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ereds ii the payment Of his househola ex;s.ss.s.
The zfsi Ptaaslffe u political ecpnotsy secssss
y &c nafion Is e faiss y tsx4ssoa eishIs .l,e
year iae kale aum rsqaiSed inr ihs sfpenas-
-1afssof sAai yssf- Every dspzrtary .fosn hi
RFinftpse = arp IL the path y qatiosal ba1s-
IaFscy and raia- Tie taily demands 81 *
TftAseFY sNgsi e. Supplied 81 he isests< a.
Tsred ifam fsxslicn 81 xhs yesraand pot bf tsss
cssisp4tien ef tke eonnoh pTeperJs.
IAeA second reason or Tie Pfessteni z os- I
isesing p DE passage n his bits net noss
ppndefcps ltanI The 6rss. Eis the desufate and
seasartassed state Of ihs Treasury. aad Inc i'd
Foilcy.B not nhcoAslisaionaitiy. Of firinr sr5y
fruitful SOURCE Of fevenaa, Mhsch II feIslnsl
may b seized 81 inc GovefnHfenl and sppsisd
70 meet Us daily SAINTS. Eui ihe President sd
Just sold Is shak this fruitful sanree Of revspsc
was sehirel Wholly dissimiizr 10 its charss,ss
from lAsi Of revenue raised bY Aaties 81 iEposf
80 dJs9imilarl thai he uniehSf them f9lmsd
10 bis uIsnd an inssrme1ntabe objection 10 iae
nassageibf the bill. II niosl respectfully sab
MI (sayk re r1essage) wheshsrbs i q linei ID
girs- aasas DE proces5s of The had sales, whsn
he pnsiic lsnds constitutes fund which a All
eshefs may Be made most useful in sustaining
;he pubic crea& ? And how cdaid il be male
ibus useful Precisely bJ gitin Ism s,ay -tE3yH
giving them assay foreFeri F@Eif ,he ptincipis
81 once ssta 59sbed chat Ihe p4eseds 81 The sales
or TIE public lsnds shall be substituted IN lkeB
placed resenle BY isxatSon ID e-fray the ords-
nary annual expenses Of the National Gogesa-
snen,. EtFef m}Hs will lhe people Of any slase
I'd this EAion have HE heteat or one dalisf
from this richest of mines tx ineShsnsiibae
wealth. bekiowt "a uFoSn them bFiheir bounsifuiI
Creator ifqEKhe izrroTenient eftbeir eva cen
tiuon. Boz g5rea asray-yss, 10 The last eept
girtn gtt4g, faIeger, ~ panFeF The reckless ek
I tFavagabce or ! Goyernment fptersr pteaehlrz
rstfenehment add economy, and forever hsaping
milstOn nnRn mlliiaadf annual Expenditures "to
spckie ARMIES and dry hprSs lhe land. q
The Commits submit 10 ne House she,f a..
fhcsiattrg epapn lhst the appropriation Of ans
patt o.. The prdeesdsof ihe sales Of The public
faads 10 the ordinary annual expenditures H.oulI
belihe onIy edettual and irretfisvabie sitiag =
cay Of that gydat As4 ines,imable inheftseee
! Of The Amerlcan People Thai. ff once th2t
growing and insxhaHsiible fuhd shall be doomed
I 70 form The whole Or any pattluf he rays and
| HstanS for the a1naal estimates of the receiptsI
/ and expenditurssof Tie National Goye1nmenf,
I Tie People mayihid farewell, a long farewell. 70
every hi'pe Of ever receiving a dollars u<esuJi
| improvement ffpm that sifl Of Ged 70 them, thus
cruelty and petidiansly wrssted frsm ihSf1
/ hands. E fifth
Nineteen Of ths States Of thiA Union 10 the
! ardent, perhaps. in some cases incoasiderately
/! own condition. have become involved, some Of
them heavily involved, 10 debt. The greatest
portion Of this eebt has beer contacted ios the
! Accomplishment: Of stupendols works 10 expedi.
ale snd facilitate the intercourse of{raSei and
Of trses between the re modest extremes Of this
great Republic, swarning from year Is year,
with rsdoubliRg millions Of population. Nlt 81
no exaggerated estimate Of the value of these
Y works 10 say, that the saving d tina, Of laboF,
Il Fl - j
on, enjoying the benefit of these public works,
more lhah rephys, ID every single year; the
! whole fepst Of their construction.
4 But, while these immense benefits hax9 bssn
i thps sesured 10 the People, as d community OF
ineividtiais, the tSiales which hive sRhorizsd
them hsye contracted burden Of liabilities
heavier than they are able TO bear. They mead
heias.stauee Of friendly and powerfGl hand,
and where should they find il bun 10 the syTnpa-
flhies OF Tho National Goyefpmsnt--ih their d
deity 10 the trust committed 70 their charge ID
this immense and almost boundess public do
! main The applicatohf Of the proceeds Of ths
public lands 10 sllsyists the burden cf these
!, debts pressing upop the people Of almost al; the
States, is, if not the oslf, the most unexcepson-
able mbde OF extending the mighty arn Of the
Union 10 relieve tho People OF the Statet from
tho pressure Of the burden bearing upon them
a rtlief consisting only Of the distribution among
! them Of their own property-A relief furnishing
them the means Of paying TO The United States
themselves DO uncomfortable portion of the
dabts dine from the States to them; so that By
one and the same operation the People Of the
States viii be relieved from the intolersble pres
sure pf their debt, and the common Treasury Of
the Union will receive back id Payment Of debt
no small part Of tie same Gums allotted 10 the
ststes As their respective portions Of The distri-
Button M. n
The committee regret that tie shortness Of
The tins which they SLOWED themselves for the
preparation OF this fs port coGstrans them topsss
lover numerous other considerations Smountingto
the demonstration ihattbe distribution a.
ong theStatss of the procAeds OF the sales Of the
public lands will be Infinitely moro conducive
10 tho ends Of justice and to the relief Of the
People from their embsrrassments, than the de-
4otion of the same funds 10 b swallowed up In
,he insatieie guIph OF the ordipary annual ex-
penses oftho Federal CONFERENCE.-The psriAhIin
the using like the nine millions Of the fourth ia-
i stslment promised to the States, the seven or
eight millions Of stock 10 the Bank Of the United
States, and the Ave OF ak millions or Inals1
trust and Navy pension funds, all:saDk, during
ibe Van Buren, Adminisuation, without leaving
Il = wreck behind.
Il This review OF The reasops OF tho President
for obiecting 10 the passage Of tbs bill a igAt De
extended far more into detail and slEleadihg
10 the conclusion that they are fsebIe1 ihcpnsis-
tent, and unsatisfactory. II remains only for
the Hoese to take, BY yeas and nays, thc qass-
ton upon the final passage of The bill, and as
the msjoritJ Of the committee cannot induige,
Il evsn Alphabetically the absurd hope Of a ma
| joriiy ei,hsr in this or the other House Of Con-
kgress competent 10 the enactment Of fhe bill IN
eto law, they leave tho noatS 10 determine
what further measure they may deem pessss1-
~ aud practicable BY the legislative authority
ID the present calanitious condition Of lac eoun-
Il Try. 4
\ They perceive that the whole legislative pow
er Of the Union has bern for the last atteeb
months, with regard 10 the action Of CO gress
u upon measures Of vital Importance, in a Stale 81
suspended animation, strangled By The Eve times
rspeaisd structure Of the Executive cord They
Observe that, under these unsxampled obstruc-
tions 70 the exercise Of their high and legitimate
duties, they have hitherto preserved shs NEST
lrespeetful foTsearancs towards the Executive
iehief; that while he has, time after limo, an
nuiisd b. the mere 4aet Of his will THAR COM
mission from the People 10 enact laws for the
common welfare, they have fpsborns even The
Il expression Of their resentment for these multi
piled insults and injures-ihey believed they
had high destiny 70 fulfil, By Administering 10
1.-the People IN tbs form Of law remedies for The
sufferings which they had too long endured
i The will of one msn has frustrated allth3ir. la
bors and FRUSTRATED ell their powers. The ma
jotiiy of Inc comniits4beleFe that the cate has
oeeurred IN the annals of pur. unos eonte n
plated BY the founders Of The Constitution By the
grant tothe House Of Representatives, of the
i power 10 impeach The President Of Tie United
States but they are aware that the resort to
that expedent might. 10 the present coHaitio6
II OF public Affairs nfote abortiVe Thay see