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MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY J I, 1323.
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OFFICIAL PAPER.
annual treasury report.
In obedience to the directions of the “ act
supplementary to the act to establish the
Treasury Department,” the Secretary of
the Treasury respectfully submits the fol
lowing Report:
j, f or ihr Public Revenue and Expenditure,
ofthe years 1821 and 1882.
XI,B nett revenue which ncciueil from ilulios
on imports and tonnage, during the year 1821,
amounted to g 16,898,43-1 42
The actual receipt? in the Tren
tin')'. during the year 1821, in
cluding the loan of £ 6,000,000,
amounted to
Viz.
It’,073,703 72
1820, arc esti
mated at g (1,000,000
Making the lolnl estimated
expenditure of Ihc year 1822, 18,278,753 32
And lenving in tlie Treasury,
on the M of January, 1823, an
estimated balance of
3,148,347 07
1,212,966 46
356,290 11
Customs, |13,004,447 16
Public lands exclu
sive of Missis
sippi stock,
Arrears of inter- *1
nal duties and j
direct tnx, I
Div'd on slock f
in tile Bank of ’
the V. S. and
other inciden
tal receipts,
Loan, authorized
by act ofthe 3d
March, 1821,in
cluding n premi
um of £264,703
70, gained on the
same, 6,000,000 60
Staking with the balances in the
Treasury, on tiie 1st ot Janu
ary, 1821, of
£1,193,461 21
An aggregate of £20,772,164 93
The expenditures during the
year 1821, amounted to £19,090,572 69 i
After deducting from (his sum certain
balances of appropriations, amounting to
£1,232,212 11, xvhichare. necessary to effect
the objects for which they were severally
made, or have been deducted from the esti
mates, for the service ofthe ensuing year, a
balance of £4,916,135 56, remains—which,
with the receipts into the Treasury during
the year 1623, constitutes the means for de
fraying the current service of that year.
2. OFTHE PUBLIC DEBT.
The funded debt which was contracted be
fore the year 1812, and which was unredeem
ed on tlio 1st day of October, 1821, mmmnted
to £ 17,833,746 81
And that which was contract
ed subsequently to the 1st of Ja
nuary, 1812, nml was unredeem
ed on the hi Oct 1821, amount
ed to 75,852,168 16
Making the total amount of
funded debt unredeemed on the
1st Oet. 1821, 93,G96,205 02
In the fourth quarter of that
year there xvns issued Treasury
.Note six percent, slock, to the
amount of 390 40
Making an aggregate of 93,686,695 42
til the same quarter there was
paid Ihosuin ot 262,738 75
Viz. lieimburse-
mentsofsix pr ct
deferred stock £267,180 60
Redemption of
Louisiana slock 5,558 15
Reducing the funded debt, on
the 1st January, 1822, to 93,423,956 67
From that day to (lie 1st Oct.
la-t, there was issued three per
cent, stock to the amount of 143 0:
Civil, diplomatic,
and miscella
neous, £2,241,871 6-t
Military service,
including forti
fications, ord
nance, Indian
Department,
Revolutionary,
and Military
Tensions, arm-
ing the militia,
and arrearages
prior to the 1st
. Jan. 1817, 6,162,364 47
Naval service, in
cluding the gra
dual increase of
the Navy, 3,319,243 OR
Public debt, 8,367,093 62
Making an ngregntc of 93,423,999 69
During the same period there
was paid the sum of 380,980 02
Viz: Reimburse
ment of 6 per rent
deferred stock 300,980 02
Redemption of
6 per cent stock
of 1796 SO,000 00
v iz :
Civil, diplomatic,
and miscellane
ous,
Military snrvire,
including fortifi
cations,ordnance,
Indian depart
ment, revolution
ary and military
pensions, arming
the militia, and
arrearages prior
to the l«l of Ja
nuary, 1817,
Naval service, in
cluding the gra
dual increase of
the Navy,
Public debt,
1,599,317 3S
5,134,292 7S
2,723.987 12
5,602,000 00
Which, being deducted from the
above sum, will leave in the
Treasury, on the 1st day of
January, 1824, alter satisfying
the current demands of Hie
year 18‘23, a sum estimated at £7,950,538 34
378,875 00
500,000 00
for arming the Militia, fii In
dian annuities,
Gradual increase of the
Navy,
Public debt,including ba
lances unapplied in 1823 and
1824, amounting to £8,796,-
OOO, 18,796,000 00
1 he means of the Treasury to meet
this extraordinary expenditure, consist,
1st. Of the balance which may lie in the
Treasury on the 1st of Jim of lliai year, esti-
inated at £8,000,000
And, 2d Of the receipts of thiit
year, estimated at 19,000,000
Viz : Customs, £17,000,000
Public Lands, 1,600,000
Bank Dividends, 35(i,ooo
Incidental Receipts, 60,000
Making together, an aggregate
of 27,000,000 00
2,265,GS3 07
266,638 Of
2,000,000 no
Leaving a balance in the Trea
sury, on the 1st of Jan. 1822
of
The actual receipts intheTrca
gury during the three first
quarters of the year 1822, are
estimated to linve amounted
to £ 14,7-15,408, 7A
Viz.
NGnstoms, 12,648-
933 16, Publics
lands, exclusive
of Misai. stock,
1,298,434 56,
Arrears of inter
nal duties and
direct tax, di
vidend on stock
in the Bank, &..
other inciden
tal receipts,
391,871 76
Balances of ap-
piopriation3 for
the War k. Na
vy Departments
returned to the
Treasury, and
carried to tlm
surplus fund
406,119 28
The actual rec'ts
into Hie Treasu
ry during the
4th quarter, are
estimated at
- £1,681,692 24
j ,1900,000 06
Making the total estimated re
ceipts into the Treasury dur
ing the year, 1822,
19,715,408 75
And with the balance in the
Treasury, on (lie 1st of Janu
ary, 1822, forming an aggre
gate of
The expenditures
during the three
first quarters of
the year 1822,
are estimated to
have amounted
to 12,278,053 32
Viz.
Civil, diplomatic,
k miscellaneous
1,536,-134 '24
Military service,
including forti
fications, ord
nance, Indian
Department, re
volutionary and
military pen-i
ons. arming Hits
militia, ki arrear
ages prior to 1st
Jan. 1817,
4,930,210 6.8
£21,427,000 99
Reducing the funded debt, on
the 1st October, 1822, to 93,043,019 67
It is estimated that, in the 4th
quarter of the present ycarthcre
will ho paid
Viz: Reimburse,
meut of six pr. ct.
deferred stock
Redemption of
six per ct. stock
of 1820
Which will reduce the funded
debt, unredeemed on the 1st of
January, 1823, to 90,777,431 60
I The amount of Treasury notes
| outstanding on the 1st of Octo
ber, 1822, is estimated at 27,437 00
Anil the amount of Mississippi
-tock, timcdeemod on that day
nl 26,735 94
3. Of the Estimate of the Public Revenue and
Expenditure for the year 1653.
Tlio gross amount of duties on imports
and tonnage which accrued from the 1st ot
January, to the 80th Sept, last, both days
included, is estimated at S 19,500,000 00,
and that of the whole year at 323,000,000 00
It is estimated that the amount of deben
tures, issued during the same period, ex
curds the. amount issued during the corres
ponding period ofthe year 1821, by 880,000,
and that the amount of debentures outatund
ing, on the 30lh Sept, last, chargeable upon
the revenue of 1823, is £-234,000, more than
was on the same day in 1821 chargeable up
on the revenue of 1885.
It is estimated the value of domestic arti
cles esc ported from the United States in the
year ending on the ;70th September last, has
amounted to £19,674,079 00, and that fo
reign articles exported during the same pe
riod, have amounted to £ 22,200,"208.
As tlio receipts from the customs in the
year 1823, depend, 1st. upon the amount of
duty bonds which become doe within that
year, after deducting the expenses of collec
tion, and the amount of debentures charga-
ble upon them: and 2d upon such portion
of the duties secured in the 1st and 2d quar
ters of that year as are payable within tlio
year—it is manifest that an increase in the
amount of debentures chargeable upon t he
revenue of the year 1823, ora diminution of
the importations of foreign merchandize dur
ing the two first quarters of that year, must
necessarily diminish the receipts into Ihe
Treasury. As debentures can he issued at
any time within twelve months after impor
tation, chargeable upon bonds given for the
duties upon such importation, it is impossi
ble to foresee, the. amount which may he
chargeable upon the bonds that are payable
during the year 1823. The facts, however,
which have’been stated, justify flic conclusi
on, that the amount of debentures which
will he issued and charged upon the revenue
of 1323, will considerably exceed the amount
which wa3 chargeable upon that of 1822.—
From the same facts, it. is also presumed
that the importations of the two first quar
ters of the year 1823 will lie less than the
corresponding quarters of the present year.
Giving due weight to all the facts connect
ed with the subject, the receipts fur the year
1323 may he estimated at
Viz:
Customs, £19,000,000
Although the facts already disclosed
justify the conclusion that the importa
tions of the present year exceed the va
lue of domestic articles exported during
the year, yet there are no means of as
certaining the extent of that excess. If
the custom-house documents were to be
considered conclusive evidence upon this
subject, it would be apparent that the
nation has, through the whole period of
it? existence, imported more in v-ilu>*
than it has exported. But the fact is
incontestible that the United States have
enjoyed a more unintei rupted prosperi
ty, and have increased their capital to a
greater relative extent, than any of the
nations with whom they have maintained
commercial intercourse.
To shew that the custom-house docu
ments cannot be considered conclusive
evidence in this case, it is proper to oh
6crve—1st. That the value of articles
paying duties ad valorem, imported into
the United States, is ascertained bv ad
ding to the invoice value ‘20 per cent, if
from beyond tlie Cape of Good Hope,
and 10 per cent, from all other places ;
whilst the value of domestic articles ex
ported is ascertained at the port of
shipment without any such addition. 2d.
The greatest portion ofthe importations
and exportations are made in vessel? of
the United States 3d. The capital em
ployed in the trade of tlio North-West
Const and the Pacific Ocean consists al
most exclusively ofthe labor and enter-
prize of those engaged it) it. Foreign
articles, the proceeds of those enterpri-
zes, imported into the United .Slates,
•ire, therefore, only equivalent to the la
bor and enterprize by which they were
procured. 4th. The value of domestic
articles exported is more imperfectly as
certained than of foreign articles import
ed ; because it has not been considered
necessary to retort to the same sanctions
to enforce a compliance with the regu
lations which have been prescribed for
that purpose. To ascertain (he rela
tive valuo of imports and exports, it is
And leaving a deficit of about £ 1,250,000 90
lo Ibis estimate the receipts and ex
penditures of the year 1024 arc estimat
ed to he nearly equal. It is probable,
however, that the receipts may exceed,
to a small extent, the expenditures ; bul
there is at least an equal probability that
the receipts for the year 1825 are es
timated too high. In the year 1820,
the expenditure, assuming the current
appropriations to be the same as in the
year 1823, may he estimated at $19,-
457,000, k the receipts at £ 19,000,000.
As the appropriation of 500,000 dollars
for the gradual increase of the Navy
expires in that year, the annual expen
diture may, for subsequent years he es
timated at 10.000,000 dollars, unless it
shall he considered expedient to make
further provision for the increase «>f that
essential means of na tonal defence.
It is probable that the annual reven
ue will he equal to that sum. To pro
vide for the estimated deficit of the
years 1825 and 1820, as well as to meet
any extraordinary demands upon the
Treasury, which unforeseen exigencies
may require, it is believed to be expe
dient that the revenue shonl I he increas
ed. This may be conveniently effected
by a judicious revision of the tariff;
sure was proposed, have prevented its
execution. Existing circumstances do
not authorise the conclusion, that a mea
sure of this nature will he more success
ful during the next year. If the price
of the public debt, in 1825, should be
as high as it is at present, any portion of
it, redeemable at the pleasure of the
government, which should he unredeem
ed in that and subsequent years, after
the application ofthe sinking fund, to
that object, may be advantageously ex
changed fur stock redeemable at “ticli pe
riods as to give full operation to the sink-
man may lie approached nod op-ntted upon
without being in the least conscious of the
I.o t. That man dues not know himself,
who suppose? hims. ir to he above the influ-
unce o( delicate attentions, or the temptati
ons of interest judiciously disguised, in the
intercourse, which t.-.k, s place between n
member of Congress and a candidate for
tlm presidency, it is impossible for the most
upright man to know whether his attentions
and favors pioeeed from a due regard to
merit, nr are directed lo the unworthy pur
pose of securing a vote in Cnuvpntion. ft it
too often that our best actions are induced
bv mixed motives, in which our own affairs
much more operative than we would
ing fund. This may be effected, either I willingly admit. The seeds of corruption
directly by an exchange of stock, or in
directly by authorising a loan to the a-
mount of-lock annually redeemable be
yond the amount of the sikitig fund appli
cable to that object.
All which is respectfully submitted.
V\ II,LI AM H. CRAWFORD.
Treasury Department, i
December 23, 1822. y
OBSERVATIONS
On the Nomination of a Candidate for Hit Presi
dency—Submitted fur the consideration of tilt
Memtn. rs ofthe l.i gislature, a etc inseuiun—Py
a Citizen of Ohio.
In what manner shall a candidate for the
Presidency la* put in nomination ? Who shall
he Hint candidate ? nrc questions of deep in
terest, upon which the politicians ofthe coun
try are now called to decide.—Every one who
has given lo these questions n deliberate c.otl-
- iderntion, lias u right to express his opinion
concerning them. Indeed, it is, in some mea
sure, his duly to du so, because, if reflecting
I men remain silent, public sentiment cinnot
■ be known It is a subject upon which I have
conversed with many, and thought much ; il
is therefore, that i take upon me to express
my opinion, and oiler my reasons in support
ol it.
f dislike the term caucus, and .hnl! not ttsc
it. Heretofore, a candidate for the (’resi
dency lias been nominated by a contention
of members of congress. It is useless lo
inquire how a cotir-e so reprehensible was
at li.st adopted. The constitution forbids
that a member of congress should arise a
an elector. The reason t? palpabi,—S ,
man could doubt but that a t .undatio..
which, while it will not prove onerous ought lie laid for very improper arrange-
to the consumer, will simplify the Inborn I menls mid connections, il the election ol
of the officers of the revenue. At pre-
Bresident might depend upon the v of a
, i , , ,, incmb r of congress. To such conni c; on?
«t'Ut, articles composed ot wool, cotton, ., 1
,, , , 1 (he constitutional provision was mO-niled
ffax. and hemp, pay different rates ot 0|tp0te i IlsU p<uu!.i.- harrier, li - ,f
duty. Difficulties frequently occur in the members of congress Hre pi rmip.ed to
determining the duties to which such decide, in the first instance, won t-.oall he
articles are subject. The provision in the candidate, the provision is wholly un -
the tariff, that the duty upon articles h-ss. When'll is once conceded, and I-
rotopoeed of various materials dull t, n ! “ed that tl.o members of congress are the
regulated bv the material of chief value IT f f .r’ihw CJ! 'nTT "
u.'lu I »r inti l resiutsncy, it bvcomus a hitch-
ot which it IS composed, n productive ot s «, y consequence, that'members of congress
frequent embarrassment and much incon- choose Hie President. T office, is made
venience. It is, therefore respectfully to depend upon their good j i -asure ; the e-
submitted, that all articles composed of lection by the people becomes a mere form-
wool, cotton, ffax, hemp, or silk, or of; 14 * machine for giving effect to the congres-
which any of these materials is a com- ! *' 0 ™\ determination.
ponent part, he subject to a duly of j ^V^crelt'nf . 18 con,e ’
1 J j 11jut*nee is result ol a nongrcssioiia) noiu-
twenty-live per cent, ad valorem. ination. When such nomination is an munc-
I'he duties upon glass and paper, up- ed, the election ban been considered so
on iron an-l load, and upon all articles much a matter of course, that the vot- rs
composed of the two I Uior materials, j have hut very partially attended the election
are scattered abroad—the. system of nomi
nating a candidate for the Presidency, by a
convention of the members of Congress,
supplies a congenial soil fur their luxuriant
vegetation. For that reason, as well as for
the reason that its tendency is to lessen tha
influence and weight of the people, it ought
to he reprobated.
Some plan ought to he adopted for obtain
ing an expression and concentration of pub
lic sentiment. By some, popular meetings
have hern suggested, as the most republican,
and most proper. Hut to these there seems
to he one decisive objection. It is very si 1-
dom that those vv ho iH’.end them are respec
table. either for numbers or weight of cha
racter. This fact we must not disguise from
ourselves, however unpleasant wc may fcul
it its admission. It has become the general
character of popular meetings, that tin y are
got up and managed by meddling officious-
ness, or designing demagogues. 11- specta-
ble men keep aloof from them, in fact this
is always their character, except when great
events rouse and agitate the public mind —
.Vo ordinary excitement can change tln-ir
character—and in selecting n candidate for
the Presidency, popular meetings would af
ford hut a very equivocal evi-h nee of tlio re
al sense of the body ofthe p. u'de.
These objections to popular meeting* do
not exist to a convention ofthe men. -ers of
llie State Legi-l,tores. Such a convention
can he attended by most itiumh-u i « --ut
inconvenience. Gentlemen li . ,- . . part
ofthe state will he • resent Rod »- 1 • an
"ssjranr that y are rest "--(able, in ’he
iorimHlanv.i 'hat their fello-A-enizens hurt;
st i cted them for tire staff ms they occupy.
Tb"’e can In- hut lithe d -ubt ti at :li“.r sen-
ti - nts are the same with their r .-rsiituetns,
s i t'-at any expr- a m oT their opinio t may
be looi.ej 'tputi as Hk. -, . i of the
may also he increased with a view to
the augmentation of the revenue. In
i-ei!
necessary—1st. 1 hat the same addition? > ■
I.,, , . • , .j all llirre cases, except articles compose,
should lie made to the invoice value ol n ,, J , c
1 ot silk, it is probable tli.it the eii 'ct ot
the proposed augmentation -if duiies.
Naval si rv ice, in.
chitting llie gra
dual increase of
the Navy,
1,533,9 )2 63
Public
debt, 4,373055 52
Tn • ( l 'Cnilitiires
daring Ilia font Hi
(|tinrter, includ
ing tlm redemp
tion of tho £ 2,-
000,001! of six pr.
'•<nt, Hock oj
£21,100,000
Public lands,
Bank dividends,
Arrears of internal
duties and direct
lax, and inciden
tal receipts,
To which is to bo
added tlio sum of
1,600,000
330,000
150,000
1,916,135 56
Remaining in llie Treasury after
satisfying the balances of ap
propriations chargealilo upon
tlio revenue of 1622, which
makes tiro the entire means
ot the year 1823 amount to 23,016,135 5d-
The expenditure of the year
1823, h) ealiiutiled at 16,059,597 22
the latter as are required by law to he
made to the former. 2d. The freight ol
domestic articles exported in American
vessels should he added to their value,
after deducting from it the freight of fo
reign articles imported in foreign vessels.
3d. The value of foreign articles import
ed in vessels engaged in the trade of
the Northwest Coast and Pacific Ocean,
the proceeds of (lie labor and enterpnz
ed of those by whorn’tliey are navigated,
should he added lo llie domestic exports.
4th. It is impossible to ascertain what
addition should he made to the value of
the domestic exports, an account of the o-
tni-sion ol the exporters to state correct
ly Ihe value of articles exported by them ;
but, after making a liberal allowance for
foreign article illicitly introduced, or in
accurately invoiced, it is believed that a
considerable addition should he made.
If, t lion, to the amount of domestic ar
ticles exported during tho year ending
on the 30th of September last, already
estimated at $49,874,07-9, the addition*
should he made which the preceding
facts and considerations appear lo autho
rise, the value of our domestic exports
during that period tnay be estimated at
nearly $80,000,000.
Although no calculation has been com
pleted, shewing the average rate of duty
upon tho value of foreign nrtich s im
ported into the United States, it is pre
sumed that an importation of $60,000,000
of foreign merchandize will not produce
a less revenue than $17,000,000. A?
the receipts from the customs during the
year 1823 have been estimated at $19,-,
000,000, il is probable that the receipts
from the same source, in 1824, which
will depend upon the importations of
1823, will not exceed $15.000,000.—
Under the most unfavorable circum
stances, it is believed that the receipts
of that year will Insufficient to discharge
all demands upon the Treasury which
may be authorized by law.
If the current appropriations for the
year 1825 shall he equal to those re
quired by the estimates for Ihe ensuing
year, the expenditure of that year m«v
he estimated at $28,253*597 22
viz : Current appropria
tions, £3,573,722 22
Fcimsuent appropriations
tor Electors. This was the case, even in
tint contested el, ctiun of 11)12, between
Clinton anil Madi-on. In Ohio Madisonian
and Clintonian tickets for electors wen-
nominated, and strenuously supported ; vet
the whole number of volts ^ivt-.t for It" ff.
tie els was totlv about ten thousand : u oils!
will gradually lead to an ampl - supply of
those articles from our domestic manu-
lactorics. It is, however, presumed,
that the revenue will continue to he
augmented by the proposed alteration?
in the tariff until the public debt shall
have been redeemed ; after which the j lo destroy its
public expenditure, in time of peace, j discountenanced. A dire i t -Hack in
will he diminished to tho extent of tlie I HigUt oJ Miffrage would lie It--? tlm.
sinking fund, which is. at present, $10,-1 11 ,voij1J '»■ submit!,,I to
, ... , * 11bo weight am! inlluunc* of tlm n
000,000. hut if. contrary to |» e*ent choosing a president, may I,,-, and
anticipations, the proposed augmentation I |,.,s lu-en, totally unniliil n,-d. by in,
of duties should, before the. public debt Lind mining effifet of a cu igresn-oitd nomm
he redeemed, produces diminution of j tion.
Ihe revenue arising from the importation
of those articles, a corresponding, if not
a greater, augment,ition may he confi
dently expected upon other articles im
ported into the United Slate?. This
The members ofthe Slate L • islatura*
do no’ Hum! m the same relation toe I’resi-
d‘ t •• !ii« Ui. - * States, undo the members
of Co gress. T'ltL-.-e no official connecti
on between them. ‘J fit. -cent ? of their offi
cial operations are different and widely »e-
he members of the stale legisla
ture* are so numerous, ami at, dispersed o-
ver ,he whole Union, that, at llie most, very
few of litem can pox-ildy lit! operated upon
ter-tonal intei-courso. The reasons urg-
: against, a Cotigrt vsional convention do
nit at all apply !,, a convention of the mem
bers of a stale legislature.
I do no* pe, reive that there is any impro
priety, in llie members of a state legislators
nominating a i-uiidt-i.He for the nllire of Pro-
stdenl of the Union. Tory violate no duty,
disregard no principle, expose themselv es to
no temptation. The nomination, when
made, ita.v no imposing influence. It de
clares a preference lor a particular individu
al as an advance toward an interchango of
opinion with the other states of the Union.
IVhen tin- members ur the Legislature, it, e-
very slate, have made this declaration, it
tv til, a, mcc, h- seen which of the candidates
upwards of tliirly tlio'ivattul votes were giv- 11? pre li i ted by (lie great-, st, and which hy
en at the preceding October election Ihr! the smallest number of alalts. Tiffs will
Governor aad meiuhcrs of Congress.—This convey a very unequivocal iuiim tion to
f irt alone ought lo he com hi,-in: against o most of Ihe candidates, if tin v he niiuiei on?
congressional nomination. Any measure lliat llieir pretensions are bul feebly npport-
which so operate*upon p V - •'■oo-it. •• ; d. And it will point unequivocally to
In lit t hose between tv hum the contest must re st —
or il muv show, Hi it far one uf the eundi-
d lies there is such u derided preference, as
to render competition vain. In anv one of
t the
1) K
op!:
i fact,
tpping
The respect in which members of Con
gressare lield ; the intelligence they arc sup
posed to possess; their central represent.)
tion of the whole nation—the imposing in
flitenre resulting from their means ofaeliuj
m unison—-with the natural disposition n
supposition rest* upon the tvvo-fol l con- i men to save ihcmsehv? t ie iabour of think-
viclion, that foreign articles, nearly equal |iog und acting, all combine to give to nr on
to tho v duo of the domestic exports, ! grrssiunnl nomination the character ol no
will ho imported nod consumed ; and c | ect | o ,, . lo Hus slat,■ of things the
. . J - . c . . . Prt'ftkJenL tiot*s» nut look to t!)«* people, hut
that the substitution of particular clashes a,,. m , s „f Congress, as 'll,op, rsons
of domestic rrlicles lor tlmse ol foreign t(( whom he is indebted for the distinction
nation? not only does not necessarily di- conferred by the appointment, lie does
hut
minish the value of domestic export
usually tends to increase that value.
The duties upon various other articles,
not in any degree connected with our
domestic industry, may, likewise, he in
creased with a view to the augmentation
of Ihe public revenue. If the existing
not reel a just responsibility to the people-
hut he indulges sentiments of gratitude to
'.he members of Congress, He does not,
lie cannot fi-el his situation to he that of a
citizen placed at the head of a great nation,
the deliberate and free
tliesi i ven ., mite,i inlrigue, Imierness and
distraction might lie prevented. And this
advantage would certainly result—that those,
,\ hose pi 11- 0 ions vv i re unsupported, would
, -rape the obloquy, to u lib !i candidates iro
always exposed—and their friends would ho
saved much useless labor and vexation. '
Besides, I am well persuaded, that in this
ma iner, the unbiassed sentiment of the com
munity will be more, fully expressed; and,
of consequence, a preference declared for
the most deserving. The. further (lie Humi
liation of (’resident is removed from the in
fluence of intrigue and management, tlio
greater tlie probability of making a judici
ous choice. Atul even if, in this mode ofse-
leeting a candidate, a contest should lie
loiiml unavoidable, tile probability is increas
'd, that il will lie lilt Wien n en well qualified
for tlio station. I think, therefore, that no-
rninatiims of candidates for Ihc (’residency
should always In- made by a convention iff
llie members of the uilVen nt statu Legisla
ture
,,) t ie Ucliociate ana Iree choice m a mu-j This nomination ought to lie ii)"de in
:,irily„r In? fellow citizens, lie knows that ; sufficient season, for a lull int, relnm-e of
ins dev upon is Ihu contrivance of some nominations, to take place, among all the
tariff shall, during the present session ol \ hundred and fifty, or two hundred nu mhers Utalee, a reasonable peii t ,d before the seln--
Congress, hejndiciotiidy revised for the | 1,1 * ongress, and il is rut in human nature-, j p un Tuhlic attention should be directed
purpose of augmenting the rerenue, it it ; f^iJ* ! ' Mi recollection shoo.,I tint ton much m an early d. v. to the persona, who are to
. ! that this recollection hhoiiitl not t«»f> much 1
confidently believed ihut it will not only j 'nliuc nc< > corulm t. \»u<. be rlitmsn b.» j become c-on*jiffitois t if there is to be com-
he imtilv sufficient to defit-tv all the He 1 U " l "‘ 0| ' l< ‘ t “ "uuh he reasonable to expect | netitinn, for this distiugnbhed ami honor:.-
». amply . d -U.nl tv delray all tho de | !lm ^ BCt ng lbo President of the people. station. Opportunity muld be afford-
mands upon the treasury at present an- »„t when lie is chosen hy the members , : f.„ , n „ lL , n . close observation
Ihorised by law. but that there will re- | Congress, the same prioriple of action leads and rigid examination. ’No chance should
main an annual surplus, subject to such him to a different course of conduct,
disposition, for the promotion of the pub-1 Nothing i? to bo more abhorred, in a fn
lie welfare, as tlie wisdom of Congress
nnV "'leMhe act ofthe 20th April last, | canaot he ,ll ' ar "l , !! n “ " 1 " ,k ‘|i s one of the tricks to which ambitious
government, than intrigue, and the mavhiiu
^ J rs -------- O ’ ' * Jf I V » I’ll l atltll SUIj'lll'j 11*1 I .11111 3|J(.
I (tons ot inti iguing men. 1 huso certainly, j voted for upon a recent nomination.
hit 11 rmilled for sin prising the nation into
the election of a thief magistrate. Audio
prevent such surpt he, no person should l,o
This
l
. community, in any degree so easily, ns upon I irigners often resort, and should he -.trictlv
authorising Ihe exchange ol certain por- |« small and selected number of individuals, igu-nded against. J
tions of the public debt for five per cent, j If no man bo elected President, except |” If re-suits, from the view I have here, i
stock, $56,704 77 onlv have been ex-} through the means of a Congressional nom- . 5c:i t, d, that.
pre-
cknnged. Tlie increased demand for ! hiation, thon the momhers of Congress be- ’ mernhc
upon general prinriples, the
the Ohio Legi-lalitre, ought
LatlllKCUs * I I t lilt. I tH7t.U 191 ; . | . | , . •-' IN'
capital, for the prosecution of cornmei- i r^ 18 ' 1 '*>»“» " li ; c l . al1 « in n.nv,and put a
• , , 4 ^ cty of inti iicuo lor tbii ln^h sitation ar«*. bro’t U* for i i« P»-PHiJ»*iirv in nomin.tli in
cal eoterpuzes dunng the preset, year, (H > opel . alei 6 Tho effect "bat may tlm, h« „ ,„. r word-, they m.ght ml, , c u,
anrl the rise in Ihe rate of imere&f. con- produced, i • not to ho calculated ordusenb- their aialcr utaics, nlio v ofthe %n»i -na iut-
tricii.nnl (l linn llltll till rri it 11 ll Itlllirlt tl f, ID . Il Id Inii.iiur.!} In In (wuiii^iru ns inin-il . I i- I *
cqnen! upon that demand, which were i ed. It ia impossiblu to couerive or guard :
not anticipated at the lime that the nica- [gainst the inuumerulde avenue? hy which
poos named, a* randidstes. i-, o. ilnir ,■ j.■,
lioHj preferred hy Ol iu L >:i:|dv.i:,'u„
