Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1852-12-09

the e0aslS Of the British provinces, win
a view TO place them upon a NOR,
librrul footing Of reciprocal privilege -
Willingness iO meet US in some ar
rangement Of tins kind il uncers,oOd 4,
exist, on tic part of Great Britain, with ,
desire an her part to exclude in one com,
prehensive settlement, as veil this subject
MS the commercial intercourse between iIt
United States and the Brush Provinces
| have Thought that whatever arrange
| ments may be made ON these two subjects
It Is expedieDt that they should be embra
ced 10 separate conventions. The illness
and death Of the late Secretary of State
prevented the commencement of the con
temPiated negotiation. Pains have been
taken 70 collect the information required
tor the details Of such an arrangements
! The subject 10 attended with n cOnSide ra-
bic difficulty. If il is found practicable to
come to an agreement mutually accepts .
| BILE to the two parties. conventions may be
| concluded in the course of the prese ri
winter. The control of congress over all
The prov isiOns Of such an arrangement, af>
tectlng the rev enue. will of course be re-
served.
1.-THE affairs of Cuba are next aIlud ed
to, the President deprecates all efforts to
annex that Island to the United Suites
Our transactions With the Governments o.
Mexico, Central America and South Amer.
lea, are briefly noticed. Fhe object ofthe
naval expedition to Japan is stated 10 be
entirely pacific and friendly at the same
time the officer in command is directed to
demonstrate against the i'll treatment of our
shipwrecked seamen on that coast and to
insist that they shall be treated with hu~
mainly
The cash receipts into the Treasury Eur
the 6scal year ending the 10th June last,
exclusive OF trust funds, were Sag, 1873, 1856
81, and the expenditures for the ga me PERI
cd. also exclusive OF trnst funds, were $46,-
OO7, 1896 20; of which SO ass sl5 SO was
on account Of the principal aud interest of
the public debt. in,.luoing the last INSTALL.
ment OF the indemnity to- Mexico under the
treaty of Gandaloupe HidaIgo-leaving a
balance of $l4.632, 1876 81 10 the Treasury
on the first OF July last.
The value of foreign merchandise impor>
led during lhe last fis cal year was $2O7,,
24O. lOl; sand the value of tho domestic
productions exported was BIAS. 1851 Gil
besides ST.. 2O4, O26 OF foreign merchau>
disc exported.
In my first annual message to Con-
gress l called your attention to what
seemed to me some defects in the pres
ent tariff, and recommended such mods
iications as in my judgment were best
adapted to remedy its evils and promote
the prosperity Of the country. Nothing
has since occurred to change my views
on this important question.
Without repeating the Arguments con-
tanned in my former message. in favor of
Discriminating, protective duties, deem
it my duty to call your attention to one
or two other considerations affecting this
subject. The first is, the effect OF large
impnrtations of foreign goods upon gu,
currency. Most OF the gold Of CifiifSf>
MIA. as fast as it is coined. tinds-iis way
directly to Europe in payment for goods
purchased. In the second place, Il, our
manufacturing establishments are broken
down bJ competition with foreigners, the
capital invested in them is lost, thou,
sands Of homes: and industrious citizens
are thrown out Of employment, and the
farmer to that extent is de prved of
home market for the sale of his sui plus
produce. In the third place. the de>
structlonof Our manufactures leaves the
foreigner without competition in our
market, and he consequently raises the
price OF the article sent here for sale, as
is now seen in the increased cost of iron
imported from England. The pros>
peri'y and wealth Of every nation must
depend upon its productive indus>
try. The farmer is stimulated to
exertion by finding ready market for
his surplus products, and benefited BY.
being able to exchange them, without
loss of time or expense of transportation.
for the manufactures which his comfort
or convenience requires. This is always
done to the best advantage where a por>
ton OF the community in which he lives
is engaged in other pursuits. But most
manufactures require an amount of eapi-
tai and practical skill which cannot IS Be
commanded. unless they be protected
for time from ruinous competition from
abroad. Hence the necessity of laying
those duties upen imported goods whi,h
the Constitution authorizes for revenue in
snch manner as to protect and encour~
age the labor of our own cilizens. Du>
ties however should not be fixed at rate
so high as to exclude the foreign article,
but should he so graduated as to enable
the domestic manufacturer fairly to CONS
pete with the foreigner in our own mars
kets, and Dy this competition to reduce
the price of the manufactured article to
the consumer TO the lowest rate at which
it can be produced. This policy would
place the mechanic by the side of the
farmer. create mutual interchange of
their respective commodities. and thus
stimulate the industry of the whole
country. and render US independent of