The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-12-13

The proper authorities the raIdranoos oI
he treaty lately concluded @llh tho Empe@
ror Of China, Since ,he return Of ,bu CON.
missioner to the Uuited States, his healu
nss been much improved aud he enter
aims the confident belief that he will soon
e able to proceed in his mission.
Unfortunately differences continue to eX
st among the nations of South America
which, following our example, have es'oh.
iIshed heir Independence, while, in others
internal dlssenlions ptcNaII llI. nalurl
that our sympahies should be warmly eu.
listed for their welfare; that we shouIG de-
sire that all controversies between then
should be amicahy adjusted, aud Their gov'
ernmens administered in m4nncr TO pro-
mote the prosperity of their people. lr Is
contrary, however, 10 our seuled policy, It
interfere in their controversies ShrlheI rX-
Iernal or internal.
have thus advened to all the subjects
connected with our foreign relations, 1t
which | deem it necessary to call your allen
lion. Our policy is not only peace viii
all, but good will towards all the powers
Of the earth. While we ale just To all, WI
require that all shall be jus, TO US. Except
ing The difference with Mexico and Gres
Brnuin, our relations with all civilized na-
lllons are the most satisfactory character, /
) hoped that in this heightened age these
differences may be smcaby adjusted,
The Secretary of the Treasury, in his
report TO Congress, will communicate {
| full statement Of lhe condition of our hnan'
ces' The imports for the fisca, wear ending
on the ,hinieth OF June last, were Of The
value of one hundred and seventeen mil
lions two handred aud fifty four Thousand
five hundred and sixty four doIIars, o
which the amount exported was iiileer
millions three hundred and forty six thou
sand eight hundred and thirty dollars
leaving balance Of one hundred and one
millions nine hundred aud seven thousand
seven hundred and thirty four dollars q
domestic consumption.
The exports for the same year were oi
Ihe valve Of one hundred and fourteen mil
lions six hundred and forty six thousand six
hundred and six dollars; Of which, the a.
noun of domestic articles was ninety nine
millions Two hundred and ninety nine lhou-
sand seven hundred and seventy six dol
lars. The receipts into the WeasUary du-
ring the same year were twenty nino mil
IONS seven hundred and sixty nine thou
sand one hundred and thirty three dollars
aud iitly six, cents; Of which there were de-
rived from custCm, twenty seven millions
i've hundred and twenty eighI thousand one
bundled aud lWtlve dollars and seventy
cents; from sales Of puolic lands two mill
| lions seventy seven thousand and twenty
TWO dollars and thirty Ceos, aud I:om Incl
dental and miscellaneous sources one hun
!red and sixty three thousand nihe hundred
and ninety eight dollars aud fifty six cents
The expenditures for me same period
we're twenty nine millions nine hund7eC
and sixty eight thousand two hundred an
six dollars aud ninety eight GEMS Of which
eight millions five hnnd,ed and eighty
Ugh, thousand one hundred and ily seven
dollars aud slX!y two cents were applied to
lhe payment Of lhe public drbl,The balance
II the Ieosuary on the first Of July last, wa.
seven million six hundred and fifty ejgh,
thousand three huudted and six dollars and
twenty two cents.
The amount of the public debt remaining
anpajd on the first of October last, was
seventeen uiIlious seventy five thousand
four hundred and forty five dollars aud fifty
two cents, Further payment Of the public
debt would have been made, in anticipation
Of the period Of its reimbursement under the
authority conferred upon the Secretary Of
he Treasury by the act Of July twenty
first, 1871, and of April fifteenth 1912, and
March third, 1913, had not the unsettled
state Of our relations with Mexico menacedI
hostile collision with That power. In view
o. such contingency, i! was deemed pru-
dent to retain in the treasury an amount
unusslIy large for ordinary purpose.
A few years ago, our whole national
debt growing out OF the Revolution aud the
wgr Of 1912 with Great BRAIN was eXtine
guIshed, and we presented to the world The
rare and noble spectacle Of great and
growing people who had fully Discharged
every obligation. Since that time, the ex-
is ing debt has been contracted and smaI
as il is, in comparison with tie similar bur
dens of most other nations, it should be ex,
Dingnishcd at the earliest practicable peIod: