Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-02-21

sneak i'm na,n nrosa;c Epgl;sh This hill ske Won IN
treat every opnion of the present SECRETARY as stu
bid nonsense and take as nfalibe truth the cooioc-
lures of this repor in their stead ask the friends
of the Secretary If thew are prepared for this ?if
not thew will vote with m. TO pos,pone The hill
Lot il be remembered that the Secretary of The
Treasury whose We've are Numerically onnosed TO
the passage of anv law looking to reduction Of the
revenue has given his opinions onlv a month go-
Surely he has unchanged all his notions rospecting
our probable receipts IN 1887 since he published his
last report. [ should be clad If nv COLLEAGUE mr.
Hamer,) who told Us the other daytha che had late
y been behind the curtain" would inform us wheth-
elAam0ngs other precious secrets, he had heard any
tilftf of "A total change of the Secrctarvs opnions
r6hthls subject within the las, few weeks?
i MIR Speaker, # the gentlemen who nave brought
Gf9rwdrd this measure have emancpated themselves
Gom all respect for the opinions and recommended
lions Of your chief of fnance-a respect BORDERING
heretofore absolute submission to his will, li,tle
attention to documents emanatlng from a quarter
still more venerated, will exhibit them in an attitude
of still more exalted independence. They are how
ever If may be pardonod a conjecture so unchar-
ltabeO scarcely entitled TO position envIabr
that of selirelyng and self-resoved freedom of
ton. Something of the dross of selishness, uDhdp-
PLY for poor humanity, minglcs in the composition
Of the purest motives and stains the Glory of The
most sublime achievements. The committee have,
| fear BETRAYED something too much OF A nualltv or
to speak phrenologicay an organ Of combitive.
ness. They have not only spurned oil the tram
mels of precedent, and dcspsed all the Oh mons Of
the Secretary Of the Treasury, but determined that
paradox should, in themselves at leaai have the
mcfIt Of originality. They have set at naught nav
scornud, the solemn inunclions of the President
himself! Thus, they may be said TO stand "alonc
I in their glory" Sir, we have heard much of Gen
Jackson's stSge,n of administration Icnnv ,ne,n;na
il ia Le attached t his ,yrd .,sys,,n, y obi -
s,,uJ o,,a;t tbo ,rh;,r,r do,,,!n e , !. % ~
! h ali't,ad ,lat =, ,n,,,s, ~ , i VI - =. ""
: I,t M 49, IS ,,r,,di; Z - - oo.'ln
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s tbo,, 49,, w. IeSE IT, - = P ',.e;,o i" 80
sec how tho hi, and rennrt now ReS,r" us b5rn,9
izc ,,;,L H., 1o.,r;no- a., ill.,, - III, .
sod IL; s,rn, md onr,os. aJv;ce t Cs T.
Pres;1S' oosa ~, , o,,', ~ ~ ~ ,"o
o1ssaac Gr,n, tI,c ,7,cssscc Of 7sSG 49, Wv WIN
/ 9esir'ii r, T.,,., 81 ,.,, a,,ou;.,;
conG,rm;|, viii 7ho osn,es ,o ,y h s,,, III
ted from he oroper e,nrtn,nnts arountin, in nbnn,
"a millions s m H., nynilable s,rrlns M he closc 81
the next wear after dsductnq ali nnexnendod annro
pria ions will probab moi be less than siy milf me
This sum can IN my Judgment be now useflllv an
ped 10 proposed ,n6royemenis IN our navy y,rGs /
and 10 new national works winch are not 3ni,nor
nted in the present estimates or 10 t. mara rnD;,I
completion Of those already begun Either worrIJ
be constitutional and useful and would ren.ier M /
necessary anv attemnt in our nresent necul,lr -
don. to divide the surplus revenue. or to educ. !,
anv faster than will be effected by the exsno layys
In anu elenL as The annual repoyt from The Secretoy
Of the ITeasury will enter into dstats sloui,g The Drob
uJiiiiu o
seuen vens and uery considerable dedtcfon in 1910
is not recommended that Con qress should unJs,taL
to modify the present tariff as 10 disturb the princi
pies on tChich he compromise act ,uas passed Taxa
ton on some of the articles of general consumptlon
which MOI In cOmpetion with own Prodr.u.
tons, may be- no doubt, SO diminished as to lessen,
10 some extent the source oil ms revenues and the
same object can also be assisted by more liberal
provisions Tor the subjects OF pubhc defence, which,
IN The present state OF our pfospe NY and wealth.
~,
eU@i qitT SduyyWg dH We denta'tdS Wfich can arse
from these sources me a4erpended 0atance IN The 1red-
sWy Soud SUI continue 10 increase II Woutd be better
TO bear Wh The eut unta The great changes cOatempta-
fcd N our tuB lars haze occurred and shall enable
us 10 reuse me system t0h d'dt care and clrcn7Spec-
ion rhch arc due TO so delicate and important a sub
Ject."
Here gentlemen wlll perceive that the bill and re-
port are at war with the Presidents opinion solemn
ly expressed on the same subject. Mark however,
me terms employed TO designate The act OF 1883 he
calls 1t the compromise act" AS he anticipates
considerable reduction in our revenue during the
next seven years, and especially in 1872 he warns
It's not to disturb the principles on which the COM
promise act Of 1888 was passed" Spoken like
man sensible of the obligations Of legislative and
public faith! Sentiments worthy the Chief Mag s.
trate OF nation governed by law, whose duty II is
TO sec the Obligations OF law faithfully observed -
he speaks iamilarly Of the principles" Oh which
the compromise act was passed What does he
mean by the "principles " of that act! Nothing
else than these mutual stpualions by the great
tending parties to that compact, providing for a
BILE fixed rate of duties, which should remain, the
act itself expresses II, I'LL June 1912. The bill dis
regards the "prlncples, or rather violates and de-
stroys The principles ON which the compromise act
was passed. The report instead Of anticipating
reduction of revenue by The laws in force, goes
about facilitating that reduction by legsIang IN
way contrary to the whole tenor Of The Presidents
opinion which have quoted Sir, | call on the
chairman Of the Ways and Means 10 say when be-
fore now, he has yenlured u system Of poncy not
approved by the speech from the throne 2" | ask
INN why he did not bring forward this bill last year.
when every possible eAped.ent resortod to, to