Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-02-14

title so captivating 10 patriot care, bill 10
arrest monopolies Of public lands, and 10 pro-
hibit the saes thereof, except TO actual settlers,
in limited quantities." is TO be secuted, thrown
ont Of DOORS and it's place to be supplied by
this more recent and happy assault upon The
popular ear, bearing on It's front the chormed
phrase, A bill 10 reduce the revenue Of the
United States 10 the wants Of the Govern
meni."
The House will bear in mind that this bill
proposes TO remedy an upprchended evil. II
looks into the future, and imaginos that, in the
next year and half, the existing duties on inn
ports will bring into the Treasury more mo
ney than is required for the uses of the Gov
eminent By seven millions OF dollars. | have
already minated that object to the time &C.
lected for bringing into the House a measure
fraught with So many difficulties as belong TO
every subject which proposes a radical change
in our system Of revenue.
Without adverllng, therefore, for the present,
TO the merits of the bill, feel confident | do
not appeal in vain 10 the House 10 say that VIC
cannot act upon II between this day and the
4tb Of March Let gentlemen 10, at the nc.
cessary business now before uF, aud then cal
culale the number Of days remaining for It's f.
nal disposition. II will be remembered that
, Monday in every week is devoted TO the rccep.
|
week, by another standing rule, are set apart
for private claims. From what we have al
ready seen during half the allotted term OF tue
| session, it - not 10 be ,xpec ted that moment
! OF time can be Withdrawn from that allotted o
petitions Tor the consideration Of other bu.
ness. ! o gentleman, am equally sure, dr. ans
I that we should deny justice any longer than Is
unavoidable, TO the many hundreds Of private
! claims which have been lavorably reported on
| by that committee whose award, with rare eN-
coplione, ure considered laws 10 the House
! There is a large body Of claimants OF misccl-
! laneous character in one class, and the Grip
! pied soldiers and widows aud Orphans, the
reprcsenivos Of those who have fallen IN your
late wars with both civilized and savage foes,
in another, and not l'ss mcrlIurons few Ol
! the surviving veterans u your revolutionary
struggle in another class, all pointing 10 The
reports Of yonr own committee, and showing
claims upon your justice some Of them de-
layed for half a century. | cannot entertain
so poor an opinion of the mo, al sense OF an
American Congress as 10 suppose it will turn
aside from this work Of justice and benevo-
lence, 10 enter tito dreamy and hearilcss dis
QUESTIONS upon the balance of trade 10 pom
der over tabular statements as incompreheHs;-
bic as the Syblne books to adjust with con-
temptible accuracy Il ad yalorem duty on n
foreign penknife, and his too, for the purpose
Of preventing n few mill ons more or less from
coming into that very Treasury, whose doors,
in the mean time, You close against those who
demand OF you the payment OF your honest
debts, for the non. payment Of which many OF
your creditors are iangulshins in poverty and
Wunt.
You have then remaining tor the DIES pate eli
of general legislation three days in each week
giving about twenty-five days for the consid-
eralion of bills OF general nature, and all the
appropriations for the current year. | ask the
majority OF the WAYS and Means, who have
pushed this new and perplexins subj CT on tn
House al this time, If il is modest, 10 say the
least Of IT, 10 suppose that The House is lc
vote away tweniy-four millions Of dollars IN
appropriations, without inquiry, examination
or debate, further than 10 AK whether The com
mitiee Of Ways and Means desire il shoull
be done | ask this House, whose consrltu
ton and most important function II is 10 know
and approve the object 10 which every dollar /,
10 be applied, before il sanctions its apprupri
alton, whether it is wiling, al the moie reqnes
Of committee, TO give a draft on The Trcasu
~ for nearly thirty millions OF dollars, an,
thus become the mere minist, rial agent ui tn
Treasury Department This base abandon
, ment of duty you must submit to- 10 this hu
initiation you must come, If yGu turn asid
} from the necessary duties OF The session /,
, cons dcr the bill now before yon unless, in
, deed, you choose 10 rush mudly upon an un
/ tired scheme, full of danger, and surroundet
with doubt, upon the very unreasonable pre-
sumption Of the laialbe wisdom Of it's uu
I lhoIs.
But, Mr. Speaker, if we had all the time W
3 coud desire, for he new adjustment OF ne,
. system Of legislation 10 any real or suppose
change in our condition al home, or with 9TH
G er nations, is This an suspicious period for III
F.. experiment Turn for moment to your la
= test ndviccs from England. Every paint
o pulsaiion in that great heart Of caliial an
; trade is followed by sympathetic ihrob o
l. this side OF the Atlantic. What is the stat
o of currency Throughout Great Britain now p
!. The price Of money rising, the banks soi
e ping payment, and her fnaucirrs unable I
ioretell the time or the manner, when or h0'
l. this agitation shall end. Nor il our siuailo
Y free from symptoms at coming misfortune.
70 shall not stop TO inquire into the causes of III
10 present anomu Gus situation Of uur own Gu
=. rency. My fiend from Massachusetts, IN
!. Lawrence who addressed you with SO mUc
e force and cearncss yesterday, has lett nothln
9 10 DO said by any one on these topics. 81
n The results of that 9cntlemau's actual cxpCr
If ence, the reflections Of his sound undcrsiaI
1t ding, always aided by The prompiings OF
=. good heart are with mr better aulofily on The,
N subj tcls, than IA thousand quartos filled vii
:. spcCnlnIlUns Of closeed economist. We a
J. know that, from some cause, trade and curreI
4. 4y seem 10 be divorced from each other d,
1t mcstIc exchanges are no longer reg lated /
r the course Of trade, and the very report q
y your table complains Of REDUNDANT pap,
d circulation. Who can tell when the caus,
l. which have produced these effects shall cea,
le 10 opcraie2 Who can say in what they vi
ID finally issne2 In ibis distracted state
N things, what are we asked to do2 We a
of required 10 enact law that shall tear from i
ID very foundation, where they have rested f
~ twenty years on the faith OF your laws, a cap