Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-10-16

L he public will have perceived, in peru
sing our Congressional minutes, that, alter |
severe labor of four weeks, our paternal !
Government has carried through tile two |
Houses No. ] OF its patent inventions Tor
remedying The disorders of the body polite. !
This, however, a3 in It's kindred Thomso-
Man system, viii avail but little, we sup
pose, unless The whole series of doses be ia
ken so that when The miserable patient
shall have swallowed number sir, Chat is,
the sub Treasury preparatory the cure
will be complete. He will have no further
need OF the doctor.
This number one, the reader is aware, is
the bill To withhold Tor fifteen months the
payment Of the fourth nslalmcn Of the last
January surplus, due TO The States yesler-
day, under the Distribution Act of June.
1886. The Executive plan was TO post
bnnc the payment OF this i.sla lmcnt indeti-
nitely, or, as the case might be, forever;
hut this the somewhat rebellous House III
Represt natives could not go, and would
only consenilO swallow the ntsirum in the
qualified form described above.
To speak gravely, however, on subject
vi so much gravity, we regard the passage
Of this bill as one OF the most seriuus of The
many evils which have flowed in disastrous
abundance from the Jacksonan "Exper-
ment" Had The exigences OF The Govern
ment demanded this particular measure
and had there been no preferable alierna-
live--ihe Inconvenience To the States and
the bad faith it virtually involves might have
been excused.
But leading objection 10 the measure
is, that while it will operate great incopve-
nience TO the States and the People, il was
rot called Tor by the necessities of the Gov
ernment. AS Mr.. Buchanan well saij in
debate, Chough he was not advocating the
bill, } the nine millions which would I've alb
soIbed in the payment Of this fourth install
ment could, mos, benefcially 10 the public
interest, he supplied by an additional issue
Of Treasury notes 10 that amount--,hus, al
the same time, keeping faith with the
; states, and contributing to the relief of the
public by throwing nine millions more Of
: an acceptable currency into circulation
f, Another good effect, which would have at
: tended the full execution the Distribution
law, would have been q large reduction o
the balances now due the Government BY
: the deposite banks, in way at once con
, vepient to The States and easy 20 the banks
--nasmuch as those States at least Whose
!. banks are in debt to the Treasury wouit
have been very willing TO receive in pay
ment oI their insialment the notes of thei
y own institutions owing the balances.
e These opinions Of ours are not new, hav
Y ing been stated befire the meeting OF Con
gres', The moment that the probability Of
y deficiency in the revenue became apparent
=, All these considerations, it may be snp
II posed, and many others not less cogen
"a must have suggested Themselves 10 the Gt
" vernmenl, Che Executive, that is 10 say
/. Tor, OF late years, we have fallen into III
ut degrading habit Of calling the Execu,iv
lie The Government, y but, with fatality whic
y. seems most strangely 10 direct the Exec,
Sc tive Councils, this very exceplionabe an
ut uncalled-lor measure was placed in The val
d, properly 50, perhaps, al every Thing seen
ID destined 10 go wrong end foremost an
e. forced through, mainly, by dnt of part
~ .. strength.
s 81 Thus the People pray for reli,f ar
ID they are saddled with fresh burdens. The
I'd ask for bread, ard they receive stone.-
Nat. Intel.