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Day
22
Month
August
Year
1842
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To thi: House of Riprestiilttlivcs, of the United S.tOtn. It is wit!) Mnfeijrneil rogrét rli ir l find mysplf unfler ii:c necessiiy of ratnrninsr lo ihf IJ .'iisc o,p-Re'prcp n'ntivf15, vfítb my oSjèClions. ;i bil] cntitlcd "'A íic1 tó prcvid1 i(vpiiiie fróni impiirti! mul !o rlrflijgé nixi h cdily cxtsrihjr laws iinpoin diiMos on importa ;nul for otf.e.' j)!irposps.'' Nohtfig eau bf worg i ïi i i f "t : 1 r' ;n' iñ'fívitinál crtlled to pr-rforrn fhe Gliiof' i xrcutivc (linios (iiuler out lunitod Gonsutntvft), i hun to bo roii-tr infi 10 wiiiih'i'd lus niscii' fi'M) ui iroportaul inenstire dopicd Iry LJie I-('i.'!!aUno: yet Iw wculu neitlier fulij tlip hi'd piirpo.-eí ofhis t-tiitiun. nor consult tin triso in!rr'N-t, nr !ho pol' nn wil! o'fjtfje peiptp, ramillón cpos.titiictlt.s of botli br.inclics o! tin4 Govermnpiif, bv yildinir dis woll considorci!, ijiost decplv fixédj anil repgntpdjv ierlarcd Oj;inioi)s iri ma tl oí reai pnhl'cccniment ui fijóse dí':i co-"n:iji.ito dfportuiPDí, wiilioiii rcquesi innf tint üöpartniéni senmi.-!y to re-cxumin-: the eufojéct oJ' tlielr u'iiïer ence. 'l'lio exorcizo of ecmo inJepen lnee o; jutlfmoiu iu rejfird lo uil ac! Ipislutioii. is pluiniy iirjp.Vd in t Jic refipÓHsibyity of jjjj iro {lis it. At al. limi-s nduiy - t bec m'h {jcciiliarly Foifinn ;hk1 ixnpeati.ye oi:e Jei :!ie s.nWècta passet! npnn by C(iigfi;ps, '.':ipj)f')i o uvoivc, as in Die present m.-Nmcf, the i!iu inoii.emoiiá issues, lo-éftgct víuío-í-.'.v t.lic parir of' :i ffreat rctiiiLrv, ;i'.H tu Invc r,rn PlgG Ml uil qii&ítera to sbcli a ronflirrl of tpi:ion, is lo reni.'er i; iinpoi-sibio tri ccitj. cm-fi, wiili nny cehanty, on uinch sii.'o tbc m'ijarity rpj}y .-■, Snrelv. iftlio paii.-'f Cor rcllcc -lioa, inteqdod l'y tito uise of the Constííution hy rc'.crnt r tiïe suljrct bst-k ír GoOífivgs e rcconsideinlio;), bp ever pxpwüeilt .inJ surv, jt is prrigety micIi n can ut ■ ne-e.sÓn !l:c:iii'jj.'(" ;.l'dÍ3!ri!)ii.ii . !''c'l'i;l , of ?he snlps ofihe ptibHc I , -.!ne, loecd öccA dun:; thp '.f' m' r'i--n öiivarioo. gre. Al theVnimr . " io" o! Lln -' SisöfPj boring iWyI i i tln geiH'tal hopo of returning1 prosperitv nd credit, -Ürccoiiunendrd sticlia distribution'; b -t i hut recommendutinn was even then -xprcsly coupled with tho condition thal iho dn ies o imports shotild not exeeo.d the rato ot' 20 per cent provided by the Comoromise cr dr 1833. These hopea "ere not a little encournged ■íml líio.e views strengt hened by the report of Mr Ewing, the Sccretary of the Trenur'-, whuii was ehórtly therenfter laid before Corrrcss, in which he recommended the imposition of diiiic-i ii t the rale of' 20 per cent advalorem on nll free articli-y, wüh specified exerrion.1, und sta! cd, "if ihis mensure be ndopter1, Uure uill be received in the Trensury frein cusfom?, in tho Inst quarter of tho present yenr( 13-11.) O5,500.000; in all of tho ye r 18 il. nb'-.i:: 822,5(10,000; and in the year lü-.T,' ■iCier tho final rduntion imder the ;icl" of Murcu 2, 183S, nbout ;J2,!!00.0()0:" and adds, believed tint af! er the rxpRiiditiiro? required by the public service in he present yenr ehalt have boen pruvidod lor, t he revenuo which will ncfiite (Vont thui er n neorly proxi mnternteof duty, wül bn stiíScieni to defray 'he expenses of tho governmon, and lenvo a surplu; to be nnminllv uppliefl to the gradual pnynvnt of the nntionn] debt, leavitifr the i proceeds oï thr pvhnc lands to be disposed of crngrcsa öltnjj sce fit.' I was most happy thnt congrcsp,,it the timo, .spctn(?d cntirelv io conc r in tho recommendations ut" the kx'cniive,& nniioipnt-ngthecorreclne.-rt of the Secretary's cnnclnsion.s ..nd m view óf hn actual surp'op, papíed ihe Distribnuon net of tiie ttli of' September last, vvisely lirnijihg-'its operal ions by conditions, havingr rofcreiicn, both of thfin," to a posible stnte o? ! tiicTreasnry, rlifleront from that which had hetb ujïtieipatetl by ihe Secretary of tho TrpasiirVjand to the pnnimouin necessilics of the public .-orvice. Jt ordnined that "fat any timp áúVing the existence oi'Liiat acf.there shonkl bo rui impoíilion of diities op imporLs inconsistent, with the prnvisions of tbc net of Maren 2, 1833, itnd bevond the rote of dutiet fixed by that act, to wit, 20 per cent, on tho i va'ue vf snch imports or any of tht-m, the tlie distribuí ion shoüld bu suspended - and siionld bn contm-jed so suspended, until tliat cause "shotdd be removed' By a previoua chuso it hm), in a like. spirit of wise and cautious pdtnolisra, providod for nnother case in which nll iré even now opreed, thnt the proceeds of the mies of the public lun'ls should be ui-ed for tlie defence of the countrv. It vva? enacted that he aot shoal.l continué and I bu m forceiintil otherwise próvided by law, unlftsd tliö U. Statos thoolil beconie iñvolved in war withnny foreirn powar,in which event, from the comineneement of hostilitip?, the ac: ströóld be suspended until the cesation of hostil i ie?.Ni H long after the opening oftlie present sestiion of conirress, !he unprecedented and extraordinnry difïiciilties that have recently enibarra.ed tlie fin-mees oí' tlie country, beran to assuinea seriotis aspect. I: spoa bc j carne quite evident thnt the hopos under whicli the act of the 4t!i September was pnssed, and I wliich iiione jistified il in the eyes either of congress ïvho imposed or of the Ëxecutive I whn approved (he firt of the two conditions j'ist recitnd, wcre nol destined to be fu Killed. Under tlie prrsstirp, therefore, of the embarrai.sir.ents whicli had ihus unox)ecte(Nvnrisen it appenrrd to me that the course to be purBued bad beeii clearly mnrked out tbr the Govcrninrnr by lliat act itsclf. The condilion co:itomp!ated in it, as reqnirin a sus- pinsion of ís opera'ion, liad ocoured. It becanie necesnry, in t!ie opinions of all, to - raise the rateof dttiies upon import above iwenty por ceit, hnd uith a view boh to proy?dé vuiluble nv ans to meet present exigencies, und to Iny the f-iundation for n succe.sful neotialiou ot'a lo;n. I feit it incumbent tpon me to nrtrü npon Cin#ss to raise tho iluiiofi accordinly, tl:em in r spirit of u i- dis-criniiniition, fnr t ñc two-fold object of . floi diner umple revenuo tbr tho Governr.ionf, and incidcntnl proteciion to the various branches of doniestic indnstrv. I ;o pressed, in ihe most emphatic but respeciful langnae I couJd employ, the necesitv of npikingtho lánd sales nvailablé to the Treasury as tho biisis of public erffüt. I did not thinlc that I eotild stand excusetl, inuch less jnstified, be- ibre tfn pnoploof ihe United Stnies, nor could I rccoiicüe it cd tnyself to recoinmend tlieiinposiiion ofadiiilion.il taxes upon thotn, without, nt tiie same tirf, urging the employtncnt of all the. lesritim'ite tneans of Government towafdfl 6ati.Fying its wants. These opinions ucre communinnted in advance of any donna - ■ tive a:tinn ofConiJfress on the subject eilher of tire tariíi" nr l.ifid sales, uiuior a high sensai oí pirblie f.uty, r.nd id comphíiHce wiih unexprctss mjunctióij of théConsUiufion - so ths i if a niiüisi. n, rxírome.'y lo be di'precnted as i Ij roüisíons ihvuvn are, lias spprniíiL'ly nrisJ en be wppii tho Execú'tíve nnd Leris!aüve brnrches of ilio Governmon?, it has ossiiredly nof bfon owintn ;my caprieíons nterferertce, nr lo ó'riv waríi of a plain md fralt íccUth- i ion of opinión, m ih-j part oí' tlio former. - Conress diñered ín its views witli ihoso of ' thc Rxonntivo, n ii had ünáoahtédty a risht to iln, öpd pásped a bili virtiiüJIy fnr 11 time rcr.e.iïuvr ihe pmviso of the act of tho 4:li of Si'P'riniter, 1S4I. Tlift lill Wiisrefurnrd to Hio house in wliicli t orioiftníeiJi uitli n iv object ons (o i:s be- ron.iiiir á la-. Wiili n v'ióvr u prevenís if ih)-m!'Ic, nn opn fíiñfiírrecincnt of opinión on n póinf ?o impnrt.-iiií, I look occasion :o declare ;;.it I regbfdnd i' as nn indispensable prcrcqnisite t o nü iiícfó'aei: of dnties abeo 2í) per ct.-nt din tlio nei of 4'h Spiitcni'ier should remnin, inrepca"e{] in its provisions. My re.isons for rbat opinión werc elaboy.ttély set forih in t lio mn-:iiiMvl)irli sicccm ónied ilierctum ofího bilí - wliicii no coriíilitiittónnl maii'iiy apncarti ío h'.vo been frmíid for paad „y,, u )aw. The' bilí bich ' n hefon; lnQ popóse, in Hs 271 li seci.on. 'Jn? fota ropca] of 0I10 of C pvSo8 i-;Ul0 act o! SL.j)tcmber,and wliile it incicai_jj ,)e (juics abose 20 peí cent., drrc't' ;m uncojíilitionü! distribiïiiqn of the land ',iccreds. I mi i!icit!oic siibjfcted a Brbóhd 'ime. in the perlod ;fn lew days, lo f he ij'p'■esitv of i.'i.licr gi'vip mj npproval to a ■írc uiiioíi. in my Sftliherá'fe jtulgrnient. is in puníílrt uili g fi't public intprcsís, _or of nlnrninrr it 'to Uí.j lioape in vhi;b it origin:ie. wih my oljjections. Wtih U myanxiftty f'r Üie passajje rifn hw iyhicli wou'd replenisJjan exhonsted treaeirry, nnd furnj.-h a ,-onñd umi l.iaJtby onrotirnrment to mechniíicul iiiCi'iii-try, I cannot oon'$ent to do 60 fjl. tlifc

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