The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-12-14

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rlsa n Dc hald1f q tas hspd. ] eaEEes; ith
sllgsst f,F sas cankaera lagu r Congress, sn,
slso siuaal.autausylu lu4il ass ,Ar lroPre'y q 70
dosing ear eaFfoGay, e. tofdfs suFFrsiaa, 81 ia
n4artet ssiue - thg tsmu thC iaw goes ata efioc,
Increasing ths sz}g a. vh.sh casrsHeF VII d
b0urht sad sold ffam 3sy "a dag oE agbk 90 uaei
81 the sAme rate u Interest ~ government pAy'
upon .ts bosds The subject u tAFia aDd inter
uAl ta4Aslun wiu necessarily reoeits your attgn
ton. The revenaef = the country are greater
! thsu the requirements, Ard may with safety b
redaoea. bot ~ The funding " lbe debs iu q f1nl
On fear and half per cent lasa would reduce
snuual ourreng expenses largely, thus after iund
ing justltying greater relucgiuu Of taxation
nlan would he row expsd.eui suggest post
/ pnnefncut Of this question mtn the ne1i meet
( ing of Congress. Il m4y be advisable 70 modify
Z taratioa aud tariff Ia instances whore unjust o.
I oneruus determinations Are made b. the present
{ avs. but 3 general revision d tho laws regulAt-
I lng this gubjocr, recommend the postponomont
/ 81 far the present ] also suggest the renewal
aI AlH AaA OBJ ala.atHs AatN AZ o tfHA't AsstAs
Of three per eeut, and this tax to expire u three
I years. With tho funding of the national debt Or
/ here suggested feel safe in sayius that taxes
( apd fhoI saveuae from imports uny III reduced
{ safely from sixty to eighty millions per year at
1 once aud may be sal further reduced from year
! 10 year a. the resources u the country are de-
velopod.
| The report Of The Secretary Of the Treasury
I shows the receipts Of the government for the
fiscal yy sr ending June 80 1862 to be tS7o, ,9Aa
! ii7, aud tho expenditures, including interest
I bouuties &c., to be 1921 $50 597. The estimates
for tie ensuing year are more favorable TO the
/ government, and will no doubt show a much
larger decrease Of the public debt, The receipts
/ in the treasury beyond expenditures have ex-
cscded the amount necessary to place the cred
u Of the sinking fund ~ provided by law. To
look mp to the surplus in the treasury and with
bold It from circulation would lead to such con-
traction Of the currency az to cripple trade and
seriously Affect the prosperity Of the country.
Under tho circumstances the Secretary Of the
Treasury aud myseH heartily concurred in the
proprety Of using all the surplus currency in
the Treasury in the purchase of bonds, thus re-
duoing the interost-boaring debt Of the country
and ~ substituting 10 Congress the question Of
the disposition 10 be made Of the bonds 40 pur-
chased The bonds now held by the Treasury
amount to about f75 000, 600, including those be-
longing to The sinking fund. l recommend that
the whole be placed to the credit Of the sinking
fund. Your attention is respectfully invited to
the recommendation on the Secretary Of the
Treasury for the creation Of the office Of Com
missioner Of Customs Of revenue, for the in
crease Of salary to certain classes Of officials,
and the substitution Of increased national bank
circulation 10 replace the outstanding three per
cent certificates, and mgst especially to HE re-
commentator for the repeal Of laws allowing
shares Of Gnes, penalties forfeiture &c, to Off
cess of the government or TO informerB. The
Office Of Commissioner VI Internal Revenue II
one Of the most arduous snd responsible under
the government 1t falls but little, il any short
Of Cabinet position in its importance aud re-
sponsiblities ! would ask for it, therefore, such
legislation as in your Judgment will place the
Office on a footing Of dignity commensurate with
its Importance, and with a character and qnalit-
ton Of the class Of men required to tli IT prop
erly. AZ the United States is the hreost Of all
nations, so too it's people sympathI2e with all
people struggling for liberty and self.governs
ment but while so sympathizing, it is due to
our honor that we should abstain from enforcing
our views upon unwilling nations, and from TAX
ing an interested part without invitation. In the
quarrels between different nations, or between
governments and their subjects, our course
should always be in conformity with strict jus
tice and law, international and local. Such has
been the policy Of tl.e administration in dealing
With these questions for more than a year,
valuable province Of Spain, and near neighbor
Of ours in whom all our people cannot but feel a
deep interest, has been struggling for independ-
ence and freedom.
Tho people Of the United States entertain the
same warm feelings and sympathies fdr the peo-
pie Of Cuba in their pending struggle, that they
manifested throughout tho previous struggle bo-
tween Spain aud her former colonies in behalf Of
the latter, bat the contest has at no time as-
sumed the conditions which amount TO war ia
the sense Of international law, or which would
show the existence Of dofscto political orgaIi-
zation Of tho insurgonts sufficient to iustiiy
recognition Of bellgerency. Tho princi al is
maintained, however, that this nation is it's own
Judge when to Gccord the rights of heIhgereney
either to people struggling 10 free themselves
from government they believe 10 be oppres-
rive, Or to independent nations at war with each
other. The United States have no disposition
% interfere with the domestic relations 81 spain
TO their colonial possessions on this continent.
They believe that Ia due time Spain and other
European powers viii find their interest in sun
derug those relations, and establishing their
present dependencies Independent powcEs-
members of the family os nations to be no longer
regarded A. subject 10 transfer from ouo Euro
pean power to another When the present rola-
tions x colonies cease, they aIe to become inde-
pendent powers, exercising ths right Of choice
and solf-ooutrol.
fn the determination of their further relations
With other powers the United States ia order 70
pat A stop TO bloodshgd Ia Cubs and IN the inter-
est q neigbboring powers, propose a-eir good
Offices 30 bfing the existing contest 70 tartnina-
ton. Tho ohiee not being accepted, tuis claim
on lho basis which Nc believe could be adyAI-
taeeous ~ both parties, wAs withdraw. IL Is
hoped that the good ofiees y the Uuited States
may not prove advantageous for the settlement
u this unhappy strife. Meanwhile number II
illegal expeditions against Cuba have been broA-
en up. Il has been tbe enasaycr q the Admin
lstfatoE 10 cl1eate ths reafrA.iiy lass 10 gog4
faith. 40 matter hoe unpleasant the Iaak-I44ac
~ uy llr suffering so hAga endured Rom gAe
l-ek 4 Ike gos4 ta.lh taaaz4s Sc n 0taer H--
s.oas Ga tie ZaJh of March 4si tAo laite1
States schooner LaEzic Mslag s1s arrested on tie
high seas b. spanish frlgAie ADD two pasHsn-
gers laksr from d Ani carried prisoners "a Gu
ha bepressalagoas q thess fA1Is HcTs made
~ the Spanish government - sc3u as ut4zlAi
iataTnauuu Is tbtla Taaaoaa hsshiugiQu. Tue
ss.a passengers utrg set 81 bl.rty Al8 tue span
ia. sagggEsas4. As aired lle Ca.ssA sialas, G4At
laa oa4lA.a " The frkata he'd acted sl,A9at iaw,
.lat at had been rePurBaadet ~ Tie cruelty q