The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-11-30

| GOVERNMENT DEFlUIT.--A lew OF the
most reckless ofthe opposition press have
attacked the Administration, because il
is discovered that some fifteen millions of
dollars will be necessary, over and above
the receipts, to meet the expenditures Of
the government for the fiscal years end.
ing 30th June 1850, and the 30th June
1851. The opposition are sorely taxed
TOR means TO carry on their opposition to
the"bitter end" This very deficit grows
out ofhe extraordinary expenses Of their
Mexican War. and is thus disposed Of by
the Rcpubi'c:-
The reports Of Mr.. Walker and the
statute book fully explain the nude in
which this cause has operated. We cite
from printed documents. Our receipts
in lSl7 were SIG 3l6, ,790; our expeudi.
tures in the same year were $50 ,920, ,093
Our receipts in 1918 were S35 ,436.750;
our disbursements in the same year were
S42,Sll,970 ln the years lS47 aud lS4S.
therefore, our expenses exceeded our in.
come, $50, ,957,523 BY the law provid-
ing for the execution, in part, of the
twelfth article oflhe treaty with Mexico.
$500, 900 are appropriated To pay the
principal aud interest due May 80, IS49;
aud S3,540,000 to pay the principal and
interest due May 80, 1850. Under
the provisions Of the fifteenth article
Of the same treaty, the Secretary Of
the Treasury..wilI be called upon to pay
SO 100000 oil claims Of cilizens of the
United States against the republic Of
Mexico. Here is sum of SAT ,467 ,623,
over and beyond all our receipts. A por
ton Of it has already been provided for
by the issue of treasury notes, on which
interest is To be paid, aud all this cannot
be betrayed from the current revenue.
This constitutes The deficit. II results
from the acts of tho last administration.
with which the present has had nothing
Mhaiever tu do"
Speaking upon this same subject, the
Washington Correspondent Of The North
american says:-
The disclosure IF this important fact
furnishes an additional and urgent resort
for an immediate modification of the ex-
listing tariff, looking to sn increase Of rev.
enuo; and unless there is a settled pur.
pose on the part oflhe majorties in the
two Houses to embarrass the administra-
tion by every device Of party opposition.
that question will be al once referred to
the appropriate committees, aud made the
subject ofthorough Investigation"
The opposition should remember that
their Mexican War, their Tariff and the
defalcalion of their office holders have
tended greatly TO embarrass the revenues
of tho Government, and the effects are
just beginning To be discovered. "A full
disclosure oflhe policy of the late Ad.
ministration must take place, and all the
efforts of tho opposition to draw away the
attention Of the people from it, will not
serve their purposes.
WMMoT PRovIso AT THE SnUrU.--
Foo'e, of Mississippi, wrote a letter to
Clingman, of North Carolina, asking his
views in regard to the duties of the South,
should slavery be abolished in the District
of Columbia or the Wilmot Proviso pass
Congress.
In his reply Clingmon says. thatto ex,
clude Slavery from any of tho territories
Of the United States would be "as great
u violation ofthe Cons tituliOn as the Gov.
ernment could possibly commit" and that
the South ought to resist it in an "eifec.
lual" manner. Should Congress abolish
slavery in the District, he says that "it
would be guilty of an act Of tyranny soin-
sulling and SO gross as TO justify with
drawal of ofconfdence from such a Govern.
ment" His letter brealhes the spirit oi
The Mississippi resolutions and Southern
Address. He says, in postscript, that
Mr.. Mangum agrees with him.
TmE WARNER ToRpEDo.- 1t will be
remembered by our readers that, in May
last, dn Internal machine was sent to the
residence of Thomas Warner, Esq, a
awyer of New York City, by the explo-
sion of which, his house was nearly made
4 wreck aud himself and family barely
escaped. ... .
A mun by tho name Of DRURv. wealthy
md the owner Of bank in Canandagua
las been arrested by the police, as the
guilty person. He is said to he bur.
,lar, counleIfeiler and everything else
Many implements aud tools were found
n his house. He denies the charge, and
says that he can prove a conspiracy to
convict him.
MoURNFUL.-.The Southern Illinois Ad-
cocatc, prominept LOcofoco papor,
clothes itself in black, in announcing the
election ofSnIELDs to the United States
SenOle, and thus gives vent to it's feel.
ings:-
I'VE mourn for tie disgrace Of our
Sfate,.'-Wc learn, just as we are going to
press that Shields has been elected Sena,
tor. We have not now time to express