The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-11-18
The Treasury Department-sketche

| George
Evans, or Mr. Abbott Lawrence or whomsoever may
please the President elect to appoint Be of part to do
justice TO those who at present hold the seals of office
one ac' OF justice is certainly due Let the wings DENY
them they please, every qualification for their Office
all TALENT all virtue, all principle, all paotismyet they
cannot deny to the President or Secretaries one yrue
least and that Is industry. few days after we had Wis
iled washington, we pronounced them to be arorking
cabinst and more than three years and half have con.
hrmed the character which was originally given to them
The President himself is of the most industrious men
in Washington. From early dawn till a late hour in the
night he is devoted 10 his official duties Such is the
ample which he will leave in the cabinet room to "Old
Rough and Ready who will discover from the
immense pressure of the public business if from no other
cause that he does not repose on bed of roses
The office which he is fill is one of the highest in the
world; but it is the most arduous, the most kso the
least enviable one, in the hands of conscientious man
The battle of Buena Vista is nothing to it.
The Secretaries of the present administration compose
working cabinet, which has not been surpassed for
industry at least, by any of their lustrious predeces
sors" The ability the fidelity, the success with which
all their departments have been conducted will speak in
the pubs documents. In peace war; they have moi
faltered have they sacrificed their duties to their
pleasures. In another feature, too they constitute a
beau ideal, which recommend to "Od Jack" 1--WE
mean disespec of course, the distinguished man
who is about to ascend to the top of the la de II is
nickname which, like Old Hickory now as familiar 10
| our household gods.) That feature is the
extraordinary harmony which has prevailed through
out the whole term of the administration between the
President and his Secretaries and among the Secretaries
themselves There has been change the Departments
of the State, Treasury, War, and General Post Office
This is itself rather singular thing and, indeed the
only change has been in the Department OF the Navy
and in the office of the Attorney General. These
changes too, have been produced by regard to the
public service-without the slightest discord aena-
ton among the members themselves. We wish the in
coming administration equal good fortune in the seec-
ton of its Secretaries and their harmonious discharge
OF the public duties
These general remarks drawn from by the fol.
lowing tribute, which has been paid 10 the interchangeable
and able Secretary of the Treasuryone of the most
hard working members of the cabinet We repubsh it
with great pleasure, simple act of justice to Robert
j. Walker-not 10 "Sir Robert Walker" the wings
were wont to eer him and title him, after Sir Robert
Pee but the modest Secretary of the Treasury who
has given his days and ghts the public service and
has done much any man of the age illuminated
he has BEEN to restore free government the approp
principles of free trade He is yet TO place the
capital on his column of fame and we have no doubt
that such will be the character of his report pre-
pared by his hand the Presidents messages and
Secretaries reports have been executed by Themselves
The following article copied from that excellent Jour
nal the New Orleans Courier, which have taken the
liberty to revise and in some places to correct; liberty
which we know the "Courer" will be the more willing
to excuse, it has been published for some time In
material circumstance, which respects the future
destination OF Mr.. Walker, we would beg leave to
make correction.
In reference to Mr. Walkers return to the South, the
people of New Orleans and the southwest will have per-
ceved by reference TO editorial OF the 4th instant,
that he cannot return TO the great valley of the Mssis
spp They will there announced, that after the 18th
of March next he becomes permanent resident Of
Washington City, resuming from that date his practice
here in the Supreme Court OF the United States, and de-
voting his attention exclusively to that subject We
have doubt that Mr. Walker deeply regrets his separa
ton from the people OF the Great Valley which hascon
ferred upon him many and such high honors;
but they will readily admit the propriey of his
when they learn that necessity compes him to go
back to his profession OF supporting his fami-
y and that his duty to them mperatvey requires as he
believes, his retirement from public life
We have known, for than year past, that this
was Mr. Walkers determination, repeatedly avowed to
ourselves and others of his friends but it not until
the 4th instant that thought it necessary proper
state the fact in contradiction of article averring that
he nursing ambitious schemes and aspirations about
returning to Mississippi TO re-enter political life.
From the New Orleans Courier.
ADMINISTRATION TREasURY.-The course pursued
by Secretary Walker under the OF 1876
the tariff and constitutional treasury, leaves with
low, compared with the tariff of 1872 the ablest OF
the opposition Leaders hazaIded their reputation
men in denying its capacity 10 sufficient revenue
Tie estimated the annual under the tariff of 1876
230,,000. 1t with the and rdicue of the
position. After long, deliberate the Sen
ate, Daniel Webster declared that would yield |
ance. The issue secures Mr. Walker a high reputation
Tor financial skill. The annual OF the tarih OF
1916 officially asceralned, is 1871 679t3 900
the estimate of Mr. Webster
In the present thousand soldiers have been
in pay, and have supported armies with food,
corhng and munitions OF war, distance of severa
thousand miles from capital, We have held possession
,so OF OF the enemys country equal probably Il
The extent OF As in 1872 we have borrowed
money to carry the but in doing the comb
dence infused in the minds OF the lenders by the Secretary
mas enabled him entirely avoid the embarrassments of
former day In entering money market borrower
ne convinced the capitalists that would be Impossible 10
uc United States fall b-low and the
IONS are obvious For the the revenue from or
unay sources was s35,i7s,7u9 In lSto during year
peace, the current expenses y22. t2O,052.
Annual revenue from tariff of 1876 S35, I7S, 709
Annual current expenses Ia. a tune of peace 22tlJ,0S-
Ssrplu, revenue Sl275so2.
Thus the tard Of is win yield in a of peace
"a h1I mi lxil.x Of