Excerpt from Letters From the Hon. Abbott Lawrence: The Hon. William C. Rives, of Virginia The answer is, 140 millions; add to this, the free goods, about 25 millions, and we have an importation of 165 millions Of dollars. Our exports have not exceeded, nor are they likely at present to exceed 120 millions: we then have a deficit of 45 millions to provide for; and how is this balance to be paid? State Stocks are no longer current in Europe. Even the Stocks of the United States cannot be negotiated on favor able terms. We who are merchants can answer this question, having often been obliged to make our remittances in coin, when our imports have exceeded our exports. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.