Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-12-11

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who cares anything aboth the
ssoors?
7 slrg commissioners have gone TO
GhiIfa lled have found out that the
!. s.tigff;ss9f does not want tlssI'hinese
TO tFg,ye China any more han We
want them to come hers. So saat
SIS II.
Il TJ think railways VII don go to
s;tss-sfe,tsfs -, slisi then Sfexieo will soon
coEse TO us.lsifant has something
TO Dc win ali this, and think it
!, BAN to let Grant alone
eve haze been t;fifing wiz, all
ttsssss: { 3s'ists.,i taerican states, esp,-
osssily Columbia, abord the PANAMA
canal. hope they understand us,
but am doubtful. told you what
1 thought about all that last March
t<lok over your old flies, and lets
Z tsesk about something else.
4 In the island Of samoa
" Lives the great king Maiietoa.
could give you some poetry, and
/! perhaps some truth about il, but
RAILS Samoa is too small potato.
I Oh yes, that Egyptian obelisk.
Well, we've got it and are trying to
! set it up on end, which may posi-
bly, be done before you aud / are
eat Of Office, People say it will rot
away in ten years; perhaps we had
better have lett it in EgvDt: but
then the English got one, and it
would never have done to let them
get ahead of u.s. There is something
going on about the consular courts
at Cairo-they will come to an end
lin-fve wears anyhew-sc we needn't
bother about them.
Evarts has several plans for en-
larging our commerce. Between
ourselves our tariff is what stands
in the way, but it won't do to talk
about the tariff now; so Wen let
Evarts tinker away; Evarts won't
last long anyhow.
We ought to have telegraphic
lines across the Pacific ocean.
Our navy wants looking into
shockingly, but it seems that the
more money we spend on it the
worse it gets. / have nothing to
suggest.
Our secretary of the treasury has
sent in his report, and it is before
me. Johns array Of figures is ire
mendOus. l hope you will under /
stand him can't. Oh yes, he /
wants to go on refunding; he does /
not say at what rate OF interest. On
my own responsibility I will sug-
gest-as cheap as we can do it. If
you want any other information,
you had better ask John.
The secretary of war has sent in
his bill-abOut forty millions, which
is not very high. Between our
selves, the army is great deal too
small, but better say no more about
that till Garfield and the forty-sev-
enth congress get in. There are too
many officers enjoying soft places
here, and you had better make some
arrangements for sending them to
their commands. They will be ter
ribly mad with me for saying so,
but | can't be reelected anyhow
now, 50 who cares? The militia
ought to be attended to by congress:
the states are not doing much in
this way, and, anyhow, we ought to
control the thing.
The defences OF our great sea- (
ports are not worth cent, and with
Thompson's tubs to help them,
would make shocking botch if we
were to find ourselves at war.
The Mississippi river needs a
great deal done for it. 1t is true
it is not as big as the Harlem, but
our western people are interested in
it. If it were only those rascally
you know, of course
we couldn't touch it. Columbia
river, for thirty miles above Frisco,
also is good deal choked up, and
we'd better do something. You
know our vote was mighty close
there anyhow.
The postmaster-general's report is
not much, but Horace Maynard has
not been there long enough to learn i
the ropes; moreover. he has been i
giving all his attention to the Ten
nessee senatOrship. However, there :
is no objection TO your reading it if |
you feel like doing so.
We want new buildings of all {
sorts in Washington City; many Z
excellent republicans here think I
hey are just as much entitled to fat 9
contracts as Boss Shepherd. Also
want draining and sewers 1
opening, and other sanitary arrange
nents are needed i'm the capital, and I
f you don't look after your own
health, can't help it; Pm going 8
10 leave.
This is the last message | shall 9
'end and the last you will receive; :
many of you are not reelected no
more am |. Let US weep. t
A few things are inserted in the b
lbove abstract which the president
meant to say, but his cabinet cut
hem out. Editorial omniscience i
enables us to supply them. Ed. t
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