The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-12-12


The length Of Executive documents and
department reports, preclude them from
publication in our columns To give them
the requisite space would exclude every
thing else, We present. however, birds
eye view Of the message, embracing sub
stantially al il contains.
The President declares in favor of
return 70 specie payments, urging upon
Congress, aat this session. the duty and
necessity Of placing the currency Of che
country upon i basis common to and
recognized BY the civilized world. The
public creditor to be paid ia coin, ''aceord-
ing to the bond when the debt was con
traeted, gold or its equivalent, an obliea-
tion net to be eEaded without national
digrace;" the repeal Of the legal-tender
clause, to take effect as to all contracts
entered into after the day fixed in the
repeating act, revenue sufficiently in
excess Of expenditure TO insure an acedmu-
lation Of gold in the treasury to sustain
resumption and lastly, system Of free
banking a. essential to give proper elasti-
city 70 the currency These are the
salient recommendations urged by the
President upon Congress at its present
session as necessary to restore the currency
10 normal and healthful condition.
Foreign affairs furnish no special occa-
sion for remark or Recommendation. The
growing importance Of our relations, both
commercial and diplomatic, with China
and Japan is adyerted 10, as is also the
subject Of Chinese immigration to this
country, coupled with suggestion as to
the need Of further legislation for the
proteetion Of Chinese immigrants, both
male and female The unfinished north
western boundary survey between the
United States and the British provinces,
the chronic condition Of lhwlcssness and
brigandage on the Mexican frontier, and
the no less chronic inability Of Venezuela
to discharge its indebtedness to American
citizens receive mention. The duration
and tenacity Of the insurrection in Cuba,
and the injury and annoyance occasioned
thereby to neutral powers are referred to
in significant language, and the fact Of
pending negotiations made the excuse
for the absence Of some positive sugees-
ton in reference to this subject, as Wen
as the unsettled business of the "Vircin-
iusn indemnity, A renewal of former
recommendations in reference to the defec-
tive state Of our naturalization laws, as
well as the laws regulating the status Of
American citizens born abroad, concludes
what the President has to say upon topics
connected with our foreign relations.
Attention Is called 10 the reports Of the
Secretaries Of the Treasury, Of War, the
Navy, the Interior, and the Postmaster
General, in reference to matters belonging
10 their respective departments. The |
troubles in Louisiana and Arkansas give
the President az opportunity both to sus-
tain his past policy in reference to affairs
in these States and to indulge in some
general conversation and recommendation
in reference to the condition Of the South,
which are for the most part conceived in
conciliatory temper
The President deprecates the necessity
for any federal or executive interference
in the local concerns of the States, but
justi6es his recent action in Louisiana BY
reference 70 the neglect and failure of
Congress a. rs last session 70 act upon the
recommendations Of bis former messages,
and indicates that in reference TO Southern
affairs generally, and '.outragesr in partic-
ular, the truth IS to be looked for between
two extremes. An sminently just and
proper suggestion IN tins connection, is
the Recommendation TO restore to the list
Of pensioners Of the war Of 1872 the few
old persons residing in the South whose
pensions have been cut cf BY their inabil-
ity to take the ironclad oath. The crea-
tion Of two additional circuit judgeships,
with or without the addition of two
more justices 70 the Supreme Court, il
recommended on account Of the increased
extent q territory 70 be transacted in the
his Indian policy, whatever that may be, |
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