The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-05-19

CO reEfnue; now we are astuFrus if"ah
de saas qasFirr. thsi they aaeas ne purse
a Forluhalns. foa have ohly = rsiaia
shem IN hand. and wish. % obiain What
ever treasure yau waai. Whiie uiihosi
Ihrm, Won can neither Get money nor
crsdis. These sppesls. So. are but Ne
sfisrthosghls af The atsoesie. alter deer
sion against him upon he points made
Il he hearing. AID shea tie people
are persuaded, ss they are constantly,
that every dnllar Of land proceeds disiri-
bu,sd creates necessity faf nss isxaiioa.
they viii mol fail % remembsr thai those
who oppose distribution when The TFea.
saFy is empty. did il wilh rqaal earnest
ness when Il wss Gall: they viii reflect
that this tsxali0n wiil be lhe same wha-
ther The land proceeds are tsken iron
The Treasury By The plan Of distribution,
in which The people ~ each stale GET their
due share. orihose other plans oi sunen-
der. erosion. or graduation. by which The
whole 10 given % > lev states. And IN
this eoBneIion LEI me remind you that, Il
there we're objections 20 The passage q
he 5sunbusian bill. there are objections
10 the repeal likewise. Az I have shswn
ilresdy. isn millions Of serrs Of Land
hare been granted % renain sislrs by lhaa
bill. which are incapable nfbeing recalled.
With what propfiely can these grants Be
allowed 10 remsin. a. they must remsin.
in full force, whilst those states 10 whom
Inc grant vas Of money only, are 10 be
deprived ol lis beneflsl
have said. Mf. President. that The
authors Of The Constitution did not rely
upon the public lands IS means Tor The
ordinary maintenance Of Government. and
in nv humble opinion. 10 efeeiuaie their
design Of msking This . Government, Of
limited powers, confined 20 comparatively
few ohjscls. il ought 70 be restricted 70
those modes OF supply pointed out IN the
Constitution. All history will verify the
fact. that those navons have been most
remarkable Tor purity and correctness Of
administration. for the suiriesl sccounia-
bilny Of public agents. and have longest
preserved their liberties. sho have kept
their ruling powers constantly Dependant,
upon abe contributions. direct or indirect,
annuaily levied upon the people. As a
certain writer has remarked. " they who
would irample on their rights are restrain
ed by The want Of their money" The
general truth applies with lenfolJ force 10
q Government, like that OF The United
States. far distant from The great mass Of
the people whom il effects. and 80 com
plicsled 10 lis structure and diversified in
its operations. that. 10 keep up minute
knowledge OF iis drtsils Of administration.
federal politics must be made. 10 . great
extent. an exclusive profession. Thai
period a our history, when preulsiion
and embezzlemeni were most rife. when
Inc responsibility 81 public officers was
lsaslrigId. when salaries we're nnregulai,
ed. and the gains in msny Offices were
almost wha, their holders desired. and
when appropriations were most exiravs-
CANT, Was The period which hive review
ed in the FIRST part ofihsse remarks, when
revenue was not redundant but grossly
deficient. but when there were SURPRISES
and extraordinary means in your Golfers,
which the Administration had nothing 10
do with but to expend. Think Won, sir.
that. in any other state Of the Treasury.
district attorney would have been slow
ed to receive emoluments greater. by more
than one half. Than the salary of the Pre-
sidrnl Of The United S:ales--grtaieF. &C.
cording 10 his own declaration, when
sb,ut to leave office. than . any citizen
Of free republic ought 10 receives" that
marshsls. collectors II customs. and post
masters. would have been permitted. Ike
Roman pro consuls, 10 enrich themselves
10 immense fortunes onl If ,he Offices
created for The public benefit alone, and
ofteniimes by like instance. of oIlici,l a.
buses-,buses 10 hich m corrective was
applied until the 81 Of March. 1871, the
very last day of the late Administrator.
when a clause was inserted in the appTo-
priaiion bill. kind Of beques, 10 pious
usesupon the death bed rspent,nces spoken
OF by the Sena'or from South Carolina.
(Mr. Preston. restraining the compen.
sation OF these iunciinnafies TO six thou
sand dollars per annum for The future.
Sir, adversely 10 not without its uses.
Iamenlabls as is the present condition Of
the public fi.c. IL will compel us to >, least
On earnest endeavor at economy and re.
lreaehmenL When the question comes
TO be determined. a. il mus, now be de
Iermined, whether any particular ofIics.
or department of service. 10
worth 10 the public what wall be rtquir
ed in taxes for lie support. ! have an
assured hope. that sinecures will be sbo
lished. mnre rigid accountability es-
end our syttem reduced
WrhoEt any desire on my part. you.
sir. have done me the honor 20 place my
hsme on . committee on retrenchmeut. |
raised during the present session on The
motion Of my Trend from Kentucky. |
Mr.. Mosehesd.) and | have fell j, nv |
luiy, in the intervals allowed by other
md prior engagements Of my time, to
o0k some what inin the public sxpendi. |