Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1847-02-04

pH'Nru iHt"i " ut"tit NsoNSNHNS VI Vo'
citizens, hut n has brought our Treasury
to the verge Of bankruptcy. The Sub
treasury hangs like an incubus upon the
moneyed action of the country. The
Tariff of ls46 will greatly diminish the
revenue, and yet the friends of the Nd
ministration shrink from vote for duties
which the Secretary of the Treasury dc
clares 10 be necessary to enable him to
obtain any further loans.
Can the Administration, under the cir
cumstances, ask the Wings 10 impose taxes
which have been rcfuscdaby the friends
eff the war! Common deceHcy would
prevent this. The Wings will no doubt
appropriate all the means for the prose-
culion of the war which the Administra-
ton may ask, and which shall be reason
able. But AS the Wing system of Finance
has been repudiated by the Administra-
tion, and as they have imposed upon the
country the Subtreasury, it is but just that
they should carry out their system OF
finance, which their decided majorities in
both houses will enable them to do. As
this state of things was brought about by
q series of measures which have been
steadily and zealously opposed by the
Wings, they are not answerable for the
consequences. &
1.-THE cooperation Of the Wings is de-
sired, let the administration repeal the
Subtreasury and re-enactthe Tariff OF
le42-let them undo so much as is in
their power of the mischie; which they
have perpetrated-and we hazard moth
ing in saying that the Wings will not
shrink from the imposition of any taxes
which the exigencies of The country shall
require. But they do not believe that
the credi, of the Government can be sus-
tanned whilst that miserable contrivance
Of Subtrcasury remains in force. There
is not MN in the nation, we believe,
who has any adequate knowledge of f.
nance, that does not concur with them in
this belief.
The futile attempt 20 identify the posi-
ton of the Wings with ,hatof the oppo.
sition 70 the last war with England will
not be counteLanced by any one who has
a proper regard for his own Character
Such work must be left 10 the. lowest
political drivellers--those who fetch and
carry to order, and who are only tolera-
ted because they are useful.
Whether we regurd their patriotism,
their intelligence or their character, the
Wings constitute an association Of men
unsurpassed in the history Of any coun.
try. They conscienciously believe that,
whilst the present Administration was
brought into power under the form of the
Constitution, serious and possibly q
fatal blow was givento the principles
which lie at the foundation OF our Gov
crnment-and they as sincerely believe
that this Mexican War was commenced
by gross usur2ntion Of the Executive;
for adInis--as we have said more than
once before, and which cannet be too
strongly impressed upon the public mind
admit that there was cause of war,
Congress, and Congress only, could declare
il. Notwithstanding which considera-
tons. we believe, and indeed we know,
that the Wings, under any discourage
ment, will stand up for their country, and
SO far as they can, sustain Its honor. But
the administration asks too much when
it calls upon the Wings to suri render their
discretion, their knowledge and expert.
ence. in matters of 6nance, to those who
have shown themselves ~ be ignorant OF
i,ssfirs, principles.