Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-12-23

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! Reorganization Of the Naval Acade
mk-I recommend TO your atten
ti9n as a project worthy Of your en-
Encouragement and support. The val
udble services already rendered i,
this institution entitle to the contin
udnce of your fostering care.
Your attention is respectfully call
led to the report Of the Post Maste
General for the detailed operations 0
hiF Department during the last lisca
ydar, from which it will be seen thai
the receipts from hostages for tha
time we're less by $1,43I,696 thar
fof the preceding fiscal year, being {
decrease of about % per cent.
This diminution is attributable tC
the reduction in the rates of postage
mi de by the act of March 3, 1851
which reduction took effect at The
col announcement of the last fsca
Year.
Although in its operation during
the last year the act referred to has
ndt fulfilled the predictions of its
friends by increasing the correspon.
once of the country in proportion
to| the reduction in postage, should
nevertheless question the policy Of
returning to higher rates. Expert
en Zee warrants the expectation that as
Ithe b community becomes accustomed
to cheap postage, or correspondence
will increase,
1t is believed from this cause, and
from the rapid growth Of the coun-
try in population ard business, the
RECEIPTS of the Department must ul-
tilhately exceed its expense, and that
til E country may safely rely upon
tn b continual nee Of the present cheap
IA tes of postage.
In former messages, l have, among
OF her things, respectfully recon-
m@nded to the consideration of Con-
grBss the propriety and necessity Of
fufther legislation for the protection
AMI punishment of foreign consuls
in the United States; to re-
viFe with certain notifications the
act of 10th March, 1888, to restrain
unlawful military expeditions against
the inhabitants of eonterminous
States or Territories, for the preser-
vation and protection from mutila-
tip n or theft Of the papers, records,
amp archives of the nation; for au-
the surplus revenue to be
applied to the payment of the public
debt in advance of the time when it
viii become due; for the establish
me nt of land offices for the sale of
the public lands in California and the
[ drritory of Oregon; for the con-
str ction Of a road from the Missis-
sippi valley to the Pacific ocean; for
The est adjustment ola bureau of agri-
,ul ture for the promotion of that IN
terfst, perhaps the most important
n the country; for the prevention of
rh4d upon the Government in appli-
cations for pensions and bounty
anRs; for the establishment Of a uni
orh fee bill, prescribing a specific
for every service re-
luifed of clerks, district attorneys
md marshals; for authorising an adj
litipnal regiment of mounted men,
or the defence Of our frontiers
against the Indians, and for fulfilling
,ur treaty stipulations with Mexico
o defend her citizens against the In
liar Is "with equal diligence and ener- f!
y as our own" for determining the I
elative rank between the naval and !
nd civil officers in public ships, and I
etVeen the office rs of the Army and
Navy in the various grades of each;
or lIeorganizing the naval establish
lent by fixing the number of officers
lleq ch grade, and providing for a re-
red list upon reduced pay Of those
nfd for active duty; for prescribing
id regulating pdnishments in the (
dyyb for the appointment of COM /
lission to revise the public statutes !
THE U. States, by arranging them 1
Order, supplying deficiencies, cor 4
'ttihg incongruities. simplifying i
leir language, an reporting them t
Congress for its final action; and v
/ the establishment of a commits D
On to adjudicate and settle private v
aims against the United States. / e
h npt aware, however, that any of ft
ese subjects have been finally acted D
ION by Congress. Without repeat 5,
g the reasons for legislation upon il
csc subjects which have been as r.
snep in former messages, 1 respect Il
lily recommend the m again to your W
vor4ble consideration. h,
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