The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-03-24


being Of an nvi, liable character and he had never
supposed that the act irrepsa liable but that
eutted 10 great respect in consequence Of the exgen
cy OF the times out OF which II sprung As 10 the
principle of protection, to which much objection
constantly made, il was engrafed in Il act IL
| self and far from il being passed with under
standing thai contrary policy was 10 be pursued he
yeniured 10 that the act could not have beef pass
cd with such a restriction The third section declar
ed that after the 30h Of June, 1872 duties should be
levie Con what on mpors) Tor the purpose oil fais-
ing such revenue as may be necessary tor an " eco
nomical administration of the Government and no
thing could be directly expressed that revenue
should be raised without reference TO the public lands
and when gentlemen looked at the fact that the land
bill and the Conn romise act were in Congress, pdrt
passu, they certainly could not doubt that Congress
did not rely the land fund to into the
| OF the Government. The Senator from South Caro-
lima had repreached the Wings for their boosted econo-
| my, and he maintained that no rerenchment was
made at the extra session. But whence did these Oh
Jtctions come They were ctniincd, not only to the
Senator from South Carolina, but likewise TO the Sc
majors from New Hampshire and New York MIR.
Woodbury. and Mr.. WrghI,) who had also cast cen
sure on the existing Administration for wasiefu ex
lravagance But did they deserve this censure2 II
they did, did the charges come from the quarter
with good grace7 In 1887, the late Senator
from South Carolina abandoned his political friends,
| and ever since had acted with the party to which
he then attached hms ia party which, du
ring the four years which the Senator had acted with
II, expended average amount Of revenue at the rate
of thiry-f millions for each Of these years an Ad
| lnnstraon which seized hold of every available
source to supply It's wants and during each OF these
four years the expenditures exceeded the income of
the Country by eight millions of dollars The pre-
sent Administration, therefore, into power with
| an impoverished and empty Treasury and where
were the national monuments Of these expendi-
| tures2 They were sunk in the morasses of Florida
or wasted by transfer Of numerous tribes Of Indians
from one side of river TO another, who by
their proximity TO the frontier settlements, Gre
/ al fOr far
the protection Of our people Where, he again
asked, were the monuments Of these vast expend
lures The friends of the late Administration them
selves after all their and explanations had
admitted that their expenditures amounted to twenty
eight millions per annum, and yet these gentlemen
who had left the nation in debt, here with re-
| proaches against the new Administration (athough
it had been in power but one year, for not having
already made extensive retrenchments But ifthese
reproaches were just from any quarter, they were
not certainly becoming from the quarter whence they
proceeded. The Senator from New Hampshire did
not urge retrenchment when he at the head of
the Treasury, and his friend from New York was
the chairman Of the Committee on Finance. What
were they doing them The Senator from New
! Hampshire, however did begin at last to make out
mat he was deslrous to reduce the expenditures Of
| lS4O. The law was full Of the outcry of extraya-
gance at that time, the elections approaching
and 1t was therefore exceedingly important that as
fair an account possible should be made up and ex
hioited to the people But what was done by the
/
| Senator had told them that, in 1870 the amount OF
the annual expenditure reduced to 500 300 900 ,
but the reason for the reduction would be found in
! the TACT that many OF the approprations--among
them some for naval ornaments, ordnance stoses
and ornaments for fortifcations by law autho-
ri1ed to be postponed by the President And yet the
friends Of the late Administration who cordng to
| their own admissions, averaged twenty -eight mil
lions OF annual expenditure, reproached them (the
Whgs) with MISREPRESENTATION they
proposed, by these resolutions, to con6ne the
expenditures of the Government to twenty-five
millions annually. He would here take the occasion
10 express h views with regard to relations with
Great Britain and he Observed in the first place that
he had regretted, every man of honor must unite
with him in regetting the attacks which had been
made by llcentious press upon the dstingui he'd in
diNdual who comes TO oul land bearing his hand
the olive branch of peace. Nothing could be morb
indecent and llbera than the attacks which had been
made upon Lord Ashburton. He knew that gentle
nun personally, and could say that man in Eng.
land was respected for his wisdom or integrity
and he trusted that he might be allowed to remark
that far from Lord Ashburton being the head Of
the Bank OF England, was enormously stated in
the newspapers, he had had no connection with
it for twenty years; and he hoped that when he
shall have crossed the Atlantic the people would
welcome his approach to shores as a messenger
Of peace. In his opinion, there was danger Of
war between this country and Great Britain provided
the points of differences shall be managed with
ability The FIRST point the Northea stern boun
dairy question, with which Lord Ashburton was
charged on the part of his Government and TO aid IN
settling which that gentleman would apply his most
earnest attention and therefore there was little fear
Of from that source. The Caroline affair al
no just for the apprehension of conflict nor
was danger TO be feared from the of the Creole
The British @ government in the wrong, and
should either give up our slaves make us conpe nsa-
ton for them, Each Government, however, dsciai1ed
the right to stop to arrest vessel belonging the
other But while he was free TO admit and took great
pleasure in saying, that there cause of imme-
date apprehension OF a war with Great Britain, he
knew that the best argument was to prepare for war
and make appropriations for an effective resistance
He was still for doing that which postponed and
! neglected by former Administration and he would
not rush precpitatey and heedlessly but make mode
rate appropriations of money for the defence of tie
country in the event OF any difficulties which might
arise With regard to Mexico, he thought that the
Executive of that nation had behaved towards ollr
the especially in consequence of the kind
treatment which that tyrant received al the
hands of this Government, having been sent home
| in national vessel but, contemplate his
conduct was he hoped that, unless driven TO il by
dire necessity, there would be even there AS
to free trade, which was srenuously advocated by
the Senator from South Carolina the advantages were
all on side for one hand, in country j.,
| the duties were hut twenty per cent. while the
ether hand, in foreign countries, the duties good
exported varied from bundled to nine hundred
per cent Nh Clay addressed the Senate for three
! hours, and concluded his remarks by appealing to
Senators TO step out of the ranks of opposition and
| rally forth to he relief the country.
a nd the Senate then adjourned
Receipts on the Western Rail Road for the week,
ending March 18th, s6,373.
Upwards of 1900 persons joined in the Temperance