Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-04-07


sed to be stricken out e
tie prefaced the citation Of this prscea...
%, inc remark. that a portion Of the Terms ,.
tennessee was once called the State of F,,.i
ana mat 1t was.an act Of that TERRITORY .H.,I
wished TO draw the attention Of the 49,.
tie then began to read the following. from -.
her Careys american Museum volume
II" act Of the State Of Fraaklin, for IL ,.,
Of tae eirI last TN
~" hereas the collecting OF Taxes in 49,:
Tor want OF circulating medium Ia. 49,
very oppressive TO the good people of IN. -.
monweaith,-and whereas it Is the duty or n.
legislature I" hear al all times, the prayen =
their constituents, and apply as speedy I. r.,..s
as hes IN their Power-lthc whole Of the prc,cc
bic Mr.. Webster. thought excellent. and -
mended ITS adoption. 10 the Senator from g..
carolina, rs the introduction Of anv amcnA,.-.
nc might propose tor the section 20 he s,r,rl~
out BE It enacted by the State Of Fr.,L,;.
and II Is hereby enacted bv the same thu. ~
the hrst day of January, \. d. 1889. IN. -,
ares "f the officers Of this commonwealth h. :.
toliows-to wit:
His Excellency the Governor. per arc.,, I'm.
Deer skins. His honor the Chief Justice "a
do do. The Attorney General 500 do do r."
crnors Secretary, 300 Racccon a.
Treasurer. 40 Otter do. Each county cI..a ~
Beavcrdo! Clcrk of the House of C.r ~
200 Racc"on DO! Justices fees Tor siepn1 -..
rant, Muskrat do! To the Constable =. ~
wing warrant Wild Ca, doe" &c. e. g.. scr
/ l think, said Mr. Webster, that ,he,. A..
deed, some admirable touches of political ins,;,,
IN tins tariif OF salaries, altogether iuin;,,bI.
INC "ea OF paving constable, whose duty
makes him watching. half hidden and half seen
animal, with the skin of Wild Cat was worthy
of Shakespeare. And the whole net seemed !.
furnish much bette. medium nf payment thu,
deprecated shin plas,ers. lie hoped tina, if,Ac
25d section were stricken from tho bili some bet
ter and more tangible medium would be inserted
insfead.-evcn If II were coon skins.
The Patriot correspondence adds the followiu,
amusing remarks of Judge White upon the ,bs.
scs practiscd under the law Of the State a
franklin quotedby Mr.. Webster
Towards the close of the speech Judge Whit
referred in very fctcious manner 70 the a.
plication Mr.. Webster made on Thursday. If
statue of the State Of Franklin or East Tess
for the support of its civil list, lie glad tia,
his State had come in, that occasion, 10
peace maker, and that the recital of this ,e,
had sent the members OF the Senate home N
such good humor, and none in greater cordialisv.
TO all appearances, than the two Senators vie
had been engaged IN vigorous encounter
during the day. (Mcssrs. Calhoun aud WeassssA
lie regretted however, that Mr.. Webster hal
not been aware OF another part Of the story
which was applicable 10 the Sub-trcasury sys
TEN, and which he believed Mr.. w. wouldhasa
told much better than he could.
hhappcncI that ihe Treasurer of tho State d
Franklin was Il foreigner, and knew hus
, abou, skins. The people of Franklin were 10 IL
main honest, hu, Vet thrifty; the officers ffe
qucn.ly cheated them, they had not many sc.v
A pies about pttting trick now and then on The Of
. iicers. ANY could pay his tax imposed IN
I skins. AT any ,in,c-wh,!c his horse taking
: tpoi in the course of rirncv, he might uss AM
gun. and kill enough! 10 discharge his debt ~ Ne
Government. These skins were pat in the Tea
snry. BY tn ? 'circrs-Gcneral and SO far . II
ID ser skin, ara The different fnrs conccmea
the svstcm vasked well enough; but when "
: come 10 the Raco,n skins. we find the Slb-rrs
+ srcrs were no more worthy of trust. than inaay
Y our modern pns,misters, and collectors, and n
= cciyces. K,ccoons were plentiful in East Tea
Y ncsscc; hni there was another animal still maN
i abundant an prolific-,he Opossum Now wha
think Won d. these honest s;ib-rreasurcrs Of b
il Sovereign state Of Franklin take into their head
s They receive from the good people the Be-
8 Raccoon skins. DO they transfer them TO h
i State Treasury, " herewith TO pay tho membsr
l., AMI officers Of Assembly. in duty boundl q
no! Nothing Of the kind. They cuuningly q
n off the t,is Of tho Kaccoon skins, sell the skis
}, TO the matters for good solid rnoney-sew the aa
J., 10 the Opossum, and p,ss- them off to the ewes
n the Treasurer the dull, thick Inc AIDED Treasurer
J, Levi Woodbury., of Franklin-as gensise Css
% sknsu
q Judge White related this story admirably; -
d almost inex,nguishable laughter shook all sidss
# the Senate.
: INFRINGEMENT AND REFoRN.--Mr. Cambs
IF ling has again asked PERMISSION Of Congress :
allow the Government TO Issue another TEN NIL
n LION batch of Treasury notes. In other wosds
d to increase the public debt millions in sdditsa
|. to the MILLIONS authorized ut the Extra 81
il sion Of Congress, in September last And this
the boosted Rcirenchmcnt and Reform of the rrs
=, sent Administration. A little more than one ye"'
" ago had an ovcril,wng Treasury. and seasse
h Iy knew what to do with public money; ="
>, now the Administration, after creating oess :
:. ten millions, ask 10 increase II ten millions ~
; TO enable them to get along. Where Is ths ~
A enue of the United States! Where IS "the bsds
: currency, we were promised Where the q
=. and silver that TO flow up the Missssippan'
d er? Where the jackson yellow boys" that ~.
% to gls,eu through the intresiccs Of every mss
;, siiken purse. Where also, is the prosperity
" the country. the life, animation. and activity
ID business which gave confidence and hope toeee'
10 man, and especially TO him who had only his -
IS his energy and his CREDIT to rely upon! WEI
n, these questions to those who now come foessA
>, after maxim. such promises. and ask for ten y