Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-09-05
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SECOND SESSION.
SYNOPSIS OF A SPEECH

The close n he Debate on the Tariff Bill
Accident prevented tho publication. immediately after
its delivery, of the following analysis OF MIR. E,ANs's
capital speech the close Of the great 1Nrln dcbaie
aud it has been since thrust Of It's place by other mat
ter Bret it's the sketch is interesting DO lost
Ia the puhlr' and we have pleasure in giving 1t. even
thus late, 10 our readers MAJ. Int.
FRiDAf, August 6. 1912.
! The question being the iual passage of the
! bill MIR Evans spoke To the following effect
He had trusted that topics OF mere party repruaeh
wonld mol be suffered 10 impede the progress OF this bill
duu addicted thai slrt ofdisrnssion he should even
pass il by except some lutte reply eeran omarks
uf tho Senators from South Carolina and Missouri,
! (Messrs. CNLueuN sud iIGNroN.)
Tho moment aud the subject seemed To him b1t little
oppurtune lur mere party elimination Thu Senators,
howoyer. 10 whun he bad referred had asked, N here
were those promises by which the Wings had their
way 10 poNorl Where wore the reductions and the re
tn'nchmen 50 abundant IN their pledges, 80 utterly
wanting in their pertfmaneei'
Certainly il would be no more tlhn iairIo gentlemen.
Vi whom tho county has rNacted but tnrly account
{Hot very willingly clearly rendered. TO give tlir
asosnies ut least nne TO mako up the results Of yelr,
Ia have one settlement OF the books. He could venture
10 assure the gentlemen that when this 10 be done
they would that taking IN view the shotnrss of tho
tc, and the peculiar aud unexpected disadvantages un
her which the Wings have acted. much has been accom-
pshcdlarge reductions nne0Ily every part Of the pub
lie service: the armv the nayy, the public Offices Con
eressiona eNpens the csfom.honsc, tie public print
my and many otherthipgs.
! But gentlemen, referred always. with great air Of
triumI h. as test 81 Wing performance 10 the oNpcn-
of lslla year satcl theirs rather than ours ui
which Nc goi hni the FAY cnd--th paying part while
ihey themselves had ali the contracting. II true th
We have been honest euuueh, obstnan enough of the
engagements made by predecessors 10 pay OH on
standing accounts. But the boals str. are not settled up
every day, uyoty month. that VT should thus he con
SANITY CHALLENGED about results which yet upaseer
taIned and which the ecn1omcn never before 10
such a hurry lar no will como wler all that pnn
ttncn deslre will be ablndany apparent; aud tell
them in advance that the country will then that
Wing performance has not jumped so III with Wing
PROMISES.
These charges. sir. made almost before the party HOY
IN power put nlo POSSESSION Of the public bu iness,
md almost before their clerks had dipped their pens
into the ink, have bDcn repeated with continual
tuluAllty, while vet Il impossible Tor rs Ia have
done much b1u to pay oil aueamgcs and provide tir
debts incurred by our ahcaser. Their complaints have
been AGAIN aud again disproycd, their curgcs fefu-
ted over and often. But. as one Of the tayoflc
Nrers I'll The present day has said. nothing Is Tenn
aelous of life AS these nusy popular lh,ehoods DO
soy one to day. and 1t springs at,sh and arows
vigorously tlan ever Ia nprruw. Xii here now mud
the ncN shall SEE it hundred miles of As full q
lite aud as mlseeYoasy vigorous as ii II never had re-
} |ceiycl hurt.
Thus these gentlemen cry out, Congress was called
together to puy the public debts Did they do M No"
\ ct they who say left actual deficit in Oh,
Treasury Of five and bali r,itll9ns, and an amount Of
nom - 10 II millions OF appropriations, made by
them, II e provided tur Whit did they transmit 10 ma
Il discharge these twenty OF twenty eight millions
ii positive debt already menrrodl revenue. slated by
lilo honorable gentleman before me, (Nr. NoopnURt
then Secretary 81 The Treasury twelve mud half
llens ast year. aud 10 fall millions this wear So
that the entire income 0ibeh years fell far short Of the
engagements already fastened upon rs for the hrs =
hnutumou now complain that we have rosored to Urea
sllry notes-thoy themselves having left us five mil
Hons u Them pay. aud nothing but Treasury notes and
Ia1te Er I.,F, al,
whole INCOME for more Than two years in advance was
already absorbed andnolllng left for carrying on the
Governments hut temporary eNpodients made difficult by
tho pressure ol the times, aud the dIsccd into which
they had iluoWn
Such is the condition odebi and oCnaleouae revenue
IN which lhcy ielt us plunged and when we 30 10 work
70 raise means Tor relieving the Treasury they drnounce
US, promoting extravaganza and conlrleug voluntary
debt, in orief That We may have pfetelcc l9l Ia Ting
/ protective tariff
IT, sir, pubic dci be curse who are obnoxious To lhc
lnaledicon-tiey who brought 1t on, they who take
me; sures to pay OFF, And wbo sir are the true pro
leclvo lariil partylcy who have left the country no
Other means high duties 10 cxtricnte IA from our en-
I@rassmenis, or we who snply put those unavoidable
means INTO pfacticeR
What, then, is the reality of this complaint Of yyhig
extravaganza II is HAT have provided for the pub
lie necessities oecasi0nrdb by thom Sir without that ex
Ira session, about which such elamor is made wet
surely Nj Van Buren had his extra Session. too nnre-
hukod.1 thu government, II is easy see could
not have got through the year. That extra session. if
II did nohnp else, did. least for the public revenue
What the Senator from New Hampshire Mr. WoonBu-
EY) had IN vain IN his reports oil three four years
besJghl democratic Congresses 10 do. Il cut or those
quantities Of foreign articles introduced by evasos of
your laws. as coming within yourircols These frauds
nom abroad, that made the very awkwares hole thai
could he Imagined IN your system of dulles that Nhn
oohyress stopped and in this Alone far more tan paid
any expenses attending lis being convened. Let me
here remark too that TINS illicit and uninended free list
ties cnflacd, and thus recommended 10 be 50 ABRIDGED
| by tie democratic Secondary of the Treasury. forms
large part OF that very wide number odnabe articles of
which the Senator from Missouri makes another charge
against MS.
Bot that Senator TALKS with horror of these twenty
seven millions Of laAes. as Itthoy inposlions ene
y nuyeis if the country had heretofore had no taxes
AT all 10 pay. Sir since the compromise act the aveagc
annual receipts from The customs have been above twenty
millions. TO these have most added seven mil
lions, and par Of by the suppression Of an,o frauds
Now srhs rendsarcackn0w lodged 10 have spent ANN
ally eight millions than the ere revenue from all
sources. They came in With large surplus in the Urea.
sury, which obey spen,; they bad the land fund 10 draw
nPon, yielding large amount; they expended every dol
lar OF reserved funds they could lay hands upon aud
iley went out, leaving large amount Of appropriations
Without lneaus 10 pay thoin and five millions and a half
OF Treasury notes orcdeem. They eii revenue ufon
y thirteen OF fourteen millions and power five
millions more oil Treasury notes. This, sir, 4
llain reckoning, which any body can make without be
M arithneAcian.
Now. shall we moi have even those w0 items Of all
ths?he average of The customs which fleY received
and the eight millions Of surplus. which then consumed?
iills Is a ee ask. Give this. aud III only