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Tho question then REQUIRED on Cu'h-
hert's motion to strike out the whole esd
section, which was CARRIED. Ayes 81
Noes 81! After this decisive vote, by
which I've prospective hard money cnrten-
CIV system was Knocked upon the head.
and tho revenues Of the country were lel'
under the guardianship and guidance of the
Join, resolution Of 1916, Upton attempted
to follow up the victory, by inserting IN
he plnce of the section winch had bcen
struck out. n new section. pretty mnch ~
the terms of the joint resolution of 1916
Tha, joint resolution is considered as de-
clara'orv merely. lat least iha, was the
view taken of II by Mr.. Attorney General
Bu,ler) and no, as containing in Itself the
alb. oluie binding force Of law. Had rip
tons motion prevailed it would, vt The bill
should ever pass) have given to the rcsolu
,lon of 1916 all the binding character OF
law. and have placed it above executive
con,roul and iniermcddirg. All the
Wings and Conservatives (22 in number)
voted for the motion; but as the Mirty
Loco Focos, voted in q body against II, the
motion was lost.
Websier then proposed new section. in
place of that which had been struck from
the bill. tn the following effect, viz: "Be It
| enacted. &c. That it shall not be lawful
for the Secretary fthe Treasury TO make
or to continue in force any order. making
| difference or distinction in the currency or
medium of payment, IN which public dues
of d ffsrcnt descriptions shall be paid.
Uebaer explained this amendment as
aimed At the specie circular, and as intend
ed to proven, hereafter the issue Of any
! similar orders.
This amendment called out Benton. who
rosrcd with grea, vehemence for about half
an hour DC a,nst Banks, and in defence Of
the specie circular. which he said bad saw
ed the pubic lands from beng all plumber
Cd bv spectators He called loudly upon
the Senate to hold on to The public laDd-.
THIS consistent politician, who has shown
himself 50 ready to give away those lands
TO all SORTS OF squatturs. and who has even
introduced oil to give them all away to
the States in which they lie, now thn'
there was p'ospec, of their being SoM tor
bank notes. was seized with a sudden ter
ror and alarm. and called upon the Senate
to h0M on upon them at all hazards, as o
most valuable t,oasurc.
Calhoun expressed himself strongly hos
tile Ia the amendment.
Wniker Of Mississippi. said he had always
been s., -ong'y opposed To The specie circular
and IN tina, sentiment he had been sustain
cd bv his Sra,s. He should, therefore
vote for The amc,dme,'. lf,hc hard money
system was to be adop'r" as genera
thing he was IN favor It. a. his late vote
bad shown; bu, as The Senate had uctor-
mined by decisive majority, not to apply
he hard money system TO the custom hous
es, he thought it unequal and unfair TO ap.
ply It to the public lands.
King of Aab,ma expressed the same
opinions. This PIT Benton nio n mighty
rage, who snecrrt at Walker and King for
their dislike ofme7mhty between the At
lan'ic and The Western S a'es. He then
alluded to the fac, that public lands are
paid for in cash, while there Is credit
upon duties, and sad in very sneerng
triumphant tone, that he would test the
sIuccr l,v Of hose Senators pretended dread
of inequality by moving as an amendment
to he amendment, an additional clause 10
the effect, that NJ inequality shnII b. allow
ed to cxl,, a. to the credit granted and the
security required for moneys due the
treasury.
Bwhnnan said this was The thing he had
been long wishing for. This amounted to
the establishment of cash duties, and he
was IN favor of it.
King inquired what was The meaning of
the amendments did it inlerd to restore
/, hn ,,l,l IT, Ia
lards, or to abolish custom house credits :
Benton acknowledged that i. did not
mean any thing IN particular. 1t was
merely dec'araorv Of a principle and
would require additional legislation to car
ry out That pr'ncrple.
1t seemed sufficiently absurd, to make n
law merely 10 declare principle. which
principle could have no practical effect Ill
other laws were made to carry it out and
Benton was happy 10 escape from his r'd'
cuous position, ty accepting q substitute
| for his nmrndIn'nr. offered to him b,
Young of ll,Hols, which was to The effect
"that the same system shall be adopted "
custom house and other pubic payments
that Is adopted n payments Tor public
lands." Benton chnckl'd good deal owe
thus substitute, and accepted 1t with exul
ia'ion.
Sewer of Arkansas, denounced both th
amendment and the other for which It wa
substituted as mere tricks to embarrass th,
: orIg'na proposition. and he r,dculed Ben
ton for bo,cfing so lond to night Cor lh'
, preservation ct the public lands, when h
, himself. heretofore had always been fore
= most to give them away.
? WdiEer said. that the proposition q
> Young adopted by Benton was precisely tn
2 opposite of his own original proposition
i That proposition looked to The restoration
f Of the old credit system in the sale Of lands
whereas this proposition of Youngs. locke
To the establishment Of cash duties. Tha