The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-02-24

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ssa.ls h-d been erswad. sad n VIA
ssans ll.srr uere mDIe. N whish " re-
a.rked .hai shuse states 1hlsh nos,
asrsed arseusis were ensiGeis drsisua q
.hrln. while states far less saprsd yer
wsll surpliea.
No smend,nent being proposed - ihc
bill, il was repaired ." the Sena~; AM
The qussiian hing On iis engFnstmeEs Cor
Ihitd rrsdIEg.
Mr. CALHOUN observed. lha, be had
lacked Il he provisions 81 Ihs bill. and
lIaI aching IL his ansid euuld hr nore
usrless Ihan ll.e sxprndiufrs il proposed.
TIE eounlry had already an hand shaui
500 .OGO stand of arms--aR amount almnst
equal in that prnsideti b. Great Bniala
nc her imalrnse mllInry eslahlishmsa,.
The mere interest an surh an Investment
VAS ITSELF heavy ehzfee npnr the ira.
sury: besides whrh. Ihrre MS the lisb;s
Ii,y % have the whole sursrsesled by
tie invention Of . heneF species IL arms.
The go,ernmen, lad slrrady lao large
armeries capable IL furnishing arms
much faster Than they xere needed; and
there was a necessity rather for relrtneh.
ing than extending the means ii SUPPLY.
These arguments had all hern urged a.
the last session; but he supposed Il was
vain IN repeat ,hsm. They had no, been
answered. and could not be. But the
uaney was Ia be expended on something,
aud perhaps il might as well be an this
a. 40 any thing else. The governments
must get clear ul tin some was: !, isrs.
nol 90 bark ~ the states. and VAL aud
means must he devised uexpendn The
bill had nn o'hsr 0hjec, on the lsee II he
| earth. Mr. e. spprsled Ia The MAJORITY
Of the SENATE. enHeaIrg them 10 eeouo.
m,ze The puIllc expenditure. He rrnind..
| ed then III The strong denuncla,.ans
| whirh had been pnuIed Oh presinu. %
nInl,irs,ion Cor us alleged exITsy~g. O..
and that n vas on The plea aud 80
mise IL ecan"ms that the present PARTY
zane into power Yet ma sooner tad
ihsy GIT control of the treasury. han
the, went an 10 expend beyond all pre-.
vlaus example. The moral eject If Ills
state 0l things had been mosl pernIrirns.
IL had led the nannn 10 ennrlude that TIE
prnlrsssuns Of o" party could be behaved.
They were not elisved; and The rssul,
nf lhIs iaeredullIy IN the public mind
would always tend 10 place 10 the hands
ol aa existing administration q vast
amount Ol power. g..
| Mr.. BENTON. 10 reply. read from
The returns Of he Treasury Department
The sums paid for the manufacture Of
arms Al private establishments, amount
ing 10 nearly q quarter Of million Of
dollars. and argued. from the fact Of tho
government applying To private manuIacs
tories for 50 large an amount Of Ne arms,
the necessity for another public srmory.
These private establishments existed at
SIX difleren: points. extending iron The
District Of Columbia 10 the Norih md
East. While IN The frontier. 60 the South
and West. where arms were most NEED
ed. there sas not single factory All
that portion Of the Union had To look 10
the Northeast f"r lheir supplirs. and
when the guns were made 20 cost hali
their value In TRANSFORM them. A. TO
having full supply and all We NEEDED,
u was wha, he could not understand.
There was q continual consumption. and
there sas cons,sn, increase OF populs.
ton. and therefore there vas Necessity
for constant manufacture. The Enropes
an possrs were continually manufseiur.
ing arms. nor would ,hey ever cease 10
manufacture them II The United States
had To day all they needed. and could
keep every gun without rust or decay.
twenty .five years hence we should have
only half supply for The population
then Increased ~ thar propor,ion. But
insirad ri keeping every gun. one.hsH Of
them would BY that time be gone IL
would M. do 10 quote the example Of
Grea. Britain. because her polio. VAS
the reverse Of ours. She only wanted
enough arms in the hands Of her stand.
ing army To Gu, down her nnsrmed po.
pulsIion the moment they resisted any
measure Of government She read The
riot ACT. and then. if The people did not
run, ten OF twelve thousand of them were
cut down. But the theory Of our 60.
vernmen, was thai the nation was 10 be
armed. We wanted no standing army
10 cut down our snsrmed population
The efficiency Of the Western militia
was In b. traced tn the habi, cf handing
arms in their youth. They dad no, ruu
away from an enemy, because they iei'
the consciousness Iha, they could shoot
as well and better Than any enemy that
could be brought sgains, them. They
had not been trained with cornsialks and
set To handle gun for the first time
when they went into baule; and he
would say. in behalf II missouri. that
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