Western Statesman, Volume 2, Number 47, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 3 February 1832 — Page 1
"THE CONSTITUTIONWISDOM, JUSTICE, MODERATION." LAWIMSXCEBUKGII, IXDIAXA; FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1882.
rr.ivri n v: rrm iuin ay :.mTo. gi:f.gg coiiNEtt of nn;:t axd siiopt street..
whirl, have been dcvi.ed in the short terra of j They will S,y that they have no direct inter- on which the Government" ha. proceeded, tWUii One rati or "the nSCCrtlinmcni of the tifleei. years the Government ha. Pa,d nearly est in the expenditure, for the Navy, the For-! the act of CWr... of th. ith of J,e. V. ? PCral,r' tJ ? ertanirncnt ol the
no humlrea million? c.t principal and about tification.. nor ereu tin. Arm. ih, ... ,.,,i ! ,i ...... . .' . ,, '.. . UuC8 well lis inCuUIy 10 ue paiQ OFl
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OM. RS AXD UK TV CEXTSp-r year, pay mi the - ir: hut ma. he ilichariri'il Ity the pav-
TWO VKU.I.AUS in advance, l ime niunil.s co:a:n. a"i . ir'iii wiil licalluwLiI for advance lwliii rrceivj tlicir ps;rr. by private jro.i miit jjstaji', or it will ! added tu ilmr au'isertp
V'i ;ii;i!-r will lie tlir-ntui;eil until all arreM-atres arc I . ii m U-- at the titni'i nt' iHt Kdito.-) ; ami a iaiitt'' 7 a ilncojiiiiiiiaiici' at 'he end of tin time iu!ihrtl, will he cnn-odcred a new enn:rnic-nt. t mo-i-i io tilt l-'.titui- mint Ik- pu paid. Tj" Al) V Kit IIS KM F.N IS inserted at the lal rates.
an equal sum ofiriterest, leaving tho.mall remnant behind of twcnt-four millions.
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nbsorbant. of the public trea.ure. That thev ' been mUlu. k. ic . :. the goods. If it be said that we n:is;ht
are not indifferent, indeed. In th f..t . uml ' Snei1i.r.. n..i:. 1 ir... . . i h.ive. in riilTi.rfrit nnrlt. difTrrfr-t niipc.
Of that rem .an , thirteen mil ion. consist of, prosperity of any part of ,,r common country, acknowledged by the fathers of the Free trade the answer is. that there could be no di-
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three per ceut. stock, created by the act ol
liUO, which the Government does not .land bound to redeem at any prescribed time, but which it may discharge whenever it suits its
onconver.rnce; ana when ,t H di.char?Cll,t! happiness of the most di.tant quarter of the for the first time. t.. originate one. should ig" countries frcm wl.ici v, e make our
T I 10 tU"""st,c " ey are not ...cr,u,ina.e hettvec-u the ohjecls of our own ! importation
, . " ' v, i-miuumt tu uiirreaiJi not tn- muuiirr, nnti Umte rrudticcd by forv ipiiers : tlm v ,1
t. d rrris ,i nan v nr lf.rf-. n-i h lp n.ri.tn. : ,,rf u i . . . . . w . : u.iv nv " it
wnine contrary, mat every portion ot the Re- church, in their late addrei., pron.iiirated, ,v er-itV "Teatcr than tint to v,-hic'l Vf puhl.ci. indirectly, at least, interested in the from Philadelphia, to the people of the Un ! V , ,8 f . P f , , , welfareofhewh.,le;andhatth,y ev. , sym-; iud States ?' If ive never' had a .y.te.n i of i i' ,rm,tilC tllt pathi.e in the distresses and rejoice in the foreign imposts, and weie now called upBn j Cing now made in all the ports of fore-
Ar.-l th.; it is better to
ovn, they may triumphantly and And is there uur dillVrcnce in its appli
t.t rv . . ti. T W ' ' .' ii vin it ,iui in unt:iivK (II ill ! I lilt ii l lilt. -,1,1-, rr of the i rcarury, that it would bo wise to proudly anneal to the raUa.it nart which ther h-tween th. , lil!r,l;n f a ' SP0n,bl- 10 1
j:OiRKgOATAIi. UEDUt TION OF OI T1ES. l.r.--vrr,Jis. 2), T!:1? foilowinj; resolution, submitted br Mr. Ci. a v o:i ?.Ioiulay last, being the speci i' order o'" f .' i 'tis takc'i u or .o. jC lietelitJ, T' at tiie exrtmg dutic? 't.n n articles iai;..irted lrom forcigti countrit-s, and not co;iii',:c' into ccmpclition iMth timil.ir arficles j .idc er produce! within t tic United State?, oi , ' t" he forthwith a!ioli!icd, except the duties ii per- wines an.', siik-i, and that those f i ' rcdn. vd - And t:. it tht Commitc - ' ' ! ' i c-. i to r . . : t a bill x ' ' : . . e ii ifjij. '-'r C. A v ' ' t i i", ) L;:: i :t. " ' ' -- , Mf r-: v-cli'. ' ' " " ' ' " c i , on .)'. v . .; ! icn ' ' ' ' . i ; t-. -. u ' ;. t- ' . ' - . . - . 1 I ; i-e " - ' i : i h.-i' :t t I - . . . r ' ' ; - ; ... n. - 1 ' " ' ' lost i.n-. :! v vitmr ex1 ' a around us. ; 1 . : v !,.tt on w l,i.h ' ' : - .'r - .I- r,i5ht he tr-atvd " ' '"r ' prv-eucs ai.i. .it- .. i !('.;. 1 have not :-. . n, '-u t i,-' ;. .t : ' n l o .tin'i - t v - i.si-
i .:l Y o fT :i t nrl; ill 1 1 i r 1 omii rtii I li.wis mi t i 1 1. n.T i f . ; u... : .. a L i .
T i , , , ,, , . ,1, "K' .tr, n.oi point to the Moody tern and the origination nfanew one? IIIioder, to biUthree per cent. w,th a capital J field. which .ame of tb.dr mo-t patriotic sons gentlemen of the South oppoR-d to ' the
-' i iiiiuii nil iiiiii iu i:ii rouirooii cansr. ni , lanB.
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,. i , , - - ' i( : " up roaimon caue. mil tuna, were t obtrn eomp etc pons. tiou biH v i .'.at'v- tc '.J. Uof the people two do lM to pay , , sentiments ought to be reciprocated by their ' ard thei.- i We. ,aj othtr .onle- . ' , . , tne,,andso.the.toe,holder. j Atlantic brethren. That these oshtnot ii If it ' e : ,im; ofhe art.cle. which i'CtC V' :tS' , '.l 1 he moral value ot the payment of a 1 be indifferent to the welfare of the e.t, and ! wonld Of thi. a,urc be liberated feo, du!:en 1 payment fit dnt'PS :nH to rrnf'r thet
iionai iieot, consists in tiie iiemon.tration ; that ther have .ho
-h!.h it aftord. of the ubiuty cf a cou.'t'. t f --tcf i:iteret lii
amc co'ila'eral
its SllCCCji
r. n:if. oy pcrsoni rvo Govcrnrner). ai
! 1 v ft nt' h::-l rhan b.T t:r : r-
rf, !: dir; aadcr r.o r :tl-
:at.;sc- tc
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u toiiaiiy true of uniform. It would be b i'fr, U not in-
aioi advance-' some of the articles remaining inhlrel to iln. : inrions to rninmprcfi. to abolish them al-
r.
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51 j ... rji ii.ii in ii fir.. inavil I oes lies. In th nrpmnl r.i(-,n-, i.,a f -.. i .1. . TV 1 ..., . ,
- ' " ' 6 v tOlTdllCI. illOW Wt ll'l.t LliU'lJ Itll" 11-"niunh I.. Knn.n ...I... . .. .. .1 : : 1 . . I .
c",u"l,,0 ivunoieasy 10 draw the sAs nf nl;t r.,A ,,n if,A .rrr.r, Inrtn fh-
gageincnn. lhat t.ie resource, of tin. coun-; not a-k internal improvements to be exclusive- : fort niwl
irt . incrcaiing ni it constantly is. m nonula- ! Iv e.o.ifined In ;ilf ... !... ; I i.-... i... . .
. . i ... . i , . - 5 ........... .v ...at in.uiv,iu imc L'tin mi I'jMriri nr,ii nceijriri . i Vfou J r . r i .1 i W;!3,!;h'.!;rC, i,htu:id3Illly i common with the rest of the Union, a practic- ' be di.licult to :,ke ti e people believe that l.n- tanCC of the foreign porf, and the r a-
"iwi ui.? mi.n nuiMi u.nf vi:i HUUI' hi i ;i iptiPir in in mi fn. i:l1 . : 1 . 1 ... . . I . v , .1 I t l t r-jii i!t r.
.i w vfiuj ivjiu lwiu uauu c h til ne.i ips iia tivurv. :irn hn fi : n Urt .i -1 h . I u l r t' i 1 1 c v: t ttuc. a . u viii.i v
interior co.iditon. I i. a necessary of life- rate RS 10 much capital on hicu I
I he appropriation of the proceeds of (he In .tiKinp ii .it th. tlutit. on the protected ! eirri merchant cart S0mct':'!s-S make e-
puouc iaiui, or a cons.
to that object, would 1 c
su: table (iisnosition . n
.hit t..:l mr,i,tro ,,.;ilv.,i..:.i. .j ' ' i- ! n n v ; net a i . , .... ..i: !.. : nrnrsil nrlvantaro afforded t:the Amer-
"in I'WILIIIIICU ilil'i 'il'fil- : ...-...v,.".-. tticuAt-.s.i; ;i lllli!IUi)U. 1 j. ...... ciio l to tome national r -rt oi- wcrthv of the I tiouately barthen.ome on nnv section of ibe i ican merchant. I behcve in r.nv JoreiCU
. contract, cannot be doubted. And its nunc
tuality and probity, from the period of the assumption, in KUO, of the debt of the HevolntuMi, down to the present time, rest upon a ' solid and incontestable foundation. The dtivcr, pc.-hurt, is net that it will not fairly :neit i.s tr.nrpements, but that frcm nn inor-
Oiri'. -vv:d i :r, 3'!i;5 troni temporary cau-
sof, u i i - bun-;
i ti.o proceeds of (he in ni-..inp n .it tti. tiutu. on the protected j eir-rt merchant can SOtnct:'!!-' lerabie portion of t,..m ; ' to b. retained, it has been far from j yrH a(JvcntureJ before e a mo.t natural tid '. ,liiVsh pi o elude inquiry into their ndequa-! , '.' . f ' Tt in.) I do hope, sir, that ' cy j. propriety. If it can be .down that, in j the UY Ol paymer.r. 1 I r
Op-
arnvrti el i" no rcci-
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icr-'d.t upon ite!f bv im- : ' ,- . iru.i, von- ' ""J u port. AI TTCSnaii prODQw iV iW0i ?ll OT , - S'"1 ' vi how itself to be. to all the mud nn'd reduction or modification. Tha system con-; r , . . . .... .t.. J ...... .' ii
i-cmrni;, w fo rriu-eut , . , . . , ' reuUCC Prf ally Hie uuut on iin r.i ui-iei f '.fk . ' ' ; '! ' lilies and tothatlatet. but maddc.t template, an adequate protection; beyond - ' ,., f . -r. , aair.,: ;u; , fiid.(tof u!i, recJmmeniied bj ,ht Secr.-!that it i. oetnecemry topo. Short of that, ! ported from beyond the (.ip 01 Good 1 '. .' " 1 . . .... i trwr oi i'r. Treasury for .ouandpriiie thn M,k. i its ousration wid h iniurion. to nil narties. Hope, Oil which the lonCCSt Credits are
c! t5:-H If
- e. -four millions
t lioi-u M!-- iue thirteen million irti .han two millions are
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cue, ar.,1 o: r:;! t pajablr within the present ycai. if to t:.- t sum . ad. vd the moiety which bcciT.ci '.ue eu the 31st oflecembr ; next i" the j l. !oi,7Q;. created by the a-.t of 'Jtith May, 15-M, we i atuhuta um of about lour ,:,iK;ir' nHii.h the putdic creditor can Ian -!.;',!i.l, or which t!ic Guvernmert t bc-:u,: to :j r. the cour.i- of tin. year. If in ; i.:, it can o--!y be .-'.one by anticpat:"t lhe ,.cri:-..s s.i' its paymei.t, and toin; into the ! .-i.c market tj purchase the toek. ( .in -t e -louhted that if you do so, the vij.lai.t hvider of t'.ie .o-k. tak'ry adf.tiitage of y ot.v anxiety, v. i!l demand a prea'tr mice than i'.s value.' Aliea-'v we ; ere -rive thnt tha
i::r.
.'.Mil t'-l-.t ; :- i itlemeu r i oose to arji'.c JVV" I'D t'.Oliht
ti.t.-e yv eeni-, l.avi ry ! e.-. ht r.i" -.'ii per . t ecu pay :m lit c!
li.iu re. naming of th. tu-.i, or threo y.T.r., is c I'll in t.. justify a tfl inco'iii tc; u.s.
r-, 'i in t l.c extraordmaei't. 'I'hc iiir.Vrein.-e bet' o incorisid; raii.'e ;.or-
pi.blit. debt, ir. on.., rta.uly not so iiiip..rrt t-il.ij.d.iy d.sadvM.l-
d. ' tiso;; lie ' an.i ti.
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acl, n. ; ; rot v. i s y our not r
tht-y do, I h
i"! parts tf r.iCM -iati-, memhrrs more
t::t thnn I i n w j:l he rt ady to ;Vnd ' ; ri if. My obit ct i-ow is to limit mj-
.lation of certain Titws and
; nncirli'i oniii'ci 1 v.it'i the j ree-it linau-c:-l or..'iti: 'i ef the country. V .:. .;:. .ii m,o:i of the state of the public rrtesn.e o .- i- coaie rece-r.'.ry ia coiisequeticc ' the :u.cr ajj ron. h of the entire extinction i f the ; i'i'.:c dei-t : :;nd I eonctir with you ir, i'i 1 i-., mv. that no .-eai..a could be more ap-;.-! ."""-t-; than tho pr. c:.t tsion of t'oiiur.-s
l: en :e, ivor to iraue a sat u.aclorv adiustuieiit of the 'I '.-.ri'.T. The pubi.e debt chie.'lv aro.-e : i ;:! ot the l;ttc war, ;':s'ly dcuaiiiinated the see. n 1 co:itet for National Indep.cndencc. An
n.rt.t.r.iy cuiicd the sinking fund act. assed ly i .icrefs near f.iteen yeais a-jo, v.ir.g f.r i'.r rc:;i.h-ir--iiicrit. That a t pr-par.'d and propo.r.l by a friend of' uud mine, whose j rciuature death vra i .?. n.eroli to !.i n.ltivt- Slate, !,f which
ho v.-r. cue cf it- hni;htet ornament., hut to t :. v. hole nation. No man, with whom I ever had the honor to be associated ia th." le;ilativc cotnioi'i, con, Lined more extensive and useful infoniiiitu-n, wi'ii more tiriuuess of :. idjiwct.t apd Mandne. of n:anticr, than did the lar.-.i nt. .' Mr. I.ewndes: and, when, in the rir:."ef life, by fho !i3nr!ialioii ofinallivi'c o ider.re, he was taken from us, hi, e-ot-.utry tad reason to anticipate the greatest 1 1- i iits from his wi-om and discretion. Iv that act, an anr.iu.1 aj-j'rop.riation of ten mill-, ions of dollar, was made toward the payment of the principal and li.tcrt st of the public drht ; and also any exu s w hieh mitfht yearlyhe in the TrniMirj , beyond two millions f dollar-, which it was thought prudent to reserve for unforeseen exigencies. Ihit this system ot regular cud periodical application ot public revenue to the payment of the public debt, would have been unavailing, it Congres- had neglected to provide the. ncccsiflry ways and mean?. Congress did not, : hoi. e ver, nepket the performance of that du-j t; P.y vaiiom act, and more especially hv ) . t.iritf ot l$:il the abused taritl of 1 S, t i 1' - hi: - cof ers were amply replenished, and s ' hten enabled to reach our present, eminence of financial propirity. ,fi .-n;res had thus abundantly provided ' i-. nod direetcil their -y s tenialical applica-, ' . o , the duty remaining to be performed by '. Executive was one .imply tnmiterial. : Av. I no Executive and no Administration can iunN claim for ittlf anj other merit in the di-iharpecf t!o- public dtht, than that of a i fail) t il execution of the laws. No other merit than tr.it --ioiilar one to which it is entitled for dircrtinrj a rep-ilar pavmeut of what i. ilue from time to time to the army and navy, or to th officer of the Civil Government for; their salaries. ! The operation of the .inking fond act com-riia-ii! ivil'i l!.c rn,Dii in iiiicrit of Mr. Monr?e. Adir.iiiistfat;...!. Iur:.ij its rrtntinunr.cr. of f iht ye.ir", o.ii.i;; t j tho emha rrasiiiei:t of th" Treai:ry, the ten millions wer. not iej,-idarly applied to the pay meiit nf the debt , and, upon tie termination nt that Ad-' n.ini'tr iti i'i, th- 'l'n .-;;ry tood hirje-ly in arre-.r to the rtt.kai fucd. liurini; thesuhep;i i t Admiiiistr-.tion of f.o.r j ears , not only A' a the till niiloot f.iilhf.illy applied diuin; t.t h c,!i. h it tl.o-c nrrc.irs wire liroimhl up r-.ri.l a ii pit t ions dcio iflit it made i;ooil. So thnt. when the prcstnt Vdmimttralioit hemi, i i mi iitunr iin.hr rf I nnl will ii fi lie. t pa'h , lay direet.y he fere it. Under the mmsurcr,
lie domain, I hope it will bo pre. erred for the The people of this country, era Urge ma-1 allowed, the moment would teem X
feneration &nd for posterity, as it has ! jonty of them, e. pect that tht .ystem will he nmnifintic for reetirtinr the other r rt-
;e,eiyed from our ance.tor., a rich and pren-ryed. A:ul.':. abandonment would P"- ' itl in srh m;inner,that whilM the ? ntTc-i d--i.-vi-ul inheritance. In these hale von , lays "jce general sirpnsr, spread deiolation over , ,, , ... .. . t , a.-e and plenty, and un overllowu tre'a- the land, and occarlon a. great a shock a. ai cd a reasonable l.in.ltr to the rchan,, p. we appear to embarras. ourselves in devi- declaration of .rar forthwith against the most j ihould not supply lhe foreigner at the ini iMonnry schemes for casting away the ' powerlwl nation of Europe. stance of the public with capital tor liis nties with which the goodness of Troyiden :e i But if the system be preseved, it ourht to . mercantile pCMtionj. Ifthc 1,1 WS cntt r ':U-TA "' , But ,,rs the storin o w,ir ! honUy fairly, and faithfully enforced.- j b gUictlr enforced and som- iich altert -.iien wc know m t ; too day of trial and1 i "at there do exist th. mo.t .candalou. rio- ; ' . . . , ,
:ul., will as.uredly come, nt.d now i the j ltn oiit, and th. jro.sest frauds upon the ! atl0ns ai nave Been JC!;rstco. (an I . i - a prudent forecast, to hu-b md our re- public revenue, iu regard to some of the ino.t 1 Carried into CbTef t, it i C-o.tC probable ctMid thi the $reaeeUif them all. let importiut articles, cannot be doubted . As that a satisfactory refketioa may be u r.et be hoarded and buried with a .n- o iron, objects really belonging to oee denorn- ! rprtde of the d'ltieS Uo.i rrne of the ar.mbrace bat liberally u,ed Let the pub- Nation, to which a higher duty i, attached, j , ( m wUhin he n stcm of pr( ti.nb.-? iidniitiiste.ed in a generous s-irit, are imported under another name to which a' . - . . , . ' . 1 . ereeijilly towards the State, within which lower duty i assigned, and the lave the., eva- j tection. And, without irrpairinsf 'ti ' it-e situated. t,t ihe proceed, of the ; 'd Fal.ejinvoice are uiad. a. to woollen',! princple. Other modes of rehff, may posof C public lands I e applied in n sea. on : and the classification into minimum is con- ihlv be devised to ome of thoC inter-
whe-n war-. tan.ly eludcu. The sncceM of thn manular-- ( which it i'i SUDfOSed to prCJS
in-h.is been such n. that,! I TV ,.m;r,( tl.U vl.--
Oarii-g i'. con.inuiince, will be at 1 "J luriiishui; a heu r and cheaper articK the ; "1" ' "v ' p it iu posfi stion ofmeansforit vi-orou ; "C6' of Invemes. and Dander ha. been a!- to pre5el:t to thc Sctiat" ,n rrsPect to cu'.ion. More than twentv-fiye year nju ' "oi "xcluded from the r.otf mnptioti of the ' the amount of red'tction of the rCTCnU
i wiiPti first I took a .cat in thi. body, I wh States bordering on the llitsitsippi and its tri- which ww ill lie produced bv the proposed
measure if adopted, and it influence. ip-
the payment of the public debt within
Si .
that i is a near at hand. It is so near beinr ! and I was cautioned arair.il r:ih innnvniinns I to the .Southern Atlantic States, which there- ! the time SURcested bythc NecrctafTOl tl)0
totiu.y extiiiL'Uistieit, that we. m:iy no w .:ifely j i n i t Subsequent experience full v satisfied me i f"e 'iavc been almost exclusively supplied eiioMtra whetler. without nreiiidice to inii-' tl n...,.l,., r .k...-. i. .i.-. .. n ! from il.o ,-,.iii.l, ...r.,i..,.. 'tw.
' I .. v. ILIIll Lljlili;i;ir. dll 11IHI .til 1 ...... v... ...... umiiiimii ..M in, ...c l.'I,-
yilal changes in it ou"ht to he resisted. j mcnt of the duty if evaded by the ititroduc-
re, to ui.e oroat chiect;
iir.ie, h; tns-jr-udii.; th;:t eppiicalion of! ture of cuiton baggitij' ha. been such a that, i
U hocver i;,ay be entitled to the credit of the , told, by the father, of the Goreninien't, that, if butanes. TUcf. has not yet been ..uTkieul . mer payment ot the Tiibiio ilebt, I cougratti late ! ue had any thing- perfect in our institution., i it ' l''e to fabricate and transport tha article in J ' you, sir, and the country, most cordially ;! was the sy.'tem for iiposing of the public land, j uocc.-ary quantities from the Western States ' 00 thnt i istn i; r:ir 1 lino. 1 It i. m... I...;...! it .! j. . . . . u ; .u t o . !th
ett.tbli.hed policy, we may not relieve the con
sumption of the country, by the ,-epeal or re- Although it may be impracticable to say j tion of the foreign fabric, under the name of , ' fj duclion of dtilie,and curtail cnsiderahly the ! what the exact amount of the public revenue j purlaps, or some other mercantile phrase, and ! "ctlon o 'nbl.c revenue. In making this inquiry, the. should be for the future, and what would ho .h instead of navintr five cents the .nnare ard. il ! SlippCrincthc
lirst qncition which presents it.elfis, whether j precise produce of any given .y.tem of impo.t., ! s entered with a duty of only fifteen per cent, he reduced a low a I think they may be, it i expedient to preserve th existing dutie. ,V(; may .af.Jy assume that th. revenue may now j ad valorem. That thi. practice prevail., j. j)e tot III amount of rCTpnUC with whicll
Treasury. The estimate which I have made of that amount is founded upoa Treasury returns prior to the late re-
ie on tea,cofiee,and cocoa.
duties on wines and silks to
iu or..cr to accumulate a surplus in the Tiea- he reduced, and considerably reduced. Thi. ; demonstrited by the Treasury report of the du-; j,c rrop05CJ measure vrill disl sury tor the purpose of subsequent distnbu-1 r.-luclion may be effected in yariou. ways, and j tic. accruing on cotton bagging for tho year.! J - iwVo finn Th
spensn, c
tion among the several Stutcs? I think not.; different principle.. Only three modes shall! ISJd, 13JU and 1830. During the first Ve.sr, WUl "J'0"1 - ' '""' ? Il the collection, lor the piiri.oso of such a stir-! now be noticed. itheaf.oiintwas4U7.rif.fi. thn .r-rond i 1 IIP.. ! tar ( the TreaStirT estimates the TC-
jdus.is to be made front the pocket, of one 1st. To r.d.uce dutie. on all article, in the j 068, and the third, it sunk down to $ 1 4,14 1 1 ! ceipfs of the present JCar from all SOUTCCS portion of the people, to be ultimately return-! ,n,e ratio, without regard to the principle of j The time ha. arrived when the inquiry : a CJf) 000,00il, and he supposes those ed to the Mime pocktts, the proees. would be ; protection. ought tu beseriotlsly made, whether it be not cf esl yerir XT;u f,e 0f nn equal aticnded with the ceitain loss arising from Jd. To retain them on unprotected article., i practicable to arre.t tin. illegitimate course1 . f t i jt , (t the char-es ..I collection, and with the loss al-J :,nd augment them on the protected article., j of trade, and secure the faithful execution of 'tmounl. lie aCUtlOTTlCOaej mat so of interest whilst the money i. performin; j And, 3d. To abolish and reduce th. dutie. I the laws. No time could be more .uitable - Pa't year has been one ot extraordinary
the unnecessary circuit ; mid it would there-I on unprotected article., retaining and enfor- ' than that at which it l. contemplated to commercial activity, hut on what prin
ciples dors he anticipate that the present will also be? The history of our commerce demonstrates that it alter-
(or? be unwise. It it is to be collected from j cing the faithful collection of those on the pro-! make a great reduction of the public revenue.
one portion of tbo people and given tu niintli ; tected articles. : Two radical changes have presented them-
er, it would be unjust. It it i to ha given to j To the first mode there urn numerable ob-: selves to rut mind, and which I will now )urr
the State-, in their corporate canacitv. to be ;
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, ti.ein :i tiitir puiiiic expenUiture, 1 .tructiou of our home manufacturer.. It ; such a .ubject, I would, however, eek from the ! iiit?,t.v. iu.ii .ty ecu tu l.nciiijiv i .t n. rpecusf no principle in the Constitution '; would c.iablish a sort of bed of Procrustes, by j mercantile community and practical men, all j lation is usually followed by one Jof more ,iuthor:zes the federal gov erumei.l to which the duties on all articles rhould bo blind-! the light which they are so capable of afford- rr(arded importation. That the importa-
cuarded importation.
tionsof the past year have been excessive, I believe is generally confer-sed, and is demonstrated by two funcrring facts. The first ii that the imports have exceeded the exports by about seventeen millions of dollars.
Whatever may be the qualification
used tiv them
know cf
which
become such a collector for the Suites nor of ly measured, without respect to the nature or ing-, and should be reluctant to act on my own j any principle of safety or propriety which ; the extent oflheir cou.umptioii. And it would ! convictions, however ttrong.
admits of the htate. becoming such ncipi-; be derogatory from every principle of theory The first is to make a total change in the cuts ot gratuity Iroin the General Govern-' or pra.-tice on which tho Government ha. hith- place of valuation. Now the valuation is rai !,t- ; to proceeded . ' made in Foreign countries. We fix the duTl.e Public Revenue, then, should be regu-' The second would he .till more objectionable tie., and wo leave to foreigners to asses, the lated ami adapted to the proper service of the to the foe. of the tariff than either of the ulh- I value on article, paying ad valorem duties. General Government. It should be ani-.de. ' ers. flu! it e.u.innt Iw rnntrnvprlnl thnt. Kr ! That is. we nreseribe the rul. and leav. its nr.
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depreciated, is sometimes attended, ;i- we j protected class, so as to carry them to the I believe, peculiar to thi. country. It i. evi- j to which the theory Ol the Balance OI know will from history, and from what has point, or near to the confines of absolute pro- , dent that the amount of duty payable on a gi- j trade ma V be liable, it may be Safely afhappened in our own time, with f. taj conse-. hibitioti, the object in view, of effecting the veil article subject to an advalorem duty, may j firmed, that when the acrjregatC of the quencfcS. In a country so rapidly growing n. : necessary reduction of the public revenue, may ' be effected as much by tho fixation of the val- i nipo-if jrys from forisgn countries CXthis if, with such diversilied interests, new j he accomplished without touching the tlutie. ; ue, as by the specification of the duty. And, j '. t f the exnortltions want, and unexpected culls upon the public on the unprotected cla.s. The consequence. ! for all practical purpose., it would b'a ju.t B, i Ceeds the aggregate OI ine xp l. l treasury must frequently occur. Take some of such an augmentation would be a great di- i safe to retain to ourselves the nscertainroent i to all foreign countries considerably, examples from this .ession. The State of munition in the importation of tho foreign arti- j of the value, and leave to the foreigner to pre- j the unfavorable balance must be made Virginia ha. presented a claim, for an amount , de, and of course in the duties upou it. But ! scribe the duty, as it is to reserve to our.elve. . - J,y a remittance of the precious methut little short of a million, which she presses j against entire prohibition, except perhap. in a j th. right to declare th. duty and allow to him j j SOme Cltent. Accordingly WO with an carne.tne.s demonstrating her couvic- few instance. I have been always, and .till I the privilege to assess th. value. , , A, . . ,1 . tion of it. justice. The State of South Caro- j am, opposed. ' By leaving the door open to the f Tht ,ffpct of th ,icioUi conlilion of the fi"d .,h.e S ""r lina has also a claim (or no inconsiderable turn,, foregoing rival articles, the benefit i. secured of ; law ha been to throw almost the whole irn- v,nic'1 allude, the tllgn price Ol DUIS OI
being upwards ot ,11)0,0(10, which she urges j a .alu tary competition. If it be hermetically i ,10rt tra,le cf the country, a to some import- exchange on Lngland. It 19 theretore
wun equ.i ea ncmes.. me gentleman Iroiu closed, the danger u incurred to monopoly. ant article, into tho hands of the foreigner. I Pennsylvania (Mr. Wilkih) ha. brought for- The third mode i. the mo.t equitable and ha ve been informed that .even-eichths of the
ward a cairn, arising cut of r rench .polia-1 reasonable, and it present, an undebateable i i,Iipr,rtation of the woolens intothc port of N.w tions previous to the Convention of 1800,! ground, on which I had hoped we could .af.lyi york, whera more is received'than in all the which is perhaps not short of five millions, and j tread, without difficulty. It exact, no sac- j other ortj of lht United States together, are
in his hands. Thi. has not proceeded from
any want of enterprize, intelligence, or capitu!, on the part of the American merchant ; for, in these particulars, he is surpa.iad by th. merchant of no country. It ha. resulted from his probity, hi. character, and his respect to
to tome extent I have no doubt it has a just ! ritice of principle from the opponent, of th
foundation. In any provision of a Public I American System; it comprehend, none an Revenue. Congress ought so to fix it as to i the part of it. friends. The tnea.ure before admit of the payment of holiest and proper . you embraces thi. mode. It i .imple, and free demand', w hich its justice cannot reject or ! from all complexity. H divide, the whole .ub-ei('r-i ject of import, according t. it. nature. It set-
I hope too that either in the adjustment of , t'1 onc wb,, ought not to bo tusputed, j the iws ani in.titutions of hi. country a
the public revenue.rllectual and prrmane.it pro- ! a,,(l leave, to lie .ettled hereailer, u necr.ssry, respect which does not influcn:e the foreigner.
vision will be made for such Internal Improve-; wh:lt may be controverted. j j anl avr;lre that it i. made by law, the duty mrnL as may he sanctioned Uy Conres. This ; A certain part of the South has hitherto of tho appraiser to ascertain the value of the
is due to the American People, and emphatic- j complained that it pays a disproportionate ' good, in certain case.. But what is his chief
ally i, ne to the x extern leoplo. S;r, tempora-j amount of tha impost.. If tho compUint he, guide? It i. the foreign invoice, mad. by ry caure may exuct a reluctant acquiescence: well founded, y the adoption of this mea.ure, whom he knows not, certainly by ins per. on
li.im the I co..e ot the Hen, in the suspension it will be relieved at once, a. will be heremlcr, responsible, to our law.. And, if it. fairness
ol appropriation, to object of internal im-. shown, from at least "lie forth of it. burthens, j be contested, and they will hiing you cart-
provement, nut a certain :.s yr. prcide in: lhe iiioasurc is in conformity with the uniform Tod-Is of certificates and affidavits Irom un-j .. AaCc PO part of the duties Oil that ( hair, or as the Sun performs its diurnal ! ractice of the Government 'rout its commence- known persons to verify its t xactness, and the r,II " 10 ' e , r. volution, they will not he ,tisfi.d with an! meat, aid with the professions of all the .mi- lirst co.t of the article. the unprotected articles, prior 10 lUarcrt ahiiiidonme.it of the policy. Thr-y w -iii conn-j ne.it poiiticiaiu of the South, until f late. f Now. sir. it seems to rne that this is .ii 1S33, and llien tt retain a considerable I I . It . ..... " ..) . A 1 .A. I 1
fairly to be anticipated that the duties iccruingthis year will be less in amount than those of the past year. And I think it would be unwise to rely upon our present information as to the income in either of these two years as furnishing a safe cuide for the future. The year 18'29nd 1830, will supply a surer criterion. There is a remarkable coincidence in the amount of the receipts into the Treasury during these two years, it having been, the first, from all sources $2 .,8-27,6:27 3S, and the second $-2 1,8 14,110 M, dilTering only about $17,00) The mode recommended by the Se
cretary for the modification of the Ta-
uere mint u yon, not in n tone ol irnnn: or It acuities the njlit ot tho Uovcnimout, in the sl;l(c cf things to which WC should ! portioti ot them. Ana ni to 11.0 pro...pplienlion, but in the : lan--ii:.-R of conscious, assessment of duties, to discriminate between j ' . ? efficacious re-fd V. I tected claSS, he WOllld make a gradual right that they m.,t share it,i von in the thoe articles which sound policy requires it ' pronipuy nppijr ail erntaciOUS re. u j , I -i , Anti benefit,, a. they divided with you the burthens j to foster, and those which it n.edn,: encour- and no other appears to me, but that of but prospective, reduction of the du IM. and the Fr.l. of a .oranH-e G.verri.r,.nt . a;e. Tbi. b. been th. iovariabl ? rm.ipl.1 taking inl OUr 0W0 bada both parti of I Tbe Clitet f tbU W0UI4 b U flatiroy