Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-10-07


Guard He fought well but he I'D not deliver up ms
sword with good grace Ter i, scene" I" MADDEN MN
his ".asca's run: ay, those very hh s".s WV
had hardest never 20 tee from MS sac, thous"
oronmerce AID credit should perish, though manu-.
acturers should s;ave though The Government should
stop lhourl the solid mon shoul he c'>s"ved, ana,
10 cap their CLIMAX, though Tie party 'S'i should a.
vide IN twain. Bat TO be serious BY The naes'y OF
reused majority of the Wings, who at last found out
,,t they had been all the submitting 10 somebody
else's tyranny other than Mr. Tyers, and That some
twenty or thirty their party had been all along
The dictators Them and by the AID oil reinforcement
of Democrats IN both Houses, they passed The bill
striking out the distribution clause and the duties on
Tea and coffee They who accused the President OF
"wavcring obs,inscy after all their oostnaey' wastr
ed too They " ho accused him Of vacillation osci!-
lated like pendulum. They who accused hun OF vo'
lifting his pledges journalized their formal written Oh
ficial resolves day and broke them the next -
They who solemnly declared they 'eon'd not pass the
Tariff without the distribution clause 'sad che thing
.nd did another They no declared one day that II
would be base bondage for them To submit to The VIII
OF the President and comply with his condition oil
discou ming distribution frem the Tariff the next day
bound their necks To the yoke of SUBMISSION as IL
was easy and took the burden nt bcndage upon them
as,f It was hight because as their official organ SAID,
they WELDED the President, but TO "a eonStt"-
t;onal provision which was odous tn Men''
Fer this bill conid not and did not vo'e Tor OBVIOUS
reasons after what have sad It's average rate OF du-
lies is high and lis PROVISIONS are too pr"hoory
I, produce revenue The sound estimate was that the
bill before the duties OH tea and coffee were stricken
out, was prob bitory not TO have raised more 'hah
about IL millions About three m',iions OF customs
were estimated and coffee, and with The duties on
1hAm stricken out, The bill passed INTO law, the
revenue probably will not exceed Ia or 10 n'o''s,
when 25 millions at least are reqnred desired 10
see the question OF Tariff for revenue put upon n
lanent basis. permanent, stable ana set,'e"
riff on revenue basis, for the support oi Govern
,nent as its primary object, discriminating MS nave
described what the country wants. ~ IS necessary
t,pnr flp IL Is.
the manufacturers, ana Tue consumers e'uo"y' DO
we'll as eousl,ty and harmony is most cssehtio re
qusite of good revenue laws Constant hncr''a'h'y
md rapid ana frequent tlucuat'on ct legislation are
alike deadly In commerce, revenue, ana tie P'''ee's
interests Il; therefore, tins law wall not produce re-
,sn,e enough the accommodation Of the country to 1t
Will be disturbed, and agitation, always 10 be cepf'
Gated on this subject, viii be revived with all lis usual
mschiets. 49,,
The President of the United States, after the bold
est Efforts TO maintain The faith at the Compro'
mise act of 1898, and after successful eiort 10 pre-
vent repeal Of any of the provisions oil The Laho II"
cf September, lSil-aIer several messages recohi-
mendnr to Congress the measures he Jucged neces,
vor, and exnedeu, VARYING very far from this and
after cice nega,ir;ng Objectionable bills sent 10 h'
by the two Hou,es-Gter much angry controversy III
the two Houses and with both Houses, saw ut, IN ms
wisdom under the circumstances OF the Treasury anu
nj The connry to pu, an end 10 all excitement and to
the longest session ever known by yielding 10 The VIII
OF Congress, and signing the ball upon GROUNDS OF
mere expedency and official duty. -pprove oil E's
act would have done the same tGlhg uhdtr me
Same circumstances, though l. IN my place IN me
House of Repr-ss natives, would again record my vote
against the bill Aud now subaiit that vote 10 you'
The sovereign people ~ r
question: here might stop; but, having the pen IN my
hand | wil in brief add the policy winch woGu
nurse on Is, Other subjects aliude, first to The sub
iect Of distributing proceeds Of tie 2abe lands
am utterly opposed 10 distribution IN every sense
Ea EGs
forever 10 the settlement, Of Ike vexed and delicate sub
iec, of Tariff either for protection or revenue There
are disturbing causes enough - permanent ADJUST
n,ent of this great difficulty, "l:Eoat adding announcer
The protected interests would never have peace as iol
as the proceeds of the public lands were taken 'fo'" 'e
general fund Of national expenc PRO tanto the pro
ceeds of the public lands in the Treasury tighten 'ae
burdens Of national taxation upon the people ao 'e
PAYERS will acGu escc IN any system OF onuesso
LONG as those burdens shall he increased by distributing
those proceeds: aud peace aad permanency are muci
more essential 10 The protected interests than are da
ties made generously high and heavy by any Gram Oh
the Treasury. 1t folly urge that the fluctuations
N the sale Of the public lands ake The amount Of re
venue unstable and uniixeG, and call for frequent IN
crease or reduction Of customs. Customs themselves
huctua,e as importation and trade fuctna'e, from IN
,nn,arahp causes which lag .a'ses n? 80. "s2'ae
would abolish tariffs well as land revenue, an
throw us upon The Gesideratum of ultra free trade an
direct taxes at once. C"ucat 10 Me tar payers r..
uirts tbs, monsy shall he gtrfn awoy from te Urea
&hTY.
% There is no rpwes TO distribute the revenues o
the Federal Government. The idea o! the proceeds
the public lands being trust fund for the ates IS re
PEELED expressly both by the bl! Of Mr. Clay in lS52
ghicl fa,led, aud by the law Of September, lc4l -
8y the former tie act 10 operate for Eve year
only and BY the latter the distribution is 10 cease
ooon US duties raised above twenty per cent az
ya!oreu, when, ii The laad fund belonged to the sate
IN their own right the land itself belonged 10 them
and not for FIRE gears oHy but Jtrercr, and not on
when duties below bat when they above weni.
per cent. ad yaloren And, besideF both acts express
Nv provide that nothing contained III ITEM shall IL
construed to "ieprIFe Congress o! lis power 10 maxi
any future disposition Of The proceeds Of he pah
lands which may deem proper Further, Congress
would have had no power I" :ro.'de that distribution
SHOULD IN case OF war. Ahc. It THIS icea OF
trust The employ Cd be 10 lie cedet
lands, still 1t IL cot true a. 10 The purchased !ands
which about - II paris nf The whole pub
lie domain remaining ulso.d, and which were nm
doubt.dly purchased with money from customs; be
cause the Of The Of Florida and Lou
lsiapa the public lands cunest Gly large IN deb
IN the Treasury Of the L. 8 These purchased land
now surely stand upon the footing sii p o
arsenal bought with money appropriated out ct TIT
'rreasury. Snps often sold, and vii pre-
tend ,hs, the proceeds Of the sale be gwen
or distributed Lands, ike them, the property @
she L. S.
81. Distribution il an assumption of S,a,e d,Ms il
disguise, undertaking OF State works and systems
within The powers OF Congress. Congress, # II re
tains the land innd may not do with 1t what the Con
stiiuton iorh6s OF docs not grant-it IS limited IN II
iegisIatlon. ii /, dssilntes that fund 10 the States
they may 10 wh many Things forbidden TO Congress
Thus D,strbu;ion is an Indirect mode OF violating
the limitations Of the Federal Constitution, and oil
paying State debiS Ia cresa creditors The land fund
al moneni, described by the advocates OF Dlssi
button Immense in lis iniu upon Tie Tariff qnes
and Tor rcesns the people Of The States from d.
rect taxaiioa and ~ The next breath 1t dwindiss 10y
their Gsscrp,ioE Ia mere Pittance for national pur
poses. II ~ nothing, ;aey say, with which IL pay
Federal debt Of twenty G.,ians, but an exhaases:
sinking fund for q Stale cr5t D tG3 bundled millions
Besdee, when II was first proposed hy Mr. Clay, u
ant only 10 distribute Surplus Of Federal re
venue; !, is made Ia d:s,rbulc deficiency til,
ri, nsury