The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-12-11


right Of expatraton to be national and inherent
right ,of all people, but while many other nations
have enacted laws providing what formallties shall
be necessary to work a change OF allegiance the
United States has enacted no provisions Of Of law and
Tiation NO may Be accompshsG by its citizens
Instances are brought 70 ,tiss re attsnt,HIn iIn
United States, either naturalized or native
born have formerly peeEne eeS t,lLSns
in tho absence Of any provisions Of legislation on
this question: when involved in difficulties or when
ihe United States and demand the intervention of
government which they have long since abandoned
and to which for years they have rendered no SER
vice, nor held themselves In any way amenable.
In other cases naturalized citizens, Immediately
after naturalization, have returned to their native
country, have become engaged in business, have
accepted Offices or pursuits Inconsistent with Amer
the the United States until called upon to discharge
some duty to the country Where tey are resdng
upon the representatives of the government TO- ald
them in heG unjust tSa @ ou PGS eIs
such questions and that congress should 1 deIer II,
iisSes%phsnea isSss.p anu 'nans' ''n'"p ~ ,''"
ulating by law the status Of American women who
may marry foreigners, and of defining more fully
lean parents who may reside abroad, and also OF
some further provision regulating or giving legal
in foreign S Countries. The correspondence submit
ted herewith shows few OF the constantly occur
sidesrstion of the government. There are few sub
iects TO engage the attention OF congress on which
more delicate relations or more important interests
In the month of July last the building erected
and occupied by that department, am happy to
announce that the archives and valuable papers OF
the government in the custody OF that department
are now safely deposited and properly cared ior'
The report of the secretary Of the treasury shows
the receipts &c pt ir9 IN 1s customs nsn ros e and o
the fiscal year ending June 90 1S75 to nave Deels
al y Se feGeps from Internal %
the year ending 30th OF June, 1874 were slO2 4yg
were we % so nS w S. an increase r Of The
report also shows complete history oil tne wopR- p
tafns recommendations for reforms and for legslac
tion, which concur in but cannot comment on 80
twin conine myself to few suggestions which
look upon as vital to the best interests we have
wero it not that customs must be paid in coin in,
public debt in coin, the yield off precious metals
Sw out for me Si 1UFss ss " wood
and drawers OF water because of wiser legislation
h ssSt Of a1Ss BY hs w5n at
can suggest the best legislation t0 secure the end
great iS to be to
measure OF looking eeSie S%aI WoSd se
probably bring about specie payments more speedily
than any legislation looking 70 the redemption m m ITO OF
value beyond settling present liabilities, or,
would ss9 dsSs
There are o few measures which seem to be impor-
your earnest consideration. A repeal of so much
Of the legal tender act hs makes these notes Teceiy-
the act itself say not later than the first Of Janu
AIRY, 1877. We should then have quotations at real
values, not fictitious ones. Gold would no longer
DO az q premium but currency at discount,
healthy reaction would set In at once and Win & ita
ports to be. The merchants, manufacturers and
m Of W
ing an unyarying value. Laborers and all classes
ceive more for their income because extra profit
would no longer he by tne 70 com N
the value of the currency.
Second That the secretary of the treasury be
authorized to redeem, say not to exceed two mil
ing in their stead long bond bearing Interest at
the. rate of three and sixty-tiye hnndredths per
fifty dollars to one thousand dollars. This would in
time reduce the legal tender notes to volume that
in large sums suddenly.
That additional power be given to the secretary
tion, either BY Increasing revenue, curtailing ex-
pense, or both. 1t is preferable to do both, and
wherever it can be done without impairIng
the governments obligations or crippling the due
revenue, and tho only one think Of is the resfora-
tion Of the duty on tea and coffee. These duties
received from imports and would In no way increase
the prices paid for those articles by the
ing revenue from exports, and as we, the largest
e% Tduss hs asd thsy S s
many duties now collected and which give but AN
insignificant return for the cost of collection,
might be remitted, and TO the direct advan-
tage of consumers at home. would mention
those articles which enter into manufactures Of an
10 the cost OF the article when manufactured here.
and must @ be paid for o by tn The These
but act as protection TO foreign manufactures of
the same completed article in our own and distant
markets. will suggest mention another sub
ect bearing upon the problem of how TO enable the
secretary Of the treasury to accumulate balances:
claims against the government than at present
exists through the court Of claims especially those
more certain than that very large Percentage of
the amSnptS @ Passed s 50 and pad aTe either wholly
tained. The large amounts of losses proven ON
SSts 81 aSs or 10 SONS G a
been been sustained .on small farms and planta-
p a. those 0s r SyORa RSy the yasE
but as every one knows who has had experience In
these spoafons are in many instance o e sST5 tbSn T
the Individual claimants were ever worth, includ-
ing their personal and real estate.
The report OF tho attorney general, which will be
submitted p congress at an early day. viii contain
detailed history OF demands made and of claims
pending OF the class here referred to-
The report of the secretary fwar, accompany
ing this message, gives detailed account of
army operations for the year just passed, ex-
peilses for maintenance, ETC., with recommends
tions for legislation, and respectfully invit-
your attention to some OF these. First L invite
special attention To the necessity of making S3OO-
90 OF the appropriation for the sustenance dc
partment, available before the beginning OF ne Xt
year. Without these provisions troops at pres
ent distant from supply production must either
60. .withoutfood, or existing laws must be viola
Ted. 1t is not attended with loss to the
treasury. Second. His Recommendation for the
enactment OF system of annuities Tor the tami
lies of deceased officers by voluntary deductions
from the monthly pay OF officers. This again is
attended, hurUen ba tran "A