The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-12-17

their capital.
| In reference to the condition of the
circulating medium, the President mere
| ~ reiterates, substantially, that portion
of his list annual message which rcIates
to that subject. The anomalous condi-
ton Of our currency is held to be in
striking contrast with th,t which WAS
originally designed Equal and exact
jnsticcreqaires that all the creditors
Of the governmeet SHOULD be paid in a
currency possessing uniform value,
which can only be accomplished by the
restoration of the currency to the stand
ard established by the constitution
Facts derived from our commercial STA
tistics are next deduced to show the
feasibility of making our currency cor
respond with the constitutional stand
ard 1t is urged that the time has
come when the government and national
banks should be required to take the
most efficient steps and make all ncces-
sary arrangements for resumption of
specie payments The President adds :
"sSpecie payments having been re-
sumed by the government aud banks.
all notes or bills Of paper issued by
either of less denomination than TWEEN
ty dollars should by law be exclu led
from circulation, SO that the people may
have the benefit and convenience OF a
gold aud silver currency which, in all
their business transactions, will be uni
form in value at home and alb Dad. !"
The President next makes reference
to the report o: the Secretary of the
Interior, including Interpretations of the
land Office, pension Office, patent Office
and the IAdian bureau. In regard to
the Indian tribes, the President says
that treaties with various of them have
been concluded, and that he cordially
sanctions the stipulations which provide
for necessary lands for them, where they
may be encouraged to settled habits and
industrial pursuits.
The President next makes reference
to the reports of the Secretaries of War,
Navy and the Postmaster General.
Our foreign relations arc said to be
friendly. except that in regard to Par.
aguay. the controversy between the
President of that cou2try and Mr..
Washburn has led to Instructions to
our newly appointed minister to Pa
quay. Mr.. Mcmahon, to proceed 10
Asuncien and Investigate the whole
matter, and the rear admiral of our
squadron on that station has been d.
rected to attend the new minister with
a nropsr naval force to sustain such just
deman DIS as the occasion may require.
Our relations with Mexico during the
past year are sid to have been marked
by an Increasing growth OF mutual con
tidenee. Negotfati2ns are said to be
pending with view to the survey and
of ship cana, across the
isthmus Of Darien under the auspices
of the United States, The President
has been Reluctantly obliged to ask ex-
PLANTATION aud satisfaction for national
in icries committed by the President of
Hayti. 80,
of Alaska, which it - said was made
with the view Of extending national
Jurisdiction and republican principles
in the American hemisphere, aad IS a
step In the same direction treaty was
made for the purchase of St. Thomas,
which remains under consideration in
the Senate.
The President holds that comprehen
sive national policy would seem tosanc- |
ton the acquisition and Incorporation
into out federal Union of the adjacent
continental and insular communities as
speedily as it CAN be done peacefully
and lawfully, an idea which will take
hold upon the popular mind. In this
the President says: H.
!. 1T cannot be .ong before it wlsl be 4
come necessary for this government to |
lend some effective aid to the solution
of the political and social problems
which are continually kept before the 4
world by thetwo republics of the Island
of ST. Domingo, and which are now
disclosing themselves more distinctly
than heretofore ia the Island of Cuba.
The subject is commended to your con-
sidermtion with all the more earnestness
because | am satisfied that the time has
arrived when even SO direct proceed
ing as a proposition for an annexation
OF the two republics of the Island OF
St. Domingo would not only receive the
consent OF the people interested, but
would also give satisfaction to all other
foreign nations"
With the increased facilities for in
tercommunication, the President thinks
that our political system eau be success
fully applied to an area more extended
than our continent.
= Reference is next made to treaties
with the Hawaiian kingdom, with Ger
masy and Bavaria regarding the rights
of naturalized citizens, and to the i'm
portant questions remaining open be
tween the United States and England
for adjustment. LII reference TO these
last, the President expresses the hope
that he shall be able to lay before the
Senate during the present session pro-
tocols calculated to bring th-se contro
versies to an end. st ~
The President renews the recemnen
dation Of his last message in relation
to amending the constitution for the
election OF Presidsnt and Vice Pfesi
dent for single term, and by Il direct
vote of the people, &C., and closes with
the expression of hope that the eean-
sells Of Congress will be so guided as to
preserve the Union aud restore pros
perity and happiness to the people
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