Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-03
THURSDAY. APRIL e4, 1870

The Senate having under consideIa-
ton the bill d. Il. No. p making APP
prOpTiatiOns Tor tue legislative. eGecu-
live aud judicial expenses 81 me Gov
srumenJ for the fiscal yeas ending
June 30, 1880, and for other puryus --
Mr. CyUklIng said:
LR. PRESIDENT-DuIIEg the last
e. cal year the amount or National
t4Ees paid IutO the Treasury was Ssh
sSl ,46I -. OF this sum one hundred
ana thirty millions anu a fraction was
collected under tariff laws a duties Cd
imported merchandise, and one hua-
pied aud four millions and a fraction
- a tax on American productions. Oi
this total of S235, 600 600 in round num-
Bers, tEenty-seYen States which All
neTeG 10 the Union during the recent
war paid S22l, 2Oi 26S s.. The Residue
came from eleven States. l will read
their names Alabama, Arkag -..s,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, ~ is
sippi, North Carolina, South Care 1Ia,
tennessee, Texas, Virginia. ! Aese
eleven States paid Sl4 7,O9lSt Oi
this suu more thau s!N million and .
malt c-me from the tobacco or NIr.
GINA. DeiuctiBg the amount of the
tobacco tax ia Virginia, the eleven
States enumerated paid 81 l25. 452 90 o.
the revenues Gud supplies Of me he
public.
Mr.. Hill, Of Georgia-WilI the Sena-
Tor from New NUIA allow me 10 ask
him a question
Mr.. COukiing-It th= Senator tniuks
that Two Of Us are needed 10 make q
statement Of figures j viii.
MT. Hin, If GeOrgia-IN d., il D. .a.us',
can make ii better.
The Presiding Ohic. r-Loes the
Senator from New N0rE yield ,u ,Es
senator from Georgia?
AIr. COEkIing-A'i ter the expressed
opinion Of ihe & Tf..tCr from Georgia
tuzt the statement leeds his aid, can
NOT decline.
Dir. Hill, # G-argia-I will not in
isTruP- the Senator II IL is djzaETesaole
10 him, l assure him. L ask il, in the
com guJa-iOn he has msda OF lua
amount paid, he does rot sscEi.e Ca
The States that adhered 10 the Union,
TO u-e hIs language, ali
BiT COnkling-H ing EgIri the
Senator so far, / mast ask him - de.
sist.
The Presiding OmcsT-Tbe Senate.
from New YORK declines e. yield fuT'
Their.
Mr.. Conkling-I have stated certain
figures as they appear IA Ihe pu0!i-ned
official accounts; the Senator -e=m-
about 10 challenge the process OF y e.
tenn by which the accounts are made
up. I can not give way for this, and
must beg him 10 allow me 70 proceed
with Obsery atoms which L fear 10 pro.
song lest they become too Weari~pine
to the Senate.
The laws eXGetiug these K y Eui.iiunz
from eleven States anu these luudIeJs
Of millions from twenty-sevgu aIates,
originated, as the Constitution requires
ali bills for raising revenue TO lT.gi
nate, in the House OF Representatives.
They are not recent laws. They have
been approved and affirmed by cue
Ct ediEg Congresses. the Irst House
Of Representatives and its predecessor
50 approved them, and both these were
ruled by a Democratic Speaker, by
Democratic committees ana 10y a Dem
oeratic majority. Both Senate and
House are Democratic now, aud we
hear of no purpose To repeal or Gus>
pend existing revenue laws. They are
10 remain in full force. They will con-
tinue TO operate and 10 take tributs Of
the people. If the sUm they exact
this year aud next year shall lie less
than last year, il wi be only or chief
~ because recent legislation favorirg
southern and toboccO-grOwing regions
has dismissed twelve or fourteen mil
lion of annual tax on tobacco.
This vast revenue is raised and Ia he
raised for three uses. Il is supplied in
time of severe depression and distress.
TO pay debt inflicted by rebellion; 10
pay pensions to widows, orphans and
cripples made by rebellion, and to
maintain the Government and enforce
the laws preserved at inestimable cost
of life and treasure.
1t can be devoted 10 its uses in only
one mode. Once in the Treasury il
must remain there useless until appTO-
pTiated by act of Congress. The Con-
stitution so ordains. To collect it, and
then defeat or prevent its object and
use, would be Terreant and abOminsble
The Constitution leaves
no discretion to Congress whether
needful appropriations shall be made |
to ascertain aud determine I
amounts needful, is committed to Con- /
gress, but the appropriation Of what /
ever is needful after the amount has /
been ascsrtained, is commanded posi-
lively and absolutely. When, for ex-
ample, the Constitution declares that