Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-12-17
(WhoIe No 1856.

~-~"er "stS SncotH NC OVERWHELMINGLY. Our
action upon them should be under The control
Oh higher and purcr motives. Legislation,
subjected to such Influences, can never be
just. and win not long retain the sane ZION az
People whose active patriotism is not boun-
dsd by sectional limits. nor insens.ble 70 that
spirit of concession and fcrbearance which
gave hic to our political compact, and still
susi.ins t. Discarding an ealeulaiions or
political asccndency. the North. the South.
the East, and The West, should unite in d.
furnishing any burtben. Of which either may
justly complain.
The agricultural interest Of our country il
so essentially connected with every other. and
so superior IN Importance Co them all. that Il
Is scarcely necessary 10 invite TO your parti-
GUAR attention. X Is principally as rnanufsc-
lures and commerce tend To increase the yal
ne OF agricultfral productions, and 10 extend
their application to the vents and comforts III
society, that they deserve the fostering care
of Government.
Looking ior,Yerd 10 the period, not far dis
taDt, whtn sinking fuad will no longer bs
required, The duties on those srtjcles of i,n-
portation which cannot come In competition
VAN our own productions. are the first that
should engage The attention or Congress in
the modification of the Tariff or these. tea
ana cotice are the most prominent: they en-
yer largely INTO the consumption Of the coun-
try, and have become articles Of nee essity to
an classes reduction, therefore. pf the
cxistng dntics win be letf as a common bcne-
nj bui, Ike all other legislation connected
WIN commerce. y be cfiicccoas and not In
furious, it should be gradual and certain.
The pubic prosperity 4 eyinced Is thr IN
creased revenue, aris-ng from the sales Of The
public lands, and in the steady maintenaoce
of that produced by imposts and tonnage
notwithstanding the additional sluties limos
CD by the Act Of 18th Of May, 1928, and the
unusual inportatioDs III the early part Of that
year.
The balance u the Treasury on the Isl a.
JANUARY, 1923, was five millions nine hun
drcn and scventy-two Thousand four hundred
and fhirty-hyc dollars and eighty one cents.
be receipts Of the current year are cstiUnat-
cd Ut twenty four millions, Six hundred and
two thousand, two hundred and thirty lollar.-
and the expenditures Cor the same time -
fwcnty-six millions one hundred and sixtv-
four thousand i've hundred and Einety-f I've
dollars, leaving balance III tie Treasury on
the LIST OF January next, offour millions four
hundred andfen thousand and seventy dollars.
and eighty-one cents.
There viii hav been paid. on account or
The public debt, during the present year, tho
sum OF twelve millions four hundred and five
thousand and five dollars and eighty cents.
reducing the whole OF the debt OF the Govern
nent, ON the first OF January next. to forty
eight millions five hundred aud sixty-iive
thousand four hundred and six dollars and
hity cents, including seven millions az fiya
per cent stock, subscribed to the Bank offhe
United States. The payment on account OF
The public debt, made on the FIRST OF July
last, was eight millions seven hundred and
fifteen thousand four hundred and sixtv-two
dollars and eighty seven ccnts. II was ap-
pretended that the sudden withdrawal or so
large sum from the banks in which II was
deposited, at tirno of unusual pressure in
the money market, might cause much iniu-
" to the interests dependent on bank accom-
nodations- But this evil was wholly agcrted
BY an early anticipation of ii at the Treasury.
aided by the judicious arrangements Of th6
officers of The Bank ofthe United States.
This state Of the finances exhibits the re-
'ourccs Of the nation in an aspect highly dat
tering to its industry and suspicious Of the -
bihty of Government, In very short time.
to extinguish the public debt When tbs
shall be done, our population will be rrLey-
ed from a considerable portion Of its present
burthens, and win find not only new niotiAc g
to patriotic atfec ton, but additional means
for the display Of individual enterprise. The
fiscal power OF the States win also be Great
ed, and may be more extensively exerted in
favor Of education and other public oblests,
while ample means will remain ia the FEEDER
al Government 10 promote the general veal
in all the modes permitted to it, authority.
After the extinction of the pubic debt il is
not probable that any adjust nsat ofthe tariff.
upon principles satisfactory to the People Of
the Union, viii, until arcmole period, Few
cr, leave the Government without a consid-
cradle surplus In the Treasury, beyond what
may be required for its current service As.
then, the period approaches when the appli-
cation Of the revenue 10 the payment Of debt
will cease, the disposition Of tic surpius viii
present a subject for the serious delIbeYation
Of Congress; and it may be fortunate for
the country thatit is yet 10 be decided Con-
sidered in conncxion with the difficulties which
have heretofore attended appropriations for
purposes OF internal improvement, and with
those which this experience tells us viii GER
tainiy arise. whenever power over such sub
iccts may be exercised by the General Co
yernmenf, il is hoped that i may lead to tho
adoption Of some plan which viii reconcile
the diversified interests Of the States, and
strengthen The bonds which unite them Eve
cry msenber OF the Union, in peace and Ia
war, viii be bepentted by the Improvement
|of inland navigation and the construction q
highways in the several States. Let US, them
endeayor to attain this benefit in mode
which win be satisfactory to all. That hith-
|erto adopted has. by many Of our fellow-citi-
zens. been deprecated as an infrachon of the
Constitution, while. by others, Il has been
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