Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-12-12

llubiiS"SN yNSsS'""y Pa oei sSShSiN
press dispatches as to dispense with
the necessity ct a recapitulation, The
full text OF the messags. invites little =.
further remark, and still less OF unta-
vorable criticism. 1t is modrate, eau
tious, and thoroughly conservative in
tone, and as such will commend itself
TO tas majority of the American people,
Dispensing with the usual common
places which have formed almost the
stereotypcd commencement of 50 many
"messages the President follows the
Horation maxim, and planses at once
in ntsaias res la the very first para
graph Of the message, aud with mill
tarv bluntness aud directaesS of pur-
pose, he takes the ball of .'the financial
auestioe" boldly 10y the horns. 1t is
gratifying to find t!lat upon this all
important subject, which is pre- eminent
" and above all others, 'the question
ct the hour, the Presidents trumpet
gives no uncertain sound. He declares
in favor Of resumption and of a return
TO decent money, not merely IN 'he
abstract or in vague and general TERMS
bdt explicitly and specifically, urging
upon Congress, lat this session. the
duty and Necessity of placing the cur
repcy of the country upon basis com
mon to and recognized blythe civilized
world. In this portiouot his message,
IN DrincipIs eve do not. speak of'details
the Presidents views ate as sound as
a dollar-and a gold dollar at that.
The public 'creditor to be paid in coin,
according to the bond when the debt
was contracted, gold or its equivalent,
IN obligation not to be evaded with.
out national digracc;" the repeal of the
lecal-tender clause, 10 take effect as TO
ali contracts entered iuto after the day
fixed in the repeating act; revenue
sufficiently in excess of expenditure to
insure an accumulation Of gold in. the
treasury TO sustain resumption; and last
". system of free banking as essential
TO give proper elasticity to the currency
These are the salient recommendations
urged by the President upon Congress
at its present session as NECESSARY to re-
store the currency TO normal ano
healthfal condition.
Foreign atfairs femish no special oc-
casion for remark or recommendation
The growing Importance of'our rela-
lions, both commercial and diplomatic,
with China and Japan is adyerted 10,
as is also the subject OF Chinese imml-
grafton to this country, coupled with a
suggestion as to the need OF further
legislation for the protection OF Chinese
immigrants, both male and female. The
unfinished northwestern boundary sur
yev between the United States and the
British provinces, the chronic condl-
ton of lawlessnesS and brlgandage On
the Mexico frontier, and the no less
chronic inability OF Nenezncla to dis
charge its indebtedness to American
citizens receive stereotyped mention.
The duration and teuacity OF the lnsur-
rection in Cuba, and the injury aid an
novance occasioned thereby to neutral
powers are referred TO III significant
language, and the fact of ''pendinS ne
ootiations' made the excuse for the alb
sence of some positive suggestion, in
reference to his subject, as well rs the
unsettled business Of the " lrgnlns
indemnity. \ renewal Of former recon-
nendations in reference to the detec-
i've state OF our naturalization laws,
and as well as the laws regulating the
status of american citizens born abroad,
concludes what the President has TO
sly upon topics connected with our
foreign relations.
Attention is called to the reports OF
the Secretaries of the Treasury, OF War
the NAVY, the Interior, and the Post
master General. in reference to matters
belonging to their respective depart
ments. The trubles in Louisiana and
Arkansas give the President an oppor-
tunitv both to explain his past policy
in reference to affairs i'll those States
and to indulge in some general obser-
walton and recommendations IN refer
ence TO the condition OF the South,
which are for the most part conceived
and expressed i'll moderate ana con-
ciliatory temper.
The President deprecateS the neces-
sity for any federal or executive inter-
ference in the local concerns OF the
States, justiies his recent action IN
Louisiana by reference to the neglect
and failure of Congress at It's last SEES
sion to act upon the recommendations
of his former messages, and indicates
that in reference to Southern affairs
generally, and "outrages' i'll particular,
the truth is to be looked for between
two extremes. An eminently just and
proper suggestion in. this connection,
although found in another portion OF
the message, is the recommendation TO
restore to the list of pensioners OF the
war of 1912 the few old persons resid-
inc in the South whose pensions have
beer cut off by their inability to take
the ironclad oath. The creation OF two
additional circuit judgeships, with or
without the addition OF two more JUS
tees to the Supreme Court, Is recon,
mended on accounJ, OF the increased
extent of territory to be traversed ana
business to be transacted in the federal
cou,ts. The President claims for his
Indian policy, whatever that may be,
.the most beneficial results, and prom
;sos adherence to it. For the compare
tive failure of civil service reform, the
President plainly takes Congress to
-, o,1 ;ntimates that. although him