Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-02-21

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wSrd some years ago by Senator from New Jersey,
(dr Dickerson,) and which then received unmeasured
cendsNnaiion, not merely for unconstuiionalty but
Tor All IT'S effects and consequences the degradation of
mendicant States receiving their annual allowance from
The bounty OF the Federal Government the debauch-
nent OF the public morals, when every citizen was 10
look 20 the federal treasury for money and every can
did3ie Tor Office TO Outbd his Connection i'm Ir
ing II the consolidation of the States, thus resulting
from central supply of revenue the folly of collect
ing with one hand, to pay back with the other, aud
both hands TO be creased at the expense of the citizen
who pays one to collect the money from him and
m9uier TO Bang 1t back to him, Minus the interest
ana the cost of double operation in fetching and carry
ing and the eventual aud inevitable progress OF the
sc"ve 10 the punder of the weaker half of the Union
oy the stronger; when the stronger half would undoub
eGiy throw the whole bur,heu of raising the money upon
the weaker half and then take the main portion TO them
selves Such were the main objections uttered against
this plan seven years ago. when gallant of South
Oarohna' General iayne stood by his (Air. b. s) side
tna fatal and delusive scheme brought forward nm
ui nofS seductive, dangerous, alarming ncxcusablc
unllustitiable, aud demorazing form.
Yes said Mr. b. it is only The revival of t, Same
pun iof ",Viang surplus revenue, which received It's
condemnation on this floor seven or eight years AFRO
out IL Is the modification, and that form infinitely
worse Tor the new States of the famous land bill which
nov hes upon our table IL takes up the obiec, OF that
bill and runs away with it, giving nine millions ,vhnro
u gave tnree, and leaving the author of that bill ont
oil sight behind; and the gentleman from south ca
roma (Nr Cahoun) be slortsightcd as not TO see
that somebody will play him the prank and come
Forward WIN propositions to raise and divide twenty
tlrty, i1rty millions; and thus out-leap ump and
S;ir mn mn In the race OF popularity, just far he
mmseI mas now outumped, out-leaped, and out-r,n
the author of the Land Distribution Bin, 1l'
Yes SAID Mr. this scheme for dividing surplus rcvc
nue. is an old acquaintance this floor but never did
come upon this floor time so nauspcio,,s nd
nm Sc questionable ,-and upon assumptions so unfonnd
Gu IN iact so densve IN argument file would speak of
c ausplclouSness OF the time hereafter at present he
would take positions in direct contradiction TO nil the ar
gpmenis OF fact and reason upon which this nonstrous
soheihe OF distribution is erected and defended CON
densed into their essence, these arguments arc
.r ihat there will be surplus of nine millions annu.
2. That there is no way TO reduce the ro,or
-. Ihat there is object of general utility TO which
these surpluses can be applied
- mat distribution is the only way to carry tbeno off
without poisoning and corruptnr the whole nod, ,Ii
MI b. disputed the whole Of those PROPOSITIONS and
would undertake to show each TO be unfounded and err
The report says that the surplus will probably canal
GOO Tor te next eight years the of So
Vooy beyond the Just wants of the governmerta and
part II says, suPposing the surplus TO be
distributed should average nine millions of dollars an
nuay as estimated, it would give each share 20 105
uoAals' which multiplied by the Senators and Renrc
sehtalves OF any State would show the sum q, ,r[;oL
it would be enttcd The amendment which has BEEN
reported TO carry this distribution into efi;ct i; -
erect Tor the year lo35,-the present yearand TO CON
unue I'll the LIST day of jan IS of course il IS incIpsv
oil lo42 and makes period Of years for the distribution
10 go on Inc amendment contains blank which is IN
DC hiied up with the which is be left IN tlo ,raos
ry every year To meet contingent and uuaYnactad do
uy ana the report shows that this blank is to be filed
wltn inc sum OF Two millions Of dollars Here then is
thc totay OF these SURPRISES eleven millions venr for
eight consecutive years, ont OF which nine ,n;ll;o 40
10 De taken annually for distribution Now nra t;,
eight are sevcntytwo that here is rcnor, so,,;n
orth the enormous of Ss72 600 600 Of ,ner, rre
after satisfying all the lust wants ofthe (,ovcrrP
leaving two millions in the Treasury To be held nm ,n
distbuon and to excite the people TO camor for Their
shaFes OF such great and dazzling prize the same
tmc Mr. Is. said, there would be 80 such surrus I,
was deusive bait held out TO whet the appte of the
people Tor the spos of their country and could meyer he
eIiiIed even II the amendment for authorizing the dis
tflDntoh should now pass. The seyenty-two millions
could never be iound they would exist no whore i, in
hiS report, IN the authors magnation and i'm the do
iuded hopes of an excited community The sc,or,,, 49,,
lllions could never be found they would turn ont 10
be inc fellows IN Kendall green and buckran, e,;,
Mhch Inquired SO largely in the Imagination of ST, Jobn
faistali--the two-andhlty in buckrarn which the
valiant old Knight received upon his point thus, IL xtd
ing pencil in the attitude Of dcfenceA The colciti
" te "utor OF the report were wild, delusive asto
nSmngi Incredible. He (AIr By could not limit him
self to the epitict Wild for it was clear case ofLac
natiOn - '"'Of
Mr.. Benton then took mp the Treasury Repor. ne Al.
secretary woodbury. communicated at the commence.
ent OF the present session of Congcess and oniainn
the estimates required by law of the expected innome
ana expenditure for the present year and also for The
year lo36 At pages four and FIVE arc the estimates for
te present year the income estimated at $40 OOO coo
the expenditures at I9G-; $40 being difference oc
only some three hundred thousand dollars between ,c
income ana The outlay; and such is the chance for nine
ii9s taken out aud two left in the first year of the
iSuIouuo Az pages 10 IL, 10, the revenue for 1876
is computed, and after going oyer all the heads If
expense on which dimnutions will probably be made
he computes the income and outlay of the wear nj nou
equal, probably little surplus TO the anouut of o,
million. These are the estimates said NJ r. f o',1
ed upon dota and coming from an officer making re-
ports upon his responsibility. and for the lOislave
dance OF Congress; and to which we ere bound Ia Give
crcdcnce unhltIey shown be incorrect Here tben
are 'ne two first years OF the eight disposed of and
no'h@ found IN them to divide; the two last wears Of ,
fern could he despatched more quickly said Mir
D. Tor every body that understands the compomise nc
o. MARCH lcj.', must know that in the last wears
OF the operation of that act there would he nm act
dGicU IN the Treasury. Look at the terms cc ti,
act 1t proceeds by slow and insensibc degrees NAH
ing slight deductions once in two years. until the wears
lc4l and 1872, when il Crawling and common
cFs jumping, and leaps down, Jumps to twenty
winch articles are less than onehalf Of orr Importation
twenty per cent upon the of goods which viii
teh pay duty, viii produce but little say twelve or
thirteen millions, upon the basis of sixty or seventy mil
mons OF dntiab!e articles imported then which onl,
amount 10 tortyscven millions now Then frre ,;iI
be no surplus at all for ne-af the period Of ci yor
the frst two. and the last two In the middle period of
iour years there Will probably be SURPLUS Of two or
three millions but Mr. b. took issue np6n all the olle
gaiols with respect 10 it that there was no ,gav 10
co1S nc revenue without disturbing the compromise
act OF March 1888; that there no object of general
nuy to which IT could be applied and at distribution
was the only way to get rid of it,
Equally deiusiye and profoundly erroneous was the
gentleman idea Of the surplus which could be taken
out OF the appropriations True that opera to,, c, t
~ payments show that about quarter of tho vear
expenditure IS not paid within the year but ts Grs
quarter OF Tie next year. ana thus could be paid ont C
the revenue received IN The FIRST quarter of the next
even If the revenue Of the last quarter Of the prcsdn
ycar was thrown away. But this was n fhing ,.h;cb
could only be done once. You mipbt relv uno Tho g.,
quarter, but you could not upon the second third nd
louFIH lhere would not be dollar in te raa %. -
the ehu OF fonr years If you deducted n onaricr's
5,ni iGuI ,'nos successfully II case if