The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-01-15
MR., COR WINS REPORT.

we submit the following article to our
readers, and ask lEeir special attention. IT
Is short--but shows show plain tale" is
sufficient to put the blush upon the reputed
great when they weave the taugled web of
sophislry and deception:
TREASURY REpoRr,-We were curious TO
see what sort of a report on the finances
would be presented by our new Sec'ry of lhe
Treasury. We we're not surprised when
lawyer Meridith consultea lhe federal aud
Wing authorities for the last sixty Years: but
we are much more SO 10 see Tom Cor win,
the wagon boy, following in the same beaten
track. We did not suppose that seli-made
man, rising 10 the head Of the Treasury,
could possibly follow ir the path slrewed
with exploded fallacies. We thought every
school boy would have understood by this
time, the absurd theory Of the Protectionists
about The balance OF lrade--as if nation
could be ruined by Its annual profils on its
ioreign commerce, and by bringing that a.
mount home in addition TO the cos, of lis ex
ports. All trade, internal as we'll as exter.
nal, is liable to occasional excess; bu, The
higher the duties, The more irequen. and
violent are such ycissitudes, Mr. Corwin's
opinion 10 the contrary Notwithstanding. -
That we may anticipate period of overlra>
ding, ere long is probable; it will mol arise
however, from our moderate duties, but from
the extraordinary operations in California
lie desires, too, to create home market, not
by any addition TO our population in place of
those we feed in Europe, but by turning some
OF our farmers into manufacturers-our
ploughs into spindIes. He also thinks il
very Improbable to sell any of our raw cot
ton abroad, and propose that the youngest Of
nations shall supply the world with cotton
manufacturers. TO increase cur revenue
some eight millions, he recommends subsl
lutng specific and square yard prohibitions
in disguise for moderate revenue du,ies.--
This square yard minimum conirivance.
which compels the poor man to pay three or
four hundred per cent. on the cheapest cot.
tons, while the rich pays only thirty on the
finest, was favorte and original project
OF Mr.. Calhoun IN 1916.
Our revenue is immense, yet Mr. Corwin
is alarmed al the numerous frauds on the
revenue, especially in the invoices OF figs
and raisins! We have our appraisers, inves-
ted with the arbitrary power to raise invoices
as much as they please and ye. this is not
security enough, we must have home val.
uation--tEu: is, q different duty at every
port in the United States from the eastern
boundary Of Maine to the Rio Grande end
California, on the same commodity, accords
ing to the different market values, in direct
violation of the Constitution of The United
States. He wants besides ga corps Of ap>
praisers at large," whe iher regiment or a
brigade he does not say, ito visit our princ.
pal ports from time 10 time," and, he might
have added, superinlend our elections and
take care of The Wing ticket.
Mr.. Corwin 10 an apt scholar and n bold
one--he sees breakers ahead and he advises
Congress to take prompt measures to avoid
them. He anticipates an alarming increase
Of importatiohs in the current fiscal year,
which he thinks should be checked by law
---he says il is the duty Of Congress $50 to
regulate imports as to confne the imports
s'OuS t"eo 'HiS SOttu'ig " nu uiuOuut tuOui
equal so such exPnts Of our own as can find
a market Mt renumerative prices abro ,d. q
We wonder that Mr.. Secretary Corwin did
not furnish Congress with a copy Of his com.
prehensive and formidable ledger, embracing
the transactions Of our commerce throughou,
the globe. We know Of bnt three measures
which Congress could adopt TO cheek impor.
tations -an embargo, non importation act !,
or one TO drive all the miners out of California.
We confess we are disappointed in Mr.. Cor
win. We had supposed that n man sprineiag
from the million, with talents above med-
ocriiy, would have recommended policy
broad, comprehensive, liberal, just and hn.
designed to better the condition Of
All. We are sorty 10 see bis elaborate re-
port devoted exclusively 10 the Cotton Lords
ofihe East, The Iron Princes of The middle
STATES. md The sugars Barons Of the South.
--SuGoh Democrat