The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-04
MEMS SUMMARY.
SYNOPSIS o. TIE ASyUAI MESSAGE OF TIE PRESIDENT
TO coNGREss.


The Presidents Message was sent to Congress at
P. NJ. yesterday. I. is lcne document, anu
is r,vea in full elsewhere in our columns.
The President says that it was his first duty at
the coso Of tho civil var to repair the injuries
waicl had been lono and 10 secure the benefits
which hld boea Sained at the earliest moment
Tais duty was pro np'y accepted b. tho E1ecu-
tive and By the insulrectIonary States In the
first mo nents'of pcac, restoration was believed
to DC c!sy, and as certain as it was Indispensable
These expectations were disappointed by the
legis alton Of Congress. and now there is no Union
yhsre ono State is as free as another to regulate
its internal afflrs according to its own will.
The President here makes an elaborate arsu-
nent, based On he proposition that the Union and
the Constitution are lnseparable. AS long as the
one is oboyed The other will be preserved, and if
one is destroyed both must perish together. There
i no military or other necessity, real or pretended
which can prevent obedience to the Constitution,
either North or South. The hope that wo may
ultimately concur in plan Of settl ment, consis-
tent with our true interests, am our sworn dutes'
is too natural and too just to be easily abaodoncr.
It is clear to the Presidents apprehension that
.hs S,tos Ia te,y in rebellion are still members OF
tn, Union. TIE Executive, my predecessor as
well as myself and the heads Of all the depart
ments, have adopted and acted on the principle
that the Union is not dissolved, but is indissou-
BILE.
C)nercss submitted amendments to the
Coastit ltlon to tho Southern States, and
accepted Their acts Of ratification. The
Judges OF the Supreme Court have included
tae Southern States in their districts. If tho
SJuthern States are component parts Of The Union,
the -onst utoa is the supreme law for them as
for ali otaer States. They are bound to obey, and
so are wo. Being sincerely convinced that t'-ese
vie rs are clrrect, tho Pre;iiant recommends tho
Ieoeal OF thu acts pa;.ng the Southern
Sta es under military masters. The con-
fict between the Reconstruction Acts and
tho rights Of the people undr the Con-
stituton are arsu d and illustrated at length. In
alusion to negro suffrage, he says, the supjecton
of the States TO negro dominion will be worse than
the existing military despotism. The people Will
endure endless military oppression rather than de-
grade themselves by subsection 20 the negro race.
The blacks are emitted to DO well and humaney
COVE ned, but If it we're possible to give them a
government Of their own it would becoWe gr We
question whether it ought to be so or whether
Common humanity would not require Us to save
them from them selves. But it Is not proposed that
they shall only govern themselves, but that they
shall govern the white race to more o. less ex-
tea AMI co1trol the destiny OF the whole country.
he uexi contrastel the negro character with
the intelligence, spirit ond progress o. the
white race; anl the negro population with emi-
grants and considered the d.tfc .cn. terms Of &C.
curing citizenship and franchise.
The President further says he yields to no man,
in his attachment to Jules for general sufla3e
but 1t requires OF soma classes time suitable for
probation an pre- oaratIon; to transfer our polit!-
col inheritance 10 the negroes would be an aoIr-
donmon. Of duty which we owe alike to the mcm-
ory Of our fathers and the rights Of our children
De Nctiag the 1rrors inevitable from the pro-
posed governments, the President says it will
require strong standing army, and probably
moro than 500 00o. 900 per annum to maintain the
supremacy OF Ihe negro governments after they
are established. Without the military power they
arc waoily incapable Of ho.d ng in suRjection the
white pc PIE Of ,he South.
Tuc eject On he pub ic credit and trado CT per.
sistoace in he Congressional scheme OF recon
struc:ou is discussed at length, showing that it
will result in ruin TO both.
The financial policy recommended by the Preai-
dent has ALREADY been correctly forcshadowed.
The message makes no special allusion to the
subject Of the Cotton Tax.
Discussing the Presidents duties, he says: "Af-
ter grave consideration, cases might arise where
after laws had passed all the constitutional. forms
ana been placed on the statute books, it would be
the duty Of the Executive to refuse to carry them
out rcga. dless Of consequences. This would be
involving the country in justfable civil war.
Gold closed in New Yorl: yesterday at 1867.
Cotton Closed easier in New York yesterday
o. 15l ; sales 2so0 bales.
&C tton closed dull in Liverpool yesterday at
7jd. for middling uplands; sales 5000 bales.
An AIlcan coDjuror, who apparently eats
broken el.ss, is exhibiting in London.
Tho Columbia Is. C.) Chronicle OF yesterday
announces its OWL demise. Cause-hard times.
MIR. Vim. Hitchcock Of Columbia, well known
throughout the State, died in that city OF Sunday
evening.
The Tallahassee Floridian gays that an orange
tree near that city has produced this year fifteen
hundred and fifty perfect oranges, large and OF
fine Aavor.
The New York Board of Underwriters have
appropriated ff'y thousand dollars for the pay
ment Of rewards for the arrests Of persons guilty
Of arson or incendiarism.
"A Washington telegram to the Philadelphia
Press says the financial situation Is growing
clearer, and adds that 'one OF the Immediate ne
cessties is mora graeabacks."
The Ricamonl WaiS says one of the most en-
couragiug signs of the times is to be found in the
fact at ths process Of settlement IN that State
by entccprisng Northern men is steadily gonG on.
SO rapid is the increase of live stock in Aus
trala that companies ere forming for the cxporta-
ton OF preserved meats on larGc scale. In the
plains OF Riycrina alone the annual increase Of
sheep is described to DC ct least two millions in
excess Of the local demand.
Parties who are :onversant with the views Of
Senators on the suspension OF Alr. Stanton assert
that the Senate VIII reject any nomination tor Sec
rotary of War intended to supersede the late Sec
retary, and will, by decided majority, declare
Mr.. Stanton to be lawfully entitled to hold tho
Office, irrespective Of tho Presidents order or
desire.
The Chinese Empire appears to be in moro
than ordinary disturbed condition. The rebels are
still unchecked and the lmperial general, who was
to have certainly disposed OF the Nien-fel VINO
were enclosed in the eastern part OF the Shantuns
promontory, has been d;sgraced for letting the
wnolo force OF tie eremy escape unframed
throug his lines.
AT meetir, Of the London Medical Society,
Dr.. Lake, . distinguished practitioner, said that
he rs abe to cure the most desperate case OF
teothas-e, m ess the disease is connected with
rLeun tsn, by tho application Of the following
remccy: Alum, reduced to animpalpabe powder,
two dracAms; nitrous spirits Of ether, soyen
drachms; mx and Apply 10 the tooth"
During the rem wal OF articles from the Paris
Exhibition, il the Italian sectloa a workman cal.
ed On one OF hlS comrades to assist him in lifting
m immense cheese, which had stood against