The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-07-08
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Congress seem have other bond of union or gov.
erning policy but system of prodigaity and corrup
ton, such has before been known in our his
tory. Look at the fearful aggregate of expenditures
in time of peace which sweled to these enormous
proportions by special and partisan legislation In Con-
gress and out of it, through all its power and patron
age, there is pervadng demorasation which is pain
fu and shocking to contemplate, and which must
bring about ruin, unless be arrested The wanton
and barefaced venalty, and the contingent and
miscellaneous expenses of the two Houses, shame
fui in the last degree They have than quadru.
pied since Radicalsm has ruled, and still augment
ing every day until hundreds of thousands
ally pundered by partisan favorites around the Cap
toll The accounts made up as to conceal these
Frauds or are whitewashed by interested committees.
1t IS impossible to get fair investigation. The
orities either vote down every form of inquiry or st
| le them when ordered Radcalism is rotten to the
core, and dare not confront any searching examination
into its acts.
Take sin gle recent example Of the manner In which
this wholesale system of robbery is carried on. Mr.
Van Trump, OF Ohio introduced a resolution calling
for statement of the amount of money paid for the
publication of huge volume, entitled " Tributes Of
the Nations to Abraham Lincoln" The contents of
that book had already been published in the Dplo-
matte Correspondence and distributed over the coun,
try and abroad at great expense
But it was necessary to give job to some favorite
SO large quarto edition Of the same matter was or
dered by the Radical Thirty-ninth Congress to be
printed in the expensive style and bound in Tur
key morocco, with costly gliding That publication
cost some 100000, to decorate thebraries of men,
bers, and without the least possible the public
Now, what done with Mr.. Van Trumps resolu.
tion which designed to expose this shameful
abuse and extravaganza? The Radical majority re-
fused to pass it, and sent it to of their commit.
tees to be strangled like every other effort honest
investigation. In this way, the swndling which a
practised on vast scale s purposely covered up
Radical committees are organised to exclude nforma
ton from the people, and packed so as to prevent
any official exposure. The whole thing is managed
like close and corrupt corporation, here each mem
Der is interested in hiding his misdeeds, and from
which no reliable statement can be obtained The
country would be appalled,, if there any fair ex-
hibt made of the immense swindling which is prac.
ticed here by of partisan legislation and of the
interests in this system held by members both directly
and indirectly. The subsidy carried for the Pacific
railroad Illustration in point and well described
by of the Radical chiefs who had not been retained
as an advocate for it. The virtuous Tbad. Stevens
was the principal engineer on the floor, where he
by the lobby aud seconded by Mr. Price,
who, of course, very dsinterested
National Intelligenccr
IMPORTANT DECISIONS IN RELATION To CERTAIN Du-
TIEs-The Secretary of the Treasury has made the
following decisions:
Where maritime papers have been issued to a vessel
since her purchase from the Government she cannot
under existing laws take out name. Congress
alone can authorise such change
Steam vessels plying solely in a particular harbor
are not liable to enrolment and license.
No vessel is required to take out coastng license
unless she intends to engage in the coasting trade
Vessels moored wharves and used as storerooms or
sailrooms, clearly liable to the payment of tuu-
mage tax, inasmuch as not being vessels engaged in
the coastng trade they not required to take
coastng license. The Department has authority to
refund tunnage tax fees for the portion of the year
unexpired after the destruction of a vessel.
On the appraisement of certain wines made under
article $50 of the general regulation and on report
that the invoice value the foreign market
value at the period of exporation the invoice value
must be taken the basis for the assessment of du
ties, although when sold at auction from bonded
store they bring much less price. IF the proceeds
of such sale insufficient to pay the duties the i'm
porters are liable on their bond for the deficiency
The duty perfumery-acohol the principal ingre-
dent-is three dollars per gallon and fifty per cent
ad valorem under section eleven of the act of June
so, 1864 and the Departments decision of December
90, 1867. Hat bands, commercially known as silk
hat bands, are dutiabe at sixty per cent.
The withdrawal of carpets from bonded warehouses
for the purpose Of cutting and manufacture so as to
fit them to the saloons of vessel destined for the
trade of foreign country, involves change in the
condition of such carpets and this department cannot
allow such withdrawal and subsequent return tc
bonded warehouse for the purpose of expectation.
Appraisements are final unless appealed from by the
importer and be disturbed or set aside except
IN clear evidence of fraud or informay on the part
IF the appraiser.
Linen drills and coangs, if not brown or bleached,
ire dutiahle as manufactures of silk
Steel rails for railroads, duty ortyfve per cent ad
7alorem.
The duty remportaton of articles of the growth,
production of the United States on
which internal tax has been paid provided
or by section r. act of July IS, 1856 must be paid
gold, according to the decision of the Department.
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