The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1837-10-06
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mopsrsnce from inhabitants Of the city and coun-
ty OF Phllsde phia, against the annexation of Tex
! as 70 the Union. Laid on the table
/ Mr.. Webster gave notice that he had received
several reaonsITanees of the same kind with that
Just offered and be deemed il expedient to retain
thsm IA ms possession till ths Senate should be
Teady 10 feier them, and act upon them.
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS.
4 DIR. Wright. from The committee on finance,
reported the following bills, which were severaly
read aud ordered to a second reading:
f J. 4 bill to authorize goods and merchandise 10
Z be deposited IN Line public stores.
j tfiis bill Authorizes The deposite Of goods in
The public stores under tbs REQUESTS precautions
allowing them 70 be transported 10 ether DISTRICTS
or 70 be exported, on certain conditions 10 be sold
II requisite, at the end Of uree years. so far as to
pay the duties, storage, aud other necessary ca
penses.
! 2 A bill imposing additional duties, as deposi.
tories, IN certain cssos, on public officers.
fLis bill provides for tie receiving and safe
Keeping of the public revenue. by the various re-
ceisiHg officers, postmasters, Dc, until regularly
called Tor By The department. The bill contains
many details, especially Of precsu,ion, to secure
the fa,hlulpess Of officers having the custody of
the public money!
3. A bill 10 revoke the charters Of such banks
in the District Of Columbia, as shall not resume
specie payments IN specified time and for the
suppression OF small notes in the District.
This bill requires The payment OF specie on all
notes OF and Lbder ten dollars, III sixty days from
the date OF the bill, and on all notes OF larger
denomination, in SIX months. II provides Tor the
appointment OF three public commissioners, ia
case Of failure not interruping, however, the due
course of law. 1t orbds the issuing Of notes IN.
der i've dollars and requires that within thirty
days all notes of individuals and private incorpo-
raions, under five dollars, shall be neither issued
nor passed. under the penalty OF fine of not more
than fifty dollars tor each ofence-ene- half TO the
prosecutor. The banks 10 forfeit their charter fer
non comf liance with the provisions OF this bill.
STATE DEPOSITES.
The Senate proceeded 10 The Consideration of the
special order, the bal 10 postpone The payment Of
lhe 4th hst4lment Of ths deposi;cs with tue STATES
Mr.. Ryes said he understood that this day the
Committee on Enaucs expected TO make foil re-
port on tile subjects Inch had been referred TO
them. But there WAS one subject most interesting
to inc country, en- which they had not reported at
all they had reported no bill to designate the
kInds OF funds in which the public Cacs ale 10 be
received.
NJ. Wright said The Committee on Finance had
taken up The Message Of Tie President aud the
Report OF tie Secretary Of the Treasury, had gil
ted oil the measures hich 1heg deemed il their
dutY to report They had considered The subject
mentioned by The Senator from Nire ius, and had
concluded IL lel the Law On that subject remain
Il is.
Ia ths course Of some further remarks between
tiessrs. Niles, Wright aud Riyes,--in reply, Mr..
Rives Significantly remarked:
But lhas honorable member, as well as the ho-
norsbic member from Connecticut, must perceive,
that there we're other members q hose situation
was materially different from theirs. They from
ths first had free access To all the documents On
the subject, and the advantage OF free comDluni-
cation with the head u tie Treasury Department.
But such was mol the case with all the members,
and Il was not SO with hnrself. lie and others
had lot been aware OF the character Of the Pres
dents Message, TIL IL communicated and
they had not prepared themselves to act on an
sumption of what it might be. MIR. K. therefore
now asked the privilege OF time TO consider The
subisc, for himself aud not for the purpose as
had been inlimated BY the Senator from Connec-
ticui, OF private consultation, Mr.. X. was deter
mlned To ACT on bis own responsibility, without
private consultation; anS 1t there had been, or
was TO be, any such consultation, 1t was not by
hun. The expectations OF the constituents OF the
Senator from Connecticut were different from those
OF Mr. RS constituents, that they should merely
set the machine Of goyefumen; m operation, and
then 60 home, Mr. II. was not SEM here for the
relief of the government merely, but for The re-
lief os the people hrsL"
Mr.. Webster spoke at length against the post
ppnement bill The debate was further continuedby
Mes>rs. Wight, Buchanan, Webster and Calhoun.
NJ Calhoun said Ii very much 10 be regret
that the States should be disappointed in receiving
the fourth mstalmont under the deposhe act
They had Just reason 10 expect II; and many OF
them, he believed, had made such disposition OF II,
in advance, as might subject them To much incen-
yrnienco should they not receive IT. But the OBJ
ieCt of the act bad been cousummateo. 1t was
intended to withdraw tie surplus, which overbur-
deucd tie Treasury. and which furnished the fruit
faI muans OF corrupting and controlling the coun--
nv, aud passing the public lands into the hands
e spectators, ia exchange for worthless paper.
The evil has been corrected, aud ths surplus re-
turned 10 the pockets OF those from whom il had
been unaviully extracted, as far as il was Pract-
cable, There Is now no surplus, and as the act
Was intended as far as he was concerned, as bona
tide ,eposite act, be would apsnow consent that
TIE Withdrawing it from, the Treasury should be
made the pretext for the commencement Of nuw
debt. Bat the responsibility OF Withholding 1t
must rest with the members ofihe Administration,
and those of the opposition who joined them IN
making the extravaganza appropriations oil the last
Session. Ii his memory served hlul, they amount
cd 10 more than thirty-two millions OF dollars;
tnore than twice as much as the service Z: the
year really required, aud several millions more
than the estimates at the Department. lie had
raised his voice agains, it. lie had reminded the
Senate of the disaster which had folloWtd The
wicked and protiigato act Of ISIS, which bad so
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