Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-02-04

lie would take alike amount of duties oil
from necessaries; but for The purpose OF
enabling the States to pay the bonds due
TO. foreign capitalists he would mol lay
cent oltlulv, either upon Injuries nr neces-
sares. II mishtbe. as the Senator argued,
that the duties on French silks, &c., would
fall on the producer, and no, on the .coll-:
sumer, but in The reaction of trade our
own productions would suffer Tor want oil
a marker. The less we itmk of t-ioreisli
nations the less they would tnke of US, aud
thus the producing States would. IN The
end, be the chief sufferers by the scheme.
The tax on silks aud wines would he
tax on the cotton, rice, and tobacco planter.
Mr.. Calhoun feared, he said, that This
pruieci would be successful at The next
Congress. and that il was Ia be the lnIIo
rlmrtion TO the long discarded system OF Il
national funded dcbt--a nalioual bank
high tariff-ant of internal Improvements
by the general government. The disirlhu-
tinn scheme would buy up the STATES, and
engage majority of them in the support
Of these ruinnus and oppressive measures.
Mr.. Webster. in his rep ly 10 the consIl-
,uiinual argument of Mr.. Calhoun, contn-
detl that The power given hy the conslltn-
lion 10 CONGRESS over The public d"nain
was absolute unconditional, unrestricted.
They had unlimited power to raise, revr-
nue from, the lands, or to do with Them as
they pleased. The view he applied both
10 The ceedetl lands and the lands aclnir-
ell hv purchase. As 10 The ceded lands.
h- insisted thar, in terms. they were given
fnr the llsp of the Individual STATES. aud
nor nf tie Uniler States.
For tho purposes uf revenue Congress
hat' Il less limited rnwer over the lands
III n over the duties on imports. They
would raise revenue from either ar both !;
and it was within their conslitu innal pow
er. If they ihonchI proper, "raisr il Who'll.
Iy from customs aud appr"prinr the pro.
crrds nf the lan'ls 10 their original Object,
The uses ofthe States.
He hal found it difficult to impress
those genllemrn. who thought themselves
n,nre friendly ihan he WIS In State Rights.
will Il sense of the great sacrifice which
the maritime STATES made fn The { mon
when they consented To give up The power
of laying duties on Imports. BY this they
had given mp, nntnnly tie mo>r convrnien;
source nf revenue, hut the power of max
ing other States tributary IN them. It WAS
these SAFES Ila, now called on The general
government. in time of peace. aad when
there was no public drhr, to rclinImi>h I"
Them their lands. and IN provide for ihr or.
binary revenue of the government from The
customs.
That The States were in debt was no
reason why their reason 'hle demands
sIrnu'I hr compiled with. Any one who
could. without rnnriun, witness their >lrug-
giles to n,aintain their public TAI h.-any
one who could spe their credit DESTROYED,
aud their honor rarnshed in The eyes of The
world. hui no title To Iie ua,ne of Amreri.
can, &r.
During some passages to Mr. WebsIer's
speech about The States. there was II Illur-
nlnr Of applause in the Senate and galle
rirs.
In The House. The Treasury nnfp bill was
discussed, hui no conclusion was arrived