEW books"
continues to disturb our neighbors of the N, lntel
geneer. The charges we made against the late hard
cider administration have been abundanty sustain
ed, and almost every particular, expressly or i'm
pliedly, admitted by the InteIligencer. That paper
distinctly admits that the wings whilst they held
the power in Congress increased the taxes" This
is one subject Of just complant-It admits the m
of the public debt during the late wing ad'
ministradon to over ten millions but denies that ii
is whg legacy. We will not stop To dispute
whether this addition to our debt is case Of legacy
Perhaps we should have called 1t AN iilhsriimes, in
stead of legacy. By whatever name it may be
called this ten millions Of addition our debt is one
of the consequences following the accession Of the
wings to power. Both debt and increased taxation
arc fastened upon US. To escape from the RESPONSE
bility Of the sins Of omission and commission, the
Intelligencer arraigned MIR. Van Burens admins
tralion, and offered the financial report Of Mr.. Ew-
ing as proof Of its charges. We showed from the
face of that report, extracted by the lntegencer
that there was one blundsr alone SIS 254 500 81
charged against him. The truth of this, the lntelli-
gencer has not yentured to deny. IL 10 too plain to
be disputed. The lntsllgencer in its first article,
alleged that Mr.. Van Buren's administration Eek
pended during its continuance S3l ,3l0,0l4 20-Or
81, 627, 500 SIS annualy-oyer and above the 0rdna-
~ revenue of the country" We have proved this
assertion an utter fabrication Over thirteen millions
disappear at once, on making correct additions and
subtracuons But there is a further blunder (ii
nothing worse) IN this very document. Mr.. Ewing,
in giving his statement Of payments applied to the
extinction of the national debt from 1916 to 1896 in
elusive, states the sum Of sos, 792, l27 "a, and
refers to table No. appended from the register 5
office, as the authority for 1t. BY reference to
that table It will be that 1t does not sus.
tam the stsreYent. Under the head Of sex
pendtures" in that table, there is column where
this sum is found headed DEBT AND INTER.
EST, EXCLUSIVE OF PAYMENTS ARISING
FROM LOANS AND TREASURY NOTES "
How much had been paid during that period on
account Of "loans and treasury notes." was con-
cealed from the public in the attempt to roll up
mass with which to crush Mr. Van Buren,. To
give, 1t would not answer the purpose Of his assa-
ants. Here we have a second blunder in this wing
new book, the extent Of which can only be
known by ascertalnlng the amount paid OFT IN
,weny-one years on account Of "loans and treasury
notes" We should be glad TO be furnished with
this information. IL appears, by the public nc.
counts, that last year there was paid, on ac-
count of old loans and treasury notes, very con.
siderable sum of money. From 1916 to 1897 the
amount must have been very large. The Intelll-
gencer does not deny that our table proves conclu-
sively that under Mr.. Van Buren, our public ex-
penses were rapidly decreased We showed that
he reduced them from over thirty-seven to about
twenty eight Millions reduction Of over min. Mi
lions and that he left unexpeuded, to bc carried 10
the surplus fund, about seven millions We fu-
ther showed that Congress appropriated over flly-
two millions during his term more than asked
for in the estimates for appropriations. The esil-
mates of 1870 were less than twenty millions. The
late whig administration ran It's estimates up IL
about thirty millions, while It's expenses varieu
from thirty, to upwards Of thirythree mllIons
Of dollars per annum. IL will also be noticed D.
our former table, that Mr.. Van Buren, paid abou,
eight millions more on account of Indian treaties
! and about three millions more on account Of reyo-
lutionary pensions, than was paid by the late whie
administration. On reviewing the whole ground,
we have great cause to be proud of the late DEM.
cratic administration; and we are happy 10 know
that its books contain no such monstrous blunders
and errors us were committed and published by its
! hard cider successor.
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