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i 'lZ - ub z criher 3 who do not reside J n; N,
Crc!in.i shall, i all cases, bo required to pay
I n ad va n z e, and ho or J e r fr o m fid ch. will be a t
tir.Sed to arJfsicconpanied with, the cash.
: cV a rcipan-lble reterencc. , -r-.:''
. .iv'trtiKSuients inserted aOixtyceritsa
tqtr..r3 the first insertion and thirty cerita for
'" "tach caccc-eding one. v .Yearly'iul vetisementii
J. hirty-lKret c.id a thirtt per cent, lower 1 ' -All
unpaid Utters addressed to tho-.Cd-JicTconnectcd
' Wlth the business of thees-
' r-blishrncnt'. willin nor case, be taken from the
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41 i I on; J Willi n in A; Grah w in f ;
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'-"jr. ' ONT H E: LC&IBlBLi .' '
Delivered in the Smote of. the UnitetlStates,
' -"t .' - rpri 13, 1842.
, - Mr Preside?;': In the division the bw
l3orof this, body it has hot fallen to my lot
; 'to have' any; especial charge of-the finanpe's
lind "cxpe'n'Uit lire's ofjheV G iverntnent. Bin,
bding called! Upon to vole for- an additional
loan for i he pubh f ervire, I jhaye iVIt nlj self
constrained t ex'imine whether, it ? was de
manded by necessity j and being now satis
feed that Burh t necesiiy exists, I must be-
speak the patience of the Senate, while I n
Tdcavor lo show itexiatencey and the" causes
by which it has been prpduced. , ; '
.? For more than five,years past the expendi
ture of thisjGovernment have exceeded, ve
xy far exceeded it revenues.i By an oSteial
document, from the Treasury Department
no ; before mel, it fa plainly demonstrated
that in four years, from the 1st of Jan. 1837V
to the 1st of Jani IS11, the expenditurea "were
'above one kundreKand twelve millioiM "of
Uo'Jar, whpst, in the same time, the agrgre
te income from revenue wasbttt eighty four
millions of doJI ira In1 found; numbers,', bejng-.
an nVeraefhnnUiil expenditure of tiveniy
etjht millions,4 with nr. annual revenue of but
twenty-oiiel mtlliohi, of: dollars. ( pmit the
frtctions ofmilliona to simplify he statement.
It thus appears, that during, that spce ;of.
tlmej v expehdi'ure eXceeded levenuoby.
twenty-eight millions of dolhrs. f - V 1
1 In the four yr irs Irom the 4th ofMarch 13
37. .to th 4th of March 13 U , . i he precise pe
riod of SI r: Vh n B i r en'a Ad miniatraiio n j A U e
exeesr of expenditure over "revenue: is stilj
more surprising. ; It amounted to" more than
: th:r:v'-one 'million of dollars, being art aver
, age annual excess of i xpense overcome, pC
near. eight million pr yearan expenditure
greater in" four years than would have been
.ylefdedfrnra.ihe 'average revenues: in five
. years and a halfc :-. ; , m)-yS'
i Such having been the ; condit'on of our
, mrtnetary adairs during ihe past AdmiuUf
traiifn. the wonder 'is, not th tt we are com
- pelled to horrov nowt.Jur how t hey avoided
-ft creater" debt heretofore. Having expended
i thirtyone millions of d'ollars beyond their in-.
, com e froni , r eve nue," that ; wo u hi nam ra II y pe
' expected to be the amrnnt of deVtwhich
they lefi in their s iccessors oil. the4th of
March ldll,f instead of five and h half mil
! lions, which they admits Such would, ha vei
been the amount of debt left hy thern upon
t the country, had they, like other ?Adminis:
; tralioni. had no other 'raftiirs to exptrnd but
i-fjuch as thy theni-lves raised. But, sir. it
' j-. was ihttir good friune to inherit a" full Treats
cry. in realy money, and to have fallen into
it, at rocivenient periods during' their-term,
j. millions upon j miUiuiv of capfial slock, (hoi
Current revenue,) whrvb hud been laid Up by
tl;3 Government front the contrihuttona of the
pr npl in previous years The surplus in
' the Treasury, was enventeen midions of dol-.
Jars, nine of which h?.d beeu directed to be
-transferred to the States, athe fourth iiis'tal-
I .CJCnt tinder,, the rirpnslte net of 132S. Nine
.minims more were received, by them frnnt
.t-dVbtVdirMa the" United StateJ, principally,
hr.rt v. hally fir I he' sales cf, its ,'fit ock iii t he
ae Baak of tha United ySlatcVt 01 15 per
. . ...hire.' T Adding ; thess ;tog'4thfcr?: yon have
'j r f "nty six millbri of Uotlars of .extraordina-
: ry nn. over and above the r.ovc.iue, ex
i';. ' the bit 3 Ad uiitust ration- . Vet, "in
. .h..i ta thij, they borro Ved.nvrr. "nnd- a
I : fc:.:; i . "li") . j cf "!! .rs by tha issue of Tr'eai
. cry r' ' r:-h rere outstan.lihg at the
c rf thir. trrr.; r in rdl merer than
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a batter administration of the, Chances whi! 3
in -their ch:i rfThe distmiruished and abb
Cenatorfroi Pcnnsylvania;(MrV Buchanan)
propl.iirne'd ii',. th i z 'd'-nursnn the other day
lhatya Vhljv "d niniitrationt: in -theishort
ipnce cf ilunccn ir.onthi. was by this bill, a
'bouttoconsunVste a public debt of sevfthteen
ra U I i o n a p f v d hlUr;- t n ad d i i ion ;tqTi hat c r fi ve
ami a half; millions cf dollars,; which liend i
mits ! whs contracted' by their predecei?s6rs
Sir, this may be jvery criminal biit, take it
without any of tha pailiaiion o
(bund in the deCciency of the ' revehuxi a,nd
the wants of the public servUel dirthe Sen-
aioranti tiiti Iriemis do better when they, nan
posreasionoCjhC
first act of Coagress at;?thecalled Session
under Mr. -,Van Buren, was an act to borrow
nine millions of dbllars which had ' been gi ven
to t he Siat es by the Isountyof Congress 1 ;
say given, because,4 although in legal form it
iyas but a deposit'e. for custody, ri substance
and intention, atj least oh thepart of many,
it was a" gift 0 ahJ "thr theict of Congress to
which 1 refer, the transfer ijnereiy postpon
ed until the 1st of January 1839, but a repeal
of the gift js avoided.;Thi3wasithe
movehient of Congress tinder that 'Admihis
tration. and the second is like unto it : that is.
an actj to borrow ten: millions of dollars by
the issue of Treasury notes;. By deductions
equally fair withj those o; the honorable Sen
ator, it is shown that, not Jnithirteea month,
but in seven montbs after coraing into power,
the Administration of Mr. . Van Buren nor
rcdnineteen millions IoUo
was alleged at thejime to be indispensably
necessary, because of the. indulgence given to
merchants on duty bonds byan act of that
se
sio.v and the jaUure of the deposite bankahhyfcifio finisheci. vi i h-nii
to pay.t he amounts due from theni, to Govern
ment-; and; that (these measuresv were o be'
merely temporary until those means could be
realized.; But althouglr the merchants, and
the bankslpaul tip what ihey pwed;yet the
fburtli instalment vwasri itcver ipiuf' tolthV
Qth csf "of i whb ti 1 1 wa stJor r 'iTv etJlrTTT' r e a s
u ry notes were kept afloat by issuing and re-
lee hi i ng a ga i n and agaihlehvpfg five and a?
half millions outstanding when that AdninU-
tratinn closed. ; iW-JH''''.
I lit r ; Wo odh u ry f w o u Id r e rh a r U Urr l j ie S e-
na t or ; t hat w there .was yei u aer 10 J OUU or
200 QOQ from the banks ot Mississippi nn(d
he believety :$S0!d3b from., the Bank of the U-
mted States.
Mr, five ns ;
Fo the last has: been paid, j I
M r.r Ga ah am resumed.
mo A 'I'h.Tt.ia tri t P If! til cr I
an amount to const itute t he slightest a pojogy
tor lading to pay the lourth instalment atil re
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deem all t he Treasury noteaiseued.' It shears
no pro port ion to the ht he millions of the-form-
er. and the five
ter. It now
distinctlyvnppftara that -the
States lost the
been promised
fourth instalment which had
them, atul a: permaneni debt
of fiveand a half imMltonsws
routitry,! hot by , reason of the defalcations
of ." tne merchants and the banks,? which, for
some JinieTwere represented as; I hp ; eohrcei
of aU Uls; wh
because the expend iiu re's during tile last Ail
tnuustrat ion , were raised j- to an annuu aver
age amount of t vventy-eight nuIions of fol
iar a per year. With, a' revenue admitted to
he deficient by their very first act briegisla-
1 ion, and which, by rcgula ion of the jcomprp?
m ise act o f. IS33 -waa to decline miteria I ly
iluring iheirVcni 1 nuance in au'Ji rity,. a s s
1 em" of expense waa pursued Which notonly
overran the yearly incomes; and exhausted
all the ear nins of previous years, but super
added a natjonardebtbPsUes.;Aguar
rwho should, thus managethe' estate. of his
wanl, would fltid n- iist causa fur wonder in
his removal frOm ioQce. .,, "
We are now! told however, that althoush
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the , average rate :cf expenditure wa3 large,
the graduation Zwa3 downward; and: it has
been, reppafediy a'matter of boastvfthat ' in
the: last year of ?.tr. Van iBuren,- the whole
amount, expended was but twenty two I'arul a
hal f ; in i 1 1 i 0 hf .oh d ol 1 ar s. i A nd i t is ve hera'ea t
ly "contend edvthat; the experiencO cf ihat
vear sho wa t bat sum to bolhe I 'tLzirAzzl a
niount far annual expense Viand intbed, that
il should (all hVlow itSir P hpp it will
found to be enough far aha Vear I vtucport of
Govemnssnt. if wecan a Void war, I hops
to see tlsa annual esnc reduced totr. rr.ty
nnd ons : But; a very rasual examhiaticli cf
thelcuI-Uan cf lCCD-MO will shou thhi thi
reason why no rnbrc' ihna twenty-t ::6 end a
ha'f millions -v. .13 v.p;nJcd: in th.Vb.ttrr'yca'r
;o.-,-;tIit thsliur.l.ifilli.ai..d:r. t-j; w'tb.
fjur.J in th?. Vrcccury :cro 'zr.z $ .the r.!r.2
"tvhlch.-ih-y ;.h.:cl' c.c"::ted
in
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Expense
wbirh wasdopted:to7,brtn down ejpsnses
to inccina T Vaa vanussjasj branrhef ser
vice cut ofi 7; yeVe;all Wii psject J whilr
yearly cost thfe Goyernnjent nioney ca min
ed a ml I Hpsaf- EtruVk "oITa and; discot iniued;
which were not supposes! to be Wprti what
iney woutu cost in laxes upyu mc if "PT f
;W6 sir;? A; h e w e xped le ht was u eviseif
propria ion3 were? hi ule asl usual
in ' all
nranchPs oi ex
rpenuiiurc 5 iiigicja
d ecla r in j t ha t t he' object
it Hie'- ohi ect a :oi a ppropia t ion
were proper, - and
were still to receire, the:
wasinse'ried inf theaphwnriatibh blfe, au-
ihbf fzh'gVhe? President ol tbelUmtedStafea
deficiency f of i arevenue r such fposi hone-:
nieni in .each oopmAlV:HlPP.aVVi.
or unt il the close of. the nest i?epsioh of Cdii
gres8manifetly5 iiii
ject s ! of Vpropatio1i;Jthba gh hi spehderf
mbnirntarilyTor tliew
ihereafieridlbe resumed and .finisheibsi
; 1 by auclv resorts a
penditures were reduced J in' IS 10 ltd t went y
twaandadialfiuhltanoldotla
surely no occasion Tor :the .authors of that re
duction to hojst of their 'economy,-- nor, to ac
cuse t heir successors of extravagance in cbnij?
pleting theworka jvhiclrUieyi hntd begun. . In
the military ? estanlishment, the. expendituVe
was nearly .a millionless ta 134PL than in 1839."
AVhy r? :i Because- unr tifvauibritofp
,visions ih,the.acts of :,Cp'VgresstIte Presidehi;
could arrest fheoperHtion of,tiie-tnehaidtt:
andJaboVerTc
iTjfcr pr trowel in- hand at mid day,, and whilst
his Contract sjyel unxpire
wa 1 l's o f t le I bar raq ks p r l;qu; r t e rs i n : winch
assurance however, 1 hat the works were no t
abahdotiebutOnlysus
gressslipuld prpvi'leadJit
arrying them ph ; mean vyhile : the PresiJehj
tial 1 elect ion wi 1 1 be oyer. In 1 i k pm an n e rj
Zt$EfiLtfT, rfoh' ttri't 4---KahdLif ptlarsf
saved by suspending the works. ; on fortifica--
tihns, and 1 eay i n g i he b alf finish ed; walls of
your fortresses to wind and weather, until
the Treasury: should be . ieplenished. : Mr.
Presidenttiiis course ofl teth poraryreduc
t ion, i o make a, fair sno wi rig in the aritl uhet ic
off expenditure, so? far;;fir6m?te1ng5erc
wa s neglect of d d ty Either the mil itary es
'tabl is h men t . a n d the sys t cm o C 1 ions
i he , numberof, inen in; thearaiy and , their
harracks and Quarter : the armoriesL arsenals.
r"t" 1 f- r . r '. . i v f -' t ' ' . .' V
, injrTHj cift: ifsnonwi nave neen ne.rmnnnf i v in-
sehedvorHleqhtierWve been
provide to supporV and "carry thein ' on , efii-,
cientlyV Tbepoiicywhicli was avlopteil rie-l
ccssarily ex posed. I he public property to dilap
idation, v expressly ; Jhtended no permjinent
mluctiphJh expenses, am
the year 184 1." many of the pecuniary ' bun
dens which properly helonffetl to 1840..
ifM pisideht in Jracina' the causes hf the
enormbitanTara
eight 'mitbotis; per l year durinij tlie last A J-;
ministration, I relieve it wdibe found to have!
beenfchiefly'owing toTiheir fhuvin H'redii
ianTresury wliich1!
blisred to provide for t h e ni sel v e s -n $ t,l ie ht i r
of : foriuiia is 'getierally a. ?proitgaU ivhile ilia
son of :"iiVdus"bmu.by.e ;heedsi
Hccumhlaie"frfliiihae1fr ''is.7:feeoHoniVcdrTroirf
habits and necessity. . In my liumhlebiunioti.
the first and prolific source of, that, rystem of
expend i it tt re as we 1 1 a m f : ina'hy p f ; t he oihe t
iey ils 1 under which!! hVrouiit rynpw laborsi;
was in withholdini; the fourth instalment froui
the States:' U deprivesnhe States, of Xa booti
which; t hey bad a; just right id ex pec t under
the provisions of the ; act "of 18-J3--a boon
w h icrr was he hi out totheut as!n s u re r esbu rce
for more than t welve montlis ; upon the rea
sonable expectation of Which ! hey had cbmi
ihenced puhlfo' enterpriser a'nd incurred alebit s
ahil which, though taken from t hefr grasp al
most at the very moment whenthey were a
tc:it to clutch, was sjill suspemled over their
heads, like the bowof promiso in the heavens,
until ther turhiM and ; overflow ihg. waters cf
ps;!)lic expenditure-were rtiisafl hfuh enougti
to absorb Ji That many hf t!..; Giutcs uoa d
have become deeply, emnarressedindenen
dently of the aciionol thia Government m this
part icular', t;-.!o; J'no';cout ;but tha, the, em--barrnsfhents'of
ttiahy of theta' have, been
hastened; and .increased by ijh'O; "loss rtf ihts
fourth : instalment. I believe, is equal cer
tain. . To themV- in lheir;.pHcultar..i'oiiiliiion.
it was every I hing ;?to usf 1 fear, it has Jeen
vors3 than ;hoihing. ith iCXne I t ; Al
mir.Istratinri expended irt their four years one
huiidre.dahcl eleven . or cnahunJred aud
U. clve mllliar.3 of dollars. With it it, they
would st ill Ji ive Vxpnded cn i hundred 4in'l
two, or one hundred and three millias;, gi v
i ng fc r 'five r a ca n n riiia I ;e s peh 3 e sf ear t we u-ty-six
. n 1 1 i v u per year-i-enou'ih for all rei-
ecnabio p urpnr.s- enrtcih,.thr? Tot:ntrwill
cay, i.ay; has ,.etsrr.;ir.cdJ for all tha C-
thit
3y yield;::;; JhU'.to tha.Ciat: j.-oc-cTtvro
n;iii; h:iVw I;:; r :.-id 'c ith .;r v;h!:h
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Treasury cf i hU Government, t hereby a
i rnr", h e meatisTo rex trav'a'ia'nee.'5 - j' 1 :
Nlr. Ca l h o u rf:;sa id-tlm Senat or-wn s;;'not:
jier -iirnl of course'icould, cnt kno w t ht rnjt:
sohi which had induced hiurto vote for wit ti-'
holtljnfj the 4th iastalniHt orn the States.
He was opposed to- collecting moneys for
distribution, and went for distrihuiinif in, i he
first iiistanp.e only ' becaua ;''.;thfO was a purr
iIuj ba hand, AYhea iti wa neettedl hevo
led to" restore it . it the Treisurv. : But he
tiaPPrnpriattpnsJ
r Mr. t n raha n
sa id he hail not been exitn
lnhgthe votes oi tnetenatorIor purposes ut
that of the" Senate, towhat l conceive to have;
hi'aft an .ti rjlor lu nate ;tni st a ke, in gi ving to t h
Goverhmen t temporary nieans so fa r to ex
ceed its . regular "income, in its expenditures,
antl to irarry thnr-twu ; height ,Yroia;whili"
1 he-present state -of ou r , fina nccs' would ue-
nianti so, nnrupt anu jiasty; a ilescent. As
it is., a aery ice now ' co s t i n g y o u ' t wen t y od I
m llions'of dpllHrs per yeaft is sudilehly let-
down upon means no x. e xpeed i n g : t h ir t een and
a hall inilhons y and its weight is accurnula
ted bya puRi ic d eh t o f fi i'e a nd a rii s d f hiili ohs
left by the last Administration, bearing uri
annual jnterWt.bi .S33Q,0.0O'A;Ta.-: ifheetihU
ileficiency, ' whar ha ve we 1 - Insieacl of sUr-
pi us; we have, debt ; insleau oi ext raordina ry:
.?ue)utslalltng; inw HaTe'atlaily jticr casing
chargeof: interest j- inslpiid; of aariflT:bjl"4tt
per cent, we have one n en r ly a ppronch i nsr 20
pervcent .atidhat upprt TlUtlermore than half
the im'pprts. What then js" to he done? If
We'prppeo bdrVow ni
xperteesZof Government,' we re.'told hat Ave
aV. running the nation in debt.-; It we prpose
10 levy outies 10 itirntsi h permanent revenue
we ar taxing the people. Uifive s'uggest re
trciictn'eriti:"afti:chtM Iiil4ic. spr v ice U as a re. not most. - iieedef,! we
Hreiplli haJtt lherp is imminent danger ol
w.i rt and thivt the most vigorous pt pa rat ion
lor it should-tottHm
our Whole- d U 1 y in t his. eiuergency see'ma t o;
me to he comprehended in thrp.e p;opositions;
j ; Is ty. ; Bo r r?w J s uc h , s uirt, jupo n: the best
terms ymich obtatha
presni hecesstties, and. save 1 he public ldir?
u H fr bud i sgcatse;: ;fi u;.;C-;'i,,
-2il. RetbicH your expenclitorestOih
e s 1 pp u i twh iph t a'o tisis 1 ph tjw i h M n efficient
pi it die cr vice't -p. iypi iiifp vs t 5
:3vl,tvyuphlut'esZup
necessary 0rheonbmipalv abninislratioii
bpf ne.GvWnmehtahd -rnfi:TObVe.':-.;;.?
j Butf ; sir, our opponents ' ha ve one. panacea
lor all the ilita.Hi!uesol ihe nines, s l ake hack
the proceeds; ofliho latidssayyhey. A dii
riect proposition: lo tliattfecl wars-early: inl
iroduced ly the SenaVor: troth MissburiMf.
A.1.1!.'. ! loi PilJ ' pr w hat- may iie 'the
par t icii a r?iubj ct vulrjc'ojlea.tlp n. 1 1 is
perpetually ;moved by; tyav of amendment.
No:, let me ask in'ailcahdori if th'eyare re
suuiedinio the Treasury, of tvhaf avail are
ibeyj7 r asr y
.'iceededrhulliln-!ojfd exceed
ingly doubtful ;w.hat: they may be in years -to
1 come - To sav hofhiiiffbf the immense amiri-
Hties in ,1 he Imncls of specubttihor rouipaiiies
ihe verfiict that large grantsweVe made to
tileseveral new States, tiy: thedist ritiuf ion
act eiiibraei n g 11 1 H lie w hole ;"i hi nkhea r
t wo 1 1 1 ill io ns of ' hp res; ; w it h i he I ihe t y of s e
lei iig choice hil it ie$
feet because-niitde j by the state its elf,: ;and
in ca pab'e of repeal, w he) ever inod er n id e moc
racy may urge ihe cbntrary---will mike those
Staaouir ;cbmpMitb
apart !fiom the itepression of nioiiey affiira ;
diuiiuiKh the receipts from that; source' But.
sti pjse theannual proc
lions tif dollars, the ihaximum th it has been
estiuiated here, wh itr la ihi;conipared Willi
f itirteen :niillioii8r.the amount tiy which the.
ecretaf yof ihe;TrPasurvinn?riH8u
current Jrevetiue of Jthe year ivill be. uleficieut ?
With Or without the iands,ihereffC, ihe.iiei
cessiiy fora lo tn i- exigentind uh ivoidatdel
r Bht.tMr.r Piesifleht, wereZ-it"otliei wise!,!
Jwhuid pbrider long belbie lcbultr consetit tiv
xiisappoinv tjie jusi expeciaiious 01 ue idiaies
and the peoplejn regard tOthese'.lantls. Nq
siibjeci has been more discussed or better un
dpmobd. iri i 1 his country fir the laVi, ten years;
th ah that of 1 bed is trihut ion of t heir pr oeeed s
among . the. States.' None occupied a more
prominent plapoiu the greVt ca n vass of 1840
Nbhewasinore tlis-lnctly orbOallyiputvJbrtlM
a a leadihir article of his creed of policy,, in '
ins , it?iicrr. Hpt-ecnes,ana auurnss '8. .10. ins
felibW citizens, bytheilltistrioua mahwho
w a s 4 1 h e n ca 1 1 et 1 to ' p r e s ide over it s."; A fid
whether W ioo!c.to the reVultsof elections
ilie proceedings - .of popiilar;'asBembIies.tor
State Legislatures nv measure on which
parties in our country have divided has. so
tar;. as 1 recollect, . ro many, imd such - tint -qhivocal-evidences
of-publis opinion-, in ils
favor. : - .,.". "V
Sir, to1 my mindit is clear thit ihe Con
suiution cf the United Stiues does not ccn
letnphite tho public lands as an;.. ng the mean3
fbr theZordinary support of Governinent; -vVhen
i he venerable n?en who' framed thai
Constitution brcaihi d into tha nostrib cd ;thi3
Government tho breath oflitb, and precrihsd
Ihe-la W3 hy'wlnch it should live, and move,
and Jiave, its being theyjdeiiarecl upon what
ti intent it should siibsist. A.warb 'f.vi be ..yV
al tin'port aticoi cf,.th o , inonby.rpo w'cr, 'ivhicli
hot.crdy . aCUrds th.3. k-upp!ir3 cf piure butiiie
sine ws' cf .var,; tfi.e'; procd.'tirrrcd;:' t!sihe".very.
first o ft h 3 a u ! 1 a r i 1 1 2 3 o f C01 re r s, . the pb w c r
to day and cchcct .tasehiMPs, imports.
andeci-?2, fcr th'O jpurpn; 2 cf paying th
derta and'-providin fir ih cnniujnn -defenco
ann reiterni wfii'ru cl.tr.3, United ijlute : v.?i-
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ject cr atnulicr, u jint denucj.f Th3 trurt isT.V
without limitation, in ;th3 words cf tha Cc:
etitutioni And for in struct! on as to our duty
in .administering;.! t, : we a re thrown :'bac !: op
on the direct ions of 1 ha donorsin the tleeds"' cf
the; ceding States. kTllfes declare them a -V
conimfin ;fund f ar; the' 1153 cf eitch ol t hs. ,
Statesj ns bavei become, or shall becoma
memlMTs oft he cbnfedersition, or. federal alb, ''
ance,:! And here let tne remark, that ! "
1 recoghise im distinct ion v bst.wen the diipo :
sitiort of 1 he la nd s ceiled by Sates, a nd t buy 3
Hcojiired by. treaty. Thatgreat man, iJllr. . .
JeCerson,. by.whos3hegotiatiori'." our ; first ;
greai purchase of-publici-land3 vwas v tn 21 e,
entertained stohgdoubta -to (he power to do.
so,mukI it was surely a tloubtfijl question. '
But that diflic.ulty 'iie'iog ' overcome, aiul; thb "
Question Eetlled by practice the lanIs -'ihuj' -
Hcquiied became I he- terrilnry ol the United
Slates jo 4 be disposed of by Congress" :
in Jike mahner'witli other territory. : That V
that other terrii ory; was not looked to, in the .
Const ilut ion,- as a resource-- to; pay current
expses nntl Jthat itwas inteneled for tho
bent-fit of ihe St ai pa, se ve ral ly I have etnl ea V
oredt o , s how. T o enter no farther i n 1 o 1 1 i 3
a rsu men t ; to me i ud oes ap jea r ) i h a t t h e ces-- "
sirfus Of.ISrorli Carolina and Georgia made y -afier
this present Government., was establish;
etl and in full operaiion,. granting their tern- ;
tbry iaiheUntted; States hotlbr revehue, v
not jlorihe benefitnad f njoy rhenC?vOf the-U
States as fo pOlincalhcorporaiion, but lor the
use and benefit fd'theUnited States ofAtneri
ca, : Snrlh- CuralinrC anl Georgia inclusive, ;
aceortli ngt o t h e i 1 re s pec t i v e t ndusu a 1 propor-
jion in ;h general charge and expendit ures,". ,
&tv (the same in aulistance With" J h e gran's of
Vj ririhia a pd 01 her Stat es, 'vli icli ced eil u n - r
der vthVoIuicoh
expbsit ion,?hot ohly of t he jdstgnsof those -k
Stares themselves on that suhject.;.btjt of I he
ueiieral : uutlerstaiiflmg of ihii deeds of ihe
01 her? Stales at that time. v . .. :ZZa .ir
'Busirtiie ivliale legislation of; Congress ;
fn regard to -ihese lands shoivs . that tfiey; "
have tieyer been considered; as : slHiding: on
i Ije'fiiiiWie'or i' heJ'reyehiVes'of ijfe; hat.ion7 " Ttie
immense grants which hav tanmade
from time to lime to States State corpora- "
Tiohs.' benevoleiit instil us friiiZsaiid
ties;tb merithriousibreigneisiu who ;4
havt come amonj; us., wtiuld nevir have been
attempted or hloWed ouf bt a lu
land wh'clr had
tieeh' raised by t iXatiou, direct or indirect.
Aiul fr a scries'of lyesirs pasiihe leaditig
statesmen p pari ips seem iirnaye concur-; ,
red ihihe opinhn thaty within a short period
Vr Jasthe 'proceed of tlie phblic lands ought
nb Ion ge r 1 0 f. be j e I i ed u pe nk& a jjou fce'-hf.i- e-r ;
venue the ili(Je"rence hei ween them" being
thsit those .with Whom ifis ;hiy pride io .be'
aVsppia t ed, adopting the policy of 1 1 e eminent
Se.iator, froth Kent upkyi (oir Clay w fio'
has repeht ly retired frorii this hotly, were for
Tan.equitable distributton of the laud proceeds 1
among all ihe S'ates, while our honorable op-
p;nentsf.ipproyln ihe'suggestiou nf'Geti '.'
Jack8on, on; this subjectwere for reding the
lands 1 hemselves to Ihe States in which they ;
are. s 1 1 tia t ed . 1 0 h i s m ess a ge of Dc. 1 832,
theiheh President says: V B. is desirphlp,
however, 'that' in conveiiient" time ihi3;ma-
rhinery( the land nlHces) he withdrawn f, om ;
the states, and that the right" of soil and t,e
fitttrUUsposiJUh id tA e '"'r
Srajegjregprctic "
not refer you to i he reptirt ofthe experienrrd .,
S etia t or 1 ro ta A-labama. "f Mr lung at the
head ofiiie land commtttee of 1 hat session, and t
the speeries oltber disling
ineh of that pblttical school, to shtiw hat in .:
both parties there hap been a general concur- t;
renee in the propriety of lobking to the c us
omboiie bi''r dhat the. real
contest "up -hlhe- subject of. I he lands, has -heen-betweei
V a generala n;l eq u itable, a nd a ,
local h rid pa r t ia Td is . r :bu t io n. TThe evidence
upon ibis point liave been abnhtlantly furnish-v
1 by t he Senatorfrom 1 hdiaita. ( VI r Smith) -
upon arecentocpsision. I must ther efbre he
larioiiedV Mr President, if 1 canrib ly ield to
Uieloqiieht appeals-'wllich''areatnlost daily r', ;
aliresselitb ' us against wj'thtlrawin -ihe;
laud fund Jro'iii the exclieqiier c!" this Gov-
prnment anlc"n ht10: the States. ; But.'
yesterday we were told thai the lands should
lbex'c6hsidered v:orlhUs . Cot re venue j ,nn .
we Vtretissuretl, Iromj the same quarter, -that
they- are ;ns the; purse ' oi' Fbf tuuatus, .J5Tn-.:
have bnly'io retain them in hand and wish "
to . rbt a i n w ha t e ve r irea sure you ; vant. .
yVhile withbut theni, you can neither get no?;;
heynor credit. 'Tbese appeals, sir, are but;
the In fieri houghts of the ml vocate after a
decisionagainst Jiim upon the points mado
at the h earing. And when the people are p?r
suadedj as theylarej constant lyi : that every,
dollar of land, proceeds listributed , creates a-v-."'
her'essi'.forhev.ta fi il ;;;"'
to reniemheri hat 1 hoVe whoopposa disi ri
bution wheii i... dhaTreasuryj3, empty, didi
withequal "earhestness when it was lullr
ihey wi! refleci tha t t his taxation';' will bp ths
saxn? h',tf''?r the' l,r'l rrovc: ; ;rn tahta " '-;
'from. 1 h'3. Treasury by the flan ol'dislri: ninn, j
ioA.hicli tts3 peopla'cf each State . frt ihff;
due share,' cr' those'bihcr' plati-cf e'.-.rrc:;..' ;r,'.:' ;
cession, or griuSuationby hich i!.3,v.'l;c!o'' '
is iven to a lew; Stales. A nd in thisccur : - - :'
ion let jn3 remind you . li f , it tliere .v;cro-"'
cbj-rtiona to. the' p : 1 ssa ge. c f t h e Vi! i i t r ih u 1 1 3 n ';; '
bhl,.thre. iire 'r.bjep.itnna- tn.tr.2 repeal h ;c-
wise. -As I'-,. have rh-iwri .alrc-uiy, tv;o rrn
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