Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-03-29

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: = ,orrou. they are recusan and they arc put Oh
bor, olIowance The gentleman from fauqu'es, (S'';
Scou) few days ago. had eV'hceu d . .r ,,d, n
Executive patronage. He commended the study o
the operation of this Distribution Pos'oy w.
man: for il augmented Executive patronage IN
,retv Of WAYS and 10 greater extent, thah any nea
sure which had ever been proposed IN his Guy;
IIe repeated it would teariully increase Execuu'e
, patronage. The patronage OF Inc hAssu' ,rI "
rncI IN the ratio of the public revenue Inc greater
i ,he revenue and the expenditure, the greater VI" DC
The number and larger will be the enioumeh's oi 'he
oscss connected with them. If the emoluments OF
Gss nrr small the patronage of filling them VIII oe
inconsiderabe. Men Of influence WIZ not aesme I'LL
omm,ndnp influence will CONTEND tor them. we
have lately seen of the two great otales o
p,nsvlvana and New York accepting oiiiceS connect
ed with the customs; when they "ou'u nav 81
lilo If the land fund is distributed, oil course more
money will have to be raised from the customs anu
Tins Executive patronage is increased rot hi"siIa'
lion suppose that twentyone millions IS necessary lot
the wants Of the Government you distribute ,ie ianu
fnnd amounting to three millions one seventh more
,evenue must be raised and of course Executive pat
ronage augmented TO that extent 49,. -.
I Another very strong objection with him to this DIS
tribuon law is that, under It, distribution Is To cease
mon the declaration Of Let this law go FULLY
int, ooeraton-!et the States get taste Of the flesh
Dots of Egypt-and let them suffer the degradation
which vii follow in its train, and the Government Will
ne yer be brought in any emergency TO vndcate le ma
tona honor. The great obstacle TO the dechrat'on OF
war is, the taxes which il will make necessary. But 1t is
never felt in its full force because the day for taxation
Is postponed But, in addition TO the horror OF war, let
the people know, that the moment 1t - deciarea ina,
the supply of the State Treasures VIII he cut oi ana
a resort 10 immediate taxation made necessary, ana
YOU may bid farewell national character Foreigners
will know enough of human nature, to know that we
will not redress insults, and this knowledge Will invite
them. And is this time, (said Nl' Bayly) when we
have so many OF quarrel with England inc most
arrouant ton EARTH who has never liked her eye
on anv nation that she has not made it her prey for
Ms to place ourselves in this unhappy condition race
Yourselves in condition in which England will know
that you will not 20 10 war, and insult ana injury VIII
be the order of the day. until at last would become
more abiect dependents hers than were before our
glorious Revolution. Count up our causes OF quarrel
with that nation. ls there is the North Eastern Bound
ary Question, in which she arrogantly claims part OF
onr 1erritory-then there is the North Western Bound
ary Question the unsatisicd claim OF the owners oil
I the Enlerprize-the case Of The Carone-the absurd
claim of the Right of Search, which IS The more
munstrous because she proposed 1t should be sur
rendered by treaty stpulatons, and was refused
Sill she roeS on TO exercise, against our reTon.
STRANGE a riGht which she had solicited us TO surren
der but winch had refused. But above all, there
is the case othe Creole in which the National right OF
hospitality was refused to unfortunate citizens Of this
country who carried into her territory by the force
of assassns and murderers and they were despoied OF
their property by British authority. Wonld II not be
infinitely better apply this land fund TO build up our
navy and garrison Notifications in crisis like this,
than to offer it 10 the States as bbe to submit 10 TO-
reign nsolence and aggression
! The gentleman from Cumberland, repeating what
had frequently been said BEFORE says, If we do not DIS
tribute proceeds Of the sales of public lands that by
and by the lands themselves will be seized upon by the
new States He had replied, during the election OF
Governor TO this position when taken by the gentleman
from Fauquer, and he had nothing to add to what he
then said. The position has been settled more fully,
and satisfactorily refuted by his friend from Louisa, (Mr
Holiday On the occasion referred TO, he had SAID
that, this argument not Ii had been frequent
y urged elsewhere and, among others by our Senator'S
Congress. But of all the chimeras that ever haunted
a diseased Imagination, this was the most unsubstan-
al Why, SIR, the old States increase faster than the
new and we every day becoming less and less ex-
posed TO this danger He did mean that the popu
ation in the old thirteen States increasing foot
it was in the States, although the increase was very
great But Stale, as soon as 1t becomes aensely
populated and thereby powerful, becomes an OLD 9'a'e
in interest upon this subj oil the public ianos LOOK
To Kentucky and Tennessee. But the other day they
were new States Could any two States be firmer upon
this land question than they are: And even look 10
Ohio the young giant of the West already with her mil
lions of inhabitants, how does she stand in interest =
The public lands within her borders mere bagatelie
They have been in the market many years. and are
of bu, little value. And will lie 10 the end OF time,
State becomes formidable I'D power, u oe-
comes our ally in interest.
He referred to this argument again, because he was
inclined to think, upon reflection, he had stated 1t too
strongly. But be that it may, this Distribution bull
is not the remedy for the evil. The Western States
the public lands until they prepared
to perpetrae the greatest and grosses violence When
that the case this miserable Distribution bill will not
prevent it. On the contrary, they are known to be
violently opposed to it-and If it produce any effect at
ALL it will be to provoke the very violence which 1t IS
said it will prevent.
The gentleman from Cumberland says, that this Dis
tributon bill is the antagonist of Mr. Calhouns propo-
sition for cession Of the lands 10 the States IN which
they lie, upon certain conditions, and OF Mr. Benton
graduation bill The gentlemen misunderstands, or he
misrepresents of course uninentlonaly Mr. Calhoun
bill, when he refers to it proposition to give away
RI all of the public lands to the States in which they he
On the contrary, Mr. Norvell in his report obviously
drawn by MIR. Calhoun HIMSELF from the Committee on
the Public Lands made to the Senate on the 18th OF
May, l940 shows conclusivey, in addition to the vast
reduction of Executive patronage, which will take
place under Mr.. Calhouns plan, that as much money
will be brought into The National treasury as unde the
present system But do not said MIR. b., mean at this
time be drawn into the discussion of MIR. Calhoun 5
bill. Indeed it is unnecessary. He has discussed 1t
himself with ability which few any equal, and
none surpas5.
But suppose every thing which the gentleman from
Cumber land says of those bills be true yet the
distribution bill not the remedy The second provlso
to its second section is in these words 7nd Prootded
aiso That nothing herein contained shall be construed
to the prejudice OF future app cations for reduction
of the price of the public lands; the prejudice of
applications for transfer of the public lands
sonable terms the States in which they le or TO
make such disposition of the public lands, or any part
thereof, Congress may deem expedient." MIR. CAL
houns bill and Mr.. Bentons bill could not have been
more distinctly saved, if they had been referred 10 by
| name
The gentleman from Cumberland also tells u.s. that
nineteen States had passed resolutions in favor of dis
tbution; that Gen. Jackson had recommended il; and
he read long editorial of MIR. Richie to show that he
n also in favor Of it.
l. To all these statements, to extent, the same
is to be given. The circumstances under which
y these resolutions passed, and Gen. Jacksons re-
!. COMMUNICATION was given, were very different from
those which exist. Then, the Treasury suf
feIng from plethora-now it is bankrupt. Then, the
question was how it to he relieved Of that plethora
!, now is, how its wants 10 be supplied To
commend 1t then, and to counenance 1t now, very