, 1876-12-06
President Grants Eighth and
Last Annual Message.
nm Of the Most Interesting Doc"
uments of His Admins.
trati0n.
No Direct Reference to the Present
State Of Political Exotic
ment.
A Necessity for New Safe
guards Over Future
Presidential Elec-
tions.
rhe San Domingo Annexa-
tion Project Ag;ti1l
Warmly AdvO-
Gated.
A Fine Financial Showing
Made by the Secretary
Of the Treasury.
Plain Expression Of Views on the
Subject OF Specie Re"
sumption,
Secretary Chandler Discusses the
Indian Question at Some
Length.
ne Postrnaster-Gene Puts In
a Word for the Fast-Mail
Service.
Various Subject Of Interest Connected
with the Post.0t1ce Depart
E.ant,
Secretary Chandler Discusses the
Indian Question ut Some
Length.
ne Post1naster-General Puts In
q Word for the Fast-Mail
Service.
Various Subject Of Interest Connected
with the Post.0tlce Depart.
E.ent,
THE MESSAGE.
RETROSPECTIVE.

WARRINGTON, u. c., Dec. 5.-The annual
nts.agc OF President Grant was rend In both
houses Of Congress to-day. Following is the
full text Of The document:
10 ahs St,sote and Hotssd Of Representatives III
.ubEnitting MY eighth and last annual ncssago
10 Congress, 1t seems proper that should refer
TO- and In SONIC degree recapitulatc, tic events
,nd o!llclnl acts Of the past rIght years. 1t was
ny fortune, or misfortune, tu be called to tile
oalce of Chief Executive without huy previous
political training. From tho ago OF II / Ind
neYes cycn witnessed tho Excitement attending
Presidential campaign but twice an.cccdont
10 mt own candidacy, and st but ono Of
them was l eligible as voter. Under
uch circumstances, it Is but reasonable
N suppose tint errors Of judgment must have
oeurrcd. Even had they not, differences Of
opinion between the Executive, bound by m
9th to the strict performance Of Ills utlcs, md
sdters and tlebaters must havo arisen. It tIs
bot necessarily evidence OF hlundcr on tho part
ot the Executive because there are thexe differ
tnees of views.
stlsTAKHs HAVE BEEN MADE,
y all can see. and admit, but It seems to nc
otttncl In sc1ectlups made OF assistants a,,-
rnted to aid tu carr ying out tho various tluties
Il administering tho Government, III nearly
sseryeasc selected without personal acquant-
snc With the appolntce, but upon rcconaliscuda-
tons 0f tho representatives ct1oseu directly BY
shc lcopIc. It is impossible, where W
nany trusts arc TO TO allotted, that
esetY Instance. History shows that no Admin
htrat!un from tic t!tac Of Washington to the
pfcsrnt has been free from these mistakes. But
llelye comparisons to latory, ctaiIninE only
that have Actcd iii every Instance from n con
testntIous tcstro to do what was right, constltu-
Eona within the Law. for the very best inter-
tsts OF tic people. Failures hayu been errors
Of Judgment, not Of intent.
AY civil career commenced. too, at
AnosT CRITICAL AND DIFFICULT TINE.
Lt* than i0ur yours before tho country had
Emerged from Il conflict aurh us no other llat,tn,
had cyer survived. Nearly onc-hatf Of tho
states hail revultcl uguinst tllc Government,
md of those rc'na'Mng faithful! to the Union i
!s.go percentage Of the population syn'pathlzcA
,ea1 na tls a' Ns1elIion, and lnaae an enemy In the
LITTER committed errors Of Judgment,
hlt they maintained them openly and
ssou'sgsouely san The ior1ner received tho protcr-
aon of the Government they would see de-
tltoyed, md reapcd Ill the pccuniary advantage
!obe gained out Of the then existing state Of at-
iaFt, many Of them by obtaining contracts mud
swindling the Government III tic delivery ot
tlelf goods
Immediately on the cessation Of hostiltics,
!ne then aoblo President, who had carried the
country 80 fnr through Its perlls, fell martyr
nnls patriotism at tic hands ot III assassn.
Ihe Intervening ttn,e to my first Inauguration
~ .aled up With wranglinKs between Con
efeas aud tho new Executive Oh to the
BEST AoDE or RECONSTRUCTION,
y % spcak plainly, "a to whether tIlc control
" s:.; tae uoYGrnnc'it should be thrown i'n,nedi'
Gelf Into tue hands Of t1lDse who had 50 recent.
whether the ylctors should continue to hayc at
Hluai voice with them th this control. Recon.
ssoctton, Us finally agreed upon, means tnis
10 ouly tls, except ttut tho late slave wss Gu.
hiaMGclhcd, 10y giving III increase, ~ was supposed
70 union-lo fil,ga and unio1.supporting yotra
Aifte in the full scnso Of the, worl, they
unouLo NOT DlsAFFoINT TuiB EXPECTATION.
ts nenes At the beginning Of my llrst Alnl[nIstra
wy W work OF reconstructlon,, much etubar
W, y ths r.. long o1 e'ay virtually sqn,nen.e
st., s which i did most Heartily rtiiv
SStg,oe the Legtslatures Of States TINT had loI
,Ss Sef rs 20 to satfy thc Fifteenth Amendment "
noss Ms Constitution. Tho country was laboring
n,.f nsuef ~ enormous dcht contracted in The sun
Mssason OF the Rebellion, and taxation was st
Sppn.y Seesayc Is TO discourage production. Another
3'usef also Threatened Us,
4 roHBl0N wAH.
ionaTsSa is.Sa without war, and IN manner highly
SSssetaole to all tho parties CONCERNED. Take!
e oeen reduced within tho last scyrn ycurs
SSs1y $500 o0o, ,0Q0, and tl,H natiunal dubt hui
!eauecd u the saInu time over $435, ,0)O, ,O0
Hnsa tssa!andlng the Gpsr.ccnt bondcd debt 10
socsii.ssssrIug SssrIug aud NJ per ccnt interest, re-
ito1 ill., AsNuAL aaN INTEREST mas nKEN NxDucsl
fIn%S dt eyer kl 000 GU Ia 1859, to but 1ttlu uye
StsG'o,0o Stsa ln 1875, The l,ala1lce vi tsatlo In
ueN.sth .sthsansed from over $18O, OK, ,0O agui,,st t
h ans olaaea IN 1189, To luru thu $lBV, ,U0, ,U0
thatu ihs h'asor In 1870 1t IL cona lently 6elicye
sis,!san sne 6a!ance Of trade In favor ot The Unite,
blr%tos "! iacrease, not diminish, and that th
Il isn isSno 81 Gongresseto resume spccic-paymeut
the .Gv ssv Will bn easily accomplished, even Il
On ,hs haenee e Of much-lesired further Legislation
A.o,, THE PEACH POLICY,
tri}.pp piasy has bcun adopted towards tho lndlal
II H. ss144an!tiuE large portion Of tl,s tcrrtor
eade,; United States Which has substauttall
ceni J., tadla1 hostilitics In tho wluie land, u
Wynmi,a portion of Nebraska aud Dakotu
HflsI,m& ,. mud Montana Territories, tho B!ar
IL. liz. and approaches thereto. llostil
NLhn n!s nave grown out ol the ayarice u ii
tIons ~ ,s'sa who has violated our treaty s.Epula
b rteda ais ~ search for gold. Tho question migt
obedissoa,. soy tho Government has not onforSe
tae ose,s 70 Tie terms Of tho treaty prohibitn
viii. teaPatlon OF the Black Hills region b
srpnts -, nc snswer la simple. The Arst c1u