Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-01-02

ouarA,r will seoa cease. Ile rsll)sai Oh ihe ! VI
.,s fr,n with, our ,sttieI Dor Jers is nearly con
plesed. Tao pension list, ons OF tns n'iP'7'
eharges upon tn Treasury, Is rapidly dih'l'i"a'"e
BY death. Tbs mos. costly public buildings are
either Il iisloJ, OF nearly 80; and We may, th'ih'
safely promise ourselves a CONTINUED exei'p'ioh
from border diGicaiti 8.
The available bliaIcs IN tbs Treasury Oh inc Isl
of January next i. e4.inatsd at one n,islio" ana q
half OF io.af. Tai, SUN. with tae expected re-
eeip;s from al sources during the next ye4t' WIFE,
i is believed, be sufficient 70 enable the "''e'o-
msut 10 nsst e.efy eng 'se nsnt aid tsaS' a s"'-
able balaacs in thu Trnaasy At The eud o. me year
ir The rem dial measures conaectei VITA tle cuss
tom, and the ru,llc laaIs heretofore recoalmea-
del, s',all b. a iDpGed, ani the new aPpt'PtIisi us
By Congress shall not carry tbs expenditures o.
you'd the off .i.I estimates.
The No v system established by C1ngrHs" '"r 'he
safkeepins Of sAs public money, prescribing 'a'
kind Of curssocy 10 be received tor tue pdo!!c fsS
enus snd providing sIiiiiohsi goa'ds aud 1scuf''
ties = ain.t los.es, has DOW beea sese'a! n'nt1si tn
operation. Although it might be premature upon
@, .upetience of such limited Duration 70 fo'sn .
dsh nis. opinion il regard 10 the extent OF ii"insa-
ence- in correcting many evils a3dsr "etch ~"
Fslcrsl GD.srnm,n mt aud the countfy tsss am
erto suFhteI-sspe:ialiy those that have gre@h
out Of binAiny expansions, a deptecis'si cnfseA'y'
snl on :i.i defalca,ions, yet it il bat fsht1' say,
,'st nothing h-s occurred in tie pfsctI 81 ops
tir,, NJ the system ~ wauk ~ ia sAe <~l'gssesi O.
gree, bD, much - strengthen, the conEifnt sa't
49, - y.I, The rrGnttts IT III An
have t,rsn b solof,fe ., fully explained a. 40 n
eair. no rccs ,itnlstion. II respect 80 the facility
and convsnience il afofdy in eeaincii9s abe p1h-
Tic service. q "a the ability Of the GoTern"ssai 10
discharge through It's agency essry duty a"eassn'
OF the collection, ~traastar, AMI dishuisr acct VI
tho public money ~ith pscnp;!tudo and success
I can sey. With cnahl.are, snd .hs s2ps'lse 'on
of ,has sho felt il to be- their duty 10 o.pa4e ia
sl,etioa h..e proved IL be nafouni-I. Ga Ehs
contrary, this hsauch of iscs! slfsirs Of the tioV-
ernnsat has been, aa3 ii ID b-lies d tnsy a1rays
be ,hgs carried on vita every desirable t%s@iliis and
s%curi,y. A few changes sad Improvements 10
in tae data il Of IRE system, without ~Atec,ia< any
etiaciriss ia~ol~ed in il, ~I!l be . b sstssd 70 sol
Nv the Secretary Of The Treasury snd ~.l, | an
sure. receive at vour hands cha. sstsasia1 10 ~aich
tie, msy, on sxania.tioa, la foo.t - be eati-
tiCl.
h.ve dsenoI thi. brief .u;n nary Of oar lscSI
sf,;rs necessary 10 the due performance of . duly
s,~cislty enjoiuej upon me hs tie cohs'i'uisn. I!
ell scrve, ais,, 10 illustrate ~ ne fsily, the priaci-
Pile. BY which have been gaidrd ia ref renee 70
t~o contested points in oar public policy. which
were earliest IN their dssrioprmsnt, and haze b%'s
m,re important in their consequences, than sy
thst has afisen under oaf couplicstSd and dlthcut,
yet admirable, syssem of governments | sRods TO a
national debt, and a tlstionsf bank. II ~aA 10
kis-s that IL polite I cnnte-.s by which sha cou .~
try has been agi'a,ed ever since The al gt'on %
the constitution, in a great m@ssars. ofieins'tA.
sna there j. toe much reason 10 aFiareAeaa shat
the confieting interest and opposing Fslncin!sS
thus masshalled, ~ill eaniinoe. a. heErtii9rs, 10
produce similar, if n4i sg srasatad, coLseq asa-
c"s.
Coming into ufice me i ,c'ssed enemy If both,
havs earnestly endeavprei 10 prevent q resort to
either.
rThe consi ~ler,tion that . large public Debt sRas'-
All apology and produces, il. .ame degree. a Access
sity slso, FIR restoring the system aud eElent Of
tar atom which il no. nhiy oppressive throughout,
hu, likewise So apt 10 lead, III the cad. 10 the cAas-
mission Of that most odiods If all otance agalast
the principles Of repu lican governments, the pros
titusion Of political power, conferred for the gsAofal
benefit, to the aggs andizrnent ef particular classes.
and tho graf. ic,tiau of individual euqIdity-
alone sufi leo, ,inIepenle tly ufthe weishty oljsc
;ion- which have already been urged, to render it,
c~res,ion and existence the SOURCES Of bitter and
unappeasable discord. II we add to this ltd ~iueVita-
BILE tenaency 10 produce and foster extravaganza K
penditures Of the public money. by which a neces.
sity l. created for new Loans aud new burdens Oh
the people; and finally, If we refer to the e~Kamilss
of every Govern mens which has existed Eor proof
how seldom ii is that the system. when once
adopted and implanted 10 the policy of co1a,ry,
has filled 10 expand itself, until public credit was
exhausted. and the people were no longer able 10
endure its increasing weight, il seems impossible
TO resist the conclusion, that no benefits resulting
from lis career, no extent Of conquest, co aces
sion of wealth 10 particular classes. nor any. nor
ali tie combined a advantages, can countsrba'aacs
it's ultimate bu, certain results-a splendid Gov.
ertnen,, ard impoverished people.
Ifa national b1nk: was, az is undeniable, rep3~
dihied by the trainers Of The constitution as inco,n-
patibie xith The rights of the Ssstes and the liber.
ties Of the people; il, from the beginning. it has
keen regarded by large portians Of our citizens as
owning In direct collision with that great and "
tai amendment Of the constitution. which declare.
that oil powers not conferred By that insfranen,
on the General Government are reserved to the
Siatee and to the people; if ii has been viewed by
them as the first great step in The march Of lati;u
einous construction. which, unchecked, would
render that sacreu instrument Of as little value as
an un~ritten constitution, dependent as il would
alone be, for its meaning, on the interested int.
probation Of a dominant party, and a~ffording no
security to The rights Of ihe minofity-if SUI h il
undeniably the caae, whst rs,ionsi grounds could
have been conceived for anticipating snght bnt
determined opposition to such an Institution at
the present day.
Gould a different result have been expected,
when The consequences which base flowed from
its creation, and particularly from its struggle.
to perpetuate is existence, had couf med in SO
striking a manner, the apprehension. of rs earli
est opponents, when il had been so clearly demon
stated that a concentrated money power, welding
so vas, a capital, and combining such lnca'cnl,ble
means Of Influence, nay,i IN those peculiar c~orjunc-
safss to which this Government is Numerically
exposed. prove al orermatch for the political
power 0f The peaple themselves; when the true
character Of lis capacity 10 regulate, according to
j.. will and its Interests and the Interests of its
fasnnritns The rnlIe md nrnlnetinn If L. t.h.,r