The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-05
|, So 49, ron,r, Of the Attorney General

| HfstiDg laws VIII De perlnhteu Hi.iHu Wv
d" territory Of the United States" Blu
the President urges Congress to declare
wbse shall he tic status of the plural wives
| and their off'pring. a tough question
The message commends the successful
measures of peace societies In indncin!
many tribes of Indians to settle upon re
seyya,ions aud I'll the soil and urges liberia
appropriations "to carry out the lnuiai
peace policy"
The President recommends that Il l','
torial government be granted TO the III,
dians west of Missouri and afNahS'S "A4'
south Of Kausas. ,,.
H., advises that the public iand' " con-
s;dered "a heritage to our ch'iolen r ',,,t ~
a;snosed Of only to actual settlers. bu' ,o
,Ios that they pliy be llScd wiz "o'
o t,r tho encouragement OF e"uca'
ton, .,o cens,s of
I,7o-tbe Agricultural Bureau eh' I'D IGm
missioner (the Bureau, fo hay', Is "o' Ai' :
6. Great national good ")-tao lncrcaSe VI
o,,snnsotion to heads OF Bureaus anu OH
oiols holding responsible posst1ons, "hee
tho President strongly urSes--an" thc 's..'
,r,o,os far Tho support OF the Government,
&C.. for whi,h he refers to ga accompanying
documents"
We ara cratifed to see that tho President
recommends general amnesty Win Inc eS-
cant,on Of "any srcat criminals dislln-
q e,,ished above nil others for the part they
"took in opposition 20 the Government"
who might he excluded, In the Judgment Of
Congress, from general amnesty. The Pre-
sident reasonably suggests that there IS no
advantage In excluding men t.em oiiico be-
cause they were before the "reeelllon" Of
sufficient standing and character to b.
elected to offices requiring them to take the
oath to support the Constitution, and adj
hitting to eligibility to oftaco "thoze enter
Staining the came Views, but OF less
" standing in their communities" 4
decided hit at the folly OF his own party.
He continues, that while the so-tner VIC
lated an oath. had the latter taken one they
would have broken it, as did the formor
class. This Is all sound sense; but the
President mars his good act By following 1t
up with lamentations over alleged social
ostracism for opinions sake IN the South,
anti personal violence and threats, and all
that. He expresses the hope, however,
that things will grow better. Yet his ku-
klux policy is fighting against this bope.
The message reports good ctiecsS from
the establishment. Of territorial govern
ment In tho District, and expresses g7at!h-
cation at the growth Of Washington, which
Z" rapidly becoming worthy OF the nations
capital"
Tho message recommends prompt rlaa-
sures to restore Government buildings in
Chicago, aud urges some protection for
foreigners, whose number IS Increasing,
and who, rot understanding cur l2nSu9ge
and laws, are greatly imposed upon.
The President wants cirll-service re-
form which shall mako porsons recommend
Ing men for Office responsible for them Just
as O. person who gives Iettor Of Credits iicld
responsible for the integrity Of The person
to whom it is given. "a difficult thing to
do) He says that where bad men have pro-
cured positions In the Government 1t was
the fault Of persons who gave letters of re-
cormen1atiop to them (MuRPnY Is not
Included Id this y lie alludes 10 the number
Of prosecutions aud convictions ct officers
In the last two years rs teaching salutHy
lesson to Office. seekers and noldcTs. his
rlgor is causing favorable change.
- il-sp reform
proposed last year, The message reports
that the board has it under consideration,
snd will soon mature plan cor promoting
Ell .iencv aud competency II othce.h1!defs'
The President submits his Recommended
ton, to Congress, confident that It's action
W Il be "wiss and statesmanilAo,' (Thich
is sort Of confidence not entertained By
tue country. We are sure.)
The Presidents message is tie greatest
bore Of the year to tho press. The people
may read IT or not, us they please but still
thoy are swindled, because that Gull paper
tskes I'D tho room that might DO occupied
with matter having some interest in 1t.
But what Is the use OF tic Presidents
message? Congress pays very n!t!o atten-
ton to II. There Has Il TING when Il WAS
OF some value; but that tima has soue by.
1t is tut Il rehash OF party speeches ind
newspaper editorials. All else that Is IN It
might be put in q third OF a column. There
never was any real necessity for more than
a column Of room to say what Tho Trcsi-
dent should say. Mr.. JEFFERSON never sept
In anything that might net 10 styled 4 short
message. CID HICKORY thundercd, anG
some of his SUCCESSORS initiated linn III
length, but not his force.
The fact Is, few heads Of recommends.
lions aud some congratulations that Con.
gross Is permitted to Ieassem5!o nutwith-
standing its gross corruptloas, and that the
country lives Notwithstanding that It's I'm
piety and great vices and irrtliSton Gro
enough to forfeit "the lie of the natlon,"
are about all that Is acceptable from the
President. When be goes beyond these he
Is "bore." If anybody says that is what
kings do, and is not suited to republican,
| Ism, let us ask, what man Il more Of king
than GEANT! II it Is said he Is not "sl.
| ways king" We Say lie hss too power to
| make himself 80 and that IS Of tho very eg-
sence Of arbitrary authority.
We always dreud the message, yet II lE
| upon LIS. We shall feel better wboD IT Is done
With, which will be when 1t is printed. No
body will read 1t.
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JAMES FISK aud his partner, JAY GoULD,
are brought TO a straight by the decision OF