The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-27

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nh The several amounts of money secured to b.
paid to any the Indian tribes annuities and the
| duration OF such annuitirs respectively.
| ON Inc amount invested in stocks by the United
STATES on indian account the names of the tribes for
wbi such Investments were made the AZURE of the
| Stocks the Conditions upon which they were pur-
| chased and the times and mel ia which the IN
teres accruing upon such stocks paid TO the tribes
| entitled TO the same
9th. The amount paid for surveying the public
| lands, and the total amount paid for selling the same
as far can be ascertained up to the present period
| nciudng the expenses of the General Land Offices
| 10Th. The amounts paid in the purchase of Louis
ana and Florida, stated separately with the interest
paid on the purchase money IN each case-and the
estimated quantity of land acquired by said purchases
respectively.
18th. The amounts paid to any of the States in con
| sequence of sale cession Of their waste lands
to the United States, and the amount paid in the
tngushment of private claims to the lands thus sold
| or ceded.
10Th. The States and Territories parts of States
and Territories, comprehended by the purchases OF
| Louisiana and Florida.
| With such notes of explanation may be deemed
necessary TO proper understanding of the same
Mr.. YOUNG remarked that great deal of the
information called for by his resolution might be OBJ
tanned by looking into the public documents but few
reports only on the subject had been brought down
to the present period. With regard to inter-
course with the Indians there was much in the dark
concerning which Congress should ha e inf T.
nation The subject OF the public lands, as all
knew, was Of great interest to the several States
and was proper, therefore, that the public should
have all the information which could be obtained,
that they might really Judge for themselves how the
matter stood In relation to the cessions OF the pub
lie lands an opinion prevailed among portion of the
people, and newspapers took the same ground, that
| the public lands now held by the Government were
obtained by the cessons OF the States when they
| (Congress) knew that large portion OF them had
been acquired by the purchase Of Louisiana and Flo
rlda. There have also been large paid for the
cXtinguishment of Indian titles and the amounts
! could not be ascertaned without reference to the
public documents His object to bring all these
facts before the public in condensed form, and to
include every thing relating TO the public lands-bow
much had been paid for the eXtnguishment OF the
| Indian title the purchase Of the lands what
charges IN consequence OF Indian annuities,
| etc. considerable amount had been in
| vested in State stocks for the benefit Of the
Indians ntlng To two three millions OF dollars
All this mic matlon could be embraced in fifteen or
twenty pages; and he was anxious that 1t should be
brought ard for the OF Congress AMI The peo
pie. he was not disposed to press the consideration
OF the resolution at TINS time, hut was willing to le
II he on the table until to-Inarrow.
The resolut took that dlrectoni and was ordered
10 be printed.
The Senate again decided 10 he consideration
of The bill for the satisfaction of claims arising under
the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek; which
finally postponed until tomorrow
The bill to regulate mesne process in the
DISTINCT of Columbia, was read ihird time and
! pas ed.
| The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of
the bill TO provide from ports and 10 change
and modify existing laws imposing duties on imports
and for q her purposes.
| Mr. WOODBURY. stated his objections to the bill
to be, first to the amount proposed to be raised by
it, and secondly, the manner In which the amount
was to be raised. Twenty-seven millions were to be
coll cted from customs by tins bill but in his OPT
non they should not collect from the people, Tor the
operations Of the General Government, over elgh-
teen twenty millions; much less should they RAISE
larger amount by tax which, as IN TIN BILL
amounts to poll tax per capita for, all taxes on
articles of general consumption, Is poll tax, and not
tax the rich, but on the mlddg and the poorer
classes This bill proposed to raise ten millions more
than was necessary three of which were to be col
lected to supply the deficiency in The Treasury occa
stoned by the distribution of the proceeds OF the sales
| of the public lands Therefore, by restoring the
revenue from that urce, and reducing the a,noun'
| IN the bill 10 the ann, unit be had JUS suggested II
would be broush, down to the proper limits In truth
tie bill proposed TO collect onehd more than should
be coec ed. This measure, although puipolling to
be for revenue, really for the benefit of manufac-
tureis If really bill in It's structure
form, and details, he should for it to the extent
which he night think proper. He then under
took to show thai The bill, while protesting 10
be one for financial purposes, was for protective
pun poses; and, in the course of his remarks be
said that the trainers of the Compromise act generally
thought that twenty per cent on imports would be
sufficiently high and of the sections OF the law
contemplated that result. If more money than wat
would thus be de ved from the customs should be
wanted, they must get II from other sources lfthey
would dance, they must pay the piPer-it they would
spend than necessary for The mic ] adj
mini sraton OF the Government, they must go 10 the
Lands, or to excise; and this proper heck
exuavagant expenditure Should they 60 above ~
per cent. they W, ud vlolac only the first Com
promise ACT Of 1888 but the second of 1911 re-en
4 i,,tt a and In hp lett aft IL atp
raj Harrison, written in 1889, which was read + W
days ago in the Senate, plainly asserted his deerml-
nation to adhere To twenty per cent duties, as well
! a. cash payments and home vauati, and even
| late 1910 Mr.. Clay, in his Hanover speech, ex-
pressed sentiments of similar import.
! Mr. w addressed the Senate fjr abou three hours.
Mr. EVANS replied lie SAID that the Admins
raton did Intent 20 spend twenty seven mil'ions
II was heir desire that the expenditures should not
exceed twenty-five millions at time more than
! wenty three millions There actual necess-
ty for this tweniy-seven millions for, during
several years past, they had not raised seventeen
millions per annum on Imports, and there were public
debts to be dis harged, which they inherited from
the late Administration. During the last three or
four years, the amount appropriated Tor pr ate
claims utterly insignificant tie believed that,
two years ago, the whole amount for tins purpose
was only sl4 900 in Claims had been
laid over from year to year. and from session to ses
SION and had been refused because the Department,
at the head of which was the Senator from New
HAMPSHIRE had not money enough to pay them But |
this debt must be paid well as the Treasury notes
outstanding redeemed; and the amount proposed to
be raised by this bill is to meet the engagements
which were left to the present Administra ion by the
last And now they only designed instead OF spend
ing twenty-seven millions for the ordinary expenses
of the Government, to come back to an annual eX-
pcndture OF twenty-five millions after paying the
public debt Mr. t. further replied to the Senator
from New Hampshire.
Mr. WOODBURY. rejoned, and
The Senate then adjourned.
In tho House, Mr.. COOPER, of Pennsylvania,
p esented resolutions passed by meeting IN his State,
in favor of protective Tariff,
Mr.. GOODE of Virginia, presented memorial