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NATION as in Jualice to the great states
man snd patriot whom ihe country de-
lighted TO honor (Gfea and enIhuslas
tic cheering
1t was not true that he act called the
Compromise. was bill TO reduce duties
merely al the end oI a stipulated period
down to 20 por cent The first section
OF lEat act provides for such a reduction,
but the third section positively provides
that 0tter The sob # June, 1912 such
duries only shall be loId as will raise
sufficient revenue for the economical
administration Of the Government, and
that those dulies shall be assessed on
the home valuation and be made Pnya-
FhIe in cash Nov, the act, when (airIy
explained, was an act 10 reduce the dU-
ties 10 20 per cent at The ZINE specified,
UNLESS. at thai time it should be found
that the duties were insufficient 20 sup
port The wants of The Government, and
If they were, then the act positively
prov,ied that such duties should be laid
to meet those wants, aud further that
| they shoUd be collected 10 the manner
tha, he had just described.
Observe, that according 10 tho Ian.
guage Of the bill. which he had just quo
TED ali the revenue necessary for the
support OF the Government must bs de-
rived from import duties and import du
ties alone, after the 30lh Of June, 1912
| We'll how ls the revenue derived under
the act Of 1S422 Not from import du-
ues alone, but from import duties and
the proceeds OF the sales Of the Public
Lands: but, simultaneously, he might
saw, with the passage Of the compromise
act, Congress passed bill 10 distribute
the proceeds OF the sales Of the public
lands for limited time; and It was
part Of one great system Of finance and
revenue, designed by those who voted
for the compromise, 10 Withdraw lh'
proceeds Of the sales Of the public land
from The general revenue OF the country
forever, to distribute them among the
States, and tor certain period whlel
he had already mentioned, 10 lay duUet
-mGeient duties Tor the support o
Government, and 10 de(ray all the ne
cessary expenses of 1t. According Il
he scheme and general system OF tn
COMPROMISE. the Land Bill was as muc
part OF it as the acl OF 1888 itself, tn
understanding was that all the revenn
4 should be collected from imports an
, that 50 much should always be collecIe
:. for the economical administration oil lh
, Government.
As Wings wo wanted m eXtravogan
administration Of it. Gen, Jackson, i
his previous message, had said that tn
v Land Fund should cease 10 be sourC
:, of revenus. We took him al his wore
u and we passed a bill in both House
V having that object in view. II was The
sent to The President, al the lime III
compromise act was in his hands. Il
returned the compromise sct with h
C approval, but retained The land bill. /
Is retained it, too, under clrcumslonc
" which no means could Justify. He ke
re ,ha, bill in opposition 10 that which
+ (Mr c J conceived was his du'y, a
>, that was 10 have returned II to III
-, branch in which it originated, ~ ord
20 to have it passed il possible, BY vC
N Of two thirds. Having been present
n the tlre, he (Mr CIaytonl knew
IN fact, thai if Cen Jackson had return
er the bill, u would have become a law
on for such was the returning good WI
nS mong the gentlemen of the South,
'p' consequences Of the compromise lI'f
IN and such was the understanding Of all
IA reference to the great system OF FinaE
- that they informed US, without hes''
ton, they would vote TO pass the bI'I
J, spite OF The veto, which bill we I
passed in the Senate bv vote Of 20
in 20 Bu, it was now said by genleo
a. that sufficient irmness was not sho
n. on that occasion! II Mr. Clay and
Frelinghugsen say these genIem
- had show q a greater degree Of fifmne
~ we might have saved the whole
- might have saved more than was sa'
,ob at the lime. Now, he did not doubt
400 courage and manly bearing Of lheso
,aJ tlemen, hot if they had been in the
=. siDion of Mr.. Clay aud Mr. FreIingh
tho sen, be questioned wbelher they We
M. have done differently. He must be
ha miUed TO say, when he mado these
ha marks. that they do not undersl
,.o. what the CONCESSIONS made by the
,o,s were And he was satisfied, that
ouo had no, been for The passage OF that
w.. at that lime, the whole protective po
ii, iaIo Of The country would have been cr'
ed tel, years ago.
ven At the commencement Of the ses'
that of Congress of 1882 80 General }
oted son in his message aVOWed himself I
The in favor of q judicious Tariff, and
ONE The first time proclaimed TO the pc
be- ol this country that ii was doubted
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