The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-12-24
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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE,
FeiioW. .eifize,4s Of the Senate
and of the House Of Representatives..
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refer you 10 the rei":l o the Secre
.elary OF the Treasury hr particular III.
formation CONCERNING the hnanc.a, cunoi.
iion q: the government, aud IN. v.ti lous
branches on the pula,C service counec,cd
with ia. Treasury Department.
Dursng the last fiscal wear the recelp.s
from customs weie, tor the hrs tue, i,inre
iiiau SIXTY four u,iIi"n d"Iars, and frnm,
all soutce>, Sc, eni, ~ rec mil ION uluc hun
dred and eignieen Thousand ore hundred
aud forty ore dollar, mhiIh With the lmI-
anee un hand up ~ he l., or Jui,, 1885
M .de the total resources al The N."r e.
amount 10 ninety two ni!inn eight hum
dred and iify thousand QUE huud Q AID
seventeen dollars. The expenditures. III
cludng three miIium dollars ia rXecuiIon
Of the treaty viii, Mexico and excluding
sums paid on account 1T the public dehr.
amounted To SKI, mili"u one hundird
snd se,euiy two Thousand ipur hundred
nnd onr d"i'ars, and, Including the ln,,,i,
To seventy twu million n,ne hu ,lr''d and
fort, eIgnt thmis, and seven lundrcd ami
nue y-l"o d,l n,s th" p,yment "n 'i:rs AZ
count u"v.ug aiii:'rh'r,' I" twri,e m'!rium
seven hun"!,rd a,d seventy six ,h"n.ann
Ihnr t,tdud "i. r.n.t, COLLAR.
Ont- 4ti Wt Ma,cn 1853. the amount
OF the p"br" debt Nas -iXty "rue uiIlll"n
one hul"ti-d ahH rwrn'N nrr ih"UsHad
nine hunired auj 'iurrl seven d. lars.-
There 'as .ui',cYn"ni m"ieas" 81 two
mi.iinn seven hu,nir I'll sui tiitv Thousand
do.iar> ter tie leii of Trxas---u,aking n
to,a o event, -one million eight hundred
a d >r'cmsy-uire iliou-aud mnr iundred
aud ,irrI, -s.,ri do lars. bf this. 'I- sum
Of E,r i've m,l,i,,n n Ave huiulie and iwru-
" tir- lh"u.and 'lr.c hundred aud nine
t--n h"iiar-. iuciu Ing premium has been
discharged, redncing the debt I" thirty
III ,linn seven hundred and thirty seven
thmsau,l one hundreh aud tweut, n'nc
dollar: ~ "fwhirh might 10 paid within y
vear without embarrassing the pm'.iic ser.
vir", hu' being NOT We, due. snd "ulv ~.
dea~ah'e y, the ortinn "f the holder can
NO, he pressed {" paymen, Wv the govern
rncn'.
On examining the expenditures of the
las, Ave wears. il will hc seen that the ave.
rage. he.'uc'mg rsvments oa scr"uR, ~
the public debit, apl zen millions paid nv
treaty to Maxrn, has hnen hut ahout forty
eight million dollars. II is believed that,
under ~ economical administration Of the
government. the average expenditure for
the ensuing five wears will no, exceed that
sum, unless extraordinary occasion for its
increase should occur TIE arts granting
honniv lands will soon have hseA executed
while the extension If our frontier settle
men's viii cause n continued demand E'r
lands and augmented receipts. probably.
from that source. These considerations
will jnsrfv a reduction of the revenue
from customs. so as nc' IN exceed forty
eioht or fifv million dollars. think the
exirener koy such reduction ia imnerativr.
and again nrge Il upon the consideration
Of Congress fAaE 4
The amount ~ rsduciion "a well as
the manner of eff-cting il, are questions
Of great and general interest. il being es-
seniial IN industrial enterprise and the
public prosperity. rs well rs the dictate "f
obvious justice. that the burden of taxa
ton he made 20 rest ~ equally as posi-
hle upon al classes. snda all sections and
interests 81 the country. Ef 4s
] have heretofore recommended 10 y opr
CONSIDERATION the revision Of the reyesue
laws prepared under the direction OF Ike
Secretary OF the Treasury, and also iegis-
is'ion mon some special questions affect
ing the business of that deparimeni, mote
especially the enacinoeni rs y hw 10 pun
ish the abstraction of official hooks or "a
pers from the files of the government, and
requiring all such book. and paPerS, aud
all other public properly to he turned over
bv tie ont going officer .c his successor :
Of a law requiring discussing officers to
deposite all public money in the vaults OF
ihetreasurv. or in other legal depnsit"tirs
where the same are conveniently accessi
bic. aud Law to extend existing penal pro-
Visions IN alI persons who mav becoine
possessed Of public monev b. deposhe or
otherwise. and who shall refnse or neglect,
on due dsmana, To paw the same into the
trrasurv. ] invite voM attention anew 10
e'ch of these objects AZ &4t
The a,mv. during the past wear. has
been so constantly employed aGsinsi hos.
tile In,lians in sari"us quarters. iilat Il can
Scarcelv hH sad. with proprie'v flan
guage, 90 have heen A peace esta tahi.hmer,.
Tis dniirs have been satisfactorily perform.
ed. and we have reason ioexpect as re-
suli ~ the wears ercrsiions greater ssru.
ri,v to 'he frontier Inhabitants than has
been hi'herio eniovca. Es'ensi.e comb.
NATIONS smopo The hostile Indian- of the
Territories Of Washington and Oregon at
one time threatened the aevss'aiioa ofibe
newly formed settlements ofthat remac
ror'i,n IT the connIry. From recen, in
formsiion. we ere permitted 10 hope that
the ener,e';c! and successful operations
conducted there win prevent sura comb.
nsiion. IN fpfu-e, ard seenre 10 ti,n.e Tsr-
ritories IN loprormnitv 20 make s,sly
progress in. the Development cf thar sgYi-
enltnrI and mineral soeonnoeA ,aud