The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1846-12-14

opened to them, they must receive, as they are
now receiving, increased prices for their pro-
ducts. They will lind reader sale and at
better prices for their wheat, flour, rice, lndi-
corn, beef, pork, lard, utter, cheese, and
other articles, which they produce. The U. S.
can from their immense surplus, supply not
only the home demand, but the deficiencies o
food required by the whole world.
That the reduced production of of the
chief articles of food o Great Britain and 9TH
er parts of Europe, may have contributed to i'm
crease the demand for our breadsufis and pro-
visions, is not doubted but that the great and
efficient cause of this increased demand, and of
increased prices consists in the removal Of ar
tlficial restrictions heretofore imposed, is deem
ed to be equally certain That our exports OF
food. already increased aud increasing beyond
former example, under the more lIboral policy
which has been adopted, will be still vastly en-
larged, unless they be checked prevented by
restoration of the protective policy, mot
be doubted. That our commercial and navr
eating interest will be enlarged in a correspon'
ding ratio with the increase of our trade, is
equally certain while manufacturing inter.
ess will still be the favored interests of the
country, and receive the inciden tai protection
offered them by revenue duties; and more than
| this thew cannot demand.
! In my annual message of December last, a
tariff of revenue duties based upon the princi-
plies OF the existing law was recommended; and
| L see no reason 10 cud0pe the OplulOHS tHey
expressed. In view or the probable beneficial
effects of that law, recommend that the poll
cy established by it be manta aimed has but
just commedced to operate and to abandon or
| modify without giving 1t a fair trial. would be
mex pedient and unwise. Should defacts in any
of i IS details be ascertained by actual expert
ence to exist, thesemay be hereafter corrected;
but unit such de ieets shall become manifest,
the act should be fairly tested.
1t is submitted for your consideration, wheh>
er 1t may not proper as a war measure to impose.
| revenue duties on som e articles now embraced
on the free list. Should it be deemed proper to
impose such duties, with a view to raise revenue
| TO eet the expenses of the with Mexico,
| or to avoid to that extent the creation OF a pubs
lie debt, they may be repealed wlen the emer-
| gency which gave rise to them shall cease to
exist, and constitute no part OF the perma nent
! policy OF the country.
The act of the 9th of August la st, ITO pros
vide for the better organization of the treasury,
and for the collection, safe keeping, transfer
and disbursement OF the public revenue" has
| been carried into xecntion as rapidly as the
delay necessarily arising out Of the appointment
OF new officers, taking and improving their
bonds, and preparing and securing proper places
for the safe keeping OF the public money would
permit. 1t is not proposed to depart IN any res
Spect from he principles or policy on W CHI this
great measure IS founded. There are however,
defects in the details of the measure developed
forth in the Report of the Secretary of the
i Treasury, to which the attention of Congress
is invited. These defects would impair to
some extent the successful operation OF the law
at all times, but are especially embarrassing
when the country is engaged in war, when
the expenditures are greatly Increased, when
loans are to be effected and the disburs ements
are to be made at points many hundred miles
distant, in some cases from any depository and
large portion of them IN foreign country
The notifications suggested in the report Of
the Secretary of the Treasury are recommended
to your favorable con sideration.
i In connection with this subject invite your
attention TO the importance of establish ng
branch of the Mint of the U. S. at N Y ork.
Two thirds of the revenue derived from
toms being collected that point the demand
for specie to pay the duties will be large; and a
branch mint where foreign coin and bullion
could be Immediately converted into American
coin, would greatly facilitate the transaction of
the public bushes enlarge the circulation of
gold and silveo, and be, at the time, a
, safe depository of the public money.
The importance of graduating and reducin g
the price OF such of the public lands, ha We
been long offered in the market, at the mini
mum sat authorized by existing laws and re-
main unsold, induces me again to recommend
the subject to your favorable consideration.
Many millions of acres of these lands have
been offered in the market for mere than thirty
Fl twenty years; and being of IN inferior quality,
, they must remain unsaleable for an Indfnite
period unless the price at which they may be
; purchared shall be reduced. To place price
: upon them above their real value is not only TO
- prevent their sale, and thereby deprive the
treasury of any income from that source but is
unjust TO the States which they lie, because II
retards their growth and increase OF population.
and because they have no power to levy tax
upon them as upon other lands within their
limits, held by other proprietors than the TINT
ted States, for the support of their 10 cal govern
ment.
Embarrassment is likely to arise for wan
! of legal provision authorizing compensation
: 10 be made 10 the agents employed in the
e several States and Territories 10 pay the
revolutionary and other pensioners the am
cunts allowed them by law. Your attention
. is invited to the recommendations Of the
o Secretary of War on this subject. These
agents incur heavy responsibilities, and per
: form important duties, and no reason exists
4 why they should not be placed on the same
: footing, as 10 compensation, with other dis
bursting officers.
e Ourrelatons with the various Indian tribe
:. continue 10 be ola pacific character The
q unhappy dissensons which have existed
e among the Cherokees for many years pas
II have been healed. Since my last annua
message, important treaties have been ne
E goiated with some of the tribes, by which
d the Indian title to large tracts of valuabl,
h land, within the limits of the States and Ter
e ritores, has been extinguished, and arrange
IS ments made for removing them 10 the coun
try weslof the Mississippi. Between three
: and four thousand, of different tribes, hav'
\ been removed to the country provided 70
i them by treaty stipulations, and arrangement