Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-06-04

him TO occupy their attention. And he begged then,
TO understand, that The notes which lie held ia his
hand were not notes on winch he meant TO speak but
OF what others had spoken, aud from which he would
| make the smallest selection in his power.
Here permit ne to say, observed MIR. II. that 1
am obliged, and with great reluctance, to differ iron,
| my worthy colleague, who has taken conspicuous
| part in this debate, about fact, which will
Call 20 HE recollection for | am il was in his
memory, though sleeping. He has undertakes 10
state the causes by which the difference i'm the rcla
tive condition OF various paris of the Union has been
producedt hut, my worthy colleague has omitted 70
the prinaum mobile Of the con,nierce ard maru
features TO Which portion Of the country ,ha, need
not name, owes he present prosperity AN wealth.
lha, Iri'nxm mobile WAS southesn capital. sneak
now not OF transacons QHorSm pdrs nsisinna fsi but
Of things ~ ssiee, se.srtasless. have coS,empo
radc,io. ~ j. e Of Ie ~. % . co@
nous depreoiG & H. sridcscs s Of The naSl;c
deb, Of this cosSI --ile r. $3.50 Of che G"i,ed
than weny millions Of dollars Cor the state debts as
snmed 10y the United Sia,es,) being bought up and
almost eaerossed l'y the people Of what were then
called the n"'ihe'n STATES measure which nobody
dream' any thing about or " witch nobody had The
slightest suspcion-l aaeaS ~ penoa;on Of the
state deb,s by the federal = - p ikess deb,s
being bo"eht up Tor mere song, capis1f Of eighty
n'i'ons oi dollars, or, in other words, 61eesdt 10
that an,oun hearing interest Of six per cent ne
annum with the exception Of nineteen millions 1.-THE
interest OF that debit which horc interest Of tree
per eni)t-a capital of eighty millions of dollar,
was poured, in single day, inio the Golfers Of The
north and TO that cause We may manly ascribe the
difference, so disastrous TO the south, between tina,
county anu me other portion Of this Union, TO
winch have alluded. When We, SAID Mr. r. rous-
eel by the suferngs Of our b, ethren OF Boston. en-
iefcd iRio The con es' with the mother country and
when we came on, Of i'--when this constitution was
adopted, ire were comparatively rick then were
positively poor. What is now our relative situation
They are fishing and rich We are tributary To-
mem, not only through the medium Of the public
debt Of which pave spoken, but sIso throurb ,he
OF winch - dishursed in the eastern to
tins creation OF day 10 to be ascriht EkHer-
enGe OF our relative situation, Il hops ~ worthy
colleague will not consider any thing that ssy a.
conflicting with his general prialS;ies, To- which
heartily subscribe )S-Yes, sir sa8 the price paid
Tor the erea'ion of all that portion of this capital,
WAS the Immense boon Of fixing the seat of govern
ment where u now is. Aud advert to this bargain
n'cause wish to shew TO every member of ,his
House, aud, IL it were possible to every individual
OF this nation, the most tremendous and calnm,ou.
results OF political bargaining.
Sir, when are we to have enough Of this Tariff
a"es'. ron. !" 1916 1t was supposed to be settled
o"'y three years thereafter, anoiher proposition for
increasing = rae sent from this House to the Sc
"a'e, Odtted ws1e tax OF four cents per pound on
brow" sugar. II was, fortunately, rejected in that
oouy. In what manner this bill is baed. il does mn,
become me 'o say bar have 100 distinct recoec-
tion OF the vote in committee Of the whole on the
uuiy upon molassee, and afterwards of the vote in
The House on the same question Of the votes of
more than Of the staies on tina, question mo, m
mark It well. do not say that the change of ,heY
vote on that question was effected ny any mans rot
S .sa.ns n.s own motion but do not hesitate TO
say, that u was effected by mans eiectioneer;n
against hrs own motion. ] am very glad Mr.
Speaker, that old Massachusetts Bay, and the Pro.
vince OF Name and Sagaiahock, by whom we stood
~ the days OF the Revolution, now stand by ;be
South, and will not aid in fixing on us this system of
taxation, compared with which, the taxation of M
Hrenve aud Lord North, was norbing speak
with knowledge Of what say when declare. ,ha,
,is bill is an attempt 10 reduce the counrv so,h of
Mason and Dxon's line and east Of the AIIeehanv
mountains, TO state Of worse than colonial bon.
uage s'a,e 70 winch the domination Of Great Bri
tam was, in my Judgment, Ear preferable and ,rua
sna always have the fearless integrity TO utter any
political eninient which the head sanctions and The
he"rt Iai'tes Tor the British Parliament never would
have dared TO lay such duties on our imports or
their exports to US, either at home or here asis
now proposed 10 be laid upon the io,ports from
a'noad. AZ that time, we had the command of The
mark et OF the vast dominions then subject and we
should have had those wbirh have since been s,h
jecieJ, TO the British empire : we enioyed a rre.
trade, em'neny superior to any thing that We can
ENJOY, this bill shall 60 into operation. Ii 10 sac
I,hce OF the interests Of part Of this nation TO the
IDEAL benefit OF the rest Ii marks US oul M the VIC
Tins Of worse than Egyptian bondage II r. bar.
'e! OF SO much OF our rights, Of 80 much Of The fruits
OF our "Oor, Tor political power to he Transferred IN
ohe' hands u ought TO be met and trust j, will
he met, IN The Southern country as was The S,an,n
Act, and by all those measures, which will not de.
tain the House by Tecapi,uaiinQ, which succeeded
the ) amp act, and produced The 6na, breach win
the mother country, which il took about ten years n
bring about a. trust in my conscience, it will not
take long bring about similar resI,s f,on, Ah;
measure, should il become law.
All policy IS very suspicious, says an eminep s,ates
man, that sacrifices the interest Of any part of co
mun''y TO the ideal good Of the whole and tbo,a
governments only are toeI able, where by The niece,
snry construction OF the poi ical machine the inter.
shman Would his foreign descent have stood in the way
o his other claims TO the chief Of the
n. 'e c y, ,s French or Englishman there would
DC s"e coI 70 , objection But he is native of Geneva
w no so"o can worship the shrine of 30.
maparte or Bourhon think must he his o1
,, ," nus mostly IN the way of the elevation of
sons IN no respect considerable except for tie nody Of
1.-THE Of his public services, and WHOSE names @ no
known out Of their own parish, as the ACQUISITION
Louisiana, and the of Mr. Jersad, .,
term Of Presidential service. 'eeonu |
No foreigner, he " remembered can ever become prs,
dent, who was not citizen at the of the adooon
the constitution Of 1857 The door viii soon S
against them forever, be their merits and services S,
sbcy may. 's' ""a'
The principal OF the debt proper Of the United s,,
was per cent but the payment one third wa
postponed for teny enrs. ''
The interest, The evidences Of which were called
of interest" was funded At per '''"''
OF the assumed debt onetrd taken on est;p,a,s a.
be the amount Of interest due upon IT, which At The ;n
could not be aseerianed and, also, funded Ut per cent
ted States. " 'e o"'
or the remaining two thirds of the assumed debt, two
thirds being The estimated amount of eouni IN %
81 Virginia money toa dollar, funded nj per cent
and the remainder (one;,bd OF two thirds, Id Vr
gina money the doar) also funded al per cent,
hut the payment postponed in like manner as ON line debt
THIS Is the origin Of the deferred stock in our laws
and financial statements.
One third Of the dollar .
taken ms interest, and funded mt per cent
Two-ihrdS Ut the rruairing Is - 2s Sd per CT
is OF o-3or / deferred-also at per cent IA
$50
From this admission feel myself compelled to except
The expulsion II the Moyscoss from Spain and or The
Dgot' from France by The revocation Of the cict Of