The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-06-01
The Other TriaI-Conviction sure

party CduCuSi ioi ohSnSNo "o",
the Radical party organization, tns
Rump Congress is On trial before the
people for its crimes OF commission and
omission in the sight of the nation
generally, and in relation TO the fnan
ces particularly.
| Like the drunken mariner, the Radl'
calls have been rushing the great ShiI
of STATE on toward the whirlpool, per
fectly unconscious, or regardless of con
seouences. Unless the direction and
bearings are changed, aud that right
speedily, the great floating palace
will founder and bring disaster on al
aboard.
We most earnestly commend the peo
ple-the once free and happy people Of
this distracted cOuntry-to serlous
consideration of the financial situation
No skilled physician ever had patient
more deserving of his most studied at
tention. The Rump Congress, whether
merely Changing on the verge OF the
Government" or rightfully exercising
its legislative functions, is, at all events
the agent of the people to devise ways
and means for the proper admnistra'
ton of the affairs of the Federal Gov
ernment, and the promotion of the pub
lie welfare.
How are the majority discharging
these great trustsi They stand indicted
before the people, for dereliction OF duty,
for neglecting the financial concerns OF
the nation, for incompetency and bung,
ling, to the great damage of their con-
stituents-for wilfully, criminally, reck.
lessly and shamefully plunging the
country still further and further, day
by day and month by month, into tnan-
cial trouble and coming danger.
What answer have they to make to
these grave charges 7 None at all. They
stand mute. By virtue of the great
principles Of Magma Ckarta and Of the
Writ of Right, which these Radicals
have so frequently and so tlagrantly
trampled under foot and outraged, let
the plea of mot guilty" be entered for
the accused.
And now, what have the people to
say I
At the beginning Of the present Con-
press, they promised retrenchment OF
expenditures, and reform in public at.
fairs. 1t was considered in caucus, in
i committees, anu IN UuC iN'N
ries, reported and reSolred, that $500 ,OOO,-
OOO was sufficient to pay the running
expenses of the Government, including
the interest on the public debt 1t was
further considered and resolved, that
these public expenditures must be kept
within the limits aforesaid. In all con-
science, $500, 900, 900 looked large enough
to meet the requirements of the most
extravagant. 1t was six times as much
as the Democratic administration OF
James X. Polk required to carry OH the
Government during a foreign war.
Three hundred millions in gold dollars
more money than Thad. Stevens could
count in his lifetime, had he his unwor-
thy and stormy career to repass-should
not only CRAFTY the managers of IA
model Republic in time of peace, but
supply even the most rapaclous mon
archs of the old world.
Astounding as the statement may be,
it is nevertheless true, that this immense
sum will not by over one hundred mil
lions of dollars, meet the current ey
penses of an eXtravagant and thrlitlrss
Radical administration.
| There is no war in all this fair land,
on the contrary, profound peace rcigns
in all our borders. Yet large standing
army is quartered on the people. In
portions of the country the tramp OF
armed men is heard by day and by night,
the glstening bayOnet flashes in the
clear, pure, free sunlight, and the sword
of oppression and tyranny, the emblea
of power and of uSurpation, gleam:
| T. h<r in, nj ynhino.
ton.
One hundred and eighty millions il
the amount set down to the account o.
the army! One hundred and twenty
millions more is required, in gold, tC
pay the interest on the public debt.
Thus in two items is the entire $500,
900, 900 absorbed.
Whence is to come the millions upoI
millions more, to meet the civil appro
pria,ions of a prodigal Congress OnC
million and half will be required tC
pay the total expenses of the ridiculou;
farce of impeachment. Many othel
millions will be demanded tn keep afloa
a considerable navy. Then comes th,
civil service--such as Legislative ex
penses, Indian affairs, corruption funds
Freedmen's Bureaus, diplomatic and
foreign service; departmental expeudi
lures and the like, costing many mil
lions more. -.s ..
We repeat the question, where are al
these funds to come from :
No adequate provision has been made
by the Congress. So far from that
while the expenditures are kept up
aud in some instances increased, the in
come of the Government is greatly less
ened.
The tax has been taken from certain
manufactures for the benefit of East
ern monopolists, whereby the income o
the Government has been reduced $50,
600 900.
Mr.. Wells, "a Radically the Specia
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
says the New York Times, "estimatei
our receipts from the Customs at on,
hundred and fifty millions, and from
internal revenue, with the cotton man
nfacturers' tax omitted, at one hundret
and fifty-two millions of dollars" Blu
these estimates of receipts frem Inter
nal Revenue must be revised and great
ly reduced, according TO the experieuc,
of the year thus far. Mr.. Wells as
sumes that we shall receive fifty mil
lions from distilled spirits, whereas
We are not now, and for the last tiv,
moRths have not been, receiving over
million q month or at the rate OF twelv,
millions for the year. From tobacco h,
estimates twenty millions, while we ar,
not receiving over sixteen millions
Here, then, we have falling OFF from
the annual estimate of forty-five mil
: lions. - ..-l
Then from other sources whence W,
, have hitherto derived large incomes
next to nsthing is anticipated. as. JOB
} The public lands, instead Of retnrnin,
handsome income, are Row givel
away to railroad monopolies, and no
only are the people cheated out of home