Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-09-02

P"la uInbeF parry ielleT: and Inc no
dest presumption ascrl6ed 10 lhe ConsI
luton iba' The Executive can commit
no error Of opinion unless two-thi DIS
oil both branches Of the LegIsIa,u re are
10 conflict with hlm, is tempered by the
amlabIe assurance that ia that eVeat be
Will chez fully acqulesce 10 a result
which would be precisely The sam
whether he should acqu,esce 10 It or not.
The aptitude of his hypocri;ica! posi-
lion may b. estimated by Inc calcula
ton oil Ihe chances that he contingency
when 1t suPposes Is within lhe verge
Of possibility.
The reasons assigned by the Presi
dent Tor bis objcc ions 10 this bill are
Iurlher preceded by a narrative Of his
aniecedent opinions and Communications
on he subject Of distributing tho pro-
ceeds Of the sales 0, public lands He
admits that al the openng Of he extra
session he recommended such a distrbu.
ton, but he AYERS that his recommgn-
dallCn was expressly coupled with The
condition thai The duties on impors
should not exceed The rate of 20 per
cent, provided by the compromise act
OF 1883.
Who could imagine that, after This
most emphatic coupling of the revenue
from du,ies Of imposl with revenue from
The proceeds Of The sales of the public
lands, the FIRST and paramount objection
oil the President 10 this bill, should be
that il uni,es Two %suDJec's, which, so far
from having any affinity 10 one another,
are wholly IncoDgruons 10 their char
acIer-which I've subjects are identi
caIly The me with hose which he had
coupled together 10 his recommendation
to Congress al the extra session? If
there was 10 affinity between the par
lies, why did he join them together r! II
The union was Legitimate, who was the
administering priest Of the unhaIIowed
rites! 1t is objected 10 this bill that it is
both d revenue and appropriation bill.
What then! Is not The act OF Sep,em
Der 4, lS4l, approved and signed BY
The President himself both a revenue
and appropriation bill? Does IL not en-.
act thai, in the event OF an insuficiencv
OF lmpost duties not exceeding twenty
per cent. sd FaIorem, TO defray he
current eXpenses Of The Government,
the proceeds Of the sales of the public
lands shall be levied as a part OF the
same revenue, and appropriated 10 the
same purposes! The preparation of
The proceeds Of the sales Of tine pubic
landG 70 de!ray the expenditures of The
GoVerame is believed 10 be a system
oil fiscal management unwise, impo!iiic.
lmproVldent and unjust; aud il is pre-
cIseIy Tor that reason that he bill now
before the House provides that they
shall not be so appropriated. The pub
&c lands are the noble and inappreclable
inheritance OF the whole nation. The
sale Of them 10 individuals ia not "A lax
upon the purchaser, but an exchange oil
equIVa enls scarcely more b%urdeusome
10 The grantee than if he should receive
It as a gratuitous donation, To appro
pirate he proceeds Of the sales 10 defray
the otdlHaCy expenses OF the Govern.
ment is 10 waste and DESTROY the pro.
perry. Thus property is held by Con
gress ia trust. Mr.. Tyler speaks of
the distribution as il it was giping away
the property. 1t is precisely The re-
verse. 1t is restoring it 10 The owner.
TO appropriate The proceeds TO delray
The current expenditures is TO give it up
TO dliipIdat'on and waste 1t is il poIiti.
cal economy precisely the same as if an
individual %Iandholder should sell off,
year alter year, parcels Of his estate,
and consume lis proceeds in the paw
mem Of his household expenses. The
first principle Of political economy ne
cesstry Tor a nation is TO raise by taxa
ton within the year the whole sum 70
quired toI The expenditures OF that year.
Evety departure from This principle is
a slep in the path oi national 5ankrup.
cy md ruin. The daily demands Of the
Treasury must be supplied by The in
come derived from The taxation by The
year, and not by the dissipation Of the
common property.
the second reason Of the President
for Directing TO The passage of this bill
is not more ponderous than the Il rst. 1t
is the destitute and embarrassed stale
ofthe Treasury, and The impoIicy, il not
unconstilutIonaIity, Of giving 0pGy a
fruitful source Of revenue, which it re-
tanned may be seized by the Govern
ment and applied 10 meet its daily wants
Bus The President had just told us that
this fruitful source of revenue was a
subject wholly dissimlIar in it's charac
ter from that Of revenue laised BY du-
ties Of imposts-so dissimi ar that The
union Of them formed ia his mind an
insurmountabIe objection TO The passage
Of the bill. ~ most respectfully sub.
mil (says The message) whether this is
o time to giUe drGu the p,oceeds of the