Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-12-16

this objection will no longer exist.
The details Of this plan may be es-
iablished in great part, il not al
together, by the Executive, under
the authority Of existing laws; but
have thought it proper, in oc>
cordance with ;he suggestions Of the
Secretary of the Navy, 10 submit il
to your approval.
The establishment OF corps oi
apprentices for the navy. or boys TO
be enlisted until they become Of age,
and to be employed under such regu-
IIations as the Navy Department
may devise, as proposed in the report,
| / cordially approve and commend TO
your consideration; and | also con-
cur in the suggestion that this system
for the early training OF seamen may
be most usefulIy engraited upon the
service OF our merchant marine.
The other proposition OF the
report TO which | have referred-ihe
re. organization of the Naval Acade-
MY recommend TO your attention
as a project worthy OF your en-
couragement and support. The
valuable services already rendered
by this institution entiile it 10 the
continuance of your fostering care.
Your attention is respectfully
called to the report of the Post
master General for the detailed
operation of his Department during
the last fiscal year, from which it
will be seen that the receipts from
postages for that time were less by
81, I,43I ,696 than for the preceding
fiscal year, being decrease of about
% per cent.
This diminution is attributable TO
the reduction in the rates Of postage
made bv The act Of March 3, 1851,
which reduction took effect at The
commencement of the last fiscal
year.
Although in its operation during
the last year the act referred 10 has
not fulfilled the predictions OF its
friends by increasing the cores
pondence Of the country in proper
ton TO the reduction of postage, !
should nevertheless question the
policy of returning 10 higher rates.
Experience warrants the expectation
that as the community becomes ac.
customed to cheap postage, CORES
pondence will increase. 1t is be-
Iieved that from this cause, and from
the rapid growth Of the country in
population and business, the recei pts
OF the Department must ultimately
exceed IFS expenses, and that the
country may safely rely upon the
continuance Of the present cheap
rate Of postage.
In former messages, | have, among
other things, respectfully recon-
mended to the consideration Of Con-
gress the propriety and necessity of
further legislation for the protection
and punishment OF foreign consuls
residing in the United State, to revive
with certain notifications the act OF
10th March, 1888, 10 restrain un-
lawful military expeditions against
the inhabitants of conterminous
States or territories; for the preSer-
vation and protection from mutila-
ton or thelt Of the papers, records,
and archives of the nation; for au-
thorizing the surplus revenue to be
applied to the payment OF the public
debt in advance Of the time when il
will become due; for the establish
ment OF land Offices for the sale OF
the public lands in California and the
Territory Of Oregon; for the con-
siruction Of a road from the Missis-
sippi Valley TO the Pacific ocean; for
the establishment OF a bureau ol
agriculture for the promotion Of that
interest, perhaps the most important
in the country; for the prevention OF
frauds upon the Government in ap>
plications for pensions and bounty
lands, for the establishment Of an
uniform fee bill, prescribing a specific
compensation for every service re-
quired of clerks, district attorneys,
and marshals; for authorizing an
additional regiment of mounted
men, FOR the defense of our frontiers
against the Indians, and for fulfilling
our treaty stipulations with Mexico,
to defend her citizens against the
Indians "with equal diligence and
energy as our own;" for determining
the relative rank between the naval
and civil officers in our public ships,
and between the officers in the Army
and Navy in the various grades of
each; for recognizing the naval es-
tablishment by fixing The number Of
officers in each grade. and providing
for a retired list upon reduced pay OF
those unit for active duty; for pre-
scribing and regulating punishments
in the navy; for the appointment
of a commission to revise the public
statutes OF the United States, by |
arranging them in order, supplying