New-York daily tribune., 1853-12-17
TREASURY sr.-EssiAssHIP.

TIE el.ir1ut for hi-h o.Ecsl station sre FeT
rurre-cus Ersrv state en- fcrrishh711reis of rnsn
res57 20 accept the poet q seerszry oi safe OF Of
tie Trs-rzrJ OF even he highest once IN the Un1s,
.-5 7et -ucr- al vio sre thus ready 70 orsYy s1-A
rostcrs low few A. they wio tsTs tie sligaest Al
f5,n 70 ~ tle- WIKI hc1or % Themselves AID proli
70 tie 1,ao8 Il ELs sea-eeiy 70 n olen tine Itese
even v,to diSer vi-h Alexander Hamii01 Aad them
selves compelled 70 aiuii tls- be s-uiie3 carefully
tie e-s Jreserted 70 hin sld presented honestly tie
ecc,us ors .t q tch le l1i srTiTed lie Tas not the
ran 70 beleve Il protection AL prssea free trade
% TOO VIII GaI2-in 81 D4.l1s-los George u ~
Lis fstter Ale1s15er James. very ii5srsut NAE
Tie7 i1d lie 81 ion q V-oye 70 ile Eosd tss' tAey
were resur s-stesr-en which is much more iAs1 caa
rc7 said o. Messrs Walker oE Cerwin. or tAaa VIII
e. fear be said Of tie successor of re lter Wen
Be lisI rsiire frcz re Treasury.
- G-;l1.c Lad acg-rel c0lsider-5is re71-atioa n
Keutuely I'D " di hope tts lis course as escrssary
vsvl7 prove tat Il had been friy earned br; haze
row sr-our doubts whether be s usde Up Of tie msie-
rlls O. ich rel Statesmen are coIPosed We're De
20 lis Rero would hs7e less TIE lir Of beng he pro
drcticr q uere trader bent upon proving wbsi are
ole TIE monetary effect: Of certain kinds Of crops,
tr6 certain scr1s OF v1oe. bf esgnsth fIsGre . care
for itseK TIE document Is utterly le6cisa in b.eaith,
I'll &. o1s 20 which re-l statesman could never, We
1Li1k have af1ed lis nane.
There e however another an iar greater dencien-
e.. spd that is truihfulncss TIE imports Of tie fs
'cs year l5>3. We sTe there told nclaii9g EPe-
el.re tesn so ~ CO. AID tie exports have been
so ,c2.,f far estimate foE Prohis On or eK-
po1ts t-d The freight o. vessels would cssi ths
t.1nce 81 Ills account Cur favor. without etInA;-
III TIE Money brought in By emigrsnfs Of which no
.secourt is tsken.~ Ether Mr Guthrie believed tbs
statement or he ID rot Iho did bis having done -
is e7id zee Of great deficiency q knowledge II be
did Tot il proves hin 81 deficient ID Tie moral qualities
rtquired for q stztesmzn. Ta.t tie statement here
udce Is Tot correct il Known. - think = every
usu vfo reads tie papers. for ever! such mn knows
tLat cur ports have been largely IN excess ci or
exports ol cotton -four tobacco. coin, lnd otaer CON-
uodiies exported, s-5 Of tie ghi on Our vessels
here q much relied upon tat have found oarselTss
csrrsned 70 e1vort also vast sul0uut Of b0nds 20
make up tie defcercy. Did 10. tLe ieere;ary know
thar ttels bonds were going abroad Did be ID;
know tia, tien individuals, nations fnd them
selves courersd 70 issue certificates q Indebted
ness. that fact LlC1e Is Sufficient evidence thsi
they are t1yiDg more tl4n they pay foT DID lie
1ot know ilat the very year 70 which he h,s here
referred Ie amount Of such certificates exported was
erester than n suy orner rear, and must have been
Little If anything lees than fifty millions. While the
srourt qulsteG debt that had Accumulated II l.s
AID Other cities was UnVTeee1eutedly large II be
61 uos Know these things be should have known them
He can scarcely have been ghorant Of them and yet ia
TIE lsce q such facts he assures Congress and tie
nation lat Cur exports AID tie earnings Of our vessels
lave balanced tie ipo--atoas snl th- al is there
fore afe sor he future Are We OF sTe no. right
in nelsreirz lin With departure from tie .Tsthialness
ttatslould elarscterize .tateslaani For ~ answer
10 lis questicn We should be gate wiling 10 rely
UPON NJ Guthrie himself
We ire tod however that the coin imported BY in
migrants should be taken into eonsiderSti9n- 50 il
isLt ie b-t l. this matter WORTHY 90 conspicl0ls
Pike IL Treasury Report that EupPreEseE al uen-
t.or CT TIE export Ct ffy millions Of dollars o. Ell
6erces Of debt We think Lot. II tlose imports r.
cue 70 be 70 specially noticed would not have been
rrorer II tLe Secretary 20 cal attention 70 the f.e
that We noT ove abroad more :h.n three hundred In
ions-iizr The Whole CT tbs debt has accumulated IN
der tie CCupromise and the T1riG Of 1-!5-tAsi We
lave TOW 70 pay abroad interest o. that debt 10 the
amount OF twenty millions Of dollars per annum-.n1
that this interest constitutes he first oset against
e1ports Neyertteless We look N vain II tie Report
for az ertiou Of tbs enormous amount Of interest
ablorbing sc il doesShe proceeds Of nearly al the
Iorts Of iood q other products Of tie farm
The Secretary informs that the s--ngeBcy OF tie
hcney market nay in some degree affect imP0rIa-
tiols but We ind IN lis report reference 70 the
edose al that strngercy." He'd lie furnished oae,
would II 20. hsTe besn tie effect that We hid for
several year. been buying more goods than We hsi
paid for ard th.. our foreign debt had sccunu-
lated 70 such an enorous extent materially 70 have
damaged or credit rendering il dieuli 20 EAke fur
iLe1 purchases without prOlup ps!melt AID tAst his
tended greatly 70 tie reduction Of TIE re7enue We
thi1k he would ard believe there few Of our read
ttsi vii fal to sgree with Us IN saying thsi lie
should have done 20 Flaeei as he s u tie head Of
tse mosi upor.ln; department Of TIE Government. il
is lis bounaen eary to place befere COngTess al TIE
acts and when be falls to Do 80. he proves himself de-
feisIi n some al Least Of the most uPor1nf qualities
required 10 constitute ststes1nan-
Tie difficulty under which We lsbo- is thar we i'm
port TOO much and in debt for what cannot pay
Tor The remedy according TO the Secretary IS 70 Abo
sh tie duty OF linens and thus compel ourselves -
impori EOEe s-d psy higher prices for them-as We
fhs 90 70 the fsh exten, OF the reduction Of the day
Tie 6uty on irca is be reduced thai may import
uoTe sEd lie duty on bleaching sas is 70 he reduced
when eyery one Knows that nothing IS required bat
siesdy protection 10 enable 70 Sc; 4; GsSAace al
competition n tie Production OF both those artcles