The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-03-19

IRENE endurance, brought 10 the OF
question which cannot be disposed safely sol 10 "a
Wisely whoat carefully examining the whole fiscal ~
| Of ,he government
The tefore proceeds upon the ground that we
have gold TO send 10 England and Russia for iron that
reh aud afford 10 ship gold TO by railroad IRON
leaving iron and coal nexhaasube as they are 70
resi- ia mines SIR, there king once who was
rich IN pporion and a. independent, a proud as
Cfosus that king and when barbarian chief
hi ia his court ne d played has be-
fore the amazed savage gttsrng heaps OF bright yellow
gold The barbarian locked upon the treasure and said
Iii all very WELL but whoever comes upon you with bet
than you have, will be master OF all this gold" We
S,r think IN sayotes have shown that have correct
appreciation OF che great advantage To the Und States
wh'h have resulted lroa m quson OF the go'a Cal
oroa But If were required % choose To day between
the wealth that sumbers IN the Sierra Nevada and colors
the sands in the bottoms of the str ans Of Calfrn and
the iron th he's IN the unopened mins OF Maryland Penn
syyania, New York, and New Jersey, should decide
promptly To the gold and save the IRON.
Bnt when have enumerated these States. ara conscious
that am only the Of the iron region Of this broad
continent IL extends through Virginia, Ono honiucky,
Tennessee Missouri and Nebraska SIR making iron
roads this continent And what proposed IL
10 bring iron from Engand make roads the iron
and coal beds of these Aeghenies and of Missouri and
Territories. There be urgent necessity for
this. the Senate would not under such circumstances
these, listen proposition novel and extraordinary,
contrary all settled principles Of political economy
What then is The eed for such IL it that your
aready great, and must be dminshed IL
be that because have never before either appro
prsed ioeally or had occasion 10 appropriate be
unpa debt of 500 100000 You have got and
territory orufy, to make fast II IN the whole
pahe shore as yet not ioruhedno even CONNECTED ~ih
the middle and Aanlic of our unty You have
only TO built stomhpu and mnts there but you
also do ks, for caons, and increase Of your naval
forces, harb delences and everything that belongs
tonal a ito ma anil Ore on. And you
only these but also of the strength Of the mill
'ary to ulf treaty spuaons with Mexico. and
protect that unfortunate coanry from The depreduoDs Of
savases with n own uneXp ored wilderness.
And while yo want all these things exterior to the defen
cs OF The old States, what ing ese whers You
exploring the OF South America shoals Of
the Pacific and onenng the port. Of China and Japan.
Aud, together With these MIGHTY enterprises what YOU
doing hee You eagins 10 twice their capacity
the dimensions of the CAPITOL and the Pa'ent OccBying
reefs aad sou ana building ani ncnts.
You yng the capital you ought do, with pure
aud whoeso water, and with night, and eish,ng
- render worthy great nation aud rfnrd people.
has prppo Ell, indeed it The urthet possible from
hs dea of any gentleman in this chamber, prop
luce the appropriations. You multiply and increase
y ares aud pensions The appropriations ought 10 DO re-
ducci aud cannot be reduced But strange I" say, while
yol are increasing appropriations largely profusely many
will d nix wauouy, you the ,mert diminishing
the which supplies them. Well, have you
ii wac her m dmnu will bear just and proc prop"-
lion your expen .es that you ul be ae carry
The great AMI fcen enterprises OF the government!
you have, ray you enlgh'en me Who will tell me
how much III remission OF the duties on railroad iron will
finnish the revenues Of the government No man can
whether will reduce them Two, three
i've millions var. According to the best idgment osn
om AID according TO the expisnee we We had hereto
have reduction of The of the govern
by of hree millions year, for 80 long
period Us this remission duties shall continue you can
usle with thu millions OF revenue, TO The actual
rel Ell Of the people and surrender the public DOMAIN from
WHICH you exclude act al they pay dollar
and quarter acre and yet which, with tots
eds less than the three millions which you are striking off
by this measure.
preparations aso-and have shown that you going
to do you wisely adopt this measure, unless
have other Of replace what is to be
dispensed tn And what will you tax in the place of
foreign Ironi Wnat else you tax, if you cannn tax
the manufactured Whtt mineral production Of foreign
country winch most abundant ana most necessary IN your
oWDi lt
agree with the from Pennsylvania can under
stand proposition free trade IL Is ,nelgible theory
AID future period down the vista Of year, it 10
probable that the world VIII u unuerstind that uni
ersa free trade the wss and most bcnefceDt system Of
hsc for any government and for all govern
mens and far as tlat orms the principle upon which
this proceeds hal the introduction Of il here
Butee trade Involves only but two principles not
any of mposts but direct taxation to support the
government call, them those who introduced this
of FREE trade defend upon that principle to
carry principle by bringing ina bill for direct
taxation which wall replace the revenues
rendered They will do such thu say, then, that
it spurious of free radaAo relinquh the du-
ties upon the Introduction of ron and yetsuppy equva
lent by either etrencnmen or dirrct taxation must re-.
i of thngs: the creation of naiosal
debt, he mparng Of The strength and vlgor Of the
government .~r III s4f4
This is a proposition the duty railroad iron. II
Objectionable on the principle 10 which have
alluded that il dlsurbs the general istment Of the
enues upon all the business interests of the country In
other words unequal and therefore partial and unjust
The bu1vn of the must fall upon few States, and
upon few those Saes-upon single class OF
aborers and upon capital invested single enterprise
What you strike off % 100000 of the t6o Co.,
900 of revenue Of two three States and al tho
cost class Of labocrs, and the OF capital
vested in a single enterprsc Who will justify that2 To
me this question Indifferent TO any other senator
hore for whatever you do favor railroad capital and
erprse will benef my constituents Manhattan Island
ana throughout all the connected and cea and rural
distr cs IN New York Whatever you do to stiAc
aclure and quicken commerce at It's expense, thai will
directly the benefit of the State which repre-
the benefit of the States Of other senator's who
may for The city of New York will bring IN all
your on and will all the profit upon the purchase and
1 the shipping OF and not Of the hundred dealings and
transactions in foreign which will intervene before Il 10
fastened down the railroad will fail to pay profit 70 the
New York capitalist broker carmao, or merchant We
therefore, with but te capital invested in iron production
and and with capital chiefly invested in
commerce. will the first and greatest benefit of this
measure. - ts-1
But although this consideration u to reconcile
me readily any what proposed cannot con
ceive il possible that any would ask vote strike
of $1,000 900 of the of the manufactures OF
railroad iron withou, expecting that would in reply, ask
him. WHY strike off from other ironfrom iron in-
ported other form for her usc' purPoses-fom
iron used the manufacture Of spades hoes poughs nails
shp-buildng cotton, wooden, and manufactures,
bridges and public well private architectural "a
Sir will propose TO strike of tho duty wn'on
imposed upon the iron that Is importer Tor such PurPoas
have mentioned well as for making those artn % WITH
vhch the ingenious mechanic and he plain conatry smith
.up,e s the family farming wants Of society Every
would be ashamed 20 propose mat ir me Ame