The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-12-20

from the general government The Stale OF South Car
olina obliged TO pension these soldiers herself the
amount OF many thousand dollars year. Before the
United States adopted the pension system South Carolina
pad ten thousand dollars year 10 her revolutionary
solders-M assachusets paid only two. When the mat
Ter fell into the hands OF the general government they
were reversed.
These some Of The incidents in which the favor of
'he government has been unequally bestowed Let
me allude TO another sublect-.he public lands wish
to show to the Senate that in all the operations of this
government there is but story throug ghoutthe North
lives the South suffers Turn the public lands The
sales up to January l. ls49, amount 10 $4,000 900
79ooooOO OF this result from the sales OF lands in the
Northwest Territory 33 10000 more from lands given
| by the State OF Georgia making ll2000,o 900 out OF
1877 600 900 given by the South How has the govern.
men signalized It's benefactions in its donations The
free States have taken acres worth the public
price, $7,554,99 while the slave States have received
only $3 900 ,OOO-less than one-half.
The system of internal Improvement has been long
source of contention In ls45 there had been spent by
the general government roads. harbors and rivers,
exclusive OF the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, which are
South received $2.7a7 SIG, while the North obtained
$l2743,4o7 Is it wonderful that the North favors this
policy!
| ] will notice one more rather small affair." but i,
shows the nvaabe tendency of things in the policy of
this government. | alude TO the fishing bounties.
know very well the which assigned for those
fishing bounes. 1t was TO encourage seamen, with
view to the defence of the country. So in all these ap
propraons and all these schemes, by which the North
has been aggandZed at the expense OF the South, high
and generous motives were urged in their support. II
not merely the interests of the country at large
not merely TO encourage seamen that the system was
begun and is only continued because il profitable to
the North The navigation and seanen OF the North are
sustained principally by the whale fisheries and the cot
ton of the South. And now, when navigation ex-
ceeds that of any nation in the world we still this
small affair going n-small apparently but amounting.
in few years, 10 very large sum. How much do you
Out of paid out OF the treasury Of the United
States the slaveholdng States have received Sl50.ooo
Mo s -. o Ss % nss
enjoy of our whole coasting trade, and the employment
to their shipping the transportation OF our cotton affords
sweeps from the South to the North.
Mr.. President, under such financial operations OF the
government the result upon the two sections OF the
Union must be inevitable Let compare the condition
Of the two sections Of the country just before our evou
with apopuaton, have stated, OF 100000, export
ed produce the value OF Si2 05 while the exports
of New England, New York, and Pennsylvania, with
population OF 100000, were only Se,35e oa51ess than
one fourth Forty years later, 1921 to 49, the exports
of the southern States were but little more than
one half of these northern States-222 millions OF
dollars 427. In l76069 South Carolina and Georgia
exported twice much in value as all New England,
+ New York, and Pennsylvania. OF these exports The
greater part from South Carolina as Georgia was IN
her infancy In s2l3O these States were exceeded by
New York alone In the former period Virginia and
Maryland exported five times much in value as all
J New England, eight times as much as New York and
in the latter PERIOD Virginia and Maryland exported but
ninetytwo millions whilst New Eng land exported one
hundred and thiTty-six Millions and New IoTK Two
, hundred and fifteen millions The registered tonnage Of
South Carolina, from l79l to 1887 actually diminished
fifty per cent whilst that OF New York doubled, and
Mr.. President, have gone into these details TO show
the operations OF the general government upon the two
sections OF the Union. You will see that in former days
we OF the South were prosperous and happy How are
now Our commerce is flown, our peace destroyed,
our equality denied The North, formerly poor, now
in prosperity, and not only threatens our Liberties,
but our existence itself Can The operations of govern
menl which produces such results amongst equal States
and equal men be constitutional What was the prn.
cipe OF taxation for which our fathers contended in our
revolution 1t this that the people OF South Caro-
lima should tax themselves and thus rule themselves IN
taxation Have the people of South Carolina, for the
selves in taxation No, sir Every tariff including the
tariff of 1924, has been against their views Of their
have presented continual and unchanglng protest
against your whole system OF taxation and expenditure
n what respect are the people OF South Carolina now
different from the state in which their ancestors would
have been il they had submitted the taxation OF Eng
land We taxed against consent-taxed in spite
of our representatives Although is true that our an.
representation yet when the British ministry proposed
that should have six representatives in Parliament,
they rejected il and Why Because SIX representatives. M
could no, control the taxes 10 be laid upon them ihey
would have been nothing IN Parliament OF SIX nun
dred men, having different interests and necessarily ruling
aa Sys Is@ people s IF South t5sS csoa sS
exactly the position in the Congress OF the united
States that our fathers would have done in the British
, Parliament we have been Wilhout
in spite of our representatives Our fathers iough ior
government selftaxa,ion, self appropriation OF tne
taxes after they raised. That was the gonna io
which they fought and they said that II they ava hot
fight they would not only be subject colonies but deg
i ded and ruined colonies England would exhaust helr
means by raising taxes to be expended away 11n T
/ them Are we in any other condition now Inc
South /. nothing else but the very best colony 70
the North any people ever possessed Engiah las %
not now and never had, such colonies lhe leeoe
South has been uniformly taxed against her Will con,
= frary 10 her will and against her conVicuon Vi
right Under the pre,ex OF evying duues LOT revenue
this government has laid duties not for revenue out 70
the exclusion OF revenue, Tor the benefit oil noftnefh
manufacturers and has thus compelled the southern
people to minister TO the aggrandzement ana wealh o'
the North. At this moment. IN Great Bnaln-tha' couh-
try where according 10 even senatorial oiatois, nc
people ground TO powder-the 'arn = oa1 ~ 1
and that on the Injuries OF life ours IS 80 per cent on
the necessities of life. We are colonies sir ano' alef
! submitting TO the operation OF such system oil govern
ment for so many years. II at all surprising ina' NOW
! in her day of eliminating prosperity and power, .1s
North having already taken twenty eght sa'es snouu
also take territory from the South enough io' twenty
more No, sir, il is not al all surprising
When the question in relation TO the Territories came
M what had a right TO expect, except that lhe pm,
ojpe which had heretofore governed the norm snouu
, govern them then knew that II would De so au'
no, one of those who have been deceived by 'he result
knew it would be and hence when, on returning 70
the city of Charleston, was called upon TO give an &c
ooun, Of my mssion-and after representative had pre-
yiously declared that in his opinion the line o 80 oee
al min would be adopted by the Notthl frankly slated
nv opnion that il would not be conceded to US there
,ad that the South would not even get the poor Panct
of 3s deg 30 min although that would give her bu
one fourth of the territory Subsequent events have re
allied what then said Looking at what had occurred y
1899 when the other southern States alter having akel
high ground with South Carolina, abandoned her, ven