The North-Carolina standard., 1843-12-13
g. 5 Y0L uMEs .NUMBER 47e
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Iaes mat Rapk was esteemed g obnoNi0hS the
public sentimenl well ol Ile score. Of eGE,
10 be siEikiHg and 6bpipns Tie relief which 4.
bank would aford BY an issue Of Sf5,000,O ,OO0of
Ils notes jedging fsom the experieace Of the late
Llnl1ed States Bank, would not hare cccufredi IS
less than fifteen syears; whereas, under the pro-
tposed arrangemspi, the relief arising froDlRe iz
tsue efzS1 Is 600 600 Of 1reasdfg notes would have
been conshEImaIed III one yeafS thus ihrnishing
% one6f 6feenth pan ~ ahe ,fine in which bank
tconld have accomplished it, paper rnedium-of
exchange, equal il .amohnt o. the1eaL wants Of
lthe country, Ut par value With nod aud siiver-.
Phets1ving to the GeveEnmeil speHid hare bGen'
equa1to all Tie insefest wtieh L has had TO pay on
ITFeds1ary notes Of eviousas well as Subsequent
Issues thereby feliesing the Es0Rernmenf, and at
tthesauae time afodng relief to tha pSebfas I'm
der at f6e responsibilities altached tofi slalin
Which Ioceapfs aIllssi rsdsl1p oE pledge.
llset The suadesiion - rs considers
ton af4Svo consecutive sessions fae tecouiness
Eaations however met with no alrof al its hands
While / ann free % alfnit thatif1c necessities Of
the times have since become greatly aInsGoratcd
and that there is good reason 40 hope that the
county IS safely and rapidly emerging from the
difficulties and embarrassments which every where
SURROUNDED it in la4l, yet cannol but think thai
its FestoratioHsio "a sound ahd healthy condition
pelient in q modified form;
Interpretations Of the Treasury HOW rest on
the act of 1889, and the resolution of 1885, ands
those laws have bern SO administered as to produce
as great a ,quautuua of good to the country as
their provisions are capabIe OF yielding. Ifthere
had beer any distinct expression of opinion going
to show that public sentiment is aVerse 10 the plan
either as heretofore recommended to Congress
or in q modified form, while MY own opiniofI III
regard to it woHh remain unchanged, 1 should
be very far from agTin presenting it to your con-
sideratien. The Government has originated with
the States and the people for their own benefit and
advantage; and wohld be subversive Of the
foundation principles of the political edice which
they have reared, to PerseveFe in a measure which
in their mature judgments, lhrY had either repudi
ated or condemneH Fhe viii of our Constituents
clearly expressed, should be regardcdsas The light
to gaiae Our footsteps; the true diefence between
a ROnaFchicafe or aristocraticaf goyeFnruent and
Republic being, that in the first the will ofthe few
prevails ovefthe viii Of the many, while in tho
last the will Of the marry should be alone consul.
ted. .,
The report Of the Secretary of War will bring
You acquainted with the condition Of that impor-
taAt branch Of the public service. The ARMY
may be regarded irF Consequence Of the Small
number Of the rark and file in each Company and
Regiment, as htfe more than a nucleus aVoDRd
which to rally the military force Of tho country in
Case of war, and yet its services in preserving the
peace Of the frontiers arel0f-a nastinfpOrtnnt na-
ture. In ALI eases of emergency, the reliance of
the country is properly placed in the militia Of
the several States, and it may we'll deserve the
consideration Of Congress whether new AMI
more perfect organization might not be introduced,
looking mainly to the volunteer companies of the
Union for the present, and Of easy application 10
the great body of the militia iu time of war;
The expenditures of the War Department hare
been considerably reduced in the last two years;
contingencies, however, may arise which would
call for the filing up Of the regiments with full
complement of men, and make it very desirable 10
renoent the Corps of Dragons, WHICH by an act
of the last Congress was directed to be dissolved.
refer you to the accompanying report Of the
Secretary for Information in reEation to the Navy
of the United States. While every effort has been
and will continue to be made to retrench all su-
perfuItics and loP off all excrcsenccs which from
time to time may have grown np yet it has not
been regarded as wise or prudent to recommend
Iany material change in annual appropriations.
The interests which are involved are of too i'm
portant character to lead to the recommendation
of any other than liberal policy. Adequate apr
preparations ought to be made to enable the Ex-
ecuiiVe to fit out all the ships that are now in a
course of building, that require repairs, for at
tive service in the shortest possible time, should
any emergency arise which may require it. An
etncIent Navy, Wn11e II is the cheapeSt means OF
public defence, enliss in tssuppOrt the feelings Of
pride and confidence which brilliant deeds and
heroic valor have heretofore SERVED to strengthen
and confirm.
l refer you particularly to that part of the
Secretary's Report which has reference to recent
experiments in the application of steam and IN
the construction Of war steamers made under the
superintendeRce of distinguished officers Of the
navy. In addition to other manifest improvements
in the construction of the steam engine and ap.
tpiicaaoH of the motive power, which has render
ed them more appropriate. to the uses Of ships of
war, one of. those officers has broupht into use a
power which makes the steam ship most fOrmida-
bile either for attack er defence, cannot too
strongly recommend this subject to your consider
alton, and do not hesitate to express my entire con-
victioE Of its great importance.
cali your particular attention also to that por-
iion Of the Secretarys report which has reference
10 the act of the hate session of Congress which
tprohibiea the transfeE-of. any balance of appro-
priaton from other heads of appropriation to that
for building, equipment, and repair The repeal
Eofthat prohibitien will enable the Department to
give srenewed employment to large class of work.
men who have been necessarily discharged in con-
sequence of the want of means to pay them-a cir
cupstance attended, especially at this season Of the
year, with much privation and suffering.
gives me gre at pain to announce to you the