, 1875-12-10
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Comments nf Lending Journals
upon the Document.
Wllcly-Yarytng Views upon Its Front.
ncnt Recommendations.

Nauciy.tArytHE fleNk Np0H AtS tFoln1'
ncut Recommendations.
"GouRA0Eous AND rnUpEyT."
Atio l'ork 7stAes-Etpualtean.
In tts treatment Of tho great question Of tho
hour,-that OF llnnncg, ,-tho message ia at onco
outrageous and prudent. lis nuggesIonB aru
| such ~ tho most maturo reflection and tlie
aonnacas Judgment of tho tmaluess-1ncn Of tho
Union Will CONCUR in, and, At tho es1no time nro
adequate to tho oxigonoes Of q situation TINT In
| growing moro md moro scrious. In hia treat
| mont of tho ono foreign question that has eiyon
any uuoasinoss to tho public nlind, tho uecata-
ious Of tho President tend to allay ali anxiety
that may havo arisen, while explaining policy
! Ia every way worthy of tho character OF tho
Government md Of its position among natious.
-. Wo do not know on what Information
Tho President bases hia osttmsto of tho value Of
church property and We regard 1t as too Lgh !;
but tho rrincpo l'o proposes, though not within
tho province ot Congressional legislation, Ia
nenml one.
"D1D ron voTIs,"
ttetr Toyk Trtbua<--]aispe t4Lnt Dtmocratte.
The mo,saKo u chio1y Of ilterost ns indicating
tho policy Of tho rarsy and tho purposes OF tho
President in tho campaign Of 1876. What arc
they? The PRINCIPAL points ara Cur Cuban roa-
tions, out Of which /. is surnsed no may 10
drawn into war which will in inany ways
strcugtleu tho Admiuistration party md tho
rrosldent; aud tho achool question, whicl, rig
Idly de!lucd, Ia an antl-Cathoiio iHsue, from
which tho Administration party hopes great
things, mud tho 1oad Of tho Administration, un-
leas all signs fail, much greater. These arc
now issues both, aud both fictitious. There ls
nothing in tho Cuban question which neods OK
UrtAo attSyr Inv
| past; lcsa. indeed, than Mt sllnoat any
| timo within that porioJ. /. All these
Tho froc-scilool aud church property
be considered III tho policy OF IN incoming Ad-
,niuistrat;on. aud not throan out an now iAsues
upun which to bid for yotos by nm Adninlstra-
| tiou just going out. Nothing has occErred OK
| gogucs haye raiBod tho questions for their own
purposes, within the last year to bring such is-
| eucs prominently into politics. President Grant,
wo Euay bs assured, docs not bring theln up now
purpose of havius thcn, settled. It Is not TN
| charitable or unfnir to say, under all tho cir
oaanntances, TINT lie rtastst have broachoa these
1ow isaues with tlle plain sud nnmlatakable Vur-
pose OF making political capital.
| "w1ln QElxorlc, AND UTTERLY ABSURD"
Her rork Herald Independent Drtt~rrutt,
| Tho annual message sent to Congraus vostor-
day touches upon great variety Of important
subjects, and OIL tho creator part IT them
Aonud to Bay that It deveEa BOUND, OF, at least.
1ofons!bls yiewH. nut there IL QUO capital OK
ceptlou enc subject on which tho reoonanlonaa-
| tlons OF tie proadens are Bhcsr folly. It ,ltl-
| tho President is utterly wrong in tho one which
he prcBsca with tho mosk yisor and zoal. uo Ia
| sound on tue Cubsn question; so1lpd In tho
| main On tho most important Of tho financial
| questions sound aud admirable GU tho question
| OF eatlo ulonopoItes discreet npd even wis0 OH
the Mexican question; plausible at leass, ii not
| right, on tho naturalization question. But on
| tho combined religious aud school question,
| efg. la fs wild, Qui1ottc. and utterly absurd.
THIS attompt to Introduce rclsElon aa control!--
| Ing element in our uational politics. the goal
with w.lcl. l,o lings this firctuaud aud triea TO
| IL the most mlschiosous aud uoastrons violation
Of a!noss aud proprioty over petpetratod by
President Of tho Unitod states.
| t'M1s ows Third TERM"
| Esu York Horld-Utn,ucrutic.
The purpoBo OF the President to raise the 30
called "school-iusuo for securing hls own
third term, which was apparent in his Des
MoincB speech. IL moro clearly mAuifost in tho
present message. That part OF it which pro-
poecs tho taxation Of ohurcl-pruperty ia Inoan.
to reinforce tho part which proposes sectarlan
atrife to reconstruct tho common-Bchool nYsten
In the interest Of political party caught and col
Jared, and brought to Judgment before tho
whole p1ople for its blundeza, its uBuspatiops,
aud Ito p!undorioR Of tho pcople'o subntanco. It
will be found that "issucs." no moro than Gov
| crhmonts csn be mado. They grow and neither
the sol nor tho atmosphere OF thia republic Just
now psonaae1 him the crop ho 1ould sclaahly
| harvest.
"sorau ON TuB ounnEScY QUESTION"
| New Fork Su.l--{Hd*at'AttHt UtmosrutIe.
| Grant takea up educational and eccloaaatical
quostoas, andgiyes au ealargod edtiop Of hIs Dss
bfninoa speech Of October laat against the Cntho-
topic to him, .nd affords proof that thia tGorny
| subject will ha Incorporated into the nu1t Ma
| Honal Republican platform, and play part IN
tho eomiug Presidential campaixa. Tho mes
Cuban question. Tho prcbiiant handloa it
elaborately, but leaycs it oxacty whare lla found
IL. This portion OF tho message will ploase tho
Spanish Dons, both in this country aud in Eu-
, a.2 I'D @ M.aa IT, Caleb cqs9ps aloE ssai Ss
on the curtoaoy question. lie advocates an
early return 10 srecie-paymentn, and IL lu favor
Of alheIiug TO the present law liking the initial
Ie asks Copgross for furtLor Liquidation to glya
full effect to the existing law. We fancy Con.
] gross will do nothing Of tho kind but, after
| W1huging long while osess.wl!l Join in > dead
the way :or making this phnae Of tho financial
problem loading Issue In tho Presldontial CAM
| paga.
n11lE NEAT OF TIE MESSAGE"
| 81. LonS G!att- -De,ao,rat-ifepu t!lean.
| We may congratulate she country Oh tic out
spoken lrmnces with uhlch its Qhiel Msxistrata
continues Aia advocacy Of honest monoy. Ii ro-
sumption mean anything, II means tho seillug OF
bonds and tho buying OF guld. II redemption
Ia eyar to-be accomplished, 1t 1uust begin by =
gradual aud partial redea,ption Of the no4 i91e-
dee1pabla currency. This ha4 bean tue constant
lomand Of the real friands of specls-paymens,
and the tlrss stop taken towards lts accomplish:
| lnapt would bo = gre2tar eycut IL ouS history
than the ContsupiA celebration. -. Tbis
tluo ! froe-schoel Aul church, property tax
atlou recomnandationYl ID tho nlesl of tho
struggled over ip svsry politicaI forum ,,usi
tho questions arc luAlly sottled by tho ouly aot-
tIctsons which eau bs dual. OF course, occlcei-
asttcA nx.dolgora VII aound the nots Of alar1n,
Democracy will rush fTauueallY to 8rsHp its OBJ
aols1e waapous OF tweutY yeara ago, and doc.aro
that theso amendments would wipe out atats
| Rights forever. Eyor{ intorsst adverse to trua
the questions staul, aud they continually ask
| uA. DO NO want to 10 AL iuitelato patton or an