The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-12-12

'atlOuS WIN japan a0u NLlna, tne Tesi'
dent renews bis recommendation for an ap-
preparation to support at least four Amer
leans youths 10 each Of those countries to
serve as a part Of the official family Of our
ministers there. and to perform the duties
OF interpreters.
From matters connected with our for.
cisn relations the President next turns to
those Of domestic concern.
The recommendation to transfer to the
Department. Of the Interior the powers and
dr,los in relation to the Territories is re-
Moved
No further reduction Of taxation is
deemed advisable at present, and the Pres.
idcut recommends that no additional legis-
lalion be had on the subject unless it be to
correct errors Of omission or commission
in existing laws until sufficient time has
elapsed to prove that il can be done and
still leave Sufficient revenue to meet cur
rent expenses Of government, pay Ithrest
on the public debt, and provide for the
sinking fund established BY law.
Numerous recommendations Of the SEQ.
rotary of Wararc mentioned in detail, and
the favorable attention Of Congress thereto
invited.
Suggestions are made for the cncour.
agoment both interstate aud foreign CON.
nerco, In reference TO the former, atten-
lion is suggested to tho extension of the
James River and Kanawha and the Ches
apeuke and Ohio canals. and the connect
ion Of the Mississippi Valley with the sea
board at Charleston and Savannah, by
way of the Ohio and Tennessee rivers and
canals, and slackwator navigation, to the
Savannah and Osceche rivers.
Careful consideration is also urged up
on Congress Of the recommendations made
by the Secretary Of tho Navy, enforced by
the almoniiou that "uuless carly steps
are taken to preserve our navy, in very
few years tho United States will be the
weakest nation upon the ocean, Of all
great powers
In adver'ins to the report Of the Post
master General, the President suggests a
modification Of the ranking privilege. to
correct its costly and glazing abuses, the
abolition heretofore recommended not hay.
ing been favorably regarded by Congress
The plan Of Incorporating the telegraph
system Of the country with the postal sys-
TEN, is favored by the recommendation
that Congress appoint committee or com.
mission to take.it into consideration.
The Prcsidentexpresses himself couyino-
ed Of the necessity and salutary effect of
the Ku Klux laws, but says he is disposed
to test the virtue of clemeucy, as for as his
sense ofjustice will permit, BY the pardon
persons convicted under those laws He
does not, however, wish this to be constru,
cd as indicating any change in his deter
mination to enforce those laws vigorously
whenever he shall think occasion demands
it.
The Indian policy of the administration
is to be maintained without any change,
having, the President felicitates himself,
"becn as successful as its most ardent
friends anticipated" As a compliment to
the existing policy the conversion Of the
territory south Of Kansas into home for
the Indians aud the erection therein of a
territorial form Of government is deemed a
subject of great Importance.
The completion, at an early day, Of the
ninth census, is announced, aud the Secre-
tary Of the Interiors recommendation that
the census be again taken in 1879 urged
upon Congress.
The efficiency Of the Bureau Of Educa-
ton is commended, and the approval ofthc
measure providing for the appropriation Of
the net proceeds of the sales Of the public
lands for educational purposes, now pen
ding before Congress, is urged upon that
body,
Affairs in the territories are generally
satisfactory, with the exception Of Utah.
The enactment Of a law to secure peace
equality Of all citizens before the law there
aud the cxtiusuishmeut Of polygamy, is re.
commended.
The abuses that have grown up in the