The daily union., 1854-01-10
Prom the London Tln.es, Doc. ~, ls5s,
The Presidents M essaxo.

her temporary chief, be have the graudes op.
pounil that can fall 10 the LOT OF ruler or Statesman
So al leas, il has been Tor years, and under cir
cumslaaces tha with small interruption, have lasted
and seen likely TO last. for lime Ii is the uniform
lack OF the Ptesident tell has tellow-cnzsns what,
indeed they all know, fo their children taught
Ithe almost unilmed capacity OF their continent, their
popoIalson their conmeice, their Their const
uloD then national enterprise and skill. ard whatever
else may contribute 10 great empire. The facts are so
patent The contrast with the States OF the Old World SO
obvious, and the prospect % inspns that the simplest
language becomes grand under 80 mighty theme
Mighty indeed. Is for all those material purposes that
constitute the chst labor OF statesmen IN this material
sphere. Ous, says the President, :" is almost, not
absoutely the solitary power oi Chris,endom having
surplus revenue. drawn Immediately ffom inposts on
commerce." While that is the state OF American
hnSce the population OF the United Saten are told
10 doubling every quarter OF century. and there is little
reason 70 doab that i will long continue in that ratio
As much as ten million every year brought into
the market, and added to the OF ent1p To
crown all the disputes that have hitherto threatened the
peace and integrity OF the Union have lately given way
reasonable corpronise and the President
though this point the wish may be father to the
thoughtihat the people Of the republic have entered
iao . league vi amly aud mutual confidence and
support" The States have inrTeased from thirteen TO
thirty lone embryo States rising in the newly ac-
quired territories roads and postal communications
projected longer iron city 10 city, but from to
ocean; and the only ncuy is that OF meeting the first
aud simplest demands Of prosperous and so increasing
people The admitted drawback in this picture Of
almost p1eterna,ura prosperity and growth is the pes
ence which has ravaged the chief southern city Of the
Union. The President disposes OF this on the very
threshold OF his message, with the suitable comment that
8 il 10 well that consciousness OF rapid advancement
and increasing strength be habuay associated with
abiding OF dependence upon Him who holds in His
hands the destiny of and OF nations" Happy in
deed the ruler who has other dark cloud in the sky
no other flaw in the system. other devastating in
the veal point to, and who may congratulate
his fellow citizens iba whatever their troubles, they
in the hand Of the Almighty. anu norof n.an -
The finance OF the Union Is that particular feature oil
ths prosperity which will be most appreciated by the
and heavily burdened States OF the Old
Void q The revenue OF the county,, says the Presi-
dent "levied almost insensbly the taxpayer goes
from year to year. increasing beyond either the interests
or the prospective wants of the government" How in
credible this must sound, will moi on the shores
Of The Bosphofus, in the ete kingdoms Of the lbsan
pensuls but in any one,oi our European empires Yet
il is fully borne BY The figures OF the Al ad
summer last year there balance OF more than four
teen million dollars IN the treasury and as the revenue
o the ensuing year was over sxty-onc millions, while
the expenditure Only between forty three and forty
four millions last midsummer the surplus exceeded thr
ty.two millions! What to be done with this fabu
lous abundances 1t was real difficulty. In Europe the
fortunate government that in Tor such windall
would Immediately have ssl about chain OF fort
resses or feet OF steamers, the invasion oil
neighborns country. Happily ior the United States.
such are not the rs, 4haghs there suggested by
usual accumulation Of treasure. This TACT OF
creasng surplus in the treasury says the President.
became the subject OF anxious consideration al very
early period OF my administration and the path OF duty
regard il seems to obvious and cear--yiz first to
apply the surplus revenue 10 the discharge OF the public
debt so far il could udciousy be done and, secondly
10 devise means for the gradual reduction OF the
70 the standard OF The public exgencies AS 10 the orm-
er OF tnsse Objects President THAI the deb, OF
the United States has been reduced by nearly thirteen
million dollasthat from sixty nine millions to fifty
sjxsiucs The 4Ih of last March As 10 the latter ii is
recommended revise the tariff by reducing the duties
on certain articles and TO add the free list any other
articles NOW iaxed and especially such as enter
into manufactures and not largely, or al all,
produced in the United States" Other and more
common modes OF employing the surplus find
place even il the Presidents message II is found
necessary TO bring the navy more into proportion
with The foreign commerce oi The Union, to in
crease the regular army nucleus Tor the volun-
teers, who are always reokoned upon in the hour OF
need and 10 commence or complete some extensive
public works Nevertheless, it is confidently expected
that in very few years the Union will have wiped away
its debt, and if it has the iorbearance TO abstain from
war on the first proyocaion it may 20 far 10 solve the
problem whether it 10 possible Tor great State TO exist
without taxes.
To Judge osly by the plumber of controversies sus-
tanned by Inc Union with other powers. and stated by
the President with patriotic bias, it might be concluded
ha, the above fpahoa surplus nigh, be employed
as surpluees usually on this side ihe Atlantic, 10
making up for the deficiencies OF argument but whether
from the paramount strength OF the Union on its
continent or from its wise forbeafance, il is seldom
driven to the last appeal There is, therefore, nothing
very terrible ia the OF pending differences
With the question OF the fisheries is sull unsettled,
and the President insists the convention OF 1918, as
practically interpreted, he saye, for quarter Of
tuy. Certain questions with this country abou, the
cable arrangement also certain claims OF British
subjects against the United States, and OF American c
against this country. The Northwest frontier, be.
tween the United States and British America, ia still 10
be determined Cuba, whose proximity to the shores"
o the United States. and position, night in The track OF
trade between of the principal Cities" render her
object OF special interest to the States. occupies
important place IN the mssssge perpetual series OF
collisions with its authorities apsls the government OF
Washington TO demand the establishment OF diplomatic
intercourse between their consul Havana and the
captangeneai of the island. that ready explanations
may be made. prompt redfess afforded On The other
hand. Spanish claim, admitted in Is47 has,
sill 10 be satisfied. The seizure Of Koszla, clothed
with the nationality OF The United Staies," a, Smyrna,
and his By the Americans be disposed of
by the acl that Koszta safe in the United States and
the compaIna of the AusTians dpcarpd In he ornond