Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1852-12-09

which the CONSTITUTION authorizes Tor revenue IN huc
TO protect and encourage the labor Of
citizens. Duties however should be fixed at a
rate high to exclude the foreign article but should
be graduated TO enable the domestic manufacture
fairly to compete with the foreigner in market
and by this competition to reduce the price of the
ufactured article TO the TO the lowest rate al
which 1t 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 rerd
us independent Of foreign nations for the supplies
quired by the habits necessities of the people,
Another question, wholly independent of protection,
presents ITSELF and that is, whether the duties levied
should be upon the value Of the article at the place a
shipments. where it is practicable, specific duty,
graduated according TO quantity, ascertaned by
weight All our duties at present ad
loren certain per centage is levied the price oi
the goods at the port of shipment In foreign country
Most commercial nations have found it indispensable
for the purpose OF preventing fraud and perjury, Ia
make the duties specific whenever the article Of such
a uniform value in weight to Justify such
duty Legislation should encourage dishonesty
brine. II is impossible that the officers at
the port where the entered and the duties paid
should know with certainty what they cost in the f
reign country Yet the law requires that they should
levy the duty according to such cost They there
fore compelled to resort to very unsatisfactory evidence
to ascertain what that cost was They take the invoice
of the importer aested by his oath as the best evi
dence of which the nature of the admits
But every one must that the invoice may be fall
ricated and the oath by which it is supported false by
by of which the dishonest importer pays par,
only Of the duties which paid by the honest one
and thus indirectly receives from the treasury of tic
United States reward for his fraud and perjury The
reports of the Secretary of the Treasury heretofore
made this subject show conclusively that thess-
frauds have been practiced TO great extent The tei
dency 70 destroy that high moral character for which
our merchants have long been distinguished; to dcaud
the Government of its reveue; break down tho hon
est importer by dishonest competition; and, finally
to transfer the business of importation to foreign ard
irresponsible agents. the great dement of our own
citizens therefore again most earnestly recommend
the adoption of specific duties wherever it is practice
BILE, or home valuation to prevent these frauds.
would ass again call ysur that pres
eai f some sases imposes higher dsiy upol the
:. which s.i sse duty %
Of III. oSsis.sr sns he dcOursgens, of siizes'
TO. :: on, 1ss' ss1. r.ssssSuy refer y0s . The rsrS
NE having ssSgI proper TO rally The uesis-
which had hes, nei.d.a Win q. r5ss Of indians cslOu
and erssss eur relations with them have sssn len avery
satisfactory sosdtiss
aDar for the exclusive occspaon Of the iSSs
and thar right the a,ds whs those n has bees ssknON
b. Of tie sssu.ive hight Of
tenants suf.ncs snslsbs driven from place place.
s.s 81 w W. ss s... r... to ,.,
., BY .Is.,ss district Of cOHbHy suiia
ihss s.y ether believed to fier rsostOa ala
= nc M b.. bee, .soP,:S By cO:sIs. has
cAsrsss although effort has spared by tempo
II DO the desire congress county
Ss SI ao S n. vSs % d !: more
BY law the territory which they occupy and provide
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Citizens and the indians requires the of Con
The amendment. proposed by the senate whc
negotiated with the Sioux Indians OF Minnesota have beH
cd large valuable tcrrtsry has thus been
oIs.e for settlement and cultivation and al danger Of collision
IN; removal Of the remnant Of the ss Of Se.noe ina
and enc 70 which attention has been steadily drsciod
sasd by past the difficulty and Of the
clsiofy Sytie e0mmiss.ner o. I
ngo., and whilst here acknowledged wiring The ssissoa .;
70 WIN she sAAt PosAo uessy Late sdv'er
her. Prosss council q Iseir people has
The report o% the Land a. an
Of Iowa completed with unsranred sesgstsb Whit
and asa ss brought into fiscal veal
Lssst.s with bounty land warrants. asre>
Lsssto< with ether ssrihsstss IiS6se
Making total o. 4s7OO67
Repsrtsl under swrmp land grants & s1o 1ss
Fer internal inprOvsmsnts railroads sORSs2O
R.inss a issTs!ss; e o. T.,
an increase IN the snsunt ssnds sold and located
The Who'll. s so acre sysI sh
Prsvsnsnts exceeds that previous year By sers
reservation for Isrosds in ssSouIi MISS
Fer the quarter ending September Issa there were
Ioe.s.d with bounty land warrants. sssiSs
Located with other certificates. ........... Is64s =
Reported under swssp land grants .a4s5yss
Making aggregate for quarter Of...... 41s' eT
Much the larger portion of the labor of 49, =;
and classifying the returns of the last cersps b.. -
finished, and il will now cevolve upon Ccopres. -
the necessary provision for the public ton of : 10 i
in snch form as shall be deemed oes .ue
ment of representation, the basis % ne aPPoIe
has been made by the Secretary of 1ne new
ormIty with the provisions of lav I'm N h
Jeot asa the recent elections ave been made in accord
Ieommend TO ysur faw rail-. rso.ra thu .ncoo.,;o.
contained in the report of The .Is suesOr
that provision De mad py law for the ratification .d
80 ,., Po' 'oaily, of analytical digest Of all.
J 49,, eL have been, may hereafter be, grest
~. e.eai Inventions and discoveries, with such de-
opon' am. Illus trations may be necessary to pee
scht al ntellgbls view Of their mature and operatisn
ne cost oil s.ch publication could easily be betrayed
'ns Palsnt iund, ans persuaded that IL coul be-
applied to object more acceptable to inventors end
oenenetal to the public at large.
An appropriation Of 100000 having been made az
the last session Tor the purchase of a suitable s r.I
foe the erection, furnishing and fitting up Of az Asylum
lot the Insane Of the District OF Columbia asd Of tn
Army and Navy Of the United States, the proper nea
sures have been adopted TO carry this bsne6cen purpo
BY the latest advices from the Mexican Boundary
Commission, II appears that the survey of the ri Ssr
Gila from It's confidence with the Color RADIO to its SUP
posed Intersection with tho western line of New FHexi
CO. has been completed The survey of Rio G RAM ~
has also been finished from the point agreed on bv tb
commissioners az The point where it strikes tb,.
southern boundary Of New Mckee, 10 a po;nt -
hundred and thirty five miles belo Eagle Pass VIII ib
about twothirds Of the distance along the conrs a
he river to its mouth
The appropriation which was made at the LIST ses sion,
oil Congress for the continuation Of the survey is sl ec
TO the following provso:
+" Prsrided, That part OF this appropriati,a shall
be used or expended until it shall be made sati Eactor
to appear % the President OF the United STATE thar tho
southern boundary Of New Mexico not ESTE shed bx
the commissioner and surveyor Of the United States FAR
Their north OF the town called Paso than The same is
laid down in Dsturnelps man which i .S.Isd 90 a.
treaty.