The Madisonian., 1840-02-22

utmost TO encourage and aid every section so far as
may be within our constitutional powers.
bu', is u said, then CONTINUED Mi Clay) that we
are Tor assuming the debts OF the States MOI No!
Let not malignant peryerson and falsehood attribute
'ha1 us in the face OF positive disclaimers OF the
acl that no one has brought forward such PROPOSE
lion, But we have trust fund which can be dis
tributed, without the want of being much felt by
The Government II will help the Siates through
their difficulties Besides, Il is their properly. We
assume no debt. We pay debt incurred by our an
| cestors.
Blu, (he proceeded to say) shall be told Of the
lameniabe condition Of The Treasury. Admit Il.
That evil can be remedied by adopting vigorous
course OF measures for relrencenchment and econo-
my. Reduce Your standing army. When we we're
| only one half as strong as now are-when we
had not hall the advantages Of discipline and mill
tafy skill and sciencewhen we possessed few ofthe
means OF communication between one section and
another, which we now enjoy from the so much de-
cried system Of internal Improvements then, six
| thousand men sufficient
Abolish your useless mint stamping coin at an
expense SO great that every dollar stamped, cost
| dollar!
Diminish your Diplomatic Corpsl What use is
there sor sending representatives and agents of this
Government to every petty coun In Europe and
America, as is now The easel This source Of
ravagance has been greatly opened up since the era
of promised " reform !" 1921 Let the number of
officers in your civil Administration be decreas-
! ed! A HALF MILLION OF DOLLARS could be saved in
the Custom House alone! The Custom House off,
GERS baye been increased under the present Admin
stralion in proportion TO The decrease of the reve-
nue.. The less income TO the Treasury, the more
partizans is necessary 10 engage for attending TO
| its collection ~!
| There are many other objects to which men sin
cerey bent on retrenchment might apply themselves,
and the result would be TO enable the Government
easily to spare these five millions of dollars which
ought TO be distributed to the States from the pro-
ceeds Of the land sales.
But, Mr.. Cay con,ended, II af,er all these mea-
snres Of retrenchmen should fail TO enable the Trea-
| sury to spare the amount to which the States have
just claim from the proceeds OF the land sales-,hen
il would be better, more accordant TO justice as well
as to proper regard for the interests Of the States
10 lay duties luxuries, such as Silks wines teas
spices, to raise revenue; and this might be done in
perfect conformity to the provisions OF the Compro-
mise Act. Six, eight, ten millions Of dollars might
be raised in This way without affecting the provisions
of that measure.
| The monsy in question BELONGS Of right 10 Tie
Siates. With this fact staring in the face OF Con-
gress, every thing ought TO be done in order to
make payment. Give the States their due Re-
trench Retrench And If that will no, do, tax
luxuries-but raise the money in some manner to
pay the debts Of the Government to the People. Is
it not wiser TO tax these luxures than for Indiana
Alabama, Louisiana and other States to levy direct
taxes on their citizens equal 10 their proportion Of
the whole amount of their debts