The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-12-06

;;. fr tba rs two years mainly consequence Of
The extraordinary expenditure eS tha
mt expe nses of Congress during this perioo
These greatly exceeded the and mileage OF tne mem
nav and m'.srs amounted to 24 the contingent
expenses to So 093 309 and for tne year
$3.50 o93 6s the contingent expenses amounted to $l
431 sos 49, am happy, however, 10 9s ape " tha soth
June 1860 the Total expenditures of the Government in
all its branches-egislative, executive, ana
exclusive Of the public debit were reduced 70 n I hooks
$55 49, This sconcusvey appears from tne
of the Treasury In the year ending on tine SUN
1885, the total expenditure exclusive Of the public debt
ng soth june 1sis to sss is whilst the
Of The Treasury show actual expenditure Of $s9
ding 04O667 ii for the contingent expenses Of Con-
es there must be deducted from this amount the sun
appropriated by the of 18th February. 166O for the
purpose of supplying the deficiency in the and
defrayng expenses of the Post Office
the ending the thrtieh of June thousand eight
hundred and fity-nne." This sum, therefore, justly
sum of s5os4s IA r. IN order ascertain the expend
ture for the year ending the 30h June 1860 which
5s s'i en he nubc dent ipcinSDg
Treasury notes for the sane fiscal year ending on the
3 t ahe s, of @ as a az ates he suaregae
Of SIS, ,57s, $50 0s. ---'-''
It ought in Justice to be Observed that several of the
estimates from the departments for the year ending 30h
June, 1860, reduced by Congress below what was
and still deemed compatible with the public interest
|
on and for other causes may be safely asserted that
the sum Of s6l ooO or at the most s62 900 oOO is
interest the public debt unless contingent events
should hereafter render extraordinary expenditures
essary.
This result has been attained in considerable degree
by the exercised by the appropriate departments in
terered with the award of any such contract except in
single with the Colonization Society deemng ad
proper head of the department with the general nstruc
io hat these contracts should always be given to the
lowest and best bidder It has been my opinion
tina public contracts not legitimate patro
to be conferred nal political favores
but that in all such cases public officer is bound
for the Government as prudent would act for
| himself.
AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, &c.
1t is with great satisfaction communicate the fact,
that, since the date of my last Annual Message not
single slave has been imported into the United States in
violation of the Law prohibiting the African slave trade
This is founded upon thorough examination
and investigation Of the subject Indeed, the spirit
fellow citizens in favor OF this trade seems to have
! tirely subsded.
| 1 also congratulate you upon the public sentiment
which exists against the crime of setting foot
military expeditions with in the limits Of the United
from a and make war IN the
this respect happy change has been effected since the
to be the prayer of every Christian and patriot that
such expeditions may never again receive in
our country or depart from our shores.
1t would be useless repetition TO do than REFER
tions in favor of the Pacific ratroad-of the grant of
power the President to employ the naval in the
vicinity for the protection of the lives and property of
our feowczens passing in transit the different
Central American routes against sudden and la~less
and depredations and also to protect Ameri
can merchant vessel their and cargoes. against
violent and unlawful seizure and coDsoatio1 in the
ports Of Mexico and the South American republics,
when these may be in disturbed and revolutionary
dition. 1t my settled conviction that without such
power do not afford that protection to those engaged
in the of the country which they have right
to demand.
ELECTION MEMBERS CONGRESS.
to of ir
pursuance of the provisions Of the Constitution, appoint
ing day certain, previous 4th March in each yea
of odd number, for the election representative
throughout all the States. similar power has already
been exercised with general appreciation in the appoipt
ment Of the Gay throughout the Union for holdn
the election of electors for President and Vce Presden
Of the United States My attention earnestly direct
ed to this subject from the fact that the 35;h Congress
terminated on the Sd of March, 1885, without making th
necessary appropriation for the service of the Post 0c
Department. then forced to consider the best
dy for this OMISSION and immediate call of the
Congress the natural resort Upon inquiry however
ascertaned that fifteen out of the 80 States composing
the Confederacy without representatives and that
consequently, these fifteen States would disfranchsei
by such call These fifteen States will be in the
condition the 4th March next. Ten of them canuo
elect according existing State laws
til different periods extending from the beginning Of
August next until the months OF October and Novem
ber.
In my last message + gave warning that in time o
sudden and ala ming danger, the salvation Of nsti
tatons might depend upon the power Of the Presden
Immediately to assemble full Congress to meet thu
| emergency.
It quite evident that the financial neces
the Government will require modification of the tarif
during present session. for the purpose of ncreas
ing the In this aspect desire reerate th
recommendation contained in my last two annual mes
duties all imported articles to which these
properly applied. From long observation and expert
both to protect the revenue and to secure to
featuring interests that amount of incidental
j." ment which voidably results from tariff
- As abstract proposition, it may be admitted that
= caloreza duties would, in theory be the most just
equal. But if the experience of this and all other
mercal nations demonstrated that such duties
assessed and collected without great frauds upon tn
revenue then is the part of wisdom to resort spec
duties Indeed from the very nature of Gd gdlorea
duty, this be the result Under it the inevitab
is that foreign goods will be entered at les
than their The treasury will, therefore, los
the difference their fictitious value
- to this extent we are defrauded.
IL The temptation which dd pdoren duties present to
dishonest importer irresstable His object pas
his goods through the custom at the loves
valuation necessary to save them from confscation
this he too often succeeds in spite of the vigilance of tn
revenue officers Hence the resort to false invoices,
purchaser and another for the custom house.
- to other expedients to defraud the Government TIL
honest importer produces his invoice to the coeco1
ces abroad. Not the dishonest importer the agen
OF the foreign manufacturer And here it be oh
served that very large proportion of the manufacture
imported from abroad consigned for sale to commits
sion merchants who are mere agents employed by III
manufacturers In such cases no actual sale has bee
made to fix their value. The foreign manufacturer
be dishonest, prepares invoice of the goods, not
their actual value but at the lowest rate
porter and the foreign manufacturer enjoy decided ad
= vantage the honest merchant They thus en-
abled to underell the fair trader and drive him til
market In fact the operation of this system has alrea
- driven from the pursuits of honorable man.
of that class of regular ard conscientious merchant
whose character thrt the world, is the pride
Il country.
The remedy for these evils is to be found in specif
duties, so far this be practicable. They dispens
with any inquiry at the customhouse into the actua
cost value of the article and it pays the precise
. mount of duty previously fixed by law. They presen
temptations to the appraisers of foreign goods wh
receive but small salaries and might by
= = in a few cases, render themselves independent.
Besides specific duties best conform the requsitio,
in the Constitution that no preference shall be given
regulation of commerce revenue to the ports O
State those of another' Under cdlose7
system such preferences to extent inevitable
and complaints have often been made that the spirit
this provision has teen violated lower appraise
CT the same articles at one port than at another.
An impression strangely enough prevails to ex
tenthat specific duties necessarily protective
Nothing can be fallacous Britain gories il
free trade and yet her whole from imports
the presant moment collected under system of specific
duties Il is striking fact in this connection that,
the commercial treaty of Odd January, Ie60 between
France and England OF the articles provides that
al caoTena duties which it imposes shall be
into specific duties within six months from its and
these to be ascerained by making average the
pricesfor six months previous to that time. The
of the proposition would be tie truth
by merely converting the al oalore duties of
n uuiv 10 dptip To