Litchfield enquirer., 1832-02-02

uteHtACG Val fabric, would increass tue revenue and bege ne' cessiy for further and further reduction of duties vn- li they would be carried low as e end n the entire subSefsi0n Uf the system of protection.
 For tine reasons hch have been assigned, 1t would think, be unwise in Congress at this time tO assue for the aure that there would he greater amount Of public lands, than $25, ,OO0OO0. Deducting from tlInG sum the amount of millions, which i has been supposed ought be subTacted G the resolution be- fore you should be adopted, there would remain $IS- OOO 6OO as tie probable revenue of future years.- This includes the sum of three millions, estimated as the future annual receipt from the sale O the public Iands-an estimate which believe will be dcmoDstra- ted by experience to be much too large.
 II reduction large seven millions be made aS this session and if the necessary measures be also adopted to detect aud punish frauds, and ensure q faithful execution of the laws, we may saieIy make temporary pause, and await the deSe"pe'nen 0! the effect upon the revenue Ofthese arrangements That the authority of the laws should be vindicated alI ought to agree. Now the fraudUent nIporIerI alter exposure of his fraud, by most strange Treasury construction Ofihe law, made, understand, howcv- CT, not by the present Seeretaryl elBdes att unishA menI, and IS only required to pay those very duties which he originally bound for but which he dis honestly sought to evadc. Other measures, with . view to further reduction of tho reveDue, may be adopted. In some instances, there might be an aug mentatiOn of duties for that purpose. will mention the article Of foreign distilled spirits. In other country upon earth is there much of the foreign tice imported in this. The duties ought 10 be doubled, and the revenue thereby further reduced from $600,OO0 to a million. The public morals, the grangrowing country the uit-raising, and the cane planning country, would he all benefited by render ing the duiy prohib,ory. l have not proposed tho measure, because it, perhaps ought iO originate ln the other House.
 That the measure which have proposed may be adopted without interfering with the plan of the Se- creary of the Treasury for the payment the public debt by the fourth of March next, will now proceed to show. The Secretary estimates that the receipts of the present year, after meeting all the other just agreements will leave surplus Of IA millions appica- ble the principal Ofthe public debt. With this sum, eight millions which he proposes to derive from the snIe of the bank stock, and two millions which he would anticipate from the revenue of the next year, he suggests that the whole of the debt remaining, may be discharged by the time ndica The IA millions
 understand. (ahough on this subject the report IS not perfectly explic) are receipts anticipated thS year from duties which accrued lasi year, 1T this be the Secretary's meaning, it is evident that he wants no part of the duties which may accrue during the current year to execute his plan But f his meaning be, that the fourteen millions will hc composed in part of duties accrung and pnyabe within the present year, then the measure proposed might prevent tue payment of the whole of ihe remnant of the debt hy
 the day which has been stated. If however, the entire millions, embraced by the resolution on your table, subtracted from the 'urteeD, would still leave him millions besides the bank stock
 to be applied the debt, and that, of tse would be
 three millions more than can be properly applied io
 the object, in the of this year, have already endeavored to shew.
 came here, sir, most anxiously desiring ihat an
 arrangement of the public revenue should be made,
 which, without sacrificing any of the great interests
 ofihc country would reconcile and satisfy all 's parts.
 thought perceived in the class of objects not pro-
 ducsd within the country, field on which we could
 all enter, in true and genuine spirit o compromise
 and harmony. and agree upon an amicable adjustment.
 Why should it not be done Why should those who are opposed 10 the American System demand Of its
 riends unconditional surrender ' Our common object should be, so to reduce the public reven"e ms to relieve the burlhens of the people, Gndeed the people of this country can be truly said to be burthened The Government must have certain amount of revenue, and that amount must be collected from the imporis- Ia AnsnI Inc SvI0 fnd whether the collection be made upon a few or many objects, provided, whatever be the mode, the amount of his contribution O the public exchequer remains the same 1.-the assessment can be made on objects which will greatly benefit large portions Of the Union, without injury to him. why should he object to the lection of those objects? Yes sir, came here. in country, with lively sociiude to restore and p'e- iis harmony, and with firm determi nation .O pour oil and balm into existing wounds, rather than further to lacerae them For the truth and sincerity of these declarations, appeal HIM whom none can deceive. expected to be met by corresponding dis positions and hoped that deliberations, guided by fraernai sentiments and feelings, would terminate ln dfusng con,enmen. and satisfaction throughout 'he
 land. And that such may be the spirit presiding over them, and such their issue, yet most ferveniy hope
 When Mir. Clay took his ssat-
 Mir. Ruyne rose He did not rise he said to enter at this time into the discussion of the question. Per haps he should not at any time, be disposed to follow the gentleman through tho wide field which he had occupied. He certainly had no such intention now: he rose merely to make motion, and should, in tho fewest words possible, stNe the reasons which had induced him to tlo 90.
 The question presented by the resolution, Mr H. said, was only ol deep interest to the whole country, but he persuaded n was, by far. the
 important that could command 'he attention of Con- gress during the present session. The period 90 long and anxiously looked for and desired, had length arrived. The public debt was paid, for SO gentlemen all sides had agreed to consider 1t. and ihs Ques- ton necessarily arose, what adjustment o the tariff of duties 10 be made in this new and most gratifying condition of affairs. Upwards of 0O0 900 dollars per annum nearly half the entre amount of tho public debt, w (when the debt s paid,) cease to be charge upon the county and ip this extent n, least, the people have right to expect an immediate rednc ton of their burdens But wha, does the resolution now before us propose? That duties to the amount of only six or millions should be taken off, and hat the reduction shall be exclusively confined 10 lclcs which do not enter into competition with slmi- lar articles produced at home; in other words, sir, hat articles o universal consumption and, n relation which, every class of the people, and every portion of the country contribute equally should be relieved entirely from all taxation, while the high duties Inc protected articles were to remain untouched. In word, that the bands of that mammoth system oft ustice and oppression, (be meant offence. bui he poke as he lelt,) were 10 remain unrelaxed-a Sys" 'i the country boon and bouDiy and in another IS an insuppertable burden-a system which tin the anguage of the Senator from Kentucky,) if it had scattered it's rich fruits' any portion of tho and. had visited others with its consuming curses.
 It could not be denied that the true question here e wholly WDtouched, and 10 be riveited upon the Ouniry beyond all hope of relief? And, in this ass Of the question, lie must solemnly declare that he onsidered 1t involving the prosperity he could av. pregnant with the future desiinies of this " for, however this system may have operated elss-