Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-08-09

all, except few, three month"; segim nts nom New
York GuG Ne~ Eeg'ap5-A month nj whose time Il a.
ready gone To support such trfins administration
Il the great Wsr Department o. tie country, would
certainly be to the State well to doom
army 70 be sacrificed to ts ignorance and imbecity.
Tho Secretary Of the Treasury has manifested like
Incompetence, IN Finance, though Incompetence far
lees mischievous than the Secretary Of War and in
competence working itself out but not yet worked out.
When he came into power under many Disadvantages
be sure lieu of laying before Congress- in July LAST
Tex Bill in detail and insisting that Congress should
that Tax Bill forhuth,-he suffered CoDgrees no!
on!y all the last summer upon vain dis
cussionp especially upon 'the negro, 80 that now,
though have been in war year and three months,
the Tex Bill Just passed while it will be four, five CT
sx months more before the Treasury will have any relief
from it, In short II may be said practically that 1t wi
De about to years after The tegan before tie Sscre-
tdTy blgan 20 collect Taxes 10 carry tt on.
Meanwhile, the Secretary has been borrowing and
borrowing. He found ali the banks Of the Northern
States paying specie their notes and be contrved
break them all He found gold and silver at par, and
be has conved TO raise gold to 10 per cent premium,
and be has about driven silver CD age into eI 10. In
place Of the excellent foaucial system had, be has
50 handed the Treasury as to e1 ali hard money aud
20 substitute only paper therefor. The country, under
lis nauRg meat, exhibits the extraordinary spectacle Of
exporting than it imports-ths balance Of trade,
therefore, In its fv0r but, nevertheless adding on to
ts exports of grain abou. two aud half Millions in
export, OF its specie, every week
Meanwhile, too, the Tariff has been arranged IN
der his auspices no. thai is the void but 81 pr
20 ely prepared to protect the featuring coTpo-
raops oil this country, the manufacturers and the cor
poraiors with duties ranging from 20 to 100 pei
csnt-and thereby, in excluding all competition from
aorosd to secure for life, huge nonoppIes in uac.
turing favorite pets aud companies a. home Con.
gees has been the lead and government Of there
corporations with tho SecretArys assent if not comm
vance, certainly with from him, that
the commerce Of the county (eIc pit in eIpors) i;s
Trade its Navigation, lis Asrc liiufsts and Farmers
have I'll been sacrificed 20 build grea. Corporation up
No man ever before dreamed OF sueh "protscton -as
tue recent Tariff has given to tie great Coporators oil
New England at the expense OF the people Of the
mercal States, and OF the Grsat West.
II would seem,-ii mind enough had existed in the
War Department ard in the Treasury D aparlmen. 10
ke such coDspricy,-lnat conspiracy mad existed,
Il st. on the part OF Mr. Cameron, to nu;h C!
the Public money possible next on the part Of his
SUCCESSION 10 the War Department. to ProloJg tie
az org as possible in order to pr0iogg tina! waste,
and then, on tie part of the Treasury, 10 Use tha
waste as much possible to further the Of tts
Paper koley Rag Ba;ons OF tns United Siates aud Of
tue Manufacturing Corporations so TO free them from
all CONNIE rcial navigation competition Toe great
i-nste Father oil their Tariff, Simmons, We making
$50 600 joos oUt Of gun contracts Tor the war.
NO-, outy 10 support the government, usthes any
nau 10 supporting such ~ Naturalization If The Gov.
ssrntnk Iudeed, It becomes criminal TO support such
an administration, because the only way really 10 sup
port the government is to change such Administration VI
the government by rubsii utiGg Intelligence and nteee
for such iIeompeIency and iEbechty.