Litchfield enquirer., 1835-12-10

0XOGUOA6UIOS. 1huSPOuNouIy
nr public debt, have been reduced near nine
,,;ll;ons dnrinR the same period. Let US trnst,
mi nv the conti1Iued Observance OF economy,
nd by harmonizing the great interests Of agFl-
.ultuna. manufactures and commerce. mueh
more NAV 10 accomplished to diminish che bur
lAns az GOvasnnnent and 70 increase sim TURNER
he ' anssSuriSe and the patriotic affection OF all
$780, of our eitisena and oil the en1hers o. our
\ ,ue ooufsderacy. A. the date which the ss'
.FeYnsv Of the treasury will lay before you ia re.
,oFA Il our iuaMcial resources. ace full ana -
sndNd. and viii afgord q safe guide to your "a:
t,rs "a .culalione, think II Unnecessary to e5er
nv fnrthnT observations on that subject here
Among the evidences Of the Increasing pros
Uerity Of the country. not the least gra'kyi"e' e
that afforded By the receipts from me sa'SS y.
the Ufblio hands, which amount 10 1no ps" .r,,':
year 10 thsune1pectsd sum Of Sll ,OOO'UUv ""
circumstances atiests the Tnpid;ty with winch 1s'
riculturc, the FIRST and DaosS important oecuLa-
ton Of man, advances, and contributes 70 m"
wealth and power of our extended terrl'oFy. DC
isg still Of the opinion that Il is our pest P".sy'
:. far M ~ nap. consistently with the ooIiga-
s;ohs unAer which those lands we're coded t" the
United States 70 promote thoir speedy settle.
ment. 4 beg leave 70 call the attention Of tine
crescent Congress 10 the suggestions have 81.
fsred respecting Il. in my former messagee'
ThaaxtraordinaYy receipts from the sales OF
the public lands invite you To consider what ina'
movement the land system and particularly tho
condition Of the General Land Once may Fo-
onire. AT the time this institution was organa.
;sed. near a uuarter ofa century ago, 1t weptd
Ssrohahlv haso b~sh thopRht oxtravaEant 70 antis
ainale, fbr this period, zach an addition TO ms
business ID has been produced by the vast 10.
cfaase ofthoso sales, during the past and pres.
ept veass. II may also BE- observed, that since
fhe year 1914, the land Offices aud surveying dis
tfiets have been greatly multiplied, and that nu.
rnerous legislative enactments, from yeas to year
since that time, have imposed great smount OF
new and additional dutios upon that otiice; while
the want Of timely application of fore" com
nsnsuvate with the care and labor required mas
caused the increasing embarrassment OF accu-
nulated arrears 10 Different branches Of the es-
taOlishment.
These impediments 70 the expedition Of much
auty in the General Land Office induce me to sab
mis- to your judgment, whether some modification
of the laws relating to ts organization, or an Or.
Raniyaei0n Of new character, be not called for,
It the present juncture to enable the Office to &C.
somuIish all the ends of its Institution with grea
ter degree Of facility end promptitude than expe-
fioneo has proved to be practicable under existing
seRuls.ions. The variety of the concerns, and
she magnitude and complexity Of the details occu.
owing and dividing the attention Of the Commis-
sioner. appear to render it difficult, il not imprac-
tcable, for that officer, by any possible assiduityo
bestow on all the multirious subjects, upon which
he is called to oct, the ready md careful attention
due 70 their respective importance; unless the
Legislature shall assist him by law providing, or
enabling him to provide, for a more regular and
economical distribution Of labor. with the incident
responsibility, among those employed under his
direction. The mere manual operation of afix-
ing his signature TO the vast number Of documents
issuing from bis Office substracts so largely from
the time claimed by the weighty and complicated
subjects daily aeeumulating in that branch Of tho
public service, 70 indicate the strong necessity
Of revising the organic law Of the establishment.
it will be easy for congress- hereafter, to proper
tiOn the expenditure on account of this branch Of
the service 10 its real wants, by abplshing from
time TO time, the Offices which can be dispensed
with.
The extinction Of the public debt having taken
place. there 10 no longer any use Cor the Offices or
eammissionsss oc loans ., Of tho sinking funds
recommend. therefore, shat they DO abolished,
end thai proper measures be taken for the transfer
10 the treasury department of any funds, books
and papeis, connected with tho ope atoms of
those Offices; and that the proper power DO gwen
70 that department for closing, finally, any portion
Of their buSinH 50 which may remain 10 be settled
1t 10 also incumbent on congress, in guarding
the pecuniary interests Of the country, to dscon.
tinue. by such lew a. was passed in 1872 the rs-
ceipt Of the bills Of the bank of the Unit States
in payment Of the public revenue, and TO provide
fur the designation ofan agent, whose duty i, shall
be to take charge Of the books and stock of the
United States in that institution and To- close all
connection with it. after the Sd Of March, 1886.
when its charter expires. In making provision in
regard to the dispoSton Of this stock it win be
sential to define, clearly and strictly the duties
end powers ofthe officer charged with TINT branch
of the public service. 4
It will be seen from the correspondencs ,vb;cb
the seeretar, Of the treasury will Law before Won
that notwithstanding tho large amount of the stock
which the United States hold in that institst;on
no information hos yet been communicated which
will enable the government to anticipate when il
Gan reeeiys any dividends. or derive any benefit
Gom il. y "s
Connected with the condition Of the faances
and the foarshing state of the country in all its
branches Of industry, 10 pleasing to witness the
advantages which have been already derived from
she recent laws regulating the value Of the gold
:e'nage. Theae advantages will be more apparent
IN the conrse OF the next year, when the branch
minis authorised to be established in North Cnro.
lima. Georgia, and Louisiana, shall have gone into
operation. Aided, % tits hoped they will be. by
nr.hesrsforWsi In the banking systems ofthe sta,es
and by judicions regulations on the mart Of con.
ess, ~ elnion to the custody Of the public mo.
nsu,itmayb DO confidently anticipated that the use.
o. gold end oliver, as a circulating medium, viii
become general in the ordinary transactions con.
1ecfed with the labor Of the country. The r,ea,
2ins modern times, is an efffcient
check upon the power Of hanks, preventing tha.
sxeeseiye Issue Of paper whence arise those fine.
sE- vasuvs vvMtG1I Yy4s.VsSSa
lDcessaiIthe rewards Of labor. Il wa, sunnossa
hy those who established the bank Of the uni,s al
States that from the credit given to il by the cua,,
az Of thepahiic moneys, and other privileges. and
'hs precautions taken 70 guard against the ev;Is
which the country had suffered in the bankrup,ov
Of many state institutions Of that period wa
ghoald derive :ffom that institution all the uecu.
tity and hensfts ofs sound currency, and eyerv
god end that was astainabls under that provision
o. th9 constitution which authorizes cops,es1
aloaa % coin money and regulate the value there.
~ nae 70 10 scarcely necessary now to say Thai
snsss antetpations have nos been 'ealissd.
Ahsr thew Intensive embarrassment and distres,
[ecently produced By the Bank Of the United
cIAses' rom which the co0ntry is now recoyer,
lng, aggravated as they were by pre,ensions 10
pSweI 'wn'ch deded Tho public authority, and