Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1844-03-15

7 (~ho1y abandoned bv NJ n b Irenl OF improv
ing the navigation at The Western waters. anC
had appropriated $50 900 TO those objects
(Her$ Mr.. ). was interrupted by the Iuqltry
wherP he evidence that Mr.. Van Buren, ha1
aban1 oned this polIcysa Where ls the evidence
here in The records Of this House In the las
two years Of Mr. Van Buren's administration
the e. ,ima,es of the officers charge of these
works were withheld by the Secretary contrary
10 his uniform practice, and contrary u his dn-
~, u bless ordered II do by the Executive
Bl, Mr.. Van Blren had only withheld the
estm Ates. and thus stopped the appropriations
for thpse objects. bu he had actually sold The
snag boats, and tho tools on The Cumberland road
as the end and iiaal winding up of all these OPP
eratidns; and Wills, be thus withheld every dol
lar ff pm the interior und iheWest be more than
doubI fd The expenditures OF Government (tlere
mother coil to order By Mr. CAVE joHNso n
and others sustained by the Chair Why had
the g Gentlemen no, called his friend from Nilsson
ri (Mr JAMESON TO order, when he applied ell
SORTS of epllhe,s TO The Whig.9 Called them the
flag fuds'-a party wi,hou, principles, bank and
ant, bank, tariff and aDtI-tarlif, abolition and
anti bollt.on--,his was all IN order lie had
told ls, that for ''principles the Wings had sdp-
s,itute coonerv, coons, coon skins hard cider.
cider barrels, canoes. and carouseis' They had
promi sed much. and performed nothing. These
were the gen,leman's words as reportad; yet this
was all 10 order--perfectly IN order--bui TO show
in reply what the Wing principles were, and their
effects, all out Of order. Bs /, SO. And as
II was out Of order 10 say any thing against MIR.
Van Buren,, he would have to submit and psss
TO SO fneihiug else.
Look to Tariff and retrenchment for means.
/. had been asked by several gentlemen, where
was q he money 10 come from TO make these im'
prove men,sr II IN order, he would answer the
inquiry. lie would, in tho first place, adhere
TO the present protective tariff, which would soon
yield an ample surplus, by making tho people
prospe rous, and furnishing them the to
purchase and consume foreign imports, tho revo
nue. W oud always be IN exact proportion TO the
ability of tho people, TO purchase and consume
toreigh goods And IN the next place, ha would
ge, n money for their Wastera improvements.
by re renchng tho expenditures on the seaboard,
on he army, and navy. and forts mud fortG;a-
tons The Increased expenditures for the war
and u hva: Departments, had been enormous, and
ought to be greatly reduced. the average ex
pend. ures for the war and navy departments do.
ring Mr. Adams administration, amounted t.
only 81. 100000 per year; during MIR. Van
Buren, = administration, they had increased to
SIC, 872 900 per year, and thus year there IS ie-
CURED upwards OF 7 nillionsn In these bran>
ches, there ought to be reduction of five or SIX
millions least. He would never vote for du-
ties on tea or coffee, or otherwise tax his con-
sttue n,s, to keep up these enormous and useless
estabIis hments useless, and worse than useless.
La pence and in war, good system Of roads and
canal4, with the citizens, soldiers, and volunteers
rapidly concentrated and moved without fatigue
TO any point where their preseuce might be re-
CURED more efficient and available system
Of defence for such country this, than all the
forts, and Notifications, and standing armies
that could be raised. For this he had the au
thority Of the most distinguished men that ever
grace the War Department of this Governmen,
and among them, Calhoun, Cas-. and Spen-
Ger, whose reports on this SUBJECT wero most a.
BILE and conclusive. With the railroads since
cons nc cd from this city, North and South, what
HOSTILE foot could have profaned this capt
toll? Before the enemy could have got out 10 sea
from Baltimore, the forces from Boston, New
York, Phiade Iphia, and Baltimore, could have
bee concentrated, with all their munitions of
war, ut this point for It's defence. OF what use
were your forts tho enemy went round them,
and captured and burnt your city almost without
resis hnce and with the present improvements
IN the West, Upper Canada would have been
TAX en- without struggle. He would, therefore,
take from the army and navy, and forts and for
,lica ions, enough TO make all these Western I'M
prov ments. without increasing the expenditures
of the Government, or the burdens Of the peo>
pie.
The claims Of these Western rivers TO the ios
teTing care Of the Government ere peculiar and
,mpe 1a,lve. These rivers were the IN ternal con
Germs Of no State the Union, they wero ex,er-
ual I'd oil the States-they were boundaries,
like the Atlantic, they washed the shores of ma
nv States, bu, passed through the territory Of
none. No State, therefore, ever had, or ever
would appropriate q dollar for their improvement;
hence they must be improved! by the Govern
men', or remain forever as they now are The
subiee, would he hoped, be referred to select
committee, or the Committee Roads and Ca
nails, and not 10 the Ways and Means, who have.
we are Informed, refused to Appropriate ono dollar
TO 10 ernal improvements OF any KIND, no doubt
On COPS ttu,ionsl grounds, twothirds of that
committee were friends Of Mr.. Van Buren,, who |
denied the power, as had been sho ~n.
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