The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-10

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chants will now consider whether il is not
safe and more profitable to- themselves as
we'll Us JUST 70 the u. s., to resort to these,
or other opesr ports, than il is 10 pursue,
many hazards and At vast cos,.
cositrahar trade with other ports which
are closed, if not by actual military opera
tee, a. ieast Ly lawful and effective
800 AE ~
For mvse.i, nave no doubt Of the pow
er and duty Of the Executive under tbe
law Of nations, to exclude enemies Of the
human race from All asylum in the United
States. II Congress should think that pro-
in suca.cases lack tho authority
of law, or cacht to be further reprobated
10y i, l recommend that provision ne
made for ettcctualiy preventing foreign
slave traders from acquiring Gouicil anG
facilities FOR their criminal occupation ir
oar country.
1t is possible that if il were q
uew or open question, tire maritime DOW
ere, with The light they now enjoy, would
not confer tie privileges OF a naval bellig-
erent on the insurgents Of the United States,
destitute as they are, and always have
been. equally G! ships and Of ports and
harbors. disicyal emissxries have been
nevertheless no more successful during the
las year than they were before that time,
in their efforts hoder favor of that privi-
lege, 10 ernbroil cur country in foreign
wars. The desire and determination Of The
maritime States 10 defeat that design are
believed cannot be more earnest. Never
the;ess, unforeseen political difficulties have
arisen, and especially in Brazilian and
British ports and on the Northern bounda-
.ry Of The United States, which have re-
Quire0 and are likely TO continue TO require
the practice OF constant vigilance aud Il
Just Ant. conc.i;atory spirit on the part Of
the United States, as well AS of the nations
conferred and their governments.
Commissioners have been appointed M.
der she treaty with Great EfiiiAin on the
adjustme mt of the claims of the Hudson )
Bay and Puget's Sound Agricultural co,n-
panie- IN Oregon. and are now proceed.ngto
Lao execution Of lne trUst assigned 10
them.
Ii view OF the insecurity of life in re-
giuus adjacent TO the Canadian border by
tae recent assaults aud depres!ations com-
mittesl by eespsrat.. persons who are har-
bored there, il has been thought proper TO
give notice tbai after the expiration Of six
months, the period constituiic1a,ly stipu-
lated in the existing arrangenents with
Great Britain, the United States must hclc
themselves at liberty TO increase their ma
vi armament upon ,Ae Lakes. if trey shall
tnd that proceeding necessary. The COLI
dition OF The border will of necessity come
into consideration in connection with the
question Of continuing or modifying TIE
rights of trxrsi. from Canada through the
United States, us well as the regulations OF
trade AT ports which were temporarily es-
tatlished by the reciprocity treaty OF the
5th Of Tune, 1854. / desire, however. tn be
understood, while making this statement,
that the Colonial authorities are notdee,ned
10 bc Intentionally unjust Or unfriendly
towards the United States, but on the con-
tr6ry there is every reason to expect that
with the approval Of the imperial Govern
.nent. they vii! take the necessary meas
ures to prevent new incurslous across the
border. ss
The sct passed at the last session for the
encouragement of emigration has, rs far
as " as possible, been put into operation
Il seems to need ali amendment which will
enable the officers Uf the Government TO
prevent the practice Of frauds against the
e;nigrants while on their way, and on their
arrival in our ports 80 as to secure them
here fair choice Of occupations and place
0: settlement A liberal disposition to-
wards this goverEme nts national policy is
manifested ty mort cftile European States,
and oughtto be reciprocated Oh our part by
giving the eniggants effective national
projection. regard cur enigran.s as one
OF the principal replenishing streams
which are appointed nv Providence to re-
PAR the rayages CT internal war and its
wastes osnH:ional strength and wealth. All
hat ie necessary is tn secure the flow of
that stream in its present channels, and to
that end the government must in every
way make it manifest that it neither wish
es nor designs to impose Involuntary mill
i.ary service upon those who come from
other lands to cast their lot in our country.
The financial affairs of the govern ment
have been successfully administered dur.
ing the last year. The requIsit:ons of the
last session of Congress have been fully
tSsy 3ffsiEU
time has net yet elapsed to experience the
fnsl effect CT several Of the provisions OF
the scts of Congress IMPOSING iucreased
taxation, the receipts during the year
from all sources. upon the basis OF war
rants signed by the Secretary Of the Tyea-
sury. including loans and the balance in
the Treasury on the first day Of July.
1868, were 81 ,3o4. 7pG. .0C7 62. ;And the aggre-
gate Disbursements upon the same oasis
were s.. .29S, ,o5S, lOl 80, leaving balance in
the Treasury AS shown bv warrants OF
SOC, ,7:9, ,9O5 q. Deduct from these amounts
the. amount Of the principal of the public
debt redeemed and the amount of issues
OF registration therefore, the actual cash
opeI ations Of the Treasury were: receipts
SSsl, ,O76, GIG u, disbursements Ss65 3D., ,Oo7.
Sc, which leaves cash balance in the
Treasury Of SIS. .s42, ,55S II. OF .he receipts
there u ere, derived from customs Sl02, ,3lG,-
l52 90. From lsnds sos, 1913 % From di-
rect taxes &475. Gas %. From internal rev.
enueI 3l09, 74l ,l34 10. From miscellaneous
sources $l7 ,5ll, ,4l3 10. From loans applied
10 actual expenditures, Including former
balance, SG23 443. go IL.
There were distursed for the Civil Ser
q. sos, 599 80
For Pensions and Indiaus,.. 7,5l7. $50 81
For tue War Department. ...... 6S7 ,OlS 41.9 ~
For The Navy Department.. ii, ,733. 2s2 70
Eo- interest on pubic deb:,... 5S,6so.42l 81
Making an aggregate of.......Sso5,2 ,254. .os7 50
And leaving balance IN the Treasury of
SlSS. f.5. .57 II, IA before stated. For the
Il. tua! receipts and disbursements for the
first quarter, and the estimated receipts
and disbursements for the three remain
ing CHARTERS of the current fiscal year. and
the general operations If. the Treasury in
detail, refer you to the report OF. the Sec
re,ary Of the Treasury. concur with him
in The opinion that the proportion oi 'oe
monies required. TO meet the expenses con-
sequent nron the War derived from taxa
tion. should be still further increased, and
I earnestly invite your attention to this
subject, to the end that there may Le suah
additional legislation as shall be required