The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-12-12
Presidents MeSSGge,

light and adopt the recommendations is what is
beyond our fondest hope. 1t ranges over every
conceivable topic of leading interest in the coun-
try and touches each in a terse, concise and COM
prehensive manner. Few messages from any
President have contained so much in so brief q
space.
He states that capital and labor are both abund-
ant and cheap and suggests that wisdom on the
part of Congress might bring these in direct con-
tact with agriculture and thus have three 'ele-
ments of prosperity to any people directed in the
proper channel" He meets the financial ques.
ton 10 brave spirit and deals with it with
statesmanlike candor and practical good sense
His "hard money" recommendations cannot fail
to receive the plaudits of our Democratic friends
in this portion of the nation, if they have not
been INDUCING in a serious joke. In referring to
the national debt he asserts that 'the good faith
of the government cannot be VIOLATED towards
creditors without national disgrace 'There
can be no prosperous and permanent revival oil
looking to a return to a specie basis" is the
premise upon which his arguments are based
With view of accomplishing this at the earliest
possible day without shock to the business in.
datiors in his communication to Senator Jones
last June. They are the repeal of the legal ten.
der act to take effect at some definite time in the
future and definite day fixed in the future fol
the resumption OF specie payment. To this be
adds that Congress provide sufficient revenue "tc
insure the accumulation of gold in the Treasury
to sustain redemption" when tie time arrives
Ia aid of this he recommends free banking, Civ
ing pIIl-holders the same protecuon tney nave
under existing laws, thinking that banking ii
something, when properly guarded, that viii
regulate itself according to the demand for it,
new banks starting where needed and old ones
winding up in turn. He thinks this should no
be confined by the will of the President, or Sec
rotary of the Treasury, or Congress. Congress
should make laws under which banking should
exist, but should not create monopoly by limit
ing the amount of redeemable currency which
shall be authorized"
Our relations with other powers are undisturb
ed. Legislation abolishing the importation o.
Chinese iuto California and disposing of their la
Dor under a species of slavery is earnestly recon
mended Without making direct suggestion ht
asserts that ''sx years of strife gives the nsurrec
ton in Cuba significance not to be denied. The
absence of power to suppress on the part of Spain
makes some positive steps on the part of Other
powers a positive necessity" Legislation de-
timing what acts constitute the expatriation of the
citizen is deemed of urgent Importance. ConsulS
and other Americans are frequently called upon
to act in the premises without knowing just what
to do Foreigners are in the habit of obtaining
and using fraudulent naturalization papers fol
the purposes of protecting them and their BUSH
ness in their native or other foreign countries. -
Legislation ''to punish fraudulent naturalization
and secure the cancellation of every record Of
naturalization made in fraud is earnestly recon-
mended" For the purposes of raising revenue
to .-aeet the obligations of the government re.
vision of the revenue laws is suggested. Taxes
should be placed on fewer articles. Articles en-.
tering into our manufactures and not produced
at home should be placed upon the free list. This
is calculated to bring capital and labor in har-
mony. Sound craftsmanship dictates the asser-
ton that the education of the people entitled ia
the exercise Of the franchise regard essential to
general prosperity everywhere" Postmaster
General Jewell regards it public calamity that
the revenues of that Department are insufficient
to meet its expenses. But President Grant thinks
that 'the rapidIty with which new sections are
being settled, thus increasing the carrying o.
LudllS Ill u tuOIc Idplu IutlO tbG luCIShoC vi
receipts is not alarming" His view is that the
Postoffice Department is instituted and run for
the convenience and accommodation of the PEG.
pie and that it should be self-supporting, never
entered into the contemplation of the governmen,
any more than the Navy or any other Depart.
ment should be self-supporting.
He calls the attention Of Congress 10 the diff
cultes in the Southern States and recommends
that an investigation be had concerning the truth
or falsehood of alleged outrages. He states that
the cause for the cry of Intimidation to voters
in the Southern States by United States troops
had for its foundation the simple fact that from
the Delaware to the Rio Grande in all forts, &C.,
there were stationed the immense number of 4 )
O82solders Herefers to the troubles in Arkansas
aud asserts as the matter is being investigated by
Congress he ''has declined to interfere" And
in the Louisiana matter be declares that in the
midst Of frauds practiced at the election of 1872
he believed 'the present State officers received a
majority of the legal votes" and that in the
event that no action is taken by Congress be shall
still continue to recognize Kellogg as the legal
Governor of the State. He depricates the neces.
sity for interference in the local affairs of the
STATES. But he is emphatic in his avowal that
''all the laws and the provisions of the Constiu-
ton, including the recent amendments added
thereto, will be enforced with rigor." The South.
ern question assumes a prominent place in this
strong State paper. 'Fairness in the discussion
of Southern questions, the advocates of both po-
liica parties giving honest, truthful reports Of all
occurrences are the best means of remedying ex-
isfing evils. Threat the negro as a citizen which
he is and must remain, and some parties will be
divided, not over the color line but upon princi-
pie" The increase of the Judicial Districts to
eleven insteNd of nine is recommended with the
IF t,ro "a ind A nrod;t-
able magnanimitv recommends that alterations
be made in the oath required to be taken by pen
sioners in order that survivors of the war Of 1872
residing in the Southern States may become
again recipients of the government bounty for
their services in defense of their country. Refer
ence is made to the Centennial Exposition and to
connected Herewith 10 the report Of
the Commissioner of Agriculture with the recon-
incubation that Congress take such action in the
premises as will create greater interest in it and
make it a success worthy of the American peo-
pie. "The revival of ship building is Of vast i'm
portance to our national prosperity" The
American people are paying $780, O00, 900 per
annum for freights. This money goes to give
employment and support to foreign workmen.-
As remedy for this it is suggested that ample
compensation for carrying the mails be given to
owners Of American built steamers. This is TO
apply TO both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
Provision should be made to have them Gil GER
tain requirements and to be fitted for war pur-
poses in certain emergencies This is sugges-
ton meriiiug the profound consideration of Con-
gress, claiming at its hands large share of its
attention. In referring to the report of the Sec
rotary of War he states that there is no class OF
people harder worked than the army officers and
meu-none who perform their tasks more cheer
fully and efficiently and under circumstances of
greater privation and hardship" The message
declares our Navy powerful for the purposes of
peaceful nation" What is needed is one that
shall be in some condition TO meet a naval force
in time of war. In reference to our friendly re-
lations with the Empire Of Japan it is recommend
ed the education of certain number of young
men in the japanese language in order that we
shall be supplied with competent and intelligent
Interpreters for the use and convenience of the
government in the Empire of Japan. These folks
thus educated shall be under certain obligations
TO serve the government in this capacity for a
stated time And il is recommended in this con.
nection that certain number of japanese youth
be educated by US in return.
The non-partisan spirit of the message CON-
mends it to the good sense of all classes of cti
zeus. 1t is eminently sound on finance, in its
suggestions for revival Of American commerce
and ship building and in its sensible recommen-
dations for a readiustment of the tariff. Con-
corning the Southern troubles we claim that ii
partakes as little Of the partisan spirit as it is
possible to discuss them al all. Perhaps the most
Objectionable clause in the message is at is the
duty Of Congress to devise the method of correct
ing the evils which are acknowledged to exist,
and not mine q" The document will take its
place with the great State papers OF the afternoon
of the Nineteenth century.