Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-12-03
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DEFICIT IN THE TREASJ.Ry

DEFICIT IN THE TREASURY.
The announcement ofs Efficiency IN he Treasury At
w anhnai"p, I" The amannt If fifteen ar twenty
nllinns causes surprise In hnse who noted Nj Walk
er'S repoTs when that gentleman The head Of The
Finanees The present - Of The Treasury has
no doubt discovered what minated in many omar
ers AGO, thai Mr. Walker omitted from his est
mats rye obligations. outstanding d unsettled which
ar sc from The expenditures OF the with Mexica.-
These obligations. not having been officially returned 10
Treasury Department, NJ the sNact amount Of them
ascefianed We're excluded may presuu from the
late SecTcarys calculations The state of the
however, cannot long rema in unknown
When Mr.. Van BURrN's Administration bv lis pro-
fuse expenditures in the Florida war mh.r same ihifty
millions n dollars Were sunk. had exhausted the rreasu-
~ and accnmuateda large debt IN the shape Of rfeasu-
ry nnes, there were MT means euoug 1t the disposal of
Gen HARRISON. when he came /, tie Presidency To
def ~ the ens,s Ut he govern ueu ard
meet the apprn ions made ty the Congress thai had
just ceased Ia exist An extra session invited and
loan had 10 be res nred u.
Tie O. position at The ine ih characteristic finn
ness and cnndor. de6unneed The Administration for
ing pubic debt, when il did no more Than provide for
drbs, already made by Nj VAN BuarN. It came into
power with inheritance of unpaid obligations uoon lis
hands the threshold. Tie washington Union has
the hardhnnd Ia refer To The perud when these unjust
charges we're put forth against Gen IARRIoNs Admin
lstralin- charges so aburd on the face of them lha
nothing short Of unbushug eontery could have
had TIE mpndence utter them. at will BE- fempm
bered :" says the Union. THAT prior 10 the coming In of
the Harrison Administration in leil Demoeraic Com
gess, at The preceding session, made ample pruvlslon
10y Of appropriations, fer all necessary and snnabe
expenditures ~ the Government for The year ensuing :;
yet at the eN session those expenditures largely
increased and The burdens Of the people rendered still
note onerns, by the Why majority II the hard cider
Congress"
This is quite in keeping with the whole and
srlrlt of that hostility which the late official exhibits
all occasions towards Gen. TAYLOR ard his Adminsira
ton. The Democratic Congress that preceded the
ing In of Gen. HARRlsoNs Administration made ample
Provision we are told BY ,cag Of appropriation. for all
the reasonable expenses Of the government Tor the
ensuing "1hey did mol spare the appropriations +"
says the National lnteeencer. "but they, like the last
Administration, omitted 10 provide the means 10 meet
the eXpendllures-t make up the deficiency which
they themselves had created"
A similar state Of things will be found, presume.
TO exist nowjust AS similar charges made anaus
Gen TAYIoR's Administration. 1t is worth while to
quote the Union here
'ln cumeniing upon the astounding announcement Of
deficit OF fifteen or twen'y millions Of dnllas, which
both organs of The cabinet formally announced. the
authority OF The Secretary Of The Treasury, pnhahle To
exist III the treasury during the present and fiscal
years. tc meet which Increase Of taxes loan
wond be required, warned the people If The designs
OF the party IN power, and ex resSed the belief that if
such deficiency should be ou I'd exist in the treasury.
would also be found have been produced by the al
oWanre Of ununded and i'll, gal claims the sending
l~lnimen Il persons about the departments and III
nous services uldsr the government aud NOT 10 any
Just and legitimate NpeudlIur authorized by Congrrs
or made necessary by the Mexican wnr We referred
To similar demand Tor ncraased appropriations and ad-
dana lanes the coming in Of the Harrison Congress,
winch was the precursor Of am her high tariff, nation
al hlh, and all The schemes aud vices of tede riSm To
demoraIlze the country and sednce lie peo lie with their
own money; and remarked. that by announcing This
enormous and startling deficit. the administration had
pu Itself upon trial. and must submit to a most rigid and
searching examination into the manner in which il had
managed the affairs Of the government since it had been
IN power"
This specimen Of patriotic INDIGNATION and fnarraI
virtue Is worth the SIS It ccupes Ia columns, aud
oui r'ad"r: we are sure, viii OF % jet aud then
To tavr beft them some cho extracts of The same
klodtnm the same source. 10 illustrate The elevated
character OF plrzln journalism, mud Ia shaw The high
claims such nnaS peS>csses To the public confidence
and resi- eri need not he remembeted that since the
present Admins tairn has been in power ITS expenditures
have been regulated. matter Of course by the appro-
ptlaons OF The last Congress If had heeu dSp sed To
rTeaie 'ebt II has had power u do But we {"
not wish 10 impair the heauly Of the specimen brick
which we have taken from one of lie Unlon's castles in
the air.