Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-02-11

y. Ooh osi i' st.'oetseJ: when rhry ae,ornr. Pc.
gef msney, look out Tor Treasury notes; vh.a th.y say
- "ot hsh', leos gu, for 'slink out" and %. whoa
'hsy ssF ne csn1ues;. look oat for ali Il Mrttea.
tbs policy ofth- Adminisruioa hs. h~en NOR. Dis
ss'reus "a INC eea Interests Of tn. ouriry. more dan.
sei'us ' ~ harmony and its integrity. th.n that Of
any o'he' thai hss existed since lhs e,nri ,,inn of the
eoysrnment Three year. sFo. when TN. kd,ninisr.
llon came into power, II found the country peaceful
ana pf"sPereus IN ali is interests: and W bat 4. IN, es,.
en,'n nowl The esun,ry has been sovcrn-Abv p.rv
sad for party. Unable 10 rewa.d 20 .w,,d 10, r,.
nerous and hungry psriz.n.. this ad,nirt-tr.fio, Ia.
involved the country IN war, which nshlcs II 10 .sIt..
.s "a e s..s .pre,he 81 thousands Of its worship.
lotssn Their grasp on the peoples tte,g,v yc,A,,n,
ha' tslI"te o, rev-n"eC wsnt Of uoncy-sa empty
tor 10 near at hand.
But let us look back for moment. Wbs,
q CONTRAST Is presented between the Wing aud
L~ocoioco policy. When Mr.. Van Rurrn
came INTO power he iouni q surplus of abont
iorty millions IN the Treasury: when he went
out. he ieit il about forty millions in debt;
and the revenues ten or twelve millions short
OF the expenditures; and ruin aud bankrupt
cy national and individual, ptevai ing through
out the land. IN this state OF things. the
Wings came into power in 1911; th,v pass
ed the tanff OF 1912. anil the prosperity Of
/ the country was restored, andsihe Treasury
: replenished as il By magic. In the four years
. OF its operation II paid of nearly forty mil
} lions OF The ptincipil aud %interts, OF the pub
lie debt, and IN year or two more, after the
4 entire extinguishment of the debt. il would
a have lett a surplus Of ten millions a wear Tor
q the Improvement OF our gres; rivers and hsr-
bors, Attending security TO lie and property,
and giving pusp ri,y aud increased extent TO
II our vast internal commerce.
But this bright aud cheering prospect was
suddenly overcast by the overthrow of the
Wings, and the Accession If the presen, Ad.
If ministraiion. ia 1915. See 10 wha, they
r have already Brought the country! From a
character and a credit 50 high as to command
untold millions at a premium, they have
brought II down so low. that they are now
unable. Ne are told, 10 affect a loan of some
h. ten or twelve millions on any terms. Look
n. what the Baltimore Convention have done;
l. that Convention prescribed aud dictated the
,e policy OF this Admiuistration in advance
10 this vas done by sn irresponsible caucu. of
ar artiul aud ultra politicians, with Mr.. Walker
a ut their head. He, Mr.. Walker, m de Polk
N aud Dillss what they are; he bull, up this
Administration; he now d,ct,t.s its policy,
or and governs its action. Yes, sir, that caucus
n. extorted a pledge from their chief, and made
far him promise, in his inaugural, 10 carry Oh,
no their dictation. The first thing was tbs an.
,r. n~eHation OF Texas, resulting in war. Next,
m 10 arrest internal improvement, then ador,
e,r the su5-treasury, and finally, rr peal the lar.
IRE i'll Of 1912; what has followed? Down goes
sy revenue and up goes the national debt at the
nd rate oil twenty or thirty millions a year; thou
Is. sands of lives, and millions OF money wasted
ey in a foreign land. and who knows Tor wha,
IRE Who can tell for what this war is now pro.
90 secuted. or how or when il is 10 end? One
A.. thing, however, is very certain, that it mus
der oralize our people. involve our coun,r,
, in an enormous debt, resulting in ruinous AM
4. oppressive taxation, and may end in the dis
solution and overthrow OF our glorious Unio,
i, itself; an event. the contemplation Of which
on must I'LL with horror and despair the heart
the of the friands If tr.eJ.ro ,b,,ohou, n,
h II - o"
nal WoIiu-a catastropne winch, may God, II
all his infinite mercy. avert from our hrloye,
=" country.