Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-06-19

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tribution be not made in some form or ON
or. the necessity will daily become more
urgent with the debtor States Tor resort
10 an oppressive system oidlrect laXa'Io"
ar their credit, and necessarily their pow.
er and influence will be.
The payment of taxes, alter the most
inconyenien, and oppressive mode, will
he exacted in place of contributions for
the most part voluntarily made, andthere'
fore, comparatively unoppressIve. The
states are emphatcally the constituents OF
this Government; and we should be en-
tirely regardless of the objects held IN
view by them in the creation OF THIS 10
vernment if we could be Indifferent to
their good. The happy effects OF such a
measure upon all the States would be
immediately manifested. With the debt
or states it would effect the relief to
great extent of the citizens from a heaVy
burden of direct taxation which presses
with severity on the iaboring classes, and
eminenty assists in restoring the general
prosperity. An immediate advance would
take place in the price OF the state securl-
Ties. and the attitude of the states would
become once more, as it should be, lofty
and erect With states laboring under no
extreme pressure from debt,the fund which
.hey would derive from this source would
enable them to improve their condition IN
an eminent degree. So far as this Gov
eminent is concerned, appropriations to
domestic objects approaching 10 amount.
the revenue derived from the land sales,
Inioht be abandoned, and thus a system OF
unequal and therefore unjust Legislation
would be substituted by one dispensing
equality to all the members OF this conled-
eracv. Whether such distribution should
be made directly TO the states IN the pro
ceeds of the sales, or in the form OF profits
by virtue of the operations Of any fiscal
agency having those proceeds as IFS basis,
should such measure be contemplated by
Congress, would wei! deserve It's consId-
Grafton. ..
Nor would such disposition OF the proe
ceeds of the sales ia any manner prevent
Congress from time TO time from passing
all necessary presumption laws for the
benefit of actual settlers, or from making
any new arrangements as to The public
lands which might IN future be esteemed
desirable.
beg leave particularly to call you al.
tention to the accompanying report from
the Secretary of War. Besides the pres.
ent state of war which has SO long afflic-
ted the Territory of FIoridn, and the vari-
Gus other matters Of interest therein reieT-
red to, you willlearn from it that the Sec
rotary has Instituted an inquire into the
abuses which promise to develop gross en-
ormities in connexion with the Indian
treaties which have been negotiated as
we'll as in the expenditures for the remova!
and subsis ence of the Indians. He rep
resents, also, other Irregularities OF a
serious nature that grown up in the Prac>
tice of the Indian Department, which will
require an appro priation of upwards Of
100000 to correct, and claim the lmme.
dlate attention of Congress.
Ia rejecting on the proper means of de.
fending the country, we cannot shut ouI
eyes to the consequences which the intro
duction and use Of The power of steam
upon the ocean are likely to produce IL
wars between mardtime states. We can
not vet see the extent to which this powe
may be applied in beIligerent operation
connecting itself as it does with recen
improvements in the science of gunner,
and prolectIcs, but we need have no fea
of being left in regard TO these ihlngs
behind the most active and sklItul Q
nations; if the genius and enterprise o
our fellow citizens receive proper encour
arement and direction from Government
True wisdom would nevertheless, seer
to dictate the necessity of placing in per
feet condition those Notifications who
are designed for the protection Of our prlr
cipal cities and roadsteads. For the de
fence of our extended maratime coast, on
chief reliance should be placed on on
navy, aided by those Invention which ar
destined to recommend themselves topub
lie adoption. But no time should be- los
in placing our principal cities on the sea
board, end the lakes in state OF entir
security from foreign assault Separate,
as we are from the countries Of the OH
world, and in much unaffected by thei
policy, we are happily relieved from tn
necessity of maintaining large standin,
armies in time Of peace The poicy
which was adopted by Mr.. Monroe ,shorll,
after the late war with Great Britain, o
preserving regular organized staff sufli
cient for the command of large military
force, should necessity for one arise, i