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1 1 ' i 3aJ lie lie Oo 1IIGIILAK MESSENGER. md jel nd e p op 0 e nu t . c a of 1CI IVuiiiber Sfc; 7 "g? J. H CHP18TY. ........ L rk.MMiioB"iI)abKihedtTro niwd Fifty CntJ P nnum ta dnc? of Tb'ription discontinued, (except at the op. fl,rTtVfLVt.1. until all arrearage are Mid. ".' Ratio of Representation . '' jTbe present ratio ""of Representation is one for -every" 47,700. , According to the"' New York American, the new ratio will, most probably, be one for every 60,000 in habitants, which will give the States the ' JZZtbiii finrt, and Twenty-Five Cent, for jUl eooimunicitjonB mut be port paid. following representation : w .... New Ratio. Maine s . : , . 8 members. New Hampshire 4 " . Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois - Michigan Georgia Alabama Mississippi Tennessee T rf of proscription. V-1 w .n doubts have heretofore existed seasonable men, Jhat the policy of removals from office (now in sue- operation by the President and his C&net) it demanded by every considers, tioff of discretion and public good, such tabu can be no longer entertained, when fett are developed, aeh as the following -ngnpl, furnisher: v-i ,t . Respecting tne UKxnmission oi niveau- tuoasi me nc w yuviii-iivirav, mv., lmnaTIiertiscr tritondav evening vs:MTbe investigating Committee has not closed its labors, nor is it likely to do so it present Although they have been using tfenrobe but single week, we are inform- .j.Lt mm Hii and irricvous sores have been discovered. In other words, we are Kentucky uared that disclosures of rascalities so Louisiana jmaafaiM O almost to startle belief have Arkansas bees made, and the investigation is not half completed. The disclosures are, chiefly wrung from those who have been engaged is the Customs who are , acquainted with the secrets of the Prison-house. ' We are further assured that the recent astounding sfjfcmwilsof ' a late Custom-house Officer, m published in the Express, have been sus tained; and we have also learned that those statements have actually and truly been de rived from those lately in the Custom-house, who have stood high with the party."' ' The fulmioations of malignant partizans then, may still be heard, and the motives ud wisdom of the Administration continue tqbe assailed, but a discerning public will understand the whole matter. If a thorough elimination into the various departments of Government be necessary, common sense teaches that it cannot be expected to bo nade by those whose interest it is to conceal error wdkjde abuses.VhoWQuId rely: 4 12 1 -5 40 6 28 25 11 1 3 Delaware 1 , .1 - Maryland - - -7 Virginia 17 "North Carolina 11 South Carolina 7 8 6 4 12 12 4; 5 M II l f 4t -Missouri 6 12 2 r 6 ' 40 6 21, 12 7' , 2 ' 1 .1 .21 13 9 9 5 2 1 13 J3 3 Old Ratio. fi members, 5 " MESSAGE ; From Ike President of the U. States, to both houses of congress, at the commencement o the extra session.. : ' it T the Senati and House of Rtprtstnlatrvt of ' 5 the United States : - ;'.... ; Feiaow-citizens: . t- '' "- ' You have been asscmbled-in your respec tive halls of legislation under a proclama tion bearing the signature of the illustrious -. citizen who was so lately called by tho ..direct suffrages of the people to the discharge of the important functions of their chief ex. ccutive office. Upon the expiration of a ' single month from the day of his installation) he has paid the great debt of nature, leu v.. ing behind him a name associated with the recollection of humeroua benefits conferred , . upon the country duringn long life of pa-v triotic devotion. With this public bereave. ISLSXPOWCothexjconsiderations ' . which will not escape the attention of Con. gross. The preparations necessary for his removal to the seat of Government in view - of a residence of four years must have de. volved upon the President heavy expeudi. lures, which, if permitted to burden the limited resources of his private fortune, r may tend seriously to the embarrassment .-"of hiST3UrViving tamiry";ahd iHs therefore respectfully submitted to Congress whether the ordinary principles of justice would not dictate the propriety of its legislative in. tcrposition. Uy the provisions of th$ fun. dnmental law, tho powers and duties of the high station to which he was elected have devolved upon me, and in the dispositions ol toe representatives of the States and of 240 v"-., 242 ' This adds seven to the present number of the House of Representatives, already too large for calm and wise deliberation. . ' It cuts down the delegation of some of the i of the younger members of the Union.- r PP'8 ex,?nt,sa Raleigh Register. spoa an accessary in fraud, to drag his ac complices to the light, when a little cunning would enable them to escape detection f Certainly no, one of sane mind. Raleigh -j ; .- . lamtigation Into abuses. - . The commissions instituted by'the Presi. Pent, to inquire ihto and make renort UDon alleged abuses and corruptions in different gorcrament offices has given great uneasi- w loma lew ol those interested par foJhrfcand tlicy have made known their Troeasiuets by wailings and threatenings through the columns of the party organs. An anxiety has been expressed to know tho authority under which the President consti. K?u commissions of inquiry, and Md assertions made that they are without w precedent. For an answer to this, r e refer our readers timn article from the" National Intelligencer, by which it will be fjenthat under almost all previous Admin, wratiora these Commissianera have hern - ppointod, and their reports acted upon, or Mr. Senator Preston. ' . Tho consistency of this gentlcmtm seems '. to be a matter of great offence to the domi. nant party in South Carolina, who, having changed their course with Mr. Calhoun, are naturally anxious to share the reproach of such subserviency with as many as can be got to (mrtake or it - At a political meeting not long since. at Abbeville, certain resolu tions were passed denouncing Mr. Preston for acting with the Whigs and in opposition to the known sentiments of his solution of the problem to which our insti tutions are for the first time subjected. In entering upon the duties of this office, , I did not feel that it would be becoming in me to disturb what had been ordered by my lamented predecessor. Whatever there, fore may have been my opinion, originally, as to tho propriety of convening Congress at so early a day from that of its late ad. jamamit,-1 tcnmA m pew d rtrolIipg inducement not to interfero with the pniri otic desires of the late President, in the novelty of tho situation in which I was so -unexpectedly placed. constitu. -rr ;i "v -., ents. Mr. Preston has replied to these de- vv.,.,;w ,,,, Uare nunciations, and shown by a reference to J0 .lo na7 10 m? nia ine "min: facts, that the principles which he main- of public affairs, the combined tains now arothe samaihovere holder -om- pf thtwo-Houscs of Congressrin him when he was elected to the Senate. take, tbe,:r cou.n8el. nr'd ,adve n? t0 On the subject of a National Bank , which lhe V"? of cx"-icating the Govern affordssomcoccaslon of some of tho charges - men and the. country from the embarrass against him, Mr. Preston says 1 4nnemm nt)lT -ImA). my accession to the Presidency; surround, ed by the immediate representatives of the States and- people. , ' .i - No important changes having taken place in our foreign relations since the last ses sion of Congress, it is not deemed necessa. ry on this occasion to go into a detailed statement in regard to them. I am happy to say that I see nothing to destroy the hope of being able to preserve peace. -; . The ratification of the treaty wifh Portu. gal has been duly exchanged between the two Governments. This Government has not been inattentive to the interests of those of our citizens who have claims on the Go- elected shortly after Mr. Calhoun, who had been the principal agent in establishing the Bank of the United States, and who, in the session subsequent to my election, declared this fact in the Senate of the United States, accompanied by a strong panegyric upon . tho Bank. He did . hot forfeit the cpnfi. deuce of the State thereby." - Afler refering severally to the specifica tions of the denouncing resolutions, Mr. Preston snjs : , " That the meeting at Abbeville has thought proper to censure me for thus persisting to the sonsummation of what I set out to c fleet, is matter of regret to me that it has im pugned my motives by the insinuation, in ceed seventeen millions, and still continue to progress in a ratio which duplicates in a period of about twenty-three years. The old States contain d territory sufficient in itself to maintain n population of additional millions, and the most populous of the new States may even yVt be regarded as but partially settled, while of the new lands on this side of the .Rocky Mountains, to say nothing of the immense region which stretch es from the base of those mountains to the mouth of the Columbia river, about 770, 000,000 of acres, ceded and unceded, still remain to be brought into market. We liold out to the people of other countries an invitation to come and settle among us as members of our rapidly.growing, family ; and, for the blessings which We offer them, we require of them to look upon ourcoun. try as their country, and to unite with us in the great task cJLpreseryiog our institutions and thereby perpetu&tingour liberties: No motives exists for foreign conquest. We desire-but to reclaim our almost illimitable wilderness, and to introduce into their depthsthe lights of civilization...... While we siaH at all times be prepared to vindicate the national honor, our moBt earnest desire will be to maintain an unbroken peace. In presenting the foregoing views, I can not withhold the expression of the opinion that there exists nothing in the extension of "'our cmpireoveF6uif acknowledged posses sions to excite the alarm of the patriot for ' the safety oL our Institutions. The Feder ative system, leaving to each State the care of its domestic: concern's, Hnd.,devolvingon' tho Federal Government those of general import , admits in safety of the greatest ex pansion, but,' at the same time, I deem it proper to add that there will be found to er. ist at all times nn imperious necessity for restraining all the functionaries of this Gov. eminent within the range of their respec tive powers, thereby preserving a just bal ance between the powers granted to this Government, and those reserved to the States and to the people. From the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, you will perceive that the fiscal means present and accruing arc insufficient to supply the wants of the Government for the current year. Tire balance In the Trea sury on the 4th of March last, not covered by outstanding drafts, and exclusive of the t rust funds, is estimated at $960,000. This includes the sumof $215,000 deposited in the mint and its branches to procure metal for coining, and in process of coinage, and -which could not he whhdrawrv wfthbuT fnT" " convenience; thus leaving subject to draft in the various depositories the sum of $045, 000. By virtue xf two several acts, of was aulhoriseono issue, on ancfaAer the 4th. day of March last, Treasury noies to the nmount of $5,413,000, making an aggre gate available fund of $6,058,000 on hand. But this fund was chargeable with out. standing Treasury notes, redeemable in the current year and interest thereon to the estimated amount of five million two hun dred thousand dollars. There is also upon the Treasury the payment of a large amount of demands accrued in whole or in part in former years, which will exhaust the avail- j able means of the Treasury, and leave the accruing revenue, reduced us it is in amount burdened with debt and charged -wiuV the current expenses of the Government. The i . Z .vn,ii uvuu u iuu,vi IHIXIIl'U I11V IHUUVCB Uy II1U 1II9MIUU11UU. Ill . . ..... -i f ... . i: t EwciiuvrSct ionr-ThTirmn ;nn..im ..,.. k... - S . :..L,: ti, treaty stipulaUons- and a- hope is indulged ations on the.4th of March last, was $33, into feet. BnA .if A J- t w Sis information. He cannot personally . rmne into all the Custom-houses, and " hL, 8encie" &c- Stc himself, and, in luSV fTs'-he has reason to Play, must send a trusty per- Sfn"Defor hitn- jf 1 think, the Interest will be thereby promoted: UkTl "o hwnUo anv body. W Thf Uy Wh 0USht 10 ear ioves' bSJFR nefsp'pers, therefore, reet nthe objection they urge. r rym Will sOSDect hUmr. from. ih outer- i ''""ir uyaeat-UonuJUiB-EK? U "gainst the eflbrt to , iJeW a .m0k gworters, that this is a Admimstratn, pledged te march SSuVr1 iothe work of Soritv """t to something like Eneti:tiUfat5Cra,yBMt utmost, but a momentary. irritation. The tenor of my life has put tno beyondsuch shafts. If I had been ambitions, the party in power, at the moment of its ascendency, was accessible when I might have chosen it, rather than the doubtful'nnd almost de spairing cause of the country. If thejallurc ments of popularity, of the dearest popular, ity which is found at home, could have seduced me from the rough and thorny way of duty, tho primrose path was straight be. , fore me. v If I was servile, I might have surrendered my conscience to the keeping of ethers and been safe. If 1 toad been Te- treaty stipulations and a - hope is indulged that the representations which have been made to that Government on this subject may lead ere long to beneficial results. A correspondence has taken place be tween the Secretary of State and the Minis ter of Her Britannic Mnjesty accredited to this Government, on the subject of Alex ander M'Leod's indictment and imprison mcnt, copies of which are herewith commu nicated to Congress. . So far as it depends on the course of this Government, our relations of irood-will and friendship-will besedulonslyeultivated witii -The receipts from customs for the Fast three ations on the4th of March last, was $33,- 429,616 50, of which $24,210,000 will be required during tho current year : and there will also be required for the use of the War Department, additional appropriations to the amouot-of two million five hundred and eleven thousand one hundred and thirty two dollars and ninety-eight cents," the spe cial objects of which will be seen by ref erence to the report of She Secretary of War. The anticipated means of the Treasury are greatly inadequate to this demand. nal, I might have joined the spoils party. I have preferred to discharge, according to the dictates of my conscience, the high and responsible obligations of a patriot Senator, for the promotion and the interests and honor of our common country, and I esteem it a piece of good fortune, that in perform, ing this duty, I have crossed no material rh .1? ""cricu, -Th j, Rtat. u r. t-J i no principle once avowed and auowed Jieldbrfi cbOQt fmi ' $2,000,00O," none once denounced-hat I nave deserted , irom or to no parry, out nave mainxainea a straight forward and direct course, from the beginning of my career to the present moment. L s" ' i ... . uia uu 80! rt.ta?'6"!011' el $80,. IT. - wbofc kfPiwholoT. it,. all nations. -The true American policy will be found, to consist in the exercise of a spirit of justice to be manifested in the dis charge of all our international obligations', to the weakest of the family of nations, ns well as to the most powerful. Occasional conflicts of opinion may arise , but when the discussions incident ito them are con ducted in the languago of truth, and with a strict regard to justice, the scourge, of war will for"the most part or avoided. The time ought to be regarded as having gone by when a resort to arms is to be esteemed as the only pwper arbiter of national differences. The census recently taken show a fegu- . An Inu rentlemaa thus addrtMed an indoleat - lrlMnM..i.. i.iu in iv nnnnUiinn : Zy? OTwtanTrf the oT fall tarisinr! fknt stanitn tytmg mltd saT'Reohitkmrow numbers scarcely equalled 000 $ which will leave a probable deficit pX. a. io. mee; tnis, tome mm quarters of the last year, and the first quar ter of the present year, amounted: to $12,-1-100,000 ; the receipts for landirWor the same time to $2,742,450 ; showing an av. crnge" revenue from both sourceajpf $!, 236,870 per month. A gradual expansion of trade growing out of a restoration of confidence, together with a reduction in the expenses of collecting, and. punctuality on the part of collecting officers, may cause afl addition tdthe montlJyreceipts from the - customs. They are estimated for the resi dueof the year, from the 4th of ..March, at $12,000,000 ; the receipts from the public lands fof ..the same time are, estimated at $2,500,000 : and from miscellaneous sour- ces at $170,000 ; making an aggregate of available, funds witnin tne yearot 14,670, "y! three miJIiont-of wqsTthcyTtiTCTnycr7$I TTIOgJl Oc idi N. 'is "a w ul 11 mi I', ;iv lid. on ir i tar ion f tl xcr' enc til Jiir t K D J ! I J i n a H B. s V r I! I, V u 8 V n 1'
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