Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-08-12
Speech OF MIR. TOOulIa,
uF g]rfRaf4,
On he stafa afDe upf0a atei he state q
FoiififH PaFiies,
House OF l,BpaFsrgrtttygs

The Hutse being ~ Committee ot the
Whole on The elHte Of the lnto1. (}lt.
Roor ip Tbs thair.J aud b3ying under con
sidatation The civil aud diplomatic appro-
]pfiation bill
Mr., TOOMH4 salt NJ, Chairman il
l. my purpose H. puf s9a tbs line # dis
rlsziun marked owl by th0sa who hay"
preceded ma II this deitBtp, md ~ submit
il The committee some farHatha Upon ihr
condition efthr Union ] sEpHGt 10 exhaust
thy hour chiefly upot nu inquiry into the
stale Of p%Bftirs, and 40 exposure OF sofap
nftts resolution recently passed ny tha
Baltintgre Convention, md ahfpttnffd on
This floor ty their friends as The ',Dsfno-
cratic platform. The present condition Of
tie country presents Il =tthieGt ~ deep Hr1
ahfious sbi rilHde 10 very patriot The
+ neral il dustry ofthe robrtty is nov
g~reatly depressed, with nothing IN he in
nnsdilip lutu q ptnpl sing bny SPEEDY htl
pffun naitt involvement, Tic 0reHt st3pIh
afnny zrflt5n If Ito Union = b. IBw rdHtt
nerptian pfiees. Cotton ~ tnBign f~nailtet7
/. about aa low rs il has been al any tiile
strfr the lnsi whr #ith tttfhl BflI3in.
! Wheat aHt corn bHve rHftdad 10 unusually
low ptira4. and l. depending for the htsin,
trnaftr If prfsehi pfieest splrly nrbn q
IFtIttinI iDfnr uiafhrts Manufactures
are Ia ngutsb,nas aud provision Of sll sorls
sta scarcely paying the cost Ut pfodhttloo
! oar Trade aid tnnuffee generally ne IN.
toitelsiy Effected ny thrse depressing to2.
sfs. Nor does the soHd ton II oirrrbfie
! antt Ire present Il ftnfe eheefihR prospect
nnr feyrutip, after being upnatufally STINT
| Tatrd pud fntaf Eyed ~ temporary caHses
afialng mainly HHl Ut he grnetai s%faraity
afeoru and provisions. hHd pafial latnite
In Europe, 10 now daily declining Or
wants pfe increasing. "atHtHfoEly tnfffaE
,ny. and or means hfe diminishing, We
have MT, like Il Wtse nd pr13pnt Govern
nppt should have dona, ltsbRrded or
means CIR he coming - fgshfY, This 80.
f,+asrj rev niue, aHd this twelyT mi lions
If surplus treHsnte which Mf. folk found
IN The Tfeasitfy. together with ioDt} stiihB
millions If dollars which he h8s betfof ID
bnpp aii hspu setandtrfd III u var 'uhlo.
rpe=,ry and mie6nsti'uftoHaIfy begun" by
| himself Hesidrs these barge Rtifna, under.
tue lrpaly with Mexiro ws hhre engaged
n psv her fifteen millions 0f dollars, and
nesffttt, her debts fl hn atn6int esfinfbffd
ttv pttr Goveruntpnt al about fita mil ions,
ftrn prnea which we set Otll 10 conquer. "
h. addition IL thesr chBtges upon our
Treasury Sc have ''boHhtY land warrants"
vtifG fbr futaIefH6Iis 0fiha nrHIy alatv,
will amount 10 q charge of ~atIetat lrpmil~
fi.nE pf folIafd liyea yGHf r. VENUES arising
from tbr pub 10 landz, bfsllas the bounty
"arrfp.1 Then We have millions If unhd@
i4strd Gains for horses aud 6thrf property
Iosf ~ destroyed ut fhe pdtfie srfyiee ;
California claims amounting H. atz hundred
thousand dollars, arising ont Of that yet
]tortpiaiuel 'u idfr bear revolution.
Then we have pensions to pnt to the m1ti
Iaird living, nudt6 tlp widows md orphans
oflltr patriotic dead; aud the Government
tsks f1r appropr ation ~ your army mud
navy under the eacr eztBbIishmrn double
tEpit cost hcGofe thts waG 10 tltaac en-
bafaaFuprts upon toGF FTeHsuty Ibis
ba d.au0hcy Admin tttnttou hbs nd i fhc
ISSUE Of above thirteen millions of dollars
flmt Of he Loans beigra referred lqJ of
paper money, receivable IN public do g, 20
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