The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-05-12

. present representation, according to the
census of 1850. having four members
, will pay S506,474 Sc. But the popula
ton of Michigan has more than doubled
since 1850, and she is now entitled, &C.
cording to her population, to eight Rep.
resentativcs; and will, 10 1860, be enti.
tied to eight, at ratio of one hundred
aud twenty-five thousand people to Rep.
resentative; so that her present proper.
tiOn would be according to proper appor-
tioument, sl,0l6,9i IL, the interest up
on which, at six per cent. per annum,
would be SOL ,0l6 81. | name six per
cent, because if you GO into any such
wild scheme as this, borrowing money to
buy islands, you will End your national
credit below par, according to the present
rate of interest; and | believe six per cent.
is the lowest rate at which you can bor-
row money if you conclude to 60 into this
f!libustering proposition for the campaign
of 1850. / say, then. you propose to
mortgage my State of Michigan for ST.
oI6,949, and compel her people to pay
an annual tax of SCI, ,0l6. Before vote
this mortgage, and this perpetual annual
tax upon the people of Michigan. | desire
to consult my constituents; and after [
have consulted them, even if they should
make up their minds that this was a wise
scheme, should tell them upon that point
[ differ from them.
But, cir, this is not all. You propose
to authorize the President TO purchase the
Island of Cuba for any price he may see
fit. 1t is true the Senator from Ohio,
Mr.. Pugh. has offered an amendment
placing limit on the price, but it has
not been adopted, and if it were do not
suppose it would have any effect on the
negotiation. What would President Blu.
chanan care for S50,000,000, more or
less, to accomplish bis darling scheme =
Give him this $40, ,000, 600 to start with
and he will pay two hundred and City,
or any other number of millions that it
may suit bis whim to pay. l care not
for your limit-he will not regard it, [
will, however, take as the basis of my
calculation the lowest price named as the
sun which Spain will consent to accept
for Cuba; to wit; 100000. Two
hundred million teems TO be considered,
on all hands, as the minimum price
What the maximum may be, know not.
| take as the basis of my calculation the
the minimum of S200,0O0.0O0. If that
be the amount, each congressional district
in tho United States would pay Ss47,-
454, and the State of Michigan, as at
present represented under the census of
1850, would pay s3,3s9,sl6; but, as l
have already stated, her population has
more than doubled since the last census,
and is rapidly increasing, SO that her
present proportion would be S6,779.632.
Upon this sum the annual perpetual in.
terest would te S406,777 81. I call it
perpetual, for no sane man believes that,
if this debt be created, it will ever be
paid in the world 1t is tut the COM
mencement of an irredeema able debt.
say. then you propose to mortgage the
State of Michigan for S6,779,632, and to
compel her to pay perpetual annual tax
of s4O6,777 o.
Sir, before | vote for any such scheme
as that, | waut authority from home; and
| advise the Senator from Ohio to listen
to his constituents before he votes for any
such scheme. My word for it. if he has
pot heard from them, be will in 1861.
Mr.. PUGH. | will take care of my
constituents; let the Senator take care of
bis own.
Mr. CHANDLER. The State Of Ohio
will have to pay, of this purchase money,
! SIT ,e96, 534, the perpetual annual tax Of
, which, on that State, will be 81 ,073, ,79l.
, OF the s3O.0OO,OO0 appropriated BY this
bill. Ohio will pay S2.669.47S the annu.
, al interest on which, at six per cent, will
be sl60, ,l6S. The Senator says be will
take care of that. | trust be will; aud !
can assure him that if be does not, the
people of Ohio will.
}, Now, let us admit for the sake Of the
, argument, that this proposition is brough.
forward in good faith and will be sue
cessfully terminated, what does the State
, Of Michigan gain, what does the State
of Ohio gaiu, what do auy of the north.
WeSleIu C'dIes Saiu W tuo Puiobaoc
, of the Island of Cuba! | know
something of Cuba, something of its
soil, something of its climate, some
thing of its people, their manners and
) customs, something of their religion, some.
thing of their crimes. | spent winter
, in the interior of the Island of Cuba o
few years since, and can therefore speak
from personal knowledge. / differ iu
my views from the honorable Senator
, from Louisiana, NJ. Benjamin. My
{ personal obseryatio does not accord with
, his theories. Much of the soil of the ISL
aud is rich and exceedingly productive
) but it is no way comparable to the prai.
/ ries and bottom lands of the Great West
You can 60 iBto almost any of your Ter
ritories and select an equal number o.
acres and you will have more valuable
State than you can possibly make out o.
Cuba. You hare hundreds Of millions o.
| acres Of land to which you can extiDguist
. the Indian title for q song, and obtaiI