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S histery. | -le 09> a tmited States:\ .~ (fas ing is clouded by a sense of | with iTetient, cused. by the recent and { alluded. wot Thomas A, Hendricks, Vice- exe ion-fo- everyduty, and his per- means of a ship-ra $ record Th 'the Pacific, ' The obvious honorable record in |zghte, \if fersible; over, othars more t > ani ction. The- constitution which requires those - legislate for the poople to - annually -- -speetin-the-discharge~ of their solemn trust also requires the President to give to Con- gress information of the state of the: Urtion; and recommend to tlisir coftsideration such measures as he shall deem necessary, and. ex- ipedicnt. Atths threshold of a compliance, *with these constitutional directions, it is well for us to bear in mind that our usefulness to the people's interests will be promoted by a constant appreciation of the scone and char- *acter of our respective duties as they relate to Federal legislation. 'While the Executive deem expedient, the responsibility for . ._ sary independente, and also the need fore the tribunal the licfllerisvunfaisquuldbe judged. tions of the Unit mall our on plications with 6 will unnece . _ THe OUTBREAK Ar ramaxtal Early in March last war broke out _. mals to consolidate the several S single tween our neighboring states States forbore to intergam active the ald of their friendly offices in _ of war 'and, to to fulfll its ma, | Desirous of exercisin to us sent to the Isthmus were ting the transit ited United B *~ theke occurrences a qu teak as the United Etnies, of 2 carer may recommend such measures as he shall tive action must and should.rest upon. those selected by people to make their Inws, of the grave and respopsible functions assigned to the respective branches § of tes government under the Consfifubion| Ly gy.\ Ches, _. will discloso the partitions of power between 2 18st - our respective departments and their neces exereiso of all the powerintrusted to each, in watchfuiness of our constituencies, great and emall, supplements their suflmgés, and be establish, every pub- to announce that the rela- United States with all foreign . -.. powers continue to be friendly,. Our position after nearly a.century of successful constitu- tional government, maintenance of good faith onts, figs avoidémee of come t er nations,and our consist- -_ entand amicable attitude toward the strong: d weak-alike, furnish proof of a political mmon which renders professions of good OL ry. There are no questions of 5. Manny pending with any foreign govern- tral America, caused by the attempt of Guate- tes into n government, In these contests be- 6 * United 1 but-lam? leprecation promote peace and concord the belligerents, and by such counsel contributed rtantly to tho resto tranquillity mt lomylity. ration of I growing out of civil p the United States of , Colombian. demanded of the t at the beginning of this ad- « tlon the exagéoymsnb 05h armed forco guaran under the thirty-{ifth article of the treaty of 1816, in order to keep the transit open across thehehmm us of Pana- only the powers y reserved f the treaty, and m of the rights of Coégmbln, magma instructed to confi - Abeir action to \positively and «filmiciunslng and its accessories or n powerless, but always in aid of the merean‘ é . gov ~ there being: accomplished, the forces of agivdtheg’nwn. . of the cularly. remote im the axial lines of MohamEurm Phflipplgg' islands, his been adjusted by arbi- tration, and an indemnity awarded. 'principat of arbitration 'in such cases, to The | given above, were $24,820,103.54 grass Tor the year ended. Jut June 80, 18%, from internal revenue, | The total receipts, as This less ® \ m *~ .\ - - - ~ By, this R existing. treaties of- commerce and-| fully-exhibits the condition of. the «public. than - $2,000,000 every | Oth g raf the: state between tho United.States and finguses and of tho seva s Awflmemggggh‘hf Pwmarfizmn; \tho\ general: project. of | that count n ’taflamh—BfiBSGr-fivammentmmmmthflammfl_m of: &-dblegation- of. power. wo oceans by \means of '8 | > Otr relationship with Rusin contin- 'The suggestions of the secretary rolnting fo ts 52, governinent woud limit, ite d:encouraged; -I am of opinion ues. officer of the navy, de or the the operations of this important de- £9 tho BONet® 17m a words to 59116121350“!!va be pui'posfin’sno M o Sibsria, bear- ment, and his recommendations in the ©X°NCi®® onts ofthe avor th be free from. the feabitres ing thi tango by Congress to tion of simplification: aind economy, par- thifimplfi ar mi“ th z and authority to all Spon | those who generously succored the survivors tlularly in the, work -of collecting, customs Poon pon, 409°C? by the Con- \The Eohonntepeo route is declared, by en- of tho unfortunate dob lon:\ | duties are especially: urged upon, the atten- (EO COTES by the gingers of the highest repute and 'by com- Tt in gratifying to advert ta cordiality tion of Congress, | > ~ / of piliion for colmate in any fest atone b ator} an prorat aige | of on wie, abap aie one | receipts from all equrees for | BPE Bow not Justlty such purchase and = OX -to S CAl i + nere of: a 'the-fiscal~ ded-June-80, 1885, cof extent beyond - the. unt ship-railway, from the Ad tle £0.|.sontc, for loss ered through the admitted $392,600 $; Of ' K 11 coe to sn eer tonto tw m the Atlantic to |.sonte, for lo ough the adn .$322,600,706.38; Of this sum $181,471,0800.94 'suffcient-ciroulating medium. 'edvautage of such a deregfizfi’ f KgSpanish authorities in. the wat Feceived from customs and $112,498,725.54 nefifigfimutflm the silver product of the country should not lead to a misuse ot. thé perversion of- this power, The necessity for such an addition to the silyer currency of. Igyo’r the, of, North. and . | of consideration. | work by this government, wit inconsistent with suc (ppi and the western coast Soutls America, are deserving: an offensive and defensive alliance for its protection, with gash éoreig’n m who? responsibilities an? ights we would share, in my judgment 'dedication to Scxxfahmx‘sai and neutral use, and would, moreover, entail measures for its realization beyond the 8¢0p®:| be of our national tpolity or present means, Sith a fraud to those only who which the United States have long and Com- sistently adhered, thus receives confirmation. . ship by an American citizen, native-born, or | naturalized, nor for terminating and vacating animpxfluer acquisition of citizenship, | Even ent decree of naturalization can- mot-now. be cancelled. The privilege an franchise of Amnerican citizenship should granted | with care, | and ed t Other | questions ) intend _ in _ good a fresh and For alvil expenses . For foreign Interco For Indians... For pensions.. +f d | For the military, including river and harbor improvements and arsenals.. For the navy, Including vessels, ma- chinery and improvements of nary yard €: diminution embraces a fulling off Of $19, 550,42 in the receipts ' from. customs 'and $9,087,340.07 in the rewigtg $1er Internal rev- .$28,820.042 11\ 5,489,000 11 6,550,405 03 58,102,207 49 49,670,578 aT . 16,021,070 69 595,- the nation as is compelled by HM ago act, isnegxfive by thefact that up to ime only about fifty ions r- dollure so- Br? {firmes‘zfve 'Whatever highway may 'be constructed: 'have been disposed of .or are-un- ceipte from MOLL __ . j ‘m‘fll‘ e—ban’isxsm < eftwo—gfeafestvth -der-dip omatic consideration with a view to. 3135's total o expenditum- of the |'aotad found their why inf comfd 2.9021 id. at rest “mm”, cence S teaop for hbo 19% 2s ust and honorable settlement, vernment for the fiseal year were $260,220;- | leaving more than one Hundred and sixty-ive r mg“! {if} mi domination b [. _ omapNSmpP AND _NATURALIZATION. 85,50, leaving a surplus 1. the t 45 | mmilions in the ion of the government “med lo “Mb: a domina (tmfi: 'The inadequacyof existing legislation touch- | the close of the year of ° the custody of which has entailed a consid- fityiodngn P pzwex.‘ £0\ m1?°\'P°é“\° Tike ing citizenship and naturalization demands | is $40,020,854.82 less than the surplus repOTt- | erable expense for the. construction of veults tation for Rostilities-or a prive fer warlike) yuur consideration. - While recopmizing. the | ed at the close of the previous year L.,. , . | for ite deposit AStinS \ut t Mons aml _ ement comb : ion, no provision | -The expend \are _ as fol verve ca construction, ownership and operation of such T‘afistspmfldingmeflns for renouncing citizen- | lows; ‘ fihn‘igfinfig’g Q‘fifiifimee gamma of dollars. , - f . Every month tw 111131101151 of geld 11111213: ublic treasury are paid out for two mi gr more of allver mm, to be added to the idle mass already accumulated. , If continued Mong enough, the operation will result in the substitution of silver for all the gold the government owns applicable to its general The lapse of years has abundantly Con- faith to assume its du Tesponsibilitles Forinfercst on 51,890,200 4T pon i « do to rely u the pees oo undhggfifight of tB08@ when attaining its privileges and benefits; For the District of sla90,c50 os ”012i?!“ sight)“, govefimeflz to ear digiadmmmnfh“ ong which, long before the | if should-be-withhelit from thoso who, merely For miscellaneone expenditures, in- make good this drain of gold, because 43g; ong . maritime \intercourse WE?“ go through the forms of naturalization wit clu‘gln lpnllyllc rflxudlngs, lighthouses g1728,03s 21 | the silver thus coined having been miake legal changed and enlargedttzthe ro of the | the inte f escaping the- duties of their or- and collecting olmvumea ...... ... $4,728,058 tender for all debts and duce, public and pric eCuEYG | age, proclaimed the-vil need of ogeanit | iyinal allegiance without taking upon them- The afmount paid on the Egbhc debt during ab times during the last six months fitty- legisla- through the formal obligation of Toward to the happiness of its people; is the and neutrality of 3% which lead through it.\ for the the immigration of United Sign termination. > e ng _ satisfactory. in Wyoming Territory, «prehension _lest -the | bitterness_of inst the Mongolian race oB th in Cen- should be exerted to maintain the law in bringing should be % upon. ernment to and to aid Btates engaged in competition with Inborers. Race prejudice is the chicf factor 'nating disturban large part of our domain, j mestic and. the strive to maintain with China. leo may not laws more lusive than our own. coun lutaly lins attracted ape tendency on tha part spparant ofthe gunman to extend the tial restrictions to which citizens no treaty tion on the subject. That the exclusion of transit across the Americar isthmus and con- secrated it in advance to the common use of mankind by thin-Positive declarations and treaties. such realization the efforts of my ad- mhrstration will be applied, ever bertring in mind the principles on which it must rest, eclared .in. no unc who, while secretary of | state, in 1858, announced that \ What the United States want in Central America, next security the interoceanic routes that spirit of comity -an peration-which -|- Cotas nn ncaa is essential to the proper f ent of the pa- Tex QUESTION. triotic obligations which rest upor us as | , In the application of the acts lately faithful servants of the people. . The jealous | to execute the treaty of 1880, restrictive of hineso laborers into the tes, individual cases of hardship have occurred beyond the power of the Exec- utive to remedy, and calling for judicial de- The condition of the Chinese question in the Western States and Territories is, despite this restrictive legislation, far from be The - recent~ outbreak where | numbers of . inoffending - Chinamen, | indisputably within the protection of the treaties and the law, were murdered by a mob, and the still more recent threatened outbreak of the same character in Washington Territory, are fresh in the minds of all, and Hire is up1 feeling e Pacific lope may find vent in similar lawless demon- strations. ~ All the power of this government amplest faith toward China in the treatment of ese men, and the inflexible sternpess of the the wrong-doers to justice Every effort has been made by this gov- Ell-eventjhese violent outbreaks e representatives of Chiria in their investigation of these outrages; and it is but just to say that they are traceable to the lawlessness of men not citizens of the United Chineso in origi- ces, and it exists in a four do- ood relationship we The admitted right, of a government to vent the influx of elements hostile to its internal pence and securing tioned, even whore there bo ques- stipula- being ''in: em! The Chinese labor is demanded in other countries blo task Insolyed polics dec io bominion of hCnnnd-uzglyfig where the local authority was temporarily | Chinese gun is ngw regula 4 by If of Colombia. . The prom: ox- filment of its duty by tmgwmmtm isting Inws are inadequate to compass the end ht a ted by the 6 of Co- in view I shall bo pre to give earnest and has been followed consideration to hny further remedial meas- of its an .- High praise is nemag-mflWn—thebeatyflnflbywhich the wis- dificers men engaged in this ico. The | Im of Con minds“ of on Lhe fsthmes by the re- the Inportation af our pork Into france con- of the constitated government | tinue; notwithstanding the abundant demon- stration of the absence of “mama of its uso; but I entertain hopes . a better of the matter, this- th vexatious millibmon will be removed. It 2 | would be p to be able to say as much with respect to Emmy Austria and other trics, where such io'od-yroducta are abso- exfluded, without present prospect of o \ tho interpratation of our extstion treaties the denen during tapes rela- Islands acquire the rights 0 many with that power, The rights the Uni -eitizen;-are worth assume | the shores suggest d dent con o government. in States no other than a hostile original governments, ant iMustrations, I regar fall tween them 11m? {01 of 1883 with Mexico, - which. re basis of a reciprocal exemption frant'cistoms exemption but 1 mum}: such mlPWouEl over its own revenues ¥ ich is essential {or E“: safety mail] nelfm of any government er for - an lugs-n of taxation guitar: gin:o arise, no engagem 1gwershouldexist to hamper the action of ve . ! favored-nation clause in their treaties with the United States, a claim to like treatment of vemels coming to the United from their home best j. interest of our cifizens? Ithinkthe i W 3 ma derived from & of ae. fa 'upon necessaries of life. d natural and. desir\ | Typ fug 5 Pewntte were! Bring is Reals ( selves those of their new status, or who may f American citizenship for mrpose against their these evils have had hy of defis The stranger coming hither with intent to re- main establishing his residence in our midst, contributing to the general welfare, and by his involuntary act, declaring his purpose to responsib ship, .thoreby gains an inchoate. status which legislation may properly dofine. 'The laws of certain States and Territories admit a domiciled alien to the Tocal franchise, con- ferring on him the rights of citizenship to a degree which places him in the anomalous po- sition of being a citizen of a Stato and not of the United States within the of Federal and international laws portant the scope of national l \tion to define this right of alien domicile as distinguished from Federal naturalization. commERCraAL TREATIES The commercial relations of the United States with their immediate neighbo: with important areas of traffic near our ilities commerce. | A similar treaty was afterward signed by the Dominican republic. Subse- quently overtures were made by her Britan- covered our impor- be illusory. To re- By the fourteenth section of the shipping act, approved June 26, 1884, certain tions and contingent exemptions from ton- dues were made as to vemels entering e Isthmus as for as Aspinwall ts of Belgium, ivileges in question to ls sailing Pin? from waging?“ limitation of M'Undoubtexfiytbarelmumdm with-our near i be made for a the various cour tateg mow invested wluc-h—“spnnp; from domicile in States, especially when coupled witha declaration of intention th become a ent with a the fiscal-year ended June 80, 993,235,43; and there has been date and up to November 1, 1 $360,828, leaving d with applicable to the general purposes egQument the sum of M0,El:;&9,38 <The - total roceipts-for - year, | October 1, 1885, : mainder of the year, are expenditure ascertained an statute. cal year was as follows: Domertlc merchandise Foreign merchandise.... of - citizen ob |. ew [it is im- follows: ~ #3 p Articles. Value, Cotton and cotton mantfac~ . for its support, Our government means established by the will of a 2g which certain ”Elm are a; ey have add for lon; and i oreign is nover r reduc- cessity of cording to a The deal is y fe oreign weve hasond oon and Sweden under the modification of our present lating the manner as to the interests rigmen ; its stabil inane-ah: ty and tectiv the land, and fragal BAXES asp COSAGE the last-named date $1,514,415,800,47. favor the suggestion put forth: by one of -my-- was, however, at that time in the predecessors that provisions naturalization granted throughout the United 8. 85,158 =~ §784,421,280 00 Some of the principal exports, with their values and the percentage they respectively bear to the total exportation, are given as free U 1885, was- €45,- id since that , the sum of the amount of the debt ab There treasury, of the gov- e-current fiscal: ending June 80, 1880, ascertained to and estimated for the re- $315,000,000. The d estimated for the same time are $215,000,000, leaving. a surplus at the close of the year estimated at $70,000,- 000 The value of the exports from the United States to foreign countries during the last fis- 720,682,010 00 506,800 00 vate . eigfié'per tent. of the receipts for duties have- heen in silver or silver certificates, white the average within that period has 'been. twenty per cent. The proportion of silver and its certificates received by the government will pmbnbliaincrease as time goes on, for the reason that the nearer the peripd approaches when it will he obliged to offer silver in pay- ment there will be to hoard gold against de- preciation in. . purpose of : 1:1th . 'The hoarding of gold has already begun. When the time come$ that gold been withdrawn _ from circulation, | then will be - apparent | the - difference between the real value. of the silver dollar and a dollar in gold, and the two coins will part company. Gold, still the standard of lye, and necessary in our dealings with oth- @Buntries, will be at a premium over silver; he banks which have substituted gold for the de- Percent» age. sorzson,ste so The following are given as prominent arti- cles of imports during the year, with their Porceninge, #9 tration of the government justifies a reduc- tion in the amount exacted from the people {he e, which gir benefit and pro- administered is but and its true spirit is never better observed than when the people's taxation for its sup- port is scrupulously limited to the actual ne- diture, and distributed ac- itable plan. which we have to fans reduction of she aevenue received e- government, and indirectly Lge people from mghzms duties. . The of free trade is not involved, nor\ there now any occasion for the gazfenx! discussion of the wislom or iency of a protective Justice mg diflim that laws L} min ® 1 I of rewards of int-Inga; _. id b mouth system. in any re- industries been osits of their customers may pay them with fiver bought with such gold, this making hinndsome profit; rich speculators will sell their hoarded gold to their neighbors who need it to liquidate their foreign debts, at a ruinous premium over silver,and the lnimrmg men and women of the land, most de- fenceless of all, will find that the dollar re- ceived for the flame! their toil has sadly shrunk in its purchasing power. It may bo said that the latter result will be but tempor- ..$913,799,049 .- 20.42 . p ; all 60,370,821 a.97 | ary /and that ultimately the price of labor wil ts and $583i‘1fi’5‘ -. 1107.331.4511 $4.77 be ildjuswd to the change; but even if this i Ofls-minei d takes place, the wage worker cannot sibly liberal intercourse inevi lowing~. th 2, o animals. 84,820,008. T8 FM“ but must lueV’lmb1§}OS§,§lnce the price he anew-Ike. Til-{35:50 ©\ ouran sot aa | ® compelled to pay for his living x51“ not otul 0 p ant'c {wood and its manufactures. . ... 21401829. 295 £8 dmg‘u‘i‘é‘fi‘zhzg in 301111111:me isfi‘yxlfi‘oz gntia‘ other sinillar treatliezsgveri [13:1th lg F Our intports during the year were as fol=| but this uncermiuq in the value of the pur- 1 ol ted traffi van“, ba 1:1 Porto lows: chasing medium will be made the pretext for f o g aon Merchandise. $579,550,038 80 | an advance in prices beyond that justified by Rico, and met bathe desire of Spain to $1¢- | Gard.. . 20,691,698 90 | actual depreciation. cor languishing interest in the Antilles: Stopq | Sllver. 1 16850 627 00 | * Tho words uttered in 1834 by Daniel Web- core Croce wap aftornara stor in the Senate of the United States are true to-day: \The very man of all others who has the deepest interest in a sound cur- rency, and who suffers most by mischievous fic Majesty's government for a like mutual | values and the percentage they bear to the af commorelal Inferconree with the | total importation: - - -- - -_- senco or bis daily toll , The coco once hin tn C Percent | most distinguished advocate of bi-motalism pendencies; but without result Articles. Value. ago. dm in 52:1? silver colna has tel); On taking offlcg, I with for re-exami- | Sugar and molasses. 2. 976,788,718 | ,, \ $9, A nation the treaties signed , with Spain .and | Coffee ...... - $6) | written; \\No American citizen's hand has Banto Domingo, then pending before the Sen- | Wool and its manufactures . tis | Yeb fels the sensation ylief cheapness, ate. - The result has been to satisfy me of the Egg): aim l“?! mnnghclunn 40,503,002. 6.99 gage; 11x11 regrenxuigl (a; (11pm?) in: til?) Enig- emical, dyes, drugs an ct dollars. nd those who live labor ‘flz‘m of entering into on “m“n'flm\: Temes, elev.. . hbo .. $5,070,816 - 4.07 L or legitimate trade will never feel um}; sensa- this o ir not covering the G. | Tron and steel and their manu- tion of cheapness. - However plenty silver These treates conternplated 'the surrender by | factures..... ...... 34,500,889 - 898 | doy become, they will nob be distrib- the gmted Smmflol large revenues for inade- Fhf' Irmp, Jute and their man- a u?od “8me “so“? thoypeo z. if the consl gars UfBCERTO® su sea nene mene + 854,074 . 60 , ; and . 31m w derations, Upon su one Canon“? its manufactures.. | 28,152,001 4.88 | laboring man should receive four depreciated luties were surrendered to an amount ; far ding all the advantages Hides and skins other than. for dolinrs where he now receives but two, he offered - in - exchange. - Even - were akine.. 20,586,448 _ 8.56 | will pay in the depreciated coin mors than ib intended to relieve our consumers, it: Of the entire amount of duties collected 70 | double the price he now Imys for all the nec- was - evident that - so - long | as \spe | por cent was collected from the following | cessaries and comforts of life. articles of import: ~ Those who do not fear any disastrous con- sequences arising from the continued cbmpul- Bugar ABA ... ...u... ccc <+ i iver as now directed by Inw tinguish s revenue soessential seemed hight (ES as sory coinage of silve x neted BY [AWM improvident at a time when new and | dr ial in i 18 | andwho stippose that the addition vo the our drains upon the treasury were cont lam Tron and steel and their manufactures #| rency of the country intended as its result, Moreover, em g questions d have | Cotten manufactures....... ...... \sio (| will be-n public benefit, aro reminded that arisen under the favored-nation clauses of | F!% homp, and Jute, and their manufactures.. . 6 history demonstrates that the point is easily treaties with other nations. TEE tan reached in the attemp$ to float at the same As a further objection, it is evident that ARIFF: time two sorts of money of different excel- tariff legt by t ”9L diminishes that in-- The fact that our revenues are in excess of lohce, when tho better will ceaso to be egisintion the actual needs of an economical adminis- in general efrculation. The boarding of gold, which has already taken place, indicates that we shall not escape the usual experience in such eases. . So, if this silver coinage be con: tinued we 11:3 reasonably expect that gold and its equivalent will abandon the fiel etrculation to silver alone. This, of course, roust produce a severe contraction of our cir- culating medium, instond of adding to it, It not be the of the culation of silver dollars worth eigh side by side with gold dollars 1 mama 'aven within the limit that legislation does n run counter to laws of trade, to be successful must be seconded by the confidence of the people that both coins will retain the same purcl g . power and | be _ inter- changable st will. A spécial been made by the secretary of the treasury increase the amount of our: silver cot in cir- culation; but the fact that s large share of the limited amount thus put out has soon re- turned to the i desire to keep it in hand; with the evident disposition to hoard ves rite, to the | suspicion that During the year ended November 15%, course through commerce, trada, | 1G pational bankswere Hiked oa rie nicer of semen oof ai\ ose = Y ciroo Sat- is fo In the act by virize cur sil- verte \the \ment of its obligations, the greater induce» silver,. or. for. the lishment of-sne friend, 'we battle upon the silver field in an ~iBogical-and-losing-oonteat.------_-._..__-- - g i¥ttil¥éfl£figgtjhe design of ect L-bave-mad c 0 ve 0. . __ earnest endesvor since the 'adjournment of | the MW; To this end.I delegated a - gentloman well instructed in fiseat selence, to . proceed to the financial centers of Europe, and, in comjuriction with our ~rninisters to - England; France and Germany, to- obtain a io knowledge crest}: afifltudg 8.32]: intent g? - ose government respect of the estab hns ch tlofinl- _ would, procure the mints of those countries' sind -our own. By my direction our.consul-gencral af\ Paris has given close attention to the proceedings ' a“; $3 Congress of the Latin Union, in order port its action. To may be said, in brief, as the result of. unchnngejg since pordsit to - these govern- rted by the o steps thus gale monetary conférence 0 Be questioned that the views of ments aro in éach instance su weight of public opinion. taken have therefore only-more _ demon- \ strated. lessness of further a pte ab présent; to\ arrive st any -ngreement on the - subject with other nations. ~ \In this meantime we. are accumulating gil- ver coin, based upon our own peculiar ratio,\ to such an extent, and assuming so heavy a burden to be provided for- in any internation» al negotiations, as will render us an undegiva- ble party to any future monetary tonference , of nations, tum i Tt is a significant fact that four of the five countries composing the Latin Union men- tioned in our coinage act, embarrassed. with , their silver currency, have just completed an a mont among themselves, that no more silver shall be coined by their respective gov- ernments; and that such as: y- coined and in circulation. shall be redeemed: in gold by the country of its coinage. The resort to this expedient by these countries may. well arrest the attention of those who suppose that we can succeed. without shock or injury, in the attempt to circulate upon | its merits, all the silver we may: coin under the provision Of vercoina The condition in which our. treasury may course, is a matter of concern to every patri- otic citizen who does not desire his govern- ment-to (fay in silver such of its obligations as should be paid in gold, - Nor should our condition be such as to oblige us, in a prudent management of our affairs, to discontinue the calling in and hgnymenc of interest-bear- ing obligations, which we have the right now to discharge and thus avoid the payment of further interst thereon. The so-talled debtor class,for whose benefit the continued compulsory coinage of silver is insisted upon, are nob dishonest becuuse they are in debt;.and they should not be suspected of a desire to jeopardize tho financial safety ' of the country, in order that they may cancel their present debts by paying the same in de- preciated dollars, | Nor stiould it be forgotten that it is not the rich nor the money-lender alone that must submit to such a readjust ment, enforced by the goverment and their debtars, . 'The pittance of the willow and the oriflmn and the incomes of hélpless bene- ficlaries of all kinds would be disas trously reduced. The depositors in savings banks and in other institutions 'which hold in trust the savings of the poor, when their little nccumulations are scaled new order of things, would, in their distress, painfully realize the delusion of the promiso made td them that plentiful money would im- prove their condition. the préscht ncods of the necessary to suppl a of the people and. to sanity thoga who from sonti- ment wish to see them in circulation; and if their coinage is suspended they can be readily obtained by all who desire them. | If the need of more 1s at time apparent their coinage may be renews That disaster has not already overtaken us furnishes no proof that dan does not walt upon a continuation of the present silver coinage.~ We bave been saved by the most careful mi t and unusug| expedient by a combinatioh of fortunate conditions, and by a confident ex) tion that the course of the government regard to silver a?“ d be speedily changed by the action of, ngress. Prosperity hesitates upon our threshold be- cause of the rs and uncertainties sur- rounding | this question. | Ca shrinks from trade, and ihvestors are un- willing to take tha chance of the questionable .. shape in which their money will returned to tham, while enterprise halts at a risk which care and _sogacious manage ment do not protect, As a necessary consequence Inbor lacks em- Egg-meat, and suffering and distress are vis- 111,501] a ion of our fellow-citizons especially entitled to the careful considaration of those with the duties of legisin= lation. - No interest appeals to us so strongly for a safe ond stable currency as the vast army of unamglntipd. I recomment o suspension of the com- of i government to cause the cir- | tains of the cents, | and his recompendations and. i consolidated ref \igns effort bas ; wor 1 I were , 850,090.51. pulsory col of silver dollars directed by the law in February, 1878. TuE wan DEPARTMENT, | ' The of the of war is here- ' with submitted. The attentrfon of Congress is disputed that any attempt on | invited t the detailed account which it con- administration of his department suggestions l for the {improvement of the service. L. The army consisted, at the date of the IMS of 2,154 off and 24, 705 enlisted men. o expenses of the do- ents for the fiscal year endetiJunebg), public $13,164, 60 | for an? $3333- improvements Beside 'the troops which were » including and river | in pursait of the email bands-of Indians public treasury in payment of | mitted murders and outrages, Jdufialmdstoflmbelief that the people do | of ca and one of infantry were sin investments, should not not now be ruthlessly should also deal with the subject in of Ameri- can labor, which is the capital of our work- remunstation andIJultzh | Imined to aid, if main D of confidence | of intrnders t _‘£§gm‘ry, pro- | to have calsed th sizes | b who left their reservation in Arizona and com- two t last an re- Indian Territory to prevent which seemed min a; dians, but the Executive proclamation warn- ing them to remove was complied with with- out their ~ Troops were abo sent to Rock B mmwmfi and c fee rsimigo of both monds at - these efforts;-that the attitude of the leading ' ° down to meet the - be placed by a persistence in our present --- - -: ---
