M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-12-21


e leaving the necessaries of life as fire.
e from taxation as the absolute want
8 OF the Government, economically ad
a Fministered, will justify. No favore,
n class should demand freedom fron
Il assessment, and the taxes should b
= 80 distributed Rs not to fall unduly o.
the poor, but rather on the accumula
5 ted wealth of the untry. We shoul,
D look az the national debt Just as
is-not'as a national blessing, bet a
: a heavy burden on the industry of thu
country, 10 be discharged withou
3 unnecessary delay.
1t is estimated by the Secretary O
the Treasury that the expenditure,
: for the fiscal year ending the Both o
June, 1866, will exceed the receipts
SIP 1914, OH, 1t is gratifying. how
ever, 10 state that it is also estimated
: that The revenue for The year ending
the 30th OF June, 1867, will exceed
the expenditures in the sum Of SILL.
G20 SIS. This amount, or so much
as may be deemed sufficient Tor the
purpose, may be applied TO the reduc,
non OF the public debt. which on the,
3lst day OF October, 1865, was ST.
j 74O,S54,75O.
Every reduction will diminish the
total amount Of interest to be paid
and 50 enlarge the means of still
further reductions, un:i! the whole
shall be liquidated and this, aa will
be seen from the estimates OF the
Secretary Of the Treasury, may be
accomplished by annual payments,
even within a period not exceeding
thirty years. | have faith that We
shall do all this within reasonable
time that, as we have amazed the
world by the suppression Of a civil
war which was thought to Le beyond
the control Of any Government, 80 We
shall equally show the superiority Of
our institutions by the prompt and
faithful discharge OF our national
obligations,
The Department of Agriculture,
under ittpresent direction, is accom-
plisbing much in developing and
utilizing the vast agricultural capa-
biities Of the country, AID for intor
nation respecting the details Of i!s
management, reference is made to
the annual report of the Commissioner
have dwelt thus fully on our
domestic affairs because Of their
transcerdant importance. Under any
circumstances our great extent o
territory and variety of climate, pro.
ducing almost everything that is
necessary for the wants aud even the
comforts Of man, makes US sigu|arly
independent of the varying policy Of
foreign powers, and protects US from
every temptation to "entangle ALLAN
ces," while at the present moment
the re-establiShment Of harmony and
the strength that comes from harmony
will be our best security against
nations who feel power and forget
right"
For myself, it has been and will be
my constant aim to promote peace
aud amity with all foreign nations
and powers and have every reason
to believe that, they all, without ex-
ception, are animated by the same
disposition. Our relations with the
Emperor of China, 30 recent in their
origin, are most friendly. Our com.
merce with his doninions is receiving
new developments, and it is very
pleasing to find that the Government
of that great Empire lnanifests salts,
faction with our policy, and reposes
Just confidence in the fairness which
marks our intercourse.
The unbroken harmony between
the United States and the Emperor
OF Russia is receiving rev support
from an enterprise designed to carry
telegraphIc lines across the continent
Of Asia, through his dOminions, and
80 to connect US with all Europe by a
new channel of intercourse. Our
commerce with South America is
about to receive encouragement by q
direct line OF mail steamships to the
rising Empire OF Brazil.
The distinguished party of men of
scionoe who have recently left our
country to make a scientific exp or
alton Of the natural history and rivers
and mountain ranges of that region,
have received from the Emperor that
generous welcome which was to have
been expected from his constant
friendship for the United States, and
bs well-known zeal is promoting the
advancement Of knowledge.
A hope IS entertained that oar
commesce with The rich and populous
countries that border the .lediterra