Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-06-15

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Report was submitted to both Houses Of Convre,,
tho I'd inst. A correspondent of the ~ Y. Tubuo,
who writes with the Ms. before him, says it doe, :,
credit to tho late administration. The Secte,,,,
states that the
Balance in the Treasury, Jan. |, IsW was soe6loo
Receipts IN the year 1910, ., $50 "a,
Expenditures Same year, 27,ss1r,
Balance in the Treasury, Jan. I. 1871, sgs7 Ia
From the LIST OF January 1897, to the tth of Mara
isaI, there appears an excess Of expenditures o,,
cutren, revenues, OF s3i ,3looi4'
Thus, and to this extent says the Secretary, viii
in the las, four years the expenditure. pu,b.l
beyond the amoun, of the revenues. They were ma,
to absorb the surplus in the Treasury, and tn. out,
standing debts due the United States that the Te,
ury was, the 4th OF March Isii, exhausted off,
means, and subject to heavy and immediate liabin,.,
1t was already bur,hcned with debt incurred in tim.
of peace, and without any adequate resources eIe,a
the authority granted 10y law TO augment that debt
The Secretary recommends tina, the debt which Ia,
been eii floating by MIR. Van Buren's adminsrsuo,
be funded, and no explicitly recommends a national
bank.
lie recommends a Y. S. Bank as the best fiscal
ent the Treasury ever had-,hs repeal of The Sub
reasury Loan OF the amount Of money w,aA
ed having eight years to run.
foreign articles now free having duty les, than 20
per cent. This would give, in Ih2, s22, 500 900 10
all, from customs and add to tho revenue in the ,a
quarter Of this year, S5,300,OOO.
Correspondence OF the N. Y. Journal OF Commsrcs
Monday, June l.
HOUSE. The consideration of MIR Wiss's motion
to adopt the Rules of the last House and sppoin,
committee Of nine members TO revise the same was ~
sumod today. The question being on mr. J Q Adam
motion TO amend the resolution by excepting The ala
rule, which rule declares that abolition petition shall
be received or entertained in any manner whatever
mr. Wise spoke against the anne ndment, arguing thai
the rule had been founded on the practice Of the House
in past times, and necessary in reference TO Tho
despatch of business. lie read extracts from ,hs Jour
nails Of Tho House showing tina, ,hs House, many
years ago, discoun,snancsd the prssen,sen Of ,h.ss
| petitions.
| mr. Adams Obtained the floor and spoke, q, grss,
length, III support Of his amendment. He replied y
mr. Cost Johnson tina, he (nt Adsms) 10 1852 ,s,siN
reject abolition petitions. The assertion, be ssid "a
him injustice.
mr. Cost Johnson explained and read the jourus,
showing that on the presentotion Of an abolition pet
ton in 1885, its reception objected TO- whersupon
mr. Gideon Leo moved that the question Of reception
do lie on the table, which agreed. Yeas I7onss
37-mr J. O. Adams heading the lis, Of yeas. The
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plantations Of this vote, but no could not argue Of
the record The fact was it time OF great pub.
lie excitement The President in his message ssMsa
the attention OF Congress to the SUBJECT and the Post
Master General has asked for legislative aid sup.
press the insurrectonary communications through
the mail, and calculated TO excite a sorvie war. |,
was these reason, which commanded so large . vo,s
for the rejection of abolition petitions.
| mr. Adams commended that tho vote which he gaze
the occasion alluded to, did affect the reception
of the petitions for those petitions subsequently
received and referred to a committee. mr.. A. wen,
to say that he had always from the first moment when
he entered the house. expressed his opinion in oppos
ton to the abolition of slavery in the District Of Co
lumbia He held that Congress had the constitution
al power to abolish slavery in this District, bu, tina, il
was not c1pedient to exercise il until the people Of the
District should themselves ask it, When that tim,
came, II he should be here,-he certain he should
7 not be-he would move to abolish slavery in the Dis
trct. As TO interference with the institution OF slave
ny in the States, he much opposed to it as
the Secretary Of State, whose declaration had been
ferred to. Let the States, il they please, maintain
slavery as long as they can. When they no Longer
maintain it without Northern aid,-when the conflict
commences, as to which mr. Jefferson says--the Al
mighty has no attribute that take pan with III,
slayeholdeI-it would be a question how far the pso
pie Of the non-slaveholding States would be bound II
fight the battles Of slavery. lie had received petition,
asking to be released from such crisis but no had
not presented them.
mr. A. viewed this question of the reception Of ps,L
lions as infinitely more important than all the Other
questions that agtated this nation. While states and
communities were agitated by questions growing ou
: - saye1y, this clause alone debared from
-fsjne&ay. proposition on the subject. Gentlemen
a u1w M sassis tsehpa ~ Aspx Of !hs, ngh'
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