Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-06-04

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that this bill should paa. But the Senator
had met with bis match in his frieud fre~
New Jersey. Who had most ally rafated
his calca'a,ions, they were founded in error.
Mr.. c. then entered INTO various calcula-
tiens 10 show the amount Of the eurplus
revenue with that accruiaS, and replied to
MT. Wright's argument, that the military
bcrnty lands, the purchase Of Leuisiana,
and Florida, aud various other effects
should be taken frssu the proceeds Of tho
land sales, before they could be called
nett proceeds. Mr.. c. contended, ~ had
been done BY Mr. Critfendee, that tho
jurisdiction only over Louisiana and F1ori-
ida was Of far greater value than the amount
of their purchase, and that the revenues
derived from New Orleans and Mobile
alone, the claim Of Spain to the latter
having been quoted BY the Flo-ida pur-
chase.) would pay for these two PROVINCES
over and over.
Louisiana was purchased for the peaee
and security Of he country, and human
figures could hardly reach the benefits Of
this acquisition under the treaty Of 1901
and 80 Of Florida. There was then vir-
tual;y a Texan war going on, and 10
took possession Of the country. He allu-
ded to document, drafted By Mr.. Madi-
son, which had been pressed spos him By
Mr.. C. The joint possession e Mobile
ard Pensacola, BY tho treaty Of 1913, 10,
would alone justify the sum Of money paid
for that accession Of territory. Lookiax
at the Commercial advantages secured, snd
the constant emigration opened out BY il
with statesman,s eye, and such ~ the
Senator from New York (Mr. wnght) bad,
he would no doubt have seen the great
benefits derived from il, and that not oso
cent Of these charges, be had made, were
chareeable to the public lands. Tho
policy ofremoving the Indians beyond the
Mississippi was mol for the purpose ofest-
ting the public lands; and the expense ri
removing them was net fair charge OPP
on them. The amount Of the two iteass,
in the purchase ofLouisiana and Florida.
was about thirty millions.
The whole product Of the public landd
was eighty three millions; and eisvss
mil ions aud upwards, deducted for bounty
lands, would leave upwards Of seventy-oso
millions. Take tho whole cIaioed by tbs
Senator from New York, NJ. wnsht) the
entire co.. Of removal and interest, and The
amount would he about twenty-four mill
ions; SO that, however the account Vas
stated. there was surplus rema lining 81
abon, twenty -four millions.
The Senator from New York had Or
jected to that feature, assigning ten per
cent. 10 the new States. lie, Mr.. e., had
been unjus,ly charged With feelings Il
hostility towards the new St ties; ard no
though, it particularly hard for tn. Scna-
tor from Mississippi yesterday to question
the equity Of this provision. Hc believed
Tint Senator had questioned its equity, but
not its justice.
[Mr. WALKER said that he had aires
dy expl in-d tina, it was not against lie
equity Of giving this ten per cent. fund I,
the new States, because he believed that
il was not as much as they were entitled.
He had only said that taking the eeatIe--
mans argument, there vas an inequality
IN this grant.
He, Mr.. c. would show that If any thing
was wrong in that provision, il was not in
not assigning esough to the new States.-.
The principle was founded upon the meas
urc of burdens. II gave to the people in
equal proportion to their burdens. He
went into a calcslaiion to show that there
was an increase Of six per cent ofpopula-
ton Of The new States over the old. The
mode oftaxation now pursued was not by
direct but by indirect taxation. The mea-
cure oftaxation was a measure Of burden.
The burden was the taxation paid on tie.
direct consumption. Il would take up too
much time IT, go into detail Of the in
cr-ase Of !; the States. The nearer they
got ~ the period when tho next census
shot II be takcn, the more unequal it would
he in regard to the new States; and = b
had no: time to make the calculaaioo, -
ID put it e ten per cent. The iscssese
Of populate was where there IVES ~
greatest amount Of sales. The greatest
increase Of population was in the new
States, and as they increased more ~
population they got more Of the ten per
cent. By taking into the account the ad-
rantages accruin. from the acquisition Of
Louisiana md Florida in the shape Of do
lies and direct taxes. and the great bene6ts
derived fom commercial advantages, Il
would expunge the debt. TIE Senator
rem New York thou. BIT the cu5(oms wUuld
3ry up, and cont-nded tb-i the sales were
row inordinase in amount, and that By