Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-02-04

fal the States. Cession would create the re-
lation of debtor and creditor to the States
What could be- more poisonous or injurious
That was the spirit of the action which
the wise men in Congress, in 1920,
to abolish the credit system in the sales Of
Lands. There were great evils when the
debtors to the Government were butindividu-
ais. With State sovereigntiss much greater
were the evils Of a relationship like that Of
debtor and creditor.
MIR. WEBSTER here alluded to what MIR.
Calhoun had said in regard to State Bonds
and mounting up as the subject opened before
him, he became thrillingly eloquent. 1t is
time, said MIR. W., for us to speak like men
Of honesty Of morals, in abiding to the States
and their obligations. We have heard too
much of speculation, Of calumny and Of de-
nunciation. sat by my fire not long since,
continued MIR. w. and any one might have
seen the blush upon my face as read para
graph after paragraph in the columns Of a
high tory journal of England-the London
Times-.yes, the leading tory journal Of Flu
rope-the advocate of monarchial Government
quoting column after column from the Off
cial organ Of the Government Of the U. S.
traducing the States-calumniating the peo-
pie, and representing them as dishonest& inn
moral. 1t will be wound upon my heart,
said Mr.. w. whenever hear of an Ameri-
can State or a State corporation which shall
refuse to meet its obligations, and to pay its
just debts. The man who shall hold out to
the legislatures Of any Of the States that there
is any way to escape their obligations but the
honest and manly one of paying them, is no
friend to his country, by whatever name he
may be called.-(applause.)
Mr.. WEBSTER then reiterated his reasons
why he was favorable to Distribution, and for
a tax upon wines and silks; and again adj
dressed himself to the Senator from S. Caro-
lima, he complained ofhis appeals to the South
and the new States. had thought said Mr..
W. that the time had gone by for these Sec
tional appeals. REGENCY in States ceases to
be question of appeal in the revolution of O.
pinion every where going on in the West.
1t has been the manly and vigorous action
of the new States which has changed your
boundaries and swallowed up your sectional
divisions. Other changes Mr.. w. alluded to,
growing out of the popular revolution in the
minds of the people Of the u. Sand this is
the theme talked ofin Europe, he added, and
Europeans were told that this great Republic
had been wrought upon by foreign gold-our
elections were called the result of baneful
stimulus administered by the Bankers of Lon.
don, &c.
cannot do justice to Mr.. Webster in this
synopsis, and will therefore leave his speech
for the appearance ola full report, which will
be forthcoming.
WASHINGTON, Jan. &c.
Mr. MANGUM addressed the Senate al
length npon the Presumption Bill. Mr.. M.
said that ho was out and out opposed to the
principle of Presumption; but as statesman,
looking to the interest Of all sections of the
country, he would not oppose even that, il
confined to surveyed lands, provided there
could be accompanied with Presumption the
principle of Distribution.
Mr.. NJ. proceeded To state his objections at
length to the plan Of Cession proposed by the
Senator from S. Carolina. The multiplied
evils Of such plan were clearly pointed out,
and the Senate warned not to indulge in the
recommendations submitted in its favor by it's
author and its friends. There would be a
conflict with the Government and the States
protracted litigation would also come from it.,
and more evils than would be conjccturcd.
The sacrifice was next considered. There
were 69,00O,C COO of acres fland in the nine
new States, which it was proposed to cede to
the States in which the land lies. The new
States would not all accept of the cession,
and thus simultaneously, two systems We're
to operate. 'If," said Mr.. NJ, ''the ingenu-
ity of man had been put to work to submit
plan to get rid of the public domain, he could
have submitted no plan more Objectionable
than this
The argument that cession would prevent
conflict was next ably considered. Mr.. NJ.
thought that the alarm Of conflict, as present.
ed by the Senator from S. Carolina. was fam
clful. N. Carolina comes not here, said Mr..
NJ, begging at your doors. We have no
debt, but instead of il a surplus Of three mil
lions of dollars. She had more miles of rail
road than almost any State in tho Union, but
yet owes not a dollar in the world. N. c.
was not stimulated by credit. The State be-
lieved that the public domain was hers in part.
She was one of the ceding States, and she
needed buther own for purposes Of improve
ment and education.
In regard to the power of the General Gov
eminent over Distribution, said Mr.. NJ. need
not add any thing to what was said by the
honorable and learned Senator from Massa-
chusetts-a ground as immovable as the basis
OF the Alleghanies. A weeks preparation
could not begin to move it.
Mr.. Calhoun was next replied to, and the
opinions advanced by him subjected to a Sc
we're ordeal. He INDICATED the State Gov
eminent from the imputations cast upon them
by the Senator from S. Carolina, and even
indicated S. &. from the mean and mercena-
ry spirit which Mr.. Calhoun had imputed to
her by saying that the money his State would
receive would be misapplied.
Mr.. Nj. avowed his determined friendship
for the system of Distribution, and his will
ingness to tax articles of luxury used by the
affluent members ofsociety. The conclusion
of Mr.. NJ. was an eloquent defence of the
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Webster)
who had been wantonly abused in his abb
sence by the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Allen.)
The remarks ofthc Senator from N. Carolina
were not intended as an eulogy upon Mr.. w.
Far from It, but spoke in justice to himselfas