The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-10-03
,ng Star and Catholic Messenger.
President Moreno's Last Message.
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President Moreno's Last Message.
A.GE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUB-
lyGREss OF 1875.
.,,ted from tho Spanish for the Freemans
J,urnalI
5o,o,able Senators and Deputies-Among
oreat blessings which God, IN the mex
,;ble fuliness of His mercy, dispenses
the Republic, is that of seeing you
,bled together under its tuteiar pro-
|on' under the shadow of that peace
In He grants and perpetuates TO us,
Sic of our u nothingness, OF our helpless-
md of our inability to repay His pa
Il bounty by anything but lnexcusaoie
asbamefui ingratitude.
Nil within the last few years Ecuador
& repeated the sad words addressed py
iherator Bolivar, in his last Message
Se Congress of 1880: "I blush to own
Bdenendence is the only blessing aCe hare
&;red at the espense Of all the rest" But
the moment we began putting all our
in God, aud placing ourselves oey ono
Teach of the current of lnhdeiity ana
&tasv which carries the world along in
nnSallowed age, and in 1869 organized
eIvea into a truly Catholic Nation,
thing has steadily continued to turn
"a welfare and prosperity of our be-
country. Formerly, Ecuador was a
a'F whose lifeb blood was being sapped,
which was beisg devoured like a corpse,
F4.hose myriads of ioathsome insects
I'D the process of decomposition always
3ts in the darkness of the grave. But
in obedience to the Sovereign voice
n called Lazarus forth from his fetid
.se. it rises again to renewed life, even
does still retain a portion of the ban
&s and habilments of the grave-that
say. the relics of the misery and cor
ion in which it formerly existed. To
X nv words, it will suffice for me to
= YOU summary of our progress during
ast two Years, referring to the special
.ssrts of each Minister for all that relates
documents or details; and in order that
may realize with more exactness the
Int of our advancement during this pc
Of regeneration, have compared
:! condition at the start with our situation
not for our own glory, but for that
Him to whom we owe everything, anC
om we adore as our Redeemer and ou1
*her, our Protector and our God.
AZ PEACEFUL REPUBLIC.
skhe Republic has enjoyed peace at hom'
= abroad, and if there have been thos'
B sought to disturb it, the Government
3 not been compelled to resort, in its de
ce, to anything beyond a few measure
prudence, the NEST severe among which
Re the putting of few of the southern
bvipces in a state of siege for fifty days
! banishment of two individuals from tn
hntry; and the imprisonment of three IL
capital.
PUBLIC REvENCFS.
In 1873 the public revenues Teachet
O64 ,l3O, being an excess of 1854 7S:
.er those of 1872 In 1874, in consequence
4 the reduction in Custom House duties
A because of the falling off of importa
Ahs in consequence of the commercial
sis which still exists, the revenues wer
ninished to So ,944, 647, and, consequent
yielding for that year nearly $4,000
3 than the preceding year, but still be
S34, 600 in excess of 1872.
The following is an exhibit of our receipt
N January, 1869, to December, 1874:
In 1868 they reached ----------. 81 ,4o1, II