The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-12-10

| ~ service, that the fact of their change
of allegiance Is made known. They re-
side permanently from the United
! States They contribute nothing to its
revenues. They evade the duties OF
citizenship, and they only make them
selves known to ask for protection.
| have directed diplomatic and consular
officers ofthe United States to scrutiniZe
carefully all such claims of protection.
t The citizen of the United States, whether
native or adopted, who discharges his
duty to his eOdntry, is entitled TO its
complete protection. While l have a
voice in the direction Of affairs, / shall
not consent 10 impair the sacred rights
| by comforting il upon fictitious or
] fraudulent claimants.
ENIIGRANT PASSENGER VESSELS.
On the accession of the present adj
Ininistration, 1T was found that the
| Minister to North Germany had made n
proposition for negotiation for a conven-
tien for the protection of emigrant pas
sengers, 10 which no response had been
given. 1t was concluded that TO be effect
ual, all the maratime powers engaged in
| trade should join in such measure. In
vitatiOns have been extended to the cab
inets of London, Paris, Florence, Berlin,
| The Hague, and Copenhagen, to en-
power their representatives at Washing
] ton to simultaneously enter into negoti-
alton, and to conclude with the United
states conventions lutntitaI III !OTnl,
making uniform regulations as to the
construction of parts of vessels to lie de-
voted TO the use OF emigFant passengers,
az TO the quality and quantity of food,
| as TO the medical treatment of the sick,
and as to The rules to be observed dur
ing the voyage in order to secure venti-
| lation, TO promote health, and to protect
the females. and providing for The es-
tablishment of tribunals in the several
countries for enforcing such regulations
by summary process.
RUSSIAN HEMP TARIFF.
Your attention is respectfully called 10
the law regulating the tariff on Russian
Hemp aud to the question whether TO
fix the charges on Russian Hemp higher
than they are fixed upon Manila, is not
q violation OF our treaty with Russia
placing her products upon the same foot
ing with those OF the most favored ma
lions.
CHINA AND THE CooLIE TRADE.
Our neighbors, south OF the
United States and China and
Japan, should receive our special atten-
ton. 1t will be the endeavOr of tile adj
ministration to cultivate such relations
with all these nations S. to entitle us to
their confidence and make it their inter
est as we'll as OHrS To establish better
commercial relations through the agency
of more enlightened policy than that
heretofore pursued toward China, large
ly due to the sagacity and efforts OF one
of our own distinguished citizens. The
world is about TO commence largely in
creased relations with that populous and
hitherto exclusive nation. AS the
United States have been the initiatory
in the new policy, so they should be the
most earnest in showing their good faith
in making it q success. In this connec-
ton l advise such legislation rs will fer
ever preclude the enslavement of Chin
csc upon our soil under the name OF
Coolies, and also prevent American YES
sells from engaging in the transportation
of Coolies to any country tolerating the
system. ! also recommend that the
mission to China be raised 10 one of the
first class.
MANUFACTURES.
Our manufactures are increasing
with wonderful rapidity under the en-
couragement which they now receive
with the improvements in machinery to
take the place of the skilled labor TO n
large extent. Onr imports of many arti-
cles must fall Off largely within a very
few years. Fortunately, too many manu-
features are not confined 10 few locali-
ties as formerly, and it is to be hoped
they Will become still more diffused
making the interest in them equal in ali
sections. They give employment and
support to hundreds of thousands of
people at home. and retain within United
States the means which otherwise would
be shipped abroad. The extension of
railroads in Europe and the East is to
bring into competition with our agrieul-
tural products like products of other
countries. Selfinterest, If not self-preser-
walton, therefore dictates caution against
disturbing any of the industrial interests
of the country. IL teaches us, also, the
necessity of look ing to other markets for
the sale of our surplus.
THE THREE ESSENTIALS TO NATION f..
PROSPERITY.
On my assuming the responsibilities
of Chief Magistrate of the United States
it was with the conviction that three
things were essential To peace, prosy eri-
ty, and the fullest development. First
among these is strict integrity i'm fulfill
ing all our obligations; second, to secure
protection to the person and property of
the citizens of our common country
wherever they may choose TO move,
without reference To original nationals
ty, religion, color or politics, demanding
OF them only obedience TO the laws and
proper respect for the rights of others:
third, union of all the States, with equal
rights, indestructible by any unconstitu-
tional means. To secure the first Of
these, Congress has taken two essential
steps; first, in declaring by Joint FeSoIu-
ton that the public debt should be paid
principal and interest, in coin; second
that the means could not secure the OBJ
jeet desired without proper administra-
ton of the laws for the collection of the
revenue, and an economical disburse-
ment of them. To this subject the adj
Hinistration has most earnestly address
ed itself, with results, as l believe, salts
factory TO the country. There has been
no hesitation i'll changing officials in
order TO secure efficient execution of the
laws, too, where, in mere
party view, undesirable political results
were likely to follow the sustaining of
officials against remonstrances wholly
political.
1t may be well 10 mention here the
embarrassments likely 10 arise from
leaving on the statute books the so cali
ed Tenure-of-Office act, and to earnestly
recommend its total repeal. It could not
have been the Intention of the trainers
of the Constitution, when providing that
appointments made by the President
should receive the consent of the SEN
ate, that the latter should have the
power to retain in office persons placed
there by federal appointments against
the will of the President. The law is
inaOnSigfanf with Truthful and off.