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! lying within the States composing our
Federal Union, and remove hey ond
their limits every Indian who is no,
" Hing to submit to their laws. Thus
} will all contiic ting claims to lurisdic-
ton between the States and the In.
dian tribes be put to rest. tbs pleas
ing to reflect, that results so beneiic ial.
not only TO the States Immediately CON
cerncj, but To the harmony at the
Union, will have been accomplished,
by measures equally advantageous TO
/ the Indians. What the native savag-s
become when surrounded by q dense
/ population, and by mixing with the
whites, may be seen in the miserable
remnants Of few eastern tribes, lie.
Prlved Of political and civil rights. for
hidden 10 make contracts, and subject
ed to guardians. dragging out wretch
ed existence, without excitement, with
out hope, and almost without thought.
but the removal Of the Indians be-
You'd the limits and jurisdiction Of the
States, does not place them beyond the
reach OF philanth-opic aid and Chris.
tan instruction. On the contrary,
those whom philanthropy or religion
may induce to live among them in their
new abode, will be more free in the cx
ercise OF their benevolent functions.
than IT they had remained within the
limits OF the States, embarrassed by
their internal regulations. Now, sub
Jcct TO no control but the superiniend-
ing agency Of the General Govern.
ment, exercised with the sole view of
preserving peace, they NAV proceed
unmolested in the interesting expert.
ment Of gradually advancing a com.
nunIty of American Indians fiom bar
harism to the habits and enioyments
Of civilized life.
Among the happiest effects Of the
improved relations Of our Republic, has
been m increase Of trade. producing n
corresponding increase of revenue, be
yond the most sanguinc anticipations
Of the Treasury Department.
The state Of the public finances will
DC fully shewn by the Secretary Of the
/ Treasury, in the report which he will
presently lay before you. will here,
however, congratulate you upon their
prosperous condition. The revenue
received in the present year, will not
fall short Of twenty seven millions Sc
ven hundred thousand dollars; and the
expenditures for all objects, other than
the public debt. will not exceed four
teen millions seven hundred thousand
The payment on account Of the prin
cipnl and interest of the debt, during
the year will exceed sixteen millions
aud half OF dollars: n greater sum
than has been applied to that object,
out vi the revenue. in any year since
the enlargement Of the sinking fund,
except the two years following imme
liately thereafter. The amount which
will have been applied to the public
debt from the 4th of March, 1929, TO
the first of January next, which is less
than three years since the administra-
ton has been placed in my hands, will
exceed forty millions Of dollars.
From the large importations of the
present year, il may be safely estima.
ted that the revenue which will be re.
eeived into the Treasury from that
source during the next year, with the
aid OF tina: received from the public
lands, will considerably exceed the a.
mount OF the receipts Of the present
year; and !, is believed that with the
means which the Government will have
at its disposal. from various sources,
which will be fully stated by the pro
per Department, the " hole Of the pub
lic debt may he ex,inguished, either
0y redemption or purchase, within the
tnsf -
shall then exhibit the rare example of
a great nation. abounding in all tic
means OF happiness and security, alto
gethcr free from debt.
The confidence with which the cx
IhnguIshment OF the public debt NAV
DC anticipated, presents an opportuni
" Tor carrying into effect more fully
the policy IN relation to import duties,
which has been rec commended in my
former messages. A modification Of
The Tariff. which shall produce a tic.
duotI0n OF our revenue TO the wants Of
Government, and an adjustment Of the
duties on imports with a view 10 eaasl
Justice IN relation TO all our national
interests. and TO tie CONFEDERATION Of
foreign policy. so far as il may be in.
furious to those interests. ~ deemed 10
be one OF the principal objects which
demand the consideration Of the pre-
sent Congress. Justice TO the interests
OF the merchant as we'll Is tie manu-.
iacturer, requires that material reduc.
tons IN the import duties be prospec
tive: and unless the present Congress
shall dispose OF the subject, the pro.
posed reductions cannot properly be-
made to take effect at the period whcn
the necessity for the revenue, arising
from present rates. shall cease. IL Is
therefore desirable. that arrangement.