The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-06-03

may be exposed from the defects ia the powcr,,t
the administration Of the State Government
Let Us look little more infinitely at conscquebc
The disiribuye shaie oil the State Of ILLINOIS m il
land irocseds would be, according 10 the pf,3e1t 4
ceipts from the public lands, about 10000 VI.
make distribution and she receives It To thai e1tsot
il would then relieve her from direct taxation l. o,s
the debt which she has coniractedi II would form
the basis Of new loans 10 amount equal 10 al.,I,
| two millions We refuse 10 make dislr button Sls
must levy the hundred thousand dollars upon her n,
puialion ia the form of direct taxation. Aud ii Ia
rightly ntorme her chief source OF rev. Iue lana
tar the most burdcnsome of all taxes In am n.p
| formed the Senators from Illinois can correct me
/ fHere Messrs. RoBiSsos and YouSG explained
stating that there was an additional source in tx
| on the stock in the State Bank
Still the land tax is, as had understood the primer
| pal source Of the revenue OF Illinois.
We make distribution, and, II necessary, supply
! the deficiency which il produces by imposition ii
duties Injuries, which Illinois cannot tax. We
refuse it, and having power herself lay duty On
any foreign imports, she compelled TO he
nyenient and oppressive Of all the modes n
taxation. Every vote therefore, which is given agans,
distribution Is vote, in effect given 10 lay land tax
| on the People Of Illinois. Worse than that-it Is
vote, in effect refusing tax the uxures OF the rch
and rendering inevitable the taxation of the poor
| That poor in whose behalf we hear, from the other
side Of the Chamber, professions of such deep sympa
thy interest, and devotion In what attitude do gen
tlemen place themselves who oppose this measure
gentlemen who taunt the arlstocracy, as the
the peculiar guardians of the democracy How DO
they treat the poor2 We have at former
sions measure warmly espoused, and finally carried
by them, which they represented would reduce the
wages Of labor AT this session. tar which would be
borne exclusively by the wealthy encounters their op
position And now we have proposed another mode
Of benefng the poor, by distribution ofthe land pro
ceeds to prevent their being borne down and oppressed
by direct tai alton and this too is opposed from the
same quarter These gentlemen will not consent 10
lay tax the Injuries Of the afauent and by their
votes insist upon leaving the States under the
sity Of imposing direct taxes the farmer the labor
ing man. the poor and all the while set up be the
exclusive friends Of the poor A general laugh
Really sir the best friends appear to be the worst
mics Of the poor and their greatest enemies their best
friends.
The gentlemen opposed to US have frightened them
selves and have sought alarm Others by magnary
dangers to spring from this measure of distribution
Corruption, II seems, Is to be the order OF the day
II did not misunderstood the Senator from South
Carolina, he appraised US of the precise sum-one NIL
lion Of dollars-which adequate to the corruption
of his own State. He knows best about tha, but
should be sorry to think tina, fifty millions OF dollars
could corrupt my State What may be the condition
Of South Carolina at this time ! know not; there is
much fog enveloping the dominant party that it i
difficult 10 discern her present latitude and longitude
w hat she in her better days-in the days of her
Rutledges, Pinckneys, Sumpters, Lowndeses, Che
veses-we all well know, and will not iDflct pain
the Senator by dwelling on it. II is not for me TO vim
dictate her from charge so degrading and Illuminating
quent than | am, to defend her. Certainly do
believe, and should be most unwilling to think that
her Senator had made correct estimate OF her moral
power.
corrupt; that the results of recent elections
brought about by fraudulent means; and that 70
reign influence has produced the great political
luton which has just taken place pronounce that
charge gross, atrocous, reasonable libel the Peo
pie Of this country the institutions Of this country
and on liberty itself do attribute this caumny
to any member this body. hope there is who
would give il the slightest countenance. But | do
charge upon some OF the newspapers in the support
of the other party And it is remarkable that the very
press which originates and propagaes this foul ca
umny of foreign influence has vindcated the right OF
unnaturaZed foreigners minge, at the polls In our
elections and maintained the expediency of Their
owning portions OF the soil of country, before
they have renounced their allegiance foreign
reigns.
| will not consume the time of the Senate in dwell
ling long upon the idle and ridiculous story about the
correspondence between the London bankers and sono
s Shsh Wa s sas
ody Of the directors of what is Wanted genuine
Loco foco bank in that State, when it dragged
out by resolution Of the Legislature, authorizing the
sending for persons and papers. It was then bazed
forth as conclusive and damning evidence of the ex
stcnce of foreign influence in Presidential cleo
ton. And what did i all amount to! These Bn
fish bankers really strange fellows, They
foolish enough 10 look to the safety of their money
advanced to foreigners If they man going
ruin they will not lend him. and if they nation
pursuing the same road, they are so unreasonable
TO decline vesting their funds in its bonds If they
find threatened, they will speculate on the
quenccs; and they will indulge in conjectures about
the future condition of country in giving cenngen
cies Very strange! They have seen--nll the world
is too familiar wth-the embaIrassmen,s distress
es brought upon the people of the United States by
the measures of MIR. Van Buren, and his iustrious
predecessor. They conclude that if he be reelected
there will be no change of those measures, and
better times in the u States On the contrary il
Gen. Harrison be elected, they argue that sound
currency may be restored, confidence return and bust
ness once more be active and prosperous They there
for tell their Missouri banking correspondents that
American bonds and stocks will continue to deprecate
# MIR. Van Buren, be e.eected but that, if his com
peor should succeed they will rise in value and sell
more ,eadly in the market. And these opinions and
specuaiions of the English bankers, carefully con
ccaled from 'he vulgar gaze Of the PEOPLE and locked
up in the vaults Of Loco-fo bank, (what wonders
they may have wrought there have not been discoscd)
dragged out and leraded as full proof of the cor
rurt exercise OF oreig. influence in the election of
Gen. Harrison Presides of the United States
Why sir the amount of the whole of il il tina, the
gentlemen, calling themselves host erroneousIy the
Democratic party, have administered the Govc,n,ncnt
badly that they have lost all credit and confidence
at home and abroad, and because the Iaople of the
United States have refused to them INV looyer
and foreign bankers will not trust them eth.- thew
utter whining cry that their recent signal delea has
been the work of foreign influence
Loud laughter in the galleries. The Chair calls to
order, and threatens to have them cleared
Democratic party They have not the slightest pre-
tension 10 this denomination La the school of 1898
in which was taught, and to which have faith
fully adhered we were instructed TO be walchlu and
Jealous OF Executive power, eDJoncd tn practice econ
omy in the public disbursements, and urged to rally
| around the People and not attach ourselves TO the
/ Presidential This Jelcrson's democracy.
But the modern democrats who have assumed the