The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-12-09
The Presidents Views
on Church Taxation,
Education and
Polygamy.
The Cuban Question-..A Pas
sive policy Wisest for
the Present.
His Bxcellency has Not Heard of
the Whisky Ring, or at Least
Does not Refer to 1t
The finsnsiai Suestion Specie s ON. s.i
can Border, cot. etc.
introductory.
CENTENNIAL CONGRATULATIONS


WASHINGTON. ID. C., December 6.-To
the Senate and House Of Representatives
In submitting my seventh annual mes
sage to Congress IN this centennial year
Of our National existence NJ free and I'M
dependent people, IL affords me pleasure
TO recur to the advancement that has been
made from the time of the Colonies. one
hundred years ago. We were then
people numbering only three millions.
Now We number more than forty mil
lions. Then Industries were confined
almost exclusively to the tillagc Of the
soil. Now manufactures absorb much
of the labor of the country. Our liber.
ties remain unimpaired. The DOndmcn
have been freed from slavery. We have
become possessed of the respect, II not
the friendship, of all civilized nations.
Our progress has been great in all the
arts. In science, commerce, navigation,
mining, mechanics. law, medicine, ETC.,
etc.. and in general education the pro-
gress Is likewise encouraging.
OUR THIRTEEN STATES
have become thirty-eight. including Col
orado, which has taken the steps to be-
come State, and eight Territories. inclu-
ding the Indian Territory and Alaska
and excluding Colorado, making the ter
ritory extending from the Atlantic TO the
Pacific. On the south We have extended
to the Cult OF Mexico, and IN the west
from the Mississippi to the Pacific. One
hundred years ago the cotton gin, the
steamship, the railroad, the telegraph,
the reaping, sewing and modern printing
machines, and numerous other inven-
tons. OF scarcely less value to our bust
ness and happiness, were entirely I'M
known.
! Ia l776 manufactures scarcely existed
leven in name. In all this vast territory
In 1870 more than two millions Of per-
s0ns were employed in manufactures
producing more than S2,lO0, 100000 Of
produce, an amount annually nearly
equel to orr national debt. From near.
ly the whole OF the population Of l77G,
being engaged in the one occupation OF
agriculture, in $500, so numerOusly and
diversified had become the occupation OF
our people that less than six millions out
OF more than forty millions were SO en-
gagged. The extraordinary effect pro-
duced in our country by resort to such
occupations has built market for the
products of fertile lands distant from the
sea-board and the markets OF the world.
The American system Of working various
and extensive manufactures next to the
plOw and the pasture and adding COLI
Meeting railroad aud steamboats,, has
produced in our distant country results
not equaled by the intelligence Of other
nations.
THE INTEGRITY AND SKILL
Of American mechanics have been
demonstrated at home and abroad ia
manner most fiattering to their pride.
Rr.t IN Nha
ability Of our mechanics, the achieve
ments Of our agriculturists, manufactlI-
rers and transporters throughout the |
country would have been impossible of
attainment. The progress Of the miner
has also been great. Ia coal our produc-
ton was small. Now many millions Of
tons are mined annually. SO with iron,
which formed scarcely an appreciable
part Of our product a ccntuary ago, we
now produce more than the world con-
sumed at the beginning OF our national
existence. Lead, zinc aud copper from
the beginning articles Of imports We may
expect to be large exporters in the near
future. The development Of gold and
silver mines throughout the States and
Territories has not only been reniarka-
BILE, but has had large influence upon tho
business Of all commercial nations.
MARITIME INTERESTS.
Our merchants in the hundred years
have had a success and have established
reputation for enterprise, sagacity, pro-
gress aud integrity unsurpassed by the
people Of other natiOnalitics. This good
name IL not confined TO their homes, but
goes out Oh every sea and every port
where commerce enters. With equal
pride we can point to our progress IN the
learned professions. As we are now
about to enter on our second centennial.
commencing our manhood r. a nation, ii
is well to look back upon the past and
study what will BIZ best TO preserve and
advance our future greatness. From the
fall Of Adam for his transgression to the
present day no nation has ever been free
from threatened danger to its prosperity
and happiness. We should look to the
dangers that threaten, and remedy the m
SO far ~ lies In our Yawer. We are a re-
public whereof one man Is as good az ALI
other be fore the law.
EDUCATED PREEMEN.
With such form OF government. 1t il
OF the greatest importance that all should
be possessed OF education and intelligence
enough to cast vote with right Under
stinding OF it, meaning. A large associ-
siderable period oppose a successful re-
sistance to tyranny as opposed to the cd
ucated. They inevitably sink aud
scquiesce to the will OF intelligence,
whether directed by the demagOYue or
ny priestcrsft. Hence the education OF
Tie masses becomes Of the first necessity
i0r the preservation Of our institutions.
They are worth preserving, because they
have secured the greatest good 10 the
greatest proportion Of the population OF
any form OF government vet devised. All
other forms Of government approach il
nrst In proportion to the general dif1i,.
sion Of education and independence oI
thought and action. As the
primary step, therefore, to our
Advancement In all that Iss
marked our progress In the past century
j suggest Tor your earnest consideration
snd most earnestly recommend II that !
constitutional amendment be submIttsS
% the Legislatures OF the several STATE,
for ratification, making Il the duty O
esch Of the several States to establish an,
forever nlaintain free public schools. ade
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