Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-12-07

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What is To compensate the new s ates Tar the evlls
of this bill for the loss Of graduation-the loss oi ces'
sinn--the lnss of good pre-empti0ns-the ltss Of grams
and dunations-the loss Of future CONTRIBUTIONS, ane
the loss of all their specie which will be carried oil u
the old States, while deprecated paper vail be sen
hack 10 paw the troops and the IndlanS2 What is there
in tile bill to compensate for these losses, and tor the
degradation OF becoming The vasSals OF III. old States:
l. The compensation in the halt million grants: by DC
means, for these grants are cheats, ard onlv the haif q
what they should be. Is II in the prp-empaIon clause!
Not at all: for tina, is Il fraud restricted INTO nothing
and intended II be pleaded IN bar 10 any future appl
cation for a real presumption law. Is II IN the dis'rioa
ton Of money, Doubtless not. for that Is only 4 l'ttit
Of their own-a slice from their own loaf-and no equi
,alcnt for the losses and degradation which The bill I'm
poses, and still less for the violations of the ConstItu
ton and the compacts: far which no amount OF moneJ
can ever atone. The bill az nncompensated nilschie
and disgrace to the new States; and they owe IT 4
themselves and their posterIIy 10 use every !awfu
means 10 repeal or destroy II.
The bill contains a clause that distribution is 10 cease
if we have war, and begin again when the war is over
This is a grand absurdily, and weakly contrived 10 BAN
boozle the simple. In the fret place, ~e should neve
have war if the States were to advance money, or I
give up money, when war came. In the next place
We want money, both before and after war, much NOR
than during the war: before, 10 prepare for il; after
TO pay its debts. In the third place, distributions, whel
it once begins will not cease; but 20 on with accu
mulated additions until the treasure is exhausted
In the iourth place, VIC are nenaced with war now
and should employ this money in instant preparation
for defence, as the only means ofaverting the DANCE
In the fifth place, this bill invites war by showing u
10 be a people wasting our resources in petty scheme
OF popularity when needing them for tbe great pur
poses Of the General Government. The idea of stop
ping distribution when il once begins 10 flow, is child
,sh and absurd. II is milk for babes, but not meat 70
men. Look at the twenty-seyen millions surplus, de
posted with the States, under the solemn sanction o
legislative acts for lis return. Where ls the Congress
that can ask for one dollar of that deposited or coult
got i, if II did ask No, SIT! When the States and th'
Federal Government use the same Treasury, you have
gone back In the times Of the Old Confederation
the times Of Federal acquisitions upon State Treasures
Ito be drawn in distress, and protested when present
ed. The State Treasures are, for Federal dollars, TIT
lions den-all the tracks printing inwards; and wo te
the statesman who looks for one 10 return, either il
peace or war.
Another clause is inserted TO invoke the sanction o
the compromise is in favor of 90 per centum duties
The clause was gravely debated, and grayely voted
amidst the derisory smiles of the performers. II was
solemn farce. The compromise that instrument o
which We get n new reading every day! that nose o
wa1-,hat clay in the hands fthe pottcr-tha;C Cesar
will in The hands of Anthony. A week ago it wa
quoted in favor of the land bll-as guaranteeing 'hu
tnl-and expressly providing for distribution. That as
enifhsd every body Then it was quoted fer the Pc;