Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-12-07

hCuii not cDnpOIt Win ny present pAIp1
to review the proceedings Of Congress upon q
Lecompton Constitution 1t is sufficient to oil
serve that their final action has removed the ia
Testige of serious revolutionary troubles. IL
desperate band recently assembled under not
rious outlaw in IT, Southern portion of the TER
| tory, to resist the execution Of the laws and {
punder peaceful citizens, will, 1 doubt not, b
speedily subdued aad brol ght to justice.
Had treated the Lecompton Constitution as
nullity, and refused 10 TRANSMIT. it to Congress,
is not Difficult: to imagine whilst recalling the pc
sitiOn of the country at that moment, what woul,
have been the disastrous consequence. both in an
| out Of the Territory, from such direlctou 0
! duty on the part of the Executive.
Peace has also been restored within the Terrific
| ~ of Utah, which, 1t the commencement Of M
| Administration, was in a state CT open rebellion
This was tho more dangerous, IS the people, ami
mated by fanatical spirit. and ertrerched within
their distant mountain businesses, might hay,
made a long and formidable resistance. Cost wha
it might, it was necessary to bring them into sub
lection TO the Constitution and the laws. Sou nd
policy. therefore, as we'll as humanity, required
that this object should, if possible &c accomplish
ed by sending a military force into the Territory
sufficiently strong to convince the people that re-
sistance would be hopeless, and at the same tim
to offer TO them pardon for past offences on con-
dition u mnediate submission to the Government
This policy was pursued With eminent success
and the only cause for regret is the heavy expcn-
diturc required to marcl a largo detachment of
the army to that remote region and to furnish it
subsistence. Utah is now comparatively peaceful
and quiet, and tho military force has been with
drawn, except that portion Of it necessary 70 keep
the Indians in check and to protect tho cnigraat
trains on their way to our Pacific possessions.
FINANCES.
Ia my first annual message I promised to en-
ploy my best ezeItions, in oo-operEti9n with Con-
gress, 70 reduce the expenditures Of the Govern
ment within the limits Of q wise AMI juiicious
economy. An overlooking treasury had produced
habits Of prodgality and exyava ,saco which
could only be gradually corrected Tho wcr', re-
quired both time and patience. 7 applied myself
diligently TO this task from the begiauic-, and
was aided BY the able and energetic o srts oe the
Heads Of the different Executive Departments.
The result of our labors ia this good ca3sc dit not
appear in the sum total Of our expenditures far
the first two years, mainly in consequence of the
extraordinary expenditure necessarily incurred in
the U tab expedition, and the very largo alc-t L
Of the contingent expenses of Congress during tls
period. These greatly exceeded TIE Pay al
mileage Of the msmbers. For the year ending -etH
June, 1858, whilst the pay and mileage amounted
to 81 $780, PA, the contingent expenses rose t9
S2,0J3 ,300.15 and for the year ending ),h June,
1859, whilst the pay and mica,s amounted TO
Ss59.c93 Sc, the oontin ent expenses amounted TO
81 ,43l sos IS. I Am happy, however, to DO otle
to inform you that during the last fiscal year end
ing the 30th Jnnc, 1850, the total expenditures
Of the Government in all its legislative,
executive and iudicial-exc .usiye Of the public
debt, were reduced to the sum of $50 ,+0246j Sc.
This conclusively appears from she books Of the
Treasury. In the year elling oG the 30th june,
49,, the total expenditure, exclusive of the pub
lie deot amounted to ST. 9al. l2j ~, AID that for
q vna .rlCi IN I r. "a IN e.
Whilst the books Of the Treasury show an actual
expenditure Of $50 S49, 410 - for the year ending
on the 39:h June, 1860, including 0to, SCI for
the contingent expenses of Congress, there -G-t
bo deducted from this amount the s-n ci
81 296 009 &C. with the interest upon 70 %. $50
600, appropriated BY the act q l5th February,
1850, "ioT the purpose Of supplying tho oelc-va-
c. in tho revenues and defraying TIE expenses r
the Post Office partner; FOR tbs year ending
the tuirtietl Of June, one thousand eight hundred
aad fity-nine' This sum, therefore, justly
chargeab.e to the year 1859, must be deducted
from the sum Of $50, s4s ,47i -, in order u as
certain tho expenditure for the year cEiiaE on
the 30th June, 1860, which leaves a balance for
the expenditures Of that wear Of So. tO2 465 tG.
The interest on tho public debt, including Trea-
ury notes for the same fiscal year ending On the
3Oth June, 1853, amounted TO S3,l77,3Il 60, which
added 10 the above sum Of So, f02 46j As, makes
the aggregate Of SIS SIC. 7s)oS.
It ought in justice to be obscrreI tina. several
Of the estimates from tho departments fer tie
year ending th June, 1860, were reduced iy
Congress below what was and sill il deemed COM
pltblo with the publ; interest. Allowing q
liberal margin OF IS 500 coo for this reduction,
and fr other causes it may be safely asserted that
the sum Of SGl 600 000, or at the most, C2.ogl,-
600 is amply sufficient t. administer the Govern
mont and 20 pay the interest on the pG5iic debt,
unless contingent events should hereafter render
extraordinary expenditures necessary
This result has been attained in considerable
degree by tho care exercised By tho appropriate
departments in entering into public contracts
have myself never iuteTered with the award oi any
such contract. except il single case with the
Colonization Socisty, deemirg 1t advisable 70 cast
the whole responsibility in each case the proper
head Ct the department with the general instruc-
ton that these contracts should always Lo given
TO the lowest bidder. L has ever been my olinioa
that puhlc contracts are not legitim re source
Of patronage 10 be conferred upon personal or
politi,al fivorites but that in all sJ-h cases q
pubic officer il bound 10 act for tire GoycrEmel,
as Q prudent individual would act f5r himself
AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, Sc.
1t is with great satisfaction [ caGmuui-a te tle
fact that, since the date Of my last Annual 1i.s-
age, not single slave has been imported into the
United States In violation If the law prohibiting
the African slave trade. This statement Is founded
upon a thorough examination aud investigation Of
the subject. Indeed. the spirit which prevailed
citizens in favor Of this trade seems t. Lave entire
" subsdcI.
also congratulate You upon tL- public =---i.
Dcuc which now exists against the crime Of setting
on foot military expeditions within the limits of
the I nit5d states, to proceed from thence and
make war upon the people Of unolc1cin- States
with whom we are at peace. In thi, respect a
happy change has been effected since the COM
meueement Of my Administrative. 1t sgr-l ~
ought to be the prayer q every Christian and pa
tri0t. that such expeditions may never again rec
ccive coUntenance in our country OF depart from
our shores.
It would be useless repetition 70 DO more than
Teier, with earnest commentator 70 my former r1-
Communications in favor Of the Pacific Railroad
Of the grant Of power to the President t. employ
the naval force in the vicinity for tie pr lection
Of the lives and property OF our tsIJw-c.tlzons
passing in transit over the different Central Amer
lean routes, against sudden and iavIess outbreaks
and deprsdations ; aud also to protect American
merchant vessels their crews and caro0es, again;
violent AMI unlawful seizure and confscatioa in the
ports Of Mexico and the South American Republics,
when these may be in g disturbed and rovolut NJ
Gry condition. It is ny settled conviction, shat
without such power We do not afford that pr5tsC-
ton to those engage din the commerce oE the coun-
try which they have right to demand.
ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS-.
I again recommend 20 Congress the passage u
a law in Pursuance Of the provisions of the Con-
stitution. appointing cay certain, previous TO
the 9Th March, in each year Of odd number,
for the election Of Representatives throughout all
the States. 4 similar psv5r has already been ex-
ercised with general appreciation, in the appoint
of the same day throughout the Union, for holding
the election of electors for President sn1 Vice Pre-
sident Of the United States. Ny attention was
earnestly directed the subject from the fact that
the 35th Congress terminated on the Sd March.
1852 without making the necessary appropriation
fer the service of the Post Office Department was
then forced to consider the best remedy for this
OMISSION and an immediate call of the present
Congress was the natural resort. Upon enquiry,
however, ascertained that fifteen out Of the thir
ty-three States composing the Confcderscy were
without representatives, and that, consequently,
these fifteen States would be disfranchised by such
a call. These fifteen States will be in the same
condition on the 4th March next. Ten Of them
cannot elect representatives,, according to existing
State laws, until different periods, extending from
the beginning of August next until the months of
Octover and November.
In my last message I gave warning that in p
time of sudden and alarming danger, the salvation
of our institutions nigh depend upon the power Of
the President Immediately 70 assemble full Con-
gress, to meet the emergency.
TARIFF.
1t is now quite evident that the financial neoessi-
ties of the Government will require modification
of the tariff during your present session, for the
purpose Of increasing the revenue In this aspect,
desire to reiterato the recommendation contained
los turo ANIMAL rrAssages. favor OF lmpO-