The Hickman courier., 1877-12-14

penditure the sum OF Sl63, ,SiS 9pasn -
the liabilities incurred IN preYi9us =
year. TIE expenditure receipts ~
tanning 10 the bEsiness.of the fasElis.ses
year were as foHoGs Ez
/ S32, ,322, ,504 a; receipts ordiial9 ~ q
none@ order business and frofits Gs1cia.
| postage stamps, -! ,t5S 80 -; s. - q x
! lexpendit tires, 81, 4,S54, $50 -.
/ The ordinary revenue OF the lostoi''es' ~,
! department for the year ending sAne ~
| 1879, are estimated at an iBcEeA q
per cent. oeer tho.e OF ~ ~
| $29, ,049, ,098. %, and the exG txsirss - ~
| the same year are e-timate - Eis{ -, -
/ 88l leaving au estimated EAs g. o
i157a Of 81. 500. .3s2 o. The addition q
i legislation recommended By the p 3
! ter general for the impfoferser e ise
mail service, and TO protect u
/ revenues from these >ahslses praHicefi
/ under tre ,eEsssi sespeH -
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4 The report os the mooney gsns5ss
contains several suggestions rs to the
administration Of justice, whicn | invite
your attention 10. The pressure of bus
| mess in the supreme court and certain
circuit courts Of the United S-ates Is
now such that serious delays to the gfeat
injury and even oppression Of suffers
occur, and q remedy should y sought for
this condition Of affairs. heether it
viii be found III the plan bdp.iy sketehed
in the report OF increasing tae nutabers
/ of the Judges Of the circuit courts, and
/ by means Of this addition ID the Judicial
| force, of creating an intermediate court
: % errors and appeal, or whether some
other moue ca Ns devised for obviating
/ the difficulty which no" exists, leave
/ to your mature consideration.
The present condition OF the Indian
! tribes on territory OF the United States
and our relations with them are iully set
! forth in the report Of the secretary Of
/ the interior and commissioner OF Indian
affairs. Aftera series Of most deplorable
conflicts. a successful termination
( Of which, while rejecting honor
upon the brave soldiers who
! accomplished It cannot lessen our regret
/ at the occurrence. We are now at pace
with all the Indian tribes on our borders
/ To preserve that peace by n Just and
/ humane policy will be the object Of my
/ earnest endeavors, Whatever may Cc
/ said Of their character and savage pro-
/ pensitics, Of the difficulties of introducing
among them the habits OF civilized life
and the obstacles they have offered &c
/ the progress of settling on certain parts
/ of the country, the Indians are
/ certainly entitled 70 our sym
pathy and to conscientious
( respect on our part for their claims upon
/ our sense Of justice. They were the
aboriginal ocCup pants of the land we now
possess. They have been driven from
place to place, and the purchase money
paid to them in some cases for what they
called their own has still left them as
poot in many instances as when they had
/ settled down upon the land assigned
/ them by the compact, and began to sup
port themselves by their own labor.
! They were rudely jOstled off and thrust
/ into the wilderness again. Most OF our
/ Indian wars have had their origin
/ in broken promises and acts Ct IN
/ Justice upon cur part, and the ad-
/ vance of the Indians in civilization
/ hiss been slow, because the treatment
/ they received did not permit lslsterss.,S,-
more general improvement. we cannot
expect to improve and follow our guild
ance unless we keep faith with them,
! respecting the rights they possess, and,
unless, instead of depriving tnsn OF
opportunities, we lend them helping
hand. ] cordially approve OF the policy
regarding the management of Indian
Affairs outlined in the report OF the score
/ tarF Of the interior and OF the commits
sioner Of Indian affairs. The faithful
performance Of our promises i8 the fiTst
consideration of q good understanding
with the Indians. I cannot too urgently
recommend to congress that prompt and
liberal provision be made for the cOnsci-
entious fulfil!ment of all engagements
entered into by the government with the
Indian tribes To withhold the means
necessary for the performance OF prom
ise IS always false economy and IS apt 70
prove disastrous in its consequence.
FsDecial care is recommended to provide
for the Indians settled on their reserya-
tiOn. cattle and agricultural implements
TO aid them in whatever efforts tbey
make to support themselves, and by the
establishment and maintenance OF schools
to bring them under the control OF civil
lied influences. I see no reason why
Indians who can give salts actory proof
Of having by their own labor supported
their families for a number OF years, and
who are willing TO detach themselves
from their tribal attractions should not
be admitted to the benefit Of the hoine-
stead act and the privileges of citizen
ship, and | recommend the passage of
Justice as well as measure Of encourage
ment. Earnest efforts are being made to
purify the Indian service so that every
dollar appropriated by congress shall
redeund to the benefit of the Indians
benefited. These efforts will bave my
firm support. With an improved service
and every possible encouragement held
ont the Indians 20 better their cOndi~
ton and TO elevate themselves in the
to @ do, at some time, great
work for them and for Yourselves
l invite the attention OF O cSngress TO
the importance Of the statements and
suggestions made by the secretary Of the
interior concerning the depredations com
mitted upon the timber lands OF the
United States and the necessity
Tor the preservation Of forests IL
is believed that the measure taken
in pursuance of the existing law
to arrest these depTedations VIII
be entirely successful if congress, by an
appropriation for that purpose, renders |
their continued enforcement possible |
The experience of other DatidA teaches
us that country cannot be Kipled OF
its forests with impunity. NNthal! ex
pose ourselves to the gravest consequences
manner in which the forests in the United
States are destroyed be efFectuaiy
checked. | earnestly recommend that
the measures suggested by the secretuy
of the interior fer the suppression o.
depredations on the public timber lands
of the United states, for the selling OF
timber from the public lands, and for the
preservation of forests be embodied in the
law and that considering theurgent neces'
sityof enabling the people of certain
states and territories to purchase timber
from the public lands in legal manner,
which at present they cannot do, such
Ia Y be passed without unavoidable delay.
| would also call the attention of congre =
to the statements made by the secretary
of the interior concerning the disposition
that might be made of the desert lands
by irrigation west of the Tooth meridian
These lands are practically unstable
under existing laws and the suggestion
is worthy of considerative action; that q
system Of leasehold tenure would make
them a source of profit to the United
States. while st the same time legalizng
the business of cattle raising, which Is al
present carried on upon them.
The report OF the commits ioner OF ag.
riculture contains the gratifying sn-
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