Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-12-08

THE dirc<f ralamities 20 tie enimtrv-intleed,
that On lis @ise and jusl determination hangs ouf
desl,u, rs a free, happy and united people, re-
pecffuily submit to your consideration the espedi
cncy Of andres sIne, wtdu dcIav,to the non-sIaye-
holding States, asoefnn memorial d renionstfauee,
OK bi,ag tho high and nvolablc character of the
rellis which are insadcd--ihc evil eject oi such
iniorn,eddlings with ihcrn both on tic master and
tho slavc.ha peril into Which it brings The Onion
ii necessity ihat exists for the adoption bf
them of the measures requested 10 be akrn-ihe
intrinsic Iuopricty 81 those measures, and cspcei-
aily d,abnsing tl,nuhlic mind Of she fatal error
thai power Is wanting IN any Goscfnmen M Ia pun
'sb injuries inflicted b, Its citizens these al
oilieI-and appealing 10 them, IN ilt name OF Jus
tee humanity, freedom, peace, and an infperiIled
Union, To afford protection d.omed SCI indispen-
slide 10 the SoullI. and which it Is heir imperative
duty To grant. When this shall have Lcen done,
We shlll stand acquitted before the world of the
high responsibility We aie under 10 dc all in our
powerful arrest, il possible, the career OF Il Fanat-
icsm whose march, unchecked Is over violated
iaiih-lc dsrcearlcd rights of the Sonth-the
wreck of the Unon-and the Frustrated cause Of
liberty itself.
have the honor TO communicate, herewith,
the copy OF an ac respecting the public MONIES.
passed by the last Congress, approved by the Ere
sidcnt on the 2Sih June, and shortly afterwards
forwarded 10 me BY The Secretary of the Treasury.
You viii perceive that by the l3t, section of the
said act ii is provided. tia, the money in the
Treasury III the United States on the first of jan
uary ncN, reservine eve millions, shall he dcposit
ed with snch of The several States in proportion
10 their respective representation in Congress, as
shall be willing TO receive it on the terms therein
specified, VIZ pledging the iatl OF the State 10
the safe keeping Of the same and to repayment
thereof, as from time time 10 time II may be re-
CURED by the Secretary OF the Treasury for the
wants oI the Government beyond the said five mill
lions OF dollars provided HAT not more ihan ten
thousand dollars shall bs called for from any Suite
IN any one month, without notice of thirty days
for every additional sum of twenty thousand dollars.
The llIli section provides for the transfer to the
States OF one fourth part OF said dcposiles. quar-
! ter yearly, commencing with the lst oil January
next, throughout the wear 1857
In contemplating the interesting exhibition Of Il
Government returning to the people excess Of
revenues collected from themselves, and looking
IN vain through the history ofall the Governments
Of the GARTH for similar spectacle, it IS impossible
for not 10 ascribr such IA result to I al happy
| frame OF Government which has knows how to
unite, in the people themselves, the character at
once of sovereign and subject, and to eAult in the
testimony it bears To the practical superiort,
of free institutions.
do not participate the fears some profess to
entertain, that tins is but the beginning OF sys-
'cn, by which surpluSscs are to be collected in =
der lhat they may be distributed while utterly
| repudiaic, with the scurn with which every intc-
gent Vreinan viii spurn il, the idea also thrown
out, of our becoming, by accepting our proportion
the present SURPLUS pensioners tit nouni,
OF the federal government. Tie ats.,rdv ol III,
snppositlon, that any people work. svstematical,
lay taxes on themselves, IN or'er that, when coll
leeted, they should be returned INTO their owl
pochciS--an operation obviously attended witt
the clear loss OF the expenses of oollcc ting
keeping and Disturbing agents, besides tina
OF the use OF ,h. money during all lie tim,
the process shoud he going on, is too eros
To need eAA osurc. In the present case. at least
all admit that no design OF creating surplus fo
d'stnhdllon, was entertained in any quarter |
las arisen from the unparalleled growth of III
wealth and population of this crea, country, falsi
fyng by its rapduy, all the calculations an,
estimates on which oui venue laws have bee
prcdicated. his excess beyond the govcrnmcn
wants, thus accnmn9Ied without design, the PEG
pie have simply, 'nroneb their representatives
by the law referred to, ordered TO be restored /
themselves. W bat could be more reasonable, o
I Just, or "isc Z Is not the money in the public
treasury, the peoples money, and the govern
mcnt thu II mere servant or trustee Was it not
AT best, lying idle and unproductive or, if not
illcgu,naiclv used to profit those who had II
shadow Of claim 10 it Did ii not prtsen,
temptation to those who had the control of it, whic
the WISE jealousy o Il free people did right to re
= move
In respect to much Of the Plus rs may b
n derived from the sale, of the public domain, bel
, as that domain is, by the express provisions of til
= several deeds OF c-ssion, for the common ben. &
= OF the States, II would seem to be only ml6llin
), us appointed purpose, when fairly Distribute
= among them. And even should il amount, for Al
= indefinite period of time, To equal TO al
, their wants and those ofihc General Government
= surcrccdng the necessity of LAYING taxes altoec
Their, there would be, in such result, cause onl,
Tor universal congratulations. Asregaf,ls an tyccs,
oi revenue arising from the customs, unuucstiona.
bly, the obvious and Just COURSE under ordinar,
, circumstances, aud the most conormablc TO III,
spirit OF the Constitution, would be at once to re-
ducc the Tariff to the extent of such redundancy
But at this time, ii may we'll be questioned wht.
Their Congress should moi, for the short criod tina
IS 10 clapse before revenue system WILL by pen
eral expectation, again come up for revisnI toll
rate rs the lesser evil, some DELAY in returning I,
the proper working of the govctnr emit rather lhar
spring oi "A Suddennp the country, a controyers,
always sufficiently bitter; but, under present cir
cnmS,ance>, likely to be peculiarly acrimoniou,
from the breach of faith pledged TO the com.
promise bill of 1888, which its rcvi>al would IN
cNitablv be CHARGED to involve
y Prrccisine then in the acceptance of the provi-
sohs OF the D,pose Bill, no violation OF principle
mr. the !, aSt compromise of the honor or indcpen.
denrc of the STATE, and, in the aid it will bring 10