The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-02-09

fund for its benefit instead of trust fund for h,
benefit of,he States of the Federal Union, several
~ and respectively
The surrender to the Government by Virpns
and the States under the coniederacy was CON-
neto and undoubted; and being there co.
not be Distribution OF The proceeds from h, n
sales of the Public Domain to the respcc,u
States.
Rehabilitation was allowed, it could only 1. q
granted 10 the ceding states, and not To those wh
mnd. no cession. No Distribution could be allow
ed in Justice until the Lands sales had yielded the
Treasury an amount equal to the expense. h \
EXPENSE Of Indian treaties--the extingushmen Of y
The Indian litIes-the expense of Indian wars-aN
should be included, before the principle of dshlb \
ton was allowed. Tie operation of the Disrrib \
lion Bill, Mr. Wright also comp lained Of 1t woui
force the General Government into tax leveyD:
mower. The States would become recipien, d (
our bounty, and would lose their independents
Consolidation would become the consequence, and
our Splendid State Institutions would lose their
nifty and their independence.
The last position was in reference to the duty I'll
Congress growing out Of the Indebtedness Of ,tsI
their debts Let theStales take ofMemsehu /
and their debts
Mr. Clay Of Kentucky, followed in reply ag 0.
clock.
With the measure of distributing the proceeds
from The sales OF the rnblic Lands Mr. Clay said
he nlenaedto have remained silent, because of The
wretched condition Of the public Treasury. ThI
proposition was made by his colleague. | shd
vote for il, and for this which once meeu
nil the objections of the Senator Gom New YoR
II will not go into operation until the first day
ofJanuary, and in The interim the deficit may III
supplied by taxing articles of luxury.
Honor ard good faith would prompt just a
mnisiration going out ofpower to supply the &C.
ficiency in the Treasury, and leave the Govern
ment in a condition TO be administered and vel
administered for The year upon which we have en-
tered. My worst fears are to be realized, said Nj
Clay. had hoped there would be no denuncanOn
recriminaiion of The new administration, but m
have both, and in advance tire new adminIstra'iC|
is attacked The Senator from New York Say|
that the distribution question has been forced upon
tho Senate. How forced? Withdraw your pre-
-, emptIon bill, and my colleague will Withdraw bis
amendment.
The Senator from New York, said Mr. Clay, I,
had thought was the guardian oft the poor, but NOW
does he treat the proposition to tax articles used b!
the rich? The deficit in trade proper between
France and her dependencies and the United
States was from ID to IL millions Of dollars. The
SIS 900 900 we received from France went back |"
the very gold in which it was sent over. And yet
the so called friends Of the poor were against tax
ing the rich
Mr. Clay spoke OF the Compromise, concerning
which, as he said the Senator from South CarOF
ma had preserved the most portentous silence
Gentlemen told us that there was TO he no tax up
on articles of luxury, when one half Of the residue
ofduties would be taken from customs under lh
Compromise act du,ing the present year. lfssn'
ators are ready for peace and harmony on the otr
er side ofthe Senate, we ready Tor peace @
hamony II You are for war, come on MaDH
We ready for peace or war. -
Mr. Clay next met the argument Of the Senator
from New York, in opposition to Distributor Tho
land power and the tax power were not, as @esSN
ator said, Identical hold, said Mr. Clay 10 the
doctrine of 98 in regard to The CONSTITUTIONAL
laying oftaxes and the general weItare'-~prov"
ions, he admitted, never intended to favor dsu'pp
, ton. This was clear and unequivocaI.
The power of Distribution was in that clause I"
: the Constitution whiah gave Congress power O'"
the United States Territory, and other property W.
: longing to the Government. This provision "'
distinct from the taxing power of the coun"!'
There was none which said that the receipts "''
the land should be placed in the Treasury.
Mr. Clay said he should fshow, from the r''
dent down TO tho Senator from New York, tha' u"
friends Of the present administration were a'e'''
to reyenne from land; but first he should say 'O"
thing of the origin of the land bill. The mea'~ Nv
was thurst upon HIM in order 10 embarrass hlH
was placed upon the Committee of Manuac'u|.
!. and contrary to all parliamentary usage, 10 ~,
compelled to consider the subject. A bill was
ported IN favor of distribution. 1t passeu w.
Houses of Congress, and wonl have been '"' al
OF the land had it not been vetoed, as W" c,,.
:, have been if Gen. Jackson had returned II I"
i gress.
i Sen .Jackson's message of 1882 SAID o" ,s
that the time had come when revenue "o" s
sale of lands sh ould cease. In the nextye" ,'su
: sage, and an ominous message it was,-a ':u,
sRt policy was broachod. Reports OF Ad'''