The North-Carolina standard., 1839-01-02
Mr.Hro,Yn,s .Re1mnrIks..

Mr. Brown Remarks.
In the Senate, on the 18th ult. on the bill report
ed BY Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance,
the fourth nstaIment with the States,
Mr.. Brown said - - 49,; .rs: -
He,did not rise to discuss the question already,
so amply debated, whether the payment of the
fourth instament to the States under the deposite
act of 1886, should be postponed, as proposed by
the bill reported by the chairman of the Com
mittee on Finance, or whether the amendment
offered to it should be adopted. = One or two
otherquestions OF great Importance, connected
with our financial affairs, had been touched on.
and twas his purpose to say asfew words IN re-
ference to them. >. .-.--- ~ -
He would take leave TO correct avery gross
error which had been fallen oby two or 1hree-
gentlemen in the course of the debate, in which
the advocacy of the principle OF distribution
among the several States had been attributed 10
President Jackson in some of his early MESA
ges to Congress. So far from having sanction
ed it, he had expressly questioned the constitu
tional power of the Government to raise money
for any such object. He recommended it under
two contingencies: first if there should happen
to be an unavoidable accumulation of surplus
money in the Treasury, Of the means of
getting rid of it: secondly, if an amendment to
the Constitution should be first procured author
izing it.. Nor was it recommended, subject even
to these two contingencies alone, without at
that time there should be failure on the part of
Congress to bring down the revenue to-a proper
standard of expenditure. which was strongly en-
Joined by him in several of his annual messages,
and. as he should presently show, made one, OF
the leading measures of his "A administration. =,
= The Senator from Kentucky, Mr. CLAY, had
in the course of his remarks, paid tribute to
the economy, alleged TO have been practised in
the administration of Mr. Adams, and which he
endeavors to contrast to the disadvantage Of his
successors. 1t would be reeollected that the
tariff act of 1923, one of the most outrageous
acts of oppression ever practsed on free peo-
pie, and which extorted from the pockets ef the
people the means of extravaganza, and conse-
euenty created all uncomfortable necesS1tgto 10 get
| rid Of theplIn some way was one OF the fruits oil
that most justand economical Administration
| twill be recollected, also that the magnificent
and unconstitutional schemes for using these
means, ay, and which,. to have effected them,
would have required millions more of taxes,
were, for the first time in this country, broached
under that Admihistrati on. Fhe basis OF a
| mi ghty system of internal improvement was laid
nv it. 6y innumerable~ surveys for rail roads anG
canals and the commencement of inn Vulnerable
tplans. Who, therefore. IN all truth and Justice
is responsible for the extravagant direction, thu:
forced onthis Government? Undoubtedly tht
by- whose sanction, this enormous amount Q
money was raised, which the Government wa
frompelled to get rid of in some way. Esit now II
be said that the political party who mainly con
ttributed to that disastrous state of ofthiugssw
leforts( to run the Government expenditures u
Ito their highest point, and whose pfogres
iowa rds that favorite result in their policy, va
j powerfully restrained by the Constitutional npga
five of the late President the economical PAL
.tty2 This cannot be done untilthe voice ottruL
is sIenced, and the public documents forgotten
+ Atthe session of Congress In 1881, the Secreti
EEryeof the Treasury, in his annual report on tn
4 finances, carrying out the principles assumed
. President Jackson, that the revenue Of the Go
i ernment should be brought down to a propt
standard of expenditure, after presenting q val
llety of VS. in support Of that propositio
comes to the. conclusion that 'an annual revenr
: | of fifteen millions will be fully adedhate.n
: By,this measure, proposed as an Administr
$ tioou measure; and uieaoed as an Adminisratic
Z measure: at the timef and. for which it "
severely denounced by many of the mode
( economists, the administration Of Preside
jackson attempted an annual reelection Of abo
fifteen millions Of dollars as the reyenne .tt
= EaecruinG under the measure sanctionedshy N
. Adams, amounted TO at least thirty MILLIONS
dollars annually andoften afterwards exceed
4tbut; amount : Wheresthen were the lectures
ECONOMY -Oppesedto the reduction and
y favor of keeping up theenoFmous income of I
- Government Atthe head of that party sto
:, 1.-The Senator from Kentucky, combating for
= ffIvorite, system If it could Then have been
Il duced; if The policy of the Administration b
then prevailed, the country would not only ha
been relieved from an oppressive burthen,
the means for extraEagapce would have be