Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-29
COMMUNICATIONS.
For the Enqnirer.
THE NDOLPH EPIST L )
TNr,v Srp,re-NO I'LL

NEW SgRlEs-No. iii.
Nis not the grosrece'pts, Int The 'Hett pToeeeas' Q
Ile I,onds. 1rh,ch arc 10 be DECENTRALIZATION
are no "neH procecds"-aate nerer been ane
nerer wM be-.Monew siren array 10 be 'anra
ed tl,ouob Mc CAston.s-Ns operation, costs
curges, &c, &c.
THE FAR SouTII, Oct. 10, 1911.
HENRY Clay, Eso.-Sir: II is not the gross re,
RENTS derived from the Land Sales which you alo
your party contend should be distributed 10 The
States but the NETT PROCEEDS "-afler deduclins
The costs and charges OF acquisition, preserva,
ton. surveys sales, Indian annuilies contracted
in extipeuishmen, OF Indian titles, and DiscnARG-
ING ALI. THE DEBTS OF THE REVOLUTION, NC
When all these things have been done, then, and
moi ill then i, is said does the occasion or the
power OF distribution arise-ior, your party has
always assumed that the public DOMAIN was
holden in Ifua-that the Federal Government
was the Truaec-ttat the discharge otthe ioreso-
ing obligation was the object and condition OF
The ILua. and that the rcsidnum remaining, atfef
the extinction Of all these debts and liabilities,
and hat onlv, and then onlU, become the iawtui
subject of distribution. This has been the senn-
inc Wing doctrine, as promulgcd, without ex-
cep,ion, 10 nv knowledge on the floors OF Con-
gress and elsewhere Now, Sir, while deny The
power OF distribution at all, deny YET more Spe-
ciallv that the casS fedris Of distribution as pro-
claimed BY the Wings themselves, has never
arisen-that the Trust remains undischarSea oi
its conditions-that hence there IS no rc88nRm
as vet; and taking the tests OF experience, ana
surveying all the facts, | go still further ana
maintain with every confidence, that The duties OF
the Trust will inevitably absorb the Trust f"M'
and leave GcfaI 10 be supplied, instead oil a
Yesiduum 10 be distributed.
have not introduced these topics, for the
purpose of discussing them just at this time, but
10 give an inkling OF the reasons why MAKE
no determinations between revenues derived
from the land fund.- and revenues derived from
the customs: for, if it be true-and 1t is-that
upon Wig principles the time has not yet come
for Dis,ribution-and if shall demonstrate, as
I shall, that the Trust fuad is still overwhelm-
inely indebted 10 the Treasury TOR advances II
has made TO meet the current and indispensable
disbursements, for which the avails OF The land
sales were wholly inadequate, and that the Irea-
sury thus became subrogated TO the rights oil
creditors whose claims it discharged, moi even a
plausible objection can be raised TO my treating
The monies arising from the lands as common
avails of the Treasury TO meet its dues, and
applicable TO the common uses Of The Govern
ment, pari poSu with the customs, as both have
been ab ,lrJe condio, 10 the presen, time. And,
if this be so, it results, as an inevitable corol-
lary, that the power 10 distribute from the avals
of the customs 10 the several States, is fnlly as
express and quite as plenarv, as 10 distribute
among them the avails OF the lands. No so
phistry can elude this consequence, because no
determinations can be made between monies
raised for and limited 10 special objects, and I'M
der such limitations, dedicated to common uses,
as all monies in the Treasury, under the Con-
sttution, most undoubtedly are. Hence and
thus reach forward TO results yet TO De de-
monstrated, and use them as postulates here and
now.
|. The annual avas of the public lands in
these DAYS, are estimated in round numbers, al
S3,O0000O Well, when the Government, has
parted with that amount in distribution, as the
Treasury is in need, the same amount must be
restored 10 the Treasury from some source or
other The States, as States, have already dis
posed of their shares-and hence, il cannot be had
from them. The people must be resor,ed 10 fnda-
ridnaHy, and be taxed not directly, but through a
Tariff, which shall be high enough 10 raise that
amount at the customs. But 81, 100000, raised
al the customs, will fall far short OF netting that
sum. when il reaches the Treasury. Now, all
parties, and indeed the Treasury itself, have ra-
led the expense OF collecting through the customs
al len per centum; and hence $4,000 900 is 10 be
taken from the pockets of the people, 10 replace
other words, $780, 900 must be paid 10 the Govern
men, officers, in consideration OF the blessings Of
Distribution Gu homo, Mr.. Clay?-For what!
Jusr PRECISELY FOR NOTHING AT ALL!
, But, Sir, no one knows better than You, tia,
the 10 per cenium just referred 10 would be but
The beginning OF the bunhcnS upon the people, in
raising so large 4 sum as S3,000000 through
Tariff You have never been 50 stupid, Is Ear as
| have heard, and certainly are not knave enough
to give the least countenance 10 the great fiscal
paradox of the day, that High dnt'ss lorr prices"
And, vet with defamation OF truth, and a mock
cry of logic like this, Viii. orators of note
with brazen efronlcry that knows no shame
have been striving 10 gull and stultily The nation
with such bald and egregous nonsense But if
the thing could be established as true, why should
The manufacturers, whose clamors have original
ed, and whose monies have contributed 10 the
passage of every Protective Tariff bill through
Congress-why should they, above all others,
press for high duties 2 Are they. beyond all men.
void OF the sagacily which points men 10 their
interests? Or are they men OF such ethereal be-
nevolence, that they prefer 10 take low. rather
than high prices Tor their products, because in
very truth they prefer the interests o others to their
own And if they do prefer them, why trouble the
Government with the matter, and agac, and
convnlse the country as they do? WIZ NOT
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the most nndoubted right and the sure ability 10
do And if the doctrine be sound, that 'tAc
higher the dafy tie lo'eer The price" what faulty
among men exceeds, in folly, the course of the
Free Nadcrs? Dunderheads that they are do
they moi perceive that if such be the case, they
could bring the price of manufactured fabrics at
5nsi nothing Vard, BY simply doubling the eyor-
bitant duties of 1912? Why, it Is as "plain as
the nose on a mans face" and il is equity sure
that, by the supcr-addition of 100 per cent. TO
that, men who are now strained 10 the last stretch
OF their tether 10 procure the attire in which their
endeared ones are clad-enricacd by bountitul
process like tEis-would have the most gorgeous
supplies OF the manufactured fabrics for barter or
exchange! The case of the deludcd victims of
such doctrine with its parallels and analogies,
brings 50 vividly to remembrance, an incident oc-
curing IN New Orleans few years ago, and
which is so germane and opposite in its illusra-
tons of successful humbuggery and 50 amusing
withal that even at the cost Of proongnS this di-
erosion, mus, INTRODUCED il here. The large and
respectable hardware house of Samuel Locke &
Co. OF this city, had received yankee consisn-
ment of stoves, which were noted upon the in
voice, to be $50 admirably constructed as to sare
half the fuel" They were duly advertised, accor-
ding to The invoice. The next morning brace
Of Patlanders, O'Dowd and Delany, called al the
store to examine the stoves, and the following
colloquy took place:
O'Dord-And is i, thruc, Misher Locke, that
any one OF these stoves "will save one half OF
the fuel2'
LaelS-So says the invoice; we've not tried them
vet, but We are so convinced tina, they will, that
we shall buy one of them ourselves.
ODopd-Och then! TO be sure, Misther Locke,
the divis in it but III take t,ro O them, and save
the riole of the fuel.
Delaay-Fear and ages and may the divil ad-
mire me--and why should you not take three
o them, for I'll do it meself-and so will Misthcr
O'Dowd.
Observation-Disclosures and why should |, De-
lany, make such 'spense? Faith and see you
not, honey, that with the t~o craytures III have,
III made no fuel al al2 Divil theless, TO be sure.
Delany-Acushla and bad luck 10 ye! O'Dowd.
Isn't il mesef that knows that if tro o them saves
al the fuel, by shouldering anither, III hare fuel
10 sell?
"True as preaching" Delany And SO will ii
be with us ali. when we have realised the maxim
ofalae higher he dutyLae iotcer The price, with this