Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-12-09
The Presidents Message.

o"A SpeNS "asA % P"cAhS~So"
of this important document, deliver
cd to Congress Monday afternoon,
last. We are persuaded that not
many will be disappointed, while the
greater number will be better pleas
cd with the following impartial re-
port, condensed from the Baltimore
Sun:
The Third Annual Message Of
President Grant opens with a reiter-
alton Of the policy announced in his
Inaugural Message. "The policy
has been not to inquire into the wis.
dom of the laws alrea ly enacted,
but to learn their spirit and intent,
and to enforce them accordingly.
The exceptiona! calamities by fire
and flood which have marked the
past year, and which have led to the
display of SO much active benevo-
lence and generous sympathy at
home and abroad, receive appropri-
ate mention, while the year is rccog-
nizcd to have been, ''uudcr a wise
Providence, one of general prosper
ity to the nation.'
Under the head of Foreign Rcla-
tons, the country is properly CON
graduated upon the beneficial effects
likely to result from the treaty of
Washington, both rs a settlement of
our differences with Great Britain,
and as an example to the world how
wars may he avoided without a sac
rifice of national honor.
Some surprise will doubtless be
felt to find NJ. Catacazy elevated to
the dignity of national grievance,
The abolition of slavery by Brazil
is made the subject of presidential
congratulation, and the enactment
by Congress of stringent law is
recommended to reach the case OF
American citizens who in their bust.
ness dealings with planters and 9th
ers ia countries where slavery is
still tolerated by law, may become
interested as mortgages or otherwise
in this species of property.
The rumors which have been rife
r of pending difficulties with Spain
and possible intervention in the al
fairs of Cuba, find no Countenance
in what is said in the message upo,
? these heads.
, Turning from foreign to domestic
t affairs, the first and most importan
recommendation of the message il
:, that both the tariff and internal law
:, are modified, with view to tighten
, ing the burdens at present imposed
upon the county. 1t is rccommen
dcd that "all taxes from interna
revenue sources be abolished, excep
those collected from spirituous, vi
y nous and malt liquors, tobacco in it
various forms, and from stamps,
l. which amounts to recommendation
to abolish the income tax. In an
Il adjustment of the tariff it is rec
commended that those articles I'D
- produe ed at home, but which entc
d largely into general consumptio
d through medicines, compounds, &C
J. and from which little revenue is IL
rived, should be placed on the fire
- list, and that "should further r,
i. duction be deemed advisable,
is should be made upon those article
't which can best bear it without di
turbing home production or rcducin
III the wages Of American labor. -
N This latter recommendation has I'll
K merit of being SO exceedingly ge1
b. eral that it probably will give no Q
- fence even to the most ardent pr
al tectionists. For particulars upo
this head Congress is referred to tt
at report of the Secretary of the Trea
a. ury. The fluctuations in the curre
is cy arc deplored, and the wisdom
n. Congress is invoked to find rem
,p dy. The message reiterates Il
IN condemnation heretofore pronounce
IL by the Secretary of the Treasul
Or upon the present infamous syste
H. of moietics to informers in the rev
of nue. service of the country.
So In the navy the employment
supernumcrary officers in the me
is chant service, (as in England al
IL other countries. and that prom
as ton above the rank of captain
Ks made by selection instead of senio
IT. ity (as at present are to be recon
to mcnlations worthy the attention
d. Congress.
of The plan of uniting the tc1cgral
to service with the ordinary postal Sc
vice of the country is urged upe
. the favorable consideration of Co
:. gress as recommended by the Pos
. master General. The revenues
~ The department continue to improv,
~ The measures taken Tor the el
forcement of the ku-klux law a,
j next reviewed The proclama.io
of October II, is justified upon II
ground that the requirements of IL
pr proclamation of October II, requi
~ ing the members of unlawful cont
8 nations within five days to surre