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OAntHL WEDstza. % TIE cfti1sus % New
Hork. has jua, bssa Published. u has ana
viii coutiuus e attract large shars q NE
public alisniiou.--ws subiola greet por-
sioa q 4, On ths nosl lntsrOsslnE. and indssd.
SA absorbing iOple Of he tinss.---stsE. G.s.
in the snnual message OF December.
1850. the President quoted the fact Of
the rapidly Increasing sale OF the pub
lie lands as proof Of high national pros
Periiy. He alluded 70 that subject.
certainly with much satisfaction, and
apparently IN tone Of much exulta-
lion. There MAS nothing said about
monopoly, not word about oveFissnes
OF paper, 10 pay for the Iands. All
Gns prosperous. 90 was ION of evidence
q wise Administrator Of govern
ment. ell was Jog and triumph.
But the ideS Of deposite or distri-
button Of the surplus money with the
people, suddenly damped this eIerves-
siag happiness. The color of the rose
was gone, and every thing nov took ID
black. Nov no more feitcilation or
eougratulaiion. on account Of the rapid
sales Of the public lands: no more Of
this most decisive proof Of national
prosperity and happiness. The exeeu.
tive muse takes up melancholv strain.
She sings Of nonopolirS, &c specnla.
iioh. Of worthless paper, Of loss both
OF land and money, OF the mulnpliea-
ton OF Banks. ana The dagger OF pa
per issues; end the end Of the eanto,
the catastrophe. Is. that lands shall no
longer BE- sold bot Cor GOLD and silver
alone. The object Of al this i clear
enough. II was TO diminiih the income
from the public lands. But no desire
for such diminu,iOn had teen mani
tested, so long a. the money vas like
" 20 be suffered TO remain in the trea.
sury. But growing conviction that
some other disposition must be made
"f che surplus, awakened attention 10
the means OF preventing that surplus
Toward the end OF the last session.
genilemsn. proportion was brought
forward 90 Congress COT such an aite-
ration Of the law, ~ should sdmIt pay.
meRt for public lands 10 be made IN no
thing bus gold and silver. The mover vo-
ted for his own proposition; butt do not
recollrei thatany other member coneur-
red in the vote. The proposition was
rejected % once: but rs 10 other cases.
that which COngrrss refused 10 do. the
executive poser did. Ten DAYS after
cOngress sdjourncd. having had This
matter before il. and having refused TO
act upon Il. by making any alteration
in the existing laws. q Treasury Order
was issued commanding that very
thing 10 be done, which Congress had
been requested 70 do, and had refused
to do Just 81 10 the case Of the re-
movsl 81 the deposiles, the executive
power acted. in this case also, against
the Known, veil understood. and r..
Gently expressed will Of the RepFsseo!
iives Of Tie people. There neser has
been . moment when the Legislative
VIII wo3Id have sanctioned the object
Of that order. Probably never 4 mo.
neut 10 which any twenty individ0al
memhegs q Congress would have con /.
eaFFed in Il. The act IVES done ailh.
out the aaSent Of Congress. and against
the we'll knswn opinion Of Con gress.
That act altered ihe Law of the laad o.
pnfporisd 20 alter Il, against tie veil
known will ~ Ire lawsmakink power.
RoT one, confess. spe 90 aaihoFi.
~ WhateveF ia the Constitution, or 10
aay law Cor the Trrbsafy order. Those
4ho have underiaken 10 Fnainlain r..
have placed u or grounds, not only
Different. bot Inconsistent sud contra.
dici0Fy. The reason which one qivEs.
anetheF Feiecie one conIufes. what
another argues. With one e e she
joint sesolulioa of 1916. which gave
tie auihoTiiy; Wiih bnoShef q e tha
lev 81 lezSe, with q third 4 g che ga-
seFsi 's'sPeTieiending power ofihs PIE.
eidenis al4 tbis iasl argument, siuee a
receives iiselfin Hiefe pos %, y iihoui
stopping % point oalIhe sources 81 that
po0eT. j aoi emily We sbogtssi. bat %
ifuih the niost iasi He e tie mns'
asHsihie. a. VFil &c ihe most eaaaiA
FeasoasF ID my opinioh. aho biaets
ihis TfeasufS order Oh ihe efobaa 8.
Ire plfasufe % ihe executive. and
stops tbfre. regard ihp ioibt feaoia.
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there . uot ihs slirhiesi legal auihoa
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