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tw 3 < ity ;nil 1 iaii sfr jni lair.h an J c<u s -
. tains.
The account will then stand thus:
Means—■ I
RaanhiJer of the sur
plus ’ $3,033,033
fir use of Mi it,
aJr on Ist January last, 5,090,000
Il ■turned fro n banks, 1,(>70,000
Ih’jiii lan Is and customs 23,999,039
Maki i'< abrogate of $35,670,090
.Liabilities-- i
I ’.) n’th instalment to I he
States, . _ 9,000,000
Appropriations for 1837,32,7 >3/39)
M iking an aggregate ofs 11,733,033
1
Th? ex • 'S io m ind numbers h.
six htilii >as u lillirs. Now, th *ar •
g i a;mt. of t i' gentleman from Fcn
nessee void 1 aid the five millions in
fie hands of di.sbi *d ig o Viners to
fi' m”aas of the Freasury already
on i aerate 1, and increase teem to
fbrty mliiois. 3it all the possible
source of revenue have already been
priced in the account, & the money
in the ha ids of disbursing officers,
' instead of sc’e-oZ/zTg the amount, only
jr.k’A? it is —As well might the gen
tlemen a1 1 to th? means oi tne
Treasury the funds in the hands of
collectors, receivers, and the offi
cers. of the Mint, and the whole
amount to the credit of the Treasu
rer in the deposits banks. Tne
truth is, that the aggregate means of
the Freasury is one thing, and the
manner in which they are kept or
disbursed is another. The one gives
you the whole amount of revenue,
the other tells how it is f//yp9>«7
But the go itlemen from Tennessee
c j.nnlaiu ’ of the extravagant expen
diture of thirty-two millions for the
present yea’’. He has been req ie»-
t id by the gentl-mien from South
Carolina (Mr. Pickens) to bring in
his bill to repeal the objectiona de
t >rms. The requ ?s* is reasonable.
Does the gentleman from Fennessec
expect, by a general denunciation of
those appropriations, to alter the da
ta upon which the income and ex
penditure of the Government are
founded, and thereby to lessen the
acknowledged deficit of six millions?
The Secretary, in obedience to a
call from the House, has already sia
ted that an exact and scrupelous in
vestigation has been in relation to
such appropriations, the execution,
of which might, consistently with the
public interests, be deferred until the
ensuing rear, and the amount thin
deferred is fifteen or sixteen milli itb
of dollars, leaving the necessary ami
i dispensable expenditures ol ih >
present year, as stated in les rep >rt
ihirtv-two millions, and the out tan
ding appropriations sixteen milk ms.
It has already been shown by the
gendeman from North Carolina (Mr.
Mckay) that the increased ai.ioimt
of expenditure oi the present year is
owing maiulv to extra irdinarv, 'mt,
necessaay, objects of appropu itiou:
such as tiie Fiori la war, th * increase
of tiie pe >s;on list, and the execu
tion of treaties with various tribes oi
Indians, among which is a treaty
withtuc Cherokees which will prob
ably demand, within the present v ear
one millift .i of dollars, Ihe gentle
man from p.cmis vlvania (Mr. Biddle)
I. is taken o.x’asih xi to strike this item
from the list, upofi the ground that
it is appropriated i oi‘ tm* last, not
the present \ ear. vAiiy, sir, dot's
not that gentleman pt'revive t;iat it
matters not when the appropriation
was made, so far as the a igmneat is
concerned? It is not the /< ’ ,:i r/ ?-
i,ropria!ion, butotej i’U /// <> i - I i,; ‘
appropriations inav have been :i ’*-'- * c
one, two, or four years back; . il
their execution fall upon the pro <' n
rear, they are properly charge.ib
to it. — Fhe gentleman from Ten.i •■.-
see who, on this occasion, stands'
lorth the advocate of ret reach lueiit.
will not reduce even th • bads ot cal
culation, until he ca i lay hi- finger
upon the ite as, ami embody them
ia the form of a bill, tor their repe d.
Vague surmises of pro ligalit c ii an
Administration are al all times insuf
ficient a-* a basis of legidath e action,
thev art' peculiar) so aftt r ’an exact
ar.d scrupulous in\estigation'’ into
objects that mav b • dispensed with
b) the officer cha ge l with the in-
quire. M ich, iTm, as the gentle-i
iiioa from Fea.; tsso in i u.l r.i re-':
trenchment as -a i arg i a -at to sit *.v
the ability of tne G ? cr.i ni.it to
meet its necessary ex >.■ i htures, &,
consequent!v, to I efeat tae passag *?
of this bin, la i )t; 11 lc Ita V t lej
lines of a strong lecess ty are Ira.vni
around the thirt c-t .v ) nidio is a ugii-i
e l for the present year, &that reform;
will be driven to the d ‘id of outstan-|
l.i ig an > ‘ ipriati) i t > -i; it hir b it-;
’l*".’ Ii such a full, neither her
'■alar ns, her victarmis si ) its, uor
! m-r ai ig graa is, will a feet the 'X-
Lgues of th ‘ pre amt. mo neat.
; r ley meet as ev..-ry vh ir * ia a u>rm
I that no.i-e can palliate ir deny; and
) it is our d itv t > the «'oastituti m and
to the country, to meet them by a
rpr > n >t >p di-.-.itio i of the revenues
iy‘t i;i o i.’u 11 h. Bi:, Ir Chair
! m i i, it aas a;ai i a.i I ajjaia bee i r ■-
, iterate 1 ii le».i**, by g'.itien a
wao h ive o > >os • 1 tai- >ib, th i ! ih ■
, lepositeaci >: J i i ; 13 : i va-. ac> a
pact with the dtatewm fithis 3a.-
ern ne it i> bound t> f illi;. th to igh
I repu Late tle I > tria * of 1 *gi da
tive contracts, x- ‘Via cas *s waere
it is expre-.-ly s> t'. )il ated oi th--
. sac •of ide act i -.eh’, >r vests tiie
rights o. p; o >eri v »y gr it, yet 5 an
;• willing, for the sate of the argu ne .t
.to consi ler it i co n >act. i a lopt
. the fun la neatal rule in aste l upon
by all who have argu d this question
, —the iuteati m )f the cantra-tin »•
p irties. ut S iisistthit the act of
. Ji in was fo;in I• I ip ) i the >de iof
. a s irpl is bevoa I th' w i its oi tie
Hover am ■ it. Th * Con si vvh.ch
passed the art inlen ! (! a.ilv a deno
site oi a surplus revenue. The slates
inCnded {o re civ ■ it mlv as a sur
plus. This feat ire is I.n )■ I on
th *a< t its hist >ry--bc ‘ ie I di
ra'inn oi niiv of th v> > > t>s d
it, often rep ‘ve > > i f hi -d ’ ‘4
belr.'ve in *, .h \ mrie <: 9 »■ *
consi liritia no am i;i ;no t a
sot'llfr* annum, reg.. l!‘-;s > Hi
wa it <of ■h ' 1 r *asu.n , it i> -1
■as a tri is er of th p . die lrci"iir •
Iro n the >aaks t i *h • V <t *s, as b-e-
I ing after depositories of so large a.i
, amount of the public money. Con
tracts are made ia r•! -r • ire to the
existing slat •of th: lopt Fnal ■•! ite
of things, in this iast i.ico, is t ie ex
iist'ieeofa surplus i i the Freasiin
during the whole Ii ne of th * ex ca
tion of the act itself. > it 'ir, the
surplus is gone, ami the obligation
to deposite must go wila it. Fiiere
| is no proposition more fixed than
that the revenue of this t Govern nent
is first to be applied to its ordiaan
ooeratioas. It was coil etc Ii >r tai'
p irpos •, an I w<‘ arc forbid leu to
nuke aas ’h»*r disp isilioti o it
whilst the Fr as ir. is uaa'le to nr*-t
the dcmaii Is created upon it by la.v.
)tiier gvntlcmen have varied the
form of the argument. It i' •'ai>* the
deposite act wis a promise given A.
accepted. 1 grant it. !> r imt im
<'O uhti lii dlv given or accepted, b
’ has,- at ail . i i subj ct t » In-
lele it.'d >» ne c mti ig ic\ whica
; has .dreatfy ha >pe i I > ad h-
ciencv ot th.* revenue .o meet the
wants oi the (> >vern:nent. ihe
gciitlemm from Ohio (Mr. Loomis)
d. minds, lor Slate, payment of the
fourth instalment, i i or ler t tat she
may carry mil ncr >te n of poiicx
in regar ll> e I icatio i tie req i.res
tiie money of the People raise I for
the use oi this (iovermm'nt, to be
paid to Ins State lorih ■ purpo- *s ot
education. ilc expects it un ler the
promise. Suppose we giv ■it to
him. What shall we -Io to defray
the current expenses of this (G >vern
ment’ We are told bv oth us to is
sue Frvasurv notes. I best notes
must be naid. \u !bv who a, sir?
Fite burden must f;di most licavih
upon that section which pass th-"
m ist taxes. \ i I th <t is pre is iy
y the section, ?1 '. .iairmi.i, wh » ■
interests I am sent here to defen I.
}t '> no le -' han a prop > sit ion I > tax
th ’ eolto . iie| Is a . I > ig ir ’ laat i
timH vt u s » tin, v > tmr is o- tae
i >o i. < o: in • oort. i i >1 ?hi >i i the
io art n i X'l i. ant, t > ear v oit tit r
system i's po.icv. i.\ ih»' pt > msi
lion ;s no. o \ at \ ir wan tu* Con
stitution, v{: h hnbib y >i to tax
P 1 ' -
1 • •
but it i< odijiis ior its i..< inality. it
is one to which I cannot, and willl
not, acc ■ .he.
But, sir, another docafine .nore in
defensible than ail oliiers, set up i i
relation to the surplus revenue, is,
th it th • money r already on deposite
, with the States. Fn; 1 u iderstand.
Ito be tae position as-, i ne.l >y the
* gentlemaa from Kenaucxy, (Mr.
i uxaa rw oo i>.)
; [ lore Mr. Uxde iwood sail that
he Hau remarked tn .t altho ig i the
i states di 1 not, or coal I a >t, n ive
lan absolute titleto the so irt i i istai-
I meat, yet they had an equitaoio ti
' de to it.j
i
9 The <pmtie na i’ss 4 t ; one t c v-r.*s-
Inoi Is ivith nv recjl ect on. The
1 i a”gu neat is 4xl the same. ’xen
’ tiicky he! Is, i i c >mm > i wim the jih
' e‘ vlit.es, the bond of ini; Give i-
1 n '.it, weich i- die a 9 of i ’ 3. f >
1 pay the fourt’i m -tai mmt. b i a
‘ 1. redoe ned by pa. ne it, th- t. . of
ih* States to the money mil »
’ c> el.if.*. Sir, this is i i e.Tecc i .■
*av > val o: tie principle oi di-tri >u
ti >ii. I kno v the doctii ie is open-
Slv avowed. Ii I thi.s principle been
as-cited either in the at of leposife,
' c* bv those who broug it ii forward,
1 t ie nark of the iir.-,t inur h rer wo d i
have heeiista nped upon t.s turehea 1.
■ Lverv man’s hand would have been
1 igainst it. Fhc act purports upon
1 its lace to be a deposite act. Il i
the fi'st rule oi c<) istr.ic’io i ’hit "/ io.
are not allowe-1 to mt er pre iha'
' which hai no ne -d d nd er or elation.”
File gentleman from Kentucxy,
1 versed .as he is m legal learning, can
and no rule in the books, by which
* u is aiitho ized to construe a loan
f n a I rm of years, or at will, to a gilt
1 i i tee simple, it would b > directly
ii the teeth of the iustrument, and
* i : ii ig<* the o mdati m> o all h i uac
..i-'r io neats. Bat if the act it sek
c»il ■n is sic i a i i iterp ’etati) i,
1 ■* 1 laliv strong is the argument fro n
I ie < ertifncales of tile states, plight
ing theif faith upon the face o' th >se
jmar.in.mts to payin' amounts re
’lccived aceors.iing l ) the terms pre ■
scribe I in the depo it act. It any'
jargu.ne.it could be a Iduced stronger
j dian another to jnai y this :i)vcrn
ie.it in withho «i >gt i ■ fourth instal
n • it, it .va ii 1 > ■ 1 i - lit to con-
.• ive one m ) * "O ia i this assurnp-
'i'. 1
h >:i o.i tne j/art oi me tales. I hey
reno m e the trea - * > I i as their
' obligations are co.cc;n*d. and yet
claim its exc ut on as t > >:r s ’dven
Hil the deposite atw re form a
treaty between th ■ » w -r.i ne it of
th-' f .S. ol tin* o. e <ii ’, aid the i C'-
peclice iates »i m. o’ii r part,
1 sig (-I md "oa! d l>\ their mutual
: »! ii mien iaries. ia itie • by their
r spective sovreigns, a re imciation
bv o.ie , <ar» x would justly : >c a : en'in
-Ici ition on tlie part ot the )tliei. Re-
I mu ice -> treatv, a m \at clai n its
| .iilid.un nd I ask fortha* uart oi the
' la's oi nature and ol nations which
smclioii" sucn a pri i.iple!—*ir, 1
h ive ill is ar treated the art of .lune,
I s.}6, j, a compact, a .d aU. m »trd
to shovV that, accordm ; to i v.-ry
rule of constriKticn, this Govern
ment is not bound further to exc
cute the agreement, i sli t I now
' consi h rit as a tmire act of h gi-lt
t ion which t ns Legi bat nr' k c >m ic
tent to repeal. ill • dociri ie of
vested rights under 1 gislative en
actments, or of property in the la \ s,
his already a--s mi -d a >o tentious
,o met, and threatens, u.ilrs - speedi
ly ch eked, 1 > bin ’ one se lion ol
' the Uni >.i to tae car ol t i • odi r, to
prostrate the dearest lignts ol tne
People, under the tread ot priviieg
e I monJpoli. s, and to chain swwe'--
diag generations t > the crim*' am!
errors of th * present. It is \ ir
tue of this doctrioi . 'ir, tint the ag
iic'ihural an 1 cons im ig 'ta’es ot
thi ,I'ii m ar • h u I t > a t.' i ’» nr-.'
ter n of serve e to the n i m act iimig.
Fvery e lort winch ii t' b -en m i le t >
ch ingc this state o inmg' his lie n
’ met bv a ciurge o ; \i >! ition of tin*
c >mpr ine »13 >2. ior live \ ears
I u > i t>) keep
the laitn an i i .t dth i obligations oi
i!i .t a t. bx su initting to a 'l'lrin
of iax eioa wbicn draws fr > n the
p >ck't" of tii ■ P ip' ‘ more rmmci
than i- de na.i led bv the nec ssities
of tii ■ (G >ve" im • ii, an I I hat, tn >, in
a ma.me? marked by the moA odi i
ous riequality and hijustice. on
ca i k 's> a aw wh.di may, in any
degree, ii ci tne interests or pur
suits o any in livid lais, or class of in
dividuals, without a ciaim upon the
Government of establishing, or a
charge against it of infringing, vested
ng its. It is an inadmissiole idea
that laws are co itr ic’s with those who
are benefited by them. From the
lavs of Cicero lo Blackstone, and
from that to the present, it has been
an axiom in p ilitics that one Legisla-
Iture is competeat t > repeal tie acts
■o’ another. 1 will not deny that
(there arc cases in which a Legisla-
I titre may vest rights wiiic i a succee
dingbo ly cannot divest. Those ca
ses depend upon the authority oi tne
Legislature to enter into the bargain
aid it m i d clearly a ipear upo ■' the
face of in * law, that it was cousi ler
t*d by both par.iesas a contract, irre
pea'abl i b if bv the cons mt ofboth.
Is the f mrih iostalmeut a ca-e of this
ki ii? - ocs it or nan exception to
■ si • general law of legislative repeal?
i tnink not Litiiehr.4 place, Con
gress has o authority to borrow mo
ney, or lax the People to place on
deposit ? with the & ahis, when n t
demanded by the wants oi the Gov
ernment. Li th * second, there are
no words i nplviiig a compact on die
face or m the terms of the ait. —The
ordinance of 1787, in relation to the
X irtiiwast territi.ry, is an instance of
compact; il is s > expressed ia the law.
It i-. of so here; x i it were it would
> void as being vith >it authority.
For tiiese reasons, »1 ’. Cnairmaa,
1 .i n in in savor of withnoldmg the
fourth instalment iro n ide States.
Uenorteil for the ii 'llioi >re .laierican.
t.xsiXMi:,
huksday, October 12.
TEX
?»Ir. ‘Vcbsler rose «*» .1 number of peli-
t >ti> wiHdi : e b >d receivvd front various parts
of he northern and Baslei n States, rtfmoti
riu."o t-fiitisi the admission of I'exas into
tne Union. It was n>u In- origin il intention,
if s-iid, io have preseitl- d those pctiUons at
this session, hut as a correbpondonce between
the i vo governmenls had been published, the
t-uoj'ici was now properly before the couniry.
bankrupt law.
Mr. Grundy moved t » dt.seli the Com
uiitiee on the j idmiarv fmm the further con
'i i"r lion ot in .» Htre. of t nvss of ne !
Pr ■snieni oi too U o S' ib-s, winch relates '
io ihi’ 'ti j ol a B lukrup. I i .v.
Mr l> n >n made :,ome remarks which oc
cupied a < oustu-r i pntof me morui io, m I
which no advocated the passage of a B mkrupl I
lew. I
Tne subject was then p issed over by "en- I
ei I consent.
AL A .ite subirii ted a r.'so!n! on, which lies’
on the t ible one day, ealhno on tne President I
ot tip’ Uured St„!es tm mini in itiun as to the
t’li-i Wi.-iiiei i B anl ol ComiHissioi eis had
liei (• ippn n’cil under the Choctaw I’rea’V, !
and I a! .ii oceedinos w inch had taken place I
1 i
mid r to > commission.
Xlr .' xn imi - timi' ed a resol ition calling ;
,m he S<i iiy oi tr lor iforinm misto ■
wn it nab been done, un ler die provisions ol
ibe Cherok'-e > rca y ol 1835.
Mr Wall su .muled the resolution, to print •
an < xli > iivrn er of the bills and rnsoluiions i
of me Seitan'.
A bill io authorise merchandise be depo
si ej m the public ■■lores, and tor oilier pur
t , isos w is re <d <i third tim< and passed.
\ hill to revoke die t biU r> of ilie Bi ik m
t ir Disli icl o| Columbia .v .s read a third ; i u •
amt p i-se<J, the ill le havi been < h m_»< d to
r ,..,d —"a hill to reouljtu the curierny of the
District of CooimDl i.”
A hill tor the relief of 1) M idison was na I
a mird line
I ne S iiate th-n werp m’o the considera
Hon of ijxeCU ive b ispie->s, an l adjourned.
HOUSE OF 111.. iIESEXTA IIV I.S.
October 12.
On have Mr (Garland, <>’ Va., offer ria
r -.0l iiioii. c.illpio on itie eerelary ol the
I'r. as ir. m icpor to the il .use, at the next j
Se->n>ri, a sian m ml ol all the. salaries ol me I
i.tT ent Uoliecmis ami U.eeeiv< rs »f the p ib
le money, toil '.ie 10-S 's he.etoloic
by me ii, wm< h w is .-pJopie l.
EI.OoIJV WAR.
The re-oi'itton I r an inquiry into the con-■
iiet o' t/ie Florida War, wis taken up, and
• Ir. H’K ivm id - -.mn • re ri irks m snpnort of,
m- tnuiioii to p s pon'- Hie wnule su ject until
i) tem next, Hiou2" ie would tlien be pi
l ( vor ot io itiv> sio I'ton. Ihe d> bate was ■
iitmed by \lessm ti > id, McKay, Heed,
\\ htulesf y, and Ail su |i|» 'rd, when, without j
a.. _i !•.<• q .estion, tne ii hiss proceeded to
h • order ol tne da}.
IHvoRCE BILL.
1 II > i-e went mto Committee on the!
Bit: »n ii i y<• ill* d me Divorce Bill,
Air II ne' oi Georgia, spoke at l- nilth tn'
an uior. of me mil, , , i Air Calhoun ot M .ss.
md Air P ipe agiui-'t it.
C >.r \‘O.-idence of tne S mihern Patriot.
W ASill\G I ON, Oct 15. ’
I e Bid' w p'oi hive pis-..f are surno <> I
>i u I 2. - ' it m>ne;t —m wi ; the appropn j
ai-uri .or prusecu t .. 0 the war tn Florida, and '
ex*cn(lin<’ the time nn ’Mer yat'ts’ B n ds. &r. ,
—m l s>!-o fur .-e D-p isite P;mk... w::.ich
mus'" past on I'be only tinne i have
m r>'.eret is, that he great leading measure,
rhe Divorce Bill, sfiould have failed.
There was a Resolution introduced by Mr.
S mibard, in rel pion to the Navy Perrsion
Fond, (bar requires lookimi mto. The im
mense fund has tm nearly exhausted, thro*
me lo >se tn >de of legislating at late hours of
1 a session, at its immediate close. When the
i I infni ination comes from the Navy Depart*
i men>, the nation will be astonished at the
’ ! 'ti_'hifol accumulation of pensioners, many of
I .vliorn deserve nothing , but merely take the
me-ms Ir <m those who ought to have tlp-nr,
; The II ou-e also set onul a late ho »r, and
t was the scene of proceedings by no means
ealculaled to inspire respect to the minds of
the people tm their representatives.
M Adams, Air Wise and Mr Johnson,
n d * the m >s' foolish a d r*'di<-ulous charges
? ail i tist the S-'ci'’tar> of'he Treasury, charg.
jme imn WI h Ittemptmg to deceive, them in
relamm m paying 'hem tn specie. The whole
object of these gentlemen appeared to me to
be a mere etnb irrassmetif of ihe business,
mini Vir. Cambr.-leng appe red worn out and
i ’i'gusled >tfh their proceedings.
I
WA-HI XG TON, Oct 11.
In the S nafe, to day, me bill authorising
: he deposite of merchandize in the public
i s.mes, was read a third time and pass* d. The
i uh gran uig tdd mm,l credit on rnerctr nits’
bonds, >s received bom me House, with
mimidnen'-. 1 was !-id outlie . a i>le until
to m irr >w. The hill ,<■ rel ti m .<> tn> b inks
J e Dust .< tol C-.i ,mbia was n t .Ren up,
amid'ter a long and d.'-<ila>r> d male, and se*
j ver I t fl’ectu H motions m po-tpinte >hat part
’ ,t' elation, m the is>ue <>t *mall notes
by individuals was adopted, and the bill order-
• ed !■> i third reading. Tne debate on this
odi w.,,0f much imerest. The necessity of
a new ba■ ki g system for tiie dts'rict was en
b>r d .Hid it was intt naied that at the next
se-sion -ueh a sys m Would be brought for
ward Ah i| <>t much m erest, in relaiion to
Ali.s Hadis n va" miroduced by unanimous
consent. 1 is tin nd d <> cmivev to Mrs. M.
pin r ght to publish Air. Madison’s works m
foreign co mines, the act of la-t sessioi having
hem cousifued so as to take away ims rigid.
(dlobe.
Jockson .Money vs. Whig .Money. _p,ip er
i.tmiey s liegimmig to lie r ghJy appreciated,
i and tn sm> us are gelling to u ’deisiatid that
■ ii i- n a ex i< Iy tin' "consulunoiial chrieney,”
’although th umk d ctors hav< labored hard'
to uouvmc.’ us th.li ii vv > ; md that i: was
■ actually better than silv rm I g ilj. We fool
ish fellows who prefer ibe n ird money over
Hauk pap’T are increasing in irmib- rs, and
fr tn pres.m: appearances, N.ek Biddle and
the l> mk doctors will be the only peisorjs wh.<>
will give pip* r a preference over com Much
r i- thus wortmes di-like gold md snvm, lltey
r lu<e o re cem their promises with what
I limy have on hand. The ‘ gold humbug,” as
I Hie hanki es called n. is a very iLff ie.i aifitr
num the “paper binding!” The Jackson
1 > urreii y is better e rreitcv than ,\ick Biddle
i cmreu y. The d<*niocrati<* doctrine on this
-übjei'i is I) Her lhaii tiie whig doctime, and
tha people will also cinders' and it.
fla> tf> d t'imes.
f rom Ihe. Siulhern limner.
HON. vtR. DXWSON.
VV <• obs. rve m.t o i lie r> senfalive ’he
II >n W.C Di c -mu, ha »<m J> t vored m make
hens l| mns m-mon' <> hi ig (’ie la<e s< -simi of
I (>m>_ness. > v speaking ip m various .■» ih|ee;s«
Ipmi some of wI ch Im orofes'.ed num |.f.;o’-
rance. Xo o.ie ,h (| > mill d *iil> be extrme
< andor <>t this g-milem m, can for a mo uent
do ibt ili it his if.-claraHons of ignorance .ire
sin< ere ; biiitm ty p izzi «o<u.- of them to
conjecHiie why n is, .pa- he should s-lect
such subje’ls as so mdaf, ms fn ms spi eclies.
Some p. rson. ( M , believe i. Di . Johnson)
o.icc said, hai me best w< l y to become ac*
q iin’ed wi h any science which one does not
uiiders and, is m wnie up mp ; , l(l d n , na y
b ‘ i’os-ibl,. ihai mir repre-eu alive, ac’mg mmn
this Migge-mm, d. icrmiiied i o leant fiaam ter
ing by spe wing on the subject. Tbi' is die
nio-i cli trilaiile concliisiou we have been abfe
to arrive in ; but ihough ihe objec mav l>e
I mdable, we <• an hardly believe ihat his <'Oii»
slim.nts will thank um lor i ousiiinmg the lime
of the i loose U nd addmg to the expenses of
tile (invert mein, mes. Iv tm the purpose of
g lining information m hiui'elf, w t , h he shuald
h. iqmrcd b. fore he left Imme. W hen
clihdr ngo Hi school, their p re.ms <>r guar
dians are exoecred ■<> pay something for their
miHou ; and it is Just as r as n dde thal igno»
ia. i II preseu a v. s lo C m. r ss, s|» . ild t, o
i. ■<• ed al Ineir own, tnsiead O | tiie puhhc
exi'eiKP.
Mr. Diwson di I not understand the report
<d' Hie Secretary of the Treasury —he did n >t
know Hiai i>.lances of un xpen led appropria
tion* stiff r m iming in ihe Treasury, were not
•ivad ktifx for miler |> n pines—md hi* therefore
in reduced a bdi to my over lime mdli a W of
nils money m the Spates! This s.*ge fium.
■ ier arid profound statesman, however, afer
oemg enlightened by some of | tH wing asso
ciates, wiihdr w bis proposition, md the pen.
pie of Georgia ate therefore dcpiived ul a
portion of Hie mtell •ciual repasi winch tug
sublime genius wo dd have prepared for di' irj.
How m icii diey hive lost, we are utiablt io
! ealcul He—pernaps ab im is m ich ns titty
g lined tn .sending such a loell informed geu<le»
man to Congre'S.
Vf'er all, we Ii ive i kmd'y feeling for iha
\dm rd. 1 here are many good points about
j him —he has "done Hie S' tie some • rvice”
nd if he would study ms d ries a lii’le
i more during me ieces> s> as no m ka
i nimself qin *o ridemf ms m Cong s and
I once tn a while duff the opposition culmr and