The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-12-11

ASh shti~kcton Oh BoolnT what thew rp90rdo
a. automatic truths incorporated into the policy OF tn
two greatest powers the world ana moving onward 4
me great and al victory Of universal peace and unre
copy Of the instructions for carrying into ess, tn
new tarin 10 hereto anne xsd marked j.
IN c9nnsxion with the hnances the suggestions made
IN my last annual report in regard to the reduction NJ
Of the prices Of the public lands in favor
= ~ Sss assn respectfully submittee
sugnsntng the rvsnds Es Pablo lands now subIsc
sale At private entry exceed one hundred and forty mil
wholly unsuitable q existing rates but would II re-
duced and graduatsd, find many purchasers at lowel
q Alabama. Msslasipp and Tennessee. establish The
sc snst me application Of the principle Of reduction and
:sSss9 a. :S =: Of The sale:
~snted value Of those lands ws a. the crops that
have BEEN sirssdy raised upon them be than
Tor the benefit of the chckassws The only one Of the
land districts in the ses 70 which the principle o.
has proved the beneficial effects Of this great measure
pom mems o. augmentng the revenue and ncreas.
BY communication from the General Land osscs
q pa6s lands that ssss ss q which
than nine M up . ss SD JSs s.s n
nneyone cents per scrs the ani being subisct To- ssc
At e: az ysss q = :: s second
he fourth year q twenty AvS cents per acre and The
NTH and oil succeeding year. at twelve and half cents
reduction than proposed in regard to the pnSlic
lands and yet this district in which the sales were made
States other pus lands Sas % tho
larger proportional In the same period than sny other
os n.po f from ss ss also the
Land Once that II tho whole Of the public lands in each
o. tbs land district. Of the several States Of the
rates. there would hsvebsen saving to this govern
ment including interest at six per cent on its revenue
lands were purchased but las the entries
snow cnisay oy settlers aud cultiyators distinguished
and ws q for moral worth
noy IRON the sales have added many millions Of dol
lors to the asrreg:te wealth q the nation in the i'm.
uon bill IN the form In which 1t passed the Senate on its
return from the House, during last session should be-
public lands from half million 10 million Of doass per
annum and. adoItsd, together with the proposed duty
on e. and coffee s1s ,osa might Ss safely reduced 70
Of graduation applied to the Chickssaw ccsson were
adopted a. regards ell the public lands would Increase
by the data presented in the table before referred TO- Sc
veral millions Of dollars por sunum.
graduated should be conAnsd 10 limited auantities sold
only for settlement and cultivation. In this manner
whilst the ssEreg.ts wealth Of the nation and revenue
labor must DO enhanced. BY sGofdny to our working
cIas:es and the industrious poor certain means whenever
chasing homes for themselves and families al the re
duced rates to b: established In relation to the public
Such augmentation Of the revenue might be produced
by removing several onerous rsstrictions in he
on Iaw and especisy ~ extending its Just and saluta
ryProvisons ed lands which tho Indian
tile has been sxngushed By returns from tho General
Land ONCE up to the LIST Of November last il appears
sale. to which the exemption principle now extends
amounted to 10 44l the the
sa the Of yhcs Il 70 %
not TAIL to augment the grsvenue II would carry thou.
sands Of settlers upon these auds ia advance Of he sur
veys as well a. the .alss who would desire
the farms occupied by thom the existence or which
would give increased value to the remaining inds and
would thus increase the revenue II would GO
cure homes to those enterpsg and patriotic settlers
blessings of civilization disusing the influence aud al
t6nsFSegzass oil rennhljcan prnc ples ana soon
by authorizing the sale OF that portion
the woudsnore rapidly develope the
Of this valuable region and at the time convert
into and proprietors those who occupy the
relation Of tenants to the federal government land
lord
If Congress- OF early period Of the prsssu. session.
would impose the proposed DUTY tea and coffee re.
duce and graduate price Of tho public lands 10
of settlers and cutvaios extend the pre- empon sys
tenn TO tho unsurveyod lands TO which the Indian tile
has been exnguished. and authorize the sale OF that
portion OF the public lands containing copper and other
sSs 70 a Seventeen Millions q dollars s1 run
Annexed copies (marked L) OF Instruction. iss"ed
By this department TO Gerry into eject the act OF the
The large majority by which this law was passed, and
the beneficial results already accomplished clearly indi
poiicy of the country That Il would have been more
adv geous there had been no limit to the time for
retaining goods In the warehouse the belief o. this
departing Mt but the having been adopted In s
present form ss compromise OF conflicting opinions no
Iecomme is submitted to disturb that compromise
II Is believed that hereafter this great measure Will vim
dcas Itself clearly by Its results that amendments
may be obtained by very general consent at future
ROD Both az means Of augmenting revenue. and Of
increasing the commerce and prosperity Of the county
il IL most important measure Under ats beneficial In
Guence, our own great commercial cities will soon
European commerce, augmentlng most rapidly the
wealth and business Of the whole country. In
portant as Il Is agriculture, commerce, and navi
CATION manufactures also twill derive froa IL, in
series of years. great advantages The benefits In aug
mened means accruing to those concerned IN agrcu-
ture commerce. and navigation arising from the ware
house BILL will enable them purchase Of
whilst that interest will not be serious
y affected has been by auctions and forced sales Of
foreign merchandise Most Of these goods, under the
warehouse BILL will wait in store for purch aser, in
stead OF forced ssles in market because the goods
Az this bill will also render our great commercial cities
immense marts Of assorted cargoes where merchants
ply, own manufactures will often be fought a.
part of those assorted cargoes by purchasers that
would have been found in the absence of such sy stem
In Live pool and its suburbs, the number OF bonc cd
warehouses estimated at FIVE hundred and in London
and other ports Of the British empire, ct many thou.
sends. These immense structures, stretching along
their ane docks and mighty basins-a single ware
house often covering acres Of ground and storing
throughout the year assorted cargoes Of several hun
dred millions Of dollars in value Invite to these msrts
the merchants and commerce ofhe world Indeed this is
one Of the great BY which hnssna mas 1 nsr
people, whether for or against protection acknowledg
ed the important benefits Of this system Here, the I'D
vantsges would ultimately be still greater much
our chief commercial cities already nearer than
Of Europe to the centre Of the territory, popula
ton and commerce Of the world, and destined ut
distant day to be brought still nearer when the water
of the Atlantic and Pacific shall be united at the Mex
isthmus which. combined with our possessions on
the Pacific, would revoutionse in favor the CON-
msrce Of the world and rapidly advance great
ness wealth. and power than any event that has occur.
red since the adoption II he constitution.
II is deemed important that revenue laws should
bs extended to Oregon not only means OF collecting
duties there but also 10 defeat any eJr that might be
made from ASIA elsewhere TO Introduce foreign
chandize free Of duty into Oregon NOV acknowledged
10 be part OF the Unon) and then claim the right un
der the constitution to bring such articles from Oregon
exempt from duty, into any other part OF the Union
Two collection districts might perhaps, DO conveniently
esablished-the near tho mouth Of the Oregon RI
and tho other at OF near Pugets SOUND With sy
Of liberal donations OF tracts OF land In Oregon sui
fcien settlers and emigrants hixhlv