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

eyp,rSf that State Ar. Usyne( had est
s.a,cI them at twelve millions. The Sen ts
.,oe fson New York had not served the
Senate w;,b any data to show tho incre lse
rrrn, thutcen 10 seyenteen millions. He
did net wis., 70 see any Of the protested
ar,iclss IN the great principle Of compro-
mise touched; but il il sAould become oe-
eesss.y, other means might b. Fesorssd to
v;.bov, touching them.
There yas one feature in the eompsom.se
b;ll which gas most happy one, ADD he
vss delighted at having corne an 'mpos-
Tan, n,rt in that measure. The whole I
-oun,,v seem 10 have been satisfied with !
5000, ess Of slI,his late friends, the man !,
.,f,c,ure,s. vlpm be would be the last
man 70 desert, and whose interests he had
.iv,vs supported. had found that II vast
The hes, measure that could have been a.
d.,o,ed ftr them. That feature was this:
Tie,e was large class Of Articles ON which
~. noe, Of tsxsiicn vas reserved, and
the iaxs., vb;ch might IN an emergency
Ia increased without violating the sP's't
az the compromise. They had many lux
u,;es which might be taxed, ifthc revenue
.bouid Gall shOst. In their anxiety to re-
duca The duties ON silks spd w;oes-arts-
lie. vh,ch might well bssr increased tax
.,;op-Why, sir. mid Mr. G. We NAV have
ah,,udau,ly saough Of revenue for all the
v,a1a If The Government. without .rcsor-
,;ns 10 losrs OF the lands, simply BY tax
Inc l.,xuries. NJ. e. then vent ON To-
shov that The receipts 0f the customs
vould psol,ahly increase, instead of diotn-
oh. These was reason TO believe, that
males . papes explosion took place, the
revenues u this year you'd be greater
than ,hs last. The 6rst quarter Of the
wear vas estimated At 1--WE millions, and
he Whole customs Of tho present year
coaA 10 upwsrds 81 twenty millions.
Qbev might seasossbly calculate that the
,evesues u the coming years would be
in orooortjon 10 the wealth Of the country
and i,s ability TO Consume. Il was absurd
and out of reason to suppose that there
would be deficiency from the customs.
Nj. C. having shown, as he said, the
uowe, of distribution and the ability to
make i. next went IN 10 show the exPed-
iencv Of the measures. Il had been OBJ
iccted, shat IL usey once commenced this
system. they would not be able 70 get rid
o:it.-Why, he would ask, were they a
fraid to trust tie Ststes9 Recoliect, he
said. tina, the whole was founded in the
eoofdence Of the people, and If they found
that The system was not = good one. il
vouh undoubtedly be repealed. But
ven,lemep could not havo pronounced a
higher eulogy On this bill, than by saying
that if il was once passed, they never
would bs able TO get rid Of il; for the ar
pumcut inferred that the beneficial effects
IF Il would be 30 .ensib!y felt by the PEG
Me. that they would not be willing I" give
], %. Could there b. measure, he SAID,
more calculated u promote the peace,
h,pp,usss, and h.r:n"ny Of the Union,
,h,n ,h,.? II settled, forever, that disirac-
ting question ot the right to appropriate
money c,f internal improvements. Gould
!, ho believed that the States III ta'e wet
vou,d continue 10 ts satisfied with the
vast Expenditures Of the Government Oh
the sa.tpa,If Tho day would come
chen the united West and Southwest
,ro,,ld demand thar this unequal di>tr'Lu-
,i,n should ccos.. Hut pass this bill, and
TIM, question would ~ quoted forever
Pie distribution among the States would
place in each fund amply sufhc'enf to'
all she great purposes Of internal improve
ment and education, 10 10 applied as
Ito States thought proper. There
xoulI he no further call from the States
for nppr,,pr;ations tor these purP 'ses: and
vas there moi great fitness in enabling
the States TO act Cor themselves, without
..kioc far the bouoty Of the General
Government !, was impossible 10 ima-
CINE my thing more fitting or more proper,
with regard to the new States a. well as
the oh. He wsuld cali on gentlemen ot
che ves, u give up their vain idea If aP-
propsia,i,. ,h,s immense domain 10 them.
selves. Vbn, hopes could they have oi
success. in their graduating PrcJee:s! Let
Them look ~ tise votes of this session, and
~ hc,hrr there was any chance OF THEFT
ever carrying Thorn into eafsc.. Were
thev nearer 10 the accomplishment of their
plans now, than they wcrs ten years q
eol
The more these graduating projects
were discussed heinre the people, u
xseaicr would be TN" opposition to them.
This plan Of me Measuring tie value Ol the
laa.Is Nv the rcd Of Procrus:es, and.Pu'tine
l,nds wursh twenty dollars an acre down.
10 fifty cents. because come were
~ worth mose, woutS never meet the az,
ISOLATION Of an Intelligent people. And
u she mean ,.mr, what were they losing
vAils they were iook'ns after an oNjec,
that could aevss b. xainsde They passed
By measure, psoaising tho m'st meal
enlabie beaefts, aSgraujuing their Siates
aes snahi,og them to keep pace With
eheis aei& abors in internal Improvements,