The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-12-15
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

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tering himself and the world at larg,
that he has successfully executed al
the laws found upon the statute books
without inquiring into their wisdom
After next telling us about the gener
al prosperity of our country, as wei
as the terrible calamaties by fire ant
flood during the past year, he felici
tates the people upon the successful
labors of the Joint High Commission
in forming treaty between Britain
and America and urges upon Congress
the early settlement of the boundary
line between the United States and
British North America. He briefly
alludes to our friendly relation with
\ Germany, and says he has officially
recognized the removal of the Italian
Capital to Rome and the annexation
of the States of the Church to the
Kingdouf of Italy. He pats the Rus.
sian Prince on the back for coming to
see him, and gives the retiring Rus.
sian Minister, Catacazy, prod in the
rear, 'just for luck" He says our re-
lations with Japan are intimate and
hopes they will remain so-as also
with China. He is satisfied with the
punishment which the U. S. troops in.
f1icted upon the Coreans, but is offend
ed with Mexico because she doesn't
repeal the laws establishing n free
zone on the frontier of the United
States. We are at peace with South
America, and he is glad Brazil is
emancipating her slaves. He urges
upon Congress stringent legislation to
prevent citizens of the United States
from owning slaves in the West In
dies or wherever else slavery is rec
ognized. In relation to the Spanish
Cuban war he says our naval COM
manders in Cuban waters have been
instructed, in case it should become
necessary, to spare no effort to lpro-
tect the lives and property of bona
tide American citizens, and to main
tain the dignity of the flag. He
wants Congress to make an appropri-
alton to educate four American youths
in Japan and China, to act as in
terpreters between our country and
those two. He also recommends
subsidies for steamship lines between
San Francisco, Japan, China and Aus
tralia. He says the National debt
has been reduced to the extent of
$50, 6,057 Jog so during the year, and
by the negotiation of National bonds
at lower rate of interest, the inter-
est on the public debt has been so far
diminished that now the sum to be
raised for interest account is nearly
seventeen million of dollars less than
on the 1st of March, 1869. He rec
ommends modification of both the
Tariff and Internal tax laws. He
urges that all taxes from internal
sources be abolished, except those on
spirituous, vinous and malt liquors,
tobacco in its various forms, and from
stamps. He wants greenbacks put on
a par with specie and stop put to
gold speculations. After making
some unimportant suggestions in re-
gard to the army and navy, he al
ludes to the enlarged receipts of the
Postal Department, and fiatters the
country that this is the index of the
growth of education and of the pros
perity of the people, two elements
highly conducive to the vigor and
stability of republics; he also urges
the necessary legislation to unite the
telegraph and postal system of the
country. He attempts to palliate his
ofthe barbarous ku-Klux
law and suspension of the habeas cor
pus in the South by recital of the re-
ported outrages, and then tells us that
" in Utah there still remains a rem
nant of barbarism repugnant to civ
ilization, decency and the law of the
United States" which he says will not
be further tolerated. He recommends
liberal appropriations to carry out the
Indian policy and suggests the grant
ing of Territorial Government to
Indians in the Indian Territory which
might, in time, be the means of col
lecting most of the Indians now be-
tween the Missouri river and the Pa
cific ocean, and south of the British
Possessions, into one Territory or one
State. He recommends that the pub
lie lands be regarded as a heritage to
our children, to be disposed of only
as required for occupation and to act
ual settlers. He says that the Agri-
cultural Bureau is working a great
National good, and if literally sup
ported, the more widely its influence
will be extended and the less depend
ent we shall be upon the products of
foreign countries. He thinks public
officials are not paid enough and rec
ommends the increase OF salaries.-
He recommends the removal of disa-
bilities from the people of the South
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