Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-12-12

all who NAV come in good faith to re-
side within is limits, on thes complying
with, certain. ursscribed reasonable aud
simule forraalities aad cor dnS among
ths hiphest duties of the government IS
that TO afford firm, efficient, and equal
protection to all its citizens, whether ma
tive born or naturalized. Care should be
taken that a right carrying with it such
support from the government khopld not
be fraudalently obtained aud skouId be
bestowed only upon full prsof of eompli-
spce With the law. There have been
frequent instances of illegal and fraudulent
naturaIzstionfsnd Of the unauthorized use
of certificates thus improperly obtained.
In. some. cases the fraud9lent character
of the natpraliz4tien has appeared upon the
face of the certificate; in Others examiHa-
ton disclosed that the holder had not
complied with tie laT, and in others GER
ti6cates have been obtained where the
persons holding them not only were not
entitled to be nRturalized, but had not
even been within the United States at the
time of the pretended naturalization. In
stances of each of these classes of fraud
are discovered at our legstiens, where the
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certificates Of naturalization sre presented
either fos the purpose Of obtaining pass
ports or In demanding the protection of
the legation. When the fraud is apparent
on the face of such certificates they are
taken up by the Representatives Of the
government and forwarded to the Depart
ment Of State; but even the record Of the
court in which the fraudulent nat
uralization occurred remains, and du-
plicate eertihcstes are readily OBJ
tainable upon the presentation of
these records for the issue Of passports or
demandipg the spEotection Of the govern
nent. Tie fra1d sometimes escapes 40
tiee, and snch eetti6cates are not iulre-
Greatly used il transactions Of business
to the deception and injury of innocent
parties. Without placing any additional
obstacle in the Ray Of the 0btainment % ,
citizenship by the worthy and well in
tentioned foreigner who comes In good
faitb. , share his LOT Nth ours,. I earnestly
ead fart q Atioa To- punih
fraudulent naturalization and to secure the
ready cancellation of the record of every
nAturaliz1tion made h fraud. % rs - r
Since my last annual Message the
e1enAnE0 Ia UGH -3a90 Ol Ln6
rati6cAtion> of treaties of extra
dition with Belgium, Peru, and
Salvador; also Of = treaty Of cOnmsFes
and navigation With Peru, End enc of com
mezee and consulHr privileges with Saliva
dor-su of which have been duly pro-
claimed, as has also 9 declaration with
Russia With reference To trade marks,
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The report of the Secretary of the
Treasury, which BY law is made directly
to Congress and foFms no part of this Mes
sage, will show the receipts and expendi-
tares of the government for the last fiscal
year, the amount received from each
source of revenue and the amount paid cat
for each of thesdepastmentsof government.
1t will be observed from this report that the
amount of receipts over expenditures has
been bat S234, 4SS, go for the fiscal year
ending June 10th, 1874, and that for the
current fiscal year the estimated receipts
over expenditures viii not much exceed
So, 900, 900. In view of the large national
debt exising and the obligations to add one
per cent. per annum to the sinking fund, a
SUM amounting now to over S24, 900, 600
per andum, l submit whether the revenues
should not be increased or expenditures
diminished to reach this amount Of sur
plus. To fad to provide for the Ainkipg
fund Is partial failure to comply with the
coatracts and oblis atoms of the govern
ment. Al the last session of CoHgress .
very considerable reduction was made in
the rates of taxation and in the number of
articles submitted to taxstion: The ques-
ton ms5- well be asked whether, or not
IA soms instances unwisely., In connection
With this sub bjset, ltOo, IsRenture the !opin-s
ion that the means of
COLLECTING THK REVENUE,
especially from import, have .beealso en-.
barrassed by legislation - to make itques-
tionable whether large ssuounts are not
lost BY. failure to collect, to the current
lOss Of the Treasury and to the prejudice
of the Interests Of honest importers and
tzzpaYerss sulG8 ,stG@G 5s bEa ,n2 -
The Secretary of tha Treasury, in his
report, fayors legislation looking to specie
payments, thus supporting the views pre-
Yicusly expressed in this message. He
also recommends economy in appropr1R-
tions; calls attention to the
Loss OF REVENUE
from repeating the tax on tea and coffee,
without q corresponding benefits recon-
mends an iacReAssA e I'd centsg gal
lon in the tax on whisky, gand further,
that no modification be made in
the Banking and Currency bills passed at
the last session Of CongresA unless modi6-
cxtion should become necessary By reason
Of the adoption Of measures for returning
to specie payments. In these reeommen-
d&tions l cordiAllE join. / Koald suggest
TO Congress the propriety Of :
RkADJUsTISG THE TARIFF
90 as to increase the revenue, and at the
same time decrease the number Of articles
upon which duties are levied Those arti-
oles which enter into our manufactures and
are not produced at home it seems to me
should be entered free. Those articles of
mapufao!ure Of which we produce . con-
stifuent part, bat do not produce the
Whoiss that part EbithEe do not produce
should enter free 7 VIII Instance fms
wOols, &c. The articles which may be
imported to form part Of the chemicals
used as dyes and IN various ways IN the
c)me under this class. The
free Of duties of such
woods IS We do not produce should
Stip1lstea the manlfaetn1e i. sf goods
rsskirihe Etlssms y Of those We dc
produce, and therefore would be banefs
to home production. There are many
Ertielsa entering into home manufactures
which ne dos not produoo ourselves, the
tariff upon which increases the cost of
peodRcing the manufactured article. All
in this regard are in the diree-
tion of bringing labor and capital in har-
moDy with each other, and of supplying
one oE the elements of prosperity 50 much
needed.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT. --.
The report Of the Secretary of War,
herewith attached, -Snd forming . part of
this Message, gives all the information
concerning the operations, 'Hants, and
necessities of the army, and contains
many suggestions and recommendations
which l commend to your special atten-
ton. There is no class Of government
employees who are harder worked than the /
amy officers and men none who perform
their tasks more cheerfuuy and efficiently
and under circumstances of greater priva-
lions a1d hardships. Legislation is de-
,irable to render more efficient this branch |
1f the public service. AL the recon-. |
nendations Of the Secretary of War re-
Jard "a iudiaioug and / eEDecialIy com-