Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-12-18
INDIANA STATE SENTINEL.
Presidents Message.

Ihe late message OF President Fillmore IN the main.
is very creditable State paper Its general
OF Ebreign policy and domestic affairs. Mr. Fill
more the author of the and oppressive
,if system Of 1912. which repealed in 1876 The
President still to entertain strong sympathy for
his deceased bantng, and recommends return 10 the
protective policy. This is whig doctrine. and whig
President such recommendations very naturally TO
be looked for. Any other view would argue a change
of uPieen.
Desiring to uproot the present system we are not to
expect from the President and statistical facts
10 its advantageous operations the general pros
perity OF the country but in opinion many Of his
statistiea illustrations letched and pertain
of the character Of quibbIing lawyers brief, in bad
cause than the profound arguments and Illustrations Of
graf After sdnitting that increased
exports Nf domestic produce exceeds the last year Gr-
tytree miliios he slriut,> that increase the hi.h
price of cotton and then buses his calculation for Tie
approaching year the present reduced price Of that
ticIe, aud thereby calculates that there will be a
pouding dimnutiou - thing which may NAV not
haPPen. aud whch i always regulated by the laws Of
demand aud supply, more than by tariff laws. The
crop Cor the present year by no means an abun
d'nt Money j. pIenty in England, and The de-
mand l. nnt diminished the staple will doubtless in.
TIE value of export, Of hrcadstuhs is al
way regulated by the standard NoTwitlisIand-
Ia thu laws have been virtually repealed failure
of crops ''~ .try. aud super;,unIance in Eu-
rope must IA erialy lrr exports OF -four.
pork and beef which constitute the staples ol the grain
growing States. To show thas there has been
fiiling o in the e7pmraiion Of breadstus, the Pes
den takes tn; famine year of 1S47 the base of his
calculations, when exported sixty-eight millions, and
shows thar during the last year only exported twen-
Iy-one millions but he lorbears 10 tell that this twcn-
y-one millions is far above the average expectation of
breadsuds during the period Of high protection Like
lawyer he argses side of the question: instead Of
taking a broad statesman like view of the whole sub
ject
He shows that the falling off in the exportation Of
rice and tobacco exceeds million in value c,m-
pared with the last year. A fact accounted Tor by the
shuit supply and no by the dminuon in price, for both
articles daring the lat year forward nc eased
prices and quick sales. From these facts tie President
abors prove that the present arT has oper
ated uufavorsbly the farming int Every farmer
in the land has now occuar demonstration of the-
lalsity Of the theory, that protection beneficial
rcuture Let him take the prices of pork, beef corn,
wheat and -four from 1S43 1S47 which was the peri
od Of high tariff, and compare Them with the
prices maintained the articles since 1S47 under
1t is stated in the message that for the purpose of H.
qudating foreign debt, twenty -four millions of spe-
Gle has exported daring the last year. and that
the first quarter of the present fiscal year. the
exported fourteen milons hence he niers that the
amount for the present year will be the sum
of ifty-eight millions This is another petilogging
gument unworthy the head of a great nation. Mr..
Fillmore well knows that according o all experience
drawn from the past and by the fixed laws of trade and
commerce. when the crop for the present year goes
forward market the expectation ofspecie will
if the is changed in our favor. With our
heavy foreign debts Of States and corporations this
suit must continue for years. Our bonds have been
sold in foreign markets and the interest annually
be paid. tariff tariff This debt the teeming soil
of rich valleys. and the productive mines Of Cali.
fornia and Oregon will soon pay.
o. The snljrci of internal improvements the Presi-
deaf lakes wide range. He claims for Congress
lnlmired power the subject Of improving rivers
and harbOrs restricted only by the discretion Of Con-
gress. A power acknowl lodged, would be
Exercised by the most exrrfvagant unchecked and
wasielsl expenditure Of public moneys in works of in
ternal improvements, within the limits Of the States
which would a f.w Years involve the government in
bankruptcy and ruin, Indiana involved BY her
exfravassnt 'gr"lling system of 1886 We trust and
believe thar there is virtue and intelligence enoaGh N
the present democratic Congress to eaectually stop the
sermina'ipn uf a system which must if unchecked he
Ir ID al lsl " frau anl exiravasance.
W. ah Az. thing '" in future in relation
10 h~ Cur ,ln slinl which the President dw"s "n al
full l~,grh revealing the fact Of the actual int
uf g eat B rpin aud in this 'rIira;e and per-
p. &i,g qu->ii TIE views OF 'h' President in reIa
tinn s...ii"nt ISSUES is tuy national and pari"re.
We hope all parri in Is roun''y place rhrm-
selves ON ihi. Il oaL m lsraI platform af dnne aud
snr cs,rroversi about tariff, and hanks canno clEcf
the perwtify of our 81 'r.us Union.
t.. ni, II .s.nnn ..,nt ni,l. very ttferinr