The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-09-29


which gheY had iiiFnWn a..
Sueh : he rpndiiion ~ dehl and a
inadrunslr rsrenne IN nhirh lhrv IF .
plunged; and whrn NJ 80 IA work 70 ras.s
mems fsr relieving the irrssury. fhey
denoance %. a promoting exiraraganr.
and eonlrying voluntary drh,. in order
shsg We msy hsrr . Prelrnce Cor layinga
protective lariG. fe
n, sir. public debt he > rune. WIN ara
obnoxious 10 Tie malrdieiinn-ghey n
brought il on. or they who take measures
40 nav il OF! And who. sir. ere lhr the
protective tariff party---lhry who have
ieil The country no olher means but high
duties 10 exlriesie ns from OR emba.rass.
menls. Or We who simply pun hose una
Yoidzble means into prac;iee!
What. then, j. the reality Of this eoun-
plant ii Wing exirsaaganre. II IS lha.
We hare provided for The public necessi.
Ties oceasiOned BY them. Sir. wiihou,
thai extra session, ahoni which surh !
clamor i made lyel surely Mr.. Van Rn.
ren had his extra session. too, unrehuk,
ed The government, - is nov easy 10
see. could not have goi through The wear.
That extra session. if Il did nothing else.
did, Al least. for The public revenue villa,
the senator from New Hampshire tAir.
Woodbury. had in vain in his reports of
three or four years besnughi Democratic
Congresses 10 do. II cul or those guam.
titles Of foreign articles. introduced nv
eyasions Of your laws, IS coming within
your free list. The frauds from abroad
that made The very awkwar,lest hole that
could be imagined in yonr system .f in.
ties. that Wing Congress stepped: and,
in this alone Ear more Than paid any ex,
penses attending is being convened. Let
me here remark. too. that this illicit and
uninended free list, thus enriailed. and
thus recommended 10 he 50 abridged by
the democratic Secretary Of the Treasury,
forms large part Of that very wide num-
Der of duiiable articles Of whirh the sena.
tor from Missouri makes another charge
against Us.
, Bun thai senator talks with horror of
these iweniy-scyen millions Of taxes. a.
if they were imposiiions entirely novel
rs If The country had heretofore had no
taxes al all 10 pay. Sir, since the cnm.
promise act, the average annual receipts
from the customs have been above tween.
" millions. To these. We have al most
added seven millions. and part Of this
nv the suppression oflarge frauds. Now,
sir. his friends are acknowledged 10 have
spent annually eight millions more Than
the entire revenue from all sources. They
came in with large surplus in The Urea
sury, which they spent; they had the
land fund TO draw upon, yielding large
amount; they expended every dollar Of
reserved funds they could lay hands up.
on; and they went out, leaving large
amount Of appropriations without means
10 pay them, and i've millions and half
Of treasury noies 10 redeem. They leh
revenue Of only thirteen or fourteen MIL
lions, and power TO issue FIVE millions
more Of Treasury notes. This, sir, is
very plain reckoning. which any body
can make, without being any ari,hmeli.
clan.
Now. shall we not have even these Two
items of all this!-lhe average Of the rus.
toms which they received. and the eight
millions Of surplus, which thy consum.
ed! This is all ps ask, Give US this.
and nee will not only pay your debts and
carry on the government, but distribute
the land fund 10 ibe states for their relief
and encouragement.
But This is no nmr for recrimination.
. Ifit were, could push this matter much
further. The public necessities Of :he
times demand a very different tone and
iemper--a spirit Of mutual aid and coun-
sel-deliberaiiun, fairness. concert in grea.
measures, and all that union which. I'M
moments Of extreme national distress or
danger, party. If a, all honest or wise,
should certainly yield to patriotism.
To return, however, TO practice: these
gentlemen object much, and propose lit
tie. Two OF them, however, mir. fal-
houn aud Mr.. Woodbury. cuncei'ins
something more due, the one to his the
oielic eminence, the other to his pracll-
cal, have spoken out little more plainly.
The senator from South Carolina, when
questioned as 10 what he would DO to re-
lieve the treasury from its present cmbar-
easements, tells you that "when cxpen'
di,nrcs were brought down 10 the mimi
mum, and the land fund given hack, he
would then tell you what he would do
This is very satisfactory, certainly, and
clears up all our present dark way ANA.
, zineIy. But did the senator. when. un-
der state of things appealing far less 10
. patriotism, he lent the aid Of his abilities
to the late administration, exact of them
any such reduction OF expenditures! or
did he raise his voice for il when that
voice had grown authoritative with them!
DID he not, with his clear vision. fore
see these public dislresses! Why did he
not urge upon them The looping or Of cx-
penses far exceeding revenue. And why.
lei me entreat 10 know, dues he not call