Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1844-12-25


to be accomplished by Congress. ! can.
not, however, sufficiently impress upon
Congress the great Importance Of withhold
ing appropriations from improvements
which are not ascerlained, by previous ex-
animation and survey, TO be necessary for
the shelter and protection Of trade from
the dangers of storms and tempests.-
Without this precauton, tho expenditures
arc but too apt to enure to the benefit of
individuals, without reference 10 the only
consideration which can render them con-
stitulional, the public interests and gene
raj good
! cannot too earnestly urge upon you the
interests of this District, over which, by
the Constitution, Congress has exclusive
jurisdiction. 1t would be deeply 10 be re-
GREETED should there be, at any time, ground
10 complain of neglect on the part Of
community which, detached as il is from
the parental care of the States Of Virginia
and Maryland, can only expect aid from
Congress as its local legislature. Amongst
the subjects which claim your attention, is
the prompt organization Of an asylam for
the insane, who may be found, from time
to time sojourning within the district
Such a course is also demanded by cOnsi.
derations which apply 10 branches of the
public service. For the necessities in this
behalf, invite your particular attention to
the repor~of the Secretary of The Navy.
| have thus, gentlemen of the two iiou-
ses Of Congress, presented to you true
and faithful picture of the condition Of pub
lie affairs, both foreign and domestic. The
wants of the public service are made
known to you, and matters of no ordinary
importance are urged upon your conside.
ration. Shall not be permitted to con.
graduate you on the happy auspices under
which you have assembled. and at the i'm.
portant change in the condition Of things
which has occurred within the last three
yedrs2
During that period, questions with 70.
reign powers, of vital Importance to the
peace of our country, have been settled
and adjusted. A desoating ard wasting
war with savage tribes, has been brought.
to close. The internal tranquility of
the country, threatened by agltating ques
tons, has been preserved. The credit of
the Government, which had experienced q
temporary embarrassment, has been tho.
roughly restored. Its Golfers, which, for
a season, were empty, have been replen-
ished. A currency, nearly uniform in its
value, has taken the place Of one depreci-
ated and almost worthless.
Commerce and manufactures, which had
suffered in common with every other int.
rest, have once moIe revived, and the
whole country exhibits an aspect of pros
Perity and happiness. Trade and barter.
no longer governed by n wild and specu-
lative mania, rest upon a solid and sub.
stanlial footing, and the rapid growth OF
our cities, in every direction, bespeaks
most strongly the favorable circumstances
by which we are surrounded. My happi
ness in the rolirementwhich shortly awaits
me, is the ardent hope which experience
that this state of prosperity is neither de-
ceptiye nor destined to be short lived; and
that measures which have not yet receiv-
ed lis sanction, but which cannot but re-
gard as clearly connected with the honor
the glory and still more enlarged prospe-
rity of the country, are destined, at an
early day, to receive the approval of Con-
gress. Under these circumstances, and
with these anticpatons, | shall most glad
ly leave to others, more able than myself,
the noble and pleasing task of sustaining
the public prosperity.
shall carry with me into retirement the
reflection that, as my sole OBJ
ject throughout has been to advance the
public good, may not entirely have failed
in accomplishing it: and this qualification
is heightened in no small degree by the
fact that when under deep and abiding
sense of duty, | have found myself CON
strained to use the qualified Veto, it has
neither been followed by disapproyal on
the part Il the People, nor weakened in
any degree their attachment to that great
feature of our government
JOHN TYLER.
WASHINGTON, December, 1914.
From the Vicksburg Sentinel
THE RETURN OF GOV. SHANNON.
W. eao h., ho lnIost n,,,.,