Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-12-15


tie industry, hssi~g the iwportsscs 70 whie
] have referred, osy be eApseted, sfter ten
Porsry protsetise. - eosprsss 9TH for~,v,
labor on sqsss1 terms. merit the sane stisu
tsoa in subordissts degree.
1 The prescott tsvsG taxss soms oe the eoo
forts of life unnecessarily high u undo
takes 60 protect Interests toe local end m |;
mute 10 justify . general sase,ior end !;
s'so assenpis 10 force some kinda OF manu-
features for which the coan,ry 10 moi ripe.-
Much relief will be derived, in soMs Of Ines,
re.psets. from the measures Of your las
session.
The best, % we'll ss the fsirest node Of
dstermining whether. from any just eonsid
erstions, q psrticsisr interest ought To re.
cs'sc projections. would DO 10 subni, The
question: singiy for dei,berstion. N. sf,e,
duo examination Of ito merits, uno onperted
With oxsrsneous eeasIderations-- such q,
Q desire 20 sustain . general sysism. or "a
purchase support for = dideren interest,"
q should enlist In its favor . majority oI
me Representatives OF the people, there
cen he little danger Of wrong or injury In
adjusting the tariff with references To IL.
protective eject. If this obviously iu,,
principles were honestly sdhered 10, The
branches Of industry which deserve prot.c.
ton would be saved from the prejudice tx.
cited against them when that protection
forms . part OF system by which Dor.
tons OF the country feel, or conceive the m.
selves 10 be, oppressed. What Is incs,euIa.
oily more Important, the vital principis OF
our syrtem-thst principle which re quire,
acqu'escencs IN the will Of the majority
would be secure from the diseredii and Dan.
ger 10 which il is exposed bv the act, Of
maJorities, fcuodsd, not on identity of con.
viciion, but on combinations ofsmsiI minori.
Ties. entered into for the purpose Of o,utueI
assistance in measures which. resting solely
on their own merits. could never be carried.
am well aware. that this is q subject of
SO much dehcscy, on account Of the extended
interests involves, rs TO require that il
should be touched with the utmost c,ution
and that. while IN abandonment Of the policy
in which il originated-s policy cocy,J Nth
our Government. and pursued through success.
sive administrations. is neither to be expect.
ed or desired, the people have q tight to de.
nand. and have demanded, that il be So
modified ~ to correct abuses and obyiate in.
justice.
That our deliberations on this inter cst;,p
subject should be uninfluenced by thcsr oar.
tizan conflicts that are inciden, 10 free ins,;.
tuuons, IS the fervent wish of my heart
To make this great question, which unbap.
p,ly SO much divides and excitcs the public
mind, subservient to the short sighted views
OF faction. must destroy all hope of settling
pie, and for the general interest. 4 cannot.
therefore. on taking leave Of the subject, too
earnestly Tor my own feelings or the common
good, warn you against the blighting conse
quences Of such course.
According to tho estimates At the Treasury
department. the receipts in the treasury
during the present ycer viii .mount to TWEEN.
tytour millions one hundred and sixty.one
thousand and eighteen dollars, which will
exceed by about three hundred thousand dol.
lars the estimate presented in the last annual
report al the Secretary Of the Treasury
The total expenditure during the year, exclu.
sive of public debt, is estimated NJ thirteen
millions seven hundred and forty two thou.
sand three hundred and eleven dollars and
the payment on account Of public debt for
the same period will have been eleven mil.
lions three hundred and fifty four thousand
SIX hundred and thirty dollars; leaving a
balance IN the ire ssury, on the frs, of Janus,
~, 1851. Of four millions eight hundred and
nineteen thousand seven hundred and eighty.
on dollars.
La connection viii. the condition of our finances.
r unor,ls me PLEASURE 60 remark that i,niicious
and efb~icm arrangements have been made. by
ubc Treasury Department fur securing tic pec,,-
mary responsibility OF the public officers and the
more punetnai payment OF the public dues. The
revenue cutter service has been organized and
places. on n good footing; aud, aided by an in
crease OF inspectors NJ exposed points aud the re-
gulations adopted under the act Of Nav, 1850 for
the inspection aud appraiscment Of merclandlisc.
nave prodneed much improvement ia the cxcci-
uon oil the laws, and more security against the
commission Of frauds upon the revenue Abuses
IN tie allow anees for fishing. bounti,,s have also
been corrected, and a material saving in that
branch Of the service, thereby effected Ia aadi-
ton Tn shese improvements, the system of cxpcn-
dit'rc for sick s,mnen belonging 20 the mcrchan,
service, has been revised; ami by being rendered
uniform and economical, the benefits Of the fund
applicable 10 this object have bccu us.f,IIy ex-
! tended.
The prosperity Of orr country is alec further
c'ineed by the inep.ascS rVenuc arising from the
sale OF public lands, will appear from The. re-
port of the Commissioner Of the General and
Ofhce, and tia documents accompanying IL, which,
are sF,o~,,h tr'nsraittcd beg lcaSe To- draw
OF making early appropriations for the obccts
which u specifies
Your attention il again invited 90 the s,bsec,.
connected With tbs, portion Of the public int
entrusted To The War Department some ~ them
we've referred To in my former rnesssge. a,,d The
arr presented Ia detail in the report of ,l,s S,cr,
! tsry Of War, herewith submitted 4 refer yos,
also, to d'c report Of that officer for a knouIcdve
ut the state 81 the Army, Notifications. arSenals
anh Indian siiairs; all Of which, il will be Usr-
ee'vcd, have been guarded with jealous attention
aud ear''. II IS worthy of your consideration whe
tier the ornaments for the forticatiop,
ON our maritime fruutier which arr. now oy sbo,,
~ viii be. co'nplctsd, should MT be- in readings,
sooner than Tic eusoaTy appropriations " iIl en-.
able the Department Ia provide them This mr.
caution seems 60 be due co the general system @,
fortibratioo which has been sanctioned by Con.
gross, aud IL recommended by that ,Isnxiu ~ =
I dom ~b'sh tells Ia peace TO prcpar,. for var.
rtir you 70 the report Of the Secretary of thu
Navy Tor highly satisfactory account of tie man.
ner ~ which tie concerns of that Drpartmrnt
have becn conducted during the prrscn, year
OVr posi',on h rt1ati"n 20 the most powerful Ia
lions &c tie -Wrsh and the present r,,p.I,tn =,
Europe, asiuoHish US 90 cherish this af1u 81 on,
iutiousl defence With peuoliar care Separated
\ 10y wide scas from III ihose Governmental whoss
power We might hg,c 90 dread Sc have no
tiing q apPrchcud from aits nlpts ~ conquest u
o. chiefly sifacks upon SOmfnsTte, and larass-