The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-10-03

growing Inheritance OF It's oao cTeo,1 anu
it's debts, growing oue Oh 9nnn;sneu i; oon
of military exsctions, and forced loans ex-
acted by rapacity, and tai en- by violence,
without affording the slight recompense |
even of some little encouragement to edu- |
cation, or come trihinS assistance 20 cnari-
table institutions and Rome enectlve 1m
pulse to material improvements. :,
1t is pratlfy ing 10 me to be able to tell
you that the Ipscr he'd Debt will be entirely
liquidated during the coming year. ana
that the Floating. Debt, formerly 80 large
and complicated. is already reduced TO tJuiy
OF these debts the first will be liquidated
by the end of 1876, with the part OF the
funds from taxes designated fer this pur.
pose the second, third and fourth will
during the d aIH mo tS and
sixth (which would already have been paid
if an expense of over 81, 500 600 had not
been contracted for thelIaguachi Ral'
road) will be liquidated as soon as possible,
as the Government Is exertlng all lts ener-
| gies to this effect.
There ia still to be settled the only
| foreign debt that remains against us. lts
| origin goes back tothe heroic times OF our
| independepce. and it has not been repudia-
ted, as has been insolently stated. and IN
bad faith, by interesteo Par''es MsaS we
erted our strongest efforts to accomplish,
| ia the iniouitous. fraudulent and oppressive
] treaty of 1854; the ignominous results OF
which are we'll known throughout the
country. The Secretary OF the Treasury
will acouaint YOU with the honorable con-
ditions which tho Government offered, and
which were rejected, in spite OF the enor'
mons gains reaped by spectators, who to-
day hold tina place of old creditors. II
these conditions merit your appreciation,
you will authorize the Executive power 10
| cnff q nPtlnlte
manner.
return to you, that you may be pleased
To revoke if. the faculty you conferred up
on me for contracting a loan in Europe for
the completion of the Yaguachl Railroad,
and to make the conversion OF the aiore
said debt. In the present situation OF
nearly all the American republics there ls
no hone of negotiating except on the most
rninons terms. which none but usurer
would propose, and which could be accept
ed only by a krave or a fool. consider,
however, that the railroad and other works
demanded by the prosperity of the Repub-
lie sbould be prosecuted in such manner
as we NAV be able, by Divine protection
and the most rigid economy, to carry for
ward to completion.
Although 1 have already indicated the
public works begun, completed, or in pro-
aress during the last term (of two years),
and althoush the Secretary of this Depart
mept will furnish you the minute details OF
the condition apd cost of each, cannot,
however, omit mentioning that we have
already twenty seven mlles OF [anroau
operation, and rails enough for thirty kllo-
metres more that the road from Arenal to
Plavas the two largest and most necessary
} sections of which are finished, replaces ad-
yautaceously apd with safety and conve-
nience the celebrated preciplces which 1t
was necessary to cross in guing ftGti the
coast to the interior of the country; that
the Manabi road, open as far as Ell MTador
will be entirely available to the public next
year: that the last section adjoining the
coast, of the road from Imbabura to Esme-
raldas is in progress OF rnad fron
| Lopa to Santa Rosa has been approved and
= commenced, at the same time that efforts
5 are being made to improve the most i'm
; pra ractica6le Passo del Azuay. There IL
only the Cuenca highway which makes
p slow progress, and is attended with great
difficnltv. affording a constant pretext fol
connlaint to those who should be most in
7 terested in it.
, To sum up, the Republic, at the end o
these six wears has 300 kilometres of high
, ways, with large number OF hne, sohd
stone bridges 443 kilometres of good anc
; new foot roads An imposing and spacIou:
Penitentiary. an Astronomical Observatory
which will be the greatest ornament to oul
, Capital, new Colleges, Schools, Hospitals
: new or improved Barracks, Orphana ges,
| Founding A6TIuh ASoAOlL > sAN>
B Conservatory of Music and Fine Arts
have been built or acquired during th
time. All this appears incredible nd to 0otsqf taqs
of. the country, and who are ignorant o
@ how much fecnndity there is in confidence
G9as goodness If ass Ts'S ii hes DfsR
with other times, it is really very little i
> we take into consideration what the countr!
requires But ths we cannot aRob6 G1Po0f Ppoo9,
onrsaIves for the next two years to the com
pietion of .unfinished roads, to the compile
Of buildings for SGaGo in eyeFy ryTdPTnse PaIse
of a Normal School for Teachers, and TO
; the Medical Faculty in Quito; and to erect
+ ing at the Santa Elena Salt Works, sn I'll.
understandable and of great advantage to th
Treasury, provided you deem these sug
gestions worthy of your appreciation.
| EDUCATION,
But still more gratifying is the advance
4 pnhlic TnRtructinn in all it