The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-04-14


the hanks viii any aaasnal 81 the public
money. bal nnwilling - lrusi the people
3. with their Own money; wiling % vote
away any amoant ~ the public money
for party purposes. bur unwilling ~ re-
turn 10 he people such of their own mr.
nry - The Government had no use for
And What 10 The reason assigned Tor oP-
posing 50 equiisbls . measure! Why.
that II would couupl the people. fes,
If you trust The people wlih their own
money il will earrnpl them. And This -
the language used by those Win profess
IN be the exclusive friends af The people.
Let lhs people ponder well upon these
things. and decide while they may, whe
lher lhey will have servants IN represent
them, or masters 10 dictate 10 and rule
over them.
know IL has been said. in juslifies-
ton Of the course pursued by the Senate,
that mn one knew certainly that there
would be any surplus reyenue. To this
reply. that if there sonld he no surplus
revenue. there Mnuld be none IN dlstfl'
butte, and therefore lhe hill could hurt mo-
body. But il, as | do moi dnnht. there
will in January next, be twenty or
twenty i've millions Of surplus revenue;
then the question again presents itself,
. What will you d. with 10! Will Won lei
. il remain in the banks for their benefit,
and the benefit oi politicians: ar will YOU
distribute il Tor the benefit OF The States
| and the people! The House Of Repre-
senIsliyes decided in favor of the states
and the people. bot the Senate deIermIn-
ed in favor of the banks and the party.
But IL was further said in opposition 10
1 this bill BY IN honorable Senator from
New York. that the Senate had indicated
the policy which u intended to pursue IN
relation 10 The surplus revenue. which
was To exnend IL BY building new fofllfi-
cations along our coast. and Increasing the
number Of our standing army, already
sufficiently large for 3 peace establish.
nieni. Bnlh these measures, as before
stated, were lost in our House. The
ether mode Of dispOsing Of the surplus
revenue proposed hy the Senate. was by
partially stopping the sales Of the public
lands. and virtually disposing Of the bal
ance IN squallers and spectators At re.
, duced prices, which would have reduced
the revenue arising from sales Of the pub
lie lands from taenty-four millions Of
dollars received last year, TO four or i've
and perhaps less. This bill, | reInice To
say. was also rejected in our House.
The other measure proposed by The
Senate was a reduction of the tariff
This Reduction. however, was q small one,
aud chiefly confined To articles OF luxury.
IL proposed slight departure from the
compromise bill OF 1893, which has acted
50 happily in promoting the harmony and
prosperity Of the whole country. The
compromise act becomes more aud more
favorable To Us, the longer it stands, and
it would therefore be unwise IN the South
To disturb il uhless by common consent.
, But this bill was sent Ia our House too
late ~ the session TO be acted on, and
was a mere party man9uvre TO deceive the
| people, aud defeat the distribution OF the
| surplus revenue.
But il all these bills adopted by the Sc
nate had passed inso laws. still the dIsui-
button act was unobjeclionable, as it pro-
posed TO distribute only the surplus reEe-
nue.. But the Senate well knew. al the
time they rejected the distribution bills, that
all these measures had been either reject
ed or lost in the other House for want Of
time. and that there would be large sur
plus revenue on the lsl day If Jan. 1898.
That revenue thew have chosen To dispose
Of for the benefit Of the banks and the
party rather than that Of the States and
the people.
have detained You very long on this
subject. bu. not longer Than It's impor-
lance demands. In my opinion. 1t is
more essential to the purity aud safety Of
our free institutions, than any proposition
which has been before Congress Tor many
years past. The patronage Of the Pede-
! raj Government, is already slsrming,-
more than a hundred thousand officers
and contractors are dependent upon the
will and pleasure uf the PresIden, alone.
To this patronage add the control of this
imm-nse surplus revenue, aud his power
would be irresistible.
This measure was important in ano,h-
er point Of view: We all know the ten
| dency Of The Federal Government 10 ex-
,ravagsuce. Congress daily votes away
millions of tue peoples money without
feeling under any real responsibility to
them. But once give to the people re-
versionsry interest in the surplus reve-
nue., and depend upon il, their represen-
Iallves here will be as walchful and care.
full Of the public money. as they are in
the State Legislatures. You would soon
see, what for many years past has not
been seen in. Wsshington,--ecoRomy in
the public expenditures. Then, and not
| until then. may We aYnecf rntrenc h,uput