Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-12-07

The honest importer pro Iuces his inrafee n the
eoector, stating the actual price at wich he pur-
chasd the articles abroad. Not with the dish snezt
npc ter ana The az OF the foreign manufacturer
Ard here it may be observed that a very &c pro-
portion OF the foreign Hlsnufa ctnres hnporte from
abroad are Consigned for sale t. commission mr.
chants VINO are mere gents emp Dyed BY the manu-
taet1rers In such cases, whore 10 actnal sale has
been ie 10 fix Their value. the foreign nanuf1ctG-
rer, if he be dsscnes- prep4rcs an invfi ice Of e
goods, not at tn II actual value, but the very los
ate nece=sary-t9 escape detect on T. this manner
the dishonest importer and foreign manufacturer en-
JOYS adecided adyantige the honest mere Hant
They thus enabled underseI the fair trader and
this system has already driven from the pursuit q
honorable commerce many Of that class OF Regular
and conseie1ti as merchants, who's - araeter thro
out the world Is the prize % our court
Inc remedy for these evils Is 10 - ---- = s--slc
duteSs 50 lar as this may DE pTact..,s tIiey as
pense with any inquiry al the Custom House tis
-actga costOr value OF the arti and il pays the pre-
else amount Of duty previously fixed By law They
present. temptations 10 abe appraisers OF foreign
gociss who receive but small salaries and might y
gneryaiuati9n IN Few eass, render thenlse.s = -.
dependent Besides specific duties be5t CONFORM u
the requisit0n the Constitution that no preference
snail be gwen Dy any regulation 81 comm :"
70 the ports Of STATE over thos oi aL0th@f-
Under al uaE0TeE system such preferences are 70
extent eTtasie- adu Complaints Lave tittA
been maze that the spirit Of this prOFlsl has been
violated by lower apprasenl II OF tne same art
oles a. one port than Al another IN impression
STRANGELY enough prevails some extent that specific
uties are EeeessrIiy prot Give cutles Nothing
be more aacloUs Great Britain g9Iles IN free trade
EIressnt moment collected under system Of specific
dutEs Il IS striking fact IN this connection. tia:
IN the commercial treaty q 23i January, 1850 be
tween France and EEgiald- one u The articles pro
vi5es that tie al rGoreas duties which 1t imp IS
shall b Converted into Specific duties within SIX
n0at from us date and these are 70 be ascertain BY
making average Cf the prices for months pre-
vlozs % thai time
The reverse of the proposition would be
nearer 10 the truth, because a much larger
amount Of revenue EOuli be collected By
merely converting he sd vslOrem duties Of
. tariff into general equivalent specific du-
ties To his extent the revenue would be
increased, and ia the same proportion the
specific du les might be diminished Spe-
cifs dutss would secure to the American
manufacturer tie ineid -ntaI protection TO
which he Is fairy entitle 4 under revenue
tariff, and 20 this, lurely no person would
object The f-Smers Of the existing tariff
have gone further. and IN a LIBERAL spirit
have Disseminated IN favor OF large and
useful Branches Of o. manufact ures-not
by raising the rate Of duties upon the i'm
pCrtati0a # similar articles from abroad.
but. what Is the came IN effect. b. admit Tin 2
ticles fTes Of duty which enter into the
composition Of their fabrics
Under the present system, It has been Of
ten truly remarked JhaG this incidental pro
lection decreases when the manufacture
needs Il most. and increases when he needs
IT least auI constitutes q sliding scale which
always operates against him The revenues
Of the country are subject 10 similar 1uctua-
ton, instead Of approaching a steady stand
ard IS would be the case under a system of
specific duties They sink and rise wiki the
sinking and rising prices OF the articles n
fOr-ign countries. II would not be difficult
for Congress 10 arrange a system OF specific
duties which would afford additional slaOIlI-
ty both 10 our revenue and our manufacture
and without injury or mi Istice to any inter
est VI the country as might be accom-
plished by lseertaiHIng the average value Of
any given article for series Of years az the
place of expectation, and by simply convert
ing thesraie of ad valorem duty upon which
IL might be deemed necessary for revenue
purposes INTO the form of specific duty
such an arrdu cement could not injuIe 4 e
consumer, Z he shoIlIpsy greater amount
Of d.ty one year this would be c0unterbal-
anced By a lesser amount the next. and in The
ent the aggregate woUl be the same. Idesir,
10 cali your immediate attention TO the pres
ent condition of the Treasury, so ably and
clearly presented by the Secretary IN his
report 10 Congress, and 10 recommended
that measures be promptly adopted to en-
able IT 10 discharge rs pressing obligations
The other recommendations OF the report
re well worthy Of your favorable cUnside-
M ton.
; herewith iran NIT to Congress the re-
ports of the secretaries Of Var, OF The
Navy. O. the Interior. and Ofthe Postmaster
General The accommodating AMI sug-
gestiOBs which they contain are highly
valuable, and dsserse your careful atlen-
ton
The report Of the Postmaster General de
Illus Vanderbilt, on my request, agreed, IN
the month OF july last, TO carry the Ocean
mails between our Atlantic and Pacific
coasts Hadhe notthus acted, this impOr-
tant inter communication must have been
suspended At least for q season The P
n General had no power to make him any
other Compensation than the hostages On
mail matter. which he might carry. 1t vas
known at the time, these hostages would
fall far short Of an adequate compensation
as well as of the sum which The same ser
vice he'd previously cost the Government =
Mr.. Eanier5ilt, IN "a eommenjable spirit,
wac willing 10 rely upon the justice OF Con
gress to make up the deficiency and /
therefore recommend that an aPProPrIa
tiOn be granted for this purpose
1 should DO great injustice to the AttOr-
ney General were l 70 omit the mention
Of his distinguished services IN the measure
adopted and prosecuted by him for the de-
fence Of the Government against numerous
and unfcuuded claims 10 land IN California,
purpOFting 20 have been made by the Next
can Government, previous to the treaty OF
cessiOH.
The successful opposition to these claims
has saved 20 the United States. public prop
erty worth many millions Of dollars. and TO
individuals holding II lie under them, at
least an equal amount.
TAlITsE N KANSAS
Il has been represented to me from
sources which deem reliable, that the in
habitants IN several portions of Es1sas have
been reduced ne irly 20 . state Of starvation
On account OF the almost total failure of
their crops whilst the harves,s in every
other position o. the country have been
abundant Tie prospect before them for
the approaching winter is well calculated
10 enlist The symplthies IF every heart The
destitatie1 appears 10 be 80 general that 1t
cannot be relieved by private contributions,
and they are IN such INDECENT circumstsn-
ees as to be unable u purchase the necessi-
ties Of life for themselves. 1 refer the sub
jeCt to Congress If any constitu iolal
measure for their relief can be devised, 1
would recommend is adoption.
DISTRICT or COLUMBIA.
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