The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-26

esng he rights with which we came into he cn.,i,n
eas be when The constitution was iomsS woss
be ia effect 70 say will allow you hold slaves il
future acquisitions which make of territories by our
Jont and equal efforts, even Of such as are ed
be extended wih our the banner 81 his Tree re-
public shall over another slave STATE whether
il were originally free slave II this proposition had been
made 70 OF, fathers in that convention what think you
would have been their answer w not ,,as. myself e
have been formed under such circumstances n
Now, sir il seems to that an asuficent answer TO
this question is to be found in the fact that the constu-
which he speculaes. Under what circumstances was
the constitution formed, sir! Why, every inch OF terri
tory which the saies then owned wa, subject 70 this very
the continental Congress- ratified by the first Congress un-
der the federal constitution, subjected the inhibition
OF slavery and was carved out 10 be admitted into the
Union five free States The senator's question: there
fore, has historical answer They not only would have
entered the confederation with such prohibition. but
they actually did enter under just such of facts
as the question preslpposes. 80 much for the "equb-
rum" in this point OF view
Carolina says that after the ordinance of 1887 the
Missouri compromise. and the Oregon bill, among the
which have produced discomfort at the South is
the system oil and disbursement adopted by the
government He says:
'The next is the system Of revenue and disbursements
which has been adopted by the government 1t iswell
from duties imports. shall undertake show that
snch duties must necessarily fall mainly the exporting
Of the Union has in reality paid vastly than her due
proportion o. the Isvenne because deem
Nor shall J. Tor the same reason, undertake 70 show that
far greater portion of the has been dsbnrsed the
North ha lis due share and that the joint effect Of these
causes has been transfer amount from South
would not have been lost 10 her II 10 his be
added that many OF the duties imposed. for
not IL die treasury but directly ito the pocket q he MAN.
conception may be formed Of the immense
transferred rom south g North There are no data s BY
g ons Il dca
Under the most moderate estimate would be sufficient
TO add greatly the wealth Of the North, and thus greatly
increase her population, by attracting emigration from all
quarters to that ton
ply explains why the North has acquired prepondeance
every department Of the government BY It's dispopor
tomato increase OF population and States"
think il well for the senator that he did not UNDER
take 10 show that for he knows that the duties fall upon
and paid BY the consumers, be they where they may
sas ss e w snsr nss s e cs
revenue. No matter where the imports CO., those who
consume them pay the duties upon them Go into the
large amount Of sugar and other dutable articles. do
they not pay the duty on their imporiaon' And is not
The fact true always that is the consumer. wherever
he may be. who pays the dniy Sir, the fact is un-
deniable
The senator undertakes show that BY far the greater
North, or more than It's due share Now, sir, that struck
me the most bold assertion in the whole speech. Is
all history, sir, TO be set at nangh in this maer The
Why, sir, 10 the State in which live, aside from the
penses Of collecting the revenue, not $50 900 OF the public
money has been spent there in fifty years. No, sir the
expenditures OF the government not made there the
officers OF the government do not come from the North,
nor are the great contracts made there What is i that
Inn Of your
Why where your Indian wars occur, your Seminole and
Creek wars in the southern, and not in the northern
proportion OF the money collected by the general govefn-
men has been dsbursed in the northern States is to say
the least one in as direct opposition TO the truth Of his
friend has collected for statistics showing the
penditures OF the government one item OF which will
refer to- which well calculated to show the proportion
between the free and the slave States BY the returns Of
the Post Office Department for the year Isf7 appears
that there was collected in the fifteen free States BY
way OF postage, sum exceeding the expenses OF the
department in these States for that year by $576.o0o,
while there deficiency 10 the same amount in the
slave States Thus there was direct tax collected IN
900 year for that single department OF government;
and apprehend that if the other departments were ex
amned il would be found that the Post Office was, n
fact, the one under which the North suffered least
Why in our little State OF New Hampshire, there rs q
direct tax for postage to the amount OF over $1,000
and the expenditures Sos 5oo leaving us with direclaS
oil Si5,1S0 Tor that year And, sir IT cannot be said that
these letters were received from commercial correspond
ents, because have great commercial emporium IN
the State No. sir this tax collected from those manu-
featuring operatives OF whom mention is sometimes made
here: Il is tax on the affections OF the human heart,
parents, Children and friends and il is collected from the
hard working and OF the North for the sup
port Of this government Yet we do not complain OF IT.
but in the face Of all this il is rather hard TO be told that
prosperity is all owing to the undue amount OF gov
eminent expenditures made in the northern States. Why
sir IL would be curiosity 10 the part OF the country in
which live 10 hear OF the expenditure among them OF
dollar OF the money OF the general government and
above just what necessary to collect the revenue TO be
spent elsewhere So much for this subject,
Again, says the senator from South Carolina;
:" this be added, that many of the duties were
posed, Tor revenue, but for Is, intended
to put money, not In the teasufy but drecny iuto the
pocket Of the manuac srers-some conception may be
formed the immense which, ia the tony OF
sixty years been transferred rom South 10 North.
There are no by which II be estimated with any
cesniy but IL IL safe that IL amounts 10 hundreds
of millions dollars Under the moderate estimate, IL
would be sufficient add greatly the wealth The NORTH
greatly increase her population by attracting en
grafton from all quarters 10 that secticn.'
Now, sir, let US examine this point. Il is the tariff
them that has done injury 10 the South and produced dis
content there Now, have been al little pains
examine the history OF the various tariffs and revenue
policy, and find that the first tariff was passed the
4h Of july i7s9, and the preamble 10 il in the follow
ing words;
Wereas IL Is Necessary, Tor The support Of government
for the discharge Of the Gchs OF The United States and r
the encouragement and protection Of manufacturer that J
ties be laid on gooIs wares and merc1andise imponer
The yeas and nays not taken the bill in either
House The next year the duties largely increased
and think in instances that they were doubled,
and the bill for that purpose passed The House Of Repre-
sentatives, yeas 40, nays Is and as cunosity VIII
read the votes of the States on that measure ::
Yeas Nay