New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-05

6nAnciaI difacuit;esi beet : sule which y thsA
amply snppled with revenue ard ming u for
such o. purpose. Tbs fsot Stated BY the Presi-
don't that MA annual BlfdSn, q the Debt Is
now Heveateens Millions les 'than It was VIXEN
no was lnaugurAtel 10 O. perfect VicksburR
to hit supportets, Nm, yyu cannot both eat
your cake and save it; and. Il tax-repeal 10 to
be The order OF TIE day, w4. shall soSn have
reached tho end Of debt-reduction. And when
We have, chopped. rcducing the Debt, Il viii
weigh upon us much more heavily than II
now does, while. reducing outgoes, b. COM
tracing new loana at lower rates Of interest,
wherewith to pay of old ones, will b ifcend
We respectfully suggest there
fore, that. sweeping away Fifty Millions PEI
annum of internal revenue may well suffice
for ono session When Tariff rsduction
SHALL b IN order, tho Presidents plan may in
tho main be safely followed os 81, ., l'.,l.
With regard 10 the Ku-Klux outrnges IN
certain localities ct tho South, the ProsIdents
representations are sound, tn0derate, and will
b heartily approved by largo majority OF
his ,countrymen.. Those outrages must Do sup
dressed pcaceable citizens, however poweriess
and despised, must he-protected In their humble
homes; and, II the States cannot or viii not
do this, the Union must and will. We heartily
regret that National interpositiOn ID necessary
but, since It h, We rejoice THAT 1t has been
decreed, and bids fair to prove effectual. The
denunciations Of" martial law" in Opposition
journals and speeches are bnsed on uhtruth..
Their has been no proclamation of martial
law nothing more than vigorous assertion
of the supremacy Of statute law TO conspiracy,
violence. and murder. If any have abb
scondcd from their homes because OF
tho Presidents Proclamations, their guilty
condolences were their aecusers. We wish the
President had seen fit, moreover, to indicate
his abhorrence Of the icarpet-bag villatnies
whereby several Southern States have been
impoverished and their credit broken down
villaines which partially explain but in no
manner excuse tho crimes Of the ku-ki'lx
providers; but he is right az to these mis-
creants, and, 80 far, the country Is with him,
We dissent most emphatically from most Of
the Presidents suggestions based on the Post
master-G Generals Report. We deny that the OK
pectati6u that the Post Office should sustain
itself is unreasonable. On the contrary, We
hold that the Government should. pay its own
postage. Just as others do, and THAT those who
use the Post-Office should sustain it-by
fair and equal assessment OF the ex-
pense on those who are benefited Dy IT,
Let everything transmitted through the
Mails be f;.irly assessed to meet this expense
then, if three cents pcr letter does not pay,
charge four or even five. But do mt burden tho
Mails with thousands of tuus Of free matter,
and then make parade Of supporting tue
Department from the Federal Treasury. Inc
system is every way vicious; and W. are gr'eVed
and amazed that the President still clings to
it, Rip Van Wrinkles twenty-years' sleep is q
hea-bite to his. ... ".tt-.
Then as to "uniting the Telcgrnphic system
" of the United States with the Postal system,"
can the President be unaware that this means
buying out the present stockholders in tele-
graphs at treble tue cost of constructing the
existing lines, and thus enriching small
number at the expense of the great body OF
their fellow -citizensa He ought to know this;
for we warned him Of it personally
wear ago, and then advised him that
the People would not stand 1t. Mr.. Presi-
dent! be entreated to get out Of this job and
keep out! It is certain to damage you if you
do not; for there will be revolving odOr gen.
erated by it's contamination. Thirty Millions
are to be taken ont Of the Treasury by it to
pay for property that never cost Ten Millions
and not one dollar of that Thirty Millions will
ever come back again. Indeed, you tell ms
that the proposed system would "secure
"the further advantage Of extending the
"Telegraph through portions of the country
"where private. enterprise wiA not construct it."
Not doubt of It'll Only throw the cost OF
extending and maintaining the Telegraph on
those who do mt nse It, and VIC can have
poles and wires, Offices and batteries, supern-
tcndents and operators, where there is no
business, and probably never will be. But,
until the Post Office is made to pay its own
way, we insist that it shah let tho Telegraph
alone. Nor will Congress vote otherwise,
unless the members are piled with other than
legitimate inducements to 60 wrong.
We have some plain structures to offer on
Civil Service Reform, but these can wait.
On the whole, we find much more to approve
than to condemn in this Message, and believe
that it will he 'favorably regarded by large
majority of the American People.
THE HOUSE COMMUTERS.
Speaker Blaine was confronted by difhcult
and invidious task in the assignment of his