The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-05
fr..,....d from First Pare. /


lti. With srea. satisfaction | communicates the
fact. nat. .'aos The date Of MY la., saausl mes.
Ts',e s9 states IL Violation Of the avs proh biting
ths African slave trade. THIS statement 10 found
sSsS the sp sSf
some time gince among portion OF our ielow-
e..sen. N ,sSor OF this trade seems 70 nave Q"
"IIe .i.o ssnsra,uls,s you upon sas pshho sent!
ment sass no eIsts asaihs9 witn the limits
OF the Unltsd states, TO proceed ifon ,thenes and
mss s war arse are are Il ssce la ,a respect
kspry cbanse has bsea edeoted stRce the com
sSs,a % % II evsrS caris.isn and %
trtot taat SIS 3h expeditions may never agAIn fs-
c.tve couatelanes IN our country OF seesrt IRON
I, WOW o ts useless repetition 10 do mora than
Tefee with esraest CONNIE ndason & IN, iormeef
DAD of the srsnt 81 power to tia Pes q nj 70
Protection OF the lives and pfopsIt5 OF our teuoN
CITIZENS eassias = transit over the dtierent Cen
ira! American route agsIRst sn4deh $eu !"
Amerosn merchsnt vessels. theic crews sne 81,
soss ssaas yoten, AMI .ssn ald is son
American republics, when these may 20 Ia q ols
taThsd and sncb power we do
nor ii "a th1t rejection "a taOsa engaged IN the
calnmoTcs of the country which thss have fisht
sIscrrox or u.MasRs oy coNsKEss.
Isxvlu recommend 10 Congress tins passage ot
lag Ia pursuance OF ths pTiVlslons OF tAe Ionsli-
tutlon appointing day certain; previous =" she
ga nsfch. IN eacB year 81 81 "ad hnnlpef' i"F we
election of representatives, thtoNe NJ ~ g. les
States A sImll aos-T mss s.'ead, osen eSef
esed with seaefa. opp ooa'ea, ia me appol9a r.
meat Of tae same oay throus nont tRc EioS 70 I
10 IA; the ceotiod ot alsctors i1r fTekld sst and
Nloa P,esld, ntol tie Uaitsd states Niy e,tea
t,n vas sSraestly cire0 ed 20 TINS subject iron
me aos that the - h Coryress - miaaied On the
81 March. $3.50. without masln- the necesssfI ef-
kkuprtst On tJt the HsiV!ce OF ne fust o!lce Do
2 srtmsnt. was then forced - coma der the best
remedy fjr tbs omIsstrn, and 81 immediate can
Of the pres nj Congress- vas the natvfa res ut
Ipon enzir., however. dsceTts BED tnat hitsep
cat Il ID thIrs, three States o'mroslnG The ,;on-
& derac. we're without reprss IN .ataves, ana that
consequent y, these fifteen states wod.s be DIS
sRob,sed ., sGeh = Lhese hi1ssn STATES
next Tea OF tuem cahEJt sect repfss ntssl .es,
sc>ordiEs 20 exist. tts,e xs uat dshefr nj pe
rvos extsa Iin from she bss noing of August neGi
sntll me months ot uoto0sr I'D Novsnl0ss.
In my laht messAse Save SGfR!nS thst. IN {.
OF eur ~ = IN lona mis h, depend upon tie powsr
II tue ffesi1 nj lpinei!atTiY % a5seianIe d luI4
Hoa4rsss, to meet The EMERGENCY.
:, Is now quite evident tlat the financial neces-
ton OF the ia iii during your present session. or
the purpose OF increasing the revenue. ~ nus
contained IN my last Two annual messages, IN IA
vor of imposing specific instead ~ q rHt0Te"i
duties on ali imported Gr clos 70 which these ca
Re properly applied. From long observation and
eApeTIsuce an convinced that specific dutlos are
uecessaTr botn o protect the revenue and to &c
care 70 our manufacturing interests That amount
Ut incidental encouTa sement when anaVodfpiS
resa.ts from 3 revenue tariff 49,
an abstract propoS tlOn /, may ne admitted that
al ra.orsni duties would, IN theory, be the most
ms, ana snuaI But # the pxperlence Of this ana
~ ali other commerctal atoms has demonstr,,e ID
that such duties cannot tie assessed and collected
u,thout great frauds upon the revenue then Il is
the part Of wisdom TO resort to specific duties.-
iudeed from the very nature 81 an ~ fato'th
dut', this must be the result Under i the newt
nbte consequence Is that foreign goods will be en-
tered ~ less than their true value. The treasury
Wlll, therefore, lose the duty on the dIierence be
tween thsir real and fictitious value, and to this
extent we are dsfrhuded.
The temptations which al tGi0Tt1 duties pre-
u lznn ~ m + 9
object ID to pass his goods Through the custom
house at the very lowest valu atom necessary TO
save them from eonhscatIoG. In thus he too often
succeeds IN spite OF the vigilance OF ths revenue
officers. Hencs the resort to false invoices. one
for ths purchaser and another for the custom
i,ouse, and 10 other eXptdients defraut the
Government. The honest importer produces his
invoice tu The collector, stating the actual price
al which ne purchased the articles abroad Not
SO the dishonest importer and the agent OF the
served thst very large proportion of the manu-
tlcfures imported from abroad are consigned for
agents employed By the manufacturers. Ia such
cases no &C sual sale has been made to fix their
value. The foreign manufacture r, II he be dis
honest, prepares invoice of the goods, not at
their actuh value, but at the very lowest rate
the dishonest importer and the foreign manufac
Iurer enjoy q decided advantage over the honest
merchant. They are thus enabled TO underseil
the ialr trader, and drive him from the mar Aet.-
fact, the operation q! th's sys EN- has aIread,
driven from tbs fspIts Of honorable commerce
!Han, OF that vi resHiaf and conscientious
nsrch .hts, whose char icLsr, throughout the
u
The Iemed, for these Is 10 he found II spa
q TO duties, so tar Hs this mas be pTkoLcshte.-
house intJ tue actual coz: value Of the artc @,
.Hd Il rsHs tuo prcc.ae amount OF autV previously
appraisers al foreign goods. who receive Dor sm Il
salaries. and might, by undeTNaIultlnn IN a lew
cases render themselves independent.
Bs sides. specific duties best conform 10 the re-
gusit.On IA tue Constitution that . DO preference
reSangs to the ports OF one State over those al
another" Under our al r9IoTf3A system such
-, fyTences aTe TO some extent inevitable, and
81 thus provision has taea violated hY p lower sq-
rYAissment Of the same articles a. one port taau
IA impression strangely enou kh prevails Ia .cns
extent mat Specific dotl Ure necessarily prOtec-
tive dItlss Noshins can. 10 more tts,ioue -
Great Britain giofi.s III Tree t'ade, and } 81 her
~dole revenue from imp r.s he a: the present mo
ulsnt ,liecthd J4aer 4 system Esec.hS autlss
Itiss ,tsssns tsct ~ iAlE 4Aecilon tnat in the
commercial treat, pt ISl JGnuaFs, d., t+et@eea
tfILcc ahc tneisrd, cie OF the articles PROVIDES
tIaI sne a. Un.oTtH: datles which Il imposes shs
u ooarsrted lato specific dut.-s wtGilln i;ontas
fsnG lis cate, ana these are 10 10 ajceftlineh by
pIaalLs 81 average OF the priGea iur SIX months
pfcvItus ~ that Jne. Inc reverse oil the pTopo-
s.ton would be nearer to the trath, because
much larger amount ut revenue would be cuis cted
BY merely converting the al yai0rsa! dutirs of 3
t2rlh iato equivalent speelhc duties. 10 thIE ex-
tent The revenue would be increased. and IN the
.shma proportion the specific duty might be dimIn-
shed,
Specific duties would secure to the American
mahuiao!urer the Inclaental protection TO when
II surely 10 ssrsoa would oliect. The trainers
o! the existing tari have gone further, and IN
hl-5sa spirls nav. dlscr mated IL favor Of large
suA usaiul bfaaonss of our manufactures, not ~
RAISING tls rata OF duty upon tue lHpoIIatIoh OF
en-. az articles from auIotd, but " hat - taS same
IL effect ny admitting articles fee OF 3dtJ wpIcA
enter in,e the COmpos ton OF thoif ian;!1s: ,
YemEfE I'd ia AZ TINS incden al projection deoIe"sss
Hh-n the QutAe3Grer IseGA ~ 9Ihst, anu an
o!sases whs Ne no as i ioast and constitutes a
sliding scale whIon always Operstsa asslasI Ann.
ns revenues Of the country are ssb &c. u
elQatign. Instead Of approaching stead,
sIaulsru, as wound 10 the case under So stem of
.rey dutiea, they sInk snl Ilse with s!e SINKING
mid nst He dcnlI ior ConEres. to arrange
rystem of specific duties " hlch would afford add
tionaI stability noih to eur revenue and oGr
ufaotures, and without INJURY or injustice 10 any
interest Of the country. THIS might be Sceom-
phshed by asoef tslnin< tae aveIs.e value OF aRy
sivsn article for series ot years st the place OF
Expiration and by slmpi, converting the ratio "i
aa . !orcrs duty npon Il when mish nj be deemed
aoses.ers tor revenue purposes. inlo .hs form OF
syeesc daty. such IA ARA 81 h!snt could not
In uTc the consumer. Ii he snou q pa, 6 greater
aMvunt Of duty one year, this wvaId lie counter
balanced b, q Lesser amount The next. and ia the
snd tue aggrega,e woGlG ID the same.
desire 10 call ,our lplmsdists attention 10 the
present condition Of the IreasUFy. ST. ably and
clearly presented BY the 6ec,e aIy IN his report 10
Congress; and To recommend, that measures be
promptly adopted 10 snaoe u 10 discharge ia
pressing Obligations. Ihe other recommendations
ot the report aTe well worthy OF your favorable
herewith transmit to Congress, the reports Of
the Secretaries Of War, Of The Navy, of the Into
nor aud OF the Postmaster General, rne recon-
inendatons and suggestions which they contain
are highly vsaa0 pie, and deserve your careful az
tentlon.
Tha report of the Postmaster General ds,aiIs
the circumstances under which Cornelius van
b,lt, on my request, agreed, IN the month OF
July last, 20 carry the OCEAN mails between our
AuGntIc and Pacific coasts. Had he not thu
acted, Lhls important lnteTcommunIcat.on must
have been suspended, at least for . season The
Fostn, ster General had no power TO make hun
any other compensation than the hostages on the
mall matter which he might carry. twas known,
al the tIiEe, that these pcstages would fail lar
mort OF an adequate compensation, as we'll as of
tne sum Which the same service had previously
cost tue Government. Mr. Vanderbilt, In a com
mendsoe spirit was willing 10 rely upon the justice
81 congress TO make up the deficiency; and |,
and thats