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JEANSING
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BY HOSMER & REM.
LANSING, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY. APIUb 5, ISafl.
VOL. .1. NO. 50 WHOLE AO. -200.
The Senate having resumed the cnidd
oaoftLc bill wakin- nrTi...
Jficilitato the adjust. on el Cu'-a by i -.
tr- l'-ineNT : I his - a
u'w ciuH'T-
-pnsition to be presented to t..e hi
f-oCTes-sof the I tited bDtes, at tins time,
jyaVreasery bankrupt, and tLe Cov-
mB fo.miwing money to pay its daily
' .Jl and no efficient wuody rrof-.se J
rttatc of things ; with your irrt-at .
HJI m . . . . .
atJonal wurks m tbe oriiiWc.-t .'..in-to
cay and no money t ) r- j a:r teni ; witfi
,.nt ha'rler of n-fue f -r your eo!!i!:i, r. e,
tut barl
rn riioiicv to reef, tt.ti'i ; witfi n nn
them ; Wltll
tonal tleltof f I'"1"",'1'1" '-r n-
m in a tiiue of i r-.f-und i ea-e :-t the raS
";;i)ti Km i. ' J ' r annum, the J-Vr;at.i of
the I'nited States h f-tartied ly a ir- n
tion to U.rrow rW"","- Ar.d for
what, fir ? T J y ju-t rlniuis ainst this
Gf-vernaient. whi.-!i have heen Im- d- f r
jtl ? '. y ri ' rir,; Tr tiion. y f.,r any
pjCh rurf lha t o rrj air yir
natioiisl vorl: on t! e northwe-v r? iak
torpairyour ! :irtrs I, r. .-Lipid your litrht
tftOs".' N". '"'r i i' " 'iave ni' r'f y J' r
tLlt. Ii it to huild a r-.iipvtd to the I'a
v,nneftin the e.utun and weern
df.pes tl this (oietnent ny t,arn:.s ot iron,
mdopfcnii p 'he v.t intcrir.r of th-
continent to scl
i-tM inent : , sir , you say '
ilat u unei.n-tituti-i.:il What, then, do
you propuHJ to d wih this
U It to nurcha- the I h.nd f t'uha ?
"o,sir; fr you are alnady :.disd in ad-
nnce that Sfain will not s" II th" island.
More.sir; jouare a.fvise.f p. a.lvnnee that
ghe will take a proportion f.-r its purchase
IS a national Misulf, to t' r'-j.-etej wi'ii s-orn
and contempt.
Hjnteiupt. The a -tin of her Ci rtes
icr (lovcrnment. on the r.-vptioi, of
'resident's mes.s--ge,prves this b.y end
ctroversy. ;
her (
the i'resid'
all co;
What,
tod
friend of the
dow
who does net know f r what p-u p.-o this
$(), WW is intend- th It is a trn at t-or-roption
fund f r bribery, a? d f.r bribery
only. It is a pieposition v.-. rthy of it toi
thor; it is a reposition worthy of the wri
ter of the ( Mend manifesto; a pn j osit'.-i
worthy of tho briL'atnl; w-rthy f .Lon. s
Buchanan; but it is unworthy of the I 'res
ident -f the I'nifed States; it is.- pr...,,-;-tion
disgraceful tobe ma le to the Congress
(f the I 'nited States.
Again I ask, what L u j.r- pose lo do
with the money ? Is it intend. ! tlett this
grand corruption find shall I used in the"
pun-lixse of foreign ministers and ministers
of State and high Spanish 1 ih-ia's ? -this
what the friends of tie menhir. wonl i
have in believe it to ! ? Sncli. possibly,
a Email portion of it may 1 e intended f.r;
but, in my estimation, that portion w.ll be
found to Le. inflnitesiually sma". 'I here
r.twMsj ..r.;,.M df c ,. 1
more iniiirtant, ohjec's t- be attained by
the uscof thismoney. "
The Democratic rartv is dama"ed badly :
damaged at the north. Its prineipl-s are
cone, and even its wennation of tuI lie ;
plunder is cone, for there is nothiiiL' left to
steal; your treasury is bankrupt, and there I
no Lope of replenishing it before the
tlcii, 1 ask atrairi. ! y u jr p.. ,e qi t ,., 1, the perpetual annum tax ot ircrea-e-u im army loiwenry uiou.anu teen, mat 1 wi-n to can to the attention ot nor- creating or reguhtin" it, it carries it everv- troisi Imu. lint, s-r. it is not 1-iw : it is m t
i) with thi .i::tM!oo ooo f I ask any which, on that Mate, will I e I . -5, '.H ; ami Ufl establish, as the honorahie enat r tliera men wno may piopose to g. there. where-f r no Verson cnn " be deprived of eommo-i mtim: ; vtt this lrd Scott d. eis.
lacasure what he proposes to i)t th f JO,imm,ouo .appropnatod hy ti -s . troni i.cuisiana .Mr. b- tijimmj sant, an ah- i ..ti are compeJea to sleep under mosijui- vfiJ ilrty, or property, without duei.ro- ion is fh-only j.Litf. :-n ef th- l- mocati-
ith this money ? The .ju.-sfio?, i-i ah- J-ilh hio w.ll pay "','., 1 . . the annual : solute military .J.-pt!-! 1, winch exists tier- to t.-rs all the year rouml ; an-lit you I.CC ff l;.w;" but we deny, in t-.ta, that !a'l' at the rex nt tin. e th- only is-ne
There s 1:0 nian. w..ma:i. or ehihl. interest on wi.ieti. at six per cent., w:ii oo 10 mis uay. iiu u v.a n-.r a ine rv-n:oor not nnu scorpions in your Mx-ts in me mor- the (Vmuitntlnn .f th- I't.We.l St-t. .l..e. he tore the cu:.trv. 1 b.e r-ard n : there
presidential ci.ntest of Js3i. In this em-: acres ol Ian 1 h. which you can extinguish
ergency something mu-t Lo d-ue for the ! the Indian title fur a soi g. au-l oh- un b-t-Democratie
party, and here is tho pr-.p.-si-', ter lands and create better Stat-- than y u
tion to do it. A now issue is to bo raised will ever make out of Cuba,
to call off the attention of the country from The island of Cuba c-.-atalns nin-teon
pa?t extravagant expenditures and pre
bankruptcy. Cubi is to be the cry 111 t
next presidents il i-Vction, and $:ti,(:ii o-in
is to lo the inducemi t t ti cry loud arid
long. This is a m re dap trap pp-positi on
tn into llie canvass of lsiju- and the
r.i.n.h f 11,; n,.w.i.r.. 1,1.- r, ,,r. i.le-.
of purchasing Cub u-id-T it than I have of
baying it on private aeco-ut. They are to
CO before the country ur-'i: ties crv of ( ii-
ba. and up.)n it thev hope to float into -
er again in I . Vain, fallacious hope.
Forty Cubas and $:)i,0i!!.Hir.D .1 bribe
ry and corruption fund, would Pot save the
lknioeratie: party from that annihilation
which the Almighty has decreed.
liut, sir, let us examine this proposition
in its practical effects upon our constituency.
I propose to take a practical view of if. I
propose, Lef tc we g into a st culati. 11 of
this kind, to ascertain whether it will pay.
The computation which I am about to pre
sent, was mad? before Oregon was admit
ted, which has one member of the Mouse
of Representatives, and this fact would vary
tny figures a few dollars; but a few dollars
only. Of this j:Moo,MoO bribery fund,
each congressional district will pay S I -, -US
61. The Stat- of Michigan, under
the present representation, according to the
wnsusef 1S., having fur members, will
pay SoOS.-lT-t f'. Hat the population of
Michigan has more than doubled since 1
and el U now PTitiih d. ncc rdimr t her
tronosmon t. ri-d.t Herreser.tatives ; and
Will, in Ik entitled to ei-ht. at a ra
Ho of one hundred and t westy-fivc. tlio-nsan J
ftvpie to a representative ; so that her pres
ent proportion would le, according to a
proper apportionment, -?l,rtli;,fl. 12. th
interest upon which, at six per cent. pT an
fium, wou'MIk; fl. I name six
Per cent, because if ycu into any such
2d seheme as this, l-rrowing money to
jniy islands, you will find your national cred
it below par. accord ng to the present rat
f interest ; ar.d 1 believe six per cent, i
the lowest rate at which you ear. borrow
s-onev if vou conclude to"?o into this filii-
tfjrini r.i.niM:!li.m f. .r I..s ! :r, ri'll 'n
t
1S60 1 v then, you propose M nmrt-'
. - ....J.. 1
Pftatcot -Ilcl,ipnlor?,'-M,,eM-
b. ri.:1" ; '"; 1MJ ,
VI
Pge.i
there
-y constituent
Wtheai,
fcioda that th
tefl the
them.
But
totiW;. 4 t : . . .T . n '
1 . n , . . ...
r-;sii vuioa tor any price be may see tit.
true the Senator from Ohio, Mr.
SU. naiouered an anemioicDt placing
oi,"ii muore i vine nn i.e. . 1- , ., ,rrl-ed n ver a 1 1 c-d a d-'c!ara:i -n of ink-to'.; Jecce. siti.n of the r-:tion ct the iiru.v-r.cie .up rome Court d-elaroi tne I nited Mate
and this mr-etual annual tax upon ta. oi-yaa 1.0- u.ui n..r.i o... . . . - 1 ...n. ('.:,.. r,,,- r. It,r 1- -.r..-:tn-i.-.t-l !M l L .w in defoi
onlcof Michigan. I dor ire to con-flit they are better ted, thoy live io!'-:. ma. - j - ' : , , , ' ' v,; ,;,f,,!Srrtr :n t rT ,T ' f n?.rr Cert ?
-, - , , . .1 , torr f 1 i.iiist-.na and thev are nor ucu ui-u ae v,i-m 1... u.-.i o. 4....,...- -o-"" no.. t .v. .
s; and after I have consult- the s.avcs .t l.oiu-.. iu , an imv ai vi -.r le b. ltrirl. of North Anriea. I t Vo -ir be -r-.e-l th-- or.inim of the Su-
, even if thev' should make un their as cruoiiy treated. I .us rt mar -s ";.' ti.I i:,r,.,n-.tf.f i,-.o lin-n l.r the r.re.r.- C.-.m ... eaid that L.i w-oil-l con-
is wasa wise sehomo, I houhl to mo over and over agin. ..ive ;ne aoy- o -- - - - - - - r f -' f , rue'th TonstitTi.-n f r him--lf : that he
m that upon that roint I differ from thing but a 1 an see master. imy i.e. w - -- , , . '' T'itC.C,. ve. " ,U -t T V -'aall dthe
..Ir tbTa;, v v.r.a., . ie-.Le !rne. he works his negroes; out tne r .,,,,m l , . ..,t a.t 4. . ; ... ...... 'r-': Z'.-K . .1 " t-.a,l t ,A T
a limit en the p . p-o, but it ha! not b--en Africans, it was p-crhap-adopted,
and if it were I do not sup pose it time I w.as upon the i -.
wou.M Lave ai.r fleet on the rcotkitcn
Lat t.ciil f rrrsij..r.t UuehcTan care f,r
5.-!l,o'","'". M ro or h to nccomplMi
th's darhrr .fhcK.e ? (live Lira this S'rjO .
mMi.t: to .-t trt with and he will jay two
li'jviroj. t.-r two i,ijrtdr'if and f:irv, or nnv
j .iii:i.u r ii .'niiuons na n inav fut
- whim to pay. I care r.nt Lr your Iim-
ir he wnl ml rnrJ it. 1 will, however,
take :h th- basis !' iuy calculation the kw-
est price named as the aim which Spain
will tonsoiit to pt for Cnha; to $2-
MM!l",,,t. Two hundred million seems
j . , , . . . , . .
'' " o. en au nanus as it.e imut-
mum j ,riff. What the maximum may he
t . . i.i ...
i jvii'iA ii... i mKc as the basis l my
cal.-ul.aOon the minimum of $2,'!,ofio,tii);.
II tliiit i e the. amount, each congressional
di.'n.-t in the I iiited Stated w..uld f ay the daratio' j.cih-ij s tl.
17, l ai d the State of Miehin, as ter iuetitl.'.-d ; hut the Hv .
at r.re--f nt rrnrr-fi.tf d under t!ie census of ncjrrucs are as kn.' :
w.)::!d rav ..'ili : Lur. as I
h-ive already stated, her joulati n h:ts ::iore
than doii'ded .tirice fhe Inst eensus, ar:-l
rajiidly :e rea.in, sj that hf r rc-yenf p f -u'.-'ti'.n
w"i!d he ?i,TTl, . I'jon :!.,.-
:: the anrua' j.erf.enl interest- vWd
in-?; J'.fi.TTT '.'J. I eall it j. rn tn-d, i r
po .vine man Le)i-:v tlett, if tl.i 'h i t
cn-afed, it will -ver pa d i: i!:.; w- rl !
It ishutth
e een ?, -i
n irr. h -ui-pr.pov
te-
;uoo u-i f. 1
uert,itL"' tie- State
Ihr:i,
of Mi
iL'an t.
.',"-, :'.-: o. ..!
liipel h-r to pi
p-r-
pi tu:il annu-:
1 t-x f t" I' ' 777 !-.
Sn
that.
'ir, hi t 'i.
I Vote
su.-h s.-ht-n:
I want
.ud.orit ft on 1 Lome, and 1
advi - e th.-s-nator from Ohio t..li-Mito his
constituents before he votes f.-r anj such
sitierno. .My w.-ru mr ir, 11 i.e nas wx
heard from th-m, he will in
.'irooui. 1 wai ih..- can: oimy
constituents ; let the Senator f.tke car- ef
Lis in. i
Mr. CII ANI)LKK. The State ef )hio
will have to pay, of this purchase money,'
I 1 he Ivnator sajs lie wil. lake ,
eare ot that. I trust tie will; ana L can ,
assure luin uiai it i.e pot, iiie people .
1 - . . c 1 . .1 .1
o Miio will. :
N -w. let in admit for the sake of ar-m-!
:ent. ihat this proposition is hroiight h r
ward in food faith atnl will be sirv,sv,fu!iy
fereiinrOe-l. w!irt ils the State of Michi
gan iiain, what d s the State of Ohio gain,
what h. any of the northern States gain by
the perch.'.... of the Island of Cuba? I
oniethiui'tif Cuba, something of its
soil,
ott. thi?!' of its climate, somethin' of ;
,tsp,
uplc, lie ir manners and customs, some-
..f th- ir religion, something of their
erin-'s. I s; ei t a winter in the interior -f
h- Island "f Cuba a few years! since, and
an th-r. i" ro sjeak fr.ri per.-ueil knowl-;
I o;"er io my views from the he.p.er-
hi-Senator fr.eu Louisiana, .Mr. Uenia-:
min J Mv personal observation does pot
accopi witli Ins th-orie-. Mm-'i of the soil
of the l.d ind is rc!i and exceedingly pro-
diietiv- ; but it is in no way comparable to
the t rairies ami ooironi-ianus 01 me oruu ;
West. Vou can go into almo-t any of your
Territories nnd select an eoua! numb-r f
aeies tA you will h ive a ne
vfilu.-oie
State than you can possibly make 01
Cuba. V.-u have hundreds of nolh.
.ut of
miila n t.neo J.m-.dred and htry thnusan.i
jjtcs, ar.d you pr. pose to pay
r it .J,,:h-
r'tioMio-.i; or in rtl vr words, i p.,p..e
to pav for th-s Is'npit i f Cuba more than
fen d .liar-- an acr- f- r every acr- ' h-nd
o'i 1 ai.d then ."i il n- t ae.ii;p
Vou are selling infinitely belter I
Vi.u are sehip.' ii.liiiite'v bciter hinds, and
Lav mi.!i..:.s upen nilhoi-s -f i'.ee., f-r
?! -; nnd t 30U propose to fax the
peopte m nueu .-ta.t - .; y. L- , u h
Jars an aero l r ;:m.l tJ af v
d
when o.i pay the m eey.
I notie- l the report of the hr-r.- i
tblc
Senator fi-.-m houtsiana. Mr. Ididell. that
Cuba contains, at tins tine1, a population of
ne iniili. n nine thou at'.l aiul sixty iohab-
itaics, in-.du.Ii.ii negr-ss. ..M m-n, and
suv il chd lieii. Vou propose to pay it-nr-
Iv two hunlrtd dollars a head f,r every man,
wofiMi, child, and ne-p on the island, anl
th-n vou do Pot own one of il em. Voti
I '"i ' -Forth
refuse
s.t, ('
to pay sjoOjiu
r.-.t to e iv. TU
f the , arth. V
o 00 ) t. v rit
wh
oU pivpose
::i a p-.ula
with s'oru
to
I
1 that
Vfli Wo'll-1 noW I' je
wore n. w to a-.tdv f
t
t!,ov
adi
nt-'si.
ittfi the
I'ni-n, fr-e of all i'-'s-ns-.
p .you ll.ink 'hat propositi. -n will pay 1
1 veu think it w'll commend itself to the
pcopV of the Northwest I Po y
u
think
it will commend it-cli to the people el tip?
I'nion? What do you got id'icr y.u pay
vout s-'0' oti o;ll .-e-.tore tic
right to build fortifications ; t
ny to Cuba ; to g
..... 1 ... t.. ..v.'m v.: to create a na-
vv to r r..tc -t it : to exr-cnd through all time
- . .l
from twenty-five to a hundred l.uitK US per
annum. to take care if it. That is all vou
.rCt. Po vou think it will pay .' Put, "as I
said before, I know soioething of the people
of this Island, and s )o;. thitig of their run-
ners and eust.urs.
The white population oopsists chiefly of
erto'es. or tafivo-born Cubans. Of "the
shve t opulation I should think a large ma-
jority are native Urn Africans. '1 he h-n-
orable Senator from Leui-iina Mr. lien-
hfionl sr-ke the other dav ef the great
mortality atnon'T the skives of Cuba. If he
meant to apply his ( remarks on that punt to
oi .. nvi.lo rt mistake 1
c 1 , , ' in' i:ft. saw :. m,,n, healthy
.r, n, .U- .lie cfcle f!:vc. of l'a-
th, orioles "re s utter'v indolent t.ioni
..4 .P '.-. il..i.r ne r-es to do
seivs, ,uau w... r
pretty much I
ccnar nu-itu. to-. t i..o. w -t t v .
1 ; ; tleiter H" is en:re-"'t- wun arm- in i.r u .u-j- n p 4 .e...-a. .a.s. -.v 1 -
want an Ann rt . .1.1 tints. er. 11. e j . ' f .i.A 1; ,ni ir t.i tt,.- m,-mt of n,,i'-.:p T I.Tre --rorn to surr-rt the
s c rreet. At the
1 L 3 mortality of
the nr.t.r- rr-.cn
cms I'.'is . - :m:itel th'iw-
one fifth of ,! fhipd lr--:-i th- c- .i-' . i
Afrir-n di. d uj. n ii.- r .r... .fth
rr.ore c inii;;tt' i .-uit i i'- v.!:(i:i the fir.-t
year after they were ! ! d u the i-hn i :
one fifth w reoi' d t:.-- fir.-r v. .r in t;.
jrc-
thu-
iith
t. r
date
C'. - El aeciiaiatii.tn .. e-.iu.et
we-:
ac-u.-ti ined to toil. urnecu-t.t::vd t
mod" of livj-.i;. ('ori-fq'K-ii'lv. thr-f
of t!.e etjt.rc .-xi-Tt::rn-i) fo.
Afri -a were l-.-t ir or ye-.r
of their exrort.iti'.n. In r-
tht
fr. i!
tl.
ii. t ) l!:e
,t. r I, ir--;!-
ievr
rc-ao-tt.
maining two fifths, Lewvur
, . , , .. ,
ninaou, iney -ivetis e r
It will be seen that three h!;hs
i.
d(s-
i . ,. .
iroycu tue nr.-; yt-f-r, i:: oM.r io gg t an av
orago i,f any length of time you 'cud r;it
a ivng Ii to th rest
.i:;i- ;
f( the er-
( f an', i n
n or le in th- world.
Now, fs to t't ' wli-te ul:-ti,,n ; th.-y
!re i'OM.rant. vi; i"i:s. p.nd rri-t-ridden
I'rt. r to the adnnnirati.-ii i f Ceneral Ta-
c .n, there was n.l a eritie on the calendar
which Lad not its fixed value in the Maud
of t'ula. I Lad at ne time the tr.riff f
eiime there, but M the r re-et.t ne !: it I
on ly recoilei-t a Hfiie item. 1 lie pr:e et
ssiassinatieti was two ounces of p.ld, or
thirtj-four d-Jlirs a Lead! Veu ceuld
have any man assassinated f-.r thirty four
d-.llars ff..re the adniini.str-ifivn of Tar. n ;
ai d I was informed by many ..hi Cuban-
you ceuiu seareeiy waiK onr mine srreet, :iI
Havanna m the mom-n;,' with ut lmding
one or m"re dead bodies, the re-u!t of the ,
last nirriit's a.s-as.si'iatieis and robherh s.
.iy own experience is mat mo git-Pei was
a c.-mmon s:ht the gibbet, with the hu-
man mvu.i j.uuiii iu uiv nii, ;n uu- nr-
nor -f fur roads, rr at some phee wh.-re a
crime had Leen committed ar.d the murder-
or met Lis fate.
(ti the aece.ssjon of Taeon to of.i.-o, he
saM to prevent msurr-eta n ; it v. :s t, pr.-
vent crime, ami mat omy ; an. 1 it Oi.rm-.i-
nary uesioiis;u utiu um im-. -i i-i.n.n-i 1 u.
l 1.1 . 1 - . 1 1 1
and had not Lt- n ruled wito at; n.en Lntid,
('aba would be to day v.h;.t it was -, f. re
the adiiitnistration oi lac ti. As i :.id
i'Jor, the peoj 1-ai i: i-po .r.i.f and i.-i-!--.
They will Pet li1 it, and th. y will ;e. rt. to
any shifts of crime t- obneo Mi'-si-te-iee
IIob'Kry is universal, f n m to- iv'imr
Uei.eral, who receives tw- ;.pr.es i f .-..1 1
per head f r every slave I an 1- t n the is-
hitid. hot a slave trader land a single 11"-
gro without paying his twoounocs ot gold,
that negro will bo wrested from Lim within
three day. I wo ounces of gob I per Lead
is the regular established brile for every
s - lave landed on the Island of Cuba, and it .
is uono as pumiciy as almost any 01 nor
transaction there. 1 went into too barra-
cKns at Havanna, and saw eleven hundred
slaves witt.m three lay irom tie time ot
their landing there from the cr-ast of Afti-
ca. They were landed within ton mih s of
oi' - .'nw v a.-i;.-, aeu ni..reueo uuecny nj
to Havana, and pla-ed in the barn-ee t,s f .r
- ale put.,. civ, 'in fer
tho erV eye i f t!
('at tain ( -non!. Kverb.lv was t-dkiiii:
about if, and the shio that brought them
over, !;y as.j.ii. ti in the h-itb. r of J:i
vana as an' m. r.-liant ship. If oii had
se- n, as I did. those cie. n lei ..dr-d mise r
able wretches, you would ml surprr -1
at tin' mortality amor, them. The law of
Snni!i are to-diy as .-vi r- a-aii.sf the slave
tiao
these of the I
Mat.
nev r-
theLtss.shives ae continually i.ti ported there
and it is done b-caus- the Caj tain C-io-ral
is bribed. It is a well hno-vn fact, thkt ev
ery Captain (I. ner.d of Cuba acppirs an
imnense f "f.,i:e in two or thre eav, ar.d
it s from the slave trad- .-.v.d thai alone
lYo'ii the j )'L'e on tiie I.eneh, f coin the
pri-st in the pulpit, to the l..vr;st til--w.it-er,
I rih- iy is the rule, at-i th-re are 1.0 ex
ceptions, Vou cannot rei.i'.v- the .1--ad
i ody of your friend fr-.m th- I-!..nd
Ce-
b-i wit'
t I ril ing th- priest, I rilepg the
captain of the 1'artero, bribing h; judg-.
and brikbmg the eut. r.i-hoiw- ot-eer,
throu-h r.b'' Laud if pas-es. I know
that, t -.aus- I have Lad V pay th- t.ribes.
Is not this a beautiful p..pi.?Vi-t to bring
into the nion as a Sta'c a I eauMt'ul jop-
ulatioii to take rank with the old Stides of
this I'nion Hit, sir, that is not ;JI. lie:
Catho'ic religi. n t
land of Ci.h;, ;
ed. Kcn the r:te
lies
n the ls-
t ler.it-
th-
r r . .g
a
Ci.ri-i-m burial
are ooni
The p-o
and th.o
vent
true to :
1 f. a Protcstatl upon that island,
arc supcr-titn tis and v.e;-:-'-is ;
r-- 1 ig ls .as well. They r.re de-!i-s.
'fiic C.ith .lie Church is
".i.i; the Cathehc v'hureh is troc
to despotism ; and the pcpl
mati, are true to the Church.
there to a
If the hen -
orat..e e:,ntor tr.-m 1
hundreds, or if he has
u-sian-i has s-en
seen one hundred,
ng f t liber: v. as he
t uhaTis who wore pa
assert. lie has see-i every ore tf;:t that is-
land TT- diioeU J here arc a :.-w ereoie
Cul at:
111 the
1 - 1 - : n: . .! ..
nio -i ciaie.-, m.-n. lire imeoig--m, . e.tr-
nothing about their church, who are ar.x-
i n3 to get their ban Is inf.. th- tr.-a-ury.
They are anxious for p--iti ! whore th-y
can receive bribes. Tru jatrh ttsn d. s
-'t exist . a the P'and of Cub.i. They
love the very chains that bind them. TL- y
love their church ; they love thi very mil-
irary d.sp-.-t'sin of which complaint i- ma le,
The men of whom !. S-nater fr m l,u-
lana :eafe. bi
have been h
s, fire men the union' v i f whvtn
ishel from the island
Whore was the declaration of independent-:
which Le brought bof re u- written 1 Wh j
,le it ? Where was
adopted 1 Iu
mv cpini- n it was adopted in s cue taveru
in Now Orlere. The p eople cf Cuba
, i5tan i he ker 1 hiraeif rrct-
. c.e I'uha r.ere. tlior, wor: ia- parrio;? some :i g' ovv. 11. is, luert-ivre i.' e ousiuaii-.-ii ei iu-j e Lio-e. .....
wuo were lai.s.iii 40. . . vt ..-;- .
1 . ... .1 I,.-.,. I t h ..-.- r I .nr.ics r-i.l r.f f'i.- r-.- 1 ..- -":.1.
The Cocwtntwa declaws that 'the cit
man. ten minutes Icf. re he suVre-I dath,
wri te a later to a friend in tL I';ofv:
Stat. s, savin? : '1 did i , t c-jme h.-re .
1--in-l r; I eainc here in 2 -'"I faith t ui 1
th- - j---or.le in af.j iirin their fr4i-i ; i
.-uj-:-i-d they w.-re thir-'in- f.-r !:'. trv:
L'it 1 have Ken d-:eit j. y 'jU:r i"-..-'--n:e."
In a h. tcrif.t le ad-it. d : -J vii:
die like a man."'
''i.'"-re w re the iib;rty-thir:tir,2 Cuhai
their when as paliar.t a k-u1 as ever lived
oi the faeeof this earth wen t h;lat a
ei.unt In'caiw he fymr-atLizf -1 with '' t:ai
hmt, sulf'-rii!!.'" Cubans ? Sir, the gallant
ry i.-, not tht re. 1 here is no taeh thin- a
a I..ve of hlertv ther. Jo vou want th. se
j.. - ir !e in your I'nion Are yea i-ierart d
iI.ay -J.,M.to..nj.to i-rxriir sueu a set t
criu:ir..ls into this Triton .' Io vou tro-
r.n j'O-o to ner p an army ot twenty tti- u-n'i
.-ia- men in a climate where they wi.i he dt-ciei--i.!e
ated every vear, to novern that Island .'
Thai is what Sj ain has to d- and that Is
what yea will have to do if ytu mean to
keep the people from cutting eaeli ether's
threats. Vou wili have to keen un a navv
there to protect ycur psscj-ie-n, if you get
it. Y-ju roust sjend from fifteen to twenty
million dollars a year to govern the island ;
and in addition to that, you propose to place
a perpetual annual tax of 6 1 1',"! ur-
"ii the people of the l tutcd States fr the vision whieh s-pplies eijuallv to ail th -.ircha.-.
1 ask Serjati- r.s whether they States, has an itialienuhh rii ' to h- .r .
eonider that a game that will pay ? t eted in ail the States."
Suj poe you get the island: what will Ti,,.ro y ...0 fj. d . trir-anne.nr.cfd
you do with it? our ycryte eann. t bve 1 t,;,t (U St,;, s :TC m.a,.r 0bli-uti. u to ,.rn.
there. I he inpressien Las c-c abroa-l ,,.,. j,,,, . r, ,.,,. ..1.1..,. .-,1. I ...
tt - at in the mtein.r ot ti.e is.and ot l.uta
the chmate is cool and healthy ; but su-h
is not the fact. Tropical diseases always
ra ire there at certain seasons f the year,
ami ti.e loreijrn i-opusutioii w usually d ot-
m-itedevery year. Vou cannot even sleep
on a iu;uira.-s, uurmg uie winter, on mat
island. The heat is so intense that you are
eblig - d to forego the luxury of a mattress,
and sleep in a hammock or upon canvas.
Ih-id-.s there are certain other luxuries
nmir, you will re more fortunate than 1 was.
wizards run anout in every direction ; worms
-1 1 ti : . . 1
:iui:ny ai eery lorn. 1 111s is a neiiuu-
ful place to emiirrato to. And yet you
1 x , 3 . , 3 ,
pi-otiose to pay j5'JoO,ooo iHUJior the i and. t
'. 1 1 .J . '. ' . .
hi my (.pinion, it 1- ii t a paying invest-
J ' i J r
!'..!, sir, as I said Irffore, this Liil is not
to buy the I.-'and ef Cuba, f r you are ad-
. . ' . 1.. ... . .1 ... . .. ...
se.i iu ;ep:iuce uiai ou can no. get 11. :
Ihis- is a mere electioneering scheme for i
1 '.'. It is to be on- of the planks in the
i Vmocratie platform in 1 '"; and I pro-
pew very briefly to review a certain other
plank which you have in that y latf rm, as
it Las only two left this one is Pet yd m.
Vou Lave destroyed all your other platforms;
they are utterly annihilated. KvcnthcCin-
cinnati jiattorm ot temeur years has ceased
to bo ; and lam not surprised that that
platform has Leen d'Mroycd. There rover
was n sound planK in it. It said that evc-
rythiag was left 'perfectly free, eubjeet to
the C-mstitutioti ot the Cnited St:Oes ;" but
uicmiow:: - ou--s m inm eoiienisoo
T erf. etlv awnie at ihat time thr.t the. Con
stitution ot the I'nited Mates were virtual
ly s invert, d by a decision which tin- Su-
renie Court dared pi t thou make, and
whose tii.al eiou.ci.itioii d'-j-eiide-l up-u th
result of that eVotiop. If J'residelit J 11 -ehman
!ia 1 1 bet n vh oo d.the lred S'eott
decision wo sh! not h ive bt en mad-. 1
pr.p-.se now to -pend a very little tin e in
examining this la.-t new platform of the
Peuatratic party. Th-: Supreme Court
of the I 'nit. d Stufos w- r- merciful in It s
work . f destruction. The Cincinnati ph"t
frpi w is Link jrcei.-rlv a- Im.vs- build cob-h-ius.-s
to see who would first, kren k them
d -wti ; jj,., j),,. n,)sse whieji the SiipreP!
Coiirt threw at the Cincinnati platform,
vdii- h d :st: yetl it, find wh'eh will v'-Ttually
ove;t-.:rn tin Constitution of the I'nited
vi it bec-i.n. s ih
s itself ;l I..m..
law
rati-
that erv
itf.rn
rh tl
1'i.nioeratie h hders
made
haste to
mount; and at the north they
ir''e eii juch. There was but t-ne
f. U!:d II
ph
to it, but it would hold all the Il-u-
oer .ti.- party the:
linitciv small and
They had bee- 11:0 in
v in numh-.r b-f-.re
that j;i-t m w platfori,), and are growing
"ueocinillv hs dav Lv dav.
I in-ist"ihat the" I rej "Se-lt d-oisl.ci
for it is ne..-dh:ss f.r me to say that it is to
that I al'iido is the only .! Viaocrarc l.-t-f-r-n
that n ov exists; and if any man
throtP'hout this, broad land, who holds a
liovtriimcnt oTpo i f any value wLau-vt r,
doilts it, let him try the oxpi rin.ont. L. t
hkti say that ho loos not couider the Pre!
-c tt decision the Pen;. oral:-; latf..n:i,
does n-. t c usiier it binding on Lim, ar-1.
my word for if. ho will be -Lorh-r l-y a
, head within thne days after the annunfia-
tsjn Sir it is the democratic plat?. rm : if
is the j arty tot. Any man who does not
swear allegiance to the Pri ! So -ft decision
i no P- meont 1 be.M in my Lanl an ex
position. . f that deci-aon, from a Pemoerutie
newrnper published iu the city
' Wash-
ingt. n, wnich I b -hov- is- ur-iver-aJy a-i-rnitted
fo be g-vd pejQoeratie authority.
It is nu ro than that ; the new-rarer to
whi-h I allude dlstiHs tiie j ure essence, the
very e-s. ntial oil ot lRVicraey. 1 aiiua-.
t the Union t.tw-paper of this citv, v.a
f whose article
are under
d to le writ-
ten Lv the President of tin I'nited State-
ar. 1 to bo supervised by his Cabinet, and
to s- :d f rt:i the perfectly pure Pen.oeratic
doctrine. I believe thit when this pure
Pemoeratie dxtrine is seen, it will be off r.-
sivc net ..nly to the p-oj-le of the north, but
th-
sou. li liiiew:--. jut, sir, to ta- ar- :t woari man
ia the I'nion of Novemlssr 17, lv.7, gal ; but the
tide.
app-ired a long article, prepared with great
car evidently intended as a fastirog expe
tare to rrctec: that prcp-.ty
s of ci.h Stat- si V.I te.e'-iltled to :.il
f rivi'..-?..- are! immun'tifs t cirze?,
he -vral Stif.-s ' !!;, rv eiti.'en - f
Stat- e -tuiri? i' . :. .! .r
r.f
a ri-l:' ; tl-
tl.:. 1 r-.v.--iv n hi. h i
h ly th.- O r-i'M-l i
: r:.v ef a S'-.r- t
twithsiar.din-.T
it-jr a ri.-ht to det we h
it :s its'k.i:-d V .li.fx
f hi
r. .
5U'
1 r
1-
1'ir-i o! -r, T'... .... :,
" If thee views nro crreet, (.'.t
li.-vc it wvuldhedilTh-:!- tt invahd
it ! 11 v, thr.t ail Stat.- !.nv, n
canie r therw: whi. H j r i -lt
iV th- Ii.
ot
fat- tfin m ttiT.ir it! Mi.
Lrin'n? his
in.t -: --eialiv
pre?- r!
1-r!;.rn - i
W,l!: I
im, .
rt'- !. ; .
i!lt. ttt.-! . '
.-tat.-d. isth.
rrty, and '
:t to.-. whi.-l
dir
ct vivlat'... rs .: the r '
t r rniiieiit wl !!, a 1 f
protect i -n ef j v: : j
th- C't-tituti. n . f the ' ::iu.
recognizes prop'-ry in !".v'
ih-'t 'th-- elt;Z'-i!S ' t :Ai
:te i-i ali ho .01-
ill"HMtl!l.
titled to all the pre.
of citizens in th 'ver d St :.'i ' :i'T th-
n.(.st r-ssintul ef v! ich i th- p r-1 - i-;i f
persons and j r-pc-rtv.
" What i rec.m'tcl as rron-rty .v the
(,rrir -ti. ti -t the I'rit.d St its'- hv a 1 ro-
i,rult itlin their limits with the i'.ten-
th.n 1 f kei pirn- it there. Tin free St;ies
aTV c,lap:.ji.f to t roteH shave i ropertv
.:.',: .1,':- i:,..:.: ,'!., .!i. .!,. l
bromd.t there fer the purpose of remainii-T
un,lt tIie ,1(,ctrjne ,cro .lh ,own . an,j "jf
(i0 j ,rf1 Scott decision he law, 0.' if it be
,(.r,.riltf r regarded 'm a law, this reasnin ' :
t..,rrcct. "lf the CcnstituVion of the Vt-
ted States carries slave property one inch
'l0Vf,r;,j the jurisdiction of the State law
ra.uniz. or regulate er f.eknowhd
e H p-
rrfv :n ,.'avcs
I., tl t- ...,i,m.i;nn 1,1 ...... lhl,ls ., r...
, e t, .. .. im
mark of the en:uor from (i.eri.-i, .Mr.
, ... , t..ii . i .
Iversop.1 Sopie days uj he t .M us vhat
, , , , c . 1
would deem a sutlieieiit can-e f..r a ois-
sohith n of this 1 "nio.
h:it I n.
misrepresent him, I wiii lead exa'-tly what
.
he
-aid. He declared :
Sir, it is not sodiiheult a math r to d'
solve this I'nion as many believe. Let the
Republican party of tl;.- North obtain pus
session of the (lovt rnment, and pass a il
mot Proviso; cr abolish slavery in the res
trict of Columbia; or repeal the furtive
slave law ; or reform the Supreme Court,
and annul the Hred Scoit decision ; or h
any other act infringing upon the rights,
impairing the equality, or wounding the
honor of the slave States ; or let them elect
a President upon the avowed declaration
and principle that freedom an 1 shivery c iv
il.! exist p'i'eiher 01 k- I '.i. o, -ii:d 'hat
one or 1 be . ti- r must g;ve w-iv.aud !. sa
crificed t 1 th- ofin r, i-n-1 the I i,T,-n w-uld
Would be di-s. -Ve.! i'l S!X tc.ot.th.'"
N'-w, sir. 1 pr. p' s." h. -I two or three
things, vshi.-h the h .per-d-'.- Senator from
Jeorjo i d ehir-s are g.-l and s'ni:-h-r:t
rc.i-. i f.r dls. ',vi:i.r tips l uioo I do net
sp'.v. f r the ll-public'-n arty: 1 sp nk
forny-eh'. I vp, 1 prop(.s,. the r-er-o-ini!ati..!i
if the Si-jTem-- t' 1 rt. Tiic
pr(s- nt . r-.ii.iatioii of that const i i.-.ou-strops,
.fii.jge Mclean has ;ts 1 j 1 :; i 1 v caui s
to tr in his cirenl:. :-s Ir.ve ;.!' the live
shueliolJing hid.-s pot f g-lh-r. When
h was appointed ;u-ti--c f that circuit, it
v.;e- a Loviing w ii.l-rucss , p..'v ti er- arc a
thousand millions 1 f c n :ii- re-1 within it
Tlc-i i. ' e-ul 1 Jj-ed a ( '!' 1 V-iy taic
in h's ..-"-t it : ti t I.- e-r.-i- ' r- s-.n: of
t'.e- Srav- m-- h: five yan I '-
tor.orgauv.e
Conf.-rru to ti:
.repose that i
fhnf. they car
the di-tr"'. t o
t .- t 1 o.'it. s , o piai.e it
,i-)f.S el'
: i-ld-e. Ji:,
0 least Visit
! or twi
.. the .-. -rt
e.'Uifrv. I
e 1 .er-t'-d s .
ry Stat- in
i-- or iw:-e a (.-;r. a..-: i"
r
r t-
t'tat. the -. -rt poi-t b r.-. r-
gatuz.d
i.es, ef
'.'lee f .urf ..s ol tl.-
c arts of th" 1 :,
tt-tire Lti
t.d State
f. ir 'yi-'y
.i::th of
!:v. Ipr-
m:L ; it
n hi --'a.
the
N r:!i. w! er" v "i La...
-1 t
1 .-. s.-.
ni.reci" ( ..'ii t.
the South, vio rc y:-u have
-e to r-.Tganl. - tl t c U't
nal . r fr -:u Co. Tgi i v - re
uli psk him how "I,., rr.e-.s
th- i'ni. n afr-r
h
1
:,t.-r,
w
is i.:-i-t
el; Og
; t . ih it
ring
il" is g.
W-r pr'.po-.o to J nc-ro ; we riean t
t f.-.-e 'v I 'r. i.l-.-r.t who f i ter'atns the same
views, ru.d if that bo a jur cauv; f r diss.. I
vitig th's I "rii'.n, again I a-k, h w arc you
going t- do it ? I wntjt any man en this
fh-'.r to tell iue how he U troing to Jve
this "nio-.i, b.cv::-- w the p p'o of the
I'nited Stsf. s, . . ft to ox-reis; o ir c:i-'t;f.ut.on-.l
jrivileT". We niear; to autoi!
the Pre-1 S--.U d-.-c-i-ion n:, sir, I take
that baik ; if is d-.cision. Wed. not
t.nt k it is
djcidod in
.i-i-:
c;i
at all Th only p-it-t
was. thj.t neg.-ees can-
th:i
not c;.:ac into c--urt.
Thai we aoe
: is decide: 1 :
that
wo cann. t
:Ui
t -
stamp speeches of Chief Just
and th' o'her i-idces. were me
a.le. raoar.ing i.eihing. It was ro t a de
ion cf the? court, ard if wc elect ear Pre-i-
dent in i as 7rc arc zriv'J to do, that
d-:ei-"on will cover be made. I d n' t say
that that d:ci-i ei would n.l now 1 ma le.
I think if a case wore before the court now,
Pr-d So. tt doei-ion
reme Court Las alw-
sided with the Administration h:
we r.
when the
tjive sworn to s irt"-ri
made it, and tot as the
up reme Court Las
.11 swear allegisee
- , altered it, atd I never wi!
H it I
I.'-t
uu;!.'
1-!
h with f.e
1 r ' n arti-1-- It :
The j t. rti.-n v
to th.it r,ra t;,.
f a'i ---'I tr-verr
h..'f h i-? r- -! ::
ef th- f "i : . J
Ly a'l th- .5 1 thirt.-.
r d , ! ;:.: t t!:
iu th-.-e !,, r
hy an arher:-.: v a"! .
a c-.'-s v- .'r-ti ; 1. 1 j
!';.. re w: 1 ive it
of ..'av,-ry in w.
S'r.?e? w::s ure..r.t;f
vs t.:rt .i r .
f" Trop-rty ! ir;i 1,
1 to i'i:p 'rt.-r.t ohi
'- a, l 1
' It
in
1 ' V th- il-? t'V;e!l
as orLinn'j
i St:.t.-s. we !::i'-e v. v-'i-.u-i-'iy
-eien ol 'avi s
i- r- v; -nly exited,
t!i- !.-::': -iat are, was
0 rl.'l !S ef j roprt.-.
l.-ela:. d that al,.:it--a
tl- 1. id tl-.rlcen
i i.:.h an h ic.. xX.n-2
1 to ti ,. i
1 e.tt eve .eij. :t wa. I uk
f C liilll. ! !iv I will pet :o-k
I a-i : hp r 1 .- I'l r. 1
:'. i i" .1 'i ; 1 ;f ).. )..- th
i thn-t 1 S;at-s. s.-w n . ' v;l-hh
il.!i-!i .-l.i'.i-iy Hithi-i av.'tv
weiil 1 h.ive :. ted : tVe-'iep
; i.r..!:iit -d th.-mfr.-:;: d-.'-.j the
t wh h th-.
.' I t.sl; :
Ptenu
htt.dd in.:
any
t!..i
at-'s
it h- Leht-vi-s for
.1 i'y ;--pres. 1 pep, , -:
th- p. t't no. d ii.uae
IV. T v w thin their l r
-'ss.o ,'e.i t . a '....-b:t--d
them from d-in
ef th
drU:'
d-rs.
etitti'i
V f
olid. !
et-r h
1, J.r..
on! 1
1 wh
tl - ,:; a.
No, s.r. tit
jad'.- ef '
did not 1-1
man of cor
is Tl'-t S-.
I'll', Mr.
mop-tr.-us
r-ad. i: th
is all true .
; 1 !i :;( r pi d t-- do .'
1 r. j 1 iti r. is .-.I -.-.ir l ; and the
.e .".'.proi'!- '..i;rt ti.en:s,-! -s
ve it wh-ii they uttered it. No
110:1 st rise can h-lieve it. It
mopst:
.is proposition,
th - article which 1 hao
Ib-. d :
and it
d.aisi ,n be law it
1 no re .pi-sli-.n
tune Wiicn ct-rv State
Leeome a slave State.
Senao r from lioiiisiana
a thousand lu 'roesi
into the Stat.? of Michigan after that do-
ei -don shall have heeon e the law, I d-fy
any i-wtr d'rt .;' a revolution in this
Covenmn-t to pU vent Lt-u, i-r take tLctu
is another issr.e, u-t y t j-etllete.l, and that
is this s:i!.0'M imh hribi-ry and eerriitioii
fund. Ih"t is to be anotln r plank M tie
I democrat e platform These two phink,
ihelrti Scott d'.-i-iori and Cuba, aie to
oe the pi.viotm that is tj 11 .at tn pttty in
t
wer if it er arrives th, 10 : the r"d
hat.
S.-.-'i decisi. 11 and the .?.'. loiiihona o:.ii, h i e sv.olk so enormously. 'I h. re is : v
irh. perhaps, the hopor.iblc SuiaP-r from other remarkable fact eom.-cted with tie
V irjinia lr. Hunter j alride of them ; and gn at inerease of the misce-dancou exp-p
with that j.hitform and that candidate, the eliturt s of the W 1 nment. I ntiec that
I cinoeratio pr.rty wi'I m-.n-ii to e-itain do- , when any very gr-.at i nti.ago is ilniut to b
feat. I p-rpot rated, the nii ctihuie u rxpendituies
lut. sir, :im this mei.sure at the pp sent nareas; enormously. In jsotli-'v ware
time is a linanei.d i-;es:ion, I propose very f.'!,.V..".,s.".:; ; and thev swelled in l.'.o.
briefly to ailud- to ihe financial conditicii
of the com try. I look upon this as the
practical method of judging of its merit".
I In-hl in my Land a luttir written lya
very distinguished man, at present connec
ted witii this i. vcri f.in t, duted March 1,
I ". and ri.hlr. . d I-- a c .v-ltf e , f
genth'iie ti of Jeihimor" !t ! vgne-l
' dames I'u -'nr.ari." It s-'.vj :
" We must if. lib- npop .j.s- b.mt.--r.s. a
sound regard f the reserved ti-.-hts . f th '
State, 1 slrief constrict ion of tie- Coiton-ti-.p,
a d.-uial p C,,;iross of all p. .w r- n-.f
eh ariy granted by that it.-tnon- nt, and a
f'gid eee- iiiv 01 public e; :eli:u.
I ne e e
th" ( i;.-ru. us
num. and unl
by the strong .
nditifes ba;e i-
fs.'lO I 'Ol I 0
sled 'i l ll ei
tie ). ; o, r.
nix of
country, may, in the 1
tl
s- ol a 1
reach slo1 loan 1000. '
' Well, -ir, " tl .- ftron: an 1 of
iii'i iaev" has leu maiirging 01
:lo
. r.
K:'ir
r s!
Th- l'i.s:i. .t 4 f th- I lOied
M.i!
to ft
dltli-
i
Law
- wa t ti pii-tale'i ;t f. w miih-'Tis as
xpendilures ; f.r ih- tiire xp-n-s
ef I si'g, including pa mint of tie
de-.f. was .? 11, Is , ? '; t.,,t M bio,
the advantage of Lis own liguies. 'I he
;.g nrm of t' . 1 't-mo- ra'-y Las had
charge of th"-' bv-rnu:' i t from that time
t-. th-pr- s. r.t :.t . we Lave already reached
th,. : oir.t that e pr.-i.hed- d we might reach
e pr-pt.
,n a f"7 y -a 1 .? 1 ';
ure. It was ,h uiop
Mill ,, ,.vTe;,
1:
frt.fed to my entire
sat ""tactions', apfl 1 t-'-iieve, to the satot.e--ti-ei
"f ih" S.-n.i!-. by tic- in notal le S.na
f.T fi-ov, K.-ntueky. "(Mr. Cr i't.-nd- p. the
e'!,. r d:v. fhit v I .t i,(..n would not
pay the eXp'Tjs' ' I. f f. r tiift.t PC 'his
year. I y r-po-" a "har g" ; I j r -' that
IV
I.e ther
f tii-t;
e'e. i. t;iiZ'.rig t 1"
:t. c.g. el !.!
i writer -3 s fur-
vi rr.'i.
iprropr'a'iou of n
Ley t ) ace-;'
pish :
the C
eat nafi--.,a: c
els, sa-.ction'-d
to f n a s'
p.-.rcr and n s
rj-? -tut ion,
br
our
eomuionsurtito with
ces as a nation : but
ts(xp-:i
:r tiie gui
to be- condti'-ted under the guiiatoe -f n
hgh'onod ec-.-.n .my and strict re-j or.-;biIity
I am convinced that our 'xpen-'.s might lr
c-;.nid n ly r-d-ieo l, L..-1-.w the j-rt;or t
-tand ird. r..l e-rdy wi-h.-ut d-.trrrK nt , bu
widi p.-itive advantage ri t th o.vcrn
rnent and the p-'-pIe."
If the oxpcndit'ire could th' ti he r.
.1-
rod below .?o 1,001 mV") with a lvar.tago t
the i..y. rr.n.efit and the reorh-, what can
be d ine n-,w Is thre any r'-as.n why
ir '-xp no tares u"
than they w.re in
rea'on exempt that ra
uld 1-e gr-af-r now
i"2? There is no
,rey may be c.-ed f,-r
purpo 0: c
examine Jr.to
new and here.
rrujlion: and 1 jrcjose to
some of tV-o corruptions
This letter -ays farther:
" An oxoes-ive and lavish expenditure cf
public money, though in itself highly p-er-
nicious is as Eothicg when coirp-ared with
the viisistr.:.fM jthuence it may cse-rt upon
the cliar'tCUr of oar f- i4ii-tiri:tie.r- T,,t JH a.,l ...-- rue rt;r-t'.jjrri i
strong tendency towards extravagance is ts clleetkn. At O-wt-g', in New Vork,
the groat political evil of the present day ; the rcvenu.- c.lloct.d was 80,1 K' 00 ; the
and this ought t 1-e Crtnly resisted " cost of collecting si ?1".21 1 end twen
Sir, I prop-.- to resist it with al! the ty three men were employed in its eellee
Snnnos ;.lha- given me. Now, let us t.:or.. At Niagara, New Vork, the revenue
l-v.k a little into the exp-en dituros of this c -l!;e:oi wa.? St," v ; the cost of col
Go err.ruont. I hold in my hand n efT;- k-ctir.g it ?l,'j00 0-', and cicetccn nen
cial d-y-ument of the Senate, printed at the were frr-p'oyed in its collection. At liuf-h-t
.-es-ioQ. giving the rc-eeij ts and eip-en- fal0, New Vork, the revenue collected was
diturcs of the G.7vertir.ent from its forma- lo 14' .o-j ; the est of coIIectiLg it was
tion ta 157 ; and I desire to present some SPi.tOO ol. and twenty men were employ.
facts which are shown bv this cooutnent;
and to i-e as brief ss p-0s.-:l!e, I will take it
by decade3, and I will corauenee with tLe
military service ef the country. In 17.
the whole tirenses i f the Aruiv aaieur.t,
1:1 reund iiuniK-rs. tv Mi 1 .Pol' ; pi ls,Of
vhllT-J . : in lli. ?:!.17..-ii; n
r I ,.'- h,iJ7 ; in :. ?.".' "-J. VI . in
I v :: : iti I v "".? Siv.U;; and ia
1."7, jl .! I, "ti. I h's iit vim d.H.s
n-t i-.'ciu-ie a'l the ;vti-i.ti:res of th' Ar-p.-
i'.T !",'7; f r S. tiatc-rs '.iii rec-h-et
that v.i .i the llrt I :1N we ja- d at the
hi.-I m iv-u v:i a l-sll makif an apj n tia
ta u ef ?.".,; i.oo.i f r -hi -i. vei - in ti e
t':en-es f th-- Ar'uv. Tijus it vhl 1-e
s u that the Army pt:-es al e, fr.u .
Iv.j t 1".7, aim. st oua.ln.pled, andlhi
in a tii.i.' '' pn fetind peae. IKhssip,
Sereitor on tl!;.-' th.- r i.ilit ve there wts arv
Pe,
:tv f
r vi
i crvriiicus iin r. a-e va
th. j -i.v-fir. s ef the Army ' I'.vs :n y
n .an U iievo tlct a j ruJent aduilnistia;-.-..
: the loveriuiK nt would Pot cut d hu, the
Amy t xpeiiditares at least ne Lai; S;i ,
the t xt:ava-ancc is civ-rmei: a.i-1 t-iti;.
is. and it re.p.iiris th:i p. ore
than the stroitit band v f the Ih m.vr alio
put, to reciiiy thetvil We ud t..k- f
in the sd-v.ng hand of Ci pul 1; -Mii-'o. : i
il en we t) r.-uiedy it.
Ion. sir. h t us I .'-, rt the ?' iy. In
1S , the ejijcndinires for tie- Xav v w. rc
d o i'J,::.V' ; in Is jo, c s.70.07 f , in 1
5J.7",..J:i; in 1 :, t?.;. for, p; ; j:,
ii'h e7...i.-j.7.vj ; i-i 1 -:, ,;.: i.;i; ,
in I v'7, tl I 1 17, l' I. Have we any more
ships, or any mere cuns, tr any more fii
ci.-nt f.Tce, t day, than we had 1:1 ls.',o '
1 an informed that we have not. On the
contrary, it is said, t knew n.-t with how
UiiK-li truth, that our Navy, is hard!y :. f-fu-i-n:
as it was at that lime. At any rate
t th.s I t;ion wol we have had no war, no extraer lunry de
If the honorable mand for ice.-.-ive naval expepditures, an 1
r any other man. yt.t they h.ive 1. en reaching up until the
are I t.Ooo.oo.
Tin rc is one t tht r account Luc, to whi- h
I wirh t eall the attemi.n of th Senate.
It is h. .eh d " miscclianeous pen iimres.'
1 Jo ik t know exactly what e.ntitut the
miscellaneous esjK'iidituies of t : . i s (Jovern
mei t, but 1 notice n iijost exttT rd-nary in-cre:;-.-
in ihetn of 1 it-. I tuk. it for gran
ted that what lann. t Iv charged anywhere
to an thing, g-s s d-. n :i mise. lheieo is
The miscellaneous op-nditu'cs of this
t loveriiment in oo amounted t i-ilL'.-':;
in lIo, Si r,- I ; ni lvji, t:."v.
I Is ; in s;;(i( i, j.;r,,'jo ; itl fsjn ,-.
Jlo,'l'.; in IM., o.M'o.-.'.:; ; and in
Iv-'7, t-JC.! f ,.. I should Li e to
know how these misiclai oons cn ii.liiiir -
when the fugilive sl oe bill w.es pus-.- h .
7. 1 -21 !7' Again, when the Mi-.uii
eetTipromi1 was rep. .'..I, ., th-. ;h.y
reached the omri-co- ,1: . 0.1 .' s-l.
000 , -nd a go dly p, 1H..11 of i' . er at
increase may bo hgi'i-u.-.,, ly .b.r-gi It.,
th- pe-gtr -s. 'i bat in -f o nt 1. :t h e I .- p a
rv exj-er-wive ov.e to this t h.. v,u of it
has c..t, in Tny timatioi'. a'l it is -.cii'ti.
hn :-.::y gri.-i' oufir.ge w.i 1,1 be p rj - -
trite.l, th- eXpe(,.bf u. s , f bflilhe- ol
this !oeroin i t have svvoii, ; enormously.
S.i when th" l.eeonipton e ustitufi n eaee
b.-r- t b" p:is-..J ;,t wint.-r We hae
Hot g: (i , ;.. voUU t et, bllt V': w'"' f'el
atl Oi:' I II, oils xpemhiure in Hiialof the
1 ; .'.rlmel.l.s ol th - L.Ven P.- "t , wl'ch.
il e K-ss saidalout, tti- bett.-r the j :.rt' s inter.-.-'id
will be Miisfed
As I sai l the other d.j, we have had a
bill under con-id. rutlt.u in the Co;nu:!tlce
oil Co;i,;r:er.e ti reduce the 1 x po nd if ir.
f r tiie "eil.-i ti u of I he rc n;i- on r .v,e''-l-0"0
a ).ir, JOi-i W: ha-,e pot - Il l-n tic d
the w.-ik of reform even at that. We Lave
I. pp. d !; ly that bill a thou. M.-l us. k-s
emp'o)' s of the ( ioyt n li et.t, s alten d over
th- I'n't'J States; Put Ve bae i-.t j roU-1
the Wo-md to t!i- betp.n:. As I have sai 1,
that biil, if it. bee.iiuos a law, will s.'.v
s.j'i.i i'oij a year. I r r f.r a moment,
to call attention p k pc- I tie' ou'rag-oiis
exj-cudltures eeto.rc'ed witii that I'. parf
m. nt. In ti I'a-' -am;: , p Idy di-tti t. nt
Ivi-tport, "daii.e, the wbi'Ie m;.ou:,l of rc v
it.ii" collected f.r the year ending .1. in-lx-
7, was ? I l.'Js.i .; ;, and t!e: e
f-el.s.; 0 e 'ii. '.ting wa s-'gj .;.".7 7 1 ; un l
r in'ti'ii n en ware T..ph .y-l t- collect
el ,ot 0(f r.M nue. In J'tetj' hrian's l av
district, it Kilsw
1"'., r.i 1 tl e cs:. 1
rth, tl
J'V
li.et. J !..,t
o.lg O'I ; ;,j,d
S'-s w rr
it took t-ri men to
f--t, in Ma
; and :t co.-t 7
It.eri to C' lle.-t $P.
oellert the e'.'ob At
1-, - ! C 'lleet.-d f lo't
;. '".t r-r. I t-.ok eight
. '.' he e are -ami c ?.
At J' rfsm..uth, N.w
c nue e li-.-to 1 was
Ihmj -hire, th : r t-
'' ; 'he dpt.-
1 f collection was $ Ph'.'- I .and tw. i.t;
or..; ijj u d- r.j.J..v.d to make tie? Col
lection. Al Jiuriingt'.n, crmont, th.- p v
f title vs v'.ol 7o; tie. txjtfj.se ef cd
P'.,"-'". 17, and thirty throe men were em
j love 1 to collect it. "At Marhh le ad. .M.a--sachu-.tt.v
the revenue w..s lu.Vi ' ."; the
exjon-e f cjlh-cting it ?'2 M ','- h7, and
nine men were (mj.cyel to collect it. At
Plymouth, iu Mas-re Lu-t t's, the revenue
eo'locte- J wa? ?'".' Yl ; the exj-n-o of
collection was fo.'JP'.o. and -ix m n wre
employed to make the Collection At Parn-
-'-ill-, Ma-a'-hu-ttts, the revenue collected,
vr-s I , IvJ 7." ; the exf-en-'; of collection
.?J l,!o; jof r;e idc'-tteti ne n wore-em-
jloyel t tnaicc the collection. At Nan.
tucket, Mas-achusotts, the revenue cjllected
was i'.Cj ! ; the e-xjn-o f collecting it
was t- 'S-i t , itd three men wr.sei
r-d in the collection. At N-jw Ixindou, in
Corxeeficut, the re venue colleet-d was
-j-j:; ; the eo-t of cdhctir g it was $,-
ed in its collection. At Cape mceiit, N.
,
j the
the revennel collected was ?:!,01-i 12 ;
co-t cf c.llectirg it .s7,PJj b7, atd