The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-03-29


/. important TO the States and the people, through
the House with such indecent haste lie discuss
cd the policy Of distributing the Land Fund
: mong tie States. and maintained that the powei
Of Congress to make the distribution not only
/. existed, but that Cen Jackson himself 10 three
Q separate messages, had asserted il. He ALLUDED
TO the Tariff question IN connexion with this sub
. ject, and spoke about the Tariff Bill just report
ed by the Chairman OF the Committee on Wat:
! and Means. lie exposed the true character g
= tina. measure. and the destructive effects 1t mus
n necessarily have upon the interests Of the coug,
try generally, and particularly Of the labo,Is
I classes He devoted much time to the 81, ~.
ration Of this branch Of the sJibisg,ti 70 w
n course Of his remarks he saH ranososS e 10
prospect that this bill tbsy shonIa send
: friends wished to h9Tame The uo,,sc Of Com
" 'ue II, House Of Ioids would pass it, for
100, would be ruinous To this country it was
q .fably adapted to promote the Interests Of
e Great Britain and 10 benefit the laboting claso'
Of that country This is but glance r. u.
of the features Of his admirable sIs' u 20,
When Mr.. $. finished, NTiieu me P'e.i'.s
made few remarks az - suGg si, "ai p ,mo1 il
rcne,iti,,.arf. lie Withdrew IT, however IN
by ,,oI Mr. Henly, Loco Foco, VIII addressed
me House for half an hour, in rigmaro!e which (
did not amount TO much. lie replied TO Rome or
n yory few of Mr.. Stcwatps arguments. lie re-
newed the call for the previous question, which (
of course cut of all further debste. Mr. Harden,
4 of Illinois, Wing, made great efforts TO secure
an opportunity tc address the House, but lie was
unsuccessful The bill was then put upon its fl.
nal passage ard w1s passed"
Mr.. Dromgooe also reported bill TO
provide for The collection, sate-keePing,
iransfei and disbursement Of the Public
Reycnue--in other words, Sub. Tredsu-
RI Bill. The bill having been read twice
by its title, il was referred to the Commit
lee of the Whole and ordered to be printed.
In the House on the l4th, INC Rhode
Island memorial was again discussed.
Mr.. Hardin, Of Illinois, offered iesolu-
ton calling upon the Secretary OF the
Treasury for a statement OF the amount OF
revenue received up TO the present time,
under the operation Of the present Tariff
Law. and OF the probable amount up 10 the
end of the year. Not received.
The bill making iopriations for West
: Point Academy again debated
In the House on the 18th, the bill ma
. king appropriations for the support OF tht
n Military Academy at West Point aiteI
] some discussion and the adoption OF som'
amendments, was pasged-lo0 to 81.
Mr.. Winthrop offered resolution de
c caring that no proposition TO annex iexa'
1 to the Union should be made or receive
/ bv this Goyerumcnt-also resolution pro
yding that the foregoing resolution shou!'
d be the order of the day for "Wednesday
, the goth instant. Not received.
0 A motion was made TO suspend the rule
: for the purpose Of receiving proPosltio'
e to print an extra number of copies OF III
repor, Of the Committee Of Ways ant
u Means, accompanying the Sub Treasur
e bill. The rules were no, suspended.
ID The further consideration oil the Rhod
s Island memorial was postponed until Tue
y day next.
The remainder Of the sitting vas dew
e. ted to private bills.
In the House on the 10Th, Mr.. S'montc
Of Conn, submitted resolution that IL
business Of contracting for maps, chart
a &c. be taken from the Clerk OF the hon'
u ;, and given 10 a special committee OF thre'
- Mr.. Steenrod of Va, opposed 1t.
= Mr.. Simonton then stated 10 the Hou>
., some OF the gross frauds practised upc
~ Government in this business. The Hous
," in four wears past, had published work
- this sort TO the amount Of S5S,OOo, al
," the whole not worth $4,000; they we
u piled away IN stacks about the CAPITOL
e' For some of the items in this peculatlo
~ Mr.. S. gave the following a map, +
which the House paid the contractor 81
'' 400, was made by the eegraver, IS
u swears. for $50 !--anolher cost the TO
u crnment s2;5Dnxsvhicb was made for s. I:
10 another $1,000, made for $50. NJ
" Haas had Sl3,750 for what cost 81 1927
A single map, few years ago, &C
- SI4,76o, which was so printed that II W
- useless for navigating purposes, and nc
y lies inthe Capitol, not being worth remoVt
In concluding this expose, Mr. ;. sa
he cared not upon whom the censure tell
u he denounced the whole business as ra
- cally extortion. Resolution adopted
Mr.. Adams moved to suspend the rnI
10 consider the following res6ution-Th
~ the President inform the House of the t'r
~ and form of the application OF the aulht
IN tics of Rhode Island for the protection
u. the General Government, under The A
!" section of the 4th article of the Consul
ne ton. Also, TO furnish the House with
'os pies of orders to officers of the Army al
Il Navy, and generally all correspondent
u connected with the matter. The rul
10 were not suspended.
nv The remainder of the day was deyot
to the consideration of private bills