, 1867-12-13
EASTERN NEWS.
rHE PREsIDENT's MESSAGE.

arafa and cUuCltotOtyf 49, | a
c.s.ass;onal plan Of reconstruction is isii
~" Oys s,hsttbe country has pronounced against
.ie' Va ,he elections. Economy and retreuch'
~ ~ "a uniform taxation are advocated.
"7 ns;cago Dec. 3.-Chicago papers print d
tbe Presidents message IN advance OF It's oe
Iyer7. 1t is quite lengthy document, a a
large portion is devoted to the review Oh tue t
Preideut's policy. 1t is principally s'a'eN I
n,ants of the views. embodied in veto mess
soes of various reconstruction bills. Inc !
President urges the repeal Of all these meas6 ;
nres and a resort to practical application
of the constitution and laws. Argues aga
;ns, the capacity Of the negro for self-govern
nents. and dehounces the plan putting the
government of the Southern States almost
entirely into the hands of the negroes ;-says
Il costs 5000 600. 900 yearly to maintain the
supremacy of negro governments; refers TO
recent elections as additional reason for
change of policy from the recent plan. OF re-
construction. He has given much CONSIDER
ation to the question of how far the Presl
dents duty to protect, deTeud uud preserve
the constitution requires him IN opposing
I the unconstitutional actions of Congress. He
has felt anxious to reach proper concusl
ion on this serious and important question,
and says the Executive resistance to the acts |
Of Congress passed according to the forms
of Constitution, might provoke civil war IN
times of high party excitement which should
only be resorted to as last remedy; but cass
es might arise where the Executive might
be compelled to protect rights, regardless OF
consequences. For example, if the Legis
lature should undertake to abolish the COZ
| Of GouorDmpnt the
President must take the responsibility of his
high Office to save the life of the nation at
all hazards He thinks the construction
acts, though plainly unconstitutional, do not
! warrant forcible resistance on the part OF the
, !, Executive. These wrongs may be redressed
/ by the ballot, and the recent elections show
they will be.
f He then refers to frauds on the Treasury,
and the temptation to corruption on the part
of Revenue officers, denouuces the tenure OF
e Office bill as a measure which prevents the
Executive fom discharging dishonest officials,
f and charges immense Revenue frauds as
i result of the operation. This bill, says the
. President makes him a common nformer
e against corrupt officials, but takes away the
power of removal. He thinks the President
:. should be released from all responsibility, II
not allowed to make appointments in his own
: discretion. The danger to public service
i comes from the power of appointments, and
: not from the power of removal, therefore the
Is Constitution left the power of removal unrer
g stricted, while it gave the Senate the right
o to reject appointments unfit
IS Considerable space is devoted to the question
l. | Of finances, and urges the speedy resumption of
}. specie payments, and denounces the present sys-
TEN of currency. Gives co7ious statistics in
Is gard to the production of gold and silver in this
It country, facts and figures in regard TO EXPORTS
Is and imports shows that il will be a compare.
lively easy matter to return t. specie payments
pronounces disordered currency the greatest
'e evil and says of all contrivauces for cheating
ID the laboring classes has been effect
,t ual than that which deudes them with paper
m money. He expatiates at considerable length
N upon the evils of deprecated currency, and ad
h. vises the enactment of an import law, which will
ia tax most heavily luIuries. He advises a rednc
~ tion of the number of articles taxed and urges
r, retrenchment and economy in all departments Of
" the Government.
3: 3e gives brief summaries of various reports
.. The Navy comprises 23s vessels, and the expeu-
,e dtures of the Navy Department were S3l ,oO0N
/, 900. The important portions of the other re,
ut ports were previously teegraphed
70 His ganera review of our foreign relations
shows favorable condition Of affairs.
T. He urges the importance of possessing a naval
"a station iu the West Indies. He recites experien-
e ces of the revolutionary war and also OF the late
m rebellion, to show the advantage OF possessing
" such out posts, and SAYS that a treaty has been
concluded with Denmark to purchase the islands
a of St. Thomas and St. Johns and calls the att
NJ tentiou of Congress to the necessity of providing
as for the payment OF Alaska.
a. No arrangement is made for the Alabama
claims He felt it his duty to decline the propo,
o eit;on of The British Government for arbitration
| 70 has haah piad vritl
dir reservations and limitations Incompatible with
X the rights interests aud honor of the country
-or He does not appreheId Great Britain will per
rat sist in refusing to satisfy the most reasonable
an claims which involve the sacred principles o
ia non Intervention. He refers to the doctrine tha
ed United States naturalization absolves native al
mt legiance doctrine denied by Prussia and Grea
he Britain. He appeals to Congress to declare th
10, national will unmistakably on this question,
1is concludes by suggesting discontinuance of th
lat stipuatous maintaining naval forces to suppress
is the slave trade.
bis bis Boise ITEMs-The Idaho World, furn
ishes the following items OF news.
The Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. Mason
itb for Idaho Territory will be organized at tn,
nat hall of Idaho Lodge, No. 35, in Idaho City
an on Monday, Dec. rs, ensuing. There arr
~. now six Masonic Lodges in the Territory, a
40 follows: 4 in Boise Basin, Boise City, l il
80, Silver City, and in Lewiston. All. excep
led the Lodge in Silver City-which is unde
dispensation-are chartered Lodges
The Elkhorn company have declared
,ue dividend OF three dollars per share or foot
in A snug amount will be left in the tressur
a.. after paying of the declared dividends, au
of the mill is all the time busy crushing out tn
at. usual kind of rich ore. The last clean up
ere few days ago yielded nine thousand and nine
be ty dollars in gold bars.
We we're shown yesterday, at BernsteiPl
quantity of the amalgam recently take
Oe from Bernsteil's mill, seven miles from tow
the on the Centervile road. which is now bein
j., to run by Channel & Thatcher, in crushing tn