The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-12-11

in another column Dut ater TWO mouons LOT adJourn-
ment which failed the House finally adjourned after four
o'clock.
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new York Trlbuae the Union. s5
The editor Of the New York Tribune who is now in this
cy as reporter for his paper, has written home letter
in which he crtcses with equal assurance and severity
late article the Union upon the estmates Of the Secretary
Of the Treasury We do not propose to make formal
ply to the elaborate erque Of that editor having neither
the time nor space to devote to it. Besides, if we in
error the report Of the Secretary OF the Treasury will
show it, and we SHALL of course, stand corrected We
want only the truth in that matter but have not yet
seen il in any Of the exposons Of the Secretary Of the
Treasury, in the explanations Of the Tribune. To
show, however, the character OF the Trbuns's criticism
upon the article in the Union, will refer only to one
or two items which il embraces sample Of the whole
The editor Of the Tribune copies, in the first place,
the following sentence from the Union's article:
"An aggregate amount or than fy-one millions of
dollars sadded upon the people in the shape of add
ona and debt in the very first Of the present
administration"
In respect to this statement the Tribune says: Of
course nothing like this is true" We infer from the
editors comment and the fact that he prints in italics the
word "adtionat in the sentence which he copies from
our aaicle that he supposes intended to say that the
Iols sum Of y-ons millions Of dollars is to be raised
BY taxes and oans in addition 10 the present current
revenues II he had read the next sentence, he would
have seen that such was not meaning. That sen.
ence is in the following words: "For, nasmuch as the
current revenues of the year will not probably exceed
s35 100000 there will Of course. exist deficit in the
treasury Of at least sixteen millions Of dollars which is
to be supplied by additional taxaon or by an increase OF
the national debt"
Thus our article conveyed no such meaning as the
Tribune pre,ends to find in it. On the contrary, said
explicitly that il is only the erees of expenditure
the revenues of the government which viii have to be
provided for by additional taxes and loans.
Besides the editor OF The Tribune well knows that in
preparing matter for daily paper, which must be done
very hastily that precision ~ he sflsnguage which
one would WISH is not always sttaned and this consd-
Grafton should make editors charitable towards each
other But our paragraph, taken WHOLE correct
and afforded no ground for the captous and petty c
cism OF the Tribune.
matter OF figures To our inquiry, How has the def
cheney been created, be answers TINS:
Now full and clear exposition of the cause of the
crung dss does belong this document, but 10 the
annual treasury report where the Union viii doubtless find
quite enough OF IT, But this document shows the fol-
lowing items be provided for By the present Congress-
1870 $50 Interest on public debt sssssss e;
$50 rn. DI Of d1 dae 70 Mexico
so-sl 3 g. treaty Of d Hsa'' do. do $500
~ Total sA. ~ 5fe,-s.E- VI sl4lsl. So
Now le. us test the accuracy of the statements OF THU
swift and capious critic upon the Unions comments In
relation to the Treasury estimates The editor OF thu
Tribune states that the several items contained in thu
paragraph above quoted "to be provided for by h'
present Congress- Previously the editor Of the Tribune
remarked that,
Tho afsy-oas millions the entire aggregate expendi
Of the fiscal year. with the estimated six million
deficiency the by any means, but In the dp
reiafo~s of the current year. for which the revenue,
very sure, win prove amply sufficient. 1890.
We infer from this statement that the alleged def
cheney exists not in the rsuense. but In the appropriations
and when he uses the term "to be provided for" h
simply means 80 be appropriated" Therefore, he as
sers in substance moi in terms, that the four temsc
hined in De attract from his article have allow
made, are 70 be provided for by appropriation. Nov
let N zee al least half OF these four items wer
not .providsd for by appropriations made by the las
and previous Congresses In the first place. the in
,erest on the public debt, treasury notes, &C. is pro
vded for by previous appropriation. They belong to tn
class Of permanent and Indefinite appropriations and there
fore need not be again provided for that is BY appropna
ton by the present Congress- II there is any want
in The treasury 10 pay the interest on the publ
debt during the present fiscal year, which ends on Jun
30. 1885, then the present Congress will be obliged to
something more than to appropriate money II will
obliged to provide II first either by taxes or loans, il
order that il may be appropriated Somuch for the fr'
item in the Tfibunss statement
We also find among the appropriations OF the last Con
ess for the execution OF the Mexican treaty, the fol
lowing item, viz: aFor the payment Of the instalner
and interest which will fall due the aoh Of May, 1855
ss,s4oOoo" Here is another item in the Tnbunes state
nent which was sprovded for'that is appropriated
the last Congress The two items we have noticed ar
in The aggregate a. folows:
Iszg-'5e- Interest on public debt $685. 81
1872 InstAlment Of indemnity due Mexico
~ uesty 81 peace 3s54OOo
,.sasa ty4s s7,2sss1
Nov, hare ara s7.2sss7s Of The Tnbunes total (
s<ieis sac provided by the last Congress, which its ed
Tor alleges e 70 be provided for BY the present Congress
And is i not becoming and modest in an editor who
gully Of such palpabe and discreditable blunders
citiciss In language Of coarse and vulgar ephet II
~ppcssd errors and mistakes Of another We think
one but the editor OF the New York Tribune would
guilty Of conduct like this for no one is 20 selfsu6
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