The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-05-30
MIR. CLAWS CLIQUE, AND THEIR CUE

bers of The Government at Washington.
MR. CLAWS CLIQUE, AND THEIR CUE.
What is the cue of this clique2 Why, TO
win popular favor by their magnificent TWO
HUNDRED MILLION STOCK MANU-
FEATURING SCHEME which is TO be
transformed into the assumption of State debts!
Who is TO be benefited by this scheme ?-le
present age or post,rty? And how is the ere
a,Ion Of new debt to furnish any means 10 pay
the old one? True, if the whole Union under
take to pay the debts of the debtor States, the
creditors OF the latter may be benetted-but at
whose ex,,ense2 Why should those S ates which
owe not dollar of public debt pay the creditors
of other States Were the present debts ofthe
States Incurred for common defence or the gene
raj welfare of the Union? If not why should the
unindebted States be taxed to pay the enormous
debts Of the other States, which now amount TO
two hundred and twenty-five million dollars ?
Let US see what Rhode Island would have TO
pay, Of this enormous debt if il were assessed
according 10 the number the population The
federal or n preventative, population is l6,O6S,-
305; Rhode Island has population of los, $685.
and her proportion Of the S225,00O,000 would
therefore be Isl 523,25l.) ONE MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY THREE
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND
FIFTY ONE DOLLARS! Would the land
of Roger Williams stand this imposition II
she would not why should any Of The oiher I'M
indebted States be taxed TO pay the debts of the
other States
If this amour, of two hundred and twenty
five millions is TO be levied n tax upon the
inhabitants Of the States, every thousand Of the
population, men, women and children, must be
taxed over fourteen thousand dollars, and every
indiriduai, of course, orer fourteen doAars a
piece!
we venture TO say, cannot be brought upon the
turf in 1874, for the Presidential race.
But il may be said tina, we are taking an IN
fair view of this magnificent political lottery of
Mr.. Clay's clique; and that the intention il not
TO tax the unindeb,ed States TO pay the debts of
the other States but on the other hand TO divide
the spoils of the $500, 900 among all he
States so that the unin ebied States will re-
celve a brlbe about in proportion TO the amount
we had calcu'at, d they would be taxed.
Irhis be So how are the 2o0,000,000 to pay
the 1925, OOO0O07 What portion of the spoils
does z, nnsy lvania get to discharge her enor-
nous debt? why, only about S2l, 425 ,0OO, which
will barely ray half her debt
But where is the money TO come from 10 pur-
chase this political stock of tuohundred million
oioliars2 Are there not more stocks already in
the market than can find purchasers
We simply fling out these suggestions, that
the public, as well as the managers Of this great
political lottery, may ponder on the subject
aud that the creditors in Europe may not be 100
much disappointed, if the Federal Government
should refu.e to pay the State debts.
The edi or Of the New World, in his Last
publication, has introduced paragraph follow
ed by some remarks in relation to the late deci-
sions of the Postmaster General as regards the
postage on the Extra New World. He is bound
by his oath of office 10 see the laws regulating
the Post Office Department faithfully and ho-
nestly observed and he would be unworthy the
high trust rerosed in him were he to permit the
views of the selfish or interested to interfere in
their proper administration. In his recent deci
sion be has not differed from his predecessors.
The most liberal construction has been given
by the Postmaster General in his instructions tc
rate these publications with periodical pamphlet
postage only. In the Dist section of the nstruc
tons, based upon the 9th section Of the act o.
1925, posimasters are directed to charge " pc
riodcal pamphlet postage on Magazines, Jour
nails of Congress, and Journals Of State Legisla
lures :" aud care is taken by the trainers Of thes,
instructions, TO guard against error, by defining
the two kinds postage, pamphlet magdzia'
or periodical, by stating that "magazine is
pamphlet published periodically in numbers
containing articles on science, literature, poll
tics" &C. and that Of pamphlet as an on
bound printed book
The fact Of attaching the word I" Extra" tc
the New World, does not give it the character
of newspaper Its reprint of book, cxclu.
sivey devoted TO the one subject and he would
be fully sustained by The law in subjectng il t.
the rate Of postage taxed on unbound printed
books.
There can be no difference in The character