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34 charged against him. The truth ot thls, the Intelligencer has not ventured to deny

 It is too plain to be disputed. The lntelll- gencer, in its first article, alleged that Mir Van Buren's administration s'expended during it's continuance S3l,310,0 ,0l4 20--or S7,827,- 503 5 annually-over and above the ordlha- ry revenue of the country.' We have proved this assertion an utter labricaton.-

 Over thirteen millions disappear at once, on making correct additions and subtractlons. But there is a further blunder (if nothing worse) in this very docpment Mir Ewing, in giving his statement of payments applied 10 the extnctions of the national debt from 1916 to 1886 inclusive, states the sum oi $208, 792, l27 44, and refers to table No. l, appended from the registers office, as the authority for it. By reference 10 that table il will be seen that 1t does not sustain the sta emeAt. Under the head of ''eXpendi- lures" in that table, there is a column were this sum is found headed DEBT AND IN TERESF, EXCLUSIVE OF PAYMENTS ARISING FROM LOANS AND TREASU- RY N0TES.7 How much had been paid during that period on account of "loaus and

 treasury notes,n was concealed from the pub lie in the attempt 10 roll up mass with which to crush Mr. Van Buren. To give, 1t would not answer the purpose of his assail- ants. Here we have d second blunder in this Whig '.neW book, the extent of which can only be known by asceraining the amount paid out ill twenty-one years on account ot ..Ioans and treasury notes'' We should be glad to be furnished with this intormation.-- 1t appears. by the public accounts, that even last year there was paid, on account of old loans and treasury notes, q very consldera- ble sum of money. From 1916 to 1857 the amount must bave been very large. The ln- teligencer does otdeny that our table proves conemsiveiy that under Mir. Van Buren our public expenses were rapidly decreased.- We showed that he reduced them from over thirty-seven to about twenty-eight millions a reduction of over nine millions; and that he left uuexpcnded, to be carried 10 the sur plus fund, about seven millions. We fur ther showed that Congress appropriated over Gftv-two millions during his term more than

 was asked for in the estimates for appIoprl- atlons. The estimates of lS40 were less than twenty millions. I'he late whig admin istration ran it's estimates up 10 about thirty millions, while it's expenses varied from over thirty, 10 upwards oi thirty-three millions oi dollars per annun1. It will also be noticed in our former table, that 3Ir. Van Buren paid about eight millions more on account of ln- dian treaties, and about three millions more on account of revolutionary pensions, than was paid by the late whig administration On reviewing the whole ground, we have great cause to be proud ofhe late democrat ic administration, and we are happy to know that it's books contain no such monstrous bRaders and errors as were committed and published by its hard cider successor.