Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-04-29

ileman bnt of the rule.
ylr Fillmore regretted ii very much. lie lad 'ieo
10 get the floor last hISaii "u1 'ie 5e"''s"i1"
ceeded over hun.
Nj, A,h.rton said the question is on now on amend
men,s pending. The bli, as distinct ma'u'eo nea
SURF u, to this time, when the nour approaches ioi
s,onpjnr al debate, has Lever, tor one moment oe
before U.s. How does the matter now appear on ''ie
200 of the pape,s The bill reported early IN
The session. ard provided for rendering available le
balance OF the twelve million loan OF the last sesso"'
and ,r an addition Of five millions thereto soon "'e'
,hi. BIZ vas passed authorizing the issue OF h'e
,i,I,,ns of Treasury notes, and, IN consequence OF
This an amendment reported by The Committee OF
Wavs and Means strike IRON the loan b'ii lHe SEC
lion authorizing the addition OF hve millions but 'e
| MESSAGE OF The President Of March = lci2, accom-
.n,ed BIZ letter of Secretary of the Treasury TO
he sane effect, while authority IS solicited 10 pay IN
t-.t on outstanding Treasury notes, when cre, re-
SIS further loan for the redemption oil Treasury
note, which will be outstanding al tie end o! tie year
This reoues, was, at first, declined by the Committee
&c NAYS and Means, because no statements oil tar
amounts probably required Tor the purpose were Trans
fn,,,ed More recently The Department has estimated
the sum required at S3,601,oo0 and the Chairman OF
,b Committee of WAYS and Means has been instruct
cd 10 withdraw the amendment proposing 10 strike ons
the additional FIVE millions And get the committee
n be called upon 10 vote tins new aspect OF AFFAIRS
winch is hereafter 10 arise, and equivalent 10 p'opos
mo anolhe. FIVE million loan in addition 10 the sums
proposed BY the printed Dill and amendments as lEey
| ao* nd, without debate! -
/ Mr. Fillmore SAID he wished the gentleman would
oye him the balance OF The time that he might explain
/ The ainendmen, and the necessity OF the bill.
Mr. Aiheron declined dong this, saying that ih's
was rule of the majority, and he was wiling 'ley
shoui have all the benefit o H. hat Continued fr
/ \ IS now The situation OF the county, Ms c.ra",
i, honor In The letter Of the Secretary al the Urea
srry of March lth, the chairman OF the COMMITTEE
If Wavs and Means is the following passage: "The
the money market, and prDrreSStre
Geciiae IF pbje eredh are now SUCH as, III he OPT
mon of the Department., 10 call Tor profisioh III lhe
loan bill By which the stock can he sold far riHferr
Il rul tring" Yes, it is proposed 10 hawk t1e NJ
The RIO uusulled credit of the nation IN The maHet 10
be sold TO the hishes, bidder Gentlemen IN the
other side have SAID they dd not consider themselves
sble for this state of things, and have sFsen as
;: the Executive was alone responsible VINO Is the
President: The individual elected by the
Wee Presidency, and who they knew IN case d Inc
death of Gen HARRISON must succeed 10 lie o'cto TIC
President Who are the members OF tna SahinfI Eve
70 cuc Of them prominent members OF the great Wing
nnr;y" Has tie Executive refused his assent any
measure proposed passed by thu overwhelming y hg
majority in Congress except the Bank alone: Va SIT
None can forget that it announced al the ctse OF
the extra SESSION. that the Wing party had succeeded
70 every thing except measure, and that, or the
vboa The experiment Of that session had been emf
n.a,!y successful and, that most especially, II the
adoption If that great cardinal measure the lane DIS
,,bution bill. 1t has been exungly proclaimed that
the Whr majority here is firm and united, and that
- The tendency then. of this nttemp, to escape
possibility: |, is abolish the power OF Congress al
together Tins House, which alone can originate re.
venue bills, with vast and united wing Tnalorr, Is
nothing! The Senate, containing the representatives,
Of ,e sovereignty Of States, also wi,ha large Wing
ma,rtv IS nothing, Both Houses combined, By the
power ri ina ories actIng under the same impulses,
are nothing TINS Executive is every thing This
j. the result Of The reasoning Of those gentlemen, who
sometimes xpress much horror o! Executive power
{, al he
ance Of Congress. Gentlemen Of The mnjory surely
could not be unjust as To attempt 10 place any part
of the responsibility who are in helpless Irino-
ti,Y here, and when they vote down every ih'ns we
arouse In the Committee Of Ways and Neafs, |
proposition was rered 10 recall and pledge the pro
ceeds Of the lands. 1t voted down The same
PROPOSITION has been offered here. The majority de-
c,ared il out Of order They cannot blame us, The mi
ncrly, for not beng atle 10 succeed measures vhch
lhsy themselves down, for the effects Of mea
snres which they have succeeded in passing against
our circumstances and our votes.
The gentleman from Massachusetts,, Mr. Cushing
sad that the Administration of MIR. Van Buren, enter
ed uDou debt and that, taking out the receipts from
publc lands Tor the four years of that Administration
there was a constantly deficient and decreasing reve
nue. and tina, it had resource IN seventeen millions al
available funds, winch this Administrator has not
If we could dmt with TRUTH that the present debt
v,sa burden imposed By the late Administration, 1t
rms, have been all known al the Extra Session, and II
would only render glazing The unutterahle Jolly OF
throwing entire source OF revennc-lhe pro
ceeds of the lands. This Administration came into
pomcr according 10 the gentleman from Massachusetts,
with an insufficient and constantly decreasing revenue,
ard one Of their first was 10 distribute the
land fund
/ II this constantly decreasing revenue was one OF
"the burdens" imposed on this Administration, did
lessen that burden squarder and render o no avail
the proceeds Of our immense pubic DOMAIN: Ion
m sed bill for raising revenue frcm customs at tue
Extra Session. The Chairman Of the COMMITTEE oil
WAYS and Means then estimated your current eIpen-
ses al twentv.seven or twenty-eaht millions OF dol
lars Yearly. Why, then, did you not make your tax
bill sufficient TO supersede the necessity oil contracting
twenty years loan in time Of peace and hawking the
credit Of the Government in the market:
+ Though the last Administration did begin NJ enter
ing upon debt yet the gentleman from Massachusetts
must acknowledge The authority 81 the Secretary OF
Tie Treasury that all the debt left by them oi Their
own contracting about five and hat millions OIL
dollars. And what, under this diminishing revenue
was the policy Of the last Administration Inc e3-
pendhucs we're IN course of rm and vigorous reduc'
Ton In 1880 the expenditures according 10 the re-
port of Mr.. Ewing, reduced 10 S21l33,' 10, ahd
IN $40, the last year Of that Administration, 10 So
3s9356 aud further annual reductions were pr"p"seo
You say the last Administration had seventeen m!i'ohs
of available funds whic you have NOT yet, no'wHh
standing misunderstanding deficient and decrcas
ing revenue-comng into power with Fro'ess'ohs VI
economy, reirencmeni and reform, you nave sar'en
the expenditures III an upward course, ihhauh3 anu
increasing them to large amnun', ard giving away, at
? the same tEc o.. the sources Of pubic reVrnne.-
Can any one, contemplating the wondrous wisdom Of
such course entertain the least surprise that Co.
t veruent thus administered has lost lis credit IT, las
gentlemen have asserted, puulc credit be So de ca,e
plant can any course be conceived by the Inac'nao
of man more calculate 10 y er ii, root and branch
E Something has been sald about the sma amount now
in The Treasury from the proceeds of the lands; only
about 5000 $50 The Of the smallness OF that
amount is that the land sales have bcen during the
last son For what THIS was
done, know not, except TO prevent any thing from
4 going the Treasury, from tnt source, previous 10
the beginning cf the year, the time Cor the operation Of
the Distribution law 10 begin and thus 10 Involve the
Government in greater prrrexiiy. II the Land law
had been adopted, ard the land sales not been DIS
f continued there would have befn in the Treasury an
ample fund the Government the dshonor Of the
failure 10 redeem its Treasury notes coming DUE and