Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-08-05

ed thew WILL at least, have Inc eohsoia'o" VI 'l
;ng the country that they march on s'ra'gh,
the maintenance of Their own f'gh's anu 'nosI
consuen,s instead Of cringng under the lash OF any
Executive authority and being turned ASIDE from Tue
,,o;rh palh of duly by the dread oil one man power
Never till his country demanded The sacrhee' "ouo
he consent to abandon this measure OF o'srihn'oh'
II, BUCHANAN said lie had few words to say
rr,vev and sincerely in reply to the remarks OF Int
senator from Kentucky. He would not OBJECT TO
>, u,on Ten and coffee if such were shown 10 be ne
cessary to the welfare OF the country ana Inc pre-
servalion of the national faith when, however sucn
necessity did not exist, they were the last articles Oh
ali nm which he would lay tax. The Senator from
En,ucLv rMr Critic nden had said thnt let the land
fund be restored the Treasury, still there wono De
deficiency in the revenue, md necessity Tor laying
IA upon these essentials OF life Not 50 lie aunt
ted that during the present year, and during the pesen'
Administrations the proceeds oil Inc sales OF INC
lands had fallen far below the estimated revenue 10 be
derived from a tax on tea and coffee Why? Because,
for some cause unknown to him, the public lanes hau
mt been advertised for sale. There were large num-
bers of persons in the West with the money TO ouy Tue
public lands in their pockets, VINO had no oppor'u"y
afforded them Of bidding for them. lie (Mr pe
lieyed that during the coming year, the proceeds oil
the public lands would amount To more than three mn
lions of dollars Thus the two and quarter millions
estimated as the revenue to be derived from TAX on
tea and coffee would be more than equaed oy 'ne iano
fund He believed that revenue enough wou'o We a.
torded by striking out those aflicies anu Pi3s'"S
the free list.
The Senator from Kentucky had asked whether the
would consent TO give up one out OF ms 'e
cups of tea and coffee, Certainly But u such
step be no, for the good of the counry tnere DC NJ
necessity for making the sacrifice, why deprive nun u
his fifth cup. lie might say he cared not Tor Inc men,
but it exceedingly hard case Tor The adIes-'he
old women who sip their tea with so much zest-lo oe
de prived Of this additional cup.
Mr. CRlTTENDEN. Let the men give up Their
share. Let the old bachelors huve none.
Mr. BUCHANAN said he would willingly surren-
der his But The continued) the Senator from kenuc-
~ nut his opposition the motion TO strike out The
section upon another ground and asked, why not ga.
crtce the fifth cup in order to obtain the great inherit.
ance of the public domain True this was great and
magnificent inheritance and though the Senator mgh'
be xous 10 give up he could not be more sincere IN
his conviction of the justice Of that opinion, than he
(Mr. b. was ofhe destructive policy of making the sur
render What would be our position IN case OF war
All duties would cease-our commerce would be
shackled, and driven from the ocean-and the several
States be taxing their citizens 10 the extent when
they could bear. Where would be our resort lie
knew il haG been said That distribution was to cease IN
time of war but what was TO become oil the debl
which would then have TO he Contracted and wouid
follow the war; Whilst this land fund IS preserved,
we can, al any time raise fifty millions Of dollars On
the faith of lis pledge. In the hour OF danger, "hen
no duties can be collected the public domain comes ~
full play TO relieve the country lie believed II wouio
be destructive policy 10 surrender It,
But The Senator had asked why we did not take our
advice-surrender our opposition TO The disr'ou
ton clause, and support this bill? Was II necessary
that lie should answer this question! Was he bouha
to lake cup with poison in it, because the remaining
par, opened be filled with healthiul beverage
Why not separate the two measures? why does the
honorable Senator insist upon presenting pom at ,he
same time and in connection with each other: why
did he ask Senators vote for law, part ui which they
believed TO be unconstitutional: He (Mr. b. had de-
clared more than that he did not believe The power
to distribute the public lands TO be wanting but he was
as much opposed TO the measure as II 1t were Papaoy
unconstitutional.
He would ask the Senator from Kentucky one ques
ton Suppose there he two great goods-one atta'na'
bic and the other not atlanabe II the tariff be good
and the distribution n good is it the part oil wise man
to refuse because he cannot get both: Would not
the course OF wisdom be to take one and let the other
come when it COULD Two great goods are presented
to wise undoubtedly 1t should be his Po'icy 10
take that which he get, rather than incur the loss
Of both.
But there was one remark of the Senator with which
he was much pleased and which induced him 10 hope
that whatever the fate of this bill, should have
proper revenue bill before the close of the session.
The Senator had said he would not yield his position
now; no, not no,c. From this, he induced TO be-
lieve that though the Senator would not give up the
distribution policy now, he would finally lie believed
the Senator would ultimately make whatever sacfhces
consistent with honor, for the purpose oil serving
his country The Senator had certainly left himself
latitude enough TO do So in his declarations to-day and
he (Mr. b did not doubt but that, when he found his
fayorile object unaanube, rather than sacrifice the
revenues Of the Government and the protection pro-
vided in this measure, he would yield, and take the
bill as it stood, without the distribution feature.
Mr.. CONRAD responded fully ano unequlvocally
to the decision of the Chair the rule to BE- observed
in reference to the introduction Of the Executive OPT
Mons in debate. 1t with dIfdence be differ
ed from the Senator from North Carolina MIR. Graham1
TO the rroprcty of aboshng this rule tor the sake
of that freedom and latitude OF debate which would
suit from it. He though, the tendency Of the Execu-
tive power had BEEN from the beginning oihe Govern
ment too strongly towards Accommodations; aud he
therefore, disposed open the doors 10 that lnfu
which mil ht be felt i'll legislation by abandoning
this rule.
As to the veto message on the little tariff BILL often
alluded 10, he bad examined it carefully but found The
Executive sentiments go wound up in oracular obscu-
rty, that he could hardly tell what were bis grounds
of objection.
After some further remarks in reference 10 the veto,
Mr. C. asked the Senator from Pennsylvania if he had
calculated the amount of poll tax Gas he called ~
that the duty on tea and coffee would nlct OF ndiyi.
dual consumers of those articles; IL he had not, he
could tell tic Senator. The duty 10 each consumer
would be cents and . mills Tea, and cents nnd
mills coffee in all something over Is cents
This, surely, very small burden, supposng that
very small 10 each individual, of the hest OF
for imposing it, because !, became light and
universal tax. There another reason that they
articles Of lurge bulk, aud being liable to small
duty, there would be temptation to smuggling
They would lie articles Of productive revenue.
No one listened with more pleasure than he did 10
the eloquent and sonorons tones of the Senator from
Pennsy lyania, III debate: but, when that Senator gol
up prophesy, he confessed that the tones OF his
dicons fell upon The ear like the notes of SEINE bird OF
i'll omrn for he had never yet heard him predict veto
to Wing measure that was not verified. Now, how
ever something whispered to him that the Senator was
not in the true prophetic ven-that his predicted veto
would not He felt satisfied that the exigenc'es
Of the Government, the condition Of the county, and
the various circumstances of the times, would over
rule the opinions Of the Executive as 10 the ne
cessily of adherng TO his conceptions of expedi
ency, preference TO the ofrepeated decision OF the
representatives. of the people of the States.
Mr.. TALLMADGE observed that the principle
recognised by all was, that such revenue bill
should be passed as would give amount of income