Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1828-05-10
tleman from New Han
tons Of his puHers and
the contrary notwithstand
4 am, very resrectf
Your friend, an

Your friend n,v :
L. ). l send you herewith copy of a Re
very recently made by the Committee ON the
penditures of the State Department. You
mud IN II, AS far as il goes, complete corr
ration Of the statements &C ntained in nv she
In page 2, you will see the appropriation
The contingent expenses of the Department
State, for the contingent expenses of foreign
tereourse, and Cor the contingent expense
Missions abroad, all stated for the wears. L
Is 20, and 1927, and corresponding, to 81
cent, with the sums given in my tabular !.
ment Tor those years. In pages S and 6
will see that while the approximations for
contingent expenses of this department have
largely increased for the last three wears,
expenditures Tor the same time, have great,
ceeded the annual appropriations, aud that \
expenditures compared with the expendi,
under the last administration, have exte,
from an average of $I7 900 per anuum to
than $4,000 per annnm-You will see al,
the statement annexed to the report. and
plying the space from page 90 to 90, the am
OF secret serUice expenditure Inv the nres.n|
ministraiion under the denom nation Of E"
idents certificate. without specification" vi
entirely supports Mr.. Barhour's' statement
this shbject.-To the many other matters,
interesting and important character contd
IN the report, need not bespeak your atien|
w. G.
The Tariff Biz passedl-This perniI
bill on Tuesday last passed the House of
resentalives by majority Of eleven vote
What will be its fatein the Senate it is in|
sible to tell. From a comparison of the 4
of the representatives of the ditfereat SD
and from what can be learned Of the op;rj
OF the membersof the Senate, we can onls
''clpate a close vote in the latter body, VI
may OF may not fasten this additional clio /
on the industry and prosperity of the cou2
Great as the discomfort with this bill isl
r'ous parts of the country, and deeply as al
lnJure various important interests, the opE
ton to il has neither been so well orcanisH
active, nor so determined in making its Z
heard as it should have been. The woE
manufacturers who were generally discH
with ITS provisions, have abstained from all
ing Them with their usual activity. bed
they had no other arguments TO use AL
| them than those of the free trade system, n
they had already tried in vain 10 confuteN
which they were therefor ASIA med To use.
speak OF the more saGacious friends ID
manufacturing system, and not of our 81
| friend Mr.. Miles, who argues with the
breath, in fuvor Of new duties on wooIleu4
against new duties on hemp and nolasses,
| iuiiy combating in one page the very ARGUE
he employs in another. The individual,
cerned IN other important occupations ain
by this bill have manifested their usual AM
or have contented themselves with the meE
! preston of their private dislike of the JE
lie woo'ien manufacturers are the only 81
| men who act Xiii.srn.sr~rt. uain,a;r
dence and understanding with each all ovl
| Union, get up public meetings, make y
and produce an excitement-and these
have their hands tied by the attacks the
made upon the freedom Of trade.
1t has been justly said, however, Of th5s
which has just passed the House, that it k
fies nobody No bill founded on what E
the g American SYSTEM" or in other word
English System introduced into AmeN
could possibly satisfy e'ery body.-None
be framed upon this system which would 81
partial and unjust. No bill will salisfM
manufactures unless it increases his proG,S
this cannot be, unless it increases the D
ms articles to the consumer. The fairesM
most consistent kind Of protecting tariff 81
be an All oalorem duty amounting to prIk
ton oil all articles which could possibly I'D
uiaciured IN the country. d, Yet as this
but increase the cost and the difficulty
curing them to the great mass OF The inhabS
such tariff would be but the yoluntary#
mission Of u nation TO an enormou, nd
evil
We are Of opinion that the present bi
not pass into law without producing. IS
IT'S consequences come TO be felt, a high IL
OF excitement, both among those whose III
esls are 10 suffer by it, and those whose
ests II does not protect. We may expec#
complaints from those whose occupation#
recily strikes az, such as the distillers s.
Iasses, the manufacturers Of hardware, ID
owners OF our shipping. Complaints "a
loud will be heard from those who are Ell
from the benefits of the protecting sysek
who will hold themselves eanaiiy entM
to them with those who are specifically ID
ed for by the law. While we are writ
very article case of1hc kind comes mn
notice. The master iaylors OF Philad&
on The very day after the bill passed tbs#
held a meeting and adopted resolutions
proving OF the bill because il imposes
'iona! duty on ready made clothing, and
upon their brethren all over The country
them III procuring an amendment fayooM
their Interests. What will be the fns#
guence II is not easy to Judge but we catM
hope that ii the bill should pass, The
public opinicn will be strong and re&
noUSh to sweep away the areumulaiic#
s"fd restrictions, and that the nation "a
whose interest il is 10 avail itself nG all