Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1857-12-16
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IN ,Pe hl'c lands The consequence has been that large
portions of them have become he property OF Individuals
those who desire to purchase for actual settlement In
de'o limit the m area OF speculation as much as possible the
ought only to keep with the tide of emf
grafton.
States companies, they have done heretof re-
commend that the intermediate sections retained by the
tiers fs.''0 '' -. -" =,
1t ought be cardinal policy the pub
moderate prices We shall thus not only best promote the
prosperity cf the States and Territories and the
of the Union, but shall homes posterity for
INDIAN AFFAIRS. Ill ~.
The extension of our limits has brought within urs
diction additional and popuo,s tribes of Indians
large proportion Of which Wild unracabe, and difficult
habits is impossible altogether them
committing aggressons each other, we'll upon
frontier citizens and those emting to distant States
and Territories Hence expensive military expeditions
frequently necessary to overawe and chastise the law
less and hostile
The present system of making them valuable presents
influence them to remain at peace has proved ineectual
1t is believed to be the better policy to coonze them in
suitable localities where they receive the rudimes of
education and be gradually induced to adopt habits of in
dustry So far as the experiment has been tried has
less expensive than the present system
is believed to be- from the best data the Interior Depart
ment, about 325,hW. . b..
The tribes of Cherukees Choctaws, Chickasaws, and
Greeks settled in the territory apart for them west of
Arkansas, rapidly advancing education and in all the
arts of civilization and self and we may in
duge the agreeable that distant day
they will be incorporated into the Union of the
PoST-oFFICE DEPARTMENT.
1t will be seen from the report of the Postmaster Cen
era that the Post Office Department still continues de-
pend on the treasury, has been compelled to do for
several past for important portion of the
of sustaining and extending its opcai ions Their rapid
growth and expansion shown by decenna
of the number Of post Offices and the length post roads,
commencing with the 1927. In that year there
7.0oo rosi Offices in 1897. III in s4. Is s6 and in
been established and 7o4 discontinued. leaving in
of lo2l The post of 3s offices alpon-
ted BY the President
The length of post roads in 1927 lo5.sss miles in
1851 there .42so miles of post road including
miles of railroad which the mails are transported:
The expenditures of the departr ent for the fiscal year
ending the sGtb June l>7 adj led by Auditor
amounted .5n6 So" To defray these expenditures there
the credit of the department, the July 1886,
the of SIS $780, the gross revenue of the year. in
Guiding the annual allowances for the transportation Of
supplied by the appropriation from the treasury of
$225'0" granted by the act of Congress approved Au
BY the act Of March s. lss leaving s5ss 10 be carried
to the credit OF the department in the of the
rent year. commend to your consideration the report of
department relation establishment of the
land mail route from the Mississippi 10 San Francisco
a the m v % a
tain the important objects contemplated by Congress
RETRENCHMENT ...
The late disastrous monetary revulson may have one
people to return to the practice of wise and ndcious
economy both in public and private expenditures
An overfowing treasury has led to habits of prodigay
and extravagance in legislation 1t has induced n
gress to make large appropriations to objects for which
they never would have provided haa IT been Necessary 10
creased taxation or by loans. We compelled
pause in our career and to scrutnze expenditures
with the utmost vigance and in performing this duty,
pledge my CO operation to the extent Of my constitutional
ought to be observed at the same time that true public
does not consist in withholding the
ry accomplish important national objects nt-sed to us
As may he
ry for the common defence In the present crisis of the
country it duty TO consne appropriations TO OBJ
jecs of this ch ac!er unless where justice to in
dviduas may demand different In all cases
ought be taken that the money granted by Congress shall
be faithfully and economically applied
PUBLIC BUSINESS VETO
Under the Federal Constitution. every bill which shall
hare passed the House of and the Senate
shall before it becomes law be approved and signed by
the President and approved he shall return with
his objections to that house which t"rginated" In nor
der to perform or this high al and responsible duty sufficient
every bill presented to him for approval. Unless this be
afforded, the Cons tuon becomes dead letter in par
tcular and it becumeS of deception.
Our constituents. seeing the Presidents approval and sigma
ture attached to each act of Congress are induced to be-
leve that he has actually pefrmed this duty when, in
trut h, nothing is, i'll many cases, more unftnnded
From the practice of Congress. such examination cf
possible The most mportant business of each session is
generally crowded into it's last hours and the alternative
presented the President is either violate the Consu
which for want of time it is impossible he should have
",
and Individuals to great loss and Inconvenience
Besides practice has of late to egislae
in bills, at the late hours of the session,
and important subjects This practice consrains the
President either to suffer to- become laws which
he does approve the risk of stopping the
wheels of the by venng appropriation BILL
Formerly, such bills confined TO specific arpr"pra-
tons for carrying into effect existing laws and the we'll
tabshed policy of the country, and little time then
quired by the President for their Examination.
For my part have deliberately determined that
shall approve bill which have not examined and it
will be of extreme and most urgent necessity which
respectfully but earnestly recommend that the two houses
would the president at least two days previous the
adjournment of each session within which bill shall
be presented to him for approval Under the existing joint
constantly suspended practice that important bills
Time be presented to him to the veiy last moments
of the session In large majority of cases great public
Inconvenience arise from the want of time to examine
their provisions because the has declared that
if bill be presented the President within the last ten
days of the he not to return it, either
with an approval with vetO in which case it Shall not
be aw 1t may then lie and be taken up and pass
ed at the Great would only be
experienced in regard apprp aton bills but Fortunate
per diem members of Congress. the expense and in
convenience of called session will be greatly reduced.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. "
cannot conclude without commencing your favorable
deratOn the interests of the people of this District
Without representative the floor of Congress they have
for this very peculiar claims upon just regard
To this know, from long acquaintance with them, they
eminently entitled.
WASHINGTON Dec. 8, 1857. .s..r. -... .....
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