Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-06-21

nent would in his np;nnn. sweep away WIN IL every
nnooyv for the passage Of this bl for The bill had been
ra;niS advocated the ground that there vas an in
mense surplus that absolutely necessary tor them
to dispose nf. Mr.. w continued his remarks 10 sone
considerable length in support of the amendment. .,
. Mr. Ewing, Of Ohio, supported the amendG,eh me, ,nM
argument of great length taking view o. i,ces az
probably be tile amount Of the ancxpr"9e a., nrobae
the end Of the year, with An estimate RI. three or
S, ". ~. r. ,ucirnt practice he sa'd haa
never been 10 consider the incorporated oa, a. ,hn
Treasury pledged money D IT,. T,epsury always
na'lona osps, Wv AVN to lw, millions, which was as
large sum as he ever peFmttea ~ Ie:'i9'" III viz
Treasury without haVng any , I w mo @
70 @ 1900; yos q thing that lie did not expect to hear
fGm ih. Senator from New York, though ne was not
sururscd al hearing it from other quarters lhey never
xppropriated any particular money In the treasury IL
~, az cicut that the money in the Treasury at the
moment that the draft called for it; and appropIatlng
money they always appropriated what would be IN the
Treasury when the draft should be made tie did nol
concur with the Senator from Massachusetts, in the be-
lief that there would be but little value in the bill 1t the
amendment prevailed, for he thought that there would
skill be considerable surplus OF the receipts from the
CUSTOMS and the land sales did not dsaPPont his eHPec
tations
Mr. Buchanan Observed that so far as he was concern
ed, he should continue this debate in the same temper IN
which it had commenced; and should not stop To- m.
quire whether there had been any true false prophets
there. No subject had presented itself TO MS
mind more involved in difficulty than this proposition
How far he should vote for it would be known when they
came take the question. The amcndnen nj, however,
of the Senator from Massachusetts, had obrased many
of his objections. 1t now single DIVISION and
they would not be continuing the system until .ne year
ls42 as was at hrsl proposed lie die h"lo, l.. vac
of distributing the surplus from the Treasury
derived from laxes. must if persisted n lead to the des-
tructon of this Government, because the time might
come wlicn members Of Congress opposed the Co.
vernment, might argue that by much Us they embar
rassed it, much would they benefit the States they
presented This would place the country in most en-
barraSsing situation. .
Now as to the amendment of the Senator from New
York Whatever sum was to be distributed under this
bill, he looked upon the amendment wise proviso
It was in conformity with the act of 1917, introduced
by as pure and upright man as eges existed IN this
country, and who acknowledged by all, his po-
itical opponents have other object in view than
his countrys good MIR. B. then described the sinking
fund of 1917 und compared it with the amendment
Was not this he said, wise and Just provision? Could
human foresight pretend to penetrale the future, and
was 1t not wise and just for them to avoid the being lett
to the mercy Of contingencies He confessed that hen
this amendment first proposed By the Senator from
New York, it struck him that reasonable objection
could be made to it. Let the distribution be VIA, 1t
might, they must, TO be consistent, except from what
hud already been appropriated for the WAITS Of the Co.
He confessed that he looked at the opPcss-
ton 70 this Amendment with some degree Of sarm.-
We have appropriated, said he, so much money. and
that ought in policy to retain, to prevent embarrass-
ment to the Treasury. The Senator from Massachusetts
estimated that the first day Of January ensuing,
there would be balance in the Treasury Of fourteen
millions of outstanding appropriations and the Senator
from Ohio estimated then. from seventeen to eighteen
millions. We deprive ourselves then Of all this money
which is 10 be in the Treasury Ike first OF January;
and what to be in the Treasury next year? Why,
eighteen millions. Now WIG there anyseuator there
who would say that it she Tor srni to rely On
the income Of the next year for the payment Ut thu
unexpended balance Of appropriations, aad also for
the payment Of the current expenses OF the year, Was
this acting with suitable cau,iou' AS TO the income
from the public iads nothing could BE unsafe than
IN vol ,L,.L Mr. ,rt,a,
there was he said, every probability that there would be
considerable falling off in the sales, and indeed that
great refur would take place and whether this relux
would take place this year the next impossible fo
them to decide But let that redux take place and .vhe
their condition? They would be in debt
Or eighteen million of dollars and have to pnoyde for
That would be their silcali"s Now, let the under
this bill be much little fr he thought they ought
ofoow out the sau,ay policy of the Congress ofleE,
and he should therefore vote fox the amendment
Ar. Ewing OF Gku &c correct the gentleman
fro Pennsylvania. He did not Soy that the .uasPeEo
prated balance would be seventeen eighteen nilusa
but that he would take the lsrgest stated
The debate was further coatlHeedby Messrs Calhoun,
Morris Webster, and Wright; after which
MIR. 1almadga offered an amendment, the effect OF
which is That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be au-
thorized to sell the certificates 20 be States
in the eTe. Of there ne. seg neeaey in the Treasury
70 meet the appropriations made by Congress- aIis
amendment being agreed to,
Mr. Calhoun then moved to fill the blank IN the third
section fox the 10 be retained III 'e iFeasay pll
FIVE millions.
Mr.. Webster proposed three millions which, he said,
sufficiently large after the amendment Of The -Scns
sor seIn New York, {Mr. Talim.dge)
The question was 6rst,taken Eve millions, being
the first in order the Largest sum- and cassirdnyes
% noes Is.
A. Wright then taeaet TO re-comE,t the bill 30 the
Committee on Finance, with instructions to bring in TIVE
separate bills one regulate the deposts of the public
4nnneys in the banks; and the other for e distribution
OF the surplnS TO the States
This motion decided in the afrlnatiTc-yeas %,
nays co. as follows:
Yeas-Messrs Benton, Black, Brown, Buchanan,
Cu,hbest Ewing of Illinois, Gsundy, Hubbard, King,
Of Alabama, kiag, of Gsogia, Linn, Nicholas, Niles,
Page, Rises sotasoa, Rasslrs shep!ey, Ealiu,aasc,
Upton, Walker White, Wrigh,-23.
-Says-s!essrs Calhoun, Clay, Crltendea, Davis, Ew
ing, Of Ohio, Goldsborough, Hendricks, Kent, Knight
Mexican, Mangum, Moore, Naudaia, Porter. preEliss,
Preston, Robbins, Swirl, Tominson, Webster-20.
On motion Of Mr.. Wright, the @Sensse adjourned
wednesday,, June H. 1886.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
MiCHiGAH AND ARKANSAS.
The following engrossed bills then read third
stne and passed;
The bill supplementary TO The act entitled An act tp
establish the northern boundary line of Ohio, and pro-
vide for The admission Of Michigan into the Union; and
Anact supplementary ta Ie act entitled An act Tor The
admission 1.-The State OF Arkansas into the Union, end
to provide the Cue execution Of the laws Of ie IT,
States within the same, und for other purposes;
The billie provide for the due execution Of the tsws Of
the United States within the State Of Michigan.
blr. Mann, of New York taored that The Hoese take
up and consider the following Gill; which he'd bsea LAID
the table some days ago: .
CAN uct to settle and establish the northern bsundarp
line Of the Slate Of Ohio
Mr. Atas,s said he thought that would &c doing
again what had been already done, nasnnch the pro-
visions of this bill were embraced in the bill for the ednis
sion of Michigan into the Union, and would hook as
The House distrustea the validity OF that ec,.
The motion was agreed to without coast.
MIR. Mann. referring to what has fallen from, the gen
Eeuah iroiE massachusetts, remarked that it osas
~ the scEupies Of gentlemen from Ohio the
srnctioa Of the u1ser bill He himself saw no necess;