Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-04
Comments on tho Message.

The New York World in commenting on INC
Presidents Message compares 1t with the queen
sneeches from the throne. 1t says we nave
a President who took no interest III puphc ques-
ions until he brought under cohpu'sne
sense of official duty. A born statesman iooAs NV.
these matters to satisfy an irrepressioie men
craving. Int Gen, Grant never took the sllghtest
interest in the practical working OF the uo'erh-
ment until he was constrained by the req
of his position. lie has accordingly no ier.ii.y
no foresight, no strong grasp OF any quesuon, Nv
original suggestions to meet and match emeISihs
situations. He is passive bucket INTO "hieh
minds OF more resources pump their ioehs' nnu n
merely emptes out the contents INTO MS aii"u''
messages. 49,. ,,oo
In Ihis last message President Grant makes
many reco,omendat,ons; but they relate mainly to
gathering up the ta,l-ends OF spent questiohs.-
The emerging, rising future has not ua"heu upon
his obtuse mind. He has not the foreslgh. " SOW
he has not the vigor TO reap; ne mer.iy ,o s.sd
cleaner behind those who have put IN the seeo
and gathered the harvest. We Will recite all .he
recommendations OF this message, ana we ceg .ne
readers to note how few OF them Suggest .he
spring plough, how many handle the rake ol 'he
cleaner We proceed to our Iecltal' cuiins o"'
every recommendation in the message. ihele ,e
was never before such COLLECTION Oh me ouus
aud tail-ends Of bygone subjects.
The Age says the document Is maze up
chiefly Of the RECITAL of public events ana
the enumeration of particulars from me re-
pOftS OF tne SeScIdl DtpoltmSh'''.
member nomessage with so few origihai 'ie"s
or opinions upon general questions. A..
Tie Arbtratons are rehearsed, and all TIE
parties 10 them are complimented.
The New York Sen says:
1.-THE message submitted to Congressyester-
day by the President is very commonplace
document, with very few features tha1 VIII at
tract attention or excite discussion. ieihaps
it is not strange that It 10 SO
It seems to have been for the most part pre-
pared by the heads of the several depart
ments whose accompanying rel orts are
epitomzed in it. Its most noticeable feature
is the constancy and consistency WIN
which the President approves and urges every
measure that looks towards consolidation VI
power in the Central Government
The N. Y. Tribune says:
The message. as whole, is plain business
document, exhibiting a satisfactory condlton
of the business OF Government and the coun-
try, making no startling recommendations,
pressing some mschievous old plans ana pre-
sentpr some good new ones 1t will not
addro the Presidents reputation or popularity.
Neither will 1t diminish either.
The n. Y. Times says:
Nothing could be more plain and business.
like than the message the President sent 10
Congress yesterday.
The N. Y. Herald says: "But upon his
steamphip subsidies and inland canal schemes
General Grant is entering npOna neid OF cost
~ experiments, compared with which our
enormous Pacific ra lway grants and bonds
are mere trifles and the seven millions paid for
Alaska were bagatele. But If the grants
Of money suggested as the beginning Of these
commercial subsidies are appalling, what will
they be in their full develOpement
The Newark, n. j., journal denolnces the
Message as one made up chiefly by stale news
and refersto the gigantic plan Of (so-called) lin
ternal improvements, whereof he presents an
outline. Canals from the Mississippi TO the
Atlantic, through South Carolina and Heor-
through the Virginia mountains; canals around
Niagra Falls and Iand-lo navigation from
the coast Of Maine to the mouths OF the Mis-
siseippi.