Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1848-07-13


quesed to publish The proceedings Of this meeting in their
payer.
SILAS BLOUNT, President
W. II. NELSON, Secretary.
ErThe following communication is worth reading
and rejecting upon. The ideas o. the writer are
correct aud ore clearly expressed.-Eds. Sentinel.
GREENsBuRo IND, Jsy s, lS4S.
To the Editor Of the Coon Skinnsr:-In my last made
the seron that the gest fundamental principle on which
the organization Of The late whg party founded was
ths-"Tha the people incapable OF segoveTn-
have advocated consolidate and centrase the powers
Of in Washington city and build up favored
few at the of the This doctrine msy be
abandoned for the by Of the adheents of Tay
lor but il will be reSuscitated and adopted by
organic iton and il behooyes be ready msTshaled
and sImoured meet and vsnquish wherever aud how
il may aise. To prove my assertion above good
will proceed TO examine Of The measures of the wing
platform of 1874
The distribution the proceeds Of the of public
lands was one of their favte measures in ls44 will
now proceed to examine that measure.
All Of public lands south Of Ohio and west Of the
Mississippi, except those in Texas, which are, believe,
pledged to the payment of The public debt Of that State
have been acquired by purchase om France Spain, and
Mexico while all that portion of the public of
the Ohio and east of the Mississippi has been purchased
fIom the Indians So that all the lands which the govern
men have Manner been purchased by the
government, with money drawn from the common treasury
Now how was that treasury filed from which the funds
were drawn 10 purchase this immense public domain Ever
since the foundation OF revenue has been
mainly drawn ff0m the imports OF the country-om tax
on the consumption Of the country by which the poor man
pays nearly quite much into the treasury as the rich
for all men, the poorest have to enough to
live upon, while there is but few of the rich that consume
any mole, though Of them costly article,
which however is always better article, aud so large
quantity not satisfy the end This be-
ing the the treasury is filled equally by the and
the rch and all property bought with money drawn from
that treasury must Of right belong equally 10 the poor and
the rich This the wings told true-that the lands
the property alike of a-that all were entitled to
share the benefits equay-the poorest TO receive much
the richest
The public lands now being equally the property OF ALL
let how distribution will affect the rights of different
persons. will illustrate by example. Suppose that the
State Of Indiana and collects annually State tax
Of 000 twelve hundred thousand dollars defay
State Now suppose that Congress the dist
button BILL and that the share falling to Indiana be OOO
equal 10 One-hIId Of the State tax Now let 20
the assumption that legislature would increase
State expenditures in view Of this augmentation of the
nue. but would reduce our taxes equal to The amount OF re-
received from the general government, third The
State would then be 100000 dollars Now reducing
Of the State third the of every individual
would be reduced one third The who had paid three
hundred dollars tax would pay two bundled his tax be-
ing reduced one hundIed-he would be benefited TO the
amount of hundred dollars while the poor who has
equal right to the public lands, and who paid tax Of
three dollars will receive the OF dollar
Here two men entitled to equal benefits from this land
receiving hundred aud dollars. A. instead Of re-
ceivng fifty and half which he is clearly entitled,
ceiyes one dollars while b. entitled to tue same fifty
dollars and fifty cents, gets one hundred He gets forty
nine and half dollars Of AS money But let pursue
the measure little farther.
The received from imports when joined that
derived from public lands is barely sufficient TO defray the
Of the general government Ii the proceeds Of the
public lands be Withdrawn from the treasury, is
created in that must be filled by additional iasx
consumption Of the country Thus there must be add
onal tax OF hundred and dollars LAID the goods
consumed by A. and b. They both being good ivers will
pay about the sum into the treasuTy-A paying 10
fifty dollars and fifty for the that he drew out
and b. paying in the fifty dollars and fifty for the
hundred that he drew oubeing fortynne dollars and
half less than he drew out. BY this means Congress
would Indirectly take Oriy-nne dollars and half of
mans pocket and put il into anothers They would be
egislang the rich richer and The poor poorer.
This has also indirect tendency to rob the
States of their Independence aud sovereignty by rendering
them dependent the general government for part Of their
existence, for is the main stay Of governments:
without it they cannot exist. The power that
place this at the disposal of the States withdraw
il at any moment and thus Congress would have powerful
indirect influence the States. III they became reac-
tory and refused obey the mandates of the central power
this revenue could be withdrawn, and they left poweress to
carry The ordinary functions Of government. This
in full OPERATION the sovereignty of the States
goDe-hey dependencies the bounty of Con-
gress AT another time shall examine Of the other
measures Of this party that rds. BREATHITT