The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-12-08
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

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OF unusual length, and does not treat OF
any novel subjects
After an introduction in the custo,,.rv
form the President ,assas at nnca tn :, dc.
cnssinu of the acriou of The Administrator
Inst March in REGARD to Sonth Carolina and
I,ouisiana. rchearsiny briefly wIat was done
in each case, The President iustif.s his
action in removing the troops from the state
House in CnIumhia and Now ORLEANS ~,
I the urnuud nr RIGHT nacessi,v and constr
tntiora1itv or the ofr.ct of his southern
rnlicv. The President saws in etf.ct that ne
iar as he can now iudpe. If has been rood .
the Southern States are r1;eter and mora
| nrnsuernus than, before. cra,l,. Is hotter. in
hustiias ave mora tbriviur. asnoci,Iiy i
there an absence of those acts Of violeuca
/ which before were so common The pres;-
dent can hardly be said to defend his Soutb-
ert policy, hut he does call attention TO the
evidences of its success,
HONEST DEALiN" IN FINANCE.
The second general subject treated in the
message Is the financial question. On the
main points of this important controversy
in the country the President gives no UNI
certain sound lie speaks OF the resump-
ton OF specie payments as matter OF the
-
the people of the country, and necessary
for the purpose OF bringing our internal
ana foreign commerce into harmony with
that OF the rest OF the world.
Alter most anxious ana careful eXaml-
nation, the PRESIDENT declares himself as
more than ever confirmed in the opinion
he expressed III his letter OF acceptance and
i'll his inaugural address, that the policy Of
resumption should be pursued by every
suitable means, and that no legislation
that wouia reiaid or postpone 1t ought to
be enacted. lie heleVes that any waver-
ing III purpose, or unsteadlness in methods,
instead OF relieving the country from any
OF the lnconverlecces attendant upon a
return to specie payments would only ag-
sfa'a,e anu pi"lohs She oiNe'e>s "'ie"uy
o"'I and "a ,ar;nns diSast,r ,nd d;shon%r
rta rn;.oI,;af which ,yn,I5 rs.nIt from, ,n,,
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unaadv rasrnntion vvnpld not he haliavas
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Secretary thar resumption can he effected
under the present laws bv January 1, 1879
and also agrees TO the wisdom os the policv
of not ASKING for further LEGISLATION. The
Secretary also holds that the RESUMPTION
Act of 1879 does not reuuire the cancalIa-
limited States notes which remain after rho
volume of the preeuback currency has been
reduced to that point. and that il NAV he
left in circulation for awhile. being always
exchangeab!e, of course. at the sub-treasu
| V" '"s INV. i"Io''''i ''o -
tl""''s eAPi,''' III ~" ,iess"SG ne NOUS
| tile GROUND Inat ooCn SILVER anu Solu ought
, TO ne utlilZed III the currency OF the coun-
try pht ne uoeS not agree Win those VINO
/ ""u'' uhuertahe 10 IeG iSia'e 'hat ." or "
cents worm Oh SILVER Shali pass Or DE re.
celNable III the place OF lGo cents worth OF
/ gold. he publlc DEBT oil the country was
contracted Ia the money oi the world and
with the understanding that Ii should he
| pad, principal ana interest, IN the money
| oi the world. lie does not, therefore, favor
any legislation that would lorce the credl-
tors OF the Ihitcd states 10 receive IN pay
ment of what is due them, any silver cur
iency worth less than par IN gold.
In other words the President declares his
| belief in the good policy of using both
precious metals, but lie states his oppOsi-
, ton to any proposition that Congress shall
exercise the power gwen 1t by the Consti-
tuition to coin money aud regulate the value
thereof III such way as to swindle people.
The President is in favor of making sill
yer liberal subsidiary coin, with legal
tender limit somewhat greater than at
present, but is not III favor of making it an
unlimited legal tender.
NEE '"N ''N A''i'is@ioN9'
| In treating OF civil Service reform the
/ President, III his message. repeats, in sub
stance, the opinions expressed IN his inau
gurai address As his views on this sub
ject are well known to the country, he has
not. apparently, deemed 1t necessary To
discuss 1t at very great length. Of course
I he Goes not REFER directly 10 the contro-
VefSy that Has arisen between the Senate
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