The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-01-29

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iht euaiaonest requirements of economy.
Sscondly Wall Il secure economy IN collecting taxes
i shkusnK Interests be enriched By ssh expen-
dhusvs. and cohosi o needy and adventurous support
rfn W - snpped with places and led cut oil LID
u = reasonable 10 suppose thai the number OF places
whi Dc diihisaed. and the money power OF the govern
meni willingly reduced The history oil The pas throws
iEht upon The iutaae
Ihwdy. VIII secure successful application of the
ssfy rcsl information And wl there be the necessary
warh1uiDshs and accountability the expenditure OF The
fahds Ahd, also. constant and uniaillng supply
h,nk have shown that will not have the necessary
information AS tins must be derived IRON residence and
daily AAd interested There wall moi be that
wswhiainess and accountability which Indispensable.
becausc !hs taxes viii be didused too great
sce and the government will mol inspect closely the
counts OF needy and camorous partsans Will there be
constant and uniailink suJ4ay With $500 oo0, 900 TO
ps~dss Offices ard hxA konors II alsks will no local
applications be dsfegasard when they n.efere with the
great combination necessary 10 success IN such sag-
gies Have they not hitherto been disfegafded The
very materials which have been bought by The federal
government 10 prosecute works OF n,eTna Improvement
have decayed, while Congress barassed with
Applications or ieTtheT aid Gigantic enterprises have
been begin in every quarter OF The Union and been al
lowed 10 eIumbe and waste away while their recipients
clauorng al the doors at The federal exchequer.
Never yet has The government completed single great
work OF internal Improvement II has arlshed It's mil.
lions, torn IRON to and Thrift but II has only scaiiefed
over the land crumhiing monuments OF blasted enter
Prlse, Ike broken columns old Rome, telling the tale
OF colossai and ruthless central despotism With the
government, and its splendid prizes fought Tor by
ertn and desperate parties pledges have been recklessy
made and violated, and legislation subsidized 10 mere
party Thus appropriations for internal improve
ment have been spasnodlc and ancerlain and hopeful
enterprises have wasted into ruln while resources
have been ffniiiesssy squandeTed. As the causes still
subsls loo. The effects continue hereafter. Wall
prTpeiuae the original principles and simplicity of the
republic Sir. this government was constructed 70 con-
duei our foreign relations. and 10 guard ast collision
trcm conflicting Interstate regulations All the internal
enterprises which interest The prosperity OF Slaie. all
the powers which appertain 10 s internal veal.
taned py the people OF the States but tits government
ambitious and ususpng. has gone s absorption Of
until has bieaied itself into unwiedly aud reck
lees domination Graslng power alter power, and Hash
ed with increasing nches ii has trodden down the rights
ct The States un,il musi be checked its imperial
march, will harden hopeless despotism With
its orIan band OF Tesines, and rniold wealth in its
golfers, stalks forward the sovereignty OF the
STATES Sir. Saturn ony devoured bis children bu,
this goverEmeni surpassDg even the canDtballsm OF
heatsen mythology, would consume tbose who gave II
birth and beng Yes mas Yet sent forth its salraps
poconsnis with insign o imperial power. to fat
ten their greed upon pandercd wealth. and Eate the T
paDpefed lust ruined yc,is bui ,s electro power
isli throughout all the land. poisoning, dominating.
crushing
And vii you no, increase this danger by multiplying
he otJects OF expenditure, and consequently the
sources al the government Where, 100, wall II stop I
\ ol have three the territory you had when
you achieved yonr independence. Yonr population TOO,
moving down, with the tread OF Roman legion, upon
surrounding nations and the.Ang orElan spirit nast
a!iimstely he hresthed upon all ihis continent When
the ol the goverpme cuzdrupcd and your
Coast indsfniisly txienced when The few remaining
bsnis OF the constitution burst asander. and yosr
powers syol!eH by construction. wbsre viii be the
acansy cssifs tyranny Srbss ,zed interests,
eornf cuaituns and sections viii lay The last Of
terIng upon The federal altar.
Sir hss the broad West 30 interest in these fearfal re-
suis' Win valley containing within rs Limits
million two hundred thousand square miles, lying 10 the
temGei ate yoDe, and midway between the Atlantic aud
pacahc oceans = with population expanding within
ye.Ts from two hundred ibogsars6 nine millions
siih mighty MYERS rAvers'ng IN every direcnon and
bearing upon teir b1soms fban $500 900 900 Of
wealth. and yiih tonnage oi over t@o hundred tooU
rand tbe mess equal 10 The p4iy demands upon
her cwn res9gFness Young, hasaed, and triumphant.
will sbe 70 her poorer sisters 10 ask for AID and
with broad iiae OF Tmpe,uoGs blood sNeepln. along
her arer,es will she bow herself lor aims al the federal
oosiool Sir. she has received from this government
about 81 600 600, which has been spent only 10 rearing
OF run; and she losi than s 900 900
per while she besieglag Congress and clam
otng the doors OF the federal treasury Had she BAT
look ed her how much property would
have been saved from shspwrecs ST., the government,
with ofpid oneh. has eenunbea apd parayzed every
community and section where IS heavy grasp has alleo.
indvdasiy has been broken dgwn and local e1ierpn-e
been pxrayzed, whs. s overshadowng power has been
scuseiy eKeed Il has asisbed 81 900 600 oI treasure
upoa schemes which would no tD-moffow yield S40o0,-
900 An esori - now made 10 r@scRe The government
add resice q rs republican principles IL Is noble
aud patriotic effort
IN lhis struggle iavuke the mighty Wesl. bound
ing with the slep oi giant along the path was OF great
ness--ihe West. with her hundred hands stretched eai
through all the globe shaking ever tree OF wealth and
gathering golden from from cachl RYcke toe West 10
follow the lead Of her distinguished senator Ms
DoucLA-l and lay her ambitoa and avarioe an oerng
upon the altar Of republican freedom.
invoke the NcFib, rsveng wealth created hy 9th.
rfs, 70 turn the lesh pots" and with her dis
tnguished sop the President battle again for oonsti
talions liberty. invoke Vagina, whoss Gag has never
yet faeres and whose ready bare their
arms for The right to defend The constitution baufi7ea
with her blood, and illustrated by most sY.endld IN
iellecls VIII she build waa OF ERE around the
Constitution, vii she present here the appalling ana
ghasuy spectacle oi hcrcaer, with oiieriag sea and
inrm grasp tearing down the very monuments which he
bad reared in his manhood and glory | invoke the
South, which has known this government for long
od republican hss, and fight for as few remaining
shreds
SIR the President, the Juriier Tonsn. Of my eloquent
ftiend from Kentucky, [Mf EwrSe,l stands DOT upon
heather Dymgus, bat the Olympus OF constitutional lib
erty and, g round with is sacred fres he hurls hs
blazing bolts against ne assalsnls and nsurrers Siaad-
ns herr be css uTon this central power Of
IL mnnsifons proportions thai ray purify, and not
eesos'e Sir, While the President parsses the old re
publican policy be will have fhe nnbroken sappori OF
South Carolina She has asked this government for
aid Nhenswer nag A. bees 10 danger ber sons have
beea among The hfs 10 rally aroand and whenever ii
Golfers have been exhausted her has been
freely poured cut Whatever improvements have been
needed npon her soil ber hands have reared, and
her wealth has pad for Years AGO her public men
20 sgr ~ Wild erfravagsnee barsed her
upon ssnPendous and visionary schemes o interval
rrovemrn', the wrecks of which yet cumher hef soil
bul iron Der t11 she every maad upoa her,
ard siih hsofc stf reliance calmly bore Up under bet
losses ctvannsh, too, our gallant siser, has herself
proudly met The requirements Of her owa destiny.
Sir South Carolina vii hrnly uphold tue President
long nghol8s the principles ol the old republican
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