The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-12-11
PRESIDENTS AND GOVERNORS MESA.


GES.
We furnish both these important documents to
the readers Of the Sentinel this week. Though
neither of them is very lengthy, yet, coming to-
gether, they make such demand upon our space
as'leaves ms Ittle room for comments upon them
This is no great calamity, however. as The incl
igent reader will easily discover, by giving them
careful perusal, what they contain that is COM
,nendablc and what reprehensible.
We have had time to give MR. Fillmore's Mes
sage an attentive perusal. Ii is written in good
style, il moderate in its tone, and gives, we sup
pore, general satisfaction to his cwn party. Th4
first paragraphs are devoted to the usual intro
luctory remarks, such are expected in every
annual communication from the Chief Magistrate
Of our Republic. The PROCLAIM ation ia then madc
that the presien, will take the Constitution for his
guide, and submit doubtful questions to the arbi,
trament Of The Supreme Court He says, also
that he will not hesitate to exercise the vETo
POWER, whenGver, in his Judgment, he deems its
exercise rscossary Herein, it seems to us, and
we doubt not il will seem so to most others, Mr..
Fillmore sadly digerges from the path marked out
by the Wing party Of ls4S. for the exec utivc to
pursue. Thepublic was told, we remember, that
the veto power was ga one man power" and
ought not to be exercised in any emergency and
many persons were so tckled with thi sncw exhi-
hhon Of superlative repuhicanism in our oppo-
ncnts, that they cast their suffages for the cand-
'lates protesting this specious ocrine. SUCH per-
sons can now see what they have made out ofthe
capital which they so credulously invested in
|Whig promises.
The following sentiment contained in the mes
sage is worthy o. all admiration The president
says tnat, as the lay is the only protection Of the
weak, and the only efficient restraint upon the
strong. he 'wiIl at all times and all placcs take
care that the laws are laithfully executed" This
is an assurance that every law-abiding man will
th ank himfo and the more especially, consider
ing the circumstances which at present surround
It's. This assurance, given in the zone which char.
terize it, cannot fail Of having powerful effect
in calming the excitement which at present pre-
walls in almost every part ofthe Union ,ard whch'
if permitted to so on unchecked, might lead to
such consequences as every American citizen
must deprccate.
The receipts from customs for the year ending
June 30, 1850, amount to SIT ,42l ,74S 80. The
expenditures for the same period were $43, ,O0!,.
l6S 80; sho wing surplus of receipts over ex.
penditurcs of$l,4l9,5S0 90. This is practical
comment upon the workings OF the Tariff of s46,
which Mr.. Walker estimated would Yield a rev.
cnue OF forty millions, and tho Federaists argued
would not yield more than flom fifteen to twenty
millions, and prove utterly inadequate to supply
70 IF h., r.
cithe a Wing or British Tariff, and so Mr.. Fill
more thinks it ought to be repealed, and the old.
exploited system of specific duties rc-nstated.
Ono of his reasons for this recommendation is.
that the nd vaIorem system affords rascals too
many opportunities ofdefrauding tho Government,
bat why more than the other system is not very
clearly demonstrated But his principle reason
for desiring this change is that it will furnish in
dncenIcnts 10 the foreign manufacturer to send us
his best goods, as, under the specific system, he
will have mo more duty to pay on high-priccd
article of luxury than upon n low-priced article
necessary for the comfort OF the poor. Mark the
reasoning, We who are unable to fare sumptuous-
ly every day, and array yourselre in fine linen.
The Wing party wants you TO pay as much duty
tothe Government on a suit of clothes which costs
you twenty-five dollars, as he who can affi,rd it
pays on suit worth two hundred dollars. While, !
under the tariG Of 1916, as the duty is assessed
on the value Of the article in the country where
IT is produced, The purchaser is only taxed SO
mm b per centum Oh the money he invests, under
system Of specific duties, such as formed the
basis Of tIetarif of 42, you win have to pay on
II yard OF two dolla. cloth the same tax as il you
purchased yard for ten dollars. This then, we |
must conclude is recommend alton intended to
promote, particularly. the interests OF the poorer
portion OF the Presidents fellow citizens
Theic are some other points in the message to
which we would like to point the attention of the
reader, but we will have to defer that plea
sure until next week.