Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-08-11
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THURSDAY. AUGUST y. 1872

THURSDAY, AUGUST u. 1872.
CONGRESSIONAL ANALYSIS.
Tie Revenue Tanif BIZ Las at length passed the
Senate, precisely IN the sapa II left the other House,
every Effort to amend it having proved abortive--
Among the amendments proposed was ty Mr..
behi1a. requiring tank notes TO Pay stamp duty,
(an9ihfr slAMP ACYD and laying tax On their
circulation; Which was rejected, ayes noes q. Il is
worthy Of enafk that every Loco Foco Senator except
the AYES, (to wit, Allen, Benton, Linn, Smith eff
Conn, sturgean. 1arpan and Walker.) dodgcd lie
ffesf'oM Are lhey in favor Of Stamp Act, aud yet
afraid to aFo"i IL Or are they opposed il and dare
ut encounter the wrath ofRcat0a and his fllaNers?-
Nj " aher then proposed HAT odons Of all impo-
si9ns, an tAliSE TAX; requiring The Federal Mar
sba5 ioe5leel tax upon gd and silver ware; but it,
too, aas rejected, ayes noes 3G-a the Loco Foco
Senators agaiadodgiRg except the ayes 90 wit, Al
len, Fulton, Linn, Smith Of Conn, Tappan, WALKER
and Wright. aud Alessrs Sewer and Sturgeon. who
voted in the negative This ded.ing certainly oos sls.
picious
On Friday last, the proposed appointments being ex
hadsed, and the bill beng passage. Mr. Calhoun
and Mr.. Benton made sol speeches against it. llr. T.
vans lepied and the bill then pissed by the follow
ing vote
Ieos-niessrs Archer, barrow. Bates. Bayard.
lhoate, layton, Conrad. Crafts Crittenden DAYTON,
Evans, Huntington. Kerr. Mangum. Aiernet. Miller.
Mofehead, fheIPs, Porter Simmons. Smith If In
dana, Sp@gue, Talmadge, White, Woodbridge
-.
,Naas--aiessrs. Alien, Baaby, Benton. buchanan.
Calhoun, Guhber, Fulton. Graham, klnq Linn. Me.
Roberts, Preston Rives. SEWER, Smith Of Connecticut
Sturgeon, iappan, Walker, " cox, Williams Weed
bury, Wright, ionng-;23.
The ha3isonlan is very complimentary to Mr.. Cal
nouns speech declaring that '.it was mastery eff tt
comprehensive and c4nese- oyeuafa.ng allacions SIS
tens, (tile very sysems, suppose, which Mr. Cal
b7ao hrseil Quilt up in one BREATH aal depieq the
operations and results Of supeadens principles il ,no-
ther' !! Pro ag4 oas II the speech rdsaHle the
criticism, it must Lave been obscure AZ it WIS pro-
found Yet the Alads9nian, admitting that Mr. al
houa's speech was repete with m5monous Truths,
differs With hin as to .te Propre'y and expoaeuey Of
the application Of his av5rite principle at tie present
tine, as a remedy tareXsting tys.p In other words
'r. talheuo's 'iayorre principle" is very beautiful
while only regarded as theufy-bot II is not fl for
NH lie seen t} the FLOWING paragraphs from the
National laeIlgeneer Of Saturday last, lhat Mr. Benton
also diirrs from his lluatrous friend who. by the way
he ea1 "ineea hambog, il he neyerhas done 80 here
t9fore! The lnte veneer says:
'Ihe deafrun the Tarih BIll closed IN tbe ec,af,
Yesterday lis debate. at vari5Gs s'aars Of the OUTS
Hon las been (as our readers vii rave seem 4 lue
interest IN spite oiiae rteuess u the rr.ocpi subject
lISzii hf3agh all the eenetal dizziness ct Thing ex
h4asted tbs weuiI seem to he hight passages ot eIo-
gaence aaa spirited alguafns have occasionally hursl
mi There nave. indeed, hoe some speeches al great
arilllaneE though shit. Among these may he placed
that u Mr.. AecaEs oil Monday. Of which We have
feadf ir publication close and careful analysis ard
hir. Lvhas2s summing up OF yesterday--an admlraale
piece Il parliamentary dglaiiafan. Gill,, also, NJ
sh1il present Il cafenl p1rtraitare in day I've.
in The closing discussion If Yesterday. Mr. sflio1s
led of. IN ing aud very elaborate political economy
speech II Wis mitch praised by these who think qae5
TONS Fl Gsafernfaent field for subety. 70 US how
ever Il SEEMED even IN lis hest paris. the statesman
ship oi the cleset only, and er fr pref ssafi
char IN college than fer great rotest Of patton will
nation, When metaphysical deductions very little re
oarded.
Mr. BENqos followed in 4 sh rter discourse. IN
which he eoalrayetod some 81 the positions aiken hy s
ally. lie denied his assertion that the 'iarl of lS!s
Was the 9th subsequent redundancy Of tie reYe
hue lie denounced also the lnproYdenee Of Mr.. Cu
HORNS tavoriie measure, that Distribution by which
twenty eight millions Of d9llars parceied outa
nong the States. recurring afterwards to Tins matter
he ayered thai he could difference between the
distribution Of money derived from Tire land sales and
surplus taken oat OF the Treasury
WOW, then, comes the tug of war What VII
the President do2 TO this question: there seens 10 be
but one answer. How'll veto the bill AID then, uha
will Congress do? About thai there are different opn-
lons. 1t IS important that the treasury should be SUP
Piled nilhmeans to meet tie demands upon it but is it
not more important that Executive power stall be
restrained within r5fs. lims2 In tic exercise Of thu
taxing power, which the constitution By legitimate infer
enee seems 10 have intended put under the more I'm
mediate control ofth' House Representatives, Straw
ia4 marked distinction between il and other matters
oleglsaton, by prescribing that while bills upon all 9th
subjects may originate il either branch Of Congress
the initiation Of reyeaGc laws shall be confined To the
popular branch shall Congress maintain their preraea
tive or shall it tamely Yield II Executive arrogance?
Shall the veto. which was designed as the .eNtreme
medicine of the constitution to be used only in great
emergencies, when the constitution shall he violated or
tie rgfs Of the Executive asSailed or the liberties ot
the people endangeed--sla II be invoked on erc,7J &C
easian. when tie opinion Of the President. on mere
question Of eNpedency, happens 10 differ from that Of Il
majority ofboth Houses Of Congress? And upon the
implicitly totac Executive manlae} 1.-THE President were
always nfllhle in his Judgment and pure in his parra-
ses. It's would be all raht and proper-Bn WHO ahn
Tyler. fIa he should sci up his opinoa. in opposition
tho p pics representatives ni8c enths Of whom are far
more capable ihan himself, and all Of thoai we hope