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branch, officer. aud Department of Go.
Nernment. IN regard TO the collection and
custody OF the public money, Congress
attempts To break through them, aud refu.
ses 10 pass those laws which are palpably
necessary aud proper 10 carry into execu-
ton the powers oi collecting and keeping
The public money. m accordance with the
reductions imposed by the supreme law
oi the land The people cannot fad TO
discover the gross negligence OF which
congress IS guilty, and the unau,hoixsd
aud dangerous objects Of that wilful neg.
ligence. The people have placed 10 Its
hands power 10 organize all the Depart
ments OF Government by law and to con-
stiute the offices oppertain,ng 10 the in.
ShtuiIons establishes by the Constitution
The Treasury Is an institution established
10y that supreme law, and Congress refu-
scs 10 organize the offices of tina, ins.itu.
uon IN such manner as TO prevent the
officers from violating with impuri,y the
res'nc,ion imposed bv the con s,i,uiron
upon the mode Of collecting and keeping
the revenue.
Nothing can be palmer thNn the duty
OF Congress. The people have told IT
that the collection Of duties and taxes
shall ice SD executed, that they shall be
uniform throughout tho United States.
The people have told 1t tina, no money
shall be drawn from the Treasury. bu, IN
! consequence of appropriations made by
law. The people then have NOT gwen
Congress absolute power over the collec-
ton AID custody Of the public money. on,
have themselves, by virtue of their sove-
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LAW, specific regulations in regard to the
collection andcustody OF the public money,
! II Is TO be So collected that all duties aud
taxes shall be uniform throughout the
| United States. and l. 10 bee SO kept. tina,
no money shall be drawn from the Trra
/ Sury, but IN consequence al appropria.
/ uons made by law" The President IN
sis,s that Congress should obey these reg.
! ulaiIons of the Constitution. Conrres,
refuses 10 place restrictions upon the SUI.
bordInate executive officers, 10 proven
their collecting the revenue in an uniform
manner, and Withdrawing il, after IT i.
collected, from the Treasury, except tc
! pay appropriations. And what IS the 90.
jet OF the men who denouuce the TX
ecutive' II Is, 10 suppress the Treasury
an institution ordained by the people ano
To give up The custody OF The purse 10 :
bank or 10 banks, allow them TO draw al
The public money from the Treasury a.
soon as II IL collected, and convert IL L
private use for the gam OF stock holders
A more outrageous and abandoned 20
hey never disgraced faction, than tina
OF The Wings and Conservatives. IL
other nations. the custody OF the publ,
a. has h.an f,,V q %
Their public Ge6Is, To induce them 10 sus
tam the national credit when The nation
was dTaInsd ot Hs rerenuss and crippi,d b.
iareS and as security for repayment of the
money loaned, or contracted To be toaned
10 the public. Blu, who ever heard of
nation Of lreemcn. who have paid oGlhci
debts with heavy taxes. sufrenJeTiug ih,
custody OF their revenues to amiserabl,
route OF spec uiaiIng debtors; Who eve
before heard II set Of men cIgiming m
uSe ~ NE pUJhc purse. and Genouncin.
those faithful guardians, who have beet
selected by the people, for refusing I,
give up the public money Tor private use
a. traitors 10 the people:
We have no ielIs as TO the decision q
the people on this subject Gave Us tn
naked question, whether the public mo
ney shall be placed in the Treasury. un
der such regulations and guarantees a
shall prevent lis withdrawal. except {
meet appropriations for payment of pub
lac debts aud expenditures. or neither !
stall be given 20 private corporations. 70
the express purpose OF enabling them :
appropriate 1t for the payment % prl, at
expenditures. deJis. and REGULATIONS. an
] iDr fhglr uaau---ytts. Al -. L..
cue sion, and the people will 20 together i
solid pha'anX. 90 sustain the policy Of th
Constitution. They will compel Congrcs
- place the public money in The inslitu
ton which they have provided for Us re
crP'ion- the Treasury 10 keep Il
a. they intended II should be kept. uni
wanted for public use. and IA such a man
ner as To- prevent as use for pa, s'c spc
cuia,ion
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