In some cases. not silentlyr but upon discussion. Congress have gone the length of making appropriations to aid destitute foreigners and cities laboring under severe calamitiesWill the Senator from Texas point out among the specific grants of the Constitution the one under which appropriations of that sort can be made? as in the relief of the St. Domingo refugees in 1794I believe George Washington was President in 1794 and he signed the bill. and if I err I happen to be in the best company in the world. with George Washington and his Secretary of State. Jefferson. and with Mr. Monroe. and. as I will show. with that other great leader of the Democracy. Andrew Jackson. He gives instances as follows: As in the relief of the St. Domingo refugees in 1794. and the citizens of Venezuela. who suffered from an earthquake in 1812. An illustration equally forcible of a domestic character is in the bounty given in the codfisheries. which was strenuously resisted on constitutional grounds in 1792I believe Washington was President thenbut which still maintains its place in the statutebook of the United States. As Washington said by his approval of that bill. and as our predecessors and we ourselves. by allowing the act to remain on the statutebook. assert that we may pay bounties to codfisheries.
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