The New York Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1860, Page 2

_ a ee ee ee axe S| = 3 Ks] A : 5 =) ie ) 5 =| a : y 2 ——$— —_- - 1 | of wwerensed revenue from that svurce Apart, ‘coun and of the ovine of the United estiowa were duly exch fn this city on the , thus recognized at this State election by the votes | qnentty, these fifteen States would be disfranchised OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. trem tbe threatened embarrassments ta the ptraers p sotemtenation ‘tale, law, Profeanee. th, of November last. ‘Thus has avonroversy | of both political parties in Kansas, was transmitted | py such'a call. ‘These fifteen States will be in the box ness of the these atime, vows of exam | Henry Veet h inet ere Mpg ata ‘ micably terminated which had be so ‘one with the request that [should present it v | sante condition on the 4th of March next. Ten of or ture nd reoeipla, wo mul tthe ae tech ocommiasionere A ‘oad Jue, 1860, am eddi- rio hy tthe riod af my inwaguratioa 4s to ¢ Congress. This I could not have refused to do | them cannot elect representatives, a>:ording to Anvusl Report of the Secretary of tho ae pom a they would ory nzpropriation of $6,000 was made to oot ne meee # ‘ ee tith of ay in to d.cet our | without violating my clearest and strougest cor,vic- | existing State laws, uptil different periods, extend- Saco ae to anticipate the wbion this | J of 1867. 1 Deremiid | mn - a 4 A -J d his ass or’ and retura to the | tions of duty. The’ constitution, and all the, pro-) ing frem_the beginning of Augus: next until the 7 4s inpeael will, produoe Bee Desinees of these Lamutienrs f aoe py yg ; cceding® which preceded and followed its for gation | months of October and November, the country. The absence of all the ord hich Br flay Leal AB gee ane ie ‘Und this. vention the government of New | were fuir avd regular on their face, I then h atieved, In my last Measage I pre warning that, in a ruch a slate of things leaves no data upon to make | Ciected, it iw a soon Py aunt tele conven ios wiedged itself to be | 1 experience has proved, that ee gerests oF | time of mba and Bas ng angst sal Liem ‘Treasvuxy Durantumr, Des, 4, 1860. caloalattons--all the elemosta of prosperity are eee min} be derives by the gorergnet ‘and the ‘from. - hi e people of Ka r Y on the powe: ‘ nerative prices, is diccovery, responsible to « foe damages whieh | the pe ople of K pesemnanla new: Desh 2 es outs of our institntions may depend upon Pp Sm—In complionce with the act ofUongress entitled | «u0¢—abundant crops pees {xperimenta already made have beoe Ltn of | ed by ite admissio the President to assemble a full Congress, to mect | ., 4 go: supplementary to an act to establish the Treasu- | Beek ite safe luvesiments—and, indeed, ev ‘Were caused b ° | pecially as the majority, within & )gief period, | the emergency. Gioate more than the usual Increase in will prove entirely tucecasful. uch ia ” ” u 5 ch we th eee ee sy for asivctment to a Boar’ of | thar wil and pleasure. If fred exsied in| Tt is now quite evident that the financial neces- | to submit ‘he following report — tide ot 7 Bees Rocrenstueteeat:| Sioa point av cemese fm vain, are re erree ymit’a copy of the conven- | all or any of these proceedi’cgs, it wos not | sities of the government will reqnire a modification | On the Let day ot July, 1859, being the commencement | f° po owe eed ger aad therefore eo dependent for | {ist “be Ress ne teveley tee ‘iberally te hn meme Seer aims, Ion recommend the log -tatva | for ‘the Fresideet, bat’ for Cemaress, "to jas | of the tariff during your present ression, for tho | of the ‘neal your 1860, ine’ alaioo in the Treasury | 2. SPiimaneiet nos future aevetopomenta that vie | Lime MyyorePanmis yr puree’ loomed for mie deo. tion to Congress, te int t | vestigate and determine the ‘jestion of fraud, | purpose of increasing the revenue. In this aspect, eens 4 | imporetbia at present to ray what will ba the extent of | Geecetary of the Treasury for tale parpese the Suan of ene WAORARNET 90. ORES Fe Oe eal | ani what ought to be its consequeme ; | 1 desire to reiterate the recommendation | rhe receipts iato, the ‘ fiacal y their influence If, as some euppoes, they aro mire y Tasdees tavaand doles Persevorivg efforts have been made for the ad- | a first two elections the fajority refased to | contained in ad last two annoal Messages, For the quarter ending September 30, 1850:— temporary snd wil suse Base 6 , then ores ae Congress, at ita last scavion, suthorised te nt: fastment of the claims of American citi svnst | yote, it cannot be pretended ' fat this refusal to ex | in favorof imposing specific instead of advalorem | py iy costom $16 941 670 63 poppe y bebe gon! pea exospt mer of del to present < srament as the govern nent of Costa Rica Ie ry to | ercise the elective franchise © ¢uld invalidate an elec: | duties on all imported articles te which these C@2 | Fyim public 470.244 63 be poy mt ae ears us pees tan ion — — eeoagens i wnt iain fnform you that these hav prevele!. A | tion fairly held under lawfu’, authority, even if they | be properly applied. From long observation a0d | From miscelianeo 4 mere bovisasons, ee ear‘ te aang es Lise eae omees ener! attention convention was signed it Joye oa | bed not subwequently vo'ed at the third election. | experience 1 #m convinced that specide duties are | From Tressury paves, per act the present reer'on of Congress, and to timo for such 8° | gtardard of weigots and measures, @ uniform A 18 of oar. ‘the 24 of Jaly tast Minister resident | Itis true thatthe whole constitution had not been | necessary, both to protect the revenue and to se- Decem ber 28, 167 tion as will provide the neocssary means to carry 08 (be | rency, and a uniform mode of preparing and keepiag oom- operations of the government, and preserve whe public | Myersial statistics among the sommorclal on hoe credit. of the world, It was with @ view to theao 9 | submitied to the people, ns 1 always desired; bat | cure to our manufacturing interests that amouat of | Frum lan, per act J } Jnited States in Cos a and th r 0 of the U hited sng gare, tpg ims to cedents are noterous of the admission of | incidental encouragement which unayoidadly re- g these cl tentiaries of pul r a cpa yds — Already has ths Treasury been seriourly affected ite tbat | th: tnority was given for . the r or one a providmg fer the | States into the Union vaidout suck submission. sults from a revenne tariff, y For the quarter ending December 81, 1880: rest ite e aul Ly gi © Baers of wha This bonvention will be | — {1 would not compet with my present purpose | As an abstract Proposition tt may be admitted From custome “ Pe eiae CMe greatly” fallea oh, ani, the, ‘Timalvoa | SfPoiaiment of delegates to this Tolernablonal Coogress. Las 4 “nate {vt their coa- | to review the proceedings of Congress upon the | that advaiorem duties would, in theory, be | rom public ay } ite action wes therefore loo! amount received 1s composed each day of an iucreased | interest, and the most bencilciai results were anticipated ecempton constivution. It is swificient to observe | the most just and equal. But if the experience of Yrom mlecellaneot proportion of Treasury notes, not yet due. The indica | from it) L regret to eny that there expectations were all is 0 ns gpon the republ ‘ ° that their final action has removed the last vestige | this and ‘of all other commercial nations has de- Mourere, that such will, atleast, for the preseat, con | qi, inte d, and whinb it ts not tas Fl nog wwe cen provided for by | of serious revobutionary troubles. The desperate | monstrated that such daties cannot be assessed and Vinue to be the cane; not’ only a0,’bu: it comsequaace of | GrebPormts 0 ee ioe Ses ms Je a oS te trenty, ulthoug urts for purpose | band recently assemibed, und: notorious outlaw, | collected without great frauds upon the revenue, 0,000 00 the faiiure of bidgere for the late loan to comply with the | street, of South Carolina, was the only delegate from tho hove been made Miuister resi€ent to that | in the Southern port ‘erritory, to resist | then it isthe part of wisdom to resort to specific if 15,505,278 05 | erm of their ‘a portion of the ordinary roqennes bas | United States who tovic his woat La the reas. Iherewith reput Th re still continued, with a fair | the execution of the » plunder peacetul | duties. Indeed, from the very nature of an ad- For the quarter ending March 81.1800;— " deen withdrawn from the peel Jeches wat areyeae submit bis Teport, showing the reason of his witadrawal pd Ae pect of sRocess, citizens, will, [doabt not, be speedily subdued and | valorem duty, this must be the result. Under it | poor custom 14 982 783 68 pS NP od ig Ryn ergy ng iu } entyegenhg hereon day of tte session. It is only neces- : Drone to justin. : the inevitable consequence is, that foreign goods | prom cunteme -1 ope the ater oer mm cmuiton umes demande | sary tnay thatthe wchdrawal of Jacgo Longmrest from Our rejatiens with M Hed | treated the Lecompton constitation as a | will be entered at less than their true vaine. The | From miscellancous 246,447 86 Sones requires to coable the department to carry on the peg cer ibe aati reopen . aatisiactory condition, In my last y and refused to transmit ito Congress, it is | treasury will, therefore, lose the duty on the differ- | From Treasury notes, per operations of ibe goverument, ana at the same time pre- The general operations of the dg scm ‘, Messages | discussed extensively jot C/ ficult to imagine, whilst recalling the posi- | ence between their rea) and fictitious value, and act Necember 28, 1867 5,688,200 00 ferve unimpaired the public credit. since my leet annual report, bave been of peewee, e reletions, and Go net new tien of the conatry at that moment, what fould | to this extent we are defrauded. Frow loap, per ect Jane The permanent public debt on June 30, 1860, was country bad gradually recovered. ‘ character. The peat atiength the farts and ar then pre- | heve been the disastrous consequences, both inand | The temptations which advalorem duties pre- | 1608 $48,070 208 (8, abd the outstanding Treasury notes at | from the revulsion of 1867, and ts beni ne ar « Perri f i i : ~— 92,412.022 87 | ¢ ‘ted to $19 690 600. ihe vale , = proved ce our citi cut of the Territory, from 1) & dereliction of dat, sent to a dishonest importer are irresistible. His oP ‘bat date amount! Condition was fet in the 7 ee dee Hifextoo and s trading | on the par? of the Execetive. ns object is to passé hie goods through, the Custom m4 pane gd Pier ie By the sot of June 23, 1860, provision was reste for to the public finances, Until within « short period, I hac thereto had sutlered a series of wrongs and out- Peace bas also been restored within the Terri- | House atthe very lowest valuation necessary to | prow public ee 367.185 90 pre cram pr Beviwt wag tees th or ton tag OF confidently capone eres s on fo ye ase Fages such as we Lave never patiently borre from | tory of Utah, which, at ihe commencement of | save them from confiscation, In this he too often | prom miscellaneous *. 236.273 68 esgpageanionay Po cnesodian Loaiig-one tallied cme — PL sen b qo a polygon a apy other nation. For these onr successive minis my admmistration, was. in @ etate of open ro- | sneceeds,in spite of the vigilance of the revenue | From Treasury notes, por act Jars, nfs rate of interest «not excec fing six per contum a Tai pre eae F yomceing ters, invoking the faith of treaties, had, in the bellion. This was the more dangerous, as the | officers. Hence tbe resort to false invoices, one | December 23, 1867 + 6,131,200 00 ya.aus ser 19 | Per ADEUM, and to be reimbursed withia'a period not be | geon,anavit e-ry A. en one : be —— 18,05; ny! pon Set of their conntr and indemoificat.or Indeed decom ple. animated by a@ fanatical spirit and | ‘or the page tog) sate ae a com ag ‘ z yoare and, Dot eae eo years” Ik was A nched within their distant mountain fast | House, and to other expedien jefrau: e — Ibe policy o ay bmen' negoti ‘All which is respectfully eubattted, wight have made a long and formidable re- | govgrnment, ‘The honest importer produces his | —Making the aggregate ments forthe vervion | even amounts and at uch times as woald piace the HOWELL OBB, Secrotary of the Treasary. ristance. Cost what it might, it was necessary to | invoice to the collector, stating the actaal price At dilate trite the’ neoad ear ending Jane 20, | One? in the Prospury, £0 ne ee ere. Bay Hon, WruuaM PENsINGTUX, Bpeaker of the House 6? aally believed they bring them into subjection to the constitution and | at which he purchased the articles abroad. Not | ys59 whe as tollowrne = 7 BP ee dh an Higa Mdnwase ur | Represematives, m American ¢ 18 with absolute impunity. | the laws. Sound policy. therefore, as well as hu- | so, the dishonest importer and the agent of | Yor ine quarter ending September 30, 1859 $20,007 174 76 the cotes faling J Rg sutyjeoted ths povers: us Wrote our Minister io 1455, and expresse tthe | mantry, required that this object should, if possi- | the foreign manufactnrer. And here it may be ob- | Fur the quarter epdiog Docember 81.1859. 16,025,528 69 | Mert to the touece ary paymaeas of saterest durtag OUR MY. opinion thet “oorug but a manifestation of the | ple, ‘be accomplished withont the effusion of | served that a very large proportion of the manu- | For the quarter ending March 31, 1860. 20'377,802 70 rast ade veaeey eta auibanninabinmnamminet ARMY, Power of the goverutu nd of ite purpose to | blood, This could only be effected by Sena pp grt ar from eee consigned ni For the quarter ending June 30, 1860. ae sen ane oon oe oe aww enee ish these Wrongs, w rt a military force into ‘the Territory sufficiently | sale to commission merchants who are mere agen departmnen' ¢ Treasury no! PYafverwards, in 137 adoption of @ new | etreng to convince. the people that resistance employed by the mannfacturera. In such cases no | | Which amount of. came iue. Besides, the wi.bdrawal of euch aa amountot | Annual Report of the Secretary of War; Sonstitution for Mexice, the election of a Presideat | would be hopeless, and at the same time to offer | actual’ sale has been mede to fix their value. beside yn albed the epecie from the public would have, been sttoaded wit and Congress under its provi ions, ard the inanga- | then a pardon for past offences on condition of | The foreign mannfacturer, if he be dishonest, | vies folows:— moet injurious effects upoa the operat youd twenty years and pot less than teu years’ It was apy action of the department persis ertly t homt th 106 of ‘The department of Texas has been restored to tran, > ‘ H ; jr | To civi,, foreigi the country, For these reasons, no negotiation of any WAR Dsrantorent, Doo. 8, 1860. tion of the Presidewt. Within ong saort month immediate submission to the government. This | prepares an invoice of the goods, not at their } services of aR ’ » Bowever, this President was expelled from the | policy was pursued with eminent succeas; aud the | heinal value, but at the very lowert rate neccesary | qhtot services... Fee tesco wees propreals wore invited. for/ten | SiR:—The wuthorized ad actual strength of the ara? Sapitel by a rebellion in the artny, only cause for regret is the heavy expenditure re- | to escape detection. Tn this manner the dishonest dians and pensions) 8,955 686 59 | miliione of the cen, which was ample to mest all the | remains substantially the same as last year, In eon- wer of the repuclic was asize quired to mare a detachment of the | importer and the foreign manufacturer enjoy a de- | To rervice of War Departax + 16,400.767 10 | Treasury notes that would fall duo before January 1, 1861, formity with the policy which I announced to you in mp alosga. This usurper in his army to that remote region and to furnish it sub- | cided advantage over the honest merchant, They | To service of Navy Depart 11,513 150 19 | The rate of iaterest was fixed at five per centum per a1- “ a smuneatineiidion pelied to retire o ‘al Miramon. nee. Utab is now comparatively peaceful and | are thus enabled to undersell the fair trader, and | To the public debs. + 17,613,628 00 | num, under the conviction that the loau could | last annual report, the troope avs: against Under the thus been ‘et, and the military force has been withdrawn, | drive him from the market. In fact, the operation hibited in 4 mi 917,400 103 73 be readily negotiated at that rate, for at that | the hostile Indians, and others that have become so sinoe dopied, Ser ° cept that pertion of it uecessaiy to keep the | of this system has already driven trom the pursuits | »Erpiniged jn detail in gutemeut No 1-. #1746108 72 | time the five per cent stock of the United States | that time, have beer engeged in campaigns of tho great- preme ( Indians in check and to protect the emigrant teatas | of honorable commerce many of that class of | Sey ibeo from the negresate receipts ae een wtie Just ex | est activity, ‘This year tho army has been ‘constantly ip republic. 0 on their way to our Pacitic possessions. regular and conscientious merchants whose cha- uring that year, there remained tn the Lt Sta» Gar anwas-uaeek am | the Setd-ent eileen enttes twur:foctiog eonstitution anc hority derived from ft thit : VINANCAS. racter, throughout the world, is the pride of our | treastty on Xhe ist of Delp, 1860, the Siiher at par or asmall_ premium, Before, however, the i : c menced, aud still contiaues to be In my first annua! message I promised to em- | country. is + 8,029,206 T1 time bed ‘arrived for pay ment on the part of the bidders, : ploy my best exertions, in co-eperation with Con- ‘The remedy for these evils is to be found in spe- The receipis for the first e floancial crisis, to which I bave already referred, | quility and relieved from all apprehension of invasioa or Throughout the 1868 the constitational | press, fo reduce the expenditures of the govern- | cific duties, so far as this maybe practicable. They | Ssca! year 1861, irom Juiy 1 to September came. Some of the bidders promptly complied with thelr | molestation by the armed and marauding bands on tho party crew stronger gud stron Jn the previ: | ment within the limits of a wise and judicious eso- | dispense with any inquiry at the Custom House | 30, 1860, were:— $16,110 881 Proposals, and others mere willing to do eo, if required 6Y | yextoan frontier, I: bas been found necessary to ecoupy eas history of Mexico asuccesstul military revola- | nomy. An ove flowing treasury liad produced | into the actual cost or value of the article, and it | rem customs, p ” tbe department, though {t would be at a oonsiderad! ‘ tion at the capital had almost ally been the | habits of sigality ‘and extravagance which | pass the precise amount of duty previously fixed | from Puvganehs-. 2.5. Zatl00 84 maiden, Under these circumstances, an additional term | with» eu@letent force the commanding pests oa and near mal for sub ‘ 2. | gould ont tliy corrected. ‘The work re- | bylaw. ‘Thoy present no temptations to the ap- “—————~ 16,110,100 64 | oe bu of the nssoust of their vide withia she time | ‘be Bio Grande; so we have that frontter well protected, Not so on t) yo. A majority of the | g patience, I applied myself | praisers of foreign goods, who receive but small | the estimated receipts during the three ro- , orig 1 ‘bed. Moat of! the bidders avatied them. | {rom Fort Fillmore to Fort Brown. These important citizens per y sustained the constitational | ii ntly to this task from the beginning, and | silaries, and might. by andervaluation in afew weeinipg quarters of the current fiscal elves of this extension, sud mate thetr deposits accord. | movements have not been made without much toll and heap . his was recognized in Aori!, | was aided by the able and energetic efforts of the | cases, render themselves independent. year 1861, are— ingly on or before the 221 November, 1860. A portion, | fatigue; and whilet looking mainly to defenses upon the 859, by the gov rt of the United States, its | heads of the diferent baecnitve Departments. Besides, specific duties best conform to the | From custome... 5 however, felled 0 de 00, and to Shem the additional | 5.) ods an important consideration wae alee te hele” gathority extended over a far jority of the | The result of our labors in this good cause did | requisition in the constitution that ‘‘no preference | From public lands. + 2,250,000 00 thirty days bas been offered, on condition that they woula d Pe Mexican States and peoole. including Vera Craz | not appear in the sum total of onr e shall be piven by any regolation of commerce or 4 ene aoe 160,000 00 increase their forfeit deposit of one per cant to ve por | im ch«ck the Camanche Iudiaas of that ,rontier, and gud al! the other naportan) seaports of the repuh- | for the firet two years, mainly in consequ revenue to the ‘ports of one State over those of | F*gD teey Suthorized June | Cenk, To ale proposition no response has af Yot boon re. | to protest the settlements from thelr marauding partiea. Ye. From that period erce with Mexico ¢ Cx sordinary expenditure necessrily incurred | another.’ Under our advalorem system sach ? MES tigen ccayse’ Fi €1,000,000 00 ceive ot ‘The hostilitice of last year with the Kiowa and Camanche egan to revive. and the ¢ ! government | Miah expedition, and the very large amonnt | preferences are to some extent inevitable, and com —-- qi presente , what action shall be takea | Indians upon the head waters of the Arkansas and the Canadian bave not yet been brought toa elosé, A very active campaign bas booa carricd on against them, and has afforded it all the protection in power. | coutivgent expenses of Congress daring | complaints have often been made that the spirit of Mean while the government of Miramon still held | this jeriod. — These greatly exceeded the pay | this provision bas been viclated by @ lower ap- Sway at the capital and over the surroanding wileege of he members. Por ‘he year ending | praisement of the same articles at one port than at —Vaking tho total of a*certaine tant eati- mated means for the service of the cur- rent Decal year, 1861. ++ $84,848 996 76 try, and continued its outrages against the few h Jone, 1858, while the pay and mileage | enogher. ‘The expenditures of iho iret quarter of the current fissal | grets ehouli immediatoly aathorizs the depariment to | they baye beon met and chastised om severa) American citizens who stil had the courage to re- | amounted to $1,490.2 the ‘contingent ex- Ail impression strangely enough prevails to somo ‘dispose of this stock upon the best a ee ccoasions. In one of there engagements to year= that ending Septem >er 30, 1860, were as follows: — tog the defaulting bidders respeantnts for the di For civil, foreign intercourse, Deiween thelr bide and the amouat for which tho stock | Wards the head waters of the Republican Fork e Bain within its powe To cap the climax: After | penses rose to 82. the battle of Tacuba in April, 1359. Gen. Mare | ending s6ik June, V 79, and for the year | extent that specific duties are necessarily pro- : the pay and mileage | tective duties. Nothing can be more fallacious. | — erd miscellancous sorv com $6,440,063 17 itated. Tne necessities of the Treasur; of qmez ordered three citizens of the L aited States, | amounted to $¥5% re contingent ex: | Crest Britain glories in free trade, and yet her | For rerviceof interior Depart psec Sot peer uieenine subject. Not only are tus pasa ge a ie cactaudaes inate Swo of them . +, Seized in the hospi: | penses amounted to 1.565 78. 1 am | whole revenue from imports ia atthe present mo- | ment (lodians and pon- Treasury notes past dae rapidly comiag in for a ee See porapeen-44 tal at that pla thout crime appy, however, to be abie to inform you that | ment collected under a system of specific daties. Biome). . sceee 1,679,576 24 redemption, but, as already etated, those mot due are | severely chastised. They have§jveea broken and dis- and without t i hstandiog ng the Jast fecal year, ending on the 30th | jy t in this connection that, in | For service of War Depart be: in’ for cnetoms, thereoy withdrawing | persed in every direotion; but, being entirely nomadie, @ar unter wnate moment | June, 1860, the total expenditares of the govern: | Ihe” commercial ‘trea y ‘of 94 Sanearye T86D: | — WEMes cers cescveccceses 6,862 TTL 48 from the regular operations of the goveramoat 1t@ prin- | they may concentrnte and again make hostile demonstra, Ss holy cause of ¢ ig retief to the | in all its branches—legislative, exec between France and England, one of the articles | Torfervice of Navy Dopart 2,678,678 88 er tas teens tulaliiating Seteery metinand | Wind teioumareiiala the boundaries of the immense idiers a{ both patties who had been wounded in | ticial—exclastve of the public ‘de provides that the advalorem duties which it im- | por payment of crediiors of Interest thercon inere lst yet vo be negotiated leven: | region over which th the battle without making auy distinction between | 402.4: 46, This con- | poses shall be converted into specific daties within | "Texan, per act of February vase by the covet June $8, 1000, | Tenover ey roam. IR ase ned entvont ion, when thia | {sively #ppears from the bsoks of the Treasury. | 45x months from its date, and these areto be ascer- | 98, 1866.......-...--.---, 1,288 81 The statement just made of the difficulties ‘atending the | 1® New Mexico; the outrages and depredations of the wae time had srrived, 1 wren this | Iu the year ending on the S0th June, 1858, the | tained by making an average of the prices for six | For redemption of Treasury payment for the rtock already sold in copnectioa with | Indians have been very daring and numerous, aad nearly roa ty al expenditure of the public | months previous to that time. The reverse of the | _ notes 875,400 00 ‘We fact that capitalists, jo the present condition of the | the whole ierritory may be said to have been infested ; " Zens and | debt, amvur 77, and that for | proposition would be nearer to the truth, because 115,660 47 e Country, seem unwilling. to lavest in Uuited States sock | yy trem thr t the ® athe So afford them protection ta Mexico. | The inter- | the year ending 20th June, 1859, to $66,346,226 13. | § mach larger amount of revenue would be col- ———— 816,643,472 60 | at par, renders it almost c:rtain that yh} a joughou Sennen. eftestive poring obstacle was th nof the conntey | Whilst the books of the Treasu 'y show aa actual | jected by merely converting the advalorem duties The estimated expenditure from appro- eleven millions caunct vo# be — terms | campaign againet these Indtace, and to chastise them in ander *h way of M uid 4 A be rea on expenditure of $54,848,474 for the year en of a tarift into equivalent specific duties. To this Tag the tices veaaialan esiiege be Gee — aa a oe condition of the | an exemplary matner, it became necessary to take a ee atthe conan sone tele eas | oor TU tecthe pretieniad pT iggy Bee rena, extent the revenne would be increased, aud inthe | current fiscal year 1861, according to the duiged. 1 reco tmend, therefore, © repeal of 90 mach | !ATE¢ Pard of the troops stationed in Utah southward to circumstance luty to recommend | there must be deducted irda this ou 4 the | “me proportion the specific duty might be dimin- report of ibe Register, I...... 0.666.005 46,996,932 63 | of the act of Juve 22, 1860, ms anthorizes the | New Mexico. This march was porformed in very cre fo. Congress, in my last anunal Message, the | a of 24,216 009 9 ih = ished. The joan of June $2, 1860, the amouut of feontpg of this addinoasi eleven millions of | oitable manner and in time, The troops, aver ac- . J yt fe Ml ne | sum of $4,256 009 26, with the interest upon Specific duties wonld secure to the American which ie stared am pg the weans of the Stock, and that authority bo givea for the issuing of poe noe | ® march of six bundred miles a employment of a suflicient mi itary force w | it of $150,000, appropriated by if manufacturer the incidental protection to which Osea! year 1861. je expressly required to Troasury notes to the #sme amount, to be negot! at lees wilderness, were roady, after a short i) penetrate into the interic where the | Febrasy, 1560, “for the. purpose Le is foirly entitled under a revenne tariff; and to be applied to the redemption of Trea fueb rates as wil! comman? the confidence of tne cou make © morement’ of one hundred and miles Verpment of Miramon was to found, with, | deficiency iu the revenues and y ibis snvely no person would object. The fury Dotee—Ibe amount of thoee note To create that copfduace,1 recommend that the public | more, and piorecute @ campaign against the name or, if need be, without the consent of the Juarez | penses of the Post Office Department for the | framers of the existing tariff have gone farther, and ond interest thereon. deducting $375 400 lance be uncenditiovally pledged for the aitimate redemp | rous and powerful tribe of the Navajoos. fhere ie government, though it was not doubted that this | year ending the thirtieth of June, one thonsand eee ie ave oe . redeemed during tho firet qvarter, aa tion of al! the Treasury notes watch it may become neces | little doubt but that these savages will meet-with tho sent could he obtained. Never have I had a | dicht hondee, Ags Pg " | in @ liberal spirit, have discrimiaated in favor Stated im the expenaitare of wbat quar. tary to ievue. I make this resommendation of eubstitut. | chastisement which bas become necessary in order Slearer conviction on any subject than of the | (Ett hundred and Gtty-nine.”” This eum. there- | ofiarge and corful branches of Our mapufuctures, | tar, i8...-..-cccessscccstvesccecest cree 90,004,000 00 | tng Trosoury Rotator whan the mares reedity trem the | ring thom ebuer sound! bp. 7 wellan didhams ok aes has justly chargeable to the vear 1859, not by raising the rate of daty upon the importa — conviction that there should always exist in the depart ‘The Pa-Utes, a powerful tribe of warilke Iadians abt ~~ reap ht om Ge War SS See 0 Deeay- St $59,893,474 7 tion of similar articles from‘abroad, but, what is the | —Mek'ng the aggregate expenditure, ancer. ment power t» jesue Treesury notes fora limited amuat, | tbe region of Carson Vailey, in the Territory of Utah. her alternative Xcept the entire’ wha: tain the expenditure for the year same in effect, by admitting articles free of daty tained and estimated, for the current Oe- unter the directin of the President, to moet unforescen | broke out into hoetility to the whites very suddenly citizens who had gone to une, 1860, which leaves @ balance for | which enter into the composition of their fal cai year 1861 se seseensesses «+++ 864,108,105 17 | contingencies It is. a power which cau never bo abused, | Summer, and committed many atrocious murders. a of treaties, to the % | the eapenditares of that year of $55,402,485 45. Under the present system it has been of- Which amount, deducted from the total a8 the amount rea'ized from such source oan only be | party of volunteers from the vicinity of Washoe silver, tic injustice ity and oppression of Miramoa’s | The interest on the public debt, including Treasury ten truly remarked that this incidental protection po tye) And estimated meann for the used »o meet lewfu! demands upon the Treasury. | = bi iad, Saar St eommaaeet se vernment. Besides, it is almost certain that the | notes for the same fiscal year ending on the 30) a wien” he fone ‘mete tt service of the correat fiscal year 1861, as No Secretary of the Treasury or President would ever ex pt liane, who were very eet simple authority to ploy this f Jore, 1660, amounted to $3,177 314 62, whi jecreaser je manufactarer ie before stated, leaves & baianoo tn the irea- erciee It, except compelled to do #0 by the exigencies of led im drawing this ieto an ambuacade, ftse!f have accomplished all our o added to the above. ¢ $55.4 5 4g. “S| most, and increases whea he needa it least, | sury on July 1, 1861,belne the commence Abe poblis service. On the other bund, it would enabie | them back with logs fm ghd Gthing 0 dangle tlew. The comabatiennt added to the above os $55,402,450 45, makes | and constitutes a sliding scale which always ope: | mest of the fecal year 1962, of... 245,901 63 | tae + to meet witsout embarrassment those | tbat unfortunate affair was the leader, Mr. Spent sould then ero thin have boon aoenlliod ait hee rates against him. The revenues of the coun- | the foregoing statement sssamce the whole | #06den revuisious to which the country felt, Thi reat excitement -_ ould Fm ere : ee geting lished s |. It cught in justice to be observed that several of | try are subject to similar fluctuation. Instead dn a te pe fad whic) cannot always be anticipated Os cily Cf Mexico, aud would have been ready | the estimates from the departments for Be pee of proaching a steady standard, as would abrened eatimated expenditare Tbave already stated that provision sh: Jung, to the extent of its ability, todo us | ending 59th of Juve, 1860, were reduced by Con- case under a system of cific duties, | @¢ remaining three quarters 0” tho ourrent fiscal | once to relieve the Treasury {rom tte be oe. | grees yw what was and still is deomed compati- risin, In addition—and I deem this a most important , ble with the public interest. Allowing a iitveral poo ly Fi Pitas he. oan nok consideration —Faropean governments would have | margin of $2,500,000 for this reduction, and for . been deprived of il pretext to interfere in the ter. | ciher causes, it may be safely asserted that. the specific duties witch weeld attra gh Rap Titorial aud domestic concerns of Mexico. We | sum of $61,000,000, or pt the most $62,000,000, is lity both to our revenue and our manufactures, and year will be sotual'y catled for within the year, Tas | Rebls produced by the ceases referred to, amount stated, $4° 935 232 68, does not include the en smount of Treasury roves, not less thas ‘re balance of the appropriations heretofore made by | dollars. With these means, the department will be law, bot such tums ae the respextive departments have | Died to meet all inwful domaade upon It for the Bg ig i j i bg naan oy gs anply fuflicient to administer the government and | without trjury or ipjustice to any interest of the cogutry. | ‘Pleated may probably be required. But in practice for | country is now passing cannot now be ined, and. ) and * . }o pay the interest on the public debt, onless con- | thie might be accomplished by ascertaining tbe aver: many yerre past tbe sums drawn from the Treasury | until it is beiter hoown, no policy can be recommeaded | ¢” Cemary, acy attempt by there governments to de- | tingent events should hereafter render extraordi. | valee of any given lurticle for a series ot’ years eh the during any year have besn much less thaa the of ® permanent character. brated equip rive our@eighboring tepublic of portions of ber | nary expenditures necessary. Place of expoi tation, aud by simply ooavertiog the rate Peery Amonnls | “No eharge in the revenue jaws oan be mate ia time to tbe fa pur itory; a duty from wh we could not shrink ‘This result has been attained in & considerable | Of advalorem duty upon it which might be pe | Cstimated as required within such year, socording to tho | meet these difficultice; and if it evaid, the same causes | fult of wer without abandoning the traditional and established | degree by the care exercised by the appropriate | Ct#eMry for revenue purpotes isto the form of & specific | character of the appropriations and the exigencies of the | Would produce the same resuits un ler any iaws thet | overtaken with policy of te Amerizen pec * Tam happy to od- | departments in entering into public contracts. I ban ol py yr could Bot mee nap Tos public services. It may be therefore fairly anticipated pon vo Aan al cto by Mem ear comma Soe Serve that, firmly relying upon the justice and good , have myself never interfered with the . Nana trae should the operat foveramen: proceed cx saison, faith of there Zovernmeate, there is no present mn h contract exce tins sige ome withe Gn wah wee eo ei em ool owe “ nays cy bg foe ey Sade taatin | corecemmed een pands vo danger that such a contngorcy will happen | Tcniaation Society, deeming it advisable to cast the | tume za 1% We ed the aerrcgate would bebe | wncir ordinary course, at least four millions sf dol refer them, fr tbe etowe of ike Gopariment; Wo map Tor, | Bat he prootied. eye uf the coal ena Yenseo ong laving discovered that my recommendations | whole responsibility in each case on the proper | — 1 cestre to call your immediate attention to the preseat | !a7# more may be deducted from the estimated expendi er reports on Wat pun} ch meet ™Y Or | Se ias to lead the ‘aesanit, wish push eeill uaet te would not be sustained by Congress, the next alter- head of the department, with the general instruc. | condition of the freasary, eo and clea seated | ture of the current Osea! year, increasiag the bainace in The attention of Cor; Pe number of the Iodians availed the: Bative was to accomplish, in some degree. if possi- | tion that these contraggs rhould always be given to | bY the Secretary im his report to Cpgress, aad to resom- | the Treasury om July 1, 1841, to baat exioat, the revisior and cons! nothing. were értven Ble, the same objects by treaty atipuladons with the | the lowest and best bidder. It his eeer hove may | Rend thet measures be promptiy adepred to casble 1 001 poses meg rem pbc eh Phen pared by Sees overs Sealey nt Saati Constitutional government. “Such treaties were | opinion that public contracts are not a legitima’e Nts pressing obligations. | Toe other res «nmea Zee 80, 186d TT ts 1861, 70 | seanion of ae eee accordingly coucladed by our late able ant excel- | ecurce of patronage to be conferred upoa personal J ibe report are well worthy of your fevorsbie | perimated recoipis frou custome 840 000 000 06 | Tne Muon Le A lent Minister to Mexico, aad on the 4th of January | or political favorites, but that in all gach ‘cases ‘ih Wrspentt to Fatimate: receipts from pablie lands 8,000,000 00 | ing modibotisus Seoveport ot thin aapeclun, last were submitted to the Senate for ratiication. | public officer is bound to act fo: the government | Seereieries tf Wat, of tho Nave, Batimated receipts from mieoeilaneous any i te the Sovervor of Utebe nen? As these Lave not yet received the final action of | as a prudent individusl would act for himself, nator Geveral. jons aod eng goerete...... 1,250,000 00 | Congreae. ment. Great credit is due to that body, it would be improper for me to pre- MOM SLAVS PRawe, tee eh they Coutain are highly valuable and de. | Mtimeted balance . partment, reconcile men under bis command for sent s deisiled siatement of theit provisions. Bull | 14 je with great satisfaction I communicate the uefal ettention. ta: se ereeerenees Tet Oe | ferent retece tes expesd KS I may be permitted to express the opinion in ad- | gact thmtrairce the dete ior tay, eee encate of the Postmaster General doiaile tke cir. cotimated meaue for the dssai ‘+ «gkeservice, AB paw Ph he an gd ‘Vance that they are calculated to promote the agri. | sage, nota single slave has bees im toll tale: me camataccer uncer which Coruelite Vanderbilt, on my re. | ASICS ae hes bes already reduced and every way creditable march, coerel, ne and commercial interests | Uylted States fo viclation af the lnwe prohivitia coven'patie bitwers our Avieatic an Peete cout” Hel Een eee tou nw would ‘would stra Go geod oorziee fe the uotea’ country. and to secure our jast influence | ‘i ‘with an adjoining republic as to whose fortunes | pening dine apices i sasomens ie faded Sean bots Oaetioe te ee Interoommanl sien 9,026,886 90 | conid be made with Saretmaliy to, quell every and fate we can never feel indifferent; whilst at | {he subject, ‘Indeed, the spirit, Which se cotag | Postwoaster General bat no power to mae , mer apprepriaticus not before required... 12,108,112 €2 | tote sossitiee we ite service. citizens ip that region owe ae eee tthe same time they provide for the payment of a | {ome tine cince mmons pore OF ne fated | compersation than the postogce ou the tall mates’ cheey, | Hatimawre now submitted by the esecative See entpibon ot toe Surrink lame, ane mbeeemecean | Stiratten of comets epee gensiderable amount towards the satisfaction of | Sens in favor of this hade ved By vey chery be, might cary alt gan Huon at {ue time ‘that these cepartmente for appropriation by Coa 56 890 921 go | Tetmels Smploved in the fervice. Steam vessels aro 90 quire the esta hmeat of @ military post there 4 c of our injured fellow citizens. eubelded. Pr stages woul A far shor’ Op adejcate compensa inate evpplantivng sai] veseele in the commerciai busi- been done. * - Hon, as well as of the sam which the seme service had Rees of the country that the present sai! vessels of the The fone fnduaze 2 Wash Territory, Iso 001 ate 2 pad 5 Y Angrenate expend! Horton on the ro: At the period of my inauguration I was confront: BS tiny sey ee Rtny by Bod en pw laowy May Af fas willing to a Pope year i0e2. Sete oe se cesann, 725 11 | SyVenae servies, however well adapted toa former siete wy be from Fort Bridger to Fort Walla Wat) @4 in Kansas by revoludonary goverument. ¢x- | on foot military expedfons within the limite of | of congress to make up the delicierre: anal taoreine | SROwirg & deSett of eaiimaied menae fo ‘ pa fay Nag Pn PA yp pe feting under Wit is called the Topeka constitation. | the United States, to proceed from thence and | Mcommend that an appropriation may be granted fur ini | 1 Pervice of the facing publ Its avowed cope was 5 — the fo make war upon the people of unoffending States, ba ey eo. gum teleliied bo. the 2 June 90, 1962, of... . witbaras Government by force, and to inaugarate what was | with whom we are at peace. In thls re: s +4 weyerd LM General active operations field, a large Called the Topeka government in ita stead. To ac- | happy change has been ellected since the come Trrel to.cmlt te mention of Rie distingaiehed servione Gubetitating’ | grants were extecked, lmowt cn tt of tha soul Soret ts Object an exteosive military orgaal- | meucement of my administration. It surely ought | detence of the forerpmenl egviel sumerres eo Lat | Appropriations sathorised by law, will apply to theee Venwola now | !oeuts, sud maoy of them murtared. “Billets means @ation was formed, and its command entrusted to | to be the prayer of every Christian and patriot | founded claima to land in Californ: parperting to have | etiwstes ao that, Insiead of the avove of ; "ih oneeld be borne it mak tok ae the most violent revolutionary leaders. Under | that eueh expeditions may never again receive | been e i" previ; these circumstances, it became my imperative | countenance +7 our counlig or depart trom our treaty ef by ag Mique eutsontol opposition to teens daty to exert the whole constitutional power of the | shores. Cleime hae saved to the United States public Loy ot Executive to prevent the flames of civil war from | — It would be a useless repetition to do more than | Werth mspy millions of doliare, and to individuals hold again raping in Kansas. which, in the excited state | refer, with earnest commendation, to my former | '€title vnder them to least ao equal amoust, the public mind, both North and South, might | recommendations in favor of the Pacilic Rall. | 4 lteae,beem represented to me, from sources whiot 1 Bave extonded into the veighboring States, r Sonsas hove tern Teaeied cart nar eee to Presideat | Keuses vation, The hostile parties in Kansas bad been jiaflame- civity for the = ssommn FS alee to “fuuare 6 tusle crops’ woe b= pe panty remain ia the ery on the Ist of , 4 bald ea 862, & balance of about 1 q of the grant of power to th employ the naval force in the | Fore each other by emissaries both from the | protection of the lives and property of our fellow | whiiet the herveets in every other few jurth and the Synth, to adegree of inaligniy with. | Fide bs passing in transit over the diderent Central have been abondent. The Prospect verre toees for: the Oe Det out parallel in our history. To prevent actoal col- | American routes, against sudden and lawless out- | ®ppresebing winier te woll eaicalsted to enlist the sym. Olive Ap tinion, and to assist the civil magistrates in enforce. | breaks and depredations; and also to protest Hee of every heart The destitution apoears to ve Fo Tuirty-Afca eee ee ie hee echment of the army was | American merchant veesels, their crews and car- | Several thes 18 eansot be relieved by pirate coatebu. Pald nod mationed in the Territory, ready to ald the marshal | goes, against violent and calawTal selaare and con. | yom, ted they. are in 4 Lodigent 4 ending Jane and his deputies, when lawfuliy called upoo, as a | u in the ports of Mexico and the South | piven Ireter the ubject to Ce if euy ovantien wae reader. Boeee oe mitatus in the execation of civil and crimi- | Ame “Yoaa publics, when these may be in a dis- | tora! measure for their relief ean 1 ‘be borse og oe) turbed apd revolationary condit it is rt adoption. , the troubles in Kansas could not have been / tied conviction that withou Vs pover eee | Taeanae ond re teach a power we do Lcorcially commend to it favorable regard the ja- Permanently settled without an election by the | not afford that protection to those [7 aged in the | tereste be Fateict They ire emiaen 7 Seek. @ ballot box is the eurest arbiter of | commerce of the country whish the: ca right | eatitied to your consideration, especially =\a0e, na!/ke'the utes among freemen. Under this conviction, | to demand. Rrople of the States, they can appeal to ro goverament SUSY, Proper effort was employed to induce the KLACTION OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. SE Oot ot ho Vora. bv cn Parties to vote at the election of delegates I again recommend to Congress the passage eo] — i State constitution, and afterwards | of a law in pursuance of the provisions of the ia Sn to decide whether Kansas | constitution, appointing a certain day, previous | f 5 i i & slave or a free State. The in: | to the 4th of March, ineach at of anodd number, | our Ter were ine against cometru ston. senpe ¥ a ay refused to vote at either, leat | for the election of representatives thronghont all foyerament. A reetoration ete | bv, ea entsanet | "Sue pot ssopled by the ment Inreforeace to | the Indien pe ey Dh &@ recognition on ote part | the States. A similar power has already been exer- bumerove and powe: fi vocates. Uaiawfal > of ke ‘cbaracter, cabiaten | ofte cee DA mone estaolished by Con- eised, with general approbation, in the appoiat- <a ‘Con; @rere. and ee however, seemed soon afterto | ment of the same day throughout the Union for walemen, te I a , Th tal oh ene face to face at the | eeies the election of electors for President and | o mak! 1868, for members of the Legian eanuary, py man scoted to this eativet Boa nen ioe wa wr ihie thee than to eay tbat cach year's obecrvai.on Time vpaveisable J A eficers under the Lecompton constitution. ‘The | that the Thisty-Afvh Congress terminated on the | te tmesstary ‘siuire, eon atter wer otto te sree ot Seeeieematog toe Tepor' ofthis eficer wi ve usd ths | Teitan triber, era nth a eee eae ot Pee lating result was the triamph of the anti-slavery party at 3d of March, 1859, without making the necessa: severity and of ruinour covoequmtons ts action ment under the act of March Hatrid + fa be paved %, re . Srey sane tum of the polls, | This decision of the ballot box proved | appropriation for’ the service of the Post Ofies | the great iaterea cf the coustry. “When we tene Sothorining tbe soalysis of trou ore Ii will oe fond ts | tho army in Wachorgleg macy ef the ee om Se re ss fa the. maj ony and | Dopetment, I wes then forved to cceuéer the | eapect of what was thes our oneltion, fad ‘on Ro an lnntructive document on thie grest material iatorent | formed oy others at high rates of comeneyin gy ‘we have heard little or nothing of the Topeka go. | bert remedy for this omission, and an immediate | Preaidential election, we bave abundant rosea 89 retere “Se 16th of February, 1867, Congrees permet a joint | HS ; he ‘proneety. of petting tee cet fo eg + were vernment; and all serious danger of revolutionsry call of the present Con; was the natural resort. | ocr gratofrl thanks'to that merciful Provitemes 863 187,511 87. Upon inquiry, however, ! ascertained that fifteca out | Se reer to be mate ty tne nt ue Aree of the Var Vepartmcnt ney t0 | th trovbles in Kansas waa then anen? of the thi bee ccver forkakee 08 ag 8 pation in al) Oar past trial pretowt Gecal year. cause inquiry to be made, by too compe QU ANTERM AFTER > r J rty-three States composing the confedera- JAMES BUCHAN | dicate #, into an oh ‘ Wi erent tefeein Ce The Lecompion constitution, which had been | cy were without representatives, ond that, somse. | Warmvenoe Cry, Dee. 8, 1808 — \ae dwerrwed ty J. %. Boreiay for | the Glebirwemente for tDejquarienesnte