The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-12-20
Presidents Message.
10 the Members Of the Senate md Hous,
Of Representatives.:

| " representatives:
The constitution requires that the Pres
ident shall, from time to tiue, no, onl,
recommend to the consideration of Con
gress such measures as he may iudp,
necessary and expedient, bu, also that b,
shall give information to them Of the stat,
Of the Union.
To do this fully involves exposition o
all matters IN the actual condition of III.
country, domestic or foreign, which ess
en!lally concern the general welfare.
Whlle performing his Constitution
duty in this respect, the Pseslden, doe.
no, speak merely 10 express personal con.
vctions, but as the Executive Min,s,e,
OF the government, enabled by his position
and called upon by his obligations to scar
with an impartial eye the interests OF the
whole and every part Of the United States
VI the condition oi the domestic interests
OF the Union, lis agriculture, mines, man.
uiaciures. navigation and Commerce, it j.
necessary only to say that the internal
prosperity OF The county, its continuous
aud steady advancement nj inweal,h and pop.
u'a,lon and in private as we'll as public
we'll being, attest the wisdom Of our ins.
,llunons and the predominant, spirit of in.
iellIgence and patriotism, which nolwi,t.
standing occasional irregularl.esofop op niou
or action resulting from popular freedom
has charactei ized the people OF America
Here We leave off all the Presidents Mess.
and begin at bis Message. The part that ~
leave out is nothing but a stump speech. poll
tical haranguc, nothing more than could he said
or refuted by common plough boy. 1t would
b. waste of paIer to publish it.
During The last fiscal year the rece ipts
from customs were for the frs, time more
ttan sixy-tour million dollars, and from
all sources seventy-three million nine
hundred and ighteen thousand one hum
dred and for,y.one dollars; which. with
the balance on hand up TO July Is,, 1855.
made the total rsource Of the year to
amount to ninety-,wo million eish, hun.
dred aud fifty thousand one hundred and
sevn,een dollars. The expenditures in-
Guiding three million dollars in execution
OF the treaty with Mexico. and excluding
sums pald IN account ot the pubic debt
amount. TO sixty million one hundred and
seven,y-lwo thousand f ur hundred and
Que dollar; aud including the latter, TO
seveniytwo, million tine hundred and
tosty-elght thousand seven hundred and
ninety two dollars, the payment on this &C.
count having amounted 10 Twelve million
seven hundred and sisiy-six thousand
three hundred and ninety dollars. On the
lth OF March, 1853, the amount of the
publ C deot was sixty nine million one
hundred and twenty. nine thousand nine
hundred aud thir,y-seven dollars.
On the 4th of March 1853, the amount
OF the public deb, was sixty nine millions
one hundred and twenty. nine thousand
nine hundred and thirty seven dollars
There was subsequent increase Of two
millions seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars for the debt tf Texas making a
total OF seventy one millions eight hum
dred and seventy nine thousand nine hun.
dred and thirty seven dollars, OF this
the sum of forty five millions five hundred
aad twenty five thousand three hundred
and nineteen dollars, including premium,
has been discharged reducing the debt
TO thirty millions seven hundred and ,hlr-
ty seven thousand one hundred aud twen-
ly nine dollars; all of which might be paid
within year without embarrassing the
pub nc services; but beng no, yet due ard
only redeemable at the option OF the hol.
der, can not be pressed to payment by
government.
On examining the expenditures of the
last five years, II will be seen ,ha, the
average deduc,ing payments on account
of the Public Deb, and ten millions paid
by treaty to Mexico, has been but abou,
ior,y-eigh, millions dollars. 1, is believ-
ed that under an economical AdmInistrd.
ton OF The Government, the avrage expeD
duures Tor the ensuing i've years, will
not exceed that sum, unless an extraor-
dInary occasion for It's increase should
occur.
The acts Of granting bounty lands will
soon have been executed, while the ex.
tention Of our frontier settlements will
cause continued demand for lands and
augmented receipts, probably, from ,ha,
source.
Those considerations will Justify a re-
duc,ion OF the revenue from customs 50
as not to exceed forty eight or fifty
millions dollars. think The exigency
for such reduction is imperative, and
again urge 1t upon the consideration oil
Congress. The amount OF reduction as
well as the manner OF etecling i, are cues
lions OF great and general interest, it be-
ing essential to industrial enterprise and
the public prosperity as well as the dictate
Of obvious justice, .ha; the burden oil tax
alton be made TO rest as equal y a. poss-
IDLY upon all classes and all sections and
interests OF the country. have hereto
fore commended TO your consideration the
revision Of the revenue laws. prepared
under the direction Of the Secretary of
The Treasury, and also legislation upon
some special questions affecting the bus.
mess Of that department.; more especial
Iy the enactmen. Of law to punish the
abstraction OF official books or papers from
the files Of the Government, aud requi.
ring all such books and papers and all
other nuhlic nroDertv 10 ha turned ovpr