Indiana State sentinel., 1842-07-12
VETO MESSAGE.
10 he R,r,e of Repreaentatires


the provision Of the act Of 1893, commonly called the
Compromise Act. The only ground on which this de-
arture from the solemn adjustment Of great aud ag
tatng question have been regarded expedni
the alleged necessity Of establishing hy legislative
actment rules and regulations for assessing the duties 10
be levied mposts after the Both Of June, according
the home valuation and yet the bill expressly provides
that if before the first of August there be further e
gsaton upon the subject the laws for laying and collect
ing duties shall be the though this had not
hcen passed In other words that the Of 1913, in
perfect considered shall IN that continue to
be- and be executed law under such rules and
laons previous statutes had prescribed had enabled
the Executive Department prescribe for that purpose
leaving the supposed ehasm the Revenue laws just
before.
am certainly far from being disposed to deny that ad
dtional legislation upon the subject Is very desrabeon
the contrary, the necessity well difficulty cf es'ab-
fishing uniformity the appaisemcnts 70 be made IN con-
fomIty with the intention Of that act, was brought
the notice Of Congress my 10 Congress at tie
opening Of It's present But however sensible
may be Of the embarrassmens which the Executive IN
the absence Of all ad from the superior wisdom OF the LIE
gislaurc will be liable the enforcement Of the existing
laws have not with the siucerest wish to acquesce IN
expressed will been able to persuade ms sell lha 'he
exgeucy of the occasion Is great a. To justify me ia
signing question. with my present views oi ~
character and Effects. The existing laws, as am ad'isd
are sufficient authorize and enable the collecting OH
GERS under the direction Of the Secretary OF the treasury
10 levy the duties imposed BY the act OF ls33
The act was passed under peculiar cIrcumstances 10
which necessary that should 10 more than bafey
alude-w haiever may be IN theory s character nave
,fv,ss regarded imposing the hghe-t moral obIgl-
lion. II has existed for nine years, unchanged IN
any essential particular with general acquicscence 1t IS
believed Of the country. that country has ever mani
tested for any Of her wisely established institutions IL
has ensured 10 the repose which always flows from truly
wise and moderate councils repose the more striking
because Of long and angry agltaons which pTeceGed
H. This sautary law pTOclams express terms the pn
cpIe which, while led the abandonment of scheme
Of indirect taxation, founded false basis, ana pushed
10 dangerous excess, lusies any enlargement oil dues
hat may be called for by the real exgencIes OF the public
service Il provides that duties shall be laid tor the Pur-
pose of raising such may be necessary to an
economical administration of the government II Is
therefore, the power Of Congress TO lay duties as high
As discretion may dictate for the necessary uses oil the
Governments without infringing upon the objects OF the ac
Of DO doubt that the necessities OF the gov
eminent do require of the tariff duties above
twenty per cent and as little doubt but that above a
well below that rate, Congress may 50 discriminate al
To give incidental protection to manufacturing industry
thus To make the burhens which Is compelled to Inpos
upon the people for the purposes OF government Produc
tive double benefit This, most OF the easonaOlc OF
onenfs of protective duties willing to concede, and
we may Judge from the manifestations OF public opinion II
all quarters this all that the manufacturing interests really
require. an happy IN the persuasion that ths uouo
object can be most easily and Clcctuay accomplished
the present juncure without any departure from the SPIN
and principles of the statute IN question The mahuac
turing classes have opportunity, which may neNe
occur again, of permanently identifying their interest
with those of the whole country and making the III th
highest of the term national concern. he mo
men. Is noptious to the interests of the whole country
intro oluction Of harmony among all It's seveia heieS
The same rate lmposts, and will most sure
rscsab,sh the public credit, will TO the manua
urer all the protection he ought TO DESIRE with ever
prospect of pcrnanence and stability which the hear
acquescence the whole country reasonable syste
can hold 10 HIM.
Out of this universal acquicsccnce and the harmon
and confidence and the many other benefits that will ce
taInly result from IT, regard the suspension OF the law
distributing the proceeds OF the public lands as an ihui
pcnsabc condition. This measure Is, IN my Judgmen
called for by a large number, If not great majority oi
people of the United Stacs-by the state of the publ
the critical posture OF our various foreign
latons-and above ali, hy the sacred of ali dutis
public til The of September last. which provd
for the distribution couples 1t inseParaby with the &C
tit,on IL shall cease-Ist. In of war I'd As so
and 50 long the of duties shall, Tor any reason wh
ever be raised above twenty per cent. Nothing can
more clear express and imperative than tins language
II ,s in vain 10 allege that a deficit in the Treasury
known to exist, and means taken to supply 1t by 10
when the act passed. Ii Is true that loan W
authorized at the session during which the DIST
button law passed, but the most sangulne oil
friends of the two measures entertained DOUBT but IN
tho loan would be eagerly taken up by capitalists a
speedily reimbursed by country, destined as they hop
soon to enjoy ovcrlowing prosperity. The very ter
of the loan making it releemabe in three years dem
siraic this hey ond all Who at that time ioresaw
imagined the possibility u the actual state OF things WI
a nation that has paid of her whole debt since inc
ing theirs and whose resources, already great, arc
but in the infancy their deveoPemeni should be CO
PEELED to haggle IN the money market Tor paty sum
equal years revenue on her economical sysie
II the distribution law Is to be indefinitely suspended
coriing not only terms, but universal cons
in case of war, wherein the actual cxigcncies OF
country or the moral obligations to provide for them
under present circumstances than they could be
actually involved war 1t appears to me to toe the
dspensabe duty of all concerned IN the administration
public affairs to see that state OF things so humlia'
and so perous should not last moment longer than Is
solutely unavoidabe-much less excusahe should we
parting with any portion of unavailable MEANS at L
until the demands of the treasury were fully supp
u, besides the urgency of such considerations the Ia
undeniabe that the Distribution Act could not have
come law without the guaranty IN the proviso OF
itself.
This connection thus meant to be inscrarablc, IS
cred by the bill presented 10 The bill violates
princplc Of the % 1898, and September lsi
s,.pendng the first, aud rendering for time, the las
operative Duties above twenty per cent are propose
ls levied and the pYoriso the Distribution Ac
tisrecarIed-ihc proceeds of the sales TO be dsnb
on the first of August-so that while the duties are
,o-e, TO be enacted exceed twenty per cent, no suS
sion of the distribution TO the States ID permitted TO
place To abandon the principle for month, open
Ivav to its abandonment. Ii such Is not meant,
postpone at a-why not let the distribution take plat
the 4 rst Of Juv If the law directs. which. howev
regarded as questionable, but why not have limited
provision 10 that effect Is for the accommodate
the Treasury see 40 reason to believe that the
surv will be in better condition TO meet the payme
the first of August than on the first Of July. The
assumes that distribution of the proceeds of the 7
lands by existing laws, be made on the hrst d
july, 1912, Notwithstanding there has been Impc'
of duties mposts exceeding twenty per cent up L
ay, and directs II to be made the first OF August
II very clear, tina, this construction is el
erroneous and dangerous, it would divert from
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