The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-02-11


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Or. Cav suislsd 81 sPpFthsFsians q
- appi,ca .ioa e he priasiF.s 81 dislfi-
kslion 81 the land fond 10 he imposition
IL nsss lor fhs psrposs % subsequent d.
vision among lhs states. The isx-pasff
and he and-powsr (hs srgaedl stand On
aosslly different ground. Congress = an
reslsd wIih possr $40 lay and collect
uxss. duties. imposlE. and excuses. 20
psy he debts and provide Cor ihe eem.
moa defsnes and general welfare Of me
United Slsles." The purposes al The
revenue thus derived are specifically de-
6ned; and disnbuIiun 10 not Among the
specified purposes. Congress. therefore.
eaanal eoasli,uiionsllE impose taxes Tor
distribution. AZ 10 The phrase . general
welfare" Mr. c. ssid u vas nos per
feelly setlled that that conveyed M pow.
er. but simply designaisd The object o.
The revenue. II Vas Otherwise silh The
land.powsr. Congress Was empowered
% !. dispose Of" The territory Of ihe UniI
ed States. The grant wss unqualified.
and without restriction.
There was one view which Mr.. Y.
presented and dwell upon with powerful
effect. Power. in this country. he said.
-wss Divided between ihe siaie govern
msnls and The general government. This
complex machinery acted upon The same
penple. IN administering III. each OF
these iwo agents Of The people, within
iis sphere. should so exercne lie trust ss
10 do the most good and the least harm
90 the people. Nov. the sisles bad no
power 10 lag any impost or duties. Bat
revenue was easiest collected in that form
of assessment No state can tax luxu.
ries; The general government can. Ought
We not. then. 10 pay The debt for Mr.
{. argued. and. we think. proved that.
under The terms Of The deeds Of cession,
IL was jebi which We owe TO The states
for their disiribulise share Of The public
lsndsl IL We withhold IL. what is The
consequence, Take The case. for exam.
pie. Of liliaois. Tier annual portion
would be sbnni 100000. lf we pay
that 10 her. il will relieve The people VI
that state from sl0l 900 Of dnsci TAXA.
lion--ehirfly land iax-ihe most burden.
some Of al taxes. Ought not The gene.
raj government. iheps % assign 10 the
states ,be land fund, and resort 10 that
power which j, has. and which tie sisies
have mol. 20 supply The wants Of the
treasury from foreign luxuries!t
Mr.. Clay denied tina, there eser Exist
ed any purpose Of assuming dale debts.
IL could not be done. The inequality Of
the amount OF those debts. svd The total
freedom Of many Of The siass from oil
debt, rendered such proposition wholly
un'ensble. EIe conceived that The pay.
ment Of debt which ne owed them,
was widely different from On assumption
Of their debls.
. lie condemned in strong terms lie ne.
gaiirs proposition introduced 81 the LAST
session sgains, the assumption. II was
grainiious, wanion. and unnecessary. Il
had injured. beyond oil ,huh,, the credit
81 The states al momcR when several
OF them we're struggling under unexsm.
Piled difficulties. brough. upon them in
The laut.ble effort 10 improve their re
speeiise territories.
Mr.. Clay showed h,u disadvantage
onsly We nov carry on trade " i,h France.
Our imports. according to the last CON
mrrcIsl return. exceeded our exports Of
native produce to Fame about seventeen
milliuns. We import luxuries, Wills,
our export Of greatest value is . raw ma.
irti:l. We receive her luxuries free, and
she levies du,yd twenty francs TO The
hundred kilogrammei on our cotton; thai
j.. nearly two cent? per pound al the
present price 81 Gotten!
Mr.. e. sad he was friendly TO trade
with Frsnre. Il els a, his instance that
. DISCRIMINATION hal bern introduced in
favor Of the silks n France agsinst those {
NJ China. tn, lie wished 10 see the /
Irsde on some fooing 81 more feclproci. I
~. I
In passing. Me- Clay paid high rom q
i''iment m L,u's Philippe. lie had seen I
with regret IN itIImauon of doubt as T., S
The validity oilns title to the ,hr"ne 81 a
FIance. BY venerable and distinguished G
4 ours. Afrer the rcvolu. \
lion Of 1880 I'm which our immortal e
friend l..fayie bore such an eminent c
psri.) by witch Louis Philippe was plac h
ed on the ifoBe--aiter eleven years Of Il
cqn'escenre by France, Mr. A
Clay said y 'huught his title was quite d
AZ good aiihal Of any other European %
monarch. as any which the sccident e
VI birth Guild confer. lie had, in the Il
mid.t Of treat political embarrassment. II
and ex,rprd'nary personal perils, co. eI
Quoted bn,elfi with ffmness, wis,lprp, el
and moJralion. IN,
Can We stand justified to our con. in
science and 10 our country. he asked, in al
permitting these foreign Injuries TO drain Of
US Of a our specie. and in refusing 10 lay b,
a reastabls duty upun them, and there. Oh
by emile us to afford such assistance to e,
the stes as they will derive from their Of
reslclve quotas Of the land fund! %,
Pere were persons who seemed 10 in