The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-12-16

matte and consular officers to scrutinze care
fully all such claims to protection. A citizen
Of the United States, whether native or
adopted. who discharges his duties to his
country, is entitled to its complete protection
While have voice in the direction Of affairs
shall not consent to imperil this sacred
right by comforting it on fictitious or fraudu-
lent claims. rH o.t'i I.
REGULATIONS FOR IMMIGRANT SHIPS.
Invitations have been extended to the
Cabinets of London, Paris. Berlin, Brussels,
The Hague, Copenhagen. and Stockholm :.
to empower their representatives at Wash
ington to simultaneously enter into nego-
tiations and to conclude with the United
States conventions identical in form, making
uniform regulations as to the construction of
parts of vessels devoted to the use ofemigrant
passengers, as 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 ventilation,
to promote health, to prevent intrusion, and
to protect females and providing for the cs-
tablishment Of tribunals in the several coun-
tries for enforcing such regulations by sum-
mary process: e5a =a
TARIFF ON RUSSIAN HENRI ''
Your attention is respectfully called to
the law regulating the tariff on Russian
hemp, and to the question whether to fix the
charges ON Russian hemp higher than they
are fixed on MANILA is not violation Of our
treaty with Russia placing her products on
the same footing with those Of the most "a,
vored nations,
OUR MANUFACTURING AND PRonuoING INTER-
Our manufactures are increasing with
wonderful rapidly unler the encouragement
which they now receive. With the improve
ments in machinery already effected and still
increasing, causing machinery totake the
place of skilled labor to large extent, our
imports of many articles must fall off large
ly. Fortunately, too, manufactures are not
confined to a few localities. as formerly, and
it is to be hoped will become more and more
difused, making the interest in them equal
in all sections. They give employment and
support to hundreds of thousands Of people. =,
and retain with US the means which other
wise would be shipped abroad.
The extension Of the railroads in Europe
and the East is bringing into competition
with our agricultural products like products
of other countries. Self interest, if not SELF
preservation, therefore dictates caution
against disturbing any industrial interest If
the country. 1t teaches US also the neces-
sity of looking to other markets for the sale
of our surplus. Our neighbors south of us,
o,d Hb;,o ond Tooon should roooi 20 our
special attention. it will be the endeavor
of the Administration to cultivate such rela-
tons with all these nations as to entitle US to
their confidence, and make it their interest
as we'll as ours to establish better CONNER.
c;sl relations.
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
Through the agency of a more enlightened
policy than that heretofore pursued towards
China, largely due to the sagaoity aud efforts
of our own distinguished citizens, the world
is about to commence largely increased rela-
tons with that populous and hitherto exclu-
sive nation. As the United States have
been the initiators in this new policy, SO they
should be the most earnest in showing their
good faith in making it a success. In this
connection I advise such Legislation as to
brever preclude the enshvement of Chinese
on our soil under the name of coolies, and
also to prevent American vessels from en-
gaging in the transportation Of coolies to any
country tolerating the system.
I also recommend that the mission to Chi
ma be raised to one Of the frst-class.
CHANGE IN OFFICE HOLDERS.
On my assuming the responsible duties Of
Chief Magistrate of the United States. it was
with the conviction that three things were
essential to its peace, prosperity. and fullest
development. First among these is strict
integrity in fulfilling all our obligations ;
second, to secure protection to the person
and property of the citizen of the United
States in each and every portion of our COM
mon country wherever he may choose to
move without reference to his original ma
tionality, religion, color. or politics, demand
ing of him only obedience to the laws. and
proper respect for the rights Of others; and
third, the union of all the States. with equal
rights, indestructible by any constitutional
means.
To secure the first Of these Congress has
taken two essential steps first, in declaring
ny JOiuI RESOLUTION tnaC tue puplio u0oC euouu
be paid, principal and interest, in coin and
secondly, providing the means for paying,
Providing the means, however, could not
secure the object desired without proper
administration of the laws for the collection
of the revenues and an economical disburse-
ment of them. To this subject the Admins
istration has addressed itself with results, |
hope, satisfactory to the country. There
has been no hesitation in changing officials
in order to secure an efficient execution Of;
the laws-sometimes, too, where, in mere
party view, undesirable political results were
likely to follow-nor any, hesitation in sus-
tanning efficient officials against remonstran--
ces wholly political. 1tniay be well to nasas-
ton here the embarrassment possible to arise
from leaving on the statute-books the sotcal>j
led tenure of office acts, and to earnestly re-
commend their total repeal. 1t yseuld NOT
have been the intention Of the trainers ofthe
Constitution, in providing that appointments
made by the President should receive the
consent of the Senate, that the hitter should
have the power to retain in Office persaas
placed there by Federal appointments against
the will Of the President. The law is in
consistent with faithful and efficient admin
istraton of the Govesnmcnt. What faith can
an Executive put in officials forced upon him..
aud those, too, whom he has suspended for
reason How will such officials be likely to
| serve an Administration which they know