Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-10-16
Go slow, gentlemen, slow.
Hon. r.. J. Atkinson ON National
Fiuauces,

Hon. r.. j. Atkinson ON National
Finances.
The letter of Hon. r. j. ATKINSON, of
this State, now temporarily at Washing
ton, reviewing the figures in the National
Debt, to his namesake of Massachusetts,
which the Journal of this city published
with a flourish of trumpets, will commend
itself to the reader, not only for the ability
of the writer and for the fairness of his let
ter, but for the deep interest all feel in
subject of such engrossing interest. The
National Intelligencer, from which we copy
the letter, has this notice of Mr.. ATKINSON.
which, from our acquain tance with the
man and the exceeding ability shown by
him in his review, we endorse as true to the
letter: .-.--
ssrHE LETTER OF Mr.. R. J. ATKINSON.
"The letter OF the above named gentle
man, " no was for years Third Aud
itor of the Treasury, and who has distinc-
tion as writer upon finance and pOlitico-
economics, will arrest the attention of
men who are conversant with such SUBJ
jects. He reviews the production of Mr..
Atkinson. of Massachusetts, who under
takes the rather difficult task of showing
that the Rump Congress is an honest,
economical. and debt-paying body, instead
of the prohigate and corrupt one that Mr..
Washburne of Illinois, represented them
to be in his seat in the House of Represen-
tatives. The effnsion of the Massachusetts,
knight errant In Government finances was
based upon the calculations of Mr.. Wells,
who went out of the line OF his duty to
defend Radicalism in what its great cham
pions in Congress did not dare adventure
upon, and who substituted impudence and
emptiness of statement for what should
emanate from experienced ability concern
ing receipts and expenditures. Great as is
the aggravation in said rancorOus produc-
tions to severity Pt reply, Mr.. Atkinson
keeps himself perfectly calm and cool in
his treatment of the subject. He attributes
to Mr.. Wells figures an official character,
and treats their views and arguments with
marked consideration. After reciting faith
fully their positions, and admitting to
great extent much of their figuring, he
finally tests them by the ordeal of facts and
arguments, and utterly explodes them."
JUDGE EDWARDS PIERRFPoNT, always a
Democrat and Tammany Sachem, has come
out from the foul party, and encloses
check for $4,000 to the chairman of the
Grant committee in New York, for cam
paign purposes.-Journdt.
If Judge PIERREPoNT ever was Demo-
crat. he belied his actions. For years past
we have understood him to be a so-called
Republican-always voting with its enc
mics, while occasionally claiming to be a
| Democrat. E.
The Judge once resided in Columbus,
and made an effort to compete with the
Bar in this city, acknowledged to be one of
the best in the State, but lacking the cali
bre, he found it to be up hill work, and left
for New York, where suddenly he was
made rich by the death of relative, and
that gave him tame, which by his talents
he never could acquire. He is now adding
to his fame by giving money to the Radi-
cal cause, in order that the donation thus
cast upon the waters may return in the
shape of gold for his bonds.