The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1858-12-11
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

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/ of the necessity oim enforcing claims
/ against Costa Bica, NicaraguaNnd Mexico
/ Dispatches have been received which state
! the restoration OF permanent power IN
! Mexico: approves Of Mr. Forsyth course,
and recommends taking sufficient MeZi-
j can territory TO indemnify the United
1 States, by Military power-n regard 70
1 Sonora and Chihuahua. Preston is arm
/ ed with full power to settle the Spanish
! difficulty. SAYS that Cuba ought to be-
/ long TO the United States. Recommends
, its purchase. Advocate the Pacific Rail
way through the Territorial Government
! of Arizona.
The Postmaster General recommends
an uniform rate of postage OF i've cents.
More Of the Presidents Message.
Report q he Secretary II the IreaarH
The New Orleans Associated Press have
some further and fuller particulars Of the
/ Presidents Message and of the Proceed
! iuG5 in Congress.
! WASHINGTON. Dec. G.-The Senate met
at noon and received the Presidents mes
sage at ten minutes to > o'clock this after
noon.
F.. TIE Tar.f-The President in his mes
sage to Congress, referring to the tariff
: question, says tHat when Congress met in
December last. the business OF the country
( had been crushed by one Of those period
zeal reyuisions caused by am unsOund and
/ eNtraya-aut hank credit system, which in
Hated the currency Of the country, and
manufactures and all public and private
. CnteTpTi-. were suddenly arrested, and
, thousands IF mechanics and l3borcrs We're
, deprived o, employment in consequence.
lHo coinmCrolu, manufacturing and me-
I cIi3nIcalclH- ln saws suffered severely
/ not because oi the reduction of duties.
. but because there is no demand for Their
productions ~ any price. Articles OF
prime necessity only are wanted. Iron
( manufactures suffered more than any 9th
ers; and railroadenterpriscs being brought
% dead stand. a, a matter of course. the
non manufacturing interest suffered also
from that cause.
The President says that no Government.
and especially none Of limited powers.
could have prevented the disastrous re-
vul-ion OF last year. The same result. he
says. would have ensued had the duties
been higher, The tariff of 1857 had no
agency III the recent financial disturbance
which existed throughout the world
They could not be controlled bv LEGISLATION
IN any particular country The effects Of
-N tAt'i.'fis Al" NttN az HOW SlbA n,
but surely passin. away. and the energy
and enterprise Of our citizens. together
with the unbounded resources at their
command. viii. doubtless, within another
year, restore the country 10 a state OF
/ wholesome industry. Trade and capital
4 have again accumulated IN our large cities.
interests low. confidence is generally re-
stored or recovering and as soon as capital
can be prohtahly employed in CONNER
clai and manufacturing enterprises, and in
the construction of railroads and other
works Of public and private Improvement
prosperity viii again smile throughout the
land.
No tariff short Of absolute prohibition
can prevent the effects OF the initiation OF
| our currency beyond that Of other coun
( tries whose manufacture come in c1mpe
tition with ours. From these causes om
imports have been abridged, and our rev
enue has proved Inadequate to meet tho
constantly increasing expenses of our Gov
/ eminent. The act Of the 23d of Deccm
1 Der. l~jG. authorized the issuing of Treas
I ury notes to the amount Of twenty mil
6on7 of dollars This proved iuadequa'
TO meet tine estimated expenditure, an,
the act OF 18th Of June. 1858, authorized
a government loan Of twenty millions il
addition. No statesman would approx,
this Increasing national debt to liquidat,
/ the ordinary expenses OF government
I Tins would be a most ruiuOus policy I,
pursue. Ii would. be ruinous to coutinu,
TO borrow, and besides. incidental pr0tec
ton by @ revenue tariff would to som,
extent give fresh impetus to our industrial
Interests.
No zone, he says viii object to such re
suit Sound policy requires specific dutie
/ wherever practicable. Upon such article
as mon, raw sugar and foreign wines anC
spirits, a specific duty Is the hest if no
the only means OF securing the rovenu,
agalnstiraud- and giving our manufacture
the incidental advantages of revenue
tariff. The present system Of the sliding
scale operates dIsadvantageousl to tn,
manufacture.
The Nicaragua Tru5t.-TLe PreSiden
says that he has no objection to oflel
-'ll7' IantlL-- 4 i:aIr 'a'''r'--''sa''9n 70 49,
NoYernmenJ OF Nicaragua FOR transit
through their territory. but insists tina
the route should not I've closed ly any ar
bitrary decree of that Government.
lie recommends Congress 10 authOriz,
the employment of force to prevent 1T
obstruction by lawieSs violence, and say.
that similar necessity exists for the pro
lection OF the Panama and Tehauntepe,
routes.
Has,- of R.prss-l. frf,rss-0na hundred
and eighty-nine members answered t.
their names In the House Mr. Grow
of Penn, introduced a bin TO amend the
= Court of Claims act, to prevent creditor,
suing in the District Courts Or L. S. Court,
Of Iowa for the construction OF the Suth
ern Pacific Railroad
". l.. beWal,, oL Penn. asked leave &c
introduce . resolution, asking the Com
mtttre on WAYS and Means 20 report &
olIl increasing the duty on coal and iron
dh"' IN compliance with the request q
several members OF the House be would
a"d ie4A sugar, ana such other articles as
needed protection.
a suspension Of rules was moved and
n'satiNeH ny l"- yeas 10 - nays, two
I'M" VOC hglhg necessary 20 carry u.
faS L,'.S Ra.Stg' % t5f H7Hf.-ln tho
mouse the iFesigent Message was refer
req {" me 'onlm!ttee OF the v hole on the
StaIe 81 me thlon, ana ordered 10 be
printed inc house lheh ADJOURNED.
! rocco, Is 3" VI en"s.-in the Senate
senator biSler' o. pennsylvania, moved
ihat twenty thousand copies OF the Fresi
dent VI e1>S2e Pc printed:
nae oi AeW Hampshire, objected &C
the notion, because the President had
! according TO his OPINION. abused has con