Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-01-25


tha. dollar may. perhaps hit somebody who may be ent
tied to but the hope will be vain and uiess if they
believe that any thing like fair and just distribution will
take place. that under such circumstances these
if debt twoud be impossible ascertain owhom
due, and what DUE But in point Of fact do not
believe due. believe the Government liable for these
claims for the which have given believe, If
give it, it will be gratuy And it a sufficient
me, after tracing the correspondence and examining
the history of the times to bring up certain distinguished in
diyduals who believed the claims ought 10 have been paid
It not sufficient to bring up the reports Of certain
committees who believed the claims ought have passed.
Against all that put the striking fact that for than
thirty years these claims did receive majority Of either
House Of Congress in their favor Iregard that negative
pregnant regard it showing that not believed BY
contemporaries that these just claims upon the public
treasury Add to that the fact that Of Presidents,
far know, recommended the payment of these
Gains and we have abundant authority, authority is to de-
cide for rejecting them. Surely those Presidents who lived
at the me if they had believed they just claims upon
the public treasury, would have recommended them to the
favorable consideration Of Congress- If the Congresses Of
that day and for thirty succeeding years believed that we had
used private property for public purposes, they would have
paid them. The strongest proof have that they be-
lived such thing s the fact that noe Of them did
and until years had passed. not unit, contemporane
evidence gone, not until bad been wearied
with mportune that Congress began give indication
of acting favorably upon this subject. EH sl
Mr. President, know 1t is ungracous task to oppose
these appropriations fear may almost say that has be-
come odious business oppose extmvagant expenditures
Of any description Economy that highest virtue of Gov
ernment fear has long since ceased be all regarded
here say economy is the highest virtue Of Government
because, rightly UNDERSTOOD includes justicejusce, sim
pie, severe, exact And if you will show Government
that is just in all its relations you will show Government
which better administered than any Of which have yet
any account believe is virtue which shortly shall
be forced to study and to practice, the worse will come Of
it. We are accumuatng debts rapidly, and making pro-
vision to pay them fear there some who believe that
by accumuang these debts, they will finally force upon the
country the necessity for adding to the tariff for increasing the
duties on imports and who would be willing debt
if that consequence should result from il. tl@i
But let those gentlemen lay that fatterng JUNCTION to
their souls The people Of this country have had Of
free trade or something approaching IT, and they will not
consent to any system Of taxation by which, for every dollar
they pay into the treasury they have to pay four five dol
lars the pockets Of some "proteced" ndviduaL we
should reduced TO the necessity Of raising additional reve-
nue. present tariff will be searched and scuinzsd to
whether money cannot be rased not BY increase,