Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-12-08
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and the Report of the Secretary of the
Treasury, containing his estimates of ex-
Ifpenditures for the year ensuing, &c i, is so
shortly 10 be made known to the copptry,
through this medium, the loyal public can
well afford to let pass the evil yaticina..
lions of the marplots who more steadfastly
IendeAvorcd to bring the Administration in
Ito discredit by false and malicious insinu-
ations and asseVerations concerning the
Expenditures of the Government aud the
National debt, and the inability of the
country to bear under soVast a loan as
viii be entailed upon 1t by the continued
vigorous prosecution of the war for the
Union. Ills patent to- all that these evil
predictions are founded upon bitter oppo-i
sition TO the war, and are IN nearly alIeases
traceable directlyato blinded partizan pre-
iudice. Thearrogauce ofassumption man
Tested towards thestability of the imam
eiAl- oystetn4 of ths United states by this
class of people, local and foreign, is some.
thing truly remarkable, when 1t is con-
sidered that our resources, which
velopement, are vastly superior to those of
any other nation. The best evidence that
can be offered with regard TO the endur-
ance, or permanency, of our monetary sys-
tenn is the nnbounded faith exhibited by
1.-THE people In the public loans of the Gov
eminent. The records of these loans is
SO recent that We need not repeat them
suffice il that hundreds of millions of dol
laas nave been taken at par in the course
of single year, and that, too, without the
intervention OF any foreign dealer in loans,
or the offer of dollar as special induce
lments. Thus it Is, that the Government,
after two years of the most gigantic war
the world has ever known, experiences no
difficulty in commanding the necessary
lmeans TO prosecute 1t, or in paying regu-
larry the interest in gold asiit falls due
History shows that the highest condition
of national advancement in England and
France has not been materially affect
ed by the extended wars in which
those nations have been engaged,
and that a heavy national indebtedness has
not proved an unmitigated evil. Compared
with the United States, England and
yelopment. They are thickly populated
in every part, with no vast territory open
, to encourage enterprise aud settlement
Their great problem has ever been what
to do with their surplus population. In
this country we have an illimitable terri.
|, tory awaiting development, and where in.
calculable resources invite industry and
energy. The march of progress during
the last decade even, has been wonderful
larry ouLsErlpplngtl noeeus the moste&
trayagant anticipations Of manifest- destiny
enthusiasts. Scarcely year passes that
6 new mines oEuntold wealth are not devel-
oped in some of our new States or Terrific.
Fiesi which less than 20 years ago were
+ designated upon the map, as the Hgreat
American unexplosed region. The dis
covery of new gold HeldsyI other than Cal.
Iifornia, during the last few. years, has en-
ticed to the arid plains and9mountain re.
D eions thousands Of hardy men from the
surPlus population of the Eastern States,
who are rapidly laying foundations for
future States, whose importance can
!, scarcely be estimated at present Colo.
RADIO, New Mexico, Arizona, Washington,
Nevada, Utah, paeotah and Idaho viii,
within very short lapse of time, increase
the number Of stars upon the National
? ensign, and contribute in an incalcnlable
|, degree TO the material wealth of the coun.
a try. The encouragement TO be derived
lfrom these facts and cireumstaneesiissy very
great and to the mind of any. titspassiou
reasoner, Is conclusive that despite the
| evil effects Of the great civil war, the
course of 3the United States is onward and
upward, and that It's credit will live unim-
EPatred toithe end. -
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