The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-08-11
A Message from the President.

OBJECTIONS To THE sUNDRY CIVIL APrRo-
PRIATIOS BILL.
W~AsHINGToS, July 3I.-The following i
the message which was sent TO the HOUSE by
the President, to-day, giving his objections
10 the sundry Civil Appropriation bill:
To re HOsse or Representatives
The sct making appropriations for sundry
civil expenses OF the Government for the n-cal
year ending June g.. Isl. is 80 detective IN what
Il omirs % provide for. mat / AN not announee
IL alprovAl without at the same time pointing
out What seems 10 me % BE it, defects. IL makes
but Inadequate provision for the service. Al beet.
and IN some Instances fails % make any provis-
ION whatever Notably among the fret class IL
the reduction in ordinary annual appropriations
Tor revenue cutter service 10 The psIudice Of the
customs revenue. The same may be aid Of the
signal service. As also the failure 20 provide for
Increased expenses tevOlycd upon miuts and as
say Offices by new legislation. while the sum Of
tlr 90 only = appropriated for repairs q off
fereut navy yaris and stations and preservation
of tie same, the ordinary and customary apprO-
pr4tons for which are not Lees than one million
dollars A similar reduction il made IN ex-
pense- Tor armorles and arsenAls. The proyis-
ION for ordinary judicial expenses IL much less
th4n tie estimates amount for that important
service. the actual expenditures o. the last fiscal
rent year. Inc provision for expenses
q surveys Of public lands ~ less than
one-half the usual appropriation for that ser
vice and what are understood % b. it, actual de-
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light houses. beacons and fog-hOrn stations IL
also made In similar proportion. of tie ci2ss for
which no appropriation Il made amo. < the most
noticeable. perhaps L. that portion Of The gener-
al exprnses 81 The District OF Columbia in be-
half OF the Jnitei states, as Appropriated in
former years. and judgments Of the Court Of
Gains. The failure 70 make a reasonable con.
tribUtion % the expenses Of The Nations Capital
u an apparent dcrelictiOn on the part OF the Unit
ell states and rank injustice 10 the people here
who bear the burdens, While % refuse OF neg
- - wwa - So awwwAws - Nna-waarna
Of IL own courts u apparently 10 repudiate
them OF a different character, but As preiudi-
cial TO the Treasury, - TIE omission % make
provision % enable the Secretary Of the Treas
ury 10 have rebel archives and recorts Of cap.
tured AMI abandoned property examined and IN
formation furnished therefrom for the use Of
the Government Finally. without further
specification OF detail. IL may he aid tina, the
act. which In its title purp0rts % make provision
for adverse AMI greatly extended civil service.
unhzppily approprlAtes an amount Of not more
than $ per cent. Of lie ordinary demands. The
legislative department establishes and defines
the service ami devolves upon the executive
department the obligation Of submitting annual
" d a neeinll estimate Of the expenses q such
service Congress properly exacts implicit
Obedience % requirements Of Law IN the admin
istrAtion % the public service and rigid ac-
counfabiliiy In expenditure thereof IL - sub
mitted that \ corresponding reeponsiuility and
obligation rests upon u 20 make adequate APP
prOprIatiOns u render poesible such eNacfion.
Any thing short Of an ample provision for a spe-
ciaef service - necessarily fraugnt with disAs-
ter 10 public interests. and - = positive injustice
20 those charged with tts execution To appro
pirate and 20 execute are corresponding cblgA-
ions ana duiies. and the Adequacy q
the former Il necessary meas
ure Of efficiency Of execution. In
this eighth month Of the presen; session % Con
gres-. nearly one mouth OF the fiscal year %
when this appropriation applies having passed.
I DO not feel warranted In vet0ing an absolutely
necessary appropriation bill. but in signing II ]
deem u a duty 70 show where the re- pOnsIbillfy
belnr = for Whatever embarrassnents may arise
IN the execution % the trust c0nnnet 10 me.
u. ;. GRANT.