The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-26

surplus paper money it should have been called
That measure was deprecated by every one who took
the trouble to reflect on the consequences ana some
would have deemed it wiser acl to have sunk Il IN
the Atlantic And the results have exposed the iai-
Iacy of the plot or whatever else II might be called
But the spirit that imposed that wretched measure Oh
the country was not satished-dd not sleep until IL
coniured up and forced upon another device oil a
s;m;lar naturc-the division of the proceeds Of the
public domain among the States. On this last, Mr.
Chairman have much to say, but II would require
more time than the resolution abridgng the ireeao
of speech will permit. could show thai this LIS
trbution act is violation OF The CONSTITUTIONS
lation of the Peoples equal rights; violation oil the
States equal rights violation OF the righiu use Oh
the "a power an increase Of tax upon labor an u
wise temptation To the State Governments 10 oecome
beggars and dependents on the General Government
a concentration Of power IN the Uenerai "oNeih-
ment: AN unjust unplau ibe, unnecessary, demoraiiz
ing measure-a measure that puts a hundred dollars
into one pocket and takes hundred ana 'weh,y-i
out of the other Of the workmgpeopl Oh the Union
"a measure that sells the land to divide among the
States and extracts increased Indirect tax oi tweh
ty-fye Der cent. from the labor OF the country-a
measure that cheats the public Treasury out Of its
dues for nnetenhs Of the lands now to be sold were
bought by revenue taken out OF the Treasury
measure that renders an excuse for inctng the tax
proposed in this bill, of so to $50 per cent upon tea
coffee sugar, Spices and salt some seven-eghths Oh
il 10 be paid by labor and only one-eighth by capital
"a measure supported by those who call themselves
the peculiar friends of the slave, thereby advocating
bounty for the breeding OF slaves, the planter re-
cevng tn shares Of the proceeds OF the lands Tor
every five slaves the slaves he breeds the more
shares he gets Out we must do the Southern Demo
Gratis the Justice acknowledge that they are utterly
opposed TO the disribution and taxing white labor
too through consumption Of necessaries, to pay II
An improvement on British policy this, by our friends
of the the slave, for Britain taxed the labor oil her
starving white subjects at home twenty millions ser-
a l..k Il. hart w eSt
India colonies for the emancipation OF their blacks,
wnle at the same time 81 improves and elaborates
on the bondage of her hundred millions of seris IN
her East India possessions. What striking ev-
denc among ourselves as well as in England, OF the
disparity between profession and practice In human
nature! What strange propensity IN governments
to Cypress labor and aggrandize capital to abstract
from the many who work, and give to the few VINO
scheme; 10 steal the power from the producer ana
concentrate the non-producer, thereby perPetu
atng the dominancy of the latter over the former
And such is the nsidous positive tendency OF dlscr-
mnatinz Indirect taxation Of duties ON imports
All these assertve propositions | could pass
through dusivey and establ sh their soundness De-
yond controversy, if were permitted the time but
my constituents shall yet have 1t all II the law shoud
not be repealed in its full elucidatory FORM to Judge
for themselves Of the more expansive enforcement OF
the truth.
We have had on this floor, Mr.. Chairman, since
these debates commenced occasional murmurings and
grumblings about urasm, and radicallsm, and alb
stracionism, by way of interiude Perhaps or ID II
hoped that by using them as reproachful eplthets,
the march Of pure free principles may be retarded or
suppressed suspect we are rather behind the age
in making the attempt, and the people will make US
understand ourselves little better by and by. Man,
the Northern hemisphe of this side OF the Allan
tic, investigating every thing under the sun at TINS
moment and do expect to stop this healthy career
of searching inquiry by crying out urasm and radi
ali md ka Ne hau bpttp
such childish folly, be the motive to it what 1t may,
for certainly will not relard or stay the inqui-
ny that Is going into the nature OF popular Ight
and free Governments we may as well make merit
of necessity, and enter into its extent at once be our
position what it may, for the bewilderng night of err
that has clouded the equal rights of the people,
has passed over, and the balmy, rosy -tinted morn
of truth is beaming upon Us IN It's cheering ell
' %aee a hs lights be called ultra and radi-
cal or not. People are beginning 10 suspect per-
haps, that the peculiar sensIveness of those who
are thus attempting to stop the saulay course OF IN
vestigalion into first principles of Democracy, is caus-
ed by fear of the People enlghtening themselves
more than could be wished on their rightful power
and true interests Hence the craft of attracting and
diverng their attention to mere sound, TO words In
stead oftuhs-insead of facts, and the investigation
OF motive. Hence the fictitious faint or indifference
attempted to be attached to the terms ultra radical
and abstraction; all to mislead the People. But the
denunciaory tone of partisan charlatanry alter
the true meaning depreciate the high value their
political application. In such application what do
these terms belong to2 Why, they SO intimately
related that they approach each other closely within the
same circumstances. Ii you ultra, you are more
or less radical and if radical more or less ultra In
the general they belong to the extreme, remote egit-
inate, original or fundamental deep-rooted Democra-
TIC princpIc-to the extreme purity of equal right
among the People. And as to abstractonism, may
say with truth, that truth is sometimes absr scon
hal Ia, flo If
the profusion of profession, particularly when
tho whole good of the whole Union is concerned.
why the Universe, created by the fiat of Omnpo-
tence, from the most remote star to more remote
STILL on, and on, and on is the inconceivabe night
ness of ultraism. The efulgent light Of Divine
Goodness, in its boundess immensity, radical Ma
ture, In all her orks, displays utraism and radical
Ism the innitude of Almighty power is their pure
sence. The system to which planet belongs pre-
sents the glorious spectacle of RADICAL ultra, direction
In every aspect The farmers themselves, who have
the heaviest taxes to pay, and who l invoke to take
into their grave consideration the oppressive partial
provisions of this remorseess tax BILL ultra radl-
cal In the exercise of their husbandry they cultivate
the ultra earth in the action of the radical sweat that
exudes from their brows. And one reason, Mr..
chairman, why l appeal more particularly to the
working people to come to the aid of their country
at this nom nj Of peril to her welfare is because my
constitute It's took of their own radical caste from
between the handles of the plough in reality not fig
uratvely, TO reprcs mt them and do their will on
this floor; TO ascertain, perhaps, for once, whether
any could better understand the interests and happiness
OF the working people, or intimately sympathse
with them than practical working man himself.
how lar heir farmer representative mas sustained
their character radically practically, and faithfully,
they will judge impar,aIly Can we be too radical and
ultra in constituting the Constitution and equal rights
of People and States tell me that And more
do trust and hope that the People will permit none to
represent them either IN " ate or Federal Government
but those who purely radical IN their whole legs-
ative action confnIng themselves strictly to the rule
Of truth IN its pristine purity, knowing and feeling
that free government cannot be carried success
fully without such adherence TO radical right; and
the People will then be conscious that the power
theirs practically not ancfuly has been heretofore
the
However in relation to these availables, ultra, radi
cal, and abslraclivc every to his mind, he can