New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-05
THB PRESIDENT s MESSAGE Il.
WHAT THE PRESS THINKS OF 1T.

1
II deserves more commentator for the gen
soundncss of It's positions than for streng 81 tea
sonng apt language on the great question,
The President stands firmly by his sound soutnrn h
icy and ne continues 10 Pay 10 o mean lille or much
but can inspire confidence IN view Oh e eocn'
| past New-York Herald tlndJ
The only criticism which candid men OF
either Marty can make upon that portion OF the Pres
dens message which touches the most Vta 9ueston vi
Tie moment-he question Oh ne h tat c miqat with
great advantage TO all the business interests OF l9e co
ny have found some wn nn U a S emnbof,eaIIy
| NewYOrk World (Der)
The financial atmosphere is clearer than it
has been at any time the silver agitation began
Tine people may breathe freely in me CONVICTION tila
only I'm the improbable contingency that tWo,lhiids OF
the members of both branches OF congress shh turn ou
10 be natonists andrepudatOrs can the promises o the
Government be- broken, or the restoration 81 souhu
currency be prevenied.-lNew-forkE Evening fos' una
Rcp)
The President used a good many words to
say vefy little. Except the firm position he has taken
on the financial question: there ia little in his first mes
sage 10 impress the country with the strength Of his con
yctons or his confidence in himself to successfully en-
force the policy which he takes such pains to defend
[New-York Commercial Advertiser QRepl
The message draws the lines sharply. There
can he mistake about Its meaning Nothing Is eit
lions the pe6ple mnsf divide INTO two distinctly marked
parties and the fight will be as desperate as has been
known since the ended.-lNew-fork Evening
Mail (Rep)
A very long, commonplace message, which
very few people viii read through and winch will have
very LITTLE weight with Congress or the counry-lNew-
York Evening Express tDemJ
The document is quite well written, is freer
from mistakes than lengthy messages transmitted by
telegraph usually and does dscred TO its author
We cannot but think that il is quite good message as
Polk Pierce, Buchanan ever wrote-lAlbany Express
Qiep)
Mr.. HAYES discusses the financial question
clearly and with force. silver coinage. of full com
merciai value and with limited legal-tonder qualities,
would in his view facilitate return to specie payments
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such RETURN Albany Argus Dem)
Mr.. HAYES stands by his colors in his mes
SAGE He defends the Southern policy based on pou-
lar demand foreshadowed by bis own pledges, and now
vindcaed by public opinion, and by its own visible sue
cess treatment OF the financial question is admira-
bic The other points OF the message are happily tame
-Isprngfeld Republican lind)
As a whole, this message, so clear Of passion
mr. nersonal polcy so moderate in statement aud arCii-
mept viii he widely acceptable and will tend largely TO
strengthen the popular confidence IN the honesty neS
dephia Press Rep)
Although not Il State paper Of marked abil-
ty, it is Of more than aycrag perspcuty OF EXecuuve
Messages and IN general VIII compare fayorapiy VII" n
two questions it might have been more aggressive
particularly that of Civ Service REFORM since the
Administration has made so much OF it in other ways
but he denied that on tine whole frankness mas
been well tempered by prudence'-lPmadelpma Times
(Ind)
It is plain in its statements and dispassiOnate
tone. and bears throughout the clear marks OF being
the uterdnce OF earnest man. having strong
do what right and best for his
Ledger dndJ
Considered by itself, it is so compact, calm.
dieuifed aud scholarly imbucd with the spirit Of the
loftiest patriotism and cultured statesmanship as to
OF civil Service reform II Il impossible not to contrast
il with messages transmitted TO Congress by other
Presidents, and, contrasting IT, not 10 see how Ill
rE r nr5 has 5rYp in The hlgbeSi oice Of all and
that il down TO the lowest from III beginning
90 philadelphia Inquirer Una RepJ
As a whole the message will meet with gen
ea approval In STYLE IraseoGsy ana sr1mna t
wormfeuce English of Grant, that persons Of literary
taste will IN measure be rccOuccd 70 its author ~
the Of the Presidential Harrisburg Pa
triot tDcmJ
The first annual message of President Hayes
Is calculated to produce favorable impr, sson both at
W % ' ~ ~, I'll s.o,, i,s ,idr.-,t tonc ,rd
spirit from the sOundoss and good of its prir
ciuaI Recommendations II is entirely free from the tone
Of onalism and partisanshp which has character
Zcd recent messages to Congress. IL Il equally
tree from anything Ike egotism. and where the
President audes to the adverse criticism which
passed upon his Southern policy, il Is without trace OF
au,ruousness or personal feeling Baltimore sun und)
The practical upshot of the financial part of
the Presidents message is, that ne will veto any bill
which makes silver unlimited lcsaltcnder, which
provides Tor its payment 10 the outstanding public credi
tors or which would MAKE IL any thns more l' SUP
sday coinage related to the value OF gold a. not to
drive the latter out Of Our monetary system WIN that
understanding the American people are conten-lBos-
ton Journal Q.ep.)
The message is quite reassuring, from the
fact that the President perfectly stcadfast TO
the principles which he avOwed year and more ago,
though aggressive in stating his adherence there
TO in the face of criticism and party pressure. His tone
is wholly free from arrogance assumption, and yet
firm and confident like that Of whose convictions
well founded and his determination 10 act upon them
incapable OF being shaken-l Boston Globe (Ind)
1t is thoroughly satisfactory, in that it re-
eommends an unwaverng progress toward specie pay
ments and expresses UnequiyOcal condemnation OF the
attempt DEGRADE the currency egalizng silver
drive gold, to impair the public credit, and OBJ
strucl the work Of reducing the interest the public
debt from aud 10 per cent The opinions and sen-
menis Of the President on these two vital points
ina aruia a.
positive. much less dogmatc manner, but their pur
port is not to be mistaken Boston Post (DemJ