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The ill temper manifested by the'' lntelli- genceIo abundantly proves that our articles have opened up a sore and unpleasant subject for that paper If reckless and bold assertion could pass for fact, then is quite certain that the ..IntelIigeneer" would screen it's friends from all criticism or censure. Butm asser- ton cannot batter down truth. We have proved our allegations to be true, and that the "Intelligencer's" statements are mere laucles. The whgs promised, in l840, to reduce the expenses of the government from the point where Mr Van Buren left them. History shows they increased them. They pretended that he had incurred large national debt often stated by them at thirty millions, which they promised to pay off and cancel. The record shows they left ten millions more debt than they lound. They promised Gimlnu- ton of the burdens of the people. Even the Ineligencer is driven to admit that our taxes were increased. To escape from this subject, so ungrateful to its friends, the ingenious cdi- tor assailed Mr. Van Buren by quoting that monument of errors, 1Ir. Ewing's report. We pointed out, in it's quotation. one error of oyer thiftcea millions of doiiafS; and we have shown that the b4sS uPoQ which another as seriion was made, was another extraordinary effor On these bjecis the lntelllgencera maintains aB el249eM silence. Ne have not time to pursue thls subject at present; but we hope 10 be able, when documents from the de- partments are fully printed, To look luther in- to the Whip ''neW books.0