Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-01-06

ton instruc,ine the Committee al WAYS and " ahs
o enquire into the cxpedisncy OF repeating tue am
Of 1912 and reylvnr that OF ISIS as Il lest vote or
.ba s,h .ci or repsanr tar law OF lc42, and making
The Tariff conform 10 scale, he VIII hnd nun
salf arregiousy in error. The iiou,e considered The
COMMITTEE of WAYS aud VI ans fully charged, and 'u'-
y sensible ha, it charged, win the du,y oil cong
what Mr. Rhetls luton called on 1t to do unless
oerh,ns il was no, held to be instructed to Tsrre c
Tariff Of 1888 wh ch The majority GO not MINK u
proper to coniue is euqures Bat this, l:o, natural
~ falls within the range Of the Comm'ttees ihqHires'
,y;,b,pt eyo,ess instru etnns The House DID not
therefore, vote suspend rs rules and the business
IN hand and open dahat' on II. Rhetl rcsclulloD IN
anticnst,oa Of the aston Of the Commit &c which was
charged win tAe while subject The vote against H.
as explained By Mr. H"Ph'ns, and intended by otners
in favor cf s object merely TO let the subject oil
the Tariff come up at the proper time, and according
to the regular routine Of proceeding upon the report
Of The Committee of Ways and Means.
MR. CLAY,s SPEECH ON "DIsTRIBUTION AMONG THE
POSING OF TnE ruBLIC LANDS"
We received the following resolution this morning,
and hasten to respond to il. 1t will give US pleasure
always 10 comply with such cnl's for information,
whenever il is in our power 10 afford II:
At regular meeting Of the Democratic Association
of Harrison county held a, the Court House, on Saluf-
day. the 25th day Of November, 1913 it was
Resoired, That Mesrs. Blair 81 Rives, Editors OF
the ob b. respectfully requested On TIE part OF 'his
Association, TO publish in th"lr paper The speech oil
M-. Henry Clay, d. versd about me year 49,, IN
which he avowed his hostility distribution oil The
proceeds Of ,he prc lands among the States; or, II
sad speech be To-, mr. 10 be rrpah shed conveniently
at This tine, that hey will re publish 81 much, and
such parts thereof, contain the eSpress'on OF his
opinion upon that subject and that the Secretary do
forward them q copy Of this resolution.
GEO. H. LEE, President.
F.. NJ DAvIssnN, Sceretary
The speech referred T., the above restlr!on. will
be found page Go, cf Calls x Sso'oas Register CT
Debates in Congress, vol 2 part neder dat" OF ia
au.ry II, le32 l. made. IN iis resolution 10
MAINTAIN the a-.cc tive aHes or !ie Tariff - lo2t, by
making the -educ;i5c frrmGcrsd indispensable by Tie
paynen; o. the public d-i,i trim ariel 10; coming
in competition VT. nar articles aade in the unned
Stats The resolution WAS IN these words
"RsS0lged That tho exiting duties npon articles IN
ported from foreign COUNTRIES and not coming IN cola
petition with similar articles made produced with
The United States ocgh. be forthwith abolished, ex-
cep the duties upon wines and eits, and that those
ought to be reduced; aud that The Committee on FL
nance he instructed 10 report bill accordingly
In the course Of his argument, NJ. Clay declared
his opinions upon the subject OF 'dlsrihuton among
the several Statcs, and ''the system 70: dspoang oil
the pubic lands The paragraphs which fellow, con-
tain in full his views, then gwen by his own pen
The speech is elaborata nad carefully revised expo
s,ion Of the Whole financial scheme OF measures winch
Mr. Clay submitted, immcd ately on his return to the
SENATE, after his expulsion by tie people from The
Executive Station which he attain hy The elevation nj
MIR Adams to h. Presidency. The three paragraphs
on hisrihaton and the pnhiic lands are as iolowe
s}Tioever may BE- crt la to The credit Of the pay
raent OF tn pnSl,c debt, cnng:a,.l,'c ycn sir, and
the country most cofda that ii 10 near al hand
It is 20 heina tDt,lly exnguiste6 that We may
safely inquire whether, without prejudice 10 any
established policy, VIC may not relieve The consumption
of the country by the repeal reduction Of duties, and
cur,ail, considerably, the public In making
this inquiry, first question which, presents itself IS,
whether it expediea to preserve the EXISTING duties,
order eccumu'ate surplus IN ne Treasury for HE
purpose g Subsequent distribution among tie seveTa!
States think not. IF The collection, fpr the purpose
of sueh sG7p:s, ID t. be made frcn the pockets Of
portion oil tha PEG i To- b. ultimately returned 10
the pockets, The process wotd be attended N
t- certain loss arising from the charges OF collection
aud with The loss also of interest while the money is
performing the unnecessary circuit and IL would there
FORE be unwse If it il 10 be collected from one por
ton of the people and given TO another, it would be
unjust lft is TO be given to the States in their cor
porae capacity, to be used by them in their public ex-
penditure, know oil no principle IN The Constitution
which authorizes the Federal Government 10 become
such collector for The States of any principle OF
safety proprety which admits of the States becoming
such recipients of gatuity from the General Govern
ment"
81 hope, too, that either in The adjustment OF the
public revenue, or, what would be preferable, IN Inc
appropriation of The proceeds of the publ lands efec
tua and permanent provision will be made for sncil IN
terna improvements as may be sanctioned oy Con-
eress. This is due to the American people, and en-
phsiica!y due 10 the Western people Sir, Temporary
causes NAV exact g reluctant ecquisscencc from the
people of the Yves, the suspension of appropriations
objects OF internal improvements; but, as certain IS
you preside in that char, as the sun performs lis
durnal revolution, they Will not be satisfied win an
abandonment Of the policy They Will come here, and
tell you, mt in tone Of menace or suppli1ation but IN
the Language Of conscious right, that they must share
with you in the benefits they divide with you the
burdens aud the per.ls uf common Government =
They will say, that they have no direct InteIestin the
expenditures for the J, the crti IL ems, nc! even
The ay those greatest absorbent. Of the public t'ea-
sure. That they are Indifferent, indeed, 10 The
SAT ~ and prosperity u any pafl oil car common eonn'
ir? Ga the contrary, that every portion OF The he-
public is, indirectly u. least, interested IN the welfare
Ut the who'll and that they sympathze in the dis
uesses, and rejo the happiness, OF the distant
quarter Of the Union And TO demonstrate that they
are careless Indifferent to interests not directly
their own, they may triumphantly and proudly appeal
The gallant part which they bore in the late war, and
point to The bloody fields which of their most
patriotic sons nohly fell fighting in the
But they viii also say, that these fatcrna and just
sentiments ought - be recprocacd by their Atlantic
brethren that these ought not to be indifferent to The
welfare Of the West aud that they have The same col
lateral aud indirect interest in lis success and advance
mt that the West has in ths:rs That 1t does not ask
internal improvements to BE- exclusively confined to IT.
SELF but t'at may receive, in common with the rest
of the Unna, practical benefit in the only fora
patihe with rs interior condition.
"The appropriation of the proceed, Of the public
lands cousd rlol. portion al them, TO that object
would be q most natural aud su,table disposition. And
do hope, Sir that tha great resource will be cherish
ed, and edIcated to national purpose worthy oil
the Republic. Utterly opposed as, trust Congress
will show itself be all the mad and wild schemes
but that latest but maddest and ldsst of all recon-
mendsd 10y the Secretary of the Treasury, for squan-
dcriug the public domain; hope il will be preserved
or the present neTaion and for pos'cy as II has
hecn received from ancestors, rich and bonftiu
Inheritance. Ia these hacy"n days Of peace and lev
Y, aud cve!.o@.n.. Treasury, we appear 10 enta5
ourselves IN devisns visionary sccmss Tor q tua
away :,e bonntes wta winch IN ccodnres Of Prov"
dence has blessed Bul, Sir, the storm o! wi
comc when know not the day cf trial and Difficult
" y i'll assureoly come; and is the tine by pru
dent forecast to husband resources, and this the
| greatest of them all Let them not be boarded ant
Rugged with misers embrace, but beral'y used Lee
the public lands be administered in generous spirit
and especially towards tie States within which they are
situated Let be proceeds of the sales of the public
lands be applied season Of peace TO some great OBJ
jet and when does come, by suspending that ap
pcaton OF them during its continuance you will be a
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