Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-06-22

=, Rdttfes of or renders, we presume ara.
acquainted with the fact, that there noS exists
7 In fbis country q wide spread and every
s,daysiucreasiSe, convict that something must
-sbe done, and that quickly, for the relief Of the
.sv6o5stetf and beegariy condition OF the United
States Treasury II has been empty these many,
,nont,,s,past.-andt the credit, Government
is nIedeeag andaas 6eeb4ahd is.bow maintained
bv the issue of many millions of paper money,
or. as tFie distinguished gentleuicn who now so
eopiouslyf issue them, used to Fidicnle tneIIn'
rags The demand is now from the admins
tration for more rags, and tystlle next assem-
bling of Congress it is quite probable -thatau'
vcor,s expenditure will have reached nearly, Or
.5aitssL one hundred millions, great part!of
which has been temporarily settled for in rags
Now these Tags,5a every readerkuows, like all
other rags. have only value as ey-FePresent
Gold and silver basis, and must finally he re-
deemed in the hard metal We'll, the question
that man would ask himself IL, where
is,t6is heavy reqnifelhent Of metallic come from
for come it must, Mt some price orielse the
credit Of Tie Government must go by the board
Veal have seen and nov, See that our steamers
mrs annnnnced as sailing each week for Euro
pean ports, carrying out each one on an aver 2
'are.s from n million to a million and n half
Of dollars. of late the quantity has been 4
rriuced owing to The falling off in imPortations,
hut SIN is very considerable. This lampnta6lc
condition of oai national finances has bad the
very natural effect of begetting serious inquiry
lathe minds ofthe people, as 70 what they can ana
must do to provide for present exigencies and
-gaardlagainstths failures They have scenaod arc
thoroughly convinced TINT the present policy
of the administration is running them upon
shoals where they must be stranded unless there
Is q speedy tack abpat. We say that 1T rs
lamentahle fact, that the people have lost conf
aa dence llnigh, in either the political honesty
or the political foresight of the present adminis-
tratihn They have seen ono of the chief mem
bersof the present government arrnigned ne.
fore The House of Representatives, ON a cnafSe
OF gross corruption in the sale OF limited states
property. They have seen the other members
Of. the government invading, what ought 10 be
+. the. sacred precincts Of the halls oflegislation
and tHsga ats%ork on behalf of the Executive
trying to influence the vSts Of the peoples in't
-, mediate representatives rfese things they have
Seen, day by day, until, as wesbefOre said, they
ve,losl.oontideacs inpthe adininistratiopgand
have CONS to f4sg9 that they mustptake the msezl
Ter in igleir own. hand, and inadgurate their
own salvation ftfs with this view Ard to. this
meeting called lelphia, As that pssttn 90
= Stysr5 pre- ,eif, The 'ifFst taiehtTof tho
~ s. Senate and House Of Representatives,
brought together for hdtdal consultation and
aasIresent upon what. was necessary to bsdone;
. to arrest the Legitimate consequences of the
present prospects in our nntionai finances ~
that meeting, Henry eslarey, the ablest tariff
5sawriter aud staticiau oftle age, presided, as-s
q ..sseed seventy six practical men, represent
log nearly every branch of theindustrial inter-
ests Of the country Many very able and inter:
estine speeches were made By such, men as
Hon. Jacob colla1ner, of the Senate and Hon.
Humphrey Marshal, of the House. These
fstieeches contained able,Eweil posted and we'll
sexprossed reviews OF the theory and practical
workings of onFtariff system, They tended
ssato strengthen the conviction which Ensfor some
tirne past lam upon the minds OF the people,
viz: thatwe must have a protective tariff and.
we must derive our revenue from that tariff.
aiaIKe following among the resolutions
adopted: ,ss5 80, c.ss695 W.
,,,t fesolred That all the eventslnowI occurring
swell as those which have occurred In this
last half century, may eadduccd IN proof OF
Il the accuracy Pfthe views OF MsIl ns
declared fhattrotective duties were necessary
10 ereyept Us, ipoip falling again iptoSa state Q,
colonial dependence; of Madison when he told
sshisicOuntrylneI thatit was notionly7 constltu'
tionaI, bnf expedient, to ihstitdtea revenue sys,
TEN having for its object the protection oil our
planters, or Nofrn farmers and our own
2 sworknenSo jackson, sEhenehelt olt the taruers
md plnntersthat IL theytYould have good mar
z ketsiorfheir Ipoductss they gould do ieony BY
means ofsdneasuYes looking TO an increase IN the
50 number and v1Fiety of heiChannes oiinduslTyi
of Clav.lNP ebster AUlaytOn, and n host OF other
iiItisirios patrfots who have SO frequently reit
Grated tn their countrynen, the great trnth, that
prosperity to the State Sas to be obtained only
by u,eaus Of measures looking 10 the transfer OF
n :zoSr5H shops itom tho s6ifof Europe to our
q ResolpsaI That it Is INSTRUMENTATION of this
: meeting to labOr for the reservation ofthe system
sss's SO long aud so ably advocated by those great
90 nlen-ihat system which gave to the country
: me universal prosperity which existed here
Ak IN the closing years of the tariffs 1898 and