Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-11-10
THE APPROPRIATIONS

The AUTHORIZATIONS.
80 Several weeks ago, in defending the political
position of an eminent citizen OF Massachusetts,
from some insu ting illusions Of the Boston Daily
Advertiser, we had occasion to bring the political
facility Of that once stesdfast journal into very
= monument relief We showed that, in carpipg at
Mr.. WINTHROP, and others Hke-minded with him,
for having preserved the integrity Of their princ
Piles, the Advertiser was sngularly oblivious to-
sense Of shame at the tergiyersstion it has prac-
tised in continuing to keep up with progress Of
the party towhich it is more wsdded than to truth
1t is but two years or more that it poured upon
Mr.. Senator SUMNER. and those who concurred
with him, in his views as to the expediency Of i'm
pressing an anti slavery direction on the conduct
of the war, the same dlsparagement which it re-
serves today for the men who have the courage and
the honesty to stand by the principles which the
Advertiser then espoused. And at . still later
day, in order to crafty its spleen against Secretary
STANTON, it charged him with managing his De-
partment With reference to schemes for President
making, and demanded his dismissal from office.
Our readers, we doubt not, will be glad to learn
I'll
Of being Conservative Republican" paper by
soundly berating Wendell Phillips for his recent
'deiyerances on the Presidential question When
the Republican party, inits progress shall have
come up to the mark chalked out for It BY this
eloquent agitator, we may be sure that this Soon
servative" journal will pay to has doctrines the,
same prudent and respectful homage which it pays
to-day to those Of Senator Seward, after having
once denounced them as "fatal, !" and Knocked at
the influence Of their author, who today has the
satisfaction of seeing the Advertiser yield to has
d fatal doctrines" as ready compliance as II It
had never resisted them professed to resist them
y, Not deemipg it prudent any longer to rail At
Senator Sumner, CHOW that his views have become
the views Of its party) and forbearing. to fling its
insults at the Secretary Of War, (who still holds
his place in the Cabinet despite the, Advertisers
call for his summary Dismissal this journal seeks,
for want Of occupation ia its ancient and honor
able traditions, to point its political petulance at
the National Iptelligencer. !. IL, ,,,,,.a- t.p
- II makes the publication by US, some days ago.
'of communication, under the head Of g The Cost
of the War;" the occasion not only Of animadvert-
ING on Its it's contents, but Of referring. to Us,
in terms of sreproach, meant to be deroga-
tory ,, because we gave to that communication =
MACE in our columns when, as the Advertiser
thinks, we should have "scorned" to print it, on
the ground Of It's unfairness and of the wiful At
tack upon. great public interests of which the
writer isguitys" = ~ ,"' 49,. :, o"r
= The eminent & fairness" Of the Advertiser in
its comments on this communication is shown by
the lciEty with which it peTverts the writer's
meaning before casting upon him its injurious re-
-Hsctions,, The distinction between the sppropra-
tions of Congress and the ascertaned debt Of the
country was kept as clearly before the mind Of the
.reader by our asst scear to the mind
Of theAdyertser and that there might be nopossble
, room for cavil or doubt on the subject we were
careful to accompany the communication with an
sditorial article on the same topic in which all the
fscts and figures were taken from Hunts Mer-
chants Magazine We had previously applied at
the Treasury Department for accurate information
BY which we might be able to state how much Of
the outlying appropriations during the period COW
!, cred BY the communication had lpsed but though
the Information Was promised and the communca-
tion withheld for the purpose many days 1t has not
yet been furnished to US. When received it will
. be. published by US for the information Of our
readers and, we may add of the Advertiser which
makes it sufficiently plain, BY the nature Of its
.comments on the communication to which it refers,
that it's own ideas on this subject are III q very
|. chaotic state ",r-g . y.,,1 - -n."]t II
,ss e,.t ~ pratl. THE PUBLIC DEBT 'a.f@ ~ !.