The New York herald., 1875-12-08

provide proper remedy and means Tor the yacang Of
any record thus iraaduienty made aud Of Furnishing
4 a. guhy parties 70 1he irsnsaction
i KxrArnkrTos
n thim c0nnect4on refor also ~ the question OF
pslrAlion sna thc election u nationality 70 the United
eLafcs wb.ch foremost W upholdng the right Of
erpauiaton and ~as principally Instrumental ~ over.
has declared Tho right of expatriaton % be natural
80 Inherent rgha u Al people; but while many other
shall - neocssary work change Of allegiance, the
I ntee states has enacted no provisions q
iA~. and hAm iu respect marked out how
80 ~hen espatFAt'on may be accomplished
4 ~ - citixens Instances are brought to the
attention. ~ the government whore citizens OF the
n.le9 state either aaturalized native born, have
efHA1 become clttans subjects OF foSeign Powers
~ ~h neyertheesa IN tho absence Of any provisions
~ Fg4natvn o. thia question: when involved in dif
sultcs, 90 shea q seems be their interest claim
~ eitsns q The United states and demand the
Nentien a = government which they have long
aandoned and % which for years they have rendered
~ service ner hed themselves IN any way amenable
IN other eases naiuraiized citizens Immediately after
naturalization have returned 20 their native
\ country have become engaged in business
have accepied 0fnces % pursuits inconsistent with
American citizenship and evnce intent return TO
the United states until called upon 70 discharge
aoy - the country where they residing, when at
once they assert their clirenship cali upon the
representatives o. The government 70 aid them IN their
ealuss pse1ensons y = 6ut justice % AZ bona rae
and that Congress should determine by enactment Of
law h0w expairiauon mar % accomplished and change
4 0f cukenshlp b. established
AsKRicAS WIS Or voRxGSKRs
also invite your attention To the necessity OF regu
u tauH 0y the status Of American women who may
marry foreigners, and q defining more fully that OF
children born = foreign country OF American parents
~ho may reside abroad, and also some further pro-
VISION regulating giving legal effect to marriages OF
AmercAn cltixens contracted foreign countries The
correspondence submitted hercsith shows few Of the
constantly occurring questions on these points pre-
scented 10 the consideration Of the government There
are subjects engage the attention OF Congress
which more delicate relations important inter-
rus Srw srArK IMPAIRMENT BUILDING.
In the month ~ July last the building erected for the
nnu fnN ~ Wn tAkW
pied by that department am happy 10 announce that
the archives and valuable papers Of the government IN
the custody OF that department safely deposited
and properly cared Tor
The report OF the Secretary OF the Treasury shows
the receipts from customs for the nscel year ending
June 80, 1874 " have been Sl05, los, SSS os and
10 nsS: S: Sesa Ssa sssn @ June ' os
the last fiscal year Of s5,eS6,lll a. Receipts
from internal revenue d9r the year ,en ending ,
year ending June 30 1875, $4,000, 400 5S in
crease ST. 59I 7os 6s The report also gives complete
history OF the working Of the department for the last
year, and recommendations for reforms and
for legislation which concur IN, but cannot comment
on so fully should like TO do II space would permit
but shall conhne myself 20 few suggestions which
look upon vital To the best interests OF the whole
people coming within the purvew OF the Treasury"
/ / mean specie resumption Too much cannot be
laid upon this question, and hope Congress may be
induced at the earliest day practicable to insure the
OF the OF the last Congress at It's last
session. to bring about specie resumption on and alter
the 1st day of January, 1872 at the urhest IL would
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at earlier day Nothing seems TO me more certain
than that full healthy and permanent reaction
not take place in favor OF the Industries and financial
welfare OF the country until we return TO measure OF
! values recognized throughout the civilized world
While we use currency not equivalent 10 thls stan
commodity like the products OF the SOIL
the surplus seeking market wherever there
| is demand for it, Under our present system we
should want none, nor would we have any were it not
that customs dues must be paid in coin, and because
the pledge pay the interest of tho public debt In
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the purchase OF foreign productions and leave the
United States hewers OF wood and drawers OF water
because OF wiser legislation the subject OF finance
| by the nation with whom we have dealings
am not prepared to say that can suggest the best
legislation TO the end most heartily commended
IL will be source of great qualification to me TO be
able to approve any OF Congress looking eec
lively toward securing resumption Unlimited imitation
would probably bring about specie payments more
speedily than any legislation looking TO the redemption
OF legal tenders in coin, but II would be at the expense
OF honor the legal tenders would have no value beyond
settling present liabilities or, properly speaking,
repudiatng them they would buy nothing after debts
were all settled There are few measures which seem
\ to important in this connection, and which com
\ mend 10 your earnest consideration.
/ REPEAL or LEGAL TENDER ACT.
repeal OF much OF the Legal Tender act as makes
these receivable for coptracted after date
TO be fixed in the ITSELF say NJ Later than the lst
OF January 1877. We should sheaclAse quotations at
real values, fictitious Gold would no longer
be at premium but currency at a discount healthy
reaction would set in at once, and with IL desire 10
make the currency equal TO what it purports to be-
calling could do business fair margin OF profit the
! money to be received having an unvarying value;
laborcrs and all others who work for stipulated pay
i salary would receive more for their income, because
profits would longer be charged by The capital
compensate for the risk OF downward huctuaton
the value OF the currency.
4 REDEMPTION TENDERS
| Second-That the Secretary OF the Treasury be
monthly legal tender notes by issuing in thor stead
long bond bearing interest at the rate of three and
sixty one hundredths per cent per annum Of de-
nominations ranging from $50 10 $1,000 each. This
/ would, in time reduce the legal tender notes 10 a
volume that could DO kept ahoat without demanding
redemption in large sums suddenly.
i Thtrd-That additional power be given TO the
\ Secretary of the Treasury 70 accumulate gold Tor
final redempton either by increasing the revenue or
cur.aillng expenses both. IL preferable TO do
I both, and | recommend that reduction OF expendl-
lures be made wherever IL can be done without I'M
pairing government obligations or Gripping the due
DUTY on TIA AND coFFEr
i One measure for increasing the revenue, and the
only l think OIL is the restoration OF the duty
tea and coffee These duties would add probably,
SIS 900 900 to the present amount received from
ports and would in no way increase the price paid Tor
| those articles by the consumers The articles
the products OF countries collecting revenue
IRON exports, and we the largest consumers,
reduce the duties they proporonatey increase them,
With this addition TO the many duties col
lccted and which give but insignificant return for
the cost OF collection might be remltted and 10 the d
! rect advantage OF consumers at home. would men,
ton those articles which enter into manufactures all
Sorts All duties paid upon such articles go Directly
the of the article when manufactured here and
must be paid for by the consumers These duties ot
only come from the consumers at home, but act as
protection 70 foreign manufacturers OF the same COM
peted articles in our own and distant markets.
/ will suggest or mention another subject bearing
upon the problem of how enable the Secretary of the
Treasury TO accumulate balances
CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT
II is to devise some method OF verifying claims
against the government present exists through
the Court of Claims; especially those claims growing
of the late war Nothing more certain than that
very large percentage or the amounts passed and
paid arc either wholly fraudulent or are kgr
| in excess of the real losses sustained. TIE
large amount OF losses proven, good test-
mony, according to existing laws by aGidavits,
OF fictitious unscrupulous persons TO have been sus-
tanned on small farms and plantations not only
beyond the possible yield of those places Tor any
year but every knows who has experience
in tling the soil, and who has visited the OF
these spoatons in many instances more than the
individual claimants we're ever WORTH including their
personal and real The report Of the Attorney