Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-12-14

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10 with great satsfactton comnuntcate the fact
th"t since the date Of my last Annual Message not
single slave has been imported into the United Sates
In violation Of the laws prohibiting the African slave
trade. This statement founded upon thorough ex-
amtnati and investigation of the subject. Indeed,
the spirit which prevailed some time aimee among =
portion Of fs.low.ctixens II favor OF this trade
seams to have entirely subsidei.
also congratulate you upon the public sentiment
which oxsts against the crime Of setting on oot
military expeditions within. the limits Of the United
States proceed thence and make upon the unof
reading States, with whom VIC are at peace In this
respect happy change has been effected since the
menccnent Of my Administration. 1t surely ought to
be the prayer Of every Christian and patriot
expeditions may never again receive ccunsensncs in
Nj frn,s III
IL would be useless repetition to do than refer
With earnest commsDdation 10 IN, iormer recommend.
pewrr to the President to employ the naval force the
vicinity or the protection OF the lives an property
fellow citizens passing in transit over the erent
Csatrsl American routes Aralnst sudden lawlsss
merchants vessels their crew. and csryoes aSsnst
voaens ana uniAWtm SEIZURE ana connscaxi0o ~ tne
YSsa % Mexico anu the Sousn american ,epapuss'
wnen thsee may % N disturbed and resolutionsry
sonuitioh' IL - my settled CONVICTION tnst WITHOUT
socn power we do not Sord that protection to tnos
engaged In the commerce OF the country which the.
"sss right 70 demand.
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quite that the financial OF the
government VIII require molincation OF the sariii
daring Won: present session. for the purpose OF inc cas-
ing the revenue IN ms aspect desire To th
Recommendation contained in my last two Lhnual mes
sases IN favor OF imposing SPECIFIC instead OF adSao
rem duties on all imported articles t. which these can
re properly applied From long observation and expo
rieace convinced that specific duties are necessary
both to protect the reye lie and !" TO our manu-
featuring nere7ts that amount Of inoidenta enoour
agement which unaVuidaby results from revenue
tariff.
As an abstract proposition it may be admitted that
advaioro duties would IN theory bs the most just ahd
equal But If tbs experen'c vi this and Of all other
Nations has that SUCH duties
cannot be assessed ana collected without great
upon the reV0nut IS part W "louoW "
sort to spacic duties Indeed. from the very nature
Ct nd valoren duty this must oe ths result Under IT
the inevitable consequence 10 tnas 10feign Koous win o
snteroi at less than trer true value. The Treasury
viii therefore lose the duty On the difference between
real and fictitious vaue and to this extent We
osrauded 49, -
The temptations wnlen al Valorem dntles present 10
dishon9.t importer are irresistible HIS oDJectN 10
pass his goods through tine ut the very
lowest valuation necessary TO save them from connsca
ance of the officers Hence the resort to false
invoices, Tor the ana another TOT hS
tom House anu 70 ".n.t 10 o ss an
Government. The honest importer produce Ills invoe
20 the collector stating the actual price at which ne
purchased the articles NOT 50 WIN the
importer and the agent OF the foreign manufacturer
ID here it may oe observed that very large proper
zion The III Anufactures lmpo ted from abroad are
consigned for sale to commission merchants who are
mere agents employed by the manufacturers In such
actual sale mas been made to M their value
The foreign manufae ne DC hshonest, prepares
invoice Of the GOODS NOT al their actual value os
at the very lowest rate necessary to escape
In this manner the importer ana the Ioregn
manufacturer enjoy decided over sne honest
merchant Iney are snus enao'ea 70 unaerseh .ne nr
trader, and drse MIN irs the MAJ ket: IN TACT the
operation of this system has already driven from the
pursuits Of honorsbe conmerce many OF that Class OF
regular and merchants whose character
throughout the world, is the pride Of our country
The remedy for these evils Is to be found in specific
duties, so far as TINS may De practicaDle iney as
p1nse with any inquiry at the custom House INTO the
value OF the article and 1t pays the pre-
else smount OF duty previously liked by Law. iney
sent no temptations ~ inc appraisers Oh ioTeisn
goods who receive but small salaries, and might by
naturalization in few cases. render themselves indie
pendent.
esies specific dutiesbest conform to the requision
in tho Constitution that "no preference shall be given
by regulation OF or revenue to the ports
of State over those of another Under our ad va
loren system such preferences are to some extent inev-
table, and complaints have often been made that the
spirit Of this provision has been violated by lower
spprasement of the articles at one port than at
another
An Impression strangely enough prevails to some
text that specific duties necessarily protective du
ties Nothing can be moro fallacioas Great Britain
gores trade, and yet her whole revenue from
imports is at the present moment collected undsr 8
system Of specific duties. 1t is striking fact in this
connection that in the commercial treaty Of the I'd o.
January 1860, between France and England, one of
the articles provides that the ad valorem duties which
it imposes shall be converted into specific duties within
SIX months IRON It's date ana these 10 De
making average of the prices for six months prev
that time The of the proposition would
be to the truth, because much larger amount
of would be collected by merely converting the
ad duties of tariff into equivalent specific
duties To this extent the revenue would be increased
in the same proportion the specific duty might be
diminished