The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-10

United States conventions identical in
form, lns king uniform regulations Is
to the construction of the parts of
vessels to be devoted to the use of
emigrant passengers, as to the quail
ty and quantity Of food, as to the med
ical treatment of the sick, and as to
the rules to be observed during the
voyage in order to secure ventilation,
to promote health, to prevent intru-
sion, and to protect the females, and
providing for the establishment of
tribunals in the several countries for
enforcing such regulations By sum
mary process.
RUSSIAN HEMP.
Your attention is respectfully call
ed to the Law regulating the tariff on
Russian hemp, aad to the question
whether to fix the charges on Russian
hemp higher than they are fixed upon
Manila, is not a violation Of our
treaty with Russia, placing her pro-
ducts upon the same footing with
those Of the most favored nations.
MANUFACTURES.
Our manufactures are increasing
with wonderful rapidity under the
encouragement which they now re-
ceive, with the improvements in ma
chinery already effected and still in
creasing, causing machinery to take
the place of skilled labor. To a large
extent our imports of many articles
must fall off largely within a very f e
years. fortunately, too, manufae-
lures are not confined to few locali-
ties, as formerly, and it is hoped will
become more and more diffused, max
ing the interest in them equal in all
sections. They give employment and
support to hundreds of thousands of
people at home, and retain with ms
the means which otherwise would be
shipped abroad.
The extension of railroads in Eu-
rope and the east is bringing into
competition with our agricultural
products like products Of others eoun-
tries. Self,interest, if not self-pre-
servation, therefore, ,dictatates caution
against disturbing any industrial in
terest of the country. 1t teaches us,
also, the necessity of looking to 9TH
er markets for the sale of our sup
plies. Our neighbors south of US
and China and Japan should receive
our special attention. 1t will be the
endeavor of the administration to cul-
tivate such relations with all these
nations as to entitls US to their con-
fdenee, and make it their interest as
well as ours to establish better com
mercial relations.
RELATIONS WITH CHINA.
Through the agency of a more en-
lightened policy than that heretofore
pursued toward China, largely due to
the sagacity and efforts of one of our
own distinguished citizens, the world
is about to commence largely increas-
ed relations with that populous and
hitherto exclusive nation. As the
United States have been the irisiatory
in the new policy so they should be
the most earnest in showing their
good faith in making it success. In
this connection | advise such legisla-
ton as will forever preclude the en-
slavement Of the Chinese upon our
soil under the name of coolies, and
also prevent American vessels from
engaging in the transportation of
coolies to any country tolerating the
system. | also recommend that the
mission to China be raised to one of
the first class.
THREE ESSENTIALS.
On my assuming the responsibilit-
les of Chief Magistrate of the United
States it was with the conviction
that three things were essential to its
peace, prosperity and fullest develop
ment. First among these is strict
integrity in fulfilling all our obliga~
ions; second, to secure protection to
the persons and property OF citizens
of the United States in each and ev-
cry portion of our common country,
wherever they may choose to move,
without reference to original nation
ality, religion, color or politics, de-
manding of him only obedience to the
laws, and proper respect of the rights
of others; third, the union of all of
the states with equal rights inde-
structible by any unconstitutional
means. To secure the first of these,
Congress has taken two essential
steps: first, in declaring, by joint
resolution, that the public debt
should be paid, both principal and
interest, in coin; second, by providing
the means for paying the same. Pro-
viding the means however, could not
secure the object desired without
proper administration of laws for the
collection of the revenues and econo-
mical disbursement of them. To
this subject the administration has
most earnestly addressed itself, with
results, 1 believe, satisfactory to the
country. There has been NJ hesita-
ton in changing officials in order to
secure efficient execution of the laws,
sometimes, too, where, in mere par
ty view, undesirable political results
were likely to follow from ary hesita-
ton in sustaining efficient officials
against circumstances wholly political.
For the second requisite to our
growth and prosperity. true and
firm, but humane administration Of
existing laws, amended from time to
time as they may prove ineffective or
harsh and unnecessary, are probab-
ly all that are required. The third
cannot be aHained by special legisla-
tion, but must be regarded as fixed by
the constitution itself and gradually
acquiesced in by the force of public
opinion.
THE TENURE OF OFFICE.
1t may be well to mention here
the embarrassments possible to
arise from leaving on the statute
books the so-ealled "tenure of Office
act" and l earnestly recommend
its total repeal. 1t could not have
been the intention of the trainers of
the constitution, when providing
that appointments made by the
President should receive the con-
sent of the Senate, that the latter
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