New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-01-10

,,gsInrnts viii b. fully reaIiz q.
.i'bs report OF the Canal Commissioners wil! pre-
ssut to you, IN detail, the operations on the puohT
IMPROVEMENTS for ;h- pssr Inc tolls collected
in 1874 nnouut TO Sll67 6Q3 ~, being gn Increase
over 1913 OF Sl72, 1879 10. HE collection for he
wear exceed the mixtures the sum o' S69 COS 81
| Ti,- rrport of the STATE Treasurer viii explain,
:, 9r,aiI our financial condition. That officer es-
Inmates the receipts AT HI treasury ioT Inc current
fiscal 'eaf' 'nai's 'O'n -'0'''AD' ss,os.o %
To which add balance in Treasury, on 49,, 6, s.
3ath November Inst. ........... soo-,>oI %
! Also the amoun; IN Canal Treasury on &C .,,n
same 80 s7Cssss IS
~ M ,si =, ,a,s the ex5ea OF Inc Common.
wealth for the period, including interest on 80 40 =.
e%Gs pf balance nc IN Treasury on @ Soycn6er
IN 1e5- *. therefore. no manner OF doub. tha
hencef,r,h TIE State will be able II meet, not only
the interest on her public debt bar all her other en-
| gagemaatS OF every DESCRIPTION; the taxes no" IN
posed by law. 81 their collection and payment into
| The Treasury be strciiv enoyced end tire proceeds
| of the public improvements, with other sources ct
revenue, constituting fund amply suhcieniior that
| purpose.
The Governor notices briefly the recent riots
in Philadelphia, and urges upon the Legislature
to make provision for the payment of the military
whose services were put in rtquision during
those disgraceiuI scenes. He also recommends
that some provision be :aade for securing to insane
convicts in the penitentiaries tho treatmfn! which
their condition requires. After briefly abiding
to some other topics, Governor Porter expresses
himself on the subject of the Tariff as follows
| Before ] conclude this communication will call
YOUR attention 10 i subject in which, believe, the
| State of Prnns. yania has deeper stake Than any
| .tyal, ID. ,tyh~ thar
before her own legislature the Legislature Of the
Union. | refer to The maintenance, in all subsisn-
ta points OF lie existing revenue laws OF the Union,
more geueralis known the tariff laws. The great
variety and comPieHity OF line interests In Inc dier
ent quarters OF the Union render tho adjustment OF
! any tariff system extremely difficult and delicate
undertaking. Could HE people ofevery section OF
the Union survey the entire circle OF national inter
ests with perfectly cool and unpreJudcedeyc, this
difficulty and deicacy would Enthusiastically vanish:
But while certain sections OF the Union are welded
10 certain notions, without regard 10 their iounda-
ton in reason ard in truth, II Will be almost lmpos-
sihlc 10 expect from am body OF men, assembled III
Congress Il perfectly free and UnprcjuG!ced s1emI-
nation of this exciting question
We must deal with men and things we find
| tllen and not as would desire IN have them.
In n conflict where prejudice and self interest bias
the Judgment, it behooyes ths Representatives. of
every section while they yicldn due regard 20 the
claims of others, 10 stand firmly by their own
| have from year to year, in addressing comnmni-
cations 10 the Legislature referred TO this subj c.
not 40 much lOf the purpose OF inducing action IN
the National Leg i5!ature, us Ia keep II before tue
citizens oil this Commonwealth, TO amilla'izc II i'll
their minde, aud To prepare them 10 Unite III MAN.
tanning their interests, whenever thcse interests
| might be endangered
/ was assacd when first took This high ground
in defence OF the welfare CT Peunsy lyana, fIom va
rious quarters aud denounced for advocating loc-'
trines Ia which the majority OF tie people Of thus
Stte we're asserted 10 b: opposed; bur, regardless
of the idle and futile assaults, have reiterated the
same sentiments, and have tine satisfaction Of kG0w.
ing that in the recent Pesdsuli1l election, III which
the tariff was believed 10 be Involved, botn political
parties. nearly 10 mu1, assumed the same posi-
ii0ns had taken, aud advocated the same doctrines
which had enjeayorod 10 eDioice upon the cOnsd-
Grafton of the Legislature. advert 10 This matter
now, 30; 30 much To justify myself, az 10 prove
whatever has been alleged 10 the contrary, that
there is but party IN this question in Prnnsyl'
yauia, and that party is nearly the entire mass oi
| her citzeus. hazard nothing IN asserting that
nriiher of the Presidential candidates could have
hoped, for moment, 10 get nbj oriIy o The votes
ia this State, had not his claims been based upon
| the ussurnGc,: thIt he friendly 10 the cOnnu-
auce of The present Tariff laws, substantially Us
they stand.
The iron and coal interests of The State, g,eaf "a
| they have been considered 10 br, We IN their ~
fancy. Deposits OF these numerals, scattered through
!
wealth are eIheus;Iess, and are peculiarly di~tri
buted, IN all quarters 10 create direct interest
on The part OF almost cIiiZen, in The develop
ment and encouragement OF every system OF policy
which render them ayailahle. III" owners Of
the lands in which they are embedded. the asrcul-
uri-is who furnish the workncn with their supplies,
the merchants. mechanics aud artisans, OF al deacrp
| ons look 10 these RESOURCES ulDatrly as lie great
| fountain from which Stale and individual prosperity
must be derived Here tits believed, must be found!
et and sustained The great counerpoise 70 foreign
mportalions of all species OF iron, raw and mann
featured, with which the whole American people are
10 be supplied. Here, too, is 10 be- found d posi-
of fuel Tor the family vi the poor, we'll a. for
| the extensive in the manufacturing pur-
! pores of the rich.
Possessing such advantages, how can any rational
man consent 10 relnGulsh and iorego them CRAFTY
The canrices Of those who certainly mistake their
own and are incapable OF apprecaiing the interests
| of others We seek no unreasonable prohibitions.
We ask not the protection OF the Government at the
expense Of the rights OF sister States but we do
ask, aud we think We have q right 10 ask that The
system of encouraging ard protecting the domestic
interests of this country, the OF which
was laid in tine act OF Congress of LIST June, 1879,
should not be abandoned without some more sub
stanal reason than the empty notions OF visionary
! theorists.
We believe that the Tariff law of 1912, now in
| force making reasonable allowance for inaccuracy
| in spirit of compromise and fair dealing, equay
Just 10 the great national interests Of the different
sections of the Uaion. TO disturb it now except TO
correct its minor details is 10 unsettle the whole
SYSTEM to weaken ts stability, and TO destroy the
| confidence al home and abroad. in the wisdom and
consistency of the National Government, and TO
break down, now and for ever all hope of competing
with foreign rivalry in the interests to which this
law extends some cherishiDs protection. The great
interests of Pennsy lvApia do not ask for additional
protection, or for safeguards bur, small as the
| determinations in their BEHALF TO let them re-
main as they are, with certainty that they shall
not be changed without bstaDtal reasons, and The
concurrence Of the citizens Of Pennsylvania
There seems TO be disposition among some
members Of the National Legislature to interfere
with this subject, aud think The present proper
occasion for the Legislature OF Pennsy vania TO
speak out in decided terms, and announce 10 those
who represent the people Of this great Common
wealth in the councils Of the Nation, what course il
il expected by their constituents they will pursue.
Ii the Issue s to be distinctly mnde between he coal
and interests of Pennsy yaniu and those Of for
eign nations, the sooner it is ksown the better; and
trust whenever such an Issue ia to b.. determined