Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-05-03

-, cb,n ne tho ren,otest corner Of Missouri, may be
10 much interested as those who reside IN the imneu
ale vicinity of your commercial cities In ia'
mercal country seaboard Notifications ana an aoeuue
navy should always coe1ist. Inc tW ~ .a ,Iso
last fifty years amply demonstrates this we nave iso
had experience enough 10 convince us thai agricuule
and commerce, must for years 10 come De !he efeu
of wealth TO this country. The productions VI ou
and extensive soil, cannot be locked up "i.n ou wv
drrs They must find vent abroad; ana II TO en:u1e
them safe transit 10 their destination, forufca!'ons
and ships are necessary, expenditures tor such oCect
are as beneficial the hardy yeomanry OF LIMOS
and Indiana TO the inhabitants Of your seaooaiu' NY
mare in proportion to tic greater agricultural surplus
which they raise for foreign consumption The South
ern States but little of the tonnage OF the couhtI'
but in The event of war; would they not be most Vay
Interested in the Of the nation, ana IN nu'!
adequate to its support? Would not their great staples
which lock IL foreign markets, be most mnnently e1-
posed, This matter we'll understood here year
aro by Western and Southern gentlemen, when we
were under the apprehension OF French war. wen
rrcuect two speeches, the made by an honoraDe
gentleman from Kentucky, (Mr. Harding and tic other
by distinguished gentleman from Virginia, (Mr. Ar
cher) in which tho losses that their respective cGnstitu
cnts would sustain in consequence OF war, were pour
lraved in most appalling coors 1t not then bclIev-
ed supposed by any one, the remote position OF Ne
cky from the scaboard would exempt her from The Pc
cuniary losses always inseparablc from war.
You are destined soon, very to be the greatest
commercial nation on the globe. You already the
sccoud taking your commercial shipping interest as your
standard You are only the sercnM naval power: you
ouoht to be at least the third Our country is constant
~ developing resources, and if its future advances
in wealth and greatness shall justify the hopes OF It's
friends and the fears of its enemies the day is not tar
distant when n commerce and in wealth, will be
first among the nations; and ,hcn, sir, it will not lie
enough to have those mighty possessions. We must
have hand the ability the ready means TO protect ana
defend them.
We should always bear in mind sir, that the glorious
6 franz nj
cd a, with overnuch comaccncy by crowned heads and
potentates. Sooner or LATER its influence will be cxhl.
bcd by mighty shaking among Lie nations OF Europe
They will be able to trace the commissions which rack
them 10 their source and va 10 us then, II we
shall be unprrpared for the trials and conflicts which
may then await U.s. And if thca sir they shall attempt
to their trembling hro'es by united giant struggle
to extinCls this br ght western orb OF freedom, winch
is shooting It's vivid rays atwart the dark valleys Of
Europe, illustrating its beuighcd subjects The cllrns
Of free government mud if at such they Shall tie
encouraged y the brg ht temptation oil commerce. dot-
ling every ocean, without the means OF defending II,
either nj home or on the Deep then will We indeed dis
cove. how worse than miserable was that pars'mony,
which, in the days Of abundance and prosperity,
had rrudsed few millions for tic purpose OF national
defence.
While upon this subject; may, and hope without
giving offence to many gentlemen here, who are honestly
Impressed with the idea that the South and West have
not equally participated in The public hountlcs bring
fact or two their knowledge: of which ALL perhaps, arc
not apprized BY looking back INTO the documentary
history of the country for ouy two years. you will find
that in 1924 your Secretary Of the Treasury made
very able and vulunous report on the present system OF
keeping the public money. To this report was append
ed table showing where the public moneys, appro.
pria,ed for the year ls4 were expended; and from this
appears that the whole expenditures nt appropriations
for 1871 was S2l 2} POO; That the whole collections OF
1884 were S?0G2i.7I7 that the expenditure less than
collections in the Eastern States 2s Dos that the
expenditure more than collection, in tie Southern and
-. SI,tnS o.
ture than collection, in the Western States was
SSG7 40; making ofexPfndtnre in TIC South
ern and Western States of 81 yc24,GeS.
It also appears from this same table, that about one
third cfull nava expenditures made at Norfolk
il ta, year This sir does look much like draining
the North and East al the expense Of the South and
West.
Auain sir; for the benefit of which section of your
country more particularly has your little army hitherto
been maintained; What sections of your country since
the peace of 1915 have must required its presence 1t
has been needed Al your Western and Southwest.
err posts, and in the vicinity OF your Indian tribes
Since The last war, sir. epaucltcd gentleman in the
service Of the United States, is very object in my
district.
Il has been said, too that the West and Southwest
constantly filing yonr Treasury with moneys paid Tor
YOUR public lands and that This Government IS constant
" draining the West Of its available in the walls
of your public LANDS. Sir illiheray 70 The purchasers
Of and the settlers upon your public lands, IS certainly
tie last thing with which this Government IS Justly
than we have been in The disposition Of our public do
main. Lat summer, when i'll his Britannia Ma rsys
dumnons, heard liberal policy in relation 10 our
public lands conrascd with that which obtained in the
Canadas heard it stated that very liberal policy
had tendency to drive all the emigras who passed up
the ST. Lawrence, directly into the u. States.
1t is entirely wrong TO say, that the Immense sums Of
money that have recently flowed into your Ireasu-
w. as avuiIs of the public lands contributed rxcu
sivcly by the West millions Of the capital Of the Atlantic
States and Atlantic cities have been invested in your pub
lie lands and might goturih show YOU that large
as the revenues that have recently been received
from your public lands, they have not W" yielded TO the
Government much as they cost the Government.
have in my hands, sir, document, being report made
by the Secretary u The Treasury 10 the other brunch OF
the Legislature The 25h day of January last in com
piauc with resolution of The Senate le subject III
The public lands From this it appears that your public
lands have cost tile nation SG3,0 ,2l2
And that the amount received for them to
the 25lh January last, was only o1,6o2,20I
Lea wing them still debtor to Government in 5olG ,G52
Gentlemen can refer The document to which have
above alluded for the particulars that constitute the above
of than sixty three millions OF dollars The
main items the Louisiana purchase, the expenditure
under the head Of the Indian Department from tile
commencement of the Government, the amount paid
for The FLdas, the expenses Of the land Offices, and The
expense Of surveying The public lands. repeat, slr
that indulge in this course Of remark not IN any
taunling spirit not TO induce the belief, that more
has been done for the West and South west. than ought
to have been dune, Qor do not cherish this tclIet)
Dot to convince if possible, our brethren Of the
West and South west! that they have not been forgotten
or neglected. and that their fellow citizens OF the sea
board have not eugrosscd undue share of the iavors
and the bouncs of this Government Let US then, sir
discard that narrow feeling, which would oppose ma
tona work. because the money appropriated for lis con-
s,rucon is not 10 be expended in Immediate neigh
borhood- opposition founded oil such feelings, is un-
worthy of the high places we here hold. it is the
nation of spirit contracted and selfish 1t was not
such spirit which achieved the independence yot this
Republic /, is not such spirit which urge us on
TO the high destiny which but fer ourselves awaits
Sir, appears 10 that the Inducements that now
urge us to make liberal appropriations for our country
offence increase navy and extend our system OF
forticalions are Of irresistible force Our Commerce
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