The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-12-08
Decenber 8

nccn allowed since that dali All WIS luN is
Increase oI this amount for the ~, ilfe iais.
ny, n'eui,s Tor me payment OF tha n.cg yea
under existing laws 90 our ,isatJ upcnd. an
sailors. aud go the families 80 ~, soldier. an.
ishcd IN the service Of the COMMIT" us hayo pt.
he cheeiiuiiy and promptly srsnt,a wi no a9ult
pcnpl' VIII not hesitate 10 sanctt" graf .f.f
having Tor Their object the rclicg 80 .s inodsuY.
mated, ana famincs made fath.ria7 'a''rs nm.
iorts 10 preserve our national cSi-t.,.'n' tc a.
The report II the postmasicr 'S Ge'
seuts an encouraging cxhihit ~ "A ueheral pr,
ni the fost Otiicr Department dr,,, Operation,
inc revenues uf the past wear frs .ne year
states alone exceeded tho '.ln' iho l0v.i
receipts from all the States nrn,i,-''h aanua
uSlhoi' IA tho sum Of S6,o3S.0gl. AMI =. uie Co.,
g. s a. eiasr inSltase on revenue dnfins a. "'it
Four years, compared with the rera.s me aa
-FOUR years Immediately urre.5i,v oith
Ton, was t3,53j,sl5 The fcvennrs she rebel
hscal year amounted to et4 s-c .g' lno lat
expenditures to $4,000 .72s lns.3,,',' and Oh.
Of receipts OF 1851 800 proor.ss sarili.
mad9 m restoring the postal sen.,' Oen
p 1,,'i.,'''r ','"tss. ne views prosecuted ~
granting subsidies TO ocean mail po'g %
upon established routes, nnd "amsar.
continuing the present svsiefn iI 'a'ef v
the compensation for ocean st,,,' lnli.
postage earnings, are recom,na,l'5' w iha
careful consideration of Cnrrn.s iH Oh.
IL appears, from the report III IA.
OF thc Navy, that while, 90 the comm, iil
OF the present year, there worc IN o, pug a'
7ao vessels OF all classes and an ,slc
armed with 5000 guns aud manned 4. llH
men thc number ~ vrsacls az me- 'iyN
mission is III, with $50 guns ana i5, M ron
10y tnis prompt reduction of the ne,.l aa
,lic TAP',n ses Oh tue government hsr f.H
/ largely diminished, and uuubor ~ vtf
/ purchased for naval purposes from y. 's.'
chant marine have Been rcturneA 1' af'
lui l,'tsu" vi commerce. since y, 'He pie
~" y active hcaunucs our fnraigr o'lF1s
( nave been fc-cstablished and cons.
sells much more efficient than those , ",
on similar service previous 10 tbe IVY
The suggestion for tho enlargon.-', I,
naVey-yards, and especially for the e't,tr
mcnt ~ one IN flesh water for i,r 'pi''
sells, is deserving Of censideratio,' n,'.'l y.
the recommendation for a diir.rso, st
and more ample grounds for the N,r,j V' i.3
envy. '" Aat
In the report Of the Secretary Of w.,
Graz summary Is given Of the militia
PaiBns % 1904 and 1865, ending in the .s,,,.-
sioh ol armed resistance 20 the nsir,
authority IN the insurgoni States H.
tons Of the general admini,tratiye l,.
OF the War department during the ns..
arc detailed, and an estimate mai.
appropriations that will be- rcogir.i 70, y.
tary purpose m the fiscal wear san,s'.s.
the dOth day OF june, 1856. The nsuor..
,aiS l9 ,c on the lst Of May, 1865 nanb-l
l,V9o.1l6 mon; IL Is proposed 10 rrlg-, i,
military establishment To rosc, t
compromising fifty thousand froor. y
arms, organized 20 as TO admit If y, ,,.
incnt by filling up the ranks 10 e,b,-..
Thousand ok hundred, il the crcum.sr.-.
me country should require an arcmfr.,s.
,l the army he volunteer force hls a'r,i
been reduced by the Discharge frr, s
Of over eight hundred thousar5 ~
and the Department is uroce.4iin. e,.f
in the work of further reduction. lh us-e.
mates are reduced from s5l52Mf3in sq04
ihl, which amount, in the olnon Of IN. n
pAiimtnt. is adequate for ptc. establish.
mont The measures of retr.atn,rt h as.b
Bureau and branch Of the service e,hh 5F.
gent economy worthy of commnla5n Refer
phcc IS ais1 mad Jon tha rerur. 0ileases..t,f
providing for uniform mallia nsia. ss3 10
the pruuritty at making su.iat provision i-
wounded AMI disabled osicer- and soldier.
The revenue system of the crntr is q SRI.
tect Of l'lai interest % il honor ana prosper
lty, and should command the aanie. ..r,l
Grafton ~ Congress TIE Srrqlarg n d.
Treasury viii lay before ynu fn end Av1
report " tho receipts and di-h1r. uetis q
the last fiscal year, ot tle probable nefs
and expenditures for The Other thr luIin
and the estimates ior the YEAR following hs
30th Of June. 1866. ! might conter, mysf
With reference To- that report, IN vhA 500
VIII ind all IN. information r,aniroi f- 1.r
deliberations and decision Yut the i.ftri-r-
importance Of the subject Ia press,. i,.,N IN
INV own mind. that / cannot mt hr Nd,
,0u my views Of the measures rliel a- r.
quired for tho good character, and ngt
almost say for the existence % tbs pg
The life ora republic lies certainly M ,at r.
erpy. Niltuc and intstipene, of IT, .s,g.,.
bat it f. equally true that p rood revenre IS.
tennis the life IT an organized eoternm.M
meet YOU at a time when the nation hss .I
tarmily hardened itself With a d.ht unr
dcntca in our annals Vast as IS IS aH1r
IL fades away into NOTHING when camrrt
with the countless blessings lhat viii BE-
f.rrtd upon Our country and upou man 3
preservation of tho nations fy Aoa, OBJ -
first occasion ri the meeting u C1ngr.ss s-
the return of peace, il j. 81 tLe utmost mn1
anca to- inauguratc q just policy, which Nj
ID once lt put ia motion and which tAal l1
mend itself tn those who come after us g. q
continuance. We must ann a, nothing
than tbe conlpIetc etfacoulent of tila Gl.l
evils that n.e,-raifally followed state II gg
war. We must enduayor TO apply il, size
remed, 10 thc dcranead state u ih rTa
and uot shrink from doyisng o lot
without heinQ oppressive 10 N. people si
immedistoN beuti 20 effect o rducUrd 2
d.bt. and II persisted I'M. disclmig 81
, within n definitely 6ved number Of YEARS
IL our first duty 10 prepare 81 clnr
our recovery from tho cyer-incrtasas r4
au irrpdcaInabl. cnrrcncy. without
reynlsiou. ana vet without untneg z a~
: tination For that end. We must, tscl .
respective positions. prepare the way.
ii he dntv III 40 Executive to insist uIi n
pality ,n the expenditure; and 6 ssr
i economy is. itself a great nations, rs as
or M hanks 10 which authority hi' M
= .,iyon In ,~sro notes secured by bond. fA,
= United states we may require the gas
+ moderation and prudence. and the i' ls'
, be rieidy enforced when its limits ar. d7-
s& to w S@d ma syge gSsh 9as c 81 nj o
I stantlv on their guard, to iquidiN 1s
| contracted in paper ccurrcncy, and l' ~
: dnetinr business e IS as nearly as possts, % :
systdm Of Y" cash payments Or short sgi
. hold tbemselyes prepared to return