The Nevada Democrat., 1861-12-07
Preslient,s Message.

feTred TO. II gives . general review OF our
foreign relations, OF the Government A.
nances, of the condition Of the army and
navy, and Of the progress Of affairs since
the commence ement Of 1ostilities. r.-
The President refers 10 the efforts of the
disloyal citizens TO divide and destroy the
country by invoking foreign intervention,
and says they have received less encourage
ment than they expected. Even If 1t we're
just to suppose that foreign nations, disre'
garding all moral, social, and treaty obli-
cations, would act solely and selfshly for
the speedy restoration Of commerce, Includ-
ing, especially, the acquisition of cotton,
those nations appear not to have seen their
way to their object more directly through
the destruction than through the preserva.
tion of the Union. The President, however,
does not purpose TO review or discuss these
matters with foreign powers, because, what
ever may lie their wishes or dispositions,
the integrity of The Government mainly de-
pends, not on them, but upon the loyalty,
patriotism, virtue and intelligence Of the
American people.
The operations of the Treasury, since the
adjournment Of the extra session Of Con-
gress, have been conducted with signal sue
cess. The patriotism of the people has fur
nished the Government with all the means
required by the public exigencies, much Of
the National Loan having been taken by
The industrial classes. The expenditures of
the Government for the fiscal year ending
June 3Otb, 1861, including payments on ac-
count Of the public debt, we're $S4, SIS ,OS4.-
3S; for the first quarter of the present fiscal
year ending Sept 3Oth, the expenditures
were $9s.239, ,733.09. 1t is gratifying to
know that the expenses made necessary by
the rebellion are no. beyond the resources
of the loyal people.
la referring to the army, the President
says that the number Of troops rendered
greatly exceeds the force which Congress
authorized to be called into the field.
The navy may almost be said TO have
been created sOce our difficulties com
menced. Such have been the additions, by
construction and purchase, that besides
blOckading our extensive Southern coast,
squadrons larger than ever before assem-
bled under our flag have been put afOat.
In regard to the purposes Of the Admin
istratiOn, anl the manner of conducting
the war, the President says:
In considering the policy to be adopted for
suppressing the insurreetion, | have been anx-
ious and careful that the inevitable conflict for
this purpose shall not degenerate into violent
remorseless, revolutionary struggle. have,
therefore, thought proper to keep the integrity
Of the Union prominent as the primary OBJECT
of the contest on our part, leaving all questions
which are not of vital Importance to the more
deliberate action of the Legislature. In the
exercise of my best discretion | have adhered
to a blockade of the ports held by the insurgents,
instead ef putting in force by proclamation the
law of Congress, enacted at the late session Tor
closing the ports, also obeying the dictates of
precedent as well as the obligations Of law.
Instead Of transcending, have adhered to the
Act of Congress to conhscate property used for
insunectonary purposes. II new law upon
the same subbject proposed, it will be du-
ly considered. The Union must be preserved,
and hence all defensible. means be employed.
We should not be in haste to determine what
radical and extreme measures, which may reach
the loyal as well as disloyal, are indispensable.
We regard the above as the most import
ant passage 10 the message; 1t shows that
the Administration regard the integrity Of
the Union as the primary object of the con-
test, and that extreme and remOrseless
measures, calculated to inhict Injury upon
the loyal as we'll as dslOyal, shall not be
adopted except they become indispensable
for fhe preservation of the Government.
Many other subjects are discussed in the
Message, some of which we may take oc.
cason to refer to hereafter The recon-
mendalions of the President win generally
meet the approval of loyal citizens. The
Reports Of the Secretary of the Treasury,
Secretary of War, and Secretary OF the
Navy, which are referred 10 for details of
the operations of their respective Depart-
ments, will possess more than usual interest
this year.