Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-03-10


"a her always remain ~ that condition
of bissfpl iguorsnce 10 which the pen'
iieman has consigaed me, Than 10 Pnr-
chase pfbgressIno or improvement q.
he enprm"us price Of pubic misery snd
ruin which mu.l be PAID for IL. would
aihpr lorever stand NIL than TO pro
gress When each Advancing step must
tread upon the prostrate interests ana
he crushed and despairing hopes OF q
oaiion No. sir, desire no phtg ldAr
proveomnt. or party pr"gressIon It 4
must be based upon pubic wEetched'
ness.
torn now TO examine the bIessanta
10 reserve for my owa Sseie undeslihlh
financial policy Of free trade and d'Tecs
tsAaton.' the gentlemen who last Hc'
dressed the House Mr.. do mes thought
proper TO indulge in many censotious
comm ntaries npon the conduct OF sNss-
Tern members 10 endeayoring 20 with!
bold large appropriations for The naVyi
and he uvok, The Ilbet ality Of our pa "
fioli,m 10 sustain ia future that branch
Of The Oatiousl service. Strange luVo-
cation from strange quarter! How
many times and for how many years has
the West appealed 10 tia genliemanS
nay. to The whole school Of strict con-
srructluD' poInicians- master and disci-
pies 10 give Us appropriations 'oifoa'
prove Ihe navigation Of The Western
rivers7 And how often have those apI
peaIs teen burdenpd with minute tpec,'
6cailons OF the loss Of properly and hui
man lie. 10 consequence Of approprlss
lions beng reiusedf How ohea have
they been lmplnred TO vote money to
conlnUr The Cumberland road "a great
national thoroughare which has peo-
Piled The wilderness and brought untold
m ions into sour treasury? And what
answer has been gwen TO those appeals
and inVoralioUs3 The appropriation ls
UNCONSTITUTIONAL This is he unvaFy
ing and eternal response. 10 their es'
umalon the Constitution is general ia
lheory--locsl in practice II was msdO
exclusively for that portion oflhe Union
lying cas-, OF the Alleehanies, and mnst
especially for South Carolina, TO which
State alone belongs the right Of inter.
preiiDg lis provisions! Appropriations
tor harbnr. lighthouses. buoys, dry
docks Qualifications atsenals. armofiesA
are tolerated by the Constitution, under
a South Carolina construction; but an
appropriation for for Western rivers, up.
en- whose bosoms float one half the sg~
rucul,nral wealth OF this nation, and by
means OF which more than hall oI lha
informal commerce OF the country is car.
ried on-sUch an appropriation is for>
bldden by the Constitution! And thus
it is that The gentleman, by The aid OF
'stric. construction, refuses 10 US all benz
eft Of part or lot in the appropriations
made by this Government; and yet ha
cannot understand The motive which in
fueuces Western members to vote a.
gainst large appropriations for expendi.
lure upon the sea board. Let me ex-
plain to him the position Of my Stales
and he will sufficiently understand tha
motives which govern its Representa-
tives upon all questions Of apPrOPria-
tion.
Since Indiana was admitted into the
Union as a State, she has paid iDio the
national treasury nearly $4,000, 900.
proceeds Of he public lands sold within
her limits. This amount has been ex-
pended somewhere, but none OF it haa
found its way back again 10 the State
by which It was paid South Carolina
has had her share Of it,
For the last eight wears the people Of
Indiana have paid, in difference of ex-
change alone, about seven hundred end
fifty thousand dollars per Gnnum | say
paid, because the difference Of exchange
(which during that period has averaged
elgh per cent? has been added to the
price Of all commodities purchased by
our merchants 10 The Eastern cities and
consumed within my Stale. 10 thiA
case, as il ever will be in all others whera
pecuuiary loss must be sustained in con@
sequence of the arrangement OF curren-
cv and exchange. mercantile sagacity
throws hat loss off the shoulders Of deal
ers 10 those Of customers. This annual
burden is imposed upon US because
sstrIcl construction has withheld char.
ter for a national bank; and patiently
have we paid the yearly contribution for
South Carolina Interpretation Of Con-
s'iIulion not made for US; and pay II We
ever must while The star oi Democracy
is 10 the ascendant. | will state The an
nual account between Indiana and The
General Government.
GOuernmfn' ofthc U. States to indiana.
Dr..
To difference Of exchange per
AMMAN paid by the people IN
consequences ofthe refusal Of
Government 10 give to them