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CD. A. Bun3l.En. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
VOL. XVII.-11.1
POETRY.
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pressed, in which woman mingled the fug - : sion, it became my duty to show that the
ness of her patriotism, and the charms of I taxes assessed on the real and personal es-
To thr Senate and Holm. of Rrpresentatires : I her hilluenco, east a halo around the vol-' tate, together with all the other revenue
(; E NT L e meN :-The Legislature has as- I unteer, when with lingering looks at the , that accrued Within the fiscal year, ending
sembled at a time which is distinguished I loved objects of home, he commenced his on the 30th of November, 1945, were less
for the general health and prosperity of wintry march f u r the seat of war, and gave I than the expenditures' of the year, by the
the people. .. 'I him the assuninee that the blessings of the : sum of $4 1 4,19 b 32, which deficit was
While we deplore the wants and wretch- soldier's friends--of the whole country,' supplied out of the balance in the treasury
cdness of numbers of our race, resulting were upon him, and their protecting care on the Ist of December, 1944, and by a
principally from the influence of 'unjust around his family. • ;diminution of the outstanding taxes.-
•-,
governments, we are enabled, by eompa- That compensation, in addition to the , Thus,
ring our condition with theirs, to appreri- small allowance made by the laws of the On the Ist December, 1844, the bat
ate• the inestimable value of' our own free i United States, should be provided for these aut.(' in the Treasury was ;;663,851 88
/ind on the 1.4 December, 1845, it was 384,886 09
instittitions, and are moved to unite our broVe 111011, who hare devoted thelllSeitTS '
--
grateful hearts ill adoration and praise for to the country, is most reasonable. I sub- ,, • 1 • ~„ , ,
:1000111V n re; 11C110110, tat, inuance in
the wonderful goodness of our Heavenly I mit, respectfullyoo the General Assembly, tke 'rreasury. of who has muliplied our civil and Alio propriety and justice of invoking Con-on th e Ist DITCIII. 1814,
religious blessings, and has not only pre-; gross to appropriate, for th eir use, such e I the estimated minium
served us from the horrors of want, but I portion of' the public land ns may be sufli- ofavailable outstandin g
I
enabled us, out of our abundance, to feed ; cie»t to furnish a competent freehold to taxes was Si' 009, ,,8 03
And on the Ist December
the hungry, and has made us a great and a ' cool, of the of fi cers and soldiers, WllO IRIVO, 184 4 , the} . •
, Were esteea,
happy people. ; ill compliance with the request of the Pres- led at 871.541 so
Since the last adjournment of the Getter-' ident, volunteered to serve in the war with !
al Assembly, the pence which had so long Mexico, and are mustered into the service
subsisted between this nation and the other of the United States. A. better disposition
nations of the world, has been disturbi'd !could not, ill nly opinion, be made of a part
by the war between the United States and of the public domain.
Mexico. The grave causes which have ' It is to be regretted that, as the contin
1-educed this rupture are ably and sods- gency which has arisen was 1101 fOrseen,
faetorily set forth in the late annual nies- there was no provision made 6Y - tilt - Le- I
sage of the President to Congress. They gislature for defraying - the expenses of !
show a dignified forbearance 011 the part the marching the volunteers to the place of
ulthisgovernmeneu utter multiplied wrongs rendezvous. The allowance made by the,
and aggressions, and a laudable desire to general government, for this purpose, was
preserve peace while its blessings could be little more ti t an sufliciinit, with the most
secured censistenly with the national hon. , rigid economy, to pay the cost of transpor
or. , A free people, conscious that they tuition. These men were hurried from their
ask nothing but what is right, cannot sub. homes with little time for preparation, and
mit to wrong, and however much they when they arrived, and were mustered in
may dePrecate the evils of war, their just to the service, the small sum for defraying
rights must be maintained. Hence, Con- their travelling expenses. which was their
gross, en the 13th of May 1840, allllollo- only compensation up to that period, was
ed, that by the act of Mexico a state of nearly exhausted. Isubmit to the General
NOTIII N . :!:L•F: -.1 1 ery Zoord rebuke of the ! _
existed between that government and Ass.embly, the propriety :Ind justice of re
exe.,,,i,.• it-e .it a ild-li plua-e. ocem red the other • war
and the united States, and fOr,tlie perpose funding to them thE expenses oldie march Making an aggre g ate amount of hal
al.ix. at 11,0-tOit : -
of proseemingit to a speedy and success- to Pittsburg. •I'le• sacrifices they h ave i once ie the Treasary, and must:l.ll
- man went into, a store and inquired of
dine taxes on the Ist Deecadie6
A salesman if they had eravuits• fel termination, the President was aUlltori- Wade, and the spirit they have evinced '
"Ire obet7gol - iiiitliin' else, was there- ,zed to ea 1 1) 10 Y •
the militia, naval and milt- m m}U sw
erits, in y opinion, this small neknnwl-
1845. of
"'
' btai in e Trea- -
ply. • tary fOrees of the nited
-tas. :111d to rail_ edentent from Ilse ! rile
e representatives of the . sury ri ()it w
the Ist th Docent
-The gentleman selected and paid for his ! for and accept the services of fi fty thousand people. „ I ber, 1846, Was 381,678 70
cravat. and when Jte had reached the doer, I volunteers. lt is proper to- add, that, although this And the f'slittlated amonot
turned round to the i - derk, seriously, and ! In pursuance of the authority derived subject has been ppeiented to the general 14. "v""ble ","tst:"" 1-
t , :titl, "I wattled sever a l other articles, but
from this act, the President, on tint' 1 9 thigevernment, n ,
o prevision has yet been '"g t ' lxes ! a " °e s ' tlue
a you say you etint got nothin' else,' 1 May,
181(1, e period was 512.6 , ,'S 61 requested the executive of made to defray the
xpenses - incurred by '
s
will look further." He then retireii, leas-- this tate,
to cause to be enrolled and the vdiinteers, in preparing themselves xr t;
S
...a...ne an rumcgate of the balance ill
in_' the s.altsinan to scratch his head with held in readiness, for muster int o ti l e see- for muster into the service, under the re- the Treasury, and outstanding taxes
chagrin. ! vices of the United States, six regiments quest of the President, of' the 19th of May on the - Ist December, 1846, of
lof volunteer infantry, each to consist of last. This subject, too, is worthy of the
F6DEUAL ILY•I.ATroxs.-1 member of • ten companies, to serve fur twelve mouths, immediate consideration of the Genera -ilunrin. z a de - ablution of the bal
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unless sooner Assembly. anee in the Treasury, and out
the lowa Legislature was highly indignant or to t h e en d o f t h e war ,
. stwed ! ). taxes. during the fiscal
at the Speaker of the house,
I A detailed report Of the proceedings in !year ending oe the 30 th INovem- ,
when he an - ' discharged. . ,
pounced him a member of the Committee I In accordance with this request, general 1 this State, for organizing the troops, to ; tar. 1846, of $332,063 25
on "Federal Relations." lie considered orders were issued on the 23d of May, serve in the Mexican - War, will be mad e ! It thus appears that the taxes assessed,
it a rank, biting insult. "Look here, Mr. j
o f eve announcin'r . to the citizen soldiers !as early- as practicable by the Adjutant :Ind the other reVellUeS accruing Within the
Speaker," said he, "none of your tricks that the offer of six regithents•of volunteer General, and submitted, as soon as it is re-' fiscal year just ended, were insufficient to
upon travellers. You need'nt think that' infantry would be accepted, to be held ill crewed, to the General Assembly. meet the deinands on the Treasury, by the
.
because l'in a new ine p ber, you can run : readiness for muster into the serviee of the , In connection wi th this subject, it i s me , above sum.
your rigs upon me. Ini net as green as i United States. In pursuance of this an- duty to stale, that, to the industry and :dill- It will he liereetved that the hinny(' in
you suppose. Co to fliunder with with nouncement, the offers of ninety compel- ' ity of Adjutant General Bowman, and his the Treasury on the Ist olDecemher 1846,
vonr federal reit:lions ! I hay' lit One of ics of volunteer infantry, su ffi cient to fill ! Assistant, Colonel Petriken, I have been was greater than was estimated in the last
them in the world, and would'ut own him
unit a ncs. uge, am 4,lthe amount o
nine regiments, were received and trans- ; essentially indebte 1 for• rli ' -4 Itl • t • t f
; , the prompt, me- (
if I had."
mined on the 15th day of July,
,1 836, to I thedical and satisfactory arrangements by ' the outstanding. taxes has been reduced ba
the War Department. The patriotism • means of which the duty that devolved u- low the estimate then made.
and zeal which were so promptly and '.p en me, in the organization of these troops, As it was apparent that these recurring
cheerfully manifested on this occasion, by . has been perim-med ; and us existing laws deficiencies, would soon exhaust the bal
the volunteers of Pennsylvania, give proof make no provision, I respectfully subunit, ' ance in the Treasury, and all the arroar
of their devotion to the service of the cowl- that suitable compensation for the st<ices ages of available outstanding. taxes, I was
try, highly creditable
_to themselves and which have been rendered, should be impelled to urge upon the General Assent
honorable to the State. I promptly made to these of fi cers. lily, at their lhst session, with so much
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The six regiments thus called for, were I The debt, and finances of.the Common- earnestness, the indispensable necessity of
not mustered into service. wealth, present sine of the inys.t interesting providing some Additional revenue, to
On the 1 6th of November, 181 6, a re- subjects that can engage the attention of place the finances of the Slate upon a per
quest
was made by the President for one the Legislature. • manent basis, Near the:close of the ses.
regiment of-volunteers from this State, to i The following is an exhibit of the State slop, an act was passed, entitled "An act
consist of ten companies, to be continued debt, on the Ist Of Devember last, as ap- .to provide for the reduction of the public
in service during the war with Mexico, un- , pears from the Report of the Auditor debt," which embraces some additional
less sooner discharged. This request General i ! objects of taxation, and contains provisions I
was announced on the 19th of November, "Total funded debt,' •• $38,858.970 52 fur enforcing, more effectually, the inten-
1846, to the volunteers who had previous- Relief notes in circulation, 1.081,664 00
lion of the act of 1844. It was, however
,
ly tendered their services, and the re ,, t _ Interest certificzites, outstanding., 703.810 69 . -
• passed at a period of the session when
, , Interest certificates unclaimed 4,433 11 .
ment was promptly
,filie,d, a nd mus t ere d Interest on certificntes, to '
August, there was no limo for deliberation, and Cott
into
the service of t h e wince States at 1,1845, when funded 44.423 21 tains some provisions, which, in my esti-
Pittsburg., on the 1 sth'day of December.-- Domestic creditors, 96,275 47 nration, ought to be modified. It seems
Six of the companies composing the regi. ' ------ to me that an attempt to tax book accounts
meet, were organized in Philadelphia : ono Total public debt, on the Ist Do. and moneys due on contracts, will only
in Pottsville: one in %Vilkesbarre, and two ember, 1846, 5 40,789,577 " prove vexatious to the citizens and officers,
: Wino. $196.816 22 less than it W . 1 14 011 the .I s t
in Pittsburg.
7 , ' - '. without adding substantially to the reve-
December, 1845.
On the 14th December, 18.16, a request I nue, As the act of 1916 has not yet had
The payment of tile interest on the fund
tvaspatle by the President, for another :ed debt had
been suspended for two years time to produce any practical, no
regilhent of Volunteer Infantry from this ! certain estimate can be made of the amount
and a half preceding the Ist of February,
Sette to serve during the war with INlexi- of additional revenue it will produce; but
1 845, for which certificates were issued
co, unless flamer discharged,
'Phis ITO. w hi c h constitute a part of the existing d e bt.' ,It is believed, that this law, together. with
g tilt. increase went was filled even with mere prompti- 11 merease Of the value of property, since
In consequence of the non-payment of the
tilde than the former, and ordered to reit- ha d the last triennial assessment, will, if the
interest, the balance in the Treasury
dezvous at Pittsburg, On the sth instant. ! present triennial assessment is fairly made,
' aceumulated Oil the Ist of Deeember 1 844,
One of the companies composing this re- .to the sum of' 9 663,851 88 ; anti on the I enlarge the revenue derivable from real
giment, was organized in Phil:1;1;1111de: ; Ist day of February, 1815, the pa - ment of and personal estate to an amount equal lo
one in Reading: one in Mauch Chunk :'' t hei n terest
en the funded deb -1
t was resit- . the deficiency that occurred in the neer).
one in Harrisburg: one in Danville 1 two iug, revenue of last year. The loss of tolls,
ined, and has been continued up to t h e
in Cambria county : one in Westmore- the additional expenditures upon. the
present period, and the credit and honor of an t i
land county ; one in Fayette comity, mid I public works, occasioned by the extraor
the State maintained. This is a setup° .
one in Pittsburg.
and , dinar flood of last spring, is a subject
of high (*ratification to our citizens,
The energy and the exalted patriotism ' i ten ded 1 - tvhich may he properly rod here. By
has great yto restore our good old . •
which have thus been evinced by the cite- reference to thazseport o 4,m. , Cann . l,,Coin-
Common wealth • to the elevated d
1 an proud !
...
zen soldiers of Pennsylvania, are an admi- ! .'
• • ' Ims:stoners, it appears -thafthey hale esti
position she formerly neeupred, mid which,
rible illustration of the 55011 hers of •
out loss of tolls occasioned by the
i-, I trust, she is destined to occupy for all mated the
free system; and of the strength of our • , delay in opening the navigation, at the
. tier, to come. I
government.
W bile, hoWever, we mingle our conga-
sum of $ 150,000. and that the cost of ex.
'Die officers and soldiers who have on-. lit iations upon t hi s in
comparatively prospe
! trutonlinary repairs,
required in cense.
tered into the services of the country, are I quence of injuries by the flood, was $lll,
roes slate of affairs, it is proper that the
independent freemen, in the vigor of youth -true condition of our resources should be I 515 ; making the aggregate loss to the
and manhood, intelligent and energetic, ; State, by this unusual casnalty,*26l,s 15.
i accuratelrand critically examined and al
.
bunted with the love of liberty, and proud !.. . k e p t 11l
way s ept vices , not on l y to guar d by !.
of the dignity of being citizens of the Uni- ! ample. provision agairtst the p ossibilit y of mug revenue, exclusive of the balance in the
led States sol- i I anotlyer f u t ure, and punctually to meet all . Such are the Volunteer ' Treasury on dm Ist of December, 1845,
diers of Pennsylvania, who have filled two ! the demands upon the public Treasury, but and the taxes then outstanding, would
retriments. and are ready to furnish any i • • hav e been nearly equal to the demands
e to make provision for the commencement : '
additional number that may be required• of a' system for reducing the public debt. ! upon the 'Treasury, during the fiscaiyear.
n
, Ca-
In referring in the manly zeal of the sol- It- has boon my constant endeavor, es
-1 I'l o lll the Canal Commissioners' Re.
Bier, allusionm the benevolence of the oil- peeially in the annual message of January port it appears that the receipts from
izt.ns who provided for their comfort on last, and the special message.of the 21st of ' nal and Railroad toils, and charges for me.
the march, and (silo became the guardians ' April, following, to impress upon the rep-
live power, were,
„f omse they left behind, and were depen- resentatives of the people, the IltfttoBBllV
For the year 1843, $l,l/17,q41 12
•-• For the vgar 1814, 10703 42
dent upon them, eannot lie omittvd.... , atid importance of this subj_ete. / Jii pre- For t
he leer 18-15„ 1,196(979 43
Thtle ffeneroue kelings; :lo admirthlv vy,
7 Y --Fel l it- tu the Legislature, fit thelitSt ties- ror the tour 18.16, 1,2t , 5491 76
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F.4RUWELL:
lII=
F nr.w ELL In ti`arlvsS 4;011y I part!
Belayed, the raw can cost ther hill , non• ;
The thouzht of triumph dwells within thy heart,
The smile of triumph plays around thy brow.
But oh ! when that is gone. when Time hulk
(If Time IDII4 direr) the glories of thine eve;
Alien the full cup Of joy, %Odell now is brimmed,
I/rained Iry thine eager spirit, shall lie dry :
When SHOW,: Lacy mingled in the locks of youth,
And ',A.:Aim-is power 110 more the heart can warm ;
the cold world shines forth in sorrow's trill!),
And life itself is but a broken charm :
When the bright sun which gilds thy day is set,
A sties faint lustre may resume its reign ;
I am contented that thou shouldst forget—
:lll love thee now, but I will love thee then !
MISCELLANY.
IlArer Glut- 7 —We find the foflowing
the
Ay, she is a happy girl---we know by
her fresh looks and buoyant spirits. Day
in and day out, she has something to do,
and she takes hold of work as if. she did
not tear to soil her han d s.. Sorb girls we
love and respect, wherever we meet them,
in a palace or a hovel. Always pleasant
and always kind, they never turn up their
noses before your fare or slander you be
hind your hack. They have more good
sense and better employment. What are
flirts and bustle-hound girls in comparisthi
with these ! Good for nothing but to look
at, and that is rather disgusting. Give us
the industrious and happy girl, and we care
not who worships fashionable and idle sun
pletons.
Some fed• months since Alhis Nano Hayes ob
tained a verdict of against Alr.John Hayes
(both of Cincinnati, Ohio.) for a breach of prom
ise of marriage. ' A few days afterwards he drew
the following check for the amount :
Ileum S. Julian, Esq. 'Preasurer of Me
chanics Savings Institution of Louisville:
Please pay' to the hearer, for a Sunday
evening. loath, Six Thousand Dollars, and
Charge the same to account.
$6,000
A N. York correspondent of a Charles
ton paper says—" The (lancing girls are
announced for next Monday, and the cot
/on market is very firm !"
In the, list of articles to which premiums
were awarded at the Lewis County Fair,
N. York, is the 1011 owing :—"Besl coin
forler, Miss Harriet Sheldon."
Ntunto Nurrit.tot: Resolutions have pas
sed the Wisconsin Constitutional Cotn•en
tiot► by a vote of 53 to .10.
81.ArEat - has been prohibited in Oregon
by a Icgir•lative act of the settlers.
I)n►:.tDF►UL B,msEA ILmscis.---The
ci►ic war in )lassac and the adjoining
c►iuntics in Illinois, appears to i►e ragiUg
with unabated fury. On the •Itlt ultimo,
about eltrilly of, li►c citizens tool: several of
the Regulators prisoners, conducted them
to the village of Metropolis, and confiut;d
them in a large house. On the t/th, they
a(yul .several adilitinnal prisoners, wt•ltom
confined in like manner. tioine two
or three days afterwards, the Regulators
raised a strong grey, marched to Metropo
lis, released their friends, and took several
of the opposing party prisoners, who, af
ter some indignities and admonitions, were
released in a few days. l'hesc Regula
tors, who, recognise nn la W \hilt their own
will, still maintain the ascendency, and
. seem likely to maintain it, the Governor's
proclamation to the contrary notwithstand
ing.
The Wgulators, on the fourth of the
past month, went to the house of a citizen
named Win. Mathis, and arrested hint.—
His wife, after his arrest, fought like
-wild tigress for his rescue,
,told oldie gun of one of the Regulators and
.attempted to wie4 it frout . hitn, and was a
bout suecceding, when the gun, accideniol.
ilt or by desi!ot, went off, and the whole
e;barge entered her thigh, making a horri-
Iltle wound. Reckless n u the wound, she
A-fished -tiptin her opponent and again at,'
tempted to
,disarin hiw, when be, struck!
o b:r a terrible blow on the head with his
et. , She 6 , 11 and died soon afterwards.
I GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
JOHN HAYEs
GETTYSBURG,- PA. FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1847,
"FEARLESS AND rnrE."
showing a diminution of
I tint outstanding t txt.s of
•
And making :tit aggregate diminntion
, of the balance in the Treasury. and
outstanding tax PM, during the year
ending 30th November, 1815, of $ll 1,l 00 :3'2
This statement demonstrates that the
taxes, and other revenues assessed, and ac
cruing within the year, wore less, by the
above sum, than the demands upon the
Treasury. during the same period.
The financial operations of the year,
ending on the 30th November, 1846, also
exhibit a like deficiency, but less in a
mount. Thus,
The balance in the Treasury on the
Ist Deemither, 184-5, was
And the estimated amount of avail
able taxes outstanding at the same
period, was
Showing a gradual and steady increase du
ring this period. Even last year, notwith
standing the delay in opening the naviga
tion, they exceeded those of 1845, by the
sum of 898,515 33. There is good rea
son, therefore, to believe, that if the pub.
lie works, shall continue to be conducted
with the same degree of skill, industry,
and integrity, with which they have hewnl
managed for some years past, the receipts
from them trill continue to increase, until
the business upou them roaches their fitll
capacity.
Some apprehensions have been expres
sed, that the construction of the great Cen
tral Railroad, between Philadelphia and
Pittsburg . , may be the !Beans of dindnish
lag the income from the improvements of
the State. In this Ido not concur; on the
.contrary, I entertain the opinion, that the
increased commerce, whiub it will invite
between our great Eastern and Western
emporinits, and the regions which connect
with them, will n ot only add to the reve
nues of the Columbia railway, bitt will
greatly increase the productiveness of all
our public works. Such, I believe, has
been the experience of New York ; and
such, I doubt not, will, in a few years, bel
that of our own Commonwealth,
I transmit, herewith, a statement shhw,
ing, the actual receipts and expenditures,
for the last fiscal year ; and, also, an esti
mate of the same, for the present year,
made with much care, upon full consulta
tion with the other officers of the govern
ment. From this estimate, it appears that
the receipts of the year will exceed the ex
penditures, by the sum of $104,441 11,
The balance in the Treasury, on the Ist
278.965 79
135,233 53
$384,886 09
instant, was only :•138,986 68. It is,
therefore, altogether probable, that it may
o become necessary to make some arrange.
meth to anticipate a small portion of the
revenue of the year•, to meet the interest
which will fall due-au the Ist of February
59
next. 1 recommend that some legid pro-
•
s lon be promptly made for this purpose.
;This will not affect the financial [Weida.,
bons and estimated results of the year,—
: I feel entire confidence that, taking into
view the Operations of the whole year, the
results 'Will sustain substantially the esti.
mates that have been presented.
The sum of two hundred thousand
tars which is now annually appropriated
I to the cancellation of the relief issues, and
which is included in the estimates, is dis-
I charging, that amount of the publi a debt,
yearly, and is, in fact, an existing sinking
927,367 34
If, thcreffire, the conclusion at which I
have arrived, shall prove correct, that the
taxes assessed under existing laws, on real
and personal property, with the ordinary
revenues, and an amount from the public
improvements equal to that received du
ring the past year, will prove sufficient to
!pay the interest on the public debt, and
lother demands upon the treasury, the an
nual increase of tolls upon the public
works may be added to thepresontsinking
fund of two hundred thousand dollars a
year. From the experience of the three
last proceeding years, this increase may
be fairly estimated, far some years to come,
at ono hundred thousand dollars per an.
num ; and, if it be added Annually to the
! existing fund for the cancellation of the re
' lief issues, they will all be taken out of cir
culation in about three years, at which
time the state will have a sinking fund of
half a million of dollars, to commence the
liquidation of her funded debt. The appli
cation of this fund, annually, with its ac
cruing interest, 'to the purchase of live per
cent. State stock, at par, will, at the end of
ten years, discharge $6,288,920 of the
public debt, and at the end of twenty
twenty years, $16,532,881, which-will re
diice the debt, including the cancellation of
relief' issues, at the' end of twenty.three
rears front this time, to the sum of $23,
175,032
The net irteome from the publin works
will then, it
. may be fairly presumed, be
more than ample to pay the interest on the
State debt, and the people may be entirely
relieved from all taxation for the payment
of interest, In fact, there is reason to be
lieve that the increased wealtth of the
State, and the accumulation of businesS on
the public worksNill, at a much earlier
period, admit of important reductions in
the taxes, without retarding the consumma
tion of the Ibregoing plan for reducing the
debt. Notwithstanding some may be dis
posed to view these suggestions as vision.
ary, I have the most entire confidence in
their practicability, provided the public
works shall continue to be managed with
integrity and skill, the tax. laws fairly exc.
cuted, and the government, in all its de
partments, honestly and faithfully admin..
istored.
In connection with this suliject I respect
fully recommend to the General Assembly
the propriety and policy of proposing to
the people an amendment to the constitu
tion of the %State, under tiPe form of the
tenth article of that instrument,lby which
the income from the public improvements,
after deducting the necessary expenses for
repairs and superintendence—the revenue
arising front the State tax on real and per
smll property, for a certain period, and
such other items of income as may be
deemed expedient to include, shall be set
apart and be sacredly 0040 for the pay
ment Of the interest on the public debt and
the gradual liquidation of the principal.
Such an amendment, judiciously aiming,
ell, would, I apprehend, meet with the de
cided approbation oldie people of the Qom,
mon wealth, It would concentrate public
TERMS -TWO DOLLARS PER ANN 1114.3
IIV II OLE NO, 576.
sentiment upon a fixed object—remove
all doubt attic fulness of the public credit,
and lay the foundation for the final extin.
guishment of the public debt. It would
give an additional security and assurance
to the people, and to the public creditors,
that, in no event could the public revenues
be . diverted from its legitimate object, and
would furnish concluSive reasons for the
prompt and cheerful payment of the taxes,
I would respectfully recommend
. a care,
ful examination of the operations of the tax,
laws, Taxes, however correctly they
may be arranged by law, fall, to a certain
extent, unequally upon the people, in con;
sequence of their various circumstances
and liabilities; but if to this unavoidablere
suit he added careless and irregular assess
ments, by which large amounts of proper
ty escape taxation, great injustice is done
to those who make an honest and full re
turn of their taxable property.
The adjustment by Congress of rates of
duty on imports, is a topic that continues
to divide public, sentiment, In my mes,
sage of the 7th January, last, rtook, oeca ,
sion to express the views which I then en
tertained regarding it, and to these views.
I continue to adhere. - I can entertain ho
doubt of the constitutional power of the .
federal government, to make such discrim-.
motions in the rates of duties on imports,
as may allbrd reasonable encouragement
to domestic wanufbctures and productions
which may be injuriously affected by for,
sign competition.. This is a power incl.,
dent to every sovereign. State, and as the
seperate States of the Union are by the ex
press terms of the constitution prohibited
trout its exercise, it follows, that, unless it
resides in the federal government, the U.
states are without -this essential attribute
of National sovereignty.
The extent of these discriminations,
bearing, as they do, upon conflicting inter
, ests, and in some degree arraying those of
one portion of the Union against another,
can only be adjusted under the influence,
of that spirit of concession, and comprem ,
iso which prevailed in the adoption of the
Constitution itself, The history of our
legislation on this subject, demonstrates
nwst conclusively, that a tariff, to be per,
manent, which is so essential to the manu,
hicturing, as well wall other great inter,
ests of the Country, must be "reasonable
and equitable, and that all attempts to es
tablish a rate of ultra protective or low hor,
izontal duties, have only tended to keep
the question in a state of constant agitation,
than which nothing can be more prejudi
cial to the interests of the business corn.
I am, therefore, in favor of such
just discriminating duties as may be sum.
cient to sustain all our great National inter,
gists against injurious competition from a
broad; such as will give the home manu
facteror, and producer, reasonable profits
on his capital, and enable him to pay. his
workmen fair wages, without unnecessari,
ly taxing the ()consumer,
Pennsylvania, possessing as she does,
such vast agricultural, manufacturing and
mineral resources, and commercial advert
tages, has a peculiar interest in the adjust,
ment of this question, upon a permanent
basis. Should the changes made in the
rate of ditties, by the tariff act of 1840, af
fect injuriously any of the great interests
of the country, we must Unite our efforts
to induce Congress, to whose oare and
discretion the subject is committed by the
Constitution, and an whose wisdom and
justice Ave may safely rely, to make all
just and reasonable amendments,
From all the reflection I have been able
to give this vexed and complicated subject,
I am_ thoroughly convinced, that reasona.
We discriminating duties, such as can bo
permanently maintained, in connection
with the operations of the Constitutional
Treasury, and 6 sound currency, will .do
more to promote the permanent and gene
eral prosperity of all the great interests of
the Country than any other system of pol
icy which can be adopted. nigh duties,
with the employment of banks as the depos,
itories of the public monies,. and a conse,
quent inflation of paper currency, by which
the advantage of the . duty to the home man,
ufacturer and producer is destroyed, are as
certain to hasten and aggravate those com,
mercial rovulsions, to which all nations
are exposed, ns profligacy and vice are to
produce want and misery.
The repeal, or modification of the Brit,
ish Corn Laws, by which our agricultural
products aro admitted into the British
ports, while it was a measure dictated a
like by sound policy, and humanity, to
ward the suffering population of , the Uni
ted Kingdom, has had a most happy, influ,
once upon our farming interests. This
measure has augmented the demand of our
bread-stuffs, at enhanced prices, and there
is reason to believe, it will continue to in,
grease permanently.our agricultural exports,
which cannot fail to add to the general
wealth & prosperity of the state and nation,
In the last annual message I expressed
my views at length, in regard to the policy
of the banking system, to whiA I yes.
pectfully refer. To the opinions there
contained, I continua to adhere, At press
ent there is reason to believe that our
banks are in a comparatively sound cone
dition.. Without ascribing this creditable
and healthy state of things entirely to tbe' -
policy which has boon adopted, oflimiting..
the amount of the banking capital, and um . T
Icing bankers individually liable for the payv- . -:' ,
mem their debts. lam persuaded-that.
it lies salutary inflneace in preserving the'
solindness of the currency, and that- it
should be adhered . to inlleijhly,