The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-01-27

was fit subject for Botany Bay, would say, Go
there u GODS name-go For whose benefit are
we to do this! What revenue are we to get from
those citizens Of ours a distance of 1890 miles from
| the seat of government-for whose benefit we are
to begin outlay of 500, 900 and swell the annual
| expenditure equal 10 that Of the Florida warl We
couldn't get cent of revenue thence in the next 80
years. and to keep these settlements up would re-
qare at least 80 Co., 600. The country is inhabited
by warlke tribes OF savages0and If we go to war
with them, it will be worse than Florida war
Within the next twenty years there will not be
single congressional district in the United States,
contributing to the support OF the government but
| what will be of more value than the whole of this
miserable territory. thank God for his mercy in
placing the Rocky Mountains between US and that
country 1t never be of the least value to us
an agricultural country. want this great country
| to be concentrated and civzed-and we never
| can become so while we able to spread over an
| indefinite tract Of country You can't cviize men
unless they are kept and hedsed within n natural az
this country, except we were overrun by starving
| population. And is that our case! No, sir, we
have soil as productive as the valley OF Egypt, ana
an extent OF country already which we cannot pro-
| badly settle within the next fifty years. Why
should we try to send them the honest and industrl-
GUS classes out to this territory? The advantages OF
FUR trade is fast declining The Hudson's Bay Co is
losing money, and will soon wind and very few
years we shall have the country drop our hands
wewait quietly and let it alone But gentlemen have
SAID nothing about the ways and means wherewith
we are 10 go and settle this country. 'Tstrue the
senator from New Hampshire, (Woodburv,) allu-
ded to this in his speech, because, perchance, he
once was Secretary of the Treasury in peculiarly
trying time, and therefore fellow feeling made
him wondrous kind Naughter) ! verify believe
we shall not have near money enough even to carry
on the ordinary expenses of the government This
has been examined into, and all agree must bor-
row. And yet gentlemen say, let's appropriate
$2OO,OO0 to settle barren territory like the Oregon
We are in a state OF lnteregnum No is respon-
sble for the measures adopted You say to one,
"Will you give 1000 for this with an empty
treasury" He replies 80, that's no affair Of mine,
I'na democrat" To another and he says, f" That
don't belong to me, Pm wing; the government
must find the ways and means-they're responsible"
Now sir, in this sad state of things with no one re-
sponsibe, let US at least wait year ortwo when We
shall have government that possesses the conf:
dence of at least one large portion of the people, and
representatives. responsible here and elsewhere for
its acts. Till then, say wait Icall on the country
to pause; and emphaticaly and earnestly call upon
| this Senate to pause before they commit act
fraught with so much evil, and which can bring
As soon as Mr. M'DrrF1E had concluded, it was
| announced that Mr. MARSHALL had just risen to
speak in the House, and all the ladies and members
cleared out and rushed into the House OF Represen
The Oregon Bill and also the Exchequer, were
then passed over until tomorrow, and the Senate
adjourned soon afterwards
In THE HOUSE, the first thing of importance done
was by MIR. WISE who presented report and bill
from the select committee OF the last session TO
| tabsh an Executive Department of the Government,
including pruning once, secretary printing,
&c, like the Secretary of the Army or Navy, or
Postmaster General.
The Bill proposes the establishment of a rinting
| office in building located and furnished by law,
with principal and assistants, nominated by the
President and confirmed by the Senate, to 40 all
the public printing in every department of the 60
vernment. The establishment is to be purely pub
lie one, and to have no connection whatever with
any private business with any newspaper publ
calon-the printers to be bound In large penalty
to this effect.
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printed and referred to the committee Of the hole
on the state OF the Union
The Exchequer next came up in order, and on
this Mr. BARNARD, one of the most sensible and gen.
tlemanly men in the House, bur not the best de-
batter, had the floor
Mr. BARNARD said that he differed with much of the
gument contained in Mr.. Filmore's report. He wished
the House to take some positive action this session on the
subject of the curreRcy he not content with the
sative proposition of the Ways and Means Committee 1t
the duty of the House to pass some law on this great
subject this session which should bring relief the
try. This could be DONE and ought to be done. After
the negative proposition OF the committee disposed Of
he would not stop there he would move 20 into
mee of the whole on the bill reported by Mr. Cushing
and after that had been rejected doubesst would be-
and the bill the Secretary OF the Treasury he Exche
quer) he then had proposition this subject submit
which he thought could pass and bring relief the
try. He went to say =" The President has vetoed
bank measure twice and have vetoed his
OF finance once and about to do again. His Exche
quer is Executive Department Of the Government pre-
cisey such branch of the government the navy
post office departments. Now portion Of its duties
other portions could The government proposes to
receive deposes OF individuals paper money
fly this And what than all the fact that the
Exchequer proposes that all the money belonging the
government shall be kept in the hands OF Executive off,
cers-whch money has from the foundation of the CO.
vernment been kept in banks deposits By the law of
1889 the Treasurer of the United States keep the
| money-there were two three State Banks then
in existence and he placed the money in them
Bank started in 1894 that, eer the expiration of
its charter he again resorted State Banks and although
ns sas snon 81 New England
banks. When the United States Bank recharted it
was one of the privileges of that bank that it should
ceive the money ofthe Government deposit: and this
continued till $685. Then, gentlemen, Jackson violently
and without law removed the deposits, and everything
was in confusion till 1885, when Congress legislsed
again. And this continued till Mr. Van Buren,, in 1882
brought forward his b.1reasury. And this
he driven Of Office. So that the public mo-
neys have been kept in bank from 1880 down this day
with the exception CT single yearhat ofhe sub.Trea-
| sury. And why should change this PLAN sir7 The
money of the country should be kept the same way
that any prudent man would keep his money. This
plan hs. the sanction of wisdem and
a. sound a. the principles of common law. No wise
would think Of trusting his surplus money to the keeping
Of any man. OF men, unless such man as John
Jacoh tsicr, and only then when he could not find
g,o ~ k~r at hand to deposte il with Is it not notor
thstHuhlc officers TO great degree have become dis
es ant ieiauliers when they recipients OF public
money whe can trust them Look at the frauds and
dsialcatons Of receivers Of public money. public Of
fee In this country is the school Of morals this side
of,he Penitentiary Qaugher) If an honest man gets
ill., he becomes rogue before he goes out. Cries Of
You're right And il rogue gets in, he becomes ten
times rogue before he goes out is chiefly the bold,
the reckless the unprnciped the bankrupt in fame and
fortune that rush to seek Office And 1t to such that
should trust the public money will the punishment
Of deaulter deter another from the crime any
than the exhibition the allows in the peniten,ia
deters another murder. No sir the u g. Bank
not half unortune in having dishonest aud faith
less officers than government has been cursed with
for the last ten years And for one, sir will
sent to support this executive treasury system which
open to many abuses may be competent for 60
vernment to establish SUBJ Treasury, but il is
petent to establish executive bank receiving depos
ties and issusng paper money and selling exchange He
concluded by saying that at the proper time he would
bring forward his plan.
Mr.. WINTHROP said that this Congress out to pass
law the subject although the subject had become