The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-12-09

\ withdrawal from the place. the Object oi
his v;>i: entirely defeated. wG,i,i. un'!cr the
circumstances IN which tie commander o;
the Cva#c found himself. have been absolute
abandonment of all claim OF our citizens for
decentralization. and submissive acq;.ic>encc
in natural indrni;v 1t would have cncour-
aged in these iawirsS miu spirit Of in>olrncc
and ral.!nr most dangerous To the live AM
property Of orr citizens Al Punta Arenas. and
probably o!nboi,rncI them 20 wraSp at the
treasures and valuable merchandise continu
ally passing over t!,r Nirara@ua route. 1t
certainly would have been most satisfactory
to me. if the objects Of the 'Cvaar'S' mission
could haze been contaminated without any
act Of public force but the arroyan: coHtu
macy OF the offenders rendered it impossible
to avoid the alternative. to brca'; up their e>-
tahli sh,ncnt. or to leave Item with the idea
tina: they might r"r<cvcrc with IMMUNITY in
c,r"cr OF inSo!cnr" and f,rndcr.
This transaction has been the subject of
complaint o. tl.c part O. some io,ci III powers
and has been characterized with mere OF
har>linc<> than of Justice. II comparisons
were to be instituted. it wonll no, he difficult
10 present repeated Instances III the his:or:;
Of states. stand.'. i'll the very front II mod
cTn civilization. where communities, far less
offending and more ,l,,trnrc":s than Grey
town. have been clia~tiSc1 with mach greater
severity, and where not cities Only have been
laid in ruins. hut hnman Fife has been rcrk
l"s:.v sacrificed. and the blood Of the inno-
cent made rro!u>clv to ning!c with that Of
the guilty.
Passing from foreign to domestic affairs.
your attention is naturally directed Ike fiaaE
cidl condition Of the country. always sub
irct %. general interest. For complete and
c.art Information Regarding the finances. and
ia y.r:o:;> branches OF the public service
connected il,crcwiih. | refer you to tie report
of III" Secretary Of the Treasury: trn:n w,.i' h
it viii appear. that Tie amount Of revenue
during the last fiscal year. from all sourccs.
was scvcntv-tircc million iirc hundred and
fort y-nine thousand seven hundred and f!ve
dollars; ai,l thu; III jsi.ic expenditures .or
The >amc period. exclusive q payments on
account Of the iuilic debt. Amounted 20 fifty
on" million eighteen Thousand two hundred
forty nine dollars During TIE sane period.
;hc payments made i'll redemption OF the
;,uliir debt. including interest and premium.
an.oHntc.l to twcr:v-.oar million three hun
lrcd and thiriv->ix thousand three hundred
and eighty dollars, To the sum total of the
receipts of that wear is to he added balance
remaining in ;hc Treasury at the commence
r:c!. tl"r, of, amounting II twentv-onc mill
;on nine hui. ,rrd and io:iv-t~o thousand
eight hundred and ninct.-two dollars and
at the close OF the same vcai corresponding
balance amount;mr 10 twenty million o,i" hum
lrcl and ii;riv->cycn thousand nine hundred
anl >ixtv-scycn dollars OF receipts above eS-
l"n,ltnrc>. also remained in Tie Ir,a>lrv.-
Aith"uIl. i'll the opinion Of Tie Secretary of
the Treasury. the receipts OF the currcu:
fiscal year are not likely 10 equal in amount
those O; iii" ia>t. Vt tEcv Will undoubtedly
exceed the amount OF expenditures bv "a
lra>: fifteen millions OF dollars. snail. there
fore conf'.uc 20 ,iirccc. ma, TIE surplus rcvr-
me re .,,,;iicl - :.r as j: car he iulicion>lr
ari rconcn.:, ally done. 10 the reduction Of
IL ,,uili,. ,!,lt the amount OF which. n the
co.!.;nrccln"a: Of tn. last fiscal wear. was six
= tv->c.cn million three hundred and forty
tiiojl,.ut, >ix h,::.,!,l and twenty eiGit dol
az. of vi i ;'.cr" had been paid on TIE
twentieth ,i4r e November. ISL. the sum
OF TWENTY-FIVE million three hundred and >,-
tv-f,c thousand one hundred and seventy
: Two dollars: leaving balance q! ou!>'.,ld-
: inr public debt Of ONLY tor,v-tour million
n;,,g hundred and >"vcn'v-tive thousand four
; i.uu;!r,.! AMI tiitv->ix dollars. rcdrc,na-
lie at different periods within fourteen wears
There are also remnants of the Other GOV
! crr:nclt ,foch>. most Of which were a'rc.d.
r ,i,.r. and on wh;,h interest HIS ceased. bar
I
i mcnt arnountin. TO two hundred and iEir'.-
5 three Thousand ore hundred ana seventy
ninc dollars tbs Statement: exhibits the fact
{ that The annual income ot he government
f! greatly exceeds the amount oi lis public debt
D uili,.il latter remains unpaid. onlv because
. the time O.: 1.ncnt HIS not Vet maturca.and
a il cai!uot ic discharged at once except Al III,
o o;,tion of rullir creditors. who prefer to re-
i tain TIE securities OF The United States: and
a Tie ether .;.yt. not les striking. that the
e annual r :.'i!uc from al sources exceeds. Ly
I. many millions Of dollars. the anoun. needed
g Ter prudent AMI economical! administration
: o! the Government.
! TIL" estimate presented Congress from the
o 'lii'crcn, Executive Departments. at the las,
: session amounted To ,hr:y-cich: million !ou,
! cich'v-onc dollars: and the appropriations
!. made. to the :u,n of tiiiv-ci"ht million one
: hundred and >ix.con hou>al,d nine hundred
= an.! tiiy-ci.ht dollars. OF this excess of ap-
/ prorlia,ion> over estimate. however. more
I Il an twenty millions was applicable TO extra
. ordinary Objects. have no reference TO the
5 usual annual expenditures Among these OBJ
: irytS was embraced Ten millions to meet the
a third article t.hc treaty between the Enitcd
D States and Mexico: 80 that. in fact. for objects
: of ordinary expenditures. the appropriations
3 were limited To considerable less than forty
millions oi dollars. therefore renew my re-
conHcndaloa for reduction of the duties on
! imports. The report OF the Secretary Of The
Treasury presents a series OF tables. showing
:hc operation of the revenue system ior Scvc-
ri successive years, and as the general ;rin-
epic OF reduction of duties with view to
} revenue and no: protection may now be re-
"a:,!rd Is the settled policy of the country.
trust that little difficulty will he encountered
III sc.tllng the details of measure to that
: cicet.
In connection with this subject, I recon-
mend change in :lir laws. which recent ex-
pcricncc has shown to be essential 70 the pro-
lection of the government. There is no ex-
; press provision OF law. requiring the records
and papers OF publ clara ,tcr of the scv-
era! officers OF the government. 20 bc left in
!hcr offices Tor tie use of their Successors.
nor any provision declaring it :''lory on their
mart 10 make false entries in the books. o.
.ur,. fake accounts. Ia the absence of such
express provision by law, the outgoing eff
Gers. in many instances. have claimed ard
exercised the right to take into thcir own ,,a<-
session irnpor.aut ',.,ft and ,,o,,orS r., .,o