Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-12-26
PREsInENTs MEssAGE.

The amount of estimated expenditures
for the remaining three quarters of the
present fiscal year will, in all probability,
be increased from the causes set forth in
the report of the Secretary His suggcs-
tion therefore, that authority should be
given to supply any temporary deficiency
by the issue of limited amount of trcasu-
ny notes, is approved and accordingly re-
commend the passage of such a law.
As stated in the report of the Secretary,
the tariff of March 8, 1857, has been in OBJ
Grafton for so short u period of time, and
under circumstances so unfavorablc to a
lust development of its results as a revenue
measure that should regard it as incxpc-
dont, at least for the present, to undertake
its revision.
l transmit herewith the reports made to
me by the Secretaries of War and of the
Navy, of the Interior and of the Postmaster
General. They all contain valuable and
important information and SUGGESTIONS.
which commend to the favorable consid
Grafton of Congress.
I have already Recommended the rai,inu
of four additional regiments. and the rcport
of the Secretary of War presents strong
reasons proving this increase of the army
under existing circumstances to be indis
pcnsablc
| would call the special attention of Con
ercss to the Recommendation of the Sccre
tarv of the NAVY in favor of thc construc-
tion of ten small war Steamers of EnLt
,lrm,rht. For some veors tho oovcrnmont
has been OBLIGED on MANY occasions 70 hire
such steamers from ird;v;duoIe :, .r,,,,,r
;ts nrossinc, wants ,,,osn,t ,,,,,,i,i,;t
i O'>'''
"o nave no utllot' NeSSel IN the navy Which
can penetrate the rivers OF China. We
nave but lew which can enter any of the
harbors South of Norfolk, ALTHOUGH many
millions of foreign and domestic commerce.
annually mass in and out of tbnso borbnrs
So,,o If ~ ,,,ost ,.,I,'olI ;,,tSa't,''i,7i
t VI ~. ou' ',looV ."i''"pIo ,h'o'SStS "n"
AnoSU Nu,i!c'"p'o ~, Po'h'S arc tnuS iel0 cN-
posed inns class OF vessels OF light drauSht,
great speed, and heavy guns, would be for
midublo in coast defence The cost of
their construction will not he Great and
thew will REQUIRE hut n comnorotiyclv small
ovnnpdituro 70 l,oo, tbon, /. no,,n|;s,;,,,
~ ,"D;l' IN, :" Oo'''l''i','oo'' q,
=" V'''' VI t'oI'o' 'i'y VIII provo us ehec-
1--WE as much larger vessels, and often more
useful. One of them should be at every
station where we maintain squadron, and
three or four should be constantly en-
r,lOvnl on orr 4 tlnptio onl D,n;Go oo,.t,
Eoono,,, ,,t;;4,, I'D aa;n;,,,as. 80"
5, - ""N :. ro''lDt.ae ,,,a
~ i''U"iiiioi" ~ ''''''' as a'ltl,se most,
pLc: len 9i theJe Sn'|'' '''9I'' ,I "ou,u po
o1 lncli~","Dlo advantage 70 Ihc haNal scr
vice, ana inc Whole cost Ot theu construc-
tton would not exceed two million three
hundred thousand dollars, or $3.50 900 each.
The report of the Secretary of the Interior
is worthy OF grave consideration. 1t treats
of the numerous, important, and diversified
branches of domestic administration intrus.
ted to him by law. Among these the most
prominent arc the public lands and our rcla-
tons with the Indians.
Our system for the disposal of the public
lands, originating with the fathers of the re-
public, has been improved as experience poin-
ted tho way, and gradually adapted to the
growth and scttleincnt of our Western States
and Territories. 1t has worked we'll in prac-
ticc. Already thirteen States and seven Ter
rltores have been carved out of these lands,
and still more than thousand millions of
acres remain unsold. What boundlcss pros
pect this presents to our country of future
prosperity and power!
We have heretofore disposed of 3G3, SG2,-
4Gl acres of public land.
Whilst the public lands as a source of rev
enue are of great Importance is far greater
as furnishing homes for hardy and indopen.
dent race of honest and industrious citizens,
who desire to subduc and cultivate the soil.
They ought to be administered mainly with a
view OF promoting this wise and benevolent
policy. In approprating them for any other
purpose we ought to use even greater econo-
my than II they had been converted into mo-