Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-12-09
". II. BENNETT
J. B. TEASDALE,
Editors and Proprietors.
The Presidents Message.

Grant was delivered to Congress on Mon
day. 1t is Just such document as
might lie expected from such man f;
brief but comprehensive, touching every
national subject of Importance, and Civ
ing his views on each in plain unm'stak'
able terms Our limited space iorbids
us publishing the message in full, but
we give synopsis of its loading features :
RECONSTRUCTION.
q After n few Introductory remarks the
= President takes up the subject OF recon-
strnction, and gives n sncclnct narration
c-- of the progress that has been made IN
q that behalf since the adjournment of
Congress in March last which he con-
q sders, on the whole, satisfactory, In ref.
co erance to the Georgia imbroglio, he rec
= ommends that Congress pass a law nu>
- thorzing the Governor to convene the
Legislature originally chosen, AMI requir
ing the members to take the oath pre-
* scribed by law thereby restoring the ex
- PEELED coored members to their seats,
UO and excluding those who are inellgih
under the Fourteenth Amendment to the
- constitution He recommends also that
W former place in the Union, and that her
~ newy.elected Senators and Represents
O tive be admitted to their seats in Con-
rs ercss He expresses the hope that the
acts Of the newv.olected Legislatures in
Q Mississippi and Texas will be such as to
% receive the appreciation of Congress, and
u thus close the work of reconstruction
CT This portion of the message, which is all
1f 4 ba Far, oil uII
c., meet the entire appreciation of the Re-
% publican party, and will, we think, be
- satisfactory to the country, 1t is the
natural sequence Of the election of last
% year, and it appropriately pre6gures the
- close of the great work Of restoring the
Union on the basis of freedom and equal
rights to all men.
spEcIEPAyMENT PUBLIC DEBT AND TAXATION
The President advances plan of
re.umng specie currency, which is GER
@ taiuIy novel He recommeds thai Con-
Ct gress shall provide for redeemng the
6 green back circulation in gold by paying
the market price for them on the day that
m the law goes into effect, and increasing
10 the price from tneto time at the same rate
as the interest which the government pays
on its bonds IT. Tor instance, the market
" value OF grecnbacks should be - cents
to the dollar on the day when the law
- goes into effect, then the government
- should commence rcdcemlng at that rate
~ and should increase the price, so ut the
% end Of one year it should redeem at the
rate of 193 at the end OF two years 81
k7I and so On This plan would bring the
" greenbacks to par ut the end oil five years
- Ills views with regard to the public
debt are substantially these. 10 improve
~ our credit, so that at an early day the
debt can be refunded Mt lower RI c OF
interest He says the entire debt could
be paid in ten years IL desired, and the
taxes ~ AIDE no heavier than they now
are,hut believes it not advisable to tax the
- people even TO that extent lne time
- has come when good part Of our bonds
Cd may Ice taken up, and tie time is fast op
preaching when all ,nay be- and it is rec
~ ommcndrd that II loan be effected SUI
E.a iic,cnt 20 make ~ the bonds ms fast rs
e may be, provided the new loan can
~ he secured AT or j. per cent OF tariff
~ and taxation he recommends that no
6 general revision be attempted until after
g the debt is refunded when great res
81 ductjon can be made The renewal of the
income tax is recommended, but the rate
~ ~ ne reduced 90 ltr cent Ine Tres
= dent thinks that an immediate reduction
LD ct 500 100000 to $4,000 600 per annum
CT can safely be made
- FOREIGN RELATIONS
s. Coming to the subject Of our foreign
= relations, the President says that the
- Cuban insurgents have not yet reached
CD a condition emitting them to recognition
- ms hcIiGereutS. and that the government
cr has endeavorcd 60 execute the neutrality
u laws in good Filth The views which he
expresses on the Cuban question gener-
~ ally viii meet the approval OF all good
citizens The President ntimntes thai
q no settlement of the Alabama claims will
he satisfactory to him which does not en-.
brace an apoogyor something equivalent
To 1t His position on this question is
sttlkingy similar to summers as shad.
= owed IN his lannon's speech Of last winter
=, but concludes with u hope that the time
may soon arrive when the two govern.
} ments can approach the solution of this
y momenous question with an assurance
u OF what is due TO the rights dignity, aud
- honor of each, and with the detcrmina>
~ ton not only to remove The cause ol
complaint in the past, but 10 lay the
Ti foundation OF n broad principle of pub
llc law, which viii prevent Culture differs
- cnccS, and tend to n firm aud continued
peace and friendship This is now the
~ only grave question which the United
=. SIaIes have with any foreign nation
- CANADIAN RECIPROCITY.
The President opposes any reciprocity
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