The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-04
TIE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE,

THIS morning we print the full text
OF the first annual message OF President
HAYES, which was transmitted TO Con-
gresa yesterday afternoon. 1t is plain,
business.lIke document, and presents
mirror Of the condition of the country
81 home and Its of relations with foreign
powers. We have carefully headed up
the subjects treated in it SO as to make 1t
quite easy for the reader to catch at a
glance the whole contents of the dOcu
ments.
In the opening of his message. the
President enters s! once upon q discus.
sion of his Southern policy, which M just
i1ss upon the ground OF both e1Pediency
and constitutionality. He believes his
course has been luily justified by the re
suits. Pesce has smiled upon the South
ern States; political murders have
ceased; the material condition OF the
county has ts~r ,mrlCved; credit has
grown better srl the 2gostrsts indus
tries are imprav:-.. He declares his de-
.ermininstlou ~ continue straight-tor-
ward in the course he has been pursuing.
He shows equal frmness in treating Of
the Cvil service question. he maintains
bis right to make selections OF officers
made sppointive under the Constitution,
recognizes the duty of the Senate to
advise and consent or reject his appoin-
tees, and the privilege OF the House to
investigate and impesch. He makes no
slusion TO the differences existing be-
tween the Executive and the Senate, but
his language shows plainly enough that
he hsS no ides of being the party that
backs down"
Upon the question OF specie resump-
tion he is very positive. The extract
from bis message upon this question
which WAS printed in Saturdays REEFS
rES, proves TO have been genuine, as we
then believed. He considers the resump-
lion Of specie payments as OF the utmost
Importance, and as essential to both the
development of our trade and the e1ten-
sion Of our foreign commerce. He inti-
mates that DO legislation which would
retsrd or postpone resumption will re-
csive hi. approval. He thinks that any
iuch legislation, instead of relieving the
country from embarrassment and dis
tress, would but sggrsvste existing dis
trust, and result in material disaster and
national dishonor. He maintains that =
poetponemeni OF resumption would have
Al injurious effect upon sll classes, but
more especially would it iniure the labor
Ing masses.
He opposes the remonetizstion of sill
yer, except in limited quantities; nsr
would be make silver full legal tender
He would give it the quality OF the pre-:
cot subsidiary coin, or nstionsl bank
notes. he would make it good enough
io' the people, but not dt for the bond
holder. He would thus erect the latter
into favored class, and give them in
,srests different from the interests of the
mass OF their fellow men.
On foreign topics, tho questions relst-
!ng 70 the Mexican border are given the
'nOst prominence. TIE condition of sf-
isits on the Rio Grande, IS shown by
'nolal reports, is briefly reviewed, and
The reasons which caused the order to be
l,sued TO General ORD are stated. The
resident appears to appreciate the deli
cate position in which the government
0. been placed by issuing that order
ind evidently is conscious that 1t possibly