Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-02-05
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
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The resolution laoyedby Mr. Chiffon Of Ke,.
on Tuesday last, under consideration,
20 when Mr.. Taylor of h York, had moved
the following amendment:
Res0ired, That the Committee of WAYS and
Means be Instructed to inquire into and renort ~
tins House what Offices in their opinion MAJ, H..
most adVan'agcously discontinued, what salaries
VIII reasonably bear reduction AMI -s,,rb o,I,-
means OF retrenchnent as TO them may seen,
necessary"
The question thereon having been again stated
mr.. !oyd OF a rose and said, that he was op-
posed to tie amendment, because i'm his iudatnerf
It was not likely TO result in any thiuo benefici.i
either here or elsewhere 1t amounts in suF,
stance, to this, that Committee shall be directed
70 te'l ms House-that which they already per-
Iecty know-that there is ProIigality and waste ~
the expenditures of this Government; and becsr,e
mat very thing on which the whole nation has 50
long felt the greatest anxiety, is, by this an.en.s-
ment, TO be stricken out OF the resolution mean
sand Mr. T. the eXpcdiency Of dischargine as spec
Oily as possible, the national debt Inc time ~,
no" arrived when this House is bound TO do sorn,
thlnS decisive IN lis Character heretofore the
operation of this Government has been in a orost
degree, beyond limits. and confined To ob.cr,
Of. a constitutional character; but now new err.
mas opened upon us, and we about to feel ff
those caianiious consequences which If. rr,easrs
ana policy are destined to bring upon the peobls
Il IS very true that the doctrine advanced un,I,.~
the elder Adams, that national debt is a nationI
blessing, has not now been distinctly avoyged; bur
the same doctrine is substantially advanced in ,
different shape. We have been told that a "a.
t'onal debt, Tor which stock is issued by the Coz
ernmen, Is beneficial and desirable because II on,
ables capitalists to invest their money in u States
securities, and then, IL death oycrtakes ther :,
permanent provision is made for their wives sr,S
iamiilcs: The interest on their investment tho
rot, perhaps, 50 great as that arisn.r from o-hc-
stocksiS sure, and can be received with certainty
being tree from all those risks and changes ,vhff
arse from the ma!conduct of Bank Director. 49,
other contingencies TO which it would be liable a.
invested either in commerce, or in the stool, az
euIAP1Ne, r@duS' steamboats, canals, &c. winch
seem to be the mania Of the dav
We approach an era IN when .s.e ,r.c, ~-,,..,
mons Of Government are turned in upon itseiE
when 1t lays hold of all the money IL can get f,-
purposes Of a local characters when II t.nef afe..
upon OBJECTS instead Of on principles; az sucL (.
time thc extinction of The National Debt il a t},f.,s-
eaTne,tiy 20 be avoided by all politicians in power
out II the government shall thus continue 10 t,cse
! on objects calculated to throw back the money oE
ire nation into the hands of capitalists; II il en-
dearors 70 throw back on their hands The Vlofs 81
! The National Debt and then to ur.c upon us 4 ~
!i calculated 70 exhaust the whole Of the surplus
ana press That tariff TO the point Of prohibition o.
certain articles, then ask how j. il uos-itle tlr
we can exist under such state of thines2 II Is
sYowed that they mean to press tho taiT 10 s,go-
f, mbitiou. Now, the property Of an the Nab3{,
the product of their lals and under tl,,s sy.te,r
those lends
Tho farmer IS now selling his proluce NJ q -rt,s So
small that it will hardly enable him 10 nv 81.
taxes and at such time YOU are going "a cgnue
bin to pay an addition Of from 1910 80 per cent
on the price Of every article he buys. Ifyou IL {
tiie National Debt remain as it now is, you comp
! tho country TO raise sum annually. which is a.
: quail 10 your whole Sinking Fund; and bv cein,r
80 you maintain "a system which viii crush fit.
People Of ihi5 country ino Chat state of want AMI
! pauury OF which my colleague spoke when he dee
scTncu 50 ~ the condition d the population of ire
land and England We were told bv the renfie
man from Maryland, that there Is difference Fo
/ tween plrHmony and economy J. adluit a. thus
thing, and economy another. Who has ,nicd ~
i'ut say, u'ai i is not GOOD argument 10 prog-
'if ihie GoYcrumcDt i3 economical 10 ton u ftas
the printing Of the English Government alone
amounts To- as much as III the expenses of our own
! ain sorry for the English People It is true.
near them no iovc--i have DO great reason TO low
them. But look "a their own statements The.
acknowledge that ouc-lhird Of their population r5
pauPers. While ibcY have n Mobility thar ara
rolling ~ wealth aud spleDiOr-the richest NoiiIa
y. perhaps. ~ Oils time in ih, wolid-ne peor,i.,
are becgars ths e'recfs 0i London. aud ~ Is ca.
culaied that. in thar great and gso1d city ons ts
pcri.hef every d.v from actual HUNGER. flor. R4
hy colleague says fh-ie u. more than one and ~.
b. much better iH-"rmrd on this suhiect ihau r,..
tend 90 bc. VI iiai spectacle IS here rrresrtef ID,
Che american People,
We h1rc been asked whg CHS object rf-
ircnchmen- has noe Boon sought iu ~ land,
o. h's boon lor~lt 'herc, and ,he mon who D..
my opiMol4 GEORGES, monument fr ts
.f'ioHti l's b'en i'nrrl.3nli I. ard r.aur~r r..
hf.+'Fy nf ihtt tarOH1h tHo inGllncc gr.t..
/ derived l5,n .ronlee aon a lfope~s ..,
O. cEcrted hy ths Government hsre, ytryn..
as 70 bias boon l'y tae Department of State H. en-.
'oHh'sy, aac 7-',a = 81 Sad .opro5uc. =