The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-12-15

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The Pres1dens's Message.
The .nrj ,rity Of our radcrs we b.
lieve are adverse 10 reading very
issx Nv articles. therefore We omi'
printing the Pres denis N. s.sy" entir,
bat present hive synopsis fit
Tae President opens his NJ .>a.t
r'n'~r' with Il es- words. "Agsin 'hs
h",,Mg. of heal and abundant hsr
vvsts claim our prof, undrd gratitude 10
Almighty God"
Our rotations With Mexico c"niirnr
the same, " s,ill maintain STRICT neu
tsslily towards the bcIigcrcnta.
IN .pesking IT the S.n'h American
T. strr, he says Cur relations are Of The
mos,Iy friendly natu.s with the United
S','es Of Columbia. Peru, Chill, the
Argentine Republic. Bolivia and Pars
quay !; our relations are also the aamc
with 6anaalvador, Costa R,ca, and
n.y,i, and they have for the pas, yea,
~spressed their sympathy IN our behalf.
Tie recommends selling = gunbost to
Liberia TO aid in i.s own protection and
assist in suppressing the slsve trade.
Our relations with Egypt, the Bar.
bsry States and China are in . very
good state.
In speaking Of the blockade, he say.
'hc ports Of Norfolk, F'ernandina and
P~nsasola have been opened By proc
ssnasion. and recommends foreigner
70 do their trading 1t those par,s in
stead Ct ruooing great risks At legal,
t'c;ks1ed porte. he says, disInyal
smisssi~s sre % assiduously At work
eas 9th no better success than formerly
10 emoroiI oo' country in foreign ware.
Osing to the recent raids from
Canada, be recommends giving 70
0reat Britain the six mon,hs notice
sgreed apon BY the two 60 .ernmen.s
,hst at the expiration Of that time, we
shall increase our armsmcnts upon the
lake.; but does not however consider
shc Canadian government hostile 10 u.
We says 4 better Law should be passed
- encourage immigration and pro,ec,
immigrants upon their arrival.
We here present An extract from the
'neasage ia relation to the government,
Anencea
"The financial atf.irs IT The Govern
'nens hsve baea successfully admins
sefed dn'inx the last year. The re.
qn,aition At the last session If Congress.
has b.ne6cially affected the revenue
although suAicient time haa no, w.,
slap.ed 10 experience the full effect.
h1seseral II the proviaionA Of the ac,.
hCosgreea imposing increased taxa
ton. The receipts during the y-a,
from AL sources upon the basis Of var
'anas signed By the Secretary OF tn
T'easusy. including loans and The bal
anrn 10 the Treasury on the 6,-t day
It Jaly, 1891. ~ere &l39479,ooo .7s3
snd the aggregate disbursements upn,,
~ aame baaia ~,se tl2S,8O5, $40, 1850,
leaving balance in the Treasury. ~
shssvn BY warsanta "f % $1,000 .573.
D'dnct from these the amount IT the
principal Of tho public: debt redeemed
and the amount Of issue in subs,it n,,cn
therefore, and the actual cash opera
''"ns Of the Treasury were receipts, :
ess4,o76,6l6 y disbursements $685..
2s4,Os7 S., which lea yes cash hal
sDco ~ he IfeAAury Of SlS,S42 ,535 H..
OFihe receipts there were derived from
customs, 1902. sls, 1872 % from lands,
SANS .S5239 from direct taxes :t47,564
co from internal revenue, 4loo,74l,.
1910; from miacellaneou, sources.
G,7si,l4l,5l0. and from loans applied
70 actual expenditures. including for.
ncf balance, e623, 49, 2s.la. There
we're discussed for the civil, acrvice.
Val sos. bo9.46 for pensions aud lndi
ans. ~ .bi7, $50 o. for the War De
partment, @6o, 7ol ,s+2.o7 fer the Navy
Department, seb, 733 2s2 10 for inter.
e~s Of the pablic debt, $50 ss5, 42l CO.
nsking m aggregate Of 1896. 2a., os7..
% and leaving . balance in the Treas
nry of els,e42,s5e.7l, ~ before stated