Speech of Hon. John M. Clayton, of Delaware, on the Veto Message of the President, on the Bill for the Benefit of the Indigent Insane

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Excerpt from Speech of Hon. John M. Clayton, of Delaware, on the Veto Message of the President, on the Bill for the Benefit of the Indigent Insane: In the Senate of the United States, June 15, 1854It is quite clear than that the exclusive applica tion of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, to expenses of the Federal Government, if it should cause, as the Senator says, the necessary diminution of taxation, by which he means duties on imports, may produce very une ual e¿'ects upon t e States of this Union, and e injuries thus in¿icted upon some may be destructive to them while it ma be by no means so severely felt by others. It as been said that if the pro ceeds of the sales of the public lands had been properly husbanded, and they were all new care fully applied to the ordinary expenses of the Gov ernment, if the wasteful system of donations had never been introduced, and the funds had been economically protected and ap lied, they would now pay the ex enses of a tru y economical ad ministration of t e Government without resorting to the customs. Lbe this as it may, it will at least be admitted by all, 'they would materially reduce the amount necessary to be collected for the ordinary ex enses of Government, so that if duties on im po ts were laid onl for revenue, the tarid' would be so much loweredt at no essential rotection could be derived from it on an arti e of American growth or manufacture. Ith'five per cent. Duties assessed on a fore' n valuation, what would be come at once.of t a coal and iron interest of Penns lvania, or the sugar of Louisiana, or the manu ctures of the northern and middle States generally? Any man can thus see the utter fal acy of the argument of the honorable Senator when he assumes it as a postulate not to be denied him, that, by applying the avails of the public lands exclusively o the expenses of Government.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.