Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-03-10
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Nus etdubS (Ho aCcVuat. 'DuL lpl
Rs far iron beiag The stnoHnl Of our an
naal burdea. There is to be added Il
this the sum OF 6 $4,000 for che ordi
mary expenses Of the State Governmenl
sand the Earthersum Of $SOo,0ee interes
AiPOn our debt; which, with the sum o
$l ,760, 900 before stated, makes an an.
.nudl amount oI $3.50 900, churgeaOI'
upon The industry and enterprise Of OuI
Citizens. 1t is true, the demand for in
'ierest 90 our public debt has not beer
'Punctuaily met, because of our inability
TO meet it. ltstsBds charged against US
aud must and eventually will be paid
without the reputation Of farlhing. la
the language Of my colleague, Mr.. Linn,
'Ve will settle lair five R9ver pay. Well
cir, whai.is theapropesiHon which Dem
'Ocracy makestorslieve Hs'lfom thIs in
'SopPortaole liabhilyf Free trade again
by whichythe sum Of 800 900 aoW paId
by the consumers Of tariff dHties would
be withdrawn from the.aceoaaI, AMI the
sum OF ,3701s0, be raIsedby direct
taXalion, substituted This woBtd leave
our liabIlityfor earh year a3,51I, ,73O-
an amount which We cannot ipay while
lhls Government pursues this ''strictcon.
-slruction" policy, and a large portion OF
which we'Heed not pay, because it 'wlII
not be charged Sgainst rs ifthe Govern,
,ment shall be ever administered, as 1t
sshould. isr the common benefil Of all in
every part ofthe Union. Is the gentle,
man surprised now that we oppose OK.
traVagrant appropriations Of money, no
part Of which is TO be expended anon gst
ourselves? When he aids in establish.
ing, for our benefit, a-nationa bank. and
thus strikes from our accouBt $3.50, 600
when he votes an appropriation of mo
ney TO improve the navigation Of west
'eEn rivers to prevent the loss Of our
property and the lives Of adventur
'ous psople-his appeal to ourgene rosity
will not be characterized by the selfish
mess that now marks it, and vii be en-
titled TO more respsct and receive more
Gonside ration.
The Atlantic States, in effect, pay no
thing o { the revenue Of the Government
That a large portion Of it iS collected up
on the seaboard, | admit; but what be-
comes Of itR True, it is paid into the
DalionaI treasury, and so is the 500 900
dollars collected annually from Indiana;
buriI snot'remain there. Congress
.Sppropriutes The money, under the Iash
.ol ''slricl construction" for The army and
navy. .for'ifcaiions, light houses, dry,
docks, building vessels Of war, the I'm.
tprovement OF harbo:s, &c. not one OF
which objects is local 10 the West. And
thus tits that what the Atlantic States
pay into the Treasury to day,they get
.back again't TO morrow 10 the form oG an
appropriation. This wecould eOdufe-
,of This WO would not ompIain; but the
amount paid by these States, in it's re:
turn, comes not alone as invent; itbrings
with il what the Western States pay
the 500 900, paid by Indiana contributes
to swell the return tide, and that is 10
like manner expended upon the Atlantic
coast,
For this reason say that the Allan
Nic States, in effect pay nothing Fhe
,pubhc revenue Ollernates periodically
between them and the treasury, perlor.
Tning a>reliable and almost constant cir
'Culation; NShiledhe toilDg, adventurous
West is deprived orOIl participation in
The pecuniary sbsneiIsresuIting from the
administration aOl ,tho 'Goyeramenl. Ht
is constitutional forus 10 pay everything;
unconstitutional for us 10 receive any
thing. Constituting, as our people do,
NEARLY one third ol this Union, we have
been made pack horses to bear the load
,of The whole, aud have been kept onshort
allowance Of That. The inequality OF the
burdens imposed by the bad adminslra.
iion of national dnaiTsUpon the State Of
Indiana has been, and 10, s,Isnioid greater
than those Of which South Carolina ev.
or complained; and yet | eelGjust pride
in saying, such has always been her al
tuchment to our Tree instltutIons, in al
her broad forests, VerGOOt prairies, enc
her populous Io~nS, thNlnot one IrOito-
Tious hand was evev found to raise lht
STANDARD OF "nulidealion;" no demN.
gokue 10 attract passing crowd, to gas
,Conads nbcul "SIaIe soVereiguty;" q,
patriot orator to lOIk grandIoqacnlIy o
. "resort 10 original rights" TharStat'
has ihps far abIdod her time and vii
,continua so 10 do
The second principle of"Democrhcy'
is hard money aud this, with that Of (re
trade, constitutes, aS far az ! have bee
able TO learn, the whole affirmative cree
wt tho parIy; the residue Of 1t being
mere string o'neeN,iVnS, They are oT
posed 10 q limited States bank oppose
to State bank paper opposed to ex
draVagance 10 tho national SdminislrS
tion opposed, 10 short, to eseryihin
dbal Is Of Wing Otigin--Opposed to a
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