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borrow 6HSds1 money 10 pay tneSe Iep;s
and they give helr bond, to tie lenders
Who tree,,d the deb:-the dead man or his
heifs7 Unqucsionably the former Mr.
Van Buren became fanctus o1IciO on the 4th
Of March lS4l, and he In 10 has heirs. the
Wbigs. besides a banded debt of seven mil
lions and upwards, (lccordlog to RegiSter
Smiths Report) an un5Oadrd debt OF much
larger amount, for which The Wings, find
inc no money In The Treasury. gave lneiI
notes Who Is responsible for the debt
the Locoiocos who incurred it-or the
Wings who borrowed the money 10 pay 1t ?
The answer is as plain in the actual case as
in that supposed


But il may be denied that there were any
ether liabilities on the 4lh Of March lS4l.
than for the debt which was bonded. Indeed
il has been frequently said. in the newspa
pers and on the stump; AMI zoe had the for
tune. good or bad, TO hear It often reiterated
before the people last Spring, and the fore
going document Of Register Smith cited "a
"Whig authority" to Sustain the drclara'ion
But the people never heard Of aqolher Re
port. drawn from the same Register Smith.
at the same session. and which, taken in
connection with his first Report, made ouI
"the tghOle truth" Oh no; nor were pe
then aware Of the existence of such paper
as "Documenl No 28l," though we pre-
sumo tha, aU the members of COng gresS kneo
ofR If they did not have 1t 10 possession
Why they did not think proper TO read IL to
the people, while they were so fond OF dwell
ling upon the other, which told the tru.h it
nav be- as far as il went, but only half the
truth. then knOto. and so do zoe That docu
Ineni states the 'Lia6iLltes' ofthe government
Oh the 4h Of March 1871, as well as lis
bonded debt. and will show how 1t happened
that ia two years. that bonded Debt had swell
ed 50 rapidly. Il follows:


Statement of the amount for which the
Treasury was liable on the 4th of Iarch
l84I, agreeably 10 a resolution OF the House
of REPRESENTATIVES, on the 18th Of August
1912.
Specific appropriations OF all
kinds undrawn on the Alb


of March, l84I, S26, ,l3l.724 80
Indefinite appropriations
drawn between the 4th of


March aud 3Ist December
I84I l,77l.269 40
Treasury notes outstanding


on the 4lh March l84l 6,62l,334 Al |


35,527.325 20
From which deduct cash bal


ance in the Treasury on


the 4th Of March 1871, ex-
elusive Of deposites with


the States and the unavaia-


bic funds due by defiulring


banks as aSCeTtaIned from


The books of the Treasurer


oflhe United States, s62 O55 81 |