The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-12-09


of the Treasury and myself heartily con,
CURED in the propriety Of using all sur
lplus currency in the Treasusy in the pur:
chase of government bonds, thus reduc-
ing the interest bearing debt of the coun-
try, and of, submitting to Congress the
question of the disposition to be made of
the bonds so purchased. The bonds now
held by the Treasury amount to about
$75, 00O, 900, including those belonging to
the sinking fund. / recommend that the
whole be placed to the credit of the sink
ing fund. ! 600 g9a4,5 ian s1,, -.
Your attention is respectfully invited
to the recommendation of the Secretary
of the Treasury for the creating of the
Office of Commissioner Of Customs Rev
enues for the increase Of salary to GER
tain classes Of officials and the substitu.
ton of increased national bond circulation
to replace the outstanding 8 per cent GER
tlfcates; and more especially to his rec
ommendation for the repeal of laws al
lowing shares of fines, penalties, forfeit
vres, etc, to officers of the government, or
to informers. Il mia ageo ,4,Jr ,s 5.,,I
| The office of Commissioner of Internal
Revenue. is one of the most arduous and
responsible under the government. 1t
falls but little, if any, short of Cabinet
position in its importance and RESPONSE
bilities. I would ask for il, therefore,
such legislation as, in your judgm> Mt,
will place the Office on footing of digni,
ty commensurate with its Importance, and
with a character and qualifications of the
class of men required to ill it properly.
i, AS the United, States is the freest of all
nations, SO, too, its people sympathise with
all people struggling for liberty and self
government; but while SO sympathizing
| it is due to our honor that we should alb
stain from enforcing our views upon I'M
fwilhng nations, and from taking an inter
ested part, without invitation, in the
| quarrels between different nations or be-
tween governments and their subjects.
Our course should always be in conform
lily with strict justice and law. interna-
tional and local. Such has been the pol.
icy of the administration in dealing with
these questions. For more than a year a
valuable province of Spain,, and a near
neighbor OF ours, in whom sH our people
cannot but feel a deep interest," has been
Estruggling for independence and freedom.
| The people Of the United States enter
| tain the same warm feelings of sympathy
/ for the people of Cuba in their pending
struggle that they manifested throughout
the previous struggles between Spain and
7 former colonies, in. behalf of the latter,
but the contest at no time assumed the
conditions which amount to war in the
sense of inter national law, or which would
show existence of alle ,tacto political or
| eanization Of the insurgents sufficient to
Justify q recognition OF beligerency. The
principal is maintained, however, that the
nation is its own judge when to accord
the right of beligerency either to a peO-
pie struggling TO free themselves from a
government they believe to be oppressive
or to independent nations at war with
each other. The United States have NO
disposition to interfere with the existing
relations of Spain to her colonial posses
slons on the continent They believe that
in due time Spain and other European
| powers will find their interests in termi-
mating those relations and establishing
their present dependencies as independ-
ent powers, members of the family of ma
tlons These dependencies are no longer
regarded as subject to transfer from one
| oower to another. When the present re.
laticns Of colonies cease, they are to be-
come independent powers, exercising the
right of choice and of self-control in the
determination of their future conditions
and relations with other powers. q The
United States, in order to put q stop to
bloodshed in Cuba, and in the interest OF
neighboring people, profered their good
offices TO bring the existing contest to d
Termination. The offer. not being accept
ed by Spain on basis which we believed
could be received by Cuba, was with
drawn. It is hoped that the good Offices
of the United States may yet prove adj
vantageous for the settlement of this UNI
happy strife Meanwhile, several illegal
expeditions against Cuba have been bro
ken up.
& IT has been the endeavor of the admin
| istration,to execute the neutrality laws il
good faith, no matter how unpleasant the
task, made SO by the suffering we have
endured from the lack of like good faith
towards us by other nations on the United
States. wy 'i7oN 5'te 4y-.A PIP lli-''-
The schooner Lizzie Major was arrest
ed on the high seas by. q Spanish frigatt
land two passengers taken from it and car
ried as prisoners to Cuba. Representa-
lions of these facts were made to tht
Spanish government, as soon, as official in
formation of them reached Washington
1 The two passengers were set at liberty
and the Spanish government assured the
United States that the captain Of the frig
ate, in making the capture, had acted
without law, that he had been reprimand
ed for the irregularity of his conduct,
and that the Spanish authorities in Cuba
would not sanction any act that could vi
olate the rights, or treat with disrespect
the sovereignty, of this nation. 564 5t'r
The question of the seizure of the brig
Mary Lowell, at one of the Bahama Isl
| - - c.. -, q ri horifina IL once more