Middletown transcript., 1868-12-19

OuidttuS uicuiutuS buS iCpauctlp tuSlcly Ac-.
iterates, substantially, that portion Of his
last annual message which relates to that
subject. The anomalous condition Of our
currency is held to. be in striking contrast
with that which was originally designed
Equal and exact justice requires that all
the creditors of the government should be
paid in currency possessing uniform
value, which can only be accomplished by.
the restoration of the currency to the STAN.
dard established by the constitution. Facts
derived from our commercial statistics are.
next deduced to show the feasibility Of
making our currency correspond with the,
constitutional standard It is urged that
the time has come when the government
and the national banks should be required to.
take the most efficient steps and make all
necessary arrangements for resumption
of specie payments. The President adds:
fSpccie payments having been resumed
by the government and banks, all notes or
bills of paper issued by either Of less
denomination than twenty dollars should
be excluded from circulation, SO that the
people may have the benefit and CONVENE
ence of gold and silver currency which,
in all their business transactions, will be.
uniform in value at home or abroad.
The president next makes reference to,
the report Of the Secretary of the Interior,
including the operations of the land Office,
pension office, patent Office and the Indian
bureau. In regard to the Indian tribes,
the President says that the 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 ofthe Secretaries of War, Navy
and the Postmaster General.
Our foreign relations are said to be-
friendly, except that in regard to Para-
quay, the controversy between the Presi-
dent of that country and Mr.. Washburn
has led to instructions to our newly ap-
pointed minister to Paraguay, Mr., McMa-
hon, to proceed to Ascpnsidn and iRvesti-
gate the whole matter, and the rear admiral
of our squadron on that station has been di=
reoted to attend the new minister With pros
per naval force to sustain such just de-
inapds as the occasion may require.
Our relations with Mexico during the
past year are said to have been marked by
an increasing growth Of mutual confidence.
Negotiations are said to be pending with q
view to the survey and construction Of q
ship canal across the isthmps of Dagien
under the auspices Of the United States.
The President has been reluctantly obliged
to ask explanation and satisfaction for ma
tional injuries committed by the President
of Hayti,
Reference Is made to the acquisition of
Alaska, which it is said was made with the
view of extending national jurisdiction and
republican principles in the American
hemisphere, and as a step in the same diz
rection Q treaty was made for the purchase
of st. Thomas, which remains under cons
sideratiop in the Senate.
The President holds that comprehensive
national policy would sanction the acqni-.
sition and incorporation into our federal
Union of the adjacent continental and insu=
lar communities as speedily as it San be
done peacefully and lawfully, an idea
which win take upon the popular mind,
In this connection the President says:
IT capnot be long before it will become
necessary for this government to lcpd some
effective aid to the solution of the polit-
cal and social problems which are continu<
ally kept before the world by the two re-
publics of the island of St. Domingo, and
which are now disclosing themselves more
distinctly than heretofore in the island of
Cuba. The subject rs commended to your
consideration with all the more earnestness
because | am satisfied that the time has
arrived when even so direct proceeding
as a proposition for the annexation Of the
two republics Of the island of St, Dqmipga
would not only receive the consent of the
people interested. but would also give sat-
isfaction to all other foreign nations"
With the increased facilities for intcr-
communication. the President thinks that
our political system can be successfully sp-
piled TO an area more extended than our
continent,
Reference Is next made to treaties with
the Hawaiian kingdom, with Germany and
Bavaria, regarding the rights of nalural-
lied citizens, and to the important ques-
tions remaining open between the United
States and England for adjustment. In
reference to these last, the President ex-
presses the hope that he shall be able to
lay before the Senate during the present
session protocols calculated to bring these
controversies to an end
The President renews the recommenda-
tion of his last message in relation TO
amending the constitution for the election
of President and Vice President for sim
gle term, and by a direct vote Of the pc, :
Pile, &c. and closes with the expression of
a hope that the COUNCILS of Congress will
be 50 guided as to preserve the Union and
restore prosperity and happiness "a the
people.
The weakest living creature by concen-
trating his powers on single object, Gan
accomplish something; the strongest, by
dispensing bis over many, may fail to acs
complish anything The drop by contin-
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