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Editorial
July 7, 1841
The North Carolina Standard
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
An editorial criticizes the Whig administration and the National Intelligencer for confessing the need to increase government revenue, contradicting their earlier promises of reform and retrenchment while accusing the previous administration of extravagance.
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A CANDID CONFESSION.
We have all along told our readers that the charges made by the "whigs" against the late administration were false, as their own professed love of economy was hypocritical. Finding it no longer "necessary to keep up the delusion," the National Intelligencer, the leading organ of Federalism and Whiggery at Washington City, comes out boldly and confesses the humbug. The following is the language of that paper:
"We have no idea of any reduction of the aggregate amount of the expenditures of the Government. An augmentation of the revenue to some extent is therefore inevitable."
This is the reform and retrenchment promised by the "whigs." So far from confining their expenses within the bounds allotted by an administration they had the audacity to accuse of extravagance, they now say they must augment the revenue. They must have more money than even an administration they accused of wasting the public money! What, confess their duplicity with the most amazing effrontery, and feel no dread of the vengeance of the people. This is almost too much for the gulls.
We have all along told our readers that the charges made by the "whigs" against the late administration were false, as their own professed love of economy was hypocritical. Finding it no longer "necessary to keep up the delusion," the National Intelligencer, the leading organ of Federalism and Whiggery at Washington City, comes out boldly and confesses the humbug. The following is the language of that paper:
"We have no idea of any reduction of the aggregate amount of the expenditures of the Government. An augmentation of the revenue to some extent is therefore inevitable."
This is the reform and retrenchment promised by the "whigs." So far from confining their expenses within the bounds allotted by an administration they had the audacity to accuse of extravagance, they now say they must augment the revenue. They must have more money than even an administration they accused of wasting the public money! What, confess their duplicity with the most amazing effrontery, and feel no dread of the vengeance of the people. This is almost too much for the gulls.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Economic Policy
Taxation
What keywords are associated?
Whig Hypocrisy
Government Expenditures
Revenue Augmentation
Fiscal Reform
Political Duplicity
What entities or persons were involved?
Whigs
National Intelligencer
Federalism And Whiggery
Late Administration
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Whig Hypocrisy On Fiscal Reform
Stance / Tone
Strongly Critical Of Whigs
Key Figures
Whigs
National Intelligencer
Federalism And Whiggery
Late Administration
Key Arguments
Charges Against Late Administration Were False
Whigs' Love Of Economy Was Hypocritical
No Reduction In Government Expenditures Expected
Revenue Augmentation Inevitable
Whigs Demand More Money Than Accused Administration
Confession Of Duplicity With Effrontery