Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-29

mauufac ories and disposed oil q, the Home Mar
kc, and. estimating these al ue SAINT piiec y
the consumers nj which they buy me ioie,Sh d.
ticle and il is undenab!y sure tha' 'iie 1f'''eii
can people pay an additional ~ y, ct";,. ~
an equivalent amount OF domeS'lc iainioH ~ ~
oher words. an additional amount OF 81 o'u,uoo;
every dollar OF which goes into the pocket oil the
American tabrica,or II IS as certain as
truth. taking one taxed commodity win aho'her,
and striking the average mat Whatever pe 'i'e
T1r,6.eosts 10 supporl the Government, the peo-
pie must pay il overasain, unuer hHeo eAloi,iohS,
TO the American manufacturers, 10 support mem ;
5. From all these estimates II results, aila iof
the restitution to the treasury oi 'he H''ooo,oVo,
souandered away in Distribution, ii actually
casrs The people. under the operation oil hSh uu-
,;es ma less than s6.610000, Of which July 81
GOo00D Meier finds i, way into tine Treasury =
Now Sir. suppose these monstrous enorihilcs
we're no, shut up and disguised from the people,
through the sleahy and lreachcIous wlles ana
ndrec,ion of the Tariff laws and that the
whole sum of sc 100000 had been collected from
the people at noonday, and taco TO race uh
der the process of ''duect t0fatt0n, Whal coio
ouies would not have been runS IRON one cna OF
The Union TO the other, between members % on
oress who voted for the appropriation, ana their
Constituents who had 10 pay il, an!ll The members
mnst have covered and quailed again, under The
INDIGNATION they had. aroused in The popular bo-
SOM Suppose, Sir, Your constituents hao queS
,ioned you, what better or more, could yon have
said than shall here answer for yon!
"(6us'iiucaiS-Alr. Clay, as you voted FOL tins
anpropriation. tell Us III the name OF truth ana
;,i.tice. wha, the Government wanted with all this
money?
"Ciop--Il was wanted 10 restore back 10 The
Treasury the money We disriou'ca 10 uie states
some ten months before.
"Conaiiurn,S-But why did you distribute to
The States. when ii appears by your own show
ing. that the Treasury could not spare II al the
time?
"Clau-Why, some OF them needed funds TO
nav their deb,s-olherS for purposes oil education,
The colonization of the free people OF color, &c
Besides i, would tend TO win over to us OF the
Federal Government the affections OF The States,
and give them a just and abiding sense oil thcir
dependence upon the bounty and protection oil The
National Government, &c.
"Cousiitacnts-We are not all satisfied either
with your explanations, or that you had The pow
or to do what you have done But The whole
amount YOU distributed was only 80 O,0oO-
what did the Government want with the heavy ba-
lance of S3,600000!
"Clov.-Ah, YES The sum Of 100000 was
needed 10 defrav the expenses OF collection; and
finding that our manufacturers did not realize
more than five times as much upon their capital
as the farmers, and merchants, and mechanics dld
upon tbeirs-and they becoming clamorous, and
claiming so per cen,um, that is, 81 G5o000 OF the
amount, to encourage and prutec, them, and en-
large their pro;ils-we thought il best 10 allow II
10 them, on condition hat they wonld not demand
more in future than Sc per cenlum OF the 'neh
projects we collected b. taxes from the people
| As TO the balance
Enough, Mr.. Clay. Well hear
no more You have most deeply wronged yonr
constituents and Your country. Bcsone TO the
shades OF Ashland, and never while YOU live OBJ
iruic upon Us yonrlalsc and reacherous collnsels
| more !"
Ave, Sir, such must have been the doom Of
fate upon YOU and your ill-Slarred compeers, who,
in dcsolale exile from the peoples love, must have
eat for ave "lhe bitter bread Of Punishment, in
stead of aspiring, as now, 10 rule over The very
people whom you SO insulled and delled,
g. But even dispensing with "diTcct torotion,"
| and having the lciole amount Of S6,G00,GO0 col
| lected through Tariff, instead Of the g, 100000
| and let the whole be entered upon the Treasury
books and let the whole receive technically the
same destination that j, does, and let all this
appear upon the public books and III venture 10
| say-and every rejecting man in The nation will
| concur in what do sar-that no Administration
which his country has ever had, would have been
strong enough TO sustain Itself under such deve-
| lop,nents You loan S2000000 to the States, and
YOU exac, the payment Of S6,G00000 from the
people-not only take back the principal, but ex-
act the flaeiiious, monstTous unparalleled asarp
| Of l20 per cent. Suppose the Government had
horro,red S3000000, instead of i00ning il. where
is the statesman in this country, who would have
dared BY his vote, 10 have sanctioned the usury OF
| l20 per cent against the Government How
then, have they dared TO intlict sricvous a pc
naiy upon the people
!. Mailing as You do from Old Virginia, lei
me, Tor moment, submit her own case, a.
gopy legislation presents il, specially 10 her
enlightened people. Suppose her dstrbutive
share OF the land fund 10 be 100000 dollars, and
( as she goes TO receive il, YOU admonish her,
! that her people must Immediately refund 1t, Uni
/ lar FIR doiar. Now, il that were ALL is there
any thing which grown up people" could do,
more ludcrously puerilc absurd and prcpostc-
rous. than to give and take back. in heavy
transaction like this without The slightest profit
or loss to eitherl You perfectly well know, sir,
tina, she would reject 50 silly proposal with
contempt; and yet You have the efirontery 10
| propose to her, not simply that she shall take
| it, and paw it back within the year, dollar fr
dollar. but augmented BY the uaurious additions
of 100 per cent. Az, sir she gets $500, 900
| She is to pay back thai, with the usury Of l20
! per cenium making S:'60000 more. She must
| nav that too In the whole SG60.000 must he
wrung ont OF her pncliin4 necessities and with
| out a conceivable realization o; any substantial
I good, Oh. fic, oh, fic Nh Clay The thing
/ cannot be told 10 ones hamhcst constituents
without maning his cheek, and bowling his
t head in very shame Besides when Virginia
I with many other noble S;a,cs) Indignantly re-
ject this gilded doUcepr and trcacherons bait. what
| do YOU do? WHY, you constrain her and the
other rejecting States 10 pay their full share, us,iry
| and all of the monies which the recc1rinG States
. / M ~ thpir and cy
I elusive uses! Where s!umbcrcd your noted doc
/ trpe then, which YOU have since found, 10 reject
/ The nroposal for the remuneration oi Texas; and
which. if il were worth the paper il was written
on would be applicable and should be applied,
to other great interests OF the country 10 Wit that
an important measure should not be adopted.
when opposed BY " q respectable and considerable
portion Of tic CoafedffGcg?' And yet, after in
tlic,ine this deep injury aud gross injustice upon
Virginia YOU have the cfronery 10 ask her to
cast you her vote, that You may have the greater
power TO repeat and enforce against her such
nonsrous aggressions,
g. Oncc c:-Upon the basis assumed and
soon TO be proved, that monies derived from the
customs and those derived from the landsales, are
10 every extent the same, and applicable al this
time, 10 the same uses; let US Tor a moment re-
verse the order of Discussion; and as the money
must be in the Treasury before YOU can di>tri-
butte H. suppose ii 10 have come mere through the
customs in other words, let MS suppose, that you
first collect the amour; YOU want for distribution
through the cus,oms-what must he the practical
operation under your scheme OF di>,ribu;ion?-
Your scheme distributes 10 Federal Ruw51S-that
is 10 say you count but ,hrce-tiias of the slaves
and all other persons; and hence you tax natural
numbers and raise fund which you distribute 10
Federal numbers. And what should the oppressed
and insulted South say to thisl Let us apply the
case TO Virginia as she is.
Under The census of 1910, the slaves in Virgil
mia amount 10 about one-third of her popular
numbers Surprising, as heretofore, Virginia
distribution share 10 be 100000, counting her
rso'e p,pu'ntion PR eapita-and hence 100000
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