The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-07


about v al is iar 10 ter and think we should be re-
leved noa, the continual complaint that we nave ho
M OWN sEf titny that have denounced The gov
ara to California tits not true made
40 deIuuoiaon about IL al all merely said thai this
aas collected according 10 law and deny that
.atj Al Was eolTuply collected, | stated al the same
time ttut believed these ofceIs acted with the pues
motives In this matter 10 not dehounce them nor the
acts Of dis goyernneat as corrupt, nor have done IT,
Mr. WALKER VIII the senator allow me for mo.
meDt 10 say that II he understood say that he de-
nounced the government as corrupt he Inexperienced
Mr. GWlN The senator represented me as saying
that the collection was corrupt, and therefore the
money ought not be received
Mr.. WALKER Mr.. President. | want 10 be under
stood What said and what still say i. that The SEN
ator did complain that we had acted sufficiently gen
erously towards California Now, II he says iha' Is u
true, shall know what TO do
The PRESIDENT. Such language cannot be per-
mitted on the floor OF the Senate.
Mr.. GWlN. am going 10 repeat precisely wna' ,ne
senator said He said that took the position that thus
money having been received IRON ioul anu 'oi'up
M WALKER. win the senator allow to state
Mr. GWIN Well. will hear The senator's state
MIR WALKER illustrated this matter by anec-
doe in which drew The parallel. do not say that the
senator had charged The government with corrupy col
leciing the bat applied The aneedoe IN this
way that ii the corrupt for The govern
ment receive the revenue, was certainly too much
for the State of California 10 receive IT, SAID that
the senator's argument correct, would convince
me Of this that we had nothing 10 do with the money
that il was illegally and improperly collected 10 be
RECEIVED ey vs. bu, not % Dc ',esivsd 0y California
troversy with the senator from Wisconsin, but when the
gentleman charges with having SAID that the Officers
had acted corrnpy in collecting this fund.- and that the
government would act corrupuy IN putting II into the
treasury, l. meet il with flat conlradcon-ior said no
such thing The senator misunderstood my argument,
which against the legality OF the collection; never
said corruption, thought Of ii These officers in
capable OF acting coruplly They are my friends and
would repel such charge against them But the sena-
tor says that object TO the money gong into the treasury
of the United States because il Illegally collected
and for the should object TO It's going into
the treasury Of California Who paid this money! From
whom il illegally exaced by the officers OF The
United States! The people OF California. They had to
resist revolt and drive the officers OF the United States
government of the country, pay this duty sarve
Tor notorious that these vessels contained the pro-
visions upon which the people of California relied for
support. That is the ground take-that there was no
authority OF law that the people forced to revolt
pay the duty. And although it paid TO the
chants, il repaid by the consumers; and therefore 1t
is right that it should be paid to California to support the
being retaxed for this purpose ask it on no other
principle The senator from Maryland acknowledges
that the merchants were not injured 1t was paid BY the
consumers and he is much mistaken il he supposes these
duties did increase the price OF the goods to the
suner He says the merchant. had no right TO take their
goods there Let him put his finger the law by which
they couA be punished for taking them there; let
him tell me what officers could have prevented the
landing OF the goods there, except the army and navy
ofcef should like to have him point out the law and
section which shows that the goods landed illegally
until therevenue laws were extended over that country
by act OF Congress Whea he will show that will
knowledge that the decision OF the Supreme Court OF the
United States is not binding, and does not apply to the
case II he will point out any law by which the persons
who took their goods there can be punished, will yield
the point. | want 10 know if you could make do
nestle goods coming from California here pay duties.
! wasn't 10 know whether or not the revenue laws re.
quIsd the paymen! OF duties upon the shipment OF the
II 80, and the Treasury Department and the Supreme
Court expressly say they did, then there au-
hory 10 exact duties upon foreign goods imported into
Mr.. DAVIS. OF Massachusetts. wish to inquire over
what period The duties were collected.
MI, GWfN From the time II was known that the
treaty OF peace ratified up TO the time that the col
lecto who appointed under the law of March, 1919
entered upon the duties OF his Office Those the du-
ties which insist should go TO the people OF California
furious 10 the OF the country and operated
hardship upon the consumers IN California.
which the senator from Wisconsin has alluded 1855
900 were Appropriated the last session of Congress- but
LITTLE or OF which has been expended there yet
Mr.. WALKER Only $4,000 were appropriated 10
Nj OWN The senator says that the whole sum
which was appropriated TO Wisconsin was $4,000 Ac-
corng to this bill is proposed to appropriate out OF the
civil fund S275O for California. Now, make an es-
umste Of the amount appropriated during the last SEES
sion of Congress, and the amount expended IN Cali
iorna, and by this bill allowed from the civil fund
That ID the true way 10 al the stale Of the
The whole amount collected from customs in California
amounted TO about 81 600 900 up to the first OF July last
Wide the collection during the present fiscal year will
exceed 900. which paid into the treas
ury Of the United States from duties 10 The State OF Cali
fornia and there appropriated less than 81 100000 oil
this SUN up the end OF this fiscal year for California
When you take into consideration what these appropr-
atoms in California made for that they for the
purpose Of beneing the OF the country upon
which have rely for the revenues TO support the
government; and when you take into consideration thai
the people OF California have not received the benefit Of
these appropriations except far commerce has been
sustained you will how little the people OF that State
receive directly from these appropriations deny tha
the appropriations for floating dock. basin, and rail
way were for the exclusive benefit OF the people OF Cali
lorna The Secretary OF the Navy says II is not erpe
dent to have basin and railway there unless they
entirely successful in Philadelphia, where they TO be
tried IN short time, which undoubtedly correct; and
therefore we TO have nothing but sectional dock
unless the experiment OF the basin and railway may
prove entirely successul There in the country
who does not know need dock there The people OF
Mase1chuBers are much interested in having one
there than the people OF California Not less than a
hundred vessels lying there that will never leave
the port until they put into dock TO be repaired
What wish to say s that the appropriations there
for the benefit OF commerce, and that a subject in
which all the States OF the Union interested We
had an appropriation for custom house, and for marine
hoeppta and oock and $23 900 hold reaues with the
Indians; in xl less than million oil dollars IN the pres
snt fsca year. while upwards of S30ooo0o have been
paid INTO the treasury from customs IN California And
with tbs OF about S2750O0, for the expenses OF
the civil government and TO reheve not doila
has bsen expended there .... 80
Tha senator from Maryland speaks OF the army Wba
good hes the army done there In controversies with
the lnAians they have participated, so lar as know
except I'M one instance. They have done no good and
can do and prepared TO vote to have the army
4(YOm no PaClh at he