The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1865-12-20

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sus to the ,rebellion. The suggestion .fsr
the enlargement Of the navy yards. ssd es-
pecially Tor the establishment fer one 10
fresh water Tor irsnclad, vssssls, 10 -deserv.
ing II consideration. as is alss the recon
mendation for different lsca lion and more
ample grounds for the Naval Academy. i
In the irepsrt Of the Secrstary Of War. !
general summary is given Of the military
campaigns sl I ls64. and i 865. endiag in the
suppression Of armed resistancs to the ma
iianal authority in The insursent States.
The operations Of the general atlministra-
tive Bureaus Of lhs War Department DUR
ing the past year are detailed. and an es-
innate made Of The appropriations that will
bsrequired for military purposes in the fis-
cal year commencing the S0ih day Of June,
1866. The national military fsrcs On the
lst Of May. 1865, numbered ,000,5l6 msn.
|, is proposed TO reduce the military es-
tablishment 10 q peace footing, compre-
hending fifty theusand troops of all arms,
organized 50 az TO admit Of an enlargement
By filling up the ranks to eighty.tso thou
sand siI hsndred, if the circaastances Of
the country shsuld require an asgnenta-
,ion Of the army. The vslsatesr forcs has
already been redscsd by The discharge
from service Of ever eight hundred thou
sand troops. and the Department is pro-
ccsd,ns rapidly in the ~srk nf further re-
duction. The war estimates are reduced
freq s5i6. 6.240.i3l to SIS, ,sl4 .46l. which
ameust, in the epInisn Of the Department,
10 adequate for a peace establishment. The
measures OF retrrnchmest IN each Bureau
and branch 0i the service exhibit diligent
economy worthy Of csmmendalion Refer
encs is also made in the report 10 the ne
Ics,sity Of providing for . uniiorm militia
systcsn. saA q lhs peopr,esy of maxim. ssit-
able pro,isisa for sounded and disabled Of
ficers and soldiers.
The revenue system Of the eountry is a
subject ot vital interest % its heuor and
prosperity. and should commaad the earn
est csn.ideratlon Of Csagress. the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury will lay before you .
fsli and detailed repsst sf the rsceipts aud
disbursements of the last fiscal year, OF the
irS quarter Of The present fiscal year. Of the
probable receipts and expenditures Tor the
other three quarters. and the estimates Tor
the year following the 50th sl June. 1866.
| nigh, coo,rnt myself with reference TO
that rsp-rt. IN which you will find all the
information tsquirsd for ysur deliberations
and decision. Bat the parausunt impor.
lance Of the subject 50 presses itself en- nv
mlnd. that cannot bpt iay before yen nv
view, Of the measures which are required
Tor The good character. and. | might almost
.sy. for the existence Of this people. The
lIle of rspsblic lies certainly 10 the en-
ergy, ,irtse, aud Intelligence Of It's citi.
xens; but Il 10 equally true that good
revenue system u the life OF an prganized
government. meet yss at n time when
the nation has voluntarily surdened itself
With debt unprecedented in eur annals,
Vast ~ i. It's amount, IL fades away into
nothing when compared With the countless
blessings that will be conferred upon our
country and upon man hy the preservation
Dl The nations life. Now, on the FIRST oc-
Csslpn Of the meeting Of Congress since the
return Of peace " 10 Of the Utmost impsr.
lance 70 inaugurau just pslicy. which
shalt al once be pat 10. notion, and which
shall osmmend itself 10 these who come af-
ter ~ Tor its continuance. We must aim
II nothing less than The complete eaace.
msnt VI the 6nsncial evils tha, necessarily Y
followes state Of civil war. We must en-.
dsasor TO apply the earliest remedy to the
dersnged state Of the currency. and not
shrink from .deyising a psIiey which, with
out being oppressive TO the people, shall
immediately begin to effect . reduction Of
the debt. and, IL persisted 10, discharge IL
ially within definitely fixed number Of
years.
IL is our duty 10 prepare IN earnest for
our recovery fromihe sver-increasing evils
Of an irredeemable currency, without q
sudden revulsasn, and. jet without uatine.
" Prseraslinstisn. For that end We must,