The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-02

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liz. NO, do not conceive Il 10 be my duty, o
democrat standing the platform of a revenue tar
III, TO vote for bill which do not believe will come
anywhere near raising sufficient revenue to supply
The necessary wants Of this government. | do not
believe II Is wise a statesman 10 do H. do not be-
eve II polite as partisan and politician merely TO
do It, And let me tell gentlemen now in advance
give them fair waInlng-that, in making up this
issue between the bill Of the Committee Of Ways
and Means with tea and coffee stricken out and the
law Ms II il, counting on our votes, they "reckon
without their host" and it becomes them TO see To il
IN time. The fate Of the matter is in your hands
My warnings cost nothing; If gentlemen do not like
them they have nothing To pay for them. will tell
| you what we will do we will support the substitute
of the gentleman from New York. [Mr. HUsGIR-
FORD. We will do II unanimously we will be con
tent with II, not because we consider it peheet-iar
nom it-but because we believe that bill will com
promise this question and settle forever. We be-
ieye that It will yield sufficient amount Of revenue
for the reasonable support Of this government, and
that the antagonist bill will not We aA DESTROYS
Of compromising and putting an end 10 this eternal
war upon the subj ect We want to sacrifice none Of
the great interests Of this country further than IL
necessary to secure justice TO other interests We
have no hostility to old Pennsylvania. The sub
stltute Of the gentleman from New York is ex-
| empt entirely from the odious mnimums against
4 which we have complained 50 much. II contains
bot two or three specifics, and they are materially
lower than the present law. "Haff a loaf is better
than no breadi' il il be not in the estimation Of
other gentlemen, let them take their own course;
they are not responsible TO me, more than | am 10
them. But we have no disposition to murder old
Pennsylvania we love old Pennsylvania we Of
! Ohio look back to her as parent | believe Vir-
gina claims our paternity, but we disown il. Penn
sylyania has given more people TO Ohio than all the
rest Of Gods creation put together. We love her;
we have no disposition to crush her or her interests
We have no propensity for matricide; we like her
friendship; we like her support in hours Of peril 10
our party and our principles; we always hail
with Joy her indomitAbls democracy as their
banner comes out Of the fight triumphant,
and we expect to do so; and we say
To gentlemen, it is not only unwise in US as
statesmen, but as politicians II is suicidal to throw
| her out into the embraces Of our enemies. Let
gentlemen think Of this; there is future; may not
live TO IT, but there is future, when some things
will be set right, when neglect will be remembered
| when insults will not be forgotteR. Yes, sir, we
will support the substitute offered by the gentleman
from New York; and Il depends upon our southern
! friends whether or not they will take ground with
| Ohio, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsy lyania.
IA voice. "Wl Pennsylvania support the sub
| sttuteI"l
am confident she will, (replied Mr.. b. but am
| not authorized TO state she will believe Pennsyl
vania will yield much for the sake Of compromise;
at all events, would give her the opportunity. But
TO 60 with our eyes open, with full knowledge Of
the fact, TO the destruction Of a tariff which does
for one which must Immediately create deficit Of
several millions, and thus lay the foundation for
direct tax, or that still more odious TO than
direct taxa tax on tea and COLLECTIVE cannot do
tive will not do it. The alternative is presented
to US; we can defeat your BILL and we will defeat
your bill speak it more in sorrow than in anger,
gentlemen; do il out Of personal hostility TO no
on this floor But it is fixed fate let me tell
you, gentlemen. And 81 speak as unto wise men;
Judge ye what say"
Al A Ill L. D.
said When | came TO the House this morning.
MIR. Chairman, with the expectation Of addressing
the committee, ii with the determination of con-
filming myself ngdly to the subject before it. Il is
Of itself vast, that even by pursuing that course
| should have been able to have given but an inn
perfect development Of my views in relation 10 It, in
the fleeing hour allotted me. | cannot therefore,
express to you my regret in feeling myself bound
IN Immediately following the gentleman from Ohio,
Mr.. BRSKERHoFr, to devote portion Of it to a
brief notice Of this extraordinary speech.
The gentleman has come before the committee al
very late period in our deliberations, in an unu-
sually imposing manner, "warranted to speak the |
unanimous sentiments of the entire Ohio delegation,
without the exception of man"for the first time to
inform us that they will not support the bill from
the Committee of Ways and Means; and that they |
can and will defeat it And not content to stop
there-not content seemingly to seal the fate of |
measure which the great mass Of our party have
very much at heart-he makes very bitter decla-
ration of hostility to the administration But, I'M
fortunately for the patriotism of the movement, he
makes their disappointment at not getting their full
share Of the "spos" the chief ground of his dssat
isfaction. II to have been hoped that when a
representative of great State, speaking for her en-
tire deegaton-himselfa of acknowledged tai
ents and inhuence-should come before the nation
to attack an administration which he had aided to
bring into power, he would not have selected the
weakest and least dslnterosted of all grounds Of
tack-the manner in which the patronage had
been dispensed. 1t to have been hoped
that il would have escaped attack from
persons protesting themselves republicans, until
had shown hostility indifference to tho sue |
cess of some one Of the great principles upon
which il came into power But instead of this, the
ground of attack especially selected is that the |
"loaves and fishes" have been unequay distributed.
But, sir, this attack is only unfortunate in the
character of it, but in the fact that it has no foun-
dation. 1t is as un just it is Legitimate. The
gentleman says that the raised by this gov
eminent is expended in the support of an exclusive
southern civil list He is not the first that has made
this charge. II had been made before by gentle
man from Pennsylvania, Mr.. BRoDHEAp;] and the |
chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Of New |
York, Mr.. RATHBUN,] has introduced bill for an
equal distribution among the States of the Offices
the seat of government. 1t in reference TO this
bill, founded upon such abominable principles and
designed to legaze and systematize the miserable /
scramble for office, and to defend my own State |
from the constant filings which made at her, that
caused some Investigations to be made the result
of which surprised me, and, doubt not, will sur
prise this committee So far from its being true that
Virginia, and particularly the South generally
enjoys than its ratio according to its represent
ation of the patronage ofthis government, enjoys
infinitely less. have, far, only statements from two
States, Pennsy lvana and New York. Iprocured them
from other, because, till this morning, we had
been attracted by none other. But as to these, |
have accurate state men and assert that each Of
them would enlOV than proportion of the
federal patronage, if neither Of them had officer
out of their own limits. The patronage in dollars
and cents Of the cust0m-house at New York alone
is $3.50, l67 % annually. Will gentlemen say that
this is local office II is more 80 than the
Treasury Department here. You had Just as well
claim that District Of Columbia office, the
custom-house at New York as a New York Office
Sir, there is not State in the Union that has not
portion Of It's business transacted there. submit
statement Of the expenditures at that custom-ho
Statement Of the amount paid salaries 10 PERSONS
enipioyedin connerion ioith the M,o York CUSTOM