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reUenue, s0Ouh be It's aPpOrtionnent q
nOag the SeperaL States according TO the
ratio Of representation" ......
Tins proposition has reference to q
state of things which now actually exists
with the exception Of the amount of mon
ey thus 10 be disposed ol-lor it could uoI
have been anticipated by the President
that the surplus above the real wants or
convenient expenditures Of the Govern
ment would become go large, as that re-
tanning it in the Treasury would so much
diminish the circulating medium as
greatly 10 embarrass the business of The
country, . ..| @
What other disposition can be made Of
i! with view TO get it into Immediate cir
culallon but 10 place it in the hands OF
the State authorities? So great is the a
mount, and so rapidly is it increasing,
that it could not be expended for very
Considerable time on The comparatively
few objects to whichit could Ue appropli
ated by the General Government; but the
desired distribution amongst the People
could be Immediately effected by the
States, from the infinite variety of ways
in which 1t might be employed BY them.
By them it might be loaned 10 their own
banking institutions, or even to Indlvld-
uals--a mode Of distribution by the Gen
eral Government which | sincerely hope
IS in the contemplation ofno friend to his
country. ....
I'd Whilst have always broadly ad-
mitled that The public lands were the
common property ofaIl the States, have
been the advocate VI that mode OF dlspo-
sing of them which would create the
greatest number Of lreehoIders, and |
conceived that in This way the interests
Of all would be as we'll secured as by any
other disposition; but since, by the small
size of the tracts in which the lands are
now laid out, and the reduction of the
price, this desirable situation is easily al
lainable by any person OF tolerable indus
try, am perfectly reconciIed 10 The dis
lrIbution Of the proceeds of the sales as
provided for by the bill Introduced into
the Senate by Mr., Clay; the interest Of
all seems to be we'll provided for by this
bill; aud as from the opposition which
has hitherto been made 10 the disposition
off the lands heretofore contemplated by
the representatives Of The new States,
there is no probability of its being adopl-
ed, think 1t ought no longer 10 be INSIST.
ed on
Sd AS | believe that no money should
be taken from the Treasury of the United
States to be expended on internal I'M
provemenls but for those which are strict
| ly national, the answer 10 this question
would be easy but from the difficulty ol
determining which OF those that are from
time to time proposed would be of this
description. THIS circumstance, the eX.
citement which has already been produ-
ced bv appropriations Of his kind, and
The ealousles whichit will no doubt con-
tinue to produce il persisted in, give add
uopal claims 10 the mode oil apprOprIa-
ling all the surplus revenue OF the Uni'
ted States in the manner above suggest
ed Each State will then have The means
of accomplishing lis own schemes ofInler
nal improvement. Still there will be par
licular cases when a contemplated i'm.
provement will be of greater advantage
10 the Union generally, and some partic
ular States, than TO that in which It is to
be made. In such cases, as we'll as those
IN the new States, where the value Of the
public domain will be greatly enhanced
by an Improvement in the means of com
munication, the General Government
should certainly largely contribute. To
appropriations of the latter character
there has never been any very warm op
position. Upon the Whole, the distribu
lion of The surplus revenue amongst the
States seems likely TO remove most, if not
all the causes Of d!ssension Of which the
internal Improvement system has been
the fruitful source. There is nothing, in
nv opinion, more sacretIy incumbent
upon those who are concerned in the al
minislralion Of our Government than that
Of preserving harmony between the
States, From the construction Of our sys
lem there has been, and probably ever
will be, more or less jealousy between
the General aud State Governments; but
there is nothing in the ConsIi;ution-no
thing in the character of the relation
which the States bear to each other
which can create any uririendIy feeling,
if the common guardian administers
its fayors with an even and impartial
hand.
That this may be the case, all those
to whom any portion of this delicate
power is entrusted should always act
upon the principles of forbearance and
conciIiaiOn; ever more ready to sacri
fee the interest Of their immediate
constituents rather than violate the
rights of The other members Of the