Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-04-25
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Monday, April IS, 1896.
CONGRESSIONAL.

rous items OF which are subjected TO the rioi1 co..
tiny Of the opposition members, but are geno,.n.
carried as reported by Mr.. Cambrceng's como,
tcc,-thc distribution of the "spoils" be;nc ,u...,
upon beforehand, and none who wear n co,l,s,
ing to disobey, except in resisting such appro,r;.
tons as, no, having party bearing, ma. sa.,.-
the favor OF their constituents without cniancer;o.
their standing at headquarters.
2dly. The means of getting rid Of the S,,n,.-
Rcrtnuc, without removing it from the co,,ra, =
the ollice-holders. One of these means s N.
Grundy's bill, (Which has not sufficiently attracted
public attcnton,) concealine the mos, danyoron,
principle and opening wide avenue TO corr,,
ton, under the very innocent title of " 4 hill :.
authorize contracts for carrying the mail and NIL
lie property OF the United States upon railroads y
It provides for carrying the mail and the norson.
having charge Of it; the agen;s of the Post Office
Department; the officers of the army and navy.
travelling under orders scamcn, soldiers, public
property, &c.-ior all OF which services the y,ri.
Gus companies are to be paid, not as the service
is rendered, but in advance. This constitutes one
objection to the scheme. But there are obcrsof
more importanc,-,hc first of which, is. that +,
the language of Senator Mangum " it is a rcsn,ci.
taon of the old system ofintcrma Improvement in
Il much more latiiudinous aud Objectionable form
/ than ever - secondly, because" it% BIZ greater
political instrument of tie treasury deparlncp,
! than even the drposite banks aud the surplus rcyc.
nue. - thirdly, because it will continc the benefits
of the nrpus revenue TO particular ari limited re-
giouS OF country, instead OF permitting all alike 10
participate in it, ,hus rally taxing some section, of
the Union for the exclusive bcnctl of others fourth
", because it will be Of additional wealth.
to extensive and powerful monorolics, instead otr
being rendered spbservicnt To the improvement a
sections of country, now barren and unproduc,iye +
and de sttulc Of the necessary capital to construct
channels of communication 10 commercial mart, 4
filthy, because, its design is to defeat Mr.
Claws Land bill, containing the only plan that
can be adopted, which will, at the same tir
secure an equitable distribution of tie a-
plus revenue and remove it from the conto
of federal agents-thc last being a no, less impo
tant dcsdcratum than the first. We are glad i
scheme. Opposed to distribution of the surpu
rcvcnur,-0uce favoritc idea of Gen JackWr
himself, and only renowned bv him when it wa
taken up by Mr.. Clay,-'he Enquirer nevertheless
avows its hostility to this newly invented srhcHr
of Mr.. Kendall, to get rid Of the public mon cy b.
placing it in his hands, to be expended at his dis
cretion. The Enquirer goes " for defence and
reduction Of the tariff" as the means of getting rid
of the evil ofan Overlooking treasury. "Mllior,
for Defence say we, t0o-as many millions as
can be useiully expended upon works of per
mancnt and necessary character but not a orf
to be thrown away on childish experiments, on
useless schemes, on rapidly pershable Objects ord
fill the pockets Of pet contractors. And as for tff
Tariff, does Mr.. Richie wish to disturb tho com
promise of 1882, previous to the period fixed In
its own expiration Would he not rcgarda yn1
la;ion ofthc conditions of the Missouri comrm1
mise as "A breach OF good faith between the opPos
parties Would II not be equally to dnrt
the Tariff compromise prcvionsl, to the yea
le42 Make every necessary app, opratlon' Inc
for purposes OF defence, and reduce the duties
imports as far as it may be done consistently wi
the Obligations which, all parties arc under to re
specl the terms olthc Compromisc-andist notap
parent that there will still be large surplus
the treasury What shall be done wtht unIcs
it be distributed And can more fair, equal an
unobj ectonable plan of distribution be dev"
than that embraced in Mr.. Clay's Land bill
put these queries to the Enquirer, not as oppoucI
or Jackson or Van Burcr, bat as citizens OF con
mon country; and we wW latcr ourselves fo'
withstanding the Enquirer has recently display
the most reckless and unluriatc partizah 1'
that it will approach the subject in the same spH
and decide upon it, not the enemy of MI
and the friend Of Mr. Van Buren,, but as pa'F'
looking beyond the temporary passions OF the no
to the enduring interests of its country. II nc
thus sink the parizan, we cannot doubt that he
perceive, if not the absolute necessity OF somes'
scheme of distribution as that devised by !"
Clay, at least the cxpediency of some plan' WIZ
shall at the same time separate the contfo u
surplus revenue from the agents of the fedef" g
vernmcnt, and secure to every section oil Inc Nv
just and equal participation in It's bene'''
blessings.
Another scheme of disposing Of the slrP'u,
venue is the bill of Mr.. Wright of \. York, ohe
as a substitute for that Of Mr.. Clay by VINO"
is proposed to establish Sinking Fund, oil WIZ
the Vice President and the Heads Of Dcparf""
for the time being, are to be commissioners
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