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the custody of the local banks. And we
all know that, during the forty years Of the
existence Of the two Banks of the Unlted
states, not one cent was lost Of the public
revenue.
have been curious M. President, to
know whence this idea of receivers general
was derived. II has been supposed TO have
been brrowcd from Franco. II required
all the power of that most extraordinary
man that ever lived, Napoleon Bonapar,c,
when he was in his meridian greatness, to
diplqcc the trainers general, and to sub,li
tnte in their place the receivers general.
| lhe new system requires, think | have
hoard it stated, som thinr Ike 100000
employers to have it executed And, not.
wlth,tanling the modest OF the infan, prom
iscs o. this new project, have NJ doubt
| that ultimately we shall have to employ
number of persons approxmatinr to that
which is retained in France. That will
nndoub edIy be the case whenever we shall
revive the system of in ernal taxation. In
France, what rcconcilcd them 10 the svs.
tom was, that Napolo)n first, and the Bour.
bons afterwards, were pleased with the i'm.
mensc patronage which it gave them
They liked to have 100 900 dependents to
add strength to the throne, which had been
recently constructed or rcasccnded.
thought, however, that the learned chair
man Of the Committee on finance must
: have had some other besides the French
model for his receivers general; and, &C.
cordingy, upon looking into Smiths hiso,
~ of his own State, I found that, when it
was yet colony, SOM century and half
ago, and when its present noble capital still
retained the name of New Amsterdam, the
historian says: "Am1ng the prime pal laws
enaclc cd at this session, we may mcnl ion
that for establishing the revenue, which
was drawn into precedent. The suns
raised by 1t were made payable into the
hands OF receivers general, and issued by
the Governors warrant. By this means
the Governor became, for season, lnde
pendent Of the People, and hence we fad
frequent instances of the Assemblies con.
tending with him for the discharge Of debts
: to private persons, contracted on the faith
Of the Governments" The then Governor
OF the colony was man Of great violence
Of temper, and arbitrary in his conduct.
How the sub Treasury system Of that day
operated, the same historian infurms W. in
a subsequent part of his wok. The rev.
!, enue," ne says, "establishe1 the last year.
was al this session continued five yeas lon
ger than was originally intended. This
was rendering the Governor independent OF
! the People. For, at that day, the Assem-,
bly had no treasure, but the amount Of all
! taxes went, of course, in 0 the hands of the
, receiver general, who was appointed by the
: Crown. Dat Of this fund, moneys were
, ony issuabIe by the Governors warrant
so that every officer in the Government
! from Mr.. Blalthwait. who drew annually
2 five per cent. OUT of the revenue, "a auditor
; general, down to the maanest servant o.
g the public, b came depend mt, solely, on tbs
Governor. And hence we find the House
j at the close of every session, humby ad
{ dressing his eXcclency for the rDtlnG wa
. ges Of their own cerk.' And, Mr.. Prcsl
. dent. if this measure should unhapplly pass
= the dav may come when the Senate of the
t United States will have hnmb'v to i'm plort
: some future President Of the United S a'c'
d to grant It money to pay the wages OF IL
. own serg ant at arms and or-kCeper.
5 Who, Mr., President, are the most con
. spicnous Of those who pcrsevcring'y pressed
G thus bill upon Congress and The Am ?ricar
o People? It's drawer is the distinguished
), gentlemen in the white house not far off
= IT'S endorser is the Distinguished Senator
c from South Carolina, here present. VIVA
5 the drawer thinks Of he endorsGr, his eau
n ,ions reserve and srhed enm'y prevent IL
o from knowing. Bot the frankness of tn,
d endorser has not left US in the same lgnor-
ance with respect to his opinion of the
drawer. He has often expressed it upDi
III he floor Of the Senate On an occasion
: no, very distant, denying to him any OF thu
At,l 1ti, Of he, ust n II.
o forest, he attributed to hlm those which be
. long to the most crafty, INST ska kim, an
ono of he meanest Of the quadrupad tribe
n Mr. President, it is due to myself to 81,
!. that | do not altogether share with tn
II Senator from South Carolina in this opn
If ion of he President OF the United States
c have always found him, in his manner
g and department, civil, courteous, and gen
!. ,lemany; and he dsprnscs, in the npbI
Y mansion which he now occupies one wpr
5 thy the residence OF the Chief Mags'rat
10 of great People, a generous and hbera
m hospitality, An acqnalntancc with INN
ar more than twenty years duration has III
b spred M with respect tor the mln, a
0, though, regret to be compc lei 10 say,
al de'cst the Mag
10 The eloquent Scna or from South Care
t. lima has ihtImaied that the course OF N
70 friends and myself in opposing this bll
x. was unpatrlotc, and that we ought to ha'
$. followed in his lead; and, in late lettt
r. OF his, he has spoken Of his alliance with u
and Of his motives for quitting i. cam,
" admit the justice of his rcproach. w
re united, if, indeed, there were any alhanC
is in the case, to reslrain the enormous g!
is paasion OF Executive power; to arrest Il
to progress, of corrupNlon; to rebuke nsurp
ton; and to drive the Cloths AMI Wanda
nd from the caiptal to eypel Bfcnnus aud h
n, horde from Rome, who, when he threw h