Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-12-04

or by fraud. But the people Of the ''p'ence; Te';
States, the allsufficient guardians of their on.'
rights, and to suppose that they will not ro,"a "
dy in due season, any such incidents Of c;";,
freedom, is to suppose them to have ceased
be capable Of sef-government. u
The President of the United States bo. 49,.
power to lnterpose in elections, to see 70 tho;.
freedom, to canvass their votes, or to mass ~
on their legality in the Territories anv mor' r
than in the States. If he had such nowor g1o ,I,'
Government might be republican in form tn. ',.
it would be monarchy in fact and if Le L"S "uS
undertaken to exercise it in the case Of Ko" ."d
sas, he would have been justly subject to ,t,r
charge of usurpation, and of violation Of ,hs "e
dearest rights of the people of the L Stotos tn'
Unwise laws, equally with irreguaritics .,
elections, are, in periods Of great excellence,
the occasional incidents of even the frcest onI
best political institutions But all eyporiomoa "a
demonstrates that in a country like ours wbo,o
the right OF Self-conStitution exists in the con-,
pletest form, the attempt to remedy mx;so L.
SlSlatlon by resort to revolution, is totally ON,
of place inaSmuch as existing legal i;s,i,n
tiohs afford more prompt and ellicaciouS ,neaa
for the redress of wrong.
No'luchlIy uuoI thdt NOW, When the pcarr.
ful condition of Kansas affords opportunity for
calm reflection and wise legislation, either ,ba
Legislative Assembly of the Territory Or Cn,
gress, will see that no act shall Remain on H.
statute-boOk yiolative of the provisions Of Tim
Constitution, or subyersive of the great obipctS
for which that was ordained and eS,ahIitboJ
and will take all the necessary steps to assure
to its inhabitants the enjoyment, without oh.
struction or abridgment of all the constitut;on
al rights, privileges and immunites of ctiyans
OF the United States, as contemplated by the
Organic Law of the Territory.
Full information in relation to recent eror,,
in this Territory will be found in the document,
communicated herewith from the Department.
of State and War
refer you to the report of the Secretary Of
the Treasury for particular information con.
cerning the financial condition of the Govern.
ment, and the various branches of the pphT.
service connected with the Treasury De,nr,.
ment
During the last fiscal wear the rcceipts from
customs were, for the first time, more tbop
$64 ,O00, 600, and all sources, S739lslu.
which, with the balance on hand up to tbr.ISt
of July, 1855, made the total resources of tbc
year amount to $92, 2,S50,II7. The expeudi.
lures, including S3,00O,000 in execution Of the
treaty with Mexico, and excluding sums pam
on account of the public debt. amounted 10
$50, lI2,4Ol aud, including the latter, TO
81, 94S, 795, the payment Oh this account har.
ing amounted to Sl2,716,390.
On the 4th of March, 1858, the amount of
the public debt was 500, l29.G37 There was
a subsequent increase Of 81, 40. OO0 for the
debt OF Texas-making total of SIl.S7993I
Of this sum Of S45, ,525,3l including prem.
um, has been discharged, reducing the debt 10
$50, 731, ,l29, all which might be paid within
year without embarrassing the public ser.
vice but being not yet due, and only redeem,
able at the option of the holder. cannot be-
pressed to payment by the Government
On examining the expenditures of the last
hive years, it will be seen that the average, DE-
dnctlng payments on account of the public
debt and 500, 900, 900 paid bv treaty to Mcx-
leo, has been but about SIS, ,O0O 0l0 1t is
believed that, under all economical almin>ra-
ton OF the Government, the average cXpend-
ture Tor the ensuing five years will not exceed
that sum, unless extraordinary occasion for It's
increase should occnr The Acts granting
bounty lands will soon have been executed
while the extension of our frontier settlement,
will cause continued demand for lands and
augmented receipts, probably, from that source
These considerations will justify reduction of
the revenue from customs 50 as not TO exceed
S4S 10000 | think the eXigency for such
reduction Is imperative, and again urge il up
on the consideration of Congress
The amount of reduction, as well as the man
ner of etiecting it, are questions of great and
general interest it being essential to industrial
enterprise and general prosperity, a. well as
the dictate of obvious justice, that the burden
OF taxation be made to rest as equally as pos
slble upon all classes, and all sections and in-
tercsts of the country.
| have heretofore recommended to vOnT con
Slderation the revision of the revenue laws,
prepared under the direction of the Sec etarr
OF the Treasury, and also legislation upon some
special questions affecting the business Of that
department, more especially the enactment OF
law topunlsh the abstraction Of official books
OF papers from the files of the Government,
and requiring all such books OF papers, and all
other public property, to be turned by tie
outgoing officer to his successor of a law re-
quiring diSbursing officers to deposit all pubic
moneys in the vaults of the Treasury or III
other legal repositories, where .he same are
conveniently accessible and law to extend
existing penal provisions to all persons VINO
may become possessed of public money by dc-
post or otherwise, and who shall refuse or Or-'
lect, on due demand, to pay the same into the
Treasury. | invite your attention anc" 10
each of these ol ,ctS.
The army during the past year has been 50
constantly employed against hostile Indians II
various quarters, that it can scarcely be S''u'
with propriety of language, to have been
peace establishment. Its duties have Dec"
satisfactorily performed, and We have reason
to expect, as result of the years operations,
greater security to the frontier inhabitants i0SA
has been hitherto enjoyed. Extensive como,
nations among the hostile Indians OF tae it',