Delaware gazette and American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1837, 1830-12-14

try, having the importance to which have
referred, may be expt cted, after te hpoiary
protection, 10 compete with foreisa labor o.
equal terms, merit the same attcAaon in q
subordinate degree. sta
The present Iai1iftaxes some of the com
forts Of life unnecessarily high; it undertakes
~ protect interests too local Il minute, 10 jus.
tify general exaction /; and II also attempts
TO free some kinds Of manufactures, toi
which the country is not ripe. Much relief
viii be derived, in some OF thes respects,
from the measures Of your last session.
The bprt,ss well ns tarcst mode Of deter
mining whether, from any just considerations,
particular interest ought to receive iro
icciun. would be- 10 submit the question sing
~ for deliberution Ii, after due Pxamna.
tim on its hlef.ls. nnconnecteH with eAItsne.
nus considerations such Ra desire to sus-
inln u general system, or 10 purchnss auppuri
fDr different intetast--it shnutd enlist IN
lts favor majority II the REPRESENTATIVES.
of the peopp, there can We lttile danger nj
wrong or Injury in adjusting Tho tiriii, With
reference = lie protective effect. liths nb
yinnsy just principle wee liUnreilv adhered
To-, TIM branches nf indusify which dvenrve
proirctmn, Mould be- ra,ed from I ptcjn
dice excited ngninst thrm, when that pr0irc
linn iutps part Of system BY which por
iions OF the c0untry feel, or conceive
themselves IL be-, oppressed. W hat
IS incidentally mnrr imprFihni. the yltHl
principle Dfanr system that principle " lrlI
requires acquiNscrnre in the will Of the INA
i"ntv-- would he secure from the dsrrrdu
md danger 10 which il in pxposed nv thu
acts Of mal0riiirr, founded, moi on i,h'ntiiy o.
cohVir'iun, hut On ombinntiuns Of sunni nit
nnriiirF. entered ihtu fur the purpo.. III mn
tnsl assistance in mrasurpr which, resting
sniely on their own merits, could never b,
carried.
mn we'll aware. that the is a subject If
inncs drlicacy, IN account nf The extended
lnorns'ri il involves. ~ 10 require thar II
slutld BE- Touched with the ulmnsi caution
AMI thar. whlr nm hbandnhuPni 0f the rn
ry III which il prIginaeil--a pnlicy rmvpi
with our Government. and pursued hr Ugh
gnccraa.ye administrations. is neither To -.
expected 0r desired, tho people have rig 4
TO demand, and hive demanded. Int il 1 e ~
rmltied siR c0rfGc, abuses and 0bviuir ~
justice.
That our dell erations on this interesting
subject should be uninHuenced by tholc par
uzan conflicts that are incident 10 iree in
situations, is the feI'vent wish OF my heart.
10 make tls great question. which unhap-
ply so much divides and exciteS pub
lie mind, subsenicnt to the short sighted
views o. faction, must destroy an hope %
settling i satisfactorily to the gre2t bldy OF
the people. and for the general interest ]
cannot, therefore, Oh taking leave uf the
subject, too earnestly for my own feelings or
the common good, warn yoa against the
biighting consequences Of such a course.
According to the stimates at the Treas
ury Department, the receipts into the treas
ury during the present year will amount
20 twenty-four miliolH one hundred and
sixty-one thousand and eighteen dollars,
which will exceed by about three hundred
thousand dollars the estimate presented in
the last anua report Of the Secretary Of the
Treasury. The total expenditure during
the year, exclusive OF public debt, is estima.
ted at thirteen mil.ons seven hundred and
touity-two thousend three hundred and
eleven dollars and the payment on account
81 public debt tor the same period will have
aeen eleven millions three hundred and
thousand six hundred and thirty
dollars leaving balance IN the treasury,
on the first oflahuay, 1881, Of four nil
lion. eight hundred and nineteen thousand
seven hundred and eighty-oac dollars.
r1nnexinn aith tln' condition al nni huanrrs.
y Affords ~" llea,r tnr nlnrs ii,at julie nus a
,inri ~ arFg'ns mriitS have been nlaii. by TIN
treasury " lhitneni fnr ptlring the pre,ininy
rrsp"hshlit! ~ The public nifc,r rs, sud the mulr
lhhcilal pSynr VI nf Tie piiblis u s. Tho reyrn.
Hp e"u'r service has hern argahzv'!, aud placed
n 4 -. l...lI IA,
inspectors Al exposed points, aud the re NJ iihn.
adopted nnd thu act If May. 1851, la to IL.
ip rt'of an'l appraatm Mt nf ncrrhanlli e. bn,r
Mn'heeh much IinprnN inriI IN the xee tin 1t
"a" laws Ahtl mari security asIinyI the cun.nis.
linh III trAii'ls upon the i,y nne. Ahusrs ia ii,e
''-'winets hr fishing hminlics have pso been c0-
frrit ~, Shii NUT vi tatg III that braLu nl TIE
,r'ic", thereby eff ttrd Ia addition e, thn,u
the syst IN 0t expenditure l,n SIS.
'h'n'h hfioighe 10 the mrieiant nr,irt Inns
) ~ rtNis ~ ai,tl, by b. inE rent r. d uniform An
cohOmleal, the benefits ii thu fund applicable L.
~ Hllrei have bean us, fuilt rxhn,lr,i
hr llNNlr rliS ~ Our tnuHirS il aIsn further
'tlh'eh w 'i'r nc'sAs u nNmle finn the sAicl
v public banda, AZ ALL appear irt ne FeiiHt 81
he Comns.ndi,r al th, Genera iaind Olbr, amt |
hr doenihrnis aceHmp nymg il whWhMeh rrSth
lAishut u trs leave tE draw y1nr Mt, tini Ia
h~ iT'Io' I, *inl To u" pr1rrrl, ul maxi & tMl, |
ppr"p' a'i"ns t'r the nlr cts which Il specifies.
Your attention is again invited to he SUBJ
Gets connected with that portion oil tile pub
&c interests entrusted to the War De5,rt-
pent. Some of them were referred to;.,l
ny former message and they are presented
y detail in the report OF the secretary Of
War, herewith submitted. ] refer you'
1so to the report Of that officer ra knowi. /
;dge ofthe state Of the Army, fartifcations
lrsenals, and Indian affairs all Of which. K
Vill be perceived, have been guarded VIII
'ealoas attention and care. Il is worthy Of
our consideration whether the ar.nlments I
necessary for the fortiications on cur nari-i
line frontier which are now, or shortly viii
le, completed, shoull not pc In rna i ~.