Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1838-12-27

| share, he said, in the grief which had been
| expressed Tor The passage of the Distribution
/ Dii;. lie vUted Tor II with tho View aud
Win the belief that the monty was xii.-a
I sh, rom the Goyernment To The States D.
! he Had any regrets thy were that he fourth
'nsiai,neni had not been paid. He Wished
me States "ersfIow in possession of The nine
millions dee them from the Go,ernueot. I
Cannot. SAID Mr.. Clay, be ia favor ss taxing
Tue psSp'e Tor money 10 bs paid back 10 The
poop'e Out when sc have u surplus. an,
"a i'''f OF returning tho surplus to ,hose
rom whom II was received-tbe State. AM,
The people Who ore the lax PAYERS.
L, was not true, MIR. Clay said. il, answer
10 hr: Caihnun, that tho raiiG Laws 81 1874
a"o 1913 had sauscd The SUI plus. So Ear
from ms peing true, the expenditures had
oeeh equaI to the revenues received .ror,
customs, audit Vas a strong ground branch,
Onward in 1924 sgai1st the Tarifr Luy then
adopted, that under lie operation morcv ..
"oush would not DO collected 10 meet the
necessary expenditures OF Gsvcrnment
nc reasons Why ne had plus were
nfs', The policy If the General Gu,er,pen,
IN relation tn tho Public Dom.in -i,es,ow
ing large grants upon favoriies and eHhih;,.
ing favor I" all !toso Who supported The Adj.
ihinistration, eIihef in the iuI N, Of grants al,
in"d, or easy modes Of pa yment " hi, w,,.
brought about through The agency uf n.
pet banks, " ho had instructions 10 isvar H..
lew, and mho did favor Tie few as pas, exno>
siiions have shuwn
Secondly, said MIR. Clay, there would
have bt en no surplus had the Land Ei!i. in
.roauced ny me become laws The Lend
B,li which bad once passed both uuus.s ~,
C"ngress. bu, which General jackson ken,
10 MS Io''esEiuu--a Land bill which wouid
nave received the Cons,i.u ions mnjmii, had
IL been returned to Congress Inv,
prevented surpins revenue, asd any no.
cessily ior distributions OF The sursIus rev,
ehue, Iur there would have been 40 surrlns
to distribute. The Distribution hill han-
ever, wps necessary, and deserved 10 be ~,
t,'ieu "A Bill 10 prevent the sqaandefing e
me tut'iic money" for the public money
w"nin have been squaniercd 1.-the Dstrihu.
'ion Bill had not been passed, to the onoun,
OF $50 900 COO bsysnd Tie amount Of oxrrn.
diuIs = - '"Fe"'
! believe, salt! Mr. Clay, in eoutlusion.
'ant The surplus due the STATES can l.. raid
s"d raih. IN The time proposed by nay amend,
'heht bel IL may be paid Inv sirirI
economy IN our expen.liiu,es-by n wise
administration Of the laws on the arr Gun.
gress and the officers Of the Eyecu,iy.
stop the leaks in the Treasury abandon IA. :
nuo-I 'easuty,-sn NC shall have money
eaou: n To- facet 1ha iaslalmeni Mr.. CLAY
cone'uaea ny EXPRESSING the hope that the
E,snesrs of The Senate friendly 10 tho sJ
n:InIstTssios would express their erinions
rlaisiy upon this autjccl-w he,her thew
wore 10 iavour III perpetual ii mi:e4 pcsipeno.
men, or IN 'avurI repeal. What, SAID
AIR Clay, in conclusion, is the opini,n CT
the Chair man of Iha cnmmi.lee o! Finance,
air. W RI:SHF frankly and PROMPTLY
answered. IL The Senate tass my prnpusi
ton, shall navcr consider il DIST, f. cal;
for The disirlhu;i"n ui tho surplus va.
opposed TO the measure riginaIly am on
posed 10 IL "ow and my cpl. ion was liza. II
was bad measure, and that opinion is ua
changed
Mr.. CLAY expressed himself .a.,ssed
win The answer received
MIR. BROW n, Of North Carolina ,lolIow-
eS, and spoke at some length. " hen on mo-
''"n Of MIR. PRESTON I'll SENATE adj nm
cd Question not disposed of