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.i. S n. 'l.t il R n 0 Vf .f Pm i?w rn U!1I.?.N! TIIE C0NSTITUT1UN AND THE LAWS THE GUAItDUNS OF OUR LIBERTY; Vol. Mil. Til I'ltMiAY, J1A1' ID, I 1IS1. Fnm Ike tfc! Ulcllijrt-. He, Gautt t SraTOx: Io the fiiuihem Literary Messenger it Aa Ky the C L a Lawyer of North Carolina, creditable to the tte and learning lUe author. Bol oa page 251 of ihe work, I fbscrre tU follow in; Bote on a rtrula the essay by the editor: Jkl aWa. L'a'c. recently amea J e4, iw areadfal j ut"l m U tkm stay re iMcJjrlMlaf NahCaraliaa. r'ar.if Matfiai el, tmib'e aaiea of fm fU n wssiaBeWi by flier lua.ie lew "ears ( . AVkee ll fnft was rfj4 trial kt anate, aa4 refuted m ft4 akar f y wr ael gwii j. kere- rMMttiUM i ai. vara aja n.a Mia g al lh n' k'Mi, greet a tyht a -.L aa4 'lr. Ida In- r'J ei .lae In aJ. aad ia Ibiacuaditiaa ha ii M with abiea waitr fon a speaa tiU i JvJ. Vf batlaare I ha tuna anal j-ou r tfeaia ft m4im CbiUn4Ma) la mat tlciad I it i. eH ir crrepiailial, a ad (tifl hi liiat la humanity, u ate lb- ir if ia ia efug fim Iba a atala bot,b f id t4 ali NMia Mtia iui JraciTuI ad brlMr a-r." J i!iir!i- atrr if, I tlnck. a rrCnemrnt ui an lh til J uutde of lonure. acj 1 atnr j hco J h ro prwct'.rnt io Uie year books. rmm fr April." I''J " uie writer it il Law - ""'uo w lJ4 taciaciiM w uira rturtorj " nisi. iireconi" cnt3uij ue anih or tltt e- - r i ru .raru: a&u, as oa at oolJ r un tTf traicad Ly anj facte ia drawing hi r io : tcre, it wobIJ hare beea more giapliie had he adopted iba mode f killing by which that i!l-fattd inonarrb came to an end. . At it i, it U uliogeiher dotbsful whether tU modern t ktitn made hit exit bj the f ret aura of anperinrntnihent weiglilt,' or, lake Sorratet pr-rUhcd from drusk; whereat there ruUJ hare been no mistake ia heat ed iron. I am awane, ilessn. Editora, of a ha- ''bitual difpotntioB in eertain quart .1 la tditparage the rhararterand instituiioni of Aorta Carolina, and to a fleet Ihoee pN rottUtng and ridieulout aira of auperioriiy whk h many npetart forrigncn Lara as uined toward our country ia general. Whether the editor of the Southern Lib rary Messenger it to he included ia thia eatrpny 1 know not. If ha be, there U tome consolation in hem; aMe to perceive Thai a editiir at t!ie (Coital of Virei- fr" this hi Crsi effort, (to far at I hare ni i, tliiUiit not mor than ten or twtlve known.) thai. Me those aforesaid foreign hours' Irarcl from that of North Carolina,'". W ernpt at dirparagrmeut it loo tikt it it1i Mit an f thm r!!i,ii.n nintflJ in lha tPOtonriatioa kills. be ashamed to be like." I Uf la It ft.J in tho C Ceiiir nl1 nxw ike Tiesuirht vl the Uiid Yoo hs!l hare a fjflier dial yoa won't bla it ashamed to U Iikr I tH,l. From that hour he hat eerer taken anr th ftt.as and t! . a tuie I f itinct ike zrMdttcs' .,: ..-. i ; . - . . . . r - : I . r - . iu.5 w. ran mwniriir; ana it nappy ten ice. Hid ccaator tad bit iiietxls ol himself, and rendert hit family happy be- d brtter mltn thty lad isacsaiua ofo sides; and I will feature to aay that Jo-' the Guteruffit-stf The sery first art if !, epa wiu hare aa answer ready for any f 'orgrett. at t one who akt him. what rood will it da Vse ltursn. to sin the rliHc!' " L nr le toward, too the CkUtd setsiua nrfer Mr. i at aa art to boirow bine miHiaM of dulSars htcn had brt a ritea may put my; to the S atet by the iWuniy o! Conrreis; anUie riutrt ia east (kfictcitrr ol rttreat-; -och peat our meat, ia rarfc ease, to be tuereu teviportry, or BO'tl the rlaae f iba Bi aaia f f Cuff 'ra, oiai.iCetily iiaply iog that these tuhjrrU of tpprputeti. iLotifh taspeaJed taomeaurily lor the want of money, are. all, thcreaUer, to b name down, said Ileiirr, and I thank (I ar eivra. beeaase, althiHitli ia lre.1 ! iemad aud Coibtd. ) m uruiag ran Hi siory. larm n waa Dai a drpoait lr cot oJy, ia So laying be put on hit slates, and tubaianrtaodmUnuoo.aileatt oath pan went off npo the ice. with a a wift motion, of many. H wa a giU;) ud ia the act of lo tell the etory of Black-eyed Jie to hit Cinj.rt to which I nfrr, tl.e translrr is anJ with a copy of the Statutes of the lat ter ate at lat as uear to him as Uie Ex ceuiie (i2ia in Richmond, should hate rcnturrd upon a sutemcut to uncalled for, anJ s unfoundeJ, ia a publieatiuti apir nj to a higher character for candor than he orJina.-y aswupapcr press a state icut, than which Mall.Trullopc, Marr)--it, tl U cunt grius, hare put forth no alumny on our country to ridiculously itravagant, it CTiaiuly a matter to be destitute of truth to do much harm among persons ol tolerable information. I will not challenge Uie universal jurisprudence of moucrn i nristcnuoin to a comparison with Uiat of my native atate.lest, like the editor of Uie Messenger, I should be found arrogating an omniscience which indicat ed thai 1 knew nothing of cither. Dut I will venture to tay to the intelligent read er of the Messenger who may disport 'nimscir in uie gladsome light of juris l,l.... : r .1.:. it..:.. regretu d by all the lovcrt of that Kiera- J pudenfr."- that in no State of this Union lure to which the Messenger profi'tsct to , wi!I Constilniioa more redolent be dcrotcd. Had die editor deigned to f genuine, radonal, Amcricaa freedom consult the first volume of Uie Revised liliera!, well defined, just, and hu tututes of North Carolina, which reduces I mane eodeoflawt, and more benevolence, into' but little more than COO paget the firmness, and general intdleclua! ability WIlOl A UOtlV C4 Uer DUUIX ttatUie iaWI"",;" uiniui'iiiuvni umii m mc oiais which it now in force, from Magna ('bar lo of Great Ilritain until Uie year 1637, he might at lean have spared hit appeal to iht M friends of humanity" to use their influence ia erasing a barbarous provision from her statute-book. He will there neither find the peine forlt tt dure of Uirce centuries ago, nor any thing which even a barbarian could mistake for il. Ilut, on the contrary, an cxpreat provi two, Uiat alaml mule iliroiHlv In ilia in.liitminl. in avrrr uipIi WU Cnsilv answered. case it shall and may be lawful lor the . fo' do! replied Un Ceurt to order the proper officer to enter . cle Kd ward, sit down on the bank here, a plea of ornity on behalf of tnch per- tH )0b story. , too; and the plea to entered thall have I, . ,,eDrv threw hit tkatet down beside the tame force and effect aa if tuch icr-i,'l """ nd ,,!"cncJ 10 "g. of North Carolina. I am, with high respect, your obedient scrrant, WILL. A. GRAHAM. Watl.njton, Itaj t. Mi, TEMPERANCE. ' What Good uill it Do? -. Whit good will it do if I join the "if any person arraigned ahall ' Cold Water Army!" eaid Henry, when s. f mniir. at will nni .nauor . he found e.vcry ohiectioa he could make " - ! .. -.. . - j son had actually pleaded the tame." The readers of the Messenger who may chance to read this will judge whether the code of North Carolina it wanting in lut- about BLACK-EYED JOE. Two or three years ago, 1 went into a town in the state of New Hampshire to inanity, or the editor of the Messenger in give a temperance lecture. There were accuracy of in form -it ion on a subject which be volunteers to illustrate. 1 Ui ptovi ion, it it true, was inserted in the Hcvi many persons in Uie village who drank iutoiicating liquors. Dut many came to hear me, and I noticed just at I com- sal of 1830 for the first time. But it was j menrcd speaking, a little bright-eyed boy not then inserted because the old doctrine just about your age, who came into the ol peine furte tt dim had ever prevailed t Hall, and sat down near the iloor. lie in the state. All such statutes and parts ! listened very attentively: and when I of Uie common law of Great Britain as ' spoke of the cruel treatment of wives and liaJ been theretofore iu force and use in children from intemperate men, I saw him the colony, and as were not inconsistent ; more than once lake his handkerchief and Willi the new form of iroverninenL were ; wipe away the tears. I told them Uie ad ipted by act of the General Assembly 'plei'g j would prevent all this, and make in 1777. But there is no history or tra- j men kind and pleasant; and I told the dition of the existence of this barbarism, children to sign it if tiicy would prosper ' in force or use," at any time in the co-1 and be happy in the world. I Ins little lonv. and it is manifestly inconsistent fillow was almost the first to put his name with certain declarations in the Bill of, down; and when I isked the people who uiirhts. whirh forms a nart of the Consti- i he was, they told me he was called lllark' lution, aJonted in 1770. It therefore nc-; eyed Joe, and that his father was one "of ver nad a lootnou lit ner criminal law. , me wur uiuimaius m wu. And with an acquaintance somewhat fa miliar with the Reports of cact decided in her Courts, which reach back nearly It was his custom every morning to nunulo rum and sucar with water, ami I pass it round lo every one of the children to the neri od of the Revolution, and with; who took a little as well as their father a personal a-yiaintance with, I believe, J and mother. He would drink again at every professional man in iho Stale now j 1 1 o'clock, at noon-time, and at 4 o'clock, livinir who has been at the bar for as much and at supper. So that when evening as five years, I have never read or heard , came, ha would always be intoxicated, of any incident in Uie proceedings of those 'cruel and revengeful sometimes he Courts which could furnish even a sug- would beat his wife, sometimes his ehil grstion for the tale of atrocity which is. drcn, or shut them out of doors in the cold told with so much minuteness, and dwelt storms. It was Uiis that made Joseph on with such holy horror by the editor of weep, when I told of cruelty to children; the Messenger, as having been realized ' and it was this that induced him to sign " in one of the Courts of North Carolina the pledge. . , oiiK- a f.. vpnra ntro:" a t:de which, if He wen! home from the meeting and true, would degrade a North Carolina: determined to keep his resolution Judas below the level of a Scraggs or a JelT.i(fs, exhibit her unsurpassed system of enlightened j'lrpru.lence as no better than that of our English ancestors in the wirsj times of fund.il despotism, and her frao and gallant people as not only pa tient spectators, but the ready and wil ling iiHtrumenu of a most cruul and sa ta?a murder. S shear and baseless a fabrication is hardly to ho found in the adventures of Muncha-jscn. Yet the story is told with prscision of dacription which might al most indicate a personal attestation, and m ro in sorrow than in' anger. The un liicky culprit having been "arraigned, 'tool mute; wherenpo t he. was laid on his back upon the hare floor great weights a great, an 1 grcatpr, than he could hear vera placed upr.i his b-dy, and in this e:n lition hi yn fed wi.h ditch-water from asiuja tilHii died." ThU last idaa ol companions. Dimly postponed nnl Hi. 1 t ol J.nu.ry, IR3tf, but a rr.eI f the till is avoided. 'I l.i was the first ooaemrat ol Conftcs s uo!er that Ailmmiatratiup,' and the annJ i like umo It; that it, aa act to borrow Un millions f doll rs by the 1aue rl Treasury aotet. By dedurtinns rqgallr fair w ith l!ioe of tlia bnrkb!e Senator, SPEECH OF ' lion. Win. A. fantliam. Or KOBTU CABOtlXA, 0a tit Uaa B.lt, ddivcrrd in Iht Senate of tka failed ktaica, April 13, 18lt. Mr. raEtioEXT: Ii the division at ihe it is shown that. nt ia lliiiu-en moBtht. Isbots of thia b dy il bat nut Mien 'to hot in aern iuoiithf ermiuinf into po my lot to bate any especial ckaig vf iba er, the Ai'minnaiion id Mi. Yan Burrn fia.orrt ai.d eifrt dilutes ol t!ie Uotrrii- borrowed Biueiera tnilhons of duil.is. mem. But, b in rl!d tij on io tote for This wt allrg.d at the tiiie to be iudis aa additional loan lor the puLhc service, ! pentaMy nre tsary, t-erhutt of the indul I bte fi-h ra)sclf constra'med le rtamme genre gitea to aieichanta on duly loud. I.eiher it wat i!raiaiided by trctsit; by an act of that setion, and the failure tnd being bow tlifiid that tuch tseret )vf the depotite bsnta to pay the tmouutt siiy etitts. I must bespeak iht pttienct due fieat ihent lo Guveiamcnl; and that of the Sensla while I rndeavc-r to show iheae metsuret were lobe aiettly tempo i t rxisterfre, and the causes by which rary until iliote means culd be realized, it bat been produced. j But, tlihough the merchaaie and the Ft more ibanfiveyeart ptit the expen banks pud op Irai they owed, yet ths diioresof this gorrrumem have exceeded, fourth instalment wtt never paid to iht try fareiretded.iujittriiuet. Bvanof- S aces. of bnui it was birrowrd, and ficial document bora ihcTietiurv Depart- Tiesaury no et weie kept tflnat by iiu meat now brfore me, it it plaiidv deoion- Mng and redeeming sgin and tgsin, leat tinted that, in fobr yrar, from the Il'ingfie and a half milmns ouitund nj of Janoary, 1637, la ihe 1st of January, when that Adminuua'ion eioed. 1811, the rxpai.diitrrt were above ont Mr. Wowibury would rrmaik to th hundred tnd irlt milliunt of do'Iars, Seua'or Uiat there wss jret due 109.000 wbilf t, in ibe time timt, the aggregate in- joi $200,000 from l'e hinks of Mi,s is sip conie fiom reteuue tt but eishiy-fourpi, and ha bti.ftrJ $SO,000 fraoi the millions of dollars in round nuuibtrs, be-. Bank of die United Slum. The next morning as usual, the father took out the brown jug, mixed the pitcher of poi son, and handed it to Joseph first He shook his head and declined taking it. Drink, Joe!" said his father- " I do not wish for any again, sir," re plied Joseph. His father looked at him sternly a mo ment, and then said roughly: Did you go to that temperance meet ing, Joe!" " Yes, sir," he replied. Did you sign the pledge!" "Yes. sir." What did you do that for, Joe?"- " Because, father," said Joseph hesi tatingly, "if I am ever a man, I do not want to he as you are." Hit" father lilushcd, turned pale, stood confused a moment, and then op?ned the I tor and da-dicd tha jug and pitcher to pieces, saying, . mg aa average annual expenditure of ttnty eight millions, with aa annual re venue ol but twruty one milhont of dul (art. -I omit ihe frictions of loilliont to simplify the staterntnU It thes appears thai, during Uut tpice of time, expendi ture exceeded revsnue by tariity eight millions ol dollars. (See appmdixj In the four ye tit from the 4ih of March, 1837, to ll.e 4 h of March, 1641, the pie cue prriod ol Mr. V.n Burcu't Adminis tration, tht axreitof txpendituie over re venue it still mora surprising. Il amount ed io mora Ihtn ll.iny one million! of did lata, being an a tttgc annual excess of ex penae oer income of near eight millions per year an expenditure gre.ler in four years than would hate been yirl Jed from the atcragt tcenuet in five yetra and a half. Such hing been the condition of our Oionelary tflairt during the past Admin istration, the wonder is, not that we are compelled to borrow now, but how they avoided a greater d.bt herrtofore. Hav ing expended thirty-one millions of dol lar! beyond their income from revenue, that would ntiturally be expected to be the amount of debt which ibey left to their tuccestors on the 4ih of March. 1841, instctd of five and t ha'f millions, which they tdmit. Such would have been the tmounl ol debt loft by them upon the country, had lb), like other Aduunistra lions, had no other means to expend but such as they themselves raied. But, sir, ii was Uieir good fortune to inherit a full Treasury, in ready money, and to have falling into it. at enueiiient periods dur ing their term, millions upon millions of capital stock, (nut current revenue,) winch had been laid up by the Govern ment from the contributions of the people in previous yean. The tiirp'us in the treasury wis sevrniern mdliont of ilol tars, nine of which had brrn directed to be transferred io the Suits, at tht fourth in ttsdmrnt under the deponie set of 1833 Nine millions more weie received by them Irom debts due to ihe United Sia'es, prin cipally, almost wholly, for the eles of its stork in the laie Bjr.k of the United States, at $115 per share. Adding these togeth er, you have twenty six millions of dol lars of extraordinary means, over and ' above the recnue, expended by the Uta 1 Administration. Yet, in addition to this. J they borrowed five and half millions of j dollars by the isnie of Treasury notes, . which werenut standing at theend of their ' term, making in all more than ihiity one m llions of extraordinary means. Recol ' led, too, that this wssduiinga perindwhen ' they had a tariff of duties, on all the prin cipal articles yielding revenue, averaging forty per cent. Yi sir, we who fel bound to vote for this loan are taunted by the adherents of the Adminittraiion by being told that we are running the nation in d bt. This reproof, if deserved at all, would come wiih better grace from those who could show a beiicr administration ol ihe finances while in thhir charge. The distinguished and able Senator from Pmn alyvania (Mr. Buchanan) proclaimed in Mr. Evan: No, the lait hat been paid. The Missitaippi biukt are all who bavs not paid-3 - : Mr. Giahsm returned. That it too trifling in tmounl lo constitute the alight est apology for failing to pay the fourth instalment aud redeem all the Tiessurt notes itaurd. It bears no proportion to the tiiue millions ofltie former, and thr five and a half millions ol the latter. It now diatinedy appears that tha States lot t the fourth inautmeut which had been promiard them, and a pera.antni debt of fice and a half millions was fixed on ihr country, not by reason of the defalcations of " ihe merchants and ihebanks."bteh, for tome nine, were r presented ss the sources uf all the ills which bt foil the Gov- ernment,but because herxpenditurrtdur ineheUtl Administration weia iaied to an annual average amount of twenty-eight millions of dollars per tr. Wild a re venue admitted lobe deficient by their e ry first acts of legislation, and which, by refutation of the compromise art ol 1833, wat to derline materially during their continuance in authority, a ytem ofexpente wat pursued, which not only overran ihe yearly ipcomet tnd rxhaott rd all the earnings of pretiout years, but superadded a national debt besides. A guardian who should thut manage the es tate of hit ward would find no just rauie for wonder in bis removal from office. We are now told, however, thai al though the average rate of expenditure wat large, the graduation wat downward; tnd it has been repeatedly a matter l boast, that, iu the last year ol Mr. Van Burtn, ihe whole amount expended was bui twenty-two and a half millions of dol lar. And it is vehemently contended, that the experience of thit year shows that turn to be the amplest amount for annual expenae; and, inderd,thai iiahould foil below it. Sir. I hope it will bs found to be enough for the yearly support of Government. If wt can avoid war, I hone to tee the annual expenses reduced to twenty millions. But a very casual examination of the legislfion of 183i) "40 will show that the reason why no moia than twenty-two and half millions wis exprndsd in ihe lunar year was, that the Administration had no more to ex pend. The aeventceit millions which they found in the Treasury were gone, the nine mdliont id debts which they had collected were cone, in addition to If. by uch resort tt these, ibe public exprnihiurrt wcrt reduced ia 1840 to tweaty-tao tnd a half null ioas of dollars, it furnibei t trefy aa occtsioa for the to- thou of tail rccue-tioa to boast of their rcamy, nor to accuse die ir successors of ex:ratganra in completing ibe works which they bd began, la the eVttitsry eitabhlaietii.'.the expenditure wat Bear Ir a anillioa lest ia 1840 man ia 1839. Why! Beeaute. under the authority ol these pro isiont ia the act of Congress, the President eovld ureal the oparaiioaa of the OHcksnie and Uborcr on the public works with bis btntaer or trewtl ia bsatj at midday, and whilst bit contract wtt yet unrxpired. though tht walla of tka karrarkaor qoanert ia which ihey Jbor- ed acre bat ball fimtbrd, with aa aatu ranee, however, that the woika were aoi abandoned, but only tuspendt d until Contrett should rrovide additional meant for carrying thsm on; me an w Lilt the Pie sidrn ial eleciioa will be over. Ia like manner, tevea or eirht hundred ihoo land dollars are laved by impending tha workt on fortification, and leaving the half finished walls of your fortresses to wind tnd weather, aaul the Iresiory houlJ bt replenished. Mr. rretidrot, this court e of temporary reduction. to make a fair showing in the ariihmetie of expenditure, to far from being vcon omy wsi neglect ol duty. Either the military establishment and the system of foibfieatiom the number of mea io the army, tnd their barrake and qnar ten ; tht armoriet, araenals, font, die thould bate beea permanently lessen d, or tdrqune revrnott thould hte been provided to support tnd ctrry them on efficiently. Tbt policy w hirh wat tdop- ted Btcetf anly exposed the puuic pro perty to dilapidation, expretsly iotended no permanent redaction in expense, 'and threw over upon the year 1841 mtny ol the pecuniary butdcti which properly be- loneed to 1840 Mr. Piesidtal, in tricing the cuts of the enormous teraet exnenditure ol twenty eight millions per ystr during the last Administration, 1 believe it will be found to have beea chiefly owing io their bavins bad a redundant Irtttury, w hich they bad not been obliged lo provide for themtehei at tht heir of lortunt it gen rally a prodigal, while the ion of indut triout poverty, who mutt- needt tccumu Itte for himself, is economical from habit and necessity.' In my bumble opinion the first and prolific souret of thai tystem of expenditure, at well at of many ol the other evils under which the country now labors, wat in withholding the fourth iuttalment from the S res. It deprived the Siatet of a boon which they had jutt right to expect, under the provision of the tct of 1836 a boon which wa told out to them at a ture resource for more than twelve months; upon the rea sonable expectation of which, they had commenced public enterpnes and incur r"d debts, and which, though Uktn from their grssp almoat tt the very moment when they were about to clutch it, was till supen ltd ovtr their heads, like the bow of promue in the heavens, unt I the turbid and overflowing walert of pubi c expenditure wrte raised high enough to abaord it. That many of the States would luve become deeply embarrassed, independently of the ictton of this Gov ernment in this particular, 1 do not doubt; but that the rmbirrasments of many of them have been hastened and increased br ihe lout of the fourth instalment, I bt' licve. is emallr certain. To them, in their peculiar condition, it was every thine; to us, I fear, it has been worse than nothing. With it, the last Admin isusiinn expended in their four years one hundred and eleven or one hunc'reJ and twelve millions of dollar. Without it, they would mil have had one hundred . . a . a and two, or one hundred and tnree mil liont, giving for average annual expan- ha ac their current revenue: and a Presidential t near twenty six mi tioni per year eU-tinn h-in on hand, il wa not deemed enough for all reatonab.e purpotet a prudent at thai momvnt to re.ort to the.ooogh. the country will lay .nay, taxing power to raise new suppl.e. The; determined, for all the good that was ;.i i :. it... ., ...i.. ilia coinnhshed. perennial loun'uui ui ut"'j ... , 0 , r me. was still keoi onrn. but for sufficient By yielding th.t to he Statet. one o reason, it was not expedient to swell .he two re.ul.t must 'hiPPen"';'l"r " amount of tho.e in the monthly publith- winch would have had a happy effect, in ti sutemrn'. What, then, was ihe wise mitigating the severity of our present em- mea-ure of economy and retrenchment. Darrasemenis nner a .... IllCd-UIW UI tvuillMii. which wm adopted tobring down expen- of expend.iurt. to eorretpond in ome se. to income! W.a an unless br.neh' degree with the r.te of income, or a time of service cut off? Were all iht object, ly provision of me.ni for luppori, h, - lea which yearlv cost the Government mo son of which the suddennes. of our P res- ney examined, and those struck off and mi aiuicnme. wo,u .... . dicon inued which were not ,0p,,o.ed I listed on yesterday wiih much plea.u.a lYt1IlIel l ! IJU li"lBii J It-TUUIeillll-ru ill ih a discu sion tl.e other day that a W big to b. worth what ihey would co.i in t,x- j o mny o. tn. remaraa Adnini.tr..ion,in the abort.paea ofihir- e. upon the people? No. nr. A new, from So.th Ctiohna (Mr. Cj houa) on 'teen mombs.-w... by this bill, abotit io expedienl was davi.ed. Appropnatt-ns the danger, of. ll.w.ng W m. .t.K. .i -...-,. .,. m,.t. .,.., ,1 in .11 branches of ex teed income, and the tendency of an over millions of dollar,, in addition to that of pendimr; Congres. .hereby t'ecl.r.ng fl...ng. T, a,, ary o p oduc. ex ! fiea and hall milaon. of dollar,, which be that ihe object, of appropriation were pro- g.aew. And I could bo tefjat, , t. ...hosi adnti.t was con-rncted by thr ir predece. per. and were 1. to rere.ve the gt.tr.. 4th 4mS tor. Sir, this may be my cr.mi.i.l; bu..ge of Go ernmckt. But a rroa wa.jbeeu applied ia 1337. ind the 4tU tiitt.1 seat allu wed logo to tka Stawt iasitad of beie-e rel.kca lata the Tresaary f tbit GaeraaBi, theitby tfioidieg tha oesna for exUavagaara. . Mr Calaaoa laid the Staatar wtt mut brie, and o( ceorte cotJJ out know tka reasons which bad induced bis. to sana for withholding the 4ia iasitltoeni frosa the bubra. lie u opposed to eolleel iag moaett for daUibwtiot. and went for d siributing in the first instance ordy because li tre wat a saiplus aa baod. Whra it wat actded, he voted to retuta it to the Treataiy. Bwi the had Boiform ly voted tgaiott exuntgiut appropria Mr. Graham said ha bad net Uea ri aminieg ilia oiea f the Stoaiof for r posri Jf rrrtture, but wss ratling bi -if ntiiMi, tad that of the b'cnair. to bit I conceive to fesva teea aa atorianaio misUke, ia g'vmg to the Governmcol temporary mtsat so far to exceed its icg aUr lACume ia iit rxptnditures. sad la carry U.tm to a bcigbt, fnm which tie present tiste of oar fina&eri would de ad to arrupt tnd batty t di sceot. Aa it it, a tertice bow rotn g yea twenty odd millions ol dollar, fer yesr it sud denly let dowa vpoa means not exceed iag tbirteea aad a balf millions; end it weight is accumulated by a public debt of five and a ha f millioo. Isft by tha last AdminiiUttinn, bctriog aa inoual inter tit ol 330.000 ilidlars. To meat tbit tit fi cieney whtl have wet Instead of turptus. wa have deb; iotiead of extraorduiaiy aesni foiling in, wa bte a duly inerea ieg charge ol inierett; inttttd of a tsnffof 40 per cent, we have oat nearly tppi etch ing 20 per eent, aad that utoo litUe mora ihta half the import. Wkatthea ia to be dontf If we propose to borrow mon ey to defny the present expenses vf Cay eminent, we are told that wa are run ning the nation ia debt. If we propote to levy dulica to furuiab a permanent revenue, we are taxing the people. , If we suggest relmicliMttnt, and culling off such ptrtt of the poblie service it tre not most needed, we era told there it immi nent dsngtr of war, tnd that ibe moat vigorous preparations for it h ld not be omitted. Mr. Ptestdenl, our w bole duty ia ih it emergency teemt to me to be comprehended in three proposition: . : ,11. Borrow tuch torn, upon the best terms you cia obtain, as will relieve your preteot necessities, aud live the publio honor fiom ditrace. . , 2d. Reduce your expenditure! lo the lowett point which it coumttnt with aa efficient public service. t t . 31. fcvy such duties upon imports aa tre tiecctiary for in economical tdmin istration ol tha . Gavernment, and bo more.. , , . ? . ..j' .But, air. our oppontma have ont psn teea for all the difficulties of the timet. Take back the proceed of the landt,tty. they. A direct propoiitinn to that effect wat tatly introduced by the Senator from Missouri, (Mr. Linn.) And na tntticr what may be the particular aubject under consideration, it it perpetually moved by way of imendmenL " Now, let me ask ia all candor, if they are resumed into tha Treasury, of what avail are ihty? foil year the nett proceed but litde exceeded a million of dollar, ind it it cxceedingly doubtful what they may be in year, to come. To avy nothing of the immenae qmntiiiet in the hands of speculating companies, the very fact that large grants were made to ihe teveral new Sta et, by the distribution icl, embracing io the whole, I think, near lw million. of icrre, with the liberty of ttleciing choice quaU i'ie i grants already perfect because made by the statute iuelf, and incapable of ie peal, whatever modern democracy may. urge to the contrary will make ihote States our competitors in the market, and, apart from the depression of moneyed .(flora, tnual diminish the reeeinia from ihat tource. But. mppoae the annual proceeds to be three millions of dollar!, the maximum that hat been etumaiad k.ra. aih.t ia ttiia roinnared with four teen mdliont, tha amount by which the Secretary of the Tuasury informs ui the current reenue of the year, will be de ficient? With nr without the land, there fore, the necessity for a loan is exigent and unavoidable. But, Mr. President, were il other wie, I would ponder long before I could consent ia disappoint ihe just cxpeciaih n of the States and the people in regird io these landt. No tuject ha been morn discus ed or better under Hood in thit country for the last ten years, than that of the dis tribution of their proceeds among the States. None occupied a more prominent place in the Presidential canvass of 1840. None was more distinctly or boldly put forth a leading article of hit creed vf policy, in hit letters, tpeechtt, acd ad dresses to his fellow-citizen, by the illus trious man who was then called to prettda - ... wk.lli.. ma lv .1. n .1. A results of election, the proceedings of 1.. ....1.IJ.U ... fil.t. t ..'..I. ...... IVrui.l .wihwi'v.i .i wi.iv uti-i.ivi.i no maisure on which partiet in our couu Ir. l.tt.A iti.i.ltftl h,. .n r& t .int1ll so many tnd such unequivocal evidence! of public opinion in its favor. Sir. to my mind it is clstr that the PAntliliilisinnfthalTnil.il Rial., ilnaa not contemplate the public lands among tha tucaui (or the oidiuary tupport uf
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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May 19, 1842, edition 1
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