The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-05
TIE Presidents Message Opinions
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The message rs whole, Is plain. business doom
ment- exhibiting satisfactory condition OF the Etisi.
ness OF Government and the country, making no
You Sous oId pans and soms sos oe
1t viii not add to The or popu-
lari.y. Neither win !; diminish either. &
fFrom ffle New York SUM-
with very few features that will attract attention
excite discussion. Perhaps IL Is not strange that it
is 80. II the theory Of the President and his sup
along as smoothly as could be expected or hoped In
the affairs Of the Government, there Is certainly
necessity for anything nore than business-like
statement OF the condition Of the departments In
the Presidents communication to Congress. IL
seems TO have been for the most part prepared 10y
m H. rs
noticeable feature Is the consancy and consistency
With which the President approves and urges every
in the central goVesnIent such as the granting OF
subsidies. the adoption Of the postal telegraph sys
tem the interference with Stste governments In en-
forcement acts, &c.
From the New York Herald
II is valuable State paper, brimming over with
all the vast aud mulfartous concerns OF the coun-
try at home and abroad. Unpretending in style
GOO good messsse ~ But upon upon his ste Steamship subsidies
and inlalld-canal schemes, General Grant Is enter
nE bup9n, field of costly espsrmsnit
and bonds are mere triics and the seven millions
paid for Aaska were bagatelie. But If the grants
mercial subsidies are appalling, what win they he
In their full Gevelopm6ut1 II we could boast the
full redemption OF our national sebt there would
sltl be something alarming in these stupcpdous
propositions OF traus-Alleghany canals made and
Steamship lines supported by the Treasury; but as
as 1t IS In our Judgment we have but the alternative
Reputation of our national debt. e.
From the New York World.l
In this last message President Grant makes many
recommendations. but they relate mainly to gather
1Ic
ing. rising future has not dawned upon his obtuse
mind. he has not the foresight 70 aow; he has mol
the yigor to reap. He merely follows as o CLEANER
behind those who have put In the seed and gathered
the harvest. We will recite all the
OF this message, and we beg the reader TO note how
handle the rake Of the CLEANER. We proceed TO our
| recital, culling out every recommendation in the
message; There vas never before such q collection
! of the odds and tall-eDds of by-gone subjects.
From the New York Tlmes.l
Nothing could be more plain and business-iike
| than the message tie President sent to Congress
yesterday. Not In the last twenty years have any
condition of the country without touching on many
questions calculated to excite political animosities
Prsdent @ Grant an has always perfSSTrmed # the duts
| mendlnH such measures rs he deems to be EeceS.
sary, and he has never shrunk from an avowal o.
| opnion Eecatiss it would arouse opposition. He
does not double any ak ward corners in the presen
message. Its explanation Of the condition of oul
national affairs, at home and abroad, may reason
aNS sTauiS tlie peorlc, "ilie s ACCOMMODATIONS
simple and practical as they are, are sure to com
maud respectful and attentive consideration.
[Trom the Philadelphia Press.l
Lte Its predecessors, the fourth annual message 0
President ral!t IS plain and practical, and remark
able for It's brevity and cearness than the pro
posal of any startling policy or attempt ut I'm
| writing. No words Of ours need be added iE prais
of the message, which Is simply calm review o
the nations history In the last year, and clear state
mcnt OF It's necessities IN the next from the Pres
dents STANDPOINT No change in his policy Is fore
ay.lD9ed in IL, and as In the past. he VIII make tn
| peoples will his law and guidance.