Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-10-21

Wig Csieehi,m- De fenitions.
"what i, distribution"
az is picking Uncle Sans pocket, sir Of the mo-
ney he sells his wool lots foF."
How did he come by the wood lo,s1"
"He iockeycd with the Red Jacket family for
some. and r,fisd with old Johnny Bull for the
rest"
SIS his title 10 the lots goodi"
ayes, sir; good white and black can make il
clear title, SIR signed, sealed, Witnessed deliver
! cd, recorded-and no incumbraacs!"
"And why cont he distribute the wild lots among
| his boys'"
"Why, sir, he ean't-the Deed won't let him. He
may sell them to pay his own expenie,. and lay up
the surplus against a tins Of need; but the Deed
says he shan's give them away-niisndte believe
the word is"
"But c,n't 10 sell them, and give the money to
T, the b1ys7"
$50 Of them say, sir: but Others think there's
not much d'feTeAee between giving them the lands,
o. the money they are sold for. The graceess
s;amps don't care fg for the deed, If they could
get either, reckon"
"whai was their great strait for noney7p
| "Why, or, boys IRE boys-Gspecialiy when there
are a coupe dozen Of them in the same family
Soma Rad dug dnches and made lanes through their
farms, and other things OF that sort. and somo had
ieckeyed with one another. and with old Johnny
Bull, till they were head and ears in debt, and want
ed money 10 help themselves out Of the snar"
swell, tell US how they picked his pocket"
"Why, sir, they enced the Old gentleman out
sooning one cay, and when they had got him pre-,
considerably fuddled on hard cider lh;y plundered
his wallet out Of his larboard pocket"
"And so they distributed tho money among them
| selves, did they1"
"No, sir;-they didn't quite DO that thing When
they came 10 the distribution part or il, and while
they opened the wallet, and behold, there wasn'i
one red cent ia IL nt all, OF all, Sit :"
"wits have short memories. and Ounces none, -
they say. Whether it is as wits or ounces that
Locoioco, wC.fully Obvious Of the most 70
cent things, We pretend no. to determine; though
Wit is one OF the fos imputs,ions ngains, them
| which we have never heard.
The Fanny wrghtist need surely not have looked
for Wing definition Of Distribute when some
OF the most boased acts Of his Own leader ford a
far stronger one
Mr. Calhoun is the author of no, ONE, bu, TWO
great measures Of Distnbuiion-,hs oneto give back
70 the States calling Isnding) the surplus Revc-
nue. in the Federal Treasury the other, TO give a.
way the fee Impl: OF the Public Lands not by fair
distribution among all the States. but 10 part Of
them ony-ihoso within whose limits they lie :
a measure TO which tho late Law is but "eskes
and gingerbread"
Wing Distribution then, II 90 Cd'ous TO the Locos
mus. be 50, for doing too little, not too much. I,
gave bot Tbs Lind Sales; and them by fair division
no. (bya very narrow and mos, unjust profe.
rsnce) the very States that had neither originally
ssjsd, nor aided in acquiring them. wing Dis,ri-
bu,ion did no. g soberIy TO divide smong tho State,
the General Funds in the National Treasury, col
lec,sd by the power Of Taxation, as well ns from
the Land Sales
We we'll remember TO have heard Mr. Calhoun
then fresh from TIC passage OF that measure, d.scsn
and salu!ary measure accomplished in many year
Of FEDERAL legislation.
But even then, he took to himself on undu
credits the original conception was Gen. Jackson.
tho rot the immediate MEASURE. To this, no
vol knoan TO have been avorse-doub .less for
reason always good enough for him-thal IL wa
proposed 10y his personal and political opponent
and took las IL was intended 10 do) power out q
his hands, Nevertheless, while he tried 70 sirsugl
Il IN Congress, he asssntsd 10 IL when pasted, an
the body Of his friends supported IT,
We recommend, therefore, TO the Lsxicogrsphs
oftho Pl,bdm, that, in the next sditioa Of his die
tionary or disIogues, be render bis definitions
litile moro precise, by pointing out the diferene
between Distribution ofa spseiol part Of tho Re
venues, and oftbose Revenues snHrsj as, o!se, be
, tween restoring Tire Common Domain TO Ill IN
8 a,ss, and giving il away TO JeV, that have III
east claim 10 IL. Pay, another dialogue, N
Ssmmi
CHsAp ~ BsooH "A magnificent AL, name
Q | John Tyler sold az the Rising Sun Tavern veste,