The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-06

stitutional means.
To secure the nrst Of these Congress- has taken
luton that the public debt should be paid principal
means for paying. Providing the means, however
could not Of, secure the object desired without q
COLLECTION Of tSe TeYenSes d R aws nor
disbursement OF them. To this subject the admlnis-
tration has most earnestly addressed itself with re
suits hope satisfactory to the country. There has
been no hesitation In changing officials in order TO
secure efficient execution OF the laws. Sometimes
cal results were likely to follow nor any hesitation
In sustaining efficient officials against remonstrances
p0Itca IL may oe Wen to mention mere tne
statute books the so-called Tenure once acts and
to earnestly recommend their total repeal 1t could
not have been the intention OF the trainers OF the
constitution when providing that appoint
ments made by the President should re-
that the latter should have the power to retain in
onlce persons placed there by Federal appointment
against the will OF the President The law is inCon-
sstent with faithful and efficient administration OF
the Government What faith can the Executive put
he has suspended for reasons? How will such
officials be likely to serve an administration which
requisite to our growth and prosperity, time and a
firm but humane administration of existing laws,
amended from time to time they may prove in
effective or prove harsh and unnecessary, are pro-
baby all that are required.
The third cannot be attained by special legislation
but must be regarded as fixed by the Constitution
itself and gradually acquiesced in by force of public
opinion.
From the foundation of the Government to the
present time the management OF the original inhab-
tants OF the country, the Indians has been subject
of embarrassment and expense and has been at
tended with continuous robberies, murders, aud
wars. Frem my own experience upon the frontier
and in Indian countries, do not hold either legsla-
tOn the conduct Of the whites who come most in
contact with the Indians blameless for these hostl
ties The past, however, cannot be undone, and the
question must be met as we now find it.
l have attempted new policy towards these
other light than as wards, with fair results as far as
tried and which hope will be attended ultimately
with great success. The Society OF Friends is well
known having succeeded In living in peace with
the Indians in the early settlement OF Pennsylvania,
while their white neighbors Of other sects in other
sections were constantly embrotled. They are also
known for their opposition to all Strife violence, and
war, and generally noted for their strict lnte-
gritty and fair :dealings. These considerations in
duced me to give the management of few reserva-
tions of Indians to them, and to throw the burden
| itself. The result has proven most satisfactory.
1t will be found more fully set forth in the report
of the Commssio oner OF Indian Affairs. For super
intendens and Indian agents no ton the reservations
oiCers OF the army were selected. The reasons for
| this are numerous. When Indian agents are sent
there or near there, troops must he sent also The
agent and the commander OF the troops are inde-
| pendent OF each other and are subject to orders
from different departments Of the Government. The
army officer holds position for life; the agent one
| at the will OF the President
The former is personally interested in living in
| harmony with the Indian and in establishing per-
manent peace, TO the end that some portion OF his
| life may be spent within the limits OF civilized
| society; the latter has such personal interest
Another reason is an economic one, and still another
I the hold which the Government has upon life
oiccr to secure faithful discharge OF MS duties IN
| carrying out given policy. The building OF rail-
roads, and the access thereby given to all the agr
cultural and mineral regions OF the country Is rapidly
bringing civilized settlements into contact with all
the tribes of Indians. No matter what ought to be
the relations between such settlements and the abort
gnes, the fact Is that they do not harmonze WELL
and one or the other has to give way ln the end,
system which looks to the extinction OF : race is
too horrible for nation to adopt without entailing
upon itself the wrath OF all Christendom, and en
gendering in the citizen disregard for human life
| dangerous
no substitute for such system except In placing all
the indians on large reservations as rapidly as can
Az soon as they are fitted for it, they should be in
duced to take their lands in severalty and to set up
Territorial governments for their own protection.
For full details on this subject call your special
attention TO the Reports OF the Secretary OF the In
report of the Secretary of War shows the expendi-
lures of the War Department for the year ending
the Both Of June, 1862 to be SSO644 ,052, of which
S23 $50 $40 was disbursed in the payment of debts
contracted during the war, and is not chargeabe TO
current army expenses. His estimate of O3l
for the expenses Of the army for the next fiscal year
| is as low as it is believed can be relied on.
fully scrutinized and reduced wherever it has been
deemed practicable. II, however, the condition Of
the country should be sucn, by the beginning OF the
ton OF troops, the appropriation asked for VIII not
be expended.
The appropriations estimated for river and harbor
| improvements and for fortincations are submitted
| separately Whatever amount Congress may deem
proper to appropriate for these purposes VIII be eX-
|
army, that appropriations be made for the forts at
! Boston, Portland, New York. Philadelphia New Or
leans, and San Francisco, If for no Others IS CON
Cured in. also ask your special atedtion to the
| recommendation OF the general commanding the
| Military Division OF the Pacific for the sale of the
Seal islands OF ST. George and ST. Paul, Alaska Ter
ritory, and suggest that 1t either be complied with,
or that legislation be had for the protection OF the
seal fisheries from which revenue should be derived
was 81 527570 less than the increased expenditures
in ls6s showing by comparison this gratifying fea-
ture OF Improvement that while the ncreese OF eX-
penditures over the increase of receipts IN 1868 was
s2439535 the increase OF receipts over the increase
| OF expenditures in 1868 was Sl,OSI,3I
Your attention is respectfully called to the recom-
mendations made by the POstmaster-Genera Tor au-
thority to change the rate of compensation to the
| main trunk railroad lines for their services IN con-
| veying the mails, for having post route maps exc
| cuted, for reorganlZng the eniclency OF the
special agency service for the increase OF the mail
vice under the nag OF the Union the Atlantic; and
most especially DO call your attention TO his recon-
| mendation for the total abolition OF the ranking
| privilege. This is AN abuse from which no one re-
receipts for postal service from 20 20 80 per cent and
| largely increases the service to be performed.
| The report OF the Secretary OF War contains
synopsis OF the reports OF the heads OF bureas OF the
commanders Of military divisions and Of the dftricts
| OF Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas, and the report
| of the General OF the Atmy in iull Tne recommen-
dations therein contained have been well considered,
and are submitted for your action. however call
special attention to the recommendation OF the CheI
of Ordnance for the sale OF arsenGs and lands no
| longer Of use TO the government Also 10 the
| recommendation OF the secretary or war that
the act OF March Sd, 1862 prohibiting promotions ana
appointments on the stan c0rs OF the army, be re-
pealed The extent of country 10 be garrlSoneu ana
| the number OF military posts TO be occupied, is the
| same Wfth q reduced army as NTH large one ana
GTge Number 9f sGG differs TequTed Is more @Pen"eHt
| upon the tdtttr than the tOTIsr condition.
| The report of the Secretary OF the Navy accom-
panying this shows the condition OF the navy when
tins administration came into office and the changes