The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1827-12-13

expectations VIII be reallZeu, tnat adequate
indemnity will be made to all in the United
States who have suffered by the unwarranted
captures which the Brazilian tribunals them
selves have pronounced unlawful.
In the diplomatic discussions, at Rio de ia
Metro, of these wrongs sustained by citizens
of the United States, and Of Others which
seemed as II emanating Immediately from that
Government itself, the Charge d'Aifairs of
the United States, under an impression that
his representations in behalf of the rights and
interests of his countrymen were totally dis
regarded and useless, deemed it his duty,
without waiting for official Instructions, to ter
inmate his official functions, to demand his
passports, and return to ,he United States.-
This movement, dictated by an honest zeal
for the honor and interests of his country
motives which operated exclusively upon the
mind 0fthe officer who resorted to it, has not
been disapprOved by me. The Brazilian Gov
eminent, however complained oft as mea-
sure for which no adequate Intentional cause
had been given by them and upon an expI-
cit assurance, through their Charge d'Affairs
residing here, that successor to the late
Representative of the United States near that
Government, the appointment of whom they
desired, should be received and treated with
the respect due TO his character, and that in
demnity should be promptly made for all in
jurIes inflicted on the citizens of the United
States, orthelr property, contrary to the laws
ofnatlons,a temporary commission as Charge
d'Atai"s to that country has been issued,
which it is hoped will entirely restore the Or
binary diplomatic intercourse between the two
Governments, and the friendly relations be-
tween their respective nations.
Turning from the momentous concerns of
our Union in its intercourse with foreign ma
tons, to those of the deepest interest in the
administration of our internal affairs. we find
the revenues of the present year correspond
ing as nearly as might be expected to the anti
cipations of the last, and presenting an aspect
still more favourable in the promise of the
next. The balance in the Treasury, on the
the first of January last,w six millions three
hundred and forty eight thousand six hundred
and eighty-six dollars and eighteen CENTS
The receipts from that day o the S0th of Sept.
last, as near as the returns of them yet recei-
we'd can show, amount to sixteen millions
eight hundred and eighty six thousand five
hundred and eighty one dollars and thirty-two
cents. The receipts of the present quarter,
estimated at four millions five hundred and
fifteen thousand, added to the above, form an
aggregate oftwentyone millions four hundred
thousand dollars of receipts. The expendit-
ures Of the year may perhaps amount to
twenty-five millions three hundred thousand
dollars, presenting small! excess over the re
ceIpts. But, of these twenty-five millions
upwards of six have been applied to the dis
charge of the principal of the public debt; the
whole amount Of which. approaching seventy
four millions on the first of January last, will
on the first day of the next year, fall short of
sixty-seven millions and a half The balance
in the Treasury, on the first of January next.
it is expected will exceed five millions four
hundred and fifty thousand dollars; sum
exceeding that on the first of January, 1925,
though falling short of that exhibited on the
first OF January last.
1t was foreseen that the revenue of the pres
ent year would not equa. that of the last, which
had itself been less than that of the next pre-
ceding year. But the hope has been realized
which was entertained, that these DEFICIENCIES
would in no wise interrupt the steady opera
ton of the discharge of the public debt by the
annual ten millions devoted to that object by
the Act of Sd March, 1917.
The amount of duties secured on merchan-
disc imported from the commencement ofthe
year until September last, is twenty one mil
lions two hundred and twenty-six thousand,
and the probable amount Ofthat which will be
secured during the remainder of the year, is
five millions seven hundred and seventy four
thousand dollars; forming total sum of
twenty seven millions. With the allowances
for drawbacks and contingent DEFICIENCIES
which may occur, though not specifically fore
seen, we may safely estimate the receipts of
the ensuing year at twenty-five millions three
hundred thousand dollars a revenue for the
next, equal to the expenditure of the present
year..
The deep solicitude felt by our citizens of
all classes throughout the Union for the total
discharge of the public debt, will apologize for
the earnestness with which deem it my du-
ty to urge this topic upon the consideration of
Congress-of recommending to them again
the observance of the strictest economy in the
application of the public funds. The depres-
sion upon the receipts of the revenue which
had commenced with the year 1926, continu-
ed with increased severity during the two first
quarters of the present year. The returning
tide began to flow with the third quarter, and.
so far as we can Judge from experience, may
be expected to continue through the course
of the ensuing year. In the meantime, an al
deviation from the burden of the public debt
will in the three years, have been effected, to
the amount of nearly sixteen Millions land the
charge of annual interest will have been redu-
ced upwards of one million. But among the
maXims of political economy which the Stew
ards of the public moneys should never suffer