Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-02-24

porant TO The great end which he confe INFLATED. Hc
wished 10 send these documents all over the county
aud Therefore asked that n extra number OF copies
should he printed.
Mr. CLAY, Of Kentucky. opposed tho motion.
He said that, il hcsc documents were not more val
liable lhan the salt document. of which 80 MANY
pies printed vi the last session. u,o,ion Of The
Senator from Missouri. more wasieiul and profess
expenditure Of the public money could not be made
tbnn IN printing them. The most Of that document
had been taken up with questions and answers tend
ing 10 show that salt very important aud neces-
s,,y in the preparation Of food for dieren, kinds ~
eHe We had TO send 10 England for this valuable
Information to give 10 western graziers, far heir
guidance IN preparing iooj for the anioas they rails
cd lie was opposed to this profuse exuavagancc M
printing.
NJ. DAVIS asked whn, the documcnta werel
Mr.. BENTON replied that they WIRE all frem tho
Treasury Department, with the exception nfopc
which he had received ironia private gentleman
whose appears IN the doeupedt itself
Nj. DAVIS SAID he would agree to the printing
of reasonable number of any documents com
ing regularly from Department but he obi. cted
to giving tho sanction of the Senate wiiIlout in
qni'y 10 Statements from private and irrespons,LIo
sources.
Mr.. Davis then told the Senator from Mis.ou,,
that u. FAR as he tAlf. D) was rnncerned he mir III
have rs much sea.tnom as he wanted aud might do
all he could against the policy Of The Fishing Bonn
ties. The Senttor had been gwen ample srope he
fore especially The last session. He had prncpy-
ed ten tie printing Of extra numbers If his sal, ia
chhsnis, which Mr. Davis declared, we've of mn u.o
whatever and, indeed had no relation to the subject
of salt duties, or fshng allowances. The Fishing
county. however, li,r maintaned) does not dement,
on the salt duties Thar policy stands npon IioI,
reasons Of State. The object was TO raise nm n my
scry OF searncn aud offer Inducements 10 tho ba,Jv
and entetprsing. Ia 70 into The fisheries lie ran
'rove''ed The via"s OF Mr. 'ruton in relation 10 tho
salt DUTIES generally, hut Iorbofe TO 90 pto TIN FIJI
disc al the subject The
Nj. DENTON then rose, and made anoi her specch
IN his ehnractcrsttc STYLE denonhcing the dunes as
giving the "mos didbot,eai and damnaJie mononolv y
Nc' @e', and worthy 10 have been eived only nv
devils out Of he'll" and not BY statesmen ~, hy
men
When he finished Mr.. ALLEN, the .yop,g
Demnslhenes," 81 Ohio, got up and entered on ~,
oulogum Of the ducumcuis about salt. fshipg boun-
ties &c and OF The eseftions Of his friend from Mis
SCUM. lie had mel been able 10 supply half Of his
constituents ho senl 10 him for the sal, document,
lie then launched oui into general Jenunciaoos nj
the owners Of salt property mono polisis gam
binalions To oppiess The people," &c. g. Fo, l,ur
an hour we heard nothing but monopoly monopolyt
popular u ghis-iew against the many. &c Ac-alr
tho common place stun tia, is in the mouth IF eve
ry shallow demagogne IRON end Of the country
10 the other.
When this blast of agraianism was over Mr.
CLAY rose, and put TO MI Allen The plain question,
whether he could state single iaci contained in tho
SAIL unthHtHt NhtH was NOT alfraIt IN the
SION OF every man among his constituents. Was
there any thing init not perfectly known TO tho whole
yeonaofy Of the oounuy The whole subsiancr of
the document was 10 state that salt was Jod thing
10 put IN the food Of catle. That was truly an
tmpodant pirce OF intelligence 10 send M ,h.-
Rcnwcks Of Ohio and the Cunning ha,ns Of KEN
lucky, and other great gtaziers ofihe West: and
10 d. 50, an enormous quantity Of doc uments is 10 bo
printed.
Mr.. Clay then turned another part of the speeck
Of Mr.. Allen-that which manifested the spir, ~
dcstfuciiveness rife Of late. He noticed il as
sign OF the times IL VAS new cry thai the owpe,,t
Of sali property are noi to sell the prices they can,
procure, without being denounced rs monopoj,s,s
The great salt property nj Syracuse is according to
the gentleman. nonopoy-the salt owners in Other
States are monopolists-the Senator from South
Carolina (Mr Preston, )one Of the owners of greaf
salt property in the State OF Virginia. isio put down
as m1nopolis Aud how asked Mr. Claylare ,b.w
TO be put down by repeating the duties ON salt-.
by taking off six cenIs u bushel.
Mr.. Clay protested against these doctrines and
this elsmor which the Senator from Ohio had made
~ alusl those whom he accused of beinc p,onopoL
lists. lie said The Southern Convention thai has
recently assembled for the purpose OF inc Easing the
value and the price OF their staples, was in tho Ss-
nator's views, body OF monoposls So are tbs
hemp growers Of Kentucky, who have been struRs
Cling FOR similar Object in regard to their produc,S
lie could not hear such doctrines without meetihn
them NJ the threshold aud drpouncing them M. m.
spred by the evelll0g, deetetious destructive suiyis
abroad, which attacked one institution TODAY an a
other Tomorrow, aud which, unless arrested would
overrun all the establishments OF the country
time, he said, for Senators 10 put their faces a.
caiust all these dogmas, pernicous in their charac-
ter and ahominable IN their Consequences. a48
With regard 10 the printing OF The Documents he
had another objection besides that IN the score az
economy. They were got up by Senator who had
entered on correspondence with persons Of his osrn
choice different sections of the Union He ssant-
ed the information, il obtained all, 10 be obtainsd
officially. and from another source
Mr.. Clay was followed BY Mr.. PRES ron, Of
South Carolina, Who. also, speech of kabls
eloguencc repealed the attacks mhio had been mais
the owners OF salt p,opcrty, md reLuksd Tho at
tempts the Desl,uciives iran,ple on The rishis
OF properly. under The preIenec OF defending and
projecting The People
The debate was eontnucdi 10 so late an hour that
are liable To notice fully the latter part, Messry
WRIGHT, BENTON, WEBSTER, and, CAL.
UOUN participated IN H.
Mr.. WEBSTER expressed the opinion very de-
cdedy that the present duty on salt had no renden-
cy whatever TO produce aggravalc any evils con,-
planned Of in the West aud was on the other hand
directly and positively beneficial to the consumers
all alon- the coast
Mr.. CALHOUN declared his opposition 10 priv
ing these documents. because they we've intended to
toresia pnbhc opinion IN relation the sab dutcS
lie was against repeal Of those duties aud sfeelar
ed that, II he COMMITTEE Finance should report
a bill FOR the repeal. he should consider il a signal
for general action oThe Iain and he would instant
ly present resolution to Instruct the Cotniftcc 10
take up the Who'll. Tariff.