The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-05-26

Nas nrNcts4iN ~ 80 N@stt
.uses az Ihe GatsT9 arnl, shsalld os De-
onsi,rd With he Stars. This measure
nassed bosh Hoeses BY very anss1ai
m.iariIirs, yei II hardly escaped > veto.
/, obtained only ; caid assent. Slow
r,luriant, and hssisaiing approval; and an
.arly moment vas ssized 70 array against
il ! long list Of objections. Bur The Law
passed. The money in the Treasury, be-
sand the sun af Eve millions. was 10 90 1o
ne Sllles; it has 80 gone, and The IFeA-
.ury Cor lhe present is relieved ron the
burden 0f surplus
Bus now observe other condolences.
In the annual message Of December,
Is35. the President quoted the lar Of the
RAPIDLY increasing sale al the public lands
IS proof al high nslinnal prosperity. tie
sIluded 10 Inst subject certainly with
much satisfaction. and IN apparently
something nf the tone ri exnltailan.
l'here was nothing said abn"' monopoly.
not q word ahoul speculation. mt Sard
.bnui oser-issEes nf paper 10 pay l"r The
iauds. Al sss prosperous. all Vas iull
Of evidence of 4 wise administration Of
government. all was joy and triaml.h.
Hsul The idea If = dePnsila or dlsirIhu-
lion OF thu Surplus munry with the Fec
Pile suddrnly damprd this edersrselng
happiness. The ss,inr al the Ease Was
sune, snd ever hing now looked gloomy
and blsrk Now NJ more leliciiasson "r
rnngraIulaIlon on srcOunIOi Ihe rapid sales
ii Ih- punlIc lanas. no more ct ,his must
ireisivr ..r,nf II national prosperity aud
happiness. The ExecuuTe muse iakrs
up a melancholy STRAIN. she Sings 81 m"-
nopolies. of speculation. If worthless pa
per. 0f loss 0l bath land aud money, Of Tie
multiplication Of banks, and the danger
nl paper Issues; aud the end Of the eanio.
the calasIniphe. is, that lands shall nu
longer br sold but for gold and silver
alnne. The ohjecI of oil that il clear
enough. Il Vas 10 diminish she income
from the public lands. But no desire for
such dimlnulion had been manifested,
50 long as the money was likely {" be
suffered 90 remala IN the Treasury. But
a growing conviction that some other
disposition must be made VI the surplus.
awakened sIIenu"n 10 the means oil
preventing that surplus.
Toward the end Of the last session.
gentlemen. a proposition was brought
forward in Congress nr such an alIera-
ton nf the law as should admit payment
for public lands To be made in nothing
but gold and silver. The moVer voted
fur his own proposition. but ] do not
rerolleci that any other member euncuT-
red IN the vote. Thr proposition was
rejected al nnce; but a. IN other cases.
that which Congress refused To do. the
Executive power did. Zen dsys after
Congress adjourned. having had This
matter before u, aud having refused 10
act upon II. by making any alteration N
the rxisIng Laws, q Treasury "rder wss
issued. commanding thai very thing TO be
dane, which Congress had been request
ed To do. and had refused TO do. Just
as in the ease Of the removal al the de-
p"sIiss. the Executive power acted. IN
this case also, sgalns, the known. we'll
understood. and recently expressed will
Of the representatives Of the people.
There never has been . moment when
the legislative will would have sanctioned
the object Of that order; probabI, never
a momrnl IN which any IwenI, lndlsIdu.
al members Of Congress would have con.
CURED IN IL. The act was done without
The assent Of Congress, and against the
welI-known opinion OF Congress. That
acI altered the Law ii The land, ur purporl'
ed To alter n. against the well-known will
Of the law-msklng power.