Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-02-10


boring country. There is. therefore, only a
general system Of political economy which
can, BY creating national wealth, spread
comfort among the working classes
In that which relates to agriculture, you
must make it share in the benefits Of the in
stiIutions of credit, clear the forests situated
10 the plains. rep.ant the hills, and devote
annually a consid rrable sum to great works
Of drainage, irrigation. and clearage. These
works, transforming the uncultivat. d dis
tricts into cultivated lands, will enrich the
districts without impoverisbing the State,
which will cover its advance by the sale Of a
portion of those lands restored to agrlcul-
ture.
To encourage industrial production, you
must liberate from every tax all raw maize
rial Indispensable 10 industry, and allow it,
exceptionally, aud at moderate rate. as has
already been done for agriculture ON drain
age, the funds necessary to perfect its mate
rial.
One of the greatest services to be rendered
to the country is to facilitate the transport OF
articles of first necessity IT, agriculture and
industry. With this obj ct, the Minister of
Public Works will cause TO be executed as
promptly as possible the means of commani-
cation, canals. roads, aud railway, whose
main object will be to convey coal and ma
nure TO the districts where the want of pro-
ductfon require them. and will endeavor to
reduce the tariffs by establishing an equitable
competition between the canal aud railways.
The encouragement to commerce by the
multiplication oil the means of exchange will
then follow a natural consequence of the
preceding measures. The successive reduc-
ton of the duty on articles of eatconsnmp-
ton wiil iben be necessity, also the sub
stItution OF protecting duties for the prohibit
tive system which limits our commercial re-
lations
By these measures agriculture will find a
market for its produce; industry, set Tree
from internal impediments, assisted by the
Government and stimulated by competition,
! will compete advantageously with foreign
produce, and our commerce, instead of Ian
gushing. will +, ceive a new impulse.
Desiring, above all things, that order may
be maintained in our finances, observe how,
without disturbing the equilibrium, these
authorizations might be obtained.
The conclusion of peace has allowed US
not 10 exhaust the amount of The loan. There
remains disposable a considerable sum, which
loaned TO other resources. amounts TO about
$50 900 0O0f In asking from the Legislative
Body permission 10 apply this sum 10 great
public works, and by dividing it into three
annuities it would give about so 600 .oOOf an
nually TO add 10 the considerable sums already
annually Carried to The budget
This extraordinary resource will facilitate
to us not only the prompt completion of the
railways, canals, means OF naviea alton, reads
and ports, but it will also allow US to restore
in less time our caihedrsis. our churches and
wOrthily to encourage science, letters, aid the
arts.
To compensate for the loss which the Trea-
snry will for the moment suffrr by the rcduc-
ton of duties Tn raw materials aad on goods
of great consumption, our budget offers the
resource of ihe sinking iund, which it will
snffce 10 suspend until The public revenue
increased by the augmentation of commerce,
allows the sinking fund to be again brought
into play.
Thus TO resume;-Suppression of duty on
wool and cotton;
Successive reduction on sugar and coffee;
An energetic improvement in the means OF
communication;
Reduction OF canal dues, consequently gen.
eral reduction on the means of conveyance;
Loans TO agriculture and industry;
Considerable works of public utility;
Suppr, ssiUn OF prohibitions;
Treaties of commerce with the foreign Pow
ers.
Such are the general bases of the pro-
gramme to which l beg of you to call the at
tention of your colleagues, who will have to
prepare, without delay, the projects of law
destined to realize them. 1t will obtain,
am fully convinced, the patriotic support of
the Senate and of the Legislative body, jeal-
Gus of inaugurating with me new era of
peace, and of assuring its benefits to France.
Whereupon. pray God to have you in His
holy keeping. NAPOLEON.