Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1844-06-14
No. 35--WMOLE No. sos

l nus, so foug az lRs prncaea5 Ol iD0
lands, Ibis uncertain and huciUaliDg
source Of revenue, goes into ;hs l'rsssu-
~, nothing can be selred or fixed in tho
tsrfT po icy Of The Government.
hope, therefore, The epressOtalives
o. the indebted States will go wHh me
and vote down this bill 10 repeal SIhe
distribution act, and thus relieve their
tax ridden people from The burdens OF
direct tsxslion, and sl the same limo
relieve the Treasury from this source
ol revenue. which unsellles and dersn-
ges not only he finances, but ths trade
and business Of the country. SIR, this
MEASURE Of dIsJrjb1lon is equally i'm
porlou. to the non indebted STATES; theV
receive an equal proportion Of the pro-
ceeds o. The lands, which could os.ap-
Piled TO purpoges Of education or Of in
proyemsol. o. 10 whatever the wisdom
o! fbsif P.up,s mas dt!sct.
This measure Of distribution sa meas
urs Of rebel to the Safes. and nov
predict that we will nave wo parties in
this coUnDry--lbe "reiief p0rfy," going
for djslrbutioC, and Toe unit reliJ and
lar Parfy," going for direct laxaton.--
There arc only lwo ways Of paying tho
SlaJe deb.s-dsrbulion or fsxauon;
isxaiion. unmlIga,sd taxation, now,
h0ncslorth, sud forever. Which are
you fof is the q1ssl,ou, aud gentlemen
must meet Il. They must either 60 for
i'sl,iOuuon snd relief, or Tor taxation
and 10 relief, They have their cnojcs,
they mu'I make II and DO responsible 10
he people.
The improvements made BY the
Slaes. and which had been the great
cause OF involving them in debt, are
| highlv beneficial to lhe United States, IN
connection with The transportation OF
the maIs, the promotion Of commerce
among the States, and The defeuce OF
the country in time OF war; and hence,
the United Safes was bound to help pay
Tor them, BY giving the proceeds oil lao
| public ian1s.
General Jackson advocated tho disir-
button Of the surplus revenue among
tho STATES, on this ground he contends
in his message OF 1880, with great truth
tha, he Improvements made by the
States, "coustlUie the surest mode Of
ccufsrring permanent and substantial
benefits on tho whole Unlnn" Besides
he contends that the money distributed
nv the Genera Governmen, among the
States, would be more judlciously sp~
oiled and economically expended, under
the direction Of The Slale legislatures. "
Such were some Of The arguments urged
By General Jackson 10 agor Of ibis pol.
, icg which Mr.. Van Buren, now d5noun-
ces as a "pTepos,erous proposition -
: he mere agitation Of which, he says, ia
= 1srracelu 10 the character ol Inc Amer
,can peope, and which his friends on
E this floor are now voting down, without
a word ofexplanalion or debate. What
,, will the iilus!rious ChlsItain Of the Her
milaae say 10 this3
The Wig and Van Buren Systems.
] Bat, sir, we are told that ''lhe Wings
are a patty without principles" Sir
h are not their principles known and avo-
we'd every where? On this subject, tho
Wing system is this; Remove from tba
National Treasury that disturbing source
y Of revenue, the Public Lands, and give
y them 10 the States to which they right
. fully belong, 10 pay their debts and re-
leve the people from taxation. 1hen
= regulate the Tariff, so to supply revenue
y enough for an economical administration
Of The Federal Government, BY imposing
protective duties on such articles as We
: can and ought TO supply at home, and
= revenue duties on IuXurles and articles
no, produced, sufficient to supply the
wants of Government This is the whlg
10 system. Now, sir, what is the Fan
Is Buren, system! Just the reverse. II
IN IS to refuse all relief to the people and
~ the States. by distribution or otherwise
o. 10 reduce the Tariff, and let in foreign
" goods 10 The destruction Of our own in
10 dustry; exhaust the wealth and currency
;" ofthe country to pay for them; dou
y bic the expenses of Government, to en-
IS rich oflicehoideEs and lavorites, an
- cave the Government again as the,
left it in l84l. after twelve years aC
y miars'rlton, impoverished, AID OVerwht
med with bankruptcies and debts slaI
>" and National amounting to more tha
two hundred and twenty millions Of do
IN lars, How was ii sir, during the lw9l'
20 preceding years, when Wbig poll,
ne PREVAILED Look at the oficipi repoI
H', from the Treasury, and you will fiu
ed sir, that during thai period we paid {
n9 l4I millions Of the war debt, expende
7s' 70 millions for internal improvement
ss' and lett the country with surplus
W, venue of more than l2 millions yea
~. sound currency and universal pro
ny .;,,,, b,, In 900 thnra Pama a cbanO