The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-03-05

any other State under like circumstances.
In the first year of the past administration
| the proposition came up for
TIE ANNEXATION OF sANTo DOMINGO
as territory of the Union. It was not n
| question of my seeking, but was q proposi-
| ton from the people Of Santo Domingo, and
which entertained. believe now, as I did
then. that it was for the best interests of this
country, for the people of Santo Domingo,
and all concerned, that the proposition
should be received fayorably. 1t was, how
ever, rejected, constitutionally, and therefore
| the subject was never brought up again BY
me.
| In future, while l hold my present office,
| the subject Of acquisition Of territory must
have the support Of the people before will
recommend any proposition looking to such
acquisition. say here, however, that do
not share in the apprehension held by many rs
| to the danger of the Government becoming
| weakened aud destroyed by reason Of their
extension ofterritOry. Commerce, education,
and rapid transit of thought and matter by
| telegraph and steam, have changed all this
| Rather do | believe that our great Maker i
preparing the world in His own good time
10 become one nation, speaking one laIi-
guage, and when armies and nayies will be
no longer required.
Ny EFFORTS IN THE FUTURE
will be directed to the restoration of good
feeling between the different sections OF cur
common country; to the restoration of our
currency to fixed value as compared with
the worlds standard Of yaiues-goid, aud it
possible to par with it; to the construction
Of cheaper routes of transit throughout the
land, to the end that the proceeds of al! see.
lions may find 4 market and leave living re.
muncration to the producer; to the main
tenance of friendly relations with all our
neighbors and with distant nations; to the
: establishment OF our commerce and share
in tue carrying trade upon the ocean to the
encouragement Of such manufacturing in.
Clustries US can be economically pursued in
this country, 10 the end that the eX.
ports of home products and industries
= may pay for our nnports-the only sure
method Of returning to and permanently
maintaining specie basis; TO the elevation
of labor, and by a humane course to bring
the aborigines Of the country under tile
benign influences of education aud civil
: iZaton. 1t is either this or war o
determination. Wars of cXtermination ell
, gagged in by people pursuing commerce
aud all industrial pursuits are expeE
sivc even against the weakest people, and are
d.moraliZing and wicked. Our superiority
( of strength and advantages OF civilization
should make us lencnt towards the Indian
The wrong already inflicted upon him shoult
be taken into account and the balance placed
10 his credit. The moral view OF the qucS
: ton should be considered, and the question
, asked, Cannot tue Indian be made uSeFu
and productive member of society by propc
teaching and treitmentY Ii the effort l.
made in good filith we will stand better be
; fore the civilized nations of the earth aud il
our own consciences for having made it.
all these things are not to be accom-
pI>hcd by one individual, but they will re
cciye my supportand such recommendation
10 Congress as will in my judgment best serv'
10 carry them into effect. beg your sup
port and encouragement.
, 1t has been and is my earnest desire tt
correct abuses that have grown up in tht
civil service of the country. TO secure th
reformation rules regulating methods of ap
pointment and promotion were established
and have been tried. Ny efforts for such re
formation shall he continued to the best Of N,
Judgment. The spirit of the rules adopted
will be maintained.
PERSONAL MATTERS.
acknowledge before this assembly, repre-
scntin. as it does every section of our cOun.
try, the obligation am under to my coun
trymen for the great honor they have con
ferred on me by returning Inc to the highes
Office within their gift, and the further obIl
CATION resting on me to render to them tht
best services within my power. This | pro
mise, looking forward with the greatest anXI
ETY. to the day when shall be released from
responsibilities that at times are almost over
whelmiug, and from which have scarcely
had Il respite since the eventiul firing upol
Fort Sumter in April, 1861, to the presen
, day. Ny services were then rendered
and accepted under the first call FOL
troops growing out of that event.
did not ask for place or position, ant
was entirely without influence or the ac
= auaintancc Of persons Of Influence, but Wa!
: resolved to perform my part in struggle
threatening the very existence of the nation
[ performed Il conscientious duty, withou
asking promotion or command, and without
reyeneeful feeling towards any section o.
5 individual. Notwithstanding this, through
out The war. and from my candidacy for my
, present Office in 1858 to the close OF the las
presidential campaign, have been the sub
: icct of abuse and slander scarcely cve
eoualed in political history, and which to
, day | feel can afford to disregard in view 0
your verdict, which l gratefully accept a
my yindication.
The Presidents Inaugural
. is the theme of considerable comment, ant
is almost universally disposed of in the as
sertion that it is weak. Some are inclined
l TO view the paragraph in the opening of tn
. report, in which the President hazards th
oninion that there could be no extension
G territory on this continent which would cal
i for an increase of the army or navy, as al
n indication that he would gladly favor
The Accession Of Mexico
n this Republic, though at the same time, 9
4 Is Indicated in subsequent paragraph Q
i his address. lie would not suggest it unt'
+ plain and lorciDle demands from the peopi
had been made therefor.
! Tonight
/: is brilliant in the extreme. Rockets R'
works, blue-lights, and Examinations OF ever
kind light up the darkness and animate 10
! sports of more than twenty-five thousan
3 people who crowd the avenue despite tn
: northern tempest and the icy atmosphere =
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