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


rs.norsbiiity is not as great, and who will levy the
lax in an direc, and nsidous mode, the operation
which perhaps neither he nor his constituents W." IN
derstaId. ;,
What will be the consequence OF this: Does any
one. who has any knowledge Of human nature doubt
If h. does let him look TO the past. If you, (sad af
Bayiy0 resort the policy oil raising revenue i"
State purposes BY indirect Federal taxation he d'd no
hesitate TO say, that reckless aud wasteu extravaganza
will become the ORDER ol the uay we arc not is'' :
sneculalIcn on this neau
In The winter Of 1851, made provision Tor re
ceiy;ny LARGE dcposite as il Called but in fact
donation OF money from the General government ,
ros i, cc, the success in another form, OF Mr. Clay
Distribution bill, which Gen Jackson vetoed IL CO
ve red about the amount of money which that Dill
I'D. and ie receipt Of the State under one measuT,
vos about what would have been under the other
the only difference being, the provided Tor The ds
,r,buion of the fund as It accumulated, ana The othe
distributed after II had accumulated The Stale re
e;vcd under tina, deposit about SOC, 900. Our por
lion under the Distribution law, IS not estimated a
over Sa1D 600 So il will be many years before VIC
,ll receive as lnnch under the Distribution law, a.
ye did under the Deposlte law Indeed the interest
o the money received deposite, will very nearly,
not quite amount 10 much as our share, under the
Distribution Law. But did that large amount OF money
received into the Treasury go to prevent resort 10
taxa,on: So far from that being the case the very
reverse was the fact 1t was the nest egg oil extra
v,uance Like the dollar given TO the spendthrh, II
h,5 mt been applied 10 the discharge of old debts but
!, has been the excuse and the stimuant TO contract
new ones This was Ia have been expected 1t is an
nfirm:ty of nature, to squander away money sud
denly and Unexpectedly acquired. Legislative bodies
are prone to extravaganza, and the moment you re-
move the only restraint upon them, the lear OF raising
taxes upon the people, you make It boundess.
As he had already SAID, provision to receive the de-
post of the surplus revenue OF the u D, was inaue .y
The Legislature of Virginia, at the session OF sd Al
the CONNIE nee me nj of that session, on The 9TH oil Decem-
,l,c ftphfa an -
The money received on deposte not applied TO Inc
payment OF this debt, which would have discharged
bu, il was vested Bank Stock. Nevertheless at the
session of the Legislature of 1867 certain and eontn-
ue liabilities were incurred to the amount oil lol3
00n And AT the ne xt of lSS before The impetus
of extavagance which the deposte had gwen, was oil,
they were 199 400 making the two years succeed
ine The depose, 7,ll2,42o lie made iils statement
from pa per prepared for him by the End Auditor IN
March 1910 EAlrayagant those appropriations were,
Mr. b. spuke from his recollection when lie stated,
that the friends Of Internal Improvement, as they
claimed especially TO be considered themselves rs nav
ing been defeated by the narrow minded economists OF
the House, as then called And as the several
bills came up and il was objected to then, that they
would make resort to heavy taxation necessary, we
were pointed by their friends to this very und, The d.
vdends upon which each insisted was surely enough 10
pay the upon the loan, which was necessary 10
SATISFY his demand and all seemed to THINK ike ortiz.
nalus nurse could never be exhausted 10 say
nothing about our liability refund the deposile itself,
we have incurred, independent OF IT. pubic DEBT OF
near seven millions ofdollars! And since was made,
se have been compelled twice TO resort TO an increase
of taxaton amounting IN all 10 an increase oil aoou'
fifty per cent and we have now sad dehctt III the
Treasury, And will any body, (said Mr. Bayy) point
me to the good which has been effected by those appro-
priaons which have saddled US with heavy debt, ana
imposed upon the necessity OF resort TO taxation
All Of our improvements, which cost large amount oil
money! were made before the time to winch allude
! X, vhirh CHARGE the treasury,
or which is included in State debt has been made
10 the James River Company since that time ne re-
derlcksburg, Petersburg, and Roanoke ana forts-
mouth Railroads already constructed MO-
nev was brought into the Treasury without any re-
sponsbility Of the Representative, and 1t was reck-
lessy sauandered This had not been the case III n
cinia alone II had been the same in New ofk, fenn-
svlrana Mary land, Ohio Illinois, lndana-n word,
IN nearly all the States MIR b. went INTO statements
IN relation 10 all these States prove his assertion
New York debt in 1887 was about millions now II
is upwards Of %. Pennsylvania and Maryland had
doubled The debt of Ohio III 1896 was about . mil
lions: now it is upwards of ID. The debt OF Indiana
in 1896 was a little upwards of three millions; now II
il nearly much us OHIO s. These facts he had ascer
tanned from correspondence with the financial oihcers
of some of these States but they also TO be found
in the American Almanac for this yenr Mr.. Bayiyre
heated that this result not the effect oil accident
il had its origin in the mperection of our nature Inc
only p.o,ec,,on or tho people against extravaganza
ros that the Representative who made the apprnpria
ton should also lay the taxes. To avoid lns odlou:
act they would be forced to obvInte the necessity fol
it. And this was of the strongest objections to the
distribution policy II would PROSTATE the last barrier
of extravaganza 1t would break down the direct re
sponsibiiy of the Representative to his constituents
These VS. he hud presented To the House
and his apology for introducing them again was their
Importance.
But the gentleman from Cumberland calls the atten
ton of members from the West to ,hen and begs them
10 notice. that we of the East, oppose Distribution be
cause it will lead to extravagant appropriations II lie
were friend of Internal improvements, he profess
ed to be- when conducted upon proper principles, and
dismissed to net with especial view to promoting thai
interest," be (Nr b. would still oppose strenuousiy as
he does now this inquitous policy. IT would lead to
reckless e1lravagance, he had shown IL would, what
would be the consequence: Visionary improvements
would start up all the Stale, which the wants Of
the country did not require; and before any were irs
ed resort taxation would be necessary the WORKS
would be suspended-the good bad, and and
the State driven perhaps 10 reputation and disgrace
But he would remind the gentlemen from the west
that il was but the other day that the Chairman the
Committee Of Finance, (Mr. Dorman,) SAID, that we
stood in great need of the Distribution fund TO pa. the
State debt to the Banks and TO further taxaon
This is the ground taken. 1t has been suddenly
changed since it has been found that Eastern mer
= doubt more about the reception than Western AL
along the Western Democrats, who were oppo'ed tt
the bill principle, had been told, with view 'f Sc
ducnp them from their principles, that this fund was
to be appropriated 10 the construction of their lHerna
improvements. But it seems, that It s no to bt
given to his friend from Washington, (Nr Good9n,) U
ma Ike his South western Road 1t IS not to be pPlet
to the purposes of Education All! no. now it to 60
into the Treasury pay the debt to the Banks,and
: prevent taxation Mr. b. desired to ascertain if posi-
3 BILE, what 10 be the destination OF this fund
for upon that fact, depended, in the minds OF many
the question Of reception He had no idea tina East
= ern gentlemen to be begnled into the s'pPor
of this odious measure of distributions in the hope
that the money received is 10 be applied to aUiat
e taxation: and the Western Members, under The pro
mise that it is TO be used in improving their countr,
. Il cannot at one and tho time he applied TO bo.
purposes Indeed, it will be insufficient for eIther-e
Their TO prevent increase of taxes to carry on
:. any extent a system Of Internal Improvement-Snrel
h il viii he insufficient for both But are Eastern men
favor this distribution policy, when the vacuum which
II will create in the National Treasury can only be supple
$ by an increase Of the Tariff the bllgh,ing effects
which fall so heavily that portion of the State,
raise money to be applied to Internal Improvement