Littleton Dennis Teackle to James Madison, July 13, 1834.
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- Government, Law, and Military
Political offices - U.S. President
Annapolis, Feby 13, 1834
Dear Sir,
I take the liberty of handing to you a plan for adjusting the "vexed question" which is now pending in the Congress of the United States - Although toto caelo1 adverse to the Origination of such a system yet as the concession has been made, and the best interests of the Country have, in a measure, been committed to a corporation, by the means of which two thirds of the National Legislature may be coerced to a virtual perpetuation of its power, I have thought that it might be prudent to adopt a course by which a further accumulation of distress might be abated, and the cause of the evil be abated, progressively, until its final extinguishment. I have endeavoured to avoid objections on the score of constitutionality, and so to construct the scheme that it conduce to the common good. It conceived that its operations would produce immediate relief, that it would yield to the private stockholders fair returns of profits until the full reimbursement of their capital, and that, in addition to dividends in aid of the General Treasury, the revenues of the Several States would be augmented by it to a very beneficial extent.
With particular consideration and respect
I am, Dear Sir, your very obedient servant,
To James Madison, Esq., President &c &c &c
Teackle, L.D.
July 13, 1834