Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-12-05
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70 those curious to know
about the fpreviousness" ofthe
presidents message, it may not
be improper or uninteresting to
state that on Saturday night,
the document Was, sxireptitious-
" or otherwise, obtained from
the government printing Office
at Washington, telegraphed to
New York, and appeared in the
Times the following morning.
The message is, perhaps. less
remarkable for brilliancy or
ability than for prosy prolixity
and a descent in some cases to
triNia6ties, scarcely becoming a
dignihed paper emenating from
the supreme head of tine govern
ment of the United States.
Mostly a rehash Of published
reports of chiefs of departments,
the message cannot even lay
claim to the merit of exclusive
originality, and yet there are
many redeeming features,
among them the pratical COM
mon sense view the president
takes of many matters affecting
the welfare of the people of the
United States.
Adroitly emitting all direct
allusion to Southern, and, ia-
deed, to sectional affairs, the
president sets out with a review
Of resumption; its effects and
success; and whilst crediting
this important financial event
with the revival of trade and the
rebound of commerce, he reit-
crates what he has frequently
expressed in his public speech
cs, his views on the silver ques-
ton, His opposition to the con-
tinued coinage of silver dollars
will meet with the disapproval
of a great majority of the peo-
pie of the United States, of his
own party, and especially in the
South and West. The consid-
erations ofthe national debt and
the question Of the constitu-
tionality of paper issues, closes
the financial section of the mes
sage.
Hayes is to be commended
for the aggressive policy he adj
vocates with reference to the
Mormons and the admission of
Utah as a state, and his recon-
mendations for the immediate,
final and absolute destruction of
Mormon polygamy will encoun-
ter but little dissent Throughout
the country.
Every honest man, be he
democrat or republican, will
heartily applaud the presidents
condemnation of the system Of
levying a tax on government
employees for party purposes.
A considerable chapter is de-
voted to foreign affairs and the
caution with which our relations
with Great Britain, and especial
ly the Fortune bay matters is
treated, is noticeable. Hereto
fore the United States has turn
ed a cold shoulder on the great
project of the Darien canal, but
now that it is undertaken and
likely to be carried out by Eu-
ropean brains, enterprise and
Mr.. Hayes wants onr
government to lend a helping
hand.
Not the least practically in
teresting portion of the docu-
ment relates to the Indians.
Schurz's Quaker policyis entire
ly endorsed, Notwithstanding
the recent throat cutting by the
Utes. In this connection the
president displays the handwrit-
ing on the wall for the tribal in
habitants ofthe Indian territory.
1t is plainly intimated that whilst
the executive power will be ex-
erted for their protection, they
might as well prepare for the
inevitable-the white settle
n'ent of the territory.
The message closes with local
affairs in the District of Column
bia, and may be set down as
more remarkable for what it
omits, perhaps, than for what it
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