Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-12-22

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and TIE nSxssslly ashIsh azaAes To- azgaas
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aaxY expresses os Tie gageKazasnss eEssEss e /
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ne oksscEg az "a Sssa ssssH8 " Nsn
tied Ia number, al Tar An sasas AsiAY he pEass
saeahse. and Tbs ApuFcaf lnus uessss aEF /
VI carry EMs@ Knt8 gEsats @Es Cd &c aits- |
kaEaed andsK taas ssElessz szeenatAAl ~ /
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sAe Fssnsas to appgarKaake Maonex faE epas
aGitutional pnrpokss, ssssngial y he de-
fsnee, progress and prosperity ii tne re-
public, bat ID taking ears that nana nf This
m0nsy shali Ne waegea BY lalhgaa gezneas,
IN IL apFaieati0a 10 - ab3esEA designated
BY law.
Comparisons hetwssa tAs annual s4Psn-
dAkure 81 the present tine, and xasAk e ssas
tsa o. t#sasy ysars aga afe lsggash eF fsl-i
lael0us. The rapid Increase os psaF eesan-
Try Ia extent ard popula zen, Eendsrs coz
responding increase % gxpandasare, 70 some
extent, Unavoidable. This 10 constantly
creating new offsets 81 expenditures and
angmenting tbs alnoaat required Tor the old.
TIE true aasstica then ere have these eb-
Ieeks hssn UNNECESSARILY multiplied or,
has the asnoaat sxpeadea apon any on III
OF thems osea larger than camPerts with
due sesnemy ID zeeeEd&ncs With these
principles, thg heads 81 the alEfeTeat sxeea-
tive departments ss the government haye
been instructed to rsanes their estimates
/ for the next fiscal year To The lowest stan-
aArd consistent with tie efficiency OF the
service, and thla duty they have performed
| In q spirit Of just ecooomy.
The estimates % the Treasury, War,
Navy and IhtarioE napaEtmentss have each
been 10 some degree refused and unlsas
audaen and anfoEssaeR emergency shouid
arise, it Ia not anticipated that dsAeiraey
will exist in either within the present or
the next hseal year, The Post-Oaiss De-
| paFfmsnt is placed IL peculiar position,
| dlRerset from the ether departments, and
/ 10 thia | shall hereafter refer.
! Invite Congress 10 instlfute rigid seTu-
/ tiny 10 ascertain whether the expenses in
all the departments cannot be still further
reduced and promise thea ali the aid In
my pawer Ia pursuing The iAYsstIg
| 1 TRANSMIT herewith the reports made 20
ma bY the Secretaries Of War, of the Ma
W, Of the Interior, and % the Postmaster
| General, They eaeh contain valuable In
| formation and i'm poFtant Recommendations,
to which I invite the attsntiUn Of Con-
gess.
fnHy last annual message, took oeca-
/ sion to recommend the immediate eonstFuc-
/ ton OF ten szaali steamers, Of light aTaaght,
for he purpose az Increasing The efficiency
Of the navy. C0ngrsss responded to the
| recommendations, By authorizing the con
atruesion OF aighs Of them, Tas prpgr ssa
which has been aads i. executing this au-
| thority, Ii asated IN the report az the Sec
rotary Of the Navy. I concur with him 10
tia opinion, that greater number Of thta
class Of yaasela Ii necessary, ter the pur
pose Of protecting IL more Efficient nan
| nes the persona and property Of American
citizens On the high seas, and In forsign
countries, as well 40 in GUARDING mere
1 gdseIaaliy cur ewa coasts. / accordingly
/ recommend the passage Of an act for this
The suggestions couta6red In The report
/ OF the secretary eR the Interior, especially
| those in regard TO the disposition Of the
public domain, ths pension and bounty land
l system, the policy towards tbs IadIaus,
| aRd the smendmsRt Of Our patent laws, ara
worthy Of the serious consideration Of Con-
| greSs,
The Post 0face Department occupies a
| position very different from that Of the othei
departments, For many years It was tbs
| policy Of the government TO render this a
| self sustaining department and u this can
not Be aeeomp Eisbed, in the present coAdt.
tioa Of the eOuatry, we ought TO make ii
near an approach to II az may be praetiea'
| biz
The Post Master General is placed 10 .
| most Embarrassing Postti0a by he sxisttas
laws, He ia obliged 10 carry these ins0
effect Hs has 40 other alternative. H.
| finds, however, that this sauuDt be doaG
| wilhoCt heavy demands Oh the tres NV
| over and above what he receives for pos
tags; aud t'ese have beea progressively
increasing from year to year until they =.
aSe s e 5Gf As as ssfs y SsE sgaa oR
| millions aad & halt Of dolla@s whilst it ID
| estimated that for the nTesaaE fiscal year
they will amonnz to 90 ,2S0, 0J0. The aaIna
| are exclusive Of the annual APPROPRIATED
| OF $500 ,ttJ1 for compensation for the mai
| service performed Tor the two houses oil
Congress and the ether departments and
! and officers Of the government ia the trans.
| poFtgtioa Of free matters
The cause OF these large deficits is main.
| fy attributable TO the increased expense og
| Transporting the nails. En- 1851 the SUN
| paid FOR tbs service was but q fraction a.
boye the four miliions sad quarter. sincC
that year Il has annually increased autn Ia
1855 Il has reached more than eight mil.
| lions and quarter, and for the service Of
| 1856, IL Is estimated that 1t will amount to
more than ten million Of dollars,
Ths receipts u the Post Off1ee Depart.
| EsBs can be aade 10 approach or to equal
its expenditure, only by meaas Of The Isgis-
| iaIicR Of Congress. la applying any rene
/ .iys care should be taken that the people
shall not be deprived Of the advantages.
which they are fairly satitled to enjoy frem
The Post Once Department. The princi-
| pal remedies recommended to the eonsid-
Grafton Of Congress by the Postmaster C en-
srai, are to restore the former rate OF post
! age upoa single letters to hEe cents TO
sabstssats for the frankiug privilege the
delivery % thosa noN entitled to enjoy It,
| Of post Office stamps Ter their eoFrsspon-
@'s1 ~ W - :, gag &C P~Itnleah' N
~ sohet @1ss TOT me transportation OF
t ~ .t sA%It, - eoAlthg lSseH 20 sae pas meat
% NJ s.1h nsesssI L9f tAls slasle p'aE-
Pygsts' Ntslious ieq1slths y 20 pc transport
- F5s1 " Of ShJ p2T"
az. iPs1oi. phasE the present sys-
80 saS epeasSs v Ine s2vefn y, ID
assaaAlx t.SL ssssa, " requiring h9E the
al M $500 - $3.50 N saeh getiieiss a.
81 80 l.loas P&sSsiag Lhis wiz DC
egt,s PAY tfoaa she esp run eat over
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