The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-12-27


otner branches Of industry, are distinctly asserted
and IN this connection specific duties are reson-
mended in the place Of the present system Of d va
toren duties If Congress, in its wisdom, should
continue the Sub-treasury, important notifications
are urgedin the existing laws. To encourage agri-
culture, the establishment Of an agricultural bureau
to be connected with the Home Department, is re-
commended. In the failure of Congress to establish
civil government in California, the people of that
territory have adopted form Of government to suit
themselves. Should their constitution be conlorma
bic to the requirements of the constitution of the
United States, the President will recommend it to
the favorable consideration of Congress. The peo-
pie of New Mexico are also expected to present
themselves for admission into the Union with a re-
publican form Of government. The President re-
commends Congress to await the action of the peo-
pie of those territories and thus avoid dangerous
topics, fraught with excitement and danger, and
which threaten a formation of parties upon sectional
considerations. Congress is recommended to adopt
laws legalizing the collection of revenue in Calfor
MIA made before the arrival Of United States collect
ors there.
/ party has been sent out to make survey Of
the coast of California and Oregon, and select To-
cations for lighthouses, etc. Additional laws are
needed for the extension of our Indian system
our new possessions. The establishment Of a Branch
| Mint in California is recommended, and also the
organizationof Board to examine into the validity
Of titles in New Mexico and California. A Geo
logical and Neurological survey of the territory is
likewise urged upon the attention Of Congress.
The proceedings of a convention lately held at St.
Louis and Memphis, with reference to the con-
/ str If fba RIttnr
to the Pacific Ocean, will be brought to the notice
of Congress, and careful reconnaissance of the
several routes proposed is recommended as pre-
hminary measure to any more decided and specific
action the part of Congress. Early appropria-
tons for coast and harbor Improvements, already
begun, and the construction Of those for which
estimates have been submitted are recommended.
Some increase to the military force has been made
necessary by the extension of our frontier by the
acquisition of New Mexico and California, and the
obligations incurred by treaty to Mexico A mode
of relief from the embarrassment oecasoned by
brevet and staff commissions is proposed by the
Secretary of War A plan for retired and disabled
officers, and suPerannuated and wounded soldiers,
is recommended. The report of the Secretary Of
the Navy, accompanying the Message, is referred
to for full and satisfactory account of the opera
tons of that branch of the service. Attention is
invited to the subject of recognizing the various
grades Of officers, and the adoption Of list of dis
abled officers The consideration of Congress is
called to the views Of the Secretary in regard to
war steamers and the operations of the contract
system for transportation of the mails. Exertions
have been made to execute the law extending the
postoffice and mail accommodations to Oregon and
California, which have not been fully successful
owing to the limited provision of the act, and OBJ
vOus causes peculiar to the condition of these Ter.
ritories. farther reduction on letter postage is
recommended. If the correspondence Of the coun-
try were relieved from the burden of the ranking
privilege, the President is confident that uniform
rate ofve cents per letter, regardless Of distance
might be safely adopted. Since the commence
ment the last session of Congress postal ar
rangement has been made with Great Britain, and
though the attempt to extend the system to France
has not been successful, the purpose has not been
abandoned. The Board of Census has made the
necessary arrangements for taking the census, and
the passage of law carrying into effect the pro-
vision Of the constitution upon that subject is
recommended.
The District of Columbia is commended to the
liberal and fostering care of Congress- The neces-
Slty OF each OF tle branches Of the gov
eminent combining itself strictly to its appropriate
sphere, is strongly urged, with recommendation
Of such measures in his opinion the country re-
quiTes The action of the Executive in matters Of
legislation is performed only when balls are pre-
sented to him for approval and the Independence Of
Congress of Executive dctation is asserted as the
only means Of giving proper dignity to the
representative body-making the eector in fact, as
well as in theory, a component part of the sove-
reign authority, the representative should be res
ponsible only to his constituents,
The veto should never be interposed to stile the
expression Of the public will except to prevent en-
| croachments of the Legislative power and check
hasty or unconstitutional Legislation. The message
closes by intoxicating a vensraton for the Union,
which for more than half century has stood I'M
shaken, while kingdoms and empires have fallen
! The patriots who framed it have gone to the grave
yet it remains the prOudest monument to theil
memory, and the object of affection with every one
worthy to bear the American name. A dissolution
of the Union is to be deprecated as the worst ca
lamity to the human race for upon its preservation
depends the happiness of the present generation
and those that are to come after US. The Presden
concludes by Pledgng himself to the nation tina
whatever danger may assOil the Union, he will
stand by it and maintain it in its integrity to tn
full extent OF the obligation imposed and the powe
conferred on him by the Constitution
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