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have been alternately hunting nler' nnu

ave been alternately hunting alter, and
living before. the fierce Oceola, for whole
,enr, through the lagoons and hamnocks
# Florida. II is not to be supposed that
pcoplr, thus acting, can b. brought To dls-
regard Ike obligations, whether contracted
BY express or implied compact, with It's own
citizens.
hope, sir, shall be pordonca for dwell |
ling, i, may be, somewhat too long upon
this topic. must now call the attention
of the House for q few moments to what
deem singular phenomenon in our hlslo.
ry, as set forth in the report ON your table
1t is said that the planting and gram gro"
ing States have, since 1889, PAID to the
manufacturers of this country about thtee
hundred and fifty millions of dollars, Tor
which they have received 10 equivalent
Sir, if ths be true, since the lsraGhtes
were required by he Egyptian iyrant, to
make bucks without straw, there Is no
parallel to such monstrous oppression.
have already stated that will not pre-
tcGd to quote the precise language ct the
report am sure It is stated that dntieS
on imported articles to the amount OF SIX
hundred and eighty two millions of dollars,
besides thirty millions for It's collection,
Lave been paid since the year 1883. II is
4 50 stated 10 the report, that more tHdh
one h1if u tbs aggregate had been levied
On protected articles. The whole scope OF
the report ab,r5 To prove that this dnly on
protected articles is q gricvnus and opPrcs.
sivc tax on CONSUMPTION, for which no
equivalent is received in return. Conncc
| ted with these positions, the author Of the
n n n M.
auI grain growing pOltIons Of the Union
wore. and are, the consumers, ana The lew
! Northern manufacturing States the produ-
! Gers OF the protected articles; that the for
ncr arc the payers, and the latter the re
ceivCrs OF the dutts; which duties are
represented as mere bounty 10 the labor
| Of the North, for winch The SOulh and
| West never have beer, aud, III the nature
| oi things, never can be, reimbursed Sir
shall not now trouble the lionsc, or my
! friends, who put forward this fact as ir,ai
proved by figures and tabular statements
with any argument opposed To l., but
must BE- allowed to advert to It as a Yves
tern man with feelings Of pride. At TIC
same time, | must, ia common w,jh others
labor under some doubts of the fact asScr
ted, arising ont OF the knOHn history d
the last twenty or thirty years.
II the West aud Southwest have pai(
their due proportion Of this unjust and I'm.
rcmuncrated tax of three hundred aud fit
millions within The last forty years. white
ut the same time, they have, as the worll
knows, conquered the savogcs who posses
sod the whole Western and Southwestern
territory cleared the thick forests whicI
ovcrohaduwed 1t; IN short, if that portion
Of the United $ ates has, in less than hat
a century, as all admit, reached a point o
Improvement in wealth and arts " hch 9th
cr times ana People required ages t
achieve, then, say, may with pnde ant
confidence chalenge the whole world with
in The period of authentic history, to para,
| lul the ~ .ndorfni rrvpiu y, lricli nave TIM
honor, N part, TO represent.
But, Mr.. Speaker, sober reali,yaHd stub
born facts compel me to rcpress this cXul
,ntjon at nnr iancied suncrinrity' rnnI"s'!
cOmpeIs me to doubt whether truth place
H., 50 far above common mur,a'uy as thl
rcnDil has done. Facts, known facts, tho>
unaccommodaling things, that ruin So man
beautiful inventions Of fertile aud lugenou
minds, are constantly Ihrn7tIng themse've
before, aud in the way Of, the figures an
philosophy Of the gentleman who has Ia
bored IN this report to push by them, an
drive over them, 20 reach his taVOrlte con
clnsions. You viii observe, Mr. Speaker
that we are .u,d Of the "trensurieS olhe
,hou those Of the United States" IN,
which tins enormous tribute of three hun
dred and fifty millions has been pOurel.-
In the same connexion you hear of I'll
"prncely establishments that have bee
: rco-ed I'd and sust aimed by il. The "prnc,
~ establishments arc IN the Norther
manufacturing States. The 'prlnces" I
whom the tribute l. paid are the People
, his happy, favored region. Where, 81
are the poor oppressed tributaries, acco
dino to this rcpor,' Why, sir, in thu
sinking, ruined, wasted wilderness, ii
West
t The author Of this report, under The il
tluencc of a too iervId imagination, hi
, spurncd the shackles, and broken throuo
d the cmbaryassments arising from facts Co
. nectcd with the scheme Of lis theory. /
teprcscnls the Northern manufactures
). States "a another imperial Rome, sea,t
q Oh her seyen hills, riotlng IN the luXurl
n of the despoliod and Impoverished Sou,
e her treasures bursting with the enofmo
IL wealth poured into them from the rayar,
is and de.oIa,cd provinces OF The West.
e Manufacturing IS pictured as the waud
- Midas, turning every thing 1t touches in
If void, white It would seem that grown
ID cram, and planting cotton, brought OH
If taxation without equivalent, poverty II
! unrequtcd toll. Sir, It all TINS were trr
m what would follow? The People Of Il
re- country, however they may be eXceIIed
vi other nations IN the walks Of letters II
r, the polite arts, are known to be shrew
4, and well,mlormed touchlng their own .
cuniary interests. Such People wo,
Of be found rushing into the manufacture