The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-02-24

AID thrn s'ipurnrd . Monday.
Ga Mrni-y. NJ. Pierce moved % al.
p ne Trsolalioa Submitted By him som.
eight Or Ten days since. ealing far iufar
maiiaa in rrla,ion 20 me Commission a..
pointed % iaEssiigsle lhe abuses said ID
have existed in de New York cnslOa
heuse. The suhjert vas debated by
AessH. Pierce. Clay. Mangum. Bueha.
nan. Calhoun. woo1sary and Wright
Nc. Calhoun said he was or reform,
and ihe only way 10 accomplish il was hy
correcting erroneous opinions in regard 10
The protective system and the taxing pow.
er. We robbed The people in lerying
taxes. Iiwas plumber and nothing more,
and rrfoHn and rcirenrhmeni could Dc
accomplished in no other way Than by
correcting tie erroneous doctrines which
had grown up here IN regard 10 The tax,
ing. He had voted alone Cor years. and
feared lIiai he should hare 70 60 on and
vote alone. as he certainly should.
Mr.. Woodbury.. afer commenting up.
On the Land bill very briefly. entered in.
70 some comparison and detail to sustain
his position.
Mr. Clay hoped the fact that a new
opponent had come into the field would
b an excuse Cor his continuing The dis.
enssion. The Senator had spoken Of The
lani bill as a measure which had taken a
large amount Of revenue from the Depart.
meat--an amount equal 10 three millions
Of dollars-when. rs the Senator mus
know, and as he did know, there were
not eight hundred thousand dollars which
had been derived the las, year from this
source. or which could be derived from
il.
The facts Of The Senator existed but in
his imagination. !, was known, TOO,
that he Land bill did moi 60 into opera
lion until The present year. and that there
fore. is passage could not by any posi-
bili,y Of means have affected the receipts
il The Treasury. Was there, therefore,
any excuse on the part Of the Senator,
which, As patriot, he could give for the
opposition 70 measures necessary In keep
the Government alive, And did the Sc.
major mean 10 say that all other measures
should be opposed because this Land bill
had been sustained and carried through
after a ten years consideration in bodi
Houses OF Congress and an ultimate up
proyal BY the People, VIII he persist
too, in saying that the Land bill extracted
three millions from the Treasury, wller
he knows that nothing like three million:
can be realized this year, or any year
except in a state Of times altogether i'm
proved upon any thing we have had OF
have right 10 expect! And he would
once more hint il 10 the Senator from
New Hampshire, il he could find excuse
Cor Withholding supplies by refusing, a:
he had, 10 vote for a bill even imposing q
tax upon mere luxuries!
Mr.. Wrigh, addressed the Senate very
briefly in regard to the resolution, and in.
,imaied that there was lin the motion tc
lay upon the table) a design to suppress
information.
Mr.. Mangum expressed himself amaz.
ed BY such an inference as that which
had just been made by the Senator from
New York. lie wished for the informa-
lion called for in the resolution. lie
wished for all the information which could
be obtained, and for much more in regard
TO the frauds in The New York custom.
house. lie believed that frauds had ex.
listed for many years in the New York
custom.house under preceding admins.
,ralons, and that they existed under the
present administration. II might be ne
cessary to continue this examination, by
the establishment Of joint commission
of the two Houses of Congress. In four
or five days the report would be made,
and when that was submitted we should
better know what was desired. ?.
Mr.. Mangum's motion to lay on the la
bic was then decided in the Affirmative
yeas 10, nays IL. And the Senate adj
joarned.
On Tuesday. Mr.. Clay, in compliance
with a promise made few days previ.
Gus, introduced the following resolutions:
l. RcsoiUsd, That il is the duty Of the
General Government, in conducting its
administration. TO proyide an adequate re.