Litchfield enquirer., 1831-12-22
EXTRACTS
From he Export cfths Secretary cf ths Tfe0-
 swrv to Congress OR the 7th inst.

IF 10 reSpeCLtuUY TGCUtuUIGuUeu tldk BD du" | siitiOn to the expenditure as at present au- thOrized, appropriations may, at the proper time, be provided for the following objects :-l For augmenting the naval and military re- sources; extending the armOries; arming the militia, of the several states; increasing the pay and emOlument of the navy officers to an | equality with those of the army, and prOvid- ing them with the means of nautical instruc- tiOn; enlarging the navy hospital fund strengthening the frontier defences remov- 1 iOg ObstructiOns from the Western Waters, ] fur making accurate and complete surveys of the coast, and for improving the coast and ] .harbors of the Union so as to afford greater facilities to tha commerce and navigation of the United States. The occasion would also be a favorable one for constructing custom houses and ware- houses in the principal con,- mercial cities, in some of which they are in- disPensabiy necessary for the purposes of the revenne; and likewise providing for the proper permanent accommodation of the COurts Ofthe United States and their officers
 The salaries of the public ministers abroad, must be acknowledged to be utterly made quates either for the dignity of the office or the necessary comforts of their families. At some foreign courts, and those whose reia- tons towards the United States are the most important, the expenses incident to the station, are found so bnrthensome as only to be met by the private resources Ofthe minister. The tendency oflhis is to throw those high trusts altogether into the hands of the rich, which is certainly not according to the genius of our system. Such provision for public minis. ters as would Obviate those evils, and enable tne minister to perform the common duties oI hospitality to his countrymen, and promote social intercourse between the citizens of both nations, would not only elevate the charac
 ter 0f his country, but essentially improve it's public relations.
 In addition to these objects, further provi. sion may be made for those officers and sol.. diers ot the revolution who are yet spared as monuments of that patriotism and self.deyo. multiplied blessings.
 the existing expenditure, and moderate al lowance for such objects of general improve
 ment as shall be of an acknowledged national character within the limits. as admitted by the Executive, Of the powers of Congress over the subject. an annual revenue of S15,- COG, 1000 will be fully adequate. It is worthy of remark, that such an amount of revenue would scarcely exceed one dollar on each in dividual of our population as it may be req < sonably computed when the reduced duties shall take effect. and that the individual bur. den would continue to diminish with the in- crease appropriation and of the national re. sources. , @
 The sources from which the revenue bas hitherto been derived, are the i,nports. nnhl;c lands, and hank dividends. With the sale of the Bank stock the latter will cease and. ns the imports, according to any scale of duties which 1t will be expedient and practicable to adopt, will be amply sufficient to meet all the expenditure, that portion Inf lha ,aerurc -''''F.s may be dispensed with, should Con- gress see fit to do 90. A ~
 On this point, the undersigned de.ns ;t proper to observe that the creation of nnmer. nus States throughout the Western country. now forming most important part of the On'on' and the relative powers claimed and l cAeIcIseu ny congress and the respective states over the public lands, have been grad 1 '.ally accommodating causes of inou;et,dse snd difficulty ifnOt of complaint. Itinav well d.. serve consideration, therefore, whether at . penod demanding the anicable and perm,- nent adjustment the various subjects which now aagitate the public mind, these may not oe aavantageously disposed of in common wnh tne others, and upon principles iust anI I satisfactory to all parts of the Union.
 lt must be admitted, that the public lands wern ceded by the States, or subssn,sntIw acquired by the United States, for inc cnm.
 " "c"eMai anu that each State has an in. !eFest m their proceeds of which it cannot k. Jastiy deprived. Over this part of ,hs public property the powers of tha C,ans.ai uovernment have been uniformly sunnossd 10 nave peculiarly extensive scope. and hsxs 1 Deen construed to authorize their annlicat;nn l to purposes of education and improvement t" "hscn other branches of revenue were mi ueemeu applicable. It IS not practicable in keep the public lands out of the market .nJ the present mode of disposing of them i. r"a not 0eheved to be the most profitable, either f" the General Government or to inc Statss .aS .J must De expected, when the proceeds sha,I L. no longer required for the public deht to ";.o . '''S T,US .I new ana more serious objections.
 Onder these circImstances. if is suhn,;t,.A 70 Inc wIsdon1 of Congress to decide ',o. .ne Propriety of 'disposing of all ina nnb,;" bG" iands, in the aggregate, to those State. pa"c p:." m whose territorial limits thev lie. D. "' sa;. pr.se 10 oe settled in such manner as might hc satisfactory to all. The aggregate nrce cS "f tne whole may then be apportioned amon~ the several States of the Union. accorSn@ ., such equitable ratio as may be consisf.n. ,s;.S S the objects of the original cession- nnS ,L" proportion of each may be paid or secnred S; Eceuy 10 the others by the respectiye S,.t". purcnas'ng the land. All cause of dfSo.,.t. with the General Government m ,h;s nI:ny a..I:y would then he removed and mn SonS. @ S Ss snn.e.talned' n that by means Of stock issued " 'ne ouying States, bearing moderate ;n- .eIest, ana which. in consequence of inc ra- .nDursement of the public debt, wonId sc-