Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-02-03

speculation, notwithstanding the late death
OF the United States Bank, the report con
clu6es as follows.
Our re renue from custom and public lands
after 1887, is not likely 10 ercced The expenditures
Of GoUernmenL II is, therefore, important that
'chafeoer surplus are may haze in The mean
time, whe'her dspoSi'ed Nth HE local banks
or N he Sinte Treasures. as is prop0sd after
The first of January neri, shouM be preserved
TO bs applied, 10 he extraordinary purposes,
toe haze been compelled 10 proride for during
his session, and for similar expenditures, whieh
in HE present stale IF Indiin relations, may
agaia become necessary. On the balance in
the Treasury on the Ist Of January next, and
the revenue which may be received in 1887,
| there will be chargec in aJdti TO tn cur.
rent expenditures OF that year and all extraor-
binary demands that may occur probably near
| fifteen millions for appropriations authorized
| at present session, making he claims upon
the Treasury in the next year greater than in
the present, while the revenue Of 1887 will DO
considerably less than that Of 1886. and
| leaving the surplus at the close Of that year
much diminished. rs our income pW not
prObabiy then erceed our current expenditures,
zoe must rely entirely upon aphat surplus zoe
may hare 10 defray all expenses wtich may be-
come necessary IN eriinguisitng Hadian titles 10
lands remoring The tribes beyond The .Missis.
| Stppi, ana f0f 0WeT oVotSW eIPeH8HueO cb
extraordinary character
berthe ii0uSe tn npiicG with what ora.
cular gravity the prophets then uttered
their predictions. Our rerenue from Gus.
toms and pubEc tands, nHer | o37, is not like.
IN 10 ercecd The expenditures Of Government"
We are then kindly, bat still pcremtoriIy
almnnshcd to husband our surplus, # any,
to meet those exigencics which every wise
and con.ldera'e man should always be pre-.
pared to expect in human concerns. Again:
at the close we are thus addressed: as
3uy income cW MT pr0babiy then exceed our
curyent expenditures, VIC must rely entirely
upon what surplus we may have to defray
oil The expenses which may become neces-
sary in cxtlngu,ehing Indian les to land"
&c &c 50 -pakG the prophets months
since And now. up jumps the Chairman
Of he Ways and Menus, "mpdest as Morn.
| lnr When she eyes the youthful Phosbus,"
and foil OF The same inspiration that burned
| III the bosom Of the seer IN July last. and in
f the same solemn prophetic tones, he tells
rs our Income " i'll exceed our expenditures.
D Now we are admoui-hed not TO husband
: any surplus we may have, but 10 reduce
1 he revenue by seven millions, IN the next
n year aud a half, - that no surplus whatev.
g er shall remain.
Y SIR, when see with what ruthless and
9 the committee la; torn - pieces every
y shred of character for either ability or hJc
d Iitv of the Secretary Of the Treasury, and
e hnw with the same destructive appe,ercy
I they have ,ranpled down the authority Of
/, the Presldcn, himself, and lastly, when
c see with what ridiculous gravity these two
d report. Of the same committee, differing
uuiy .iX mouths 10 their ages, contradict
!. each other, hope The gentlemen will par
Is don the degrading analogy, but really eau
a. think % nothing IKE them but the cclcbra-
is ted "cl,- OF Ktkenuy;' they have at las,
literally swallowed each other. Sir, ! have
n done with this subjrcI. know have de
" tanned The House already too long; for this
}. must fine an apology in The fact That had
l. not the mos, distant thought of addrrss.U =
ol the Howe un lhrS subject. lll The afternoon
At Of yesterday. Without further time for or,
, rangemont Of topics | could not hope 10
g preserve that order winch is so favorable
to to breviy as well as per>pIcuny. Let me
W. again implorc the House TO put this subject
ID At once at rest. The worst evil that car
of come is q surplus of few millions, and
II even IN, the highest officer in the Govern
1T mem connected WITH your financial system
it tells you is impossible. But if 1t should oc
{. cur, send It as you have done before, to the
I'd Safes, where It can be used as well Il,
ip kept. Ifthis surpIu, is an evil, in that wa.
YOU can nd yourselves of 1t "a easily as ia,
It. shipwrcCked apostle shook off the serpent
I'd that fastened upon his hand. At all events
y, let your People rest one year from YOU
at miserable experiments. Let your former
lis blunderS teach you some caution. In YOU
as attempt to bring about gold currency yol
To have ii Iodcd the land with bank notes Ii