The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-11


mate powcrs to oppess any particular interest section
That doctrine think may be laid down rs well settled
do not what hgenent may be made 10 feTehce
to who may and who shall not w President any party
that takes the ground of protection for tt e OF pro
lection and goes before the country alone ON that, Nhe
ther IL be the republican any other nondesrpt party
nust suffer defeat for believe that there Is enough of
interests disconnected 10 act upon proper principles and
ignore any policy of that kind
But Mr. Chairman, the President and the Secretary OF
the Treasury say that you have not suihcieney OF
revenue, and that the tariff ought to be revised Yet h
Is urged by Of the professed friends OF the admins
raton that the tariff ought not to be revised that II
may afford revenue enough grant that it might posi-
bly, afford suficlency but cannot tell 1t II yield
suicency it must be bg larseyincrcased importations
II there be large amount of importatiohs upon which
your government may raise revenue and get out OF debt
the people unless they have Something 10 export TO pay
for these mportaons, wifi get Tito debt and in year
or two you viii have another reaction Or revulsion,
believe they call it,
Mr.. PURyIANCE Let me ask the gentleman qucs-
Mr. STEWART Of Maryland have no time to yield
further. Now, sir. free trader, against any system
of protection per- 50, go for tariff ample and
sufficient take the recommendations of the President
and the Secretary OF the Treasury There can be no
doubt in reference To the impatiality OF those recon-
mcndations. Take them togethcr-one going for spe-
cdcs and The other for ad poies and yet they agree
that the present tariff ought TO be revised pre-
pared to meet that responsibility maintain that the
tariff ought to be reviewed There now not enough OF
revenue to meet the expenses Of the government and
although devout free trader and strict constuctionist
OF the constitution yet not prepared in the face OF
these recommendations of the administration, in view OF
the condition Of the public finances and the demands OF
the government to reject pertnacousy all propositions
of rersoh and leave the revenue 10 the chances OF
trade 1t is not wise to reject the recommendations Of
the President. not prepared to go before my peo-
pie rejecting that revision and with additional loans and
public debt staring in the face, and with the contn
gency threatening extra session of Congress That,
my people, believe, and the people of the South will be
opposed to for the South mostly hold their elections
after The adi5utniieiit
The elections genefaily IN The North have already
taken place, They have not had them in the South,
and they well have them in the summer in that
region aud therefore postpone them TO the fall Ii an
extra session be neccssated the responsibility not with
the President the Secretary of the easy but il is
with Congress ITSELF for having refused to supply some
system to raise enough for the wants Of the gov
ernment The people would laugh TO any denun-
Citations of the President for calling extra session 1t
wotld BE his boutiden duty do So 1t would be said
that the President his the right 10 call It's back that
| get no additional compensation iieage thereby and
that having failed to discharge our duty il should not be
left long to continue in that condition. We have
heard for hours and days discussions OF this appropa
ton and that appropriations We have now before the
committee appropriation bill of thirty pages and over,
and we have only advanced three four pages. Look
at the debates in the Globe what do they amount to
1t is probable that of the appropriations, though
struck out in committee, will nevertheless be rcnstated
in this House, in the Senate in the committee of
/ conference.
say therefore that is wise it is prudent is sen
sble to act the Recommendations of the President and
the Secretary of the Treasury and go To work upon
vision of the tariff Either restore the tariff of 1916 il
that is the shortest way, take the tariff of 1857 di-
minsh the free list up the schedules take the dec
imal system make it five ten, fifteen twenty twenty
five and follow out of any of the that in keep
ing with the tariff of 1876 1857 II is hercuean
task but simple and short in its structure protest.
therefore, one of the members of Congress and hav
ing duty to discharge against the efforts 10 put off
revision Of this tariff am not prepared 10 Justify any
such responsibility We shall have to vote for loan,
reissue of Treasury notes The government is running
into debt, while gentlemen maintaining that thcle
will be siciency of and in couple of years,
probably it will up to Sl0a 900 600 Does anybody
suppose that the present tariff will afford
for the annual expense saying nothing about the nda
ton of that debit Certainly not II you do not revise
the tariff you may have to resort to direct taxation SO
much for the considerations that govern to that
subject.
The President also recommends the construction in
some mode, of Pacific railroad ! want, in the few
moments left me- to define my position that subject.
think far as the territory public lands
cerned they belong TO the people of the United States
The government has the right to establish roads 1t can
explore and survey its public lands establish land offices;
and facilitate the sale of the public lands it may pro-
vide for the construction of ads 1t upon that ground
put the power to establish road through your Terri
tories 1t appcruins to the proprietary right do not
derive it from the power where the President places
it. Possibly it may exist under that power admit
that you may have Pacific railroad through your own
territory but is this the time to construct tl If YOU
have overland mail routes wagon roads if you let the
Territories be opened up-thc time will speedily come
when you may arrange for Pacific railway far
you have constitutional authority win you undertake
to build it practical me lsure From whence
are the population and material TO come From dona-
tions Of the public lands