Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-06-02
No. 3a--WHOLE No. 44s

'"o' 'k'HB tAltHslV6 systems, ffluseu
10 serve upon The cummlIee me second
year, 'hoUeh warmly urged; and refused
upon The ground that no such enlarged
system could be reported as long as
was on that committee, nor could he
pla0' proposed ever be brought be ore
the House, and thought II advisable 10
confine my course OF action on all such
questions IN The House. and moi the COM
mliee In The session Of 1885 or 1885,
the famous S. 900 900 Ioan was author
wed by the General Assembly OF Mary
land; aOd when written 10 by Doctor
Willis, delegate from my county, in-
forming me that he had had an interview
with the Goyernor, who vas authorized
10 sppOint three commissioners 10 effect
the loan and that he would appoint mo
ore Of them il would accept, ! wrote &
letter 10 the Governor stating that [
should decline 10 accept if appointed
and recommended The appointment Of
Chief Justice Buchanan, whom had
seen, 10 my stead. A agreeable and az
desirable as such 40 appointment would
have been 10 me, (at that lime cot OF
office still | refused upon the ground
that foresaE y The embarrassment which
II would bring upon the STATE, and that
the rehIX OF popular opinion would 6a
against what was then hailed as popO-
ar measure by persons Of all parties IN
Maryland
! was as fully convinced then AZ no~'
and mol more then than was three years
before. that he States would be inVoIV-
ed in irrelripvabIe embarrassmenls,
without the aid OF or relief from the Gsn'
era Government.
Three years ago. in my psre in Con-
gress, ! staleo. in an incidental debate.
that. for The interest Of the country and
the Stalcs. it was Indspensabiy necessa'
ry Tor Congress to assn ne the debts OF
the Stales. or to extend some system OF
enlarged relief to preserve the interest
and honor Of them all; and upon taking
my seat MIR. Adams walked across The
Hall 10 me. and stated that he concurred
in the opinion and belief, and urged me
TO bring forward the proposition formal
y and he would sustain me in It's adVo-
cacy. urged him to introduce it. and 1
would follow 10 its support; bu for rea.
sons he mentioned he thought had bet
Ter present il.
A session or two afterwards Mr. Adsms
offered resolution calling for the a.
noun, Of the State debts. At the Sec
ond session Of The last Congress, clearly
foreseeing The result OF several bile,
! resolved 10 make..the motion beglDulng
by series OF general resolutions. Be.
fore | presented 10 the House theione
specific, | called upon the President and
urged upon him tn send in a message 10
that effect, and offered 10 sustain it,; sIa'
ting that ] would urge IT, whether he did
or not and that nothing should prevent
me.
Others spoke to me afterwards, and
many, but had prepared the resolution
and offered it precisely as | had written
IN nv room After offered the 1880
luton, Mr.. Toland, Of Pennsylvania,
submitted TO me a memorial which be
had received from Pennsylvania 1t
was the first | had seen. and | was so
struck with the simiIilude 10 the reso
ulions which | had offered, that ! could
but express my qualification at the coin.
cidence Of opinion and asked him for it.
so that ! could take a copy and have It
published IN The Inteligencer, which |
did few davs after. The difference be.
tween that memorial and the resolutions
which | offered consisted in the fact that
that treated The subject OF stocks and cur
rency together, and that memorial was
the subject Of Mr. lngersol's report at
the las, session My resolutions avoid
ed the question Of currency, and propos.
ed distribution upon the basis purely
OF representation in Congress. This
memoria had been years before pie
seuled in the Senate, as ] afterwards
heard One principle ! adopted from
that memorial in The bill ! aflerWarda
submitted. allowing 100000 dollars
for each Senator did so because the
memorial came from large State, and
was already found in circulation, al
though il would make but slight alte-
ration in the original proposition in the
resoIutions offered THIS is q faithful
history OF the subject; 4 il others wrote,
spoke or talked on the subject before or
al the time, it was coincidence OF opin
ion, and only proves that minds looking
TO the public interest agreed upon a pub
lie remedy. And now only mention
these iacls 10 disabuse the question Of
the erroneous speculallons which hava
appeared in the public journals.
Had been ambitious 10 be the author
Of a plan, would not have desired Mr..
Adams to move ii; would not have
urged Mr. Gentry 10 have reported his
plan when he first gave notice in the