The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-12-08
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
President Arthur's COmmunica-
tiOn to Congress.
A Review of the Leading Matters Affect
ing the National WeIfare-A Number
of Suggestions Made.
To the Senate and House Of RepreSen-
tdtiUeS OF the United States:

! To the Senate and House Of RepreSeE-
tdtiUeS Of the United States:
All appalling calamity has befallen
The American people Since their chosen
representatives last met in the halls
where YOU are assembled. We might
else recall with uLallOye ed content the
rare prus perlly With which throughout
the Year The nation has been blessed.
| It's hhrVestS have been plenteOus it's
varied industries have thriVen; the
health of lts people las been preserved
II has maintained with foreign govern
menJS undlsturbed relations of an.ity
and peace. For these manifestations
of His favor we owe to Him who holds
| our destiny in His hands the tribute OF
! our grateful devotion. To that mystic
| rIUus eXel else OF His Will which has
taken from US the loved and illusLrIOus
| CitlZen who was but lately the head OF
he nation we bow in sorrow and SUBJ
mission. The memory of his exalted
character, OF his noble achievements,
and of his patriotic life will be treas
uIed forever as sacred possession of
the whole people. The announcement
of his death drew from foreign govern
ments and people tributes of sympathy
and sorrow which history will record
as signal tokens of the kinshIp of ma
lions and the federatiOns of mankind.
OUR RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND.
The feeling of good will between our
own Government and that of Great
Britain Was never more marked than
al present. In recognition of this pleas
ing fact directed on the occasion OF
the late Centennial celebration at York
toWI, that salute be given to the
British dag. Save tor the correspond
ence, to which L shall refer hereafter,
III relation 10 the proposed canal across
the 1Sthmus OF Panama, llLJle has Oc-
CURED worthy of menGlUn IN the dlplJ-
maLlc relations OF the two countries.
Early In the year the fortune Bay
Claims were satisfactorily settled 10y
the BRUSH Government paying IN full
the sum OF $4,000, must vi winch has
been already distributed. AS The leruuE
vi tile settlement include com pensaJiOn
Tor Injuries suffered by our tis hermen al
ASpel Bay, there has been retained
from the gross award d sum which il
deemed adequate for these claims.
The participation OF America III the
exhibitions at Melbourne and Sydney
will be appropriately mentioned IN Lhe
reports Ot the two exhibitions soon to
be presented To Congress. They will
disclose the readiness of our country
men to make a successful competition
| in dlstanG delus OF enterprise. NegOtI-
AIfOLS for al International copyright
convention are in hopeful progress.
The surrender OF sitting Bull and his
forces upon the Canadian frontier has
allayed apprehension, alJhC ugh bodies
of British Indians still cross the border
in quest of susLenance. Upon this sub
jecL a correspondence has been opened
which promises an adequate under
AZ (Onr TrnOna hnUA nr6pra n
avoid, meanwhile, all collisions with
alien Indians.
OTHER FOREIGN RELATIONS.
The presence at the Yorktown cele-
bratIOn of represt natives of The Re-
publican descend intS of Lafay ette and
of his gallant com patriots who were
our allies iii the Revolution, has served
to strengthen the spirit of good will
which has always existed between the
two nations.
You will be furnished with the pro-
ceedings of the Bi-metallic Conference
| held during the summer at tue city of
| Paris. No accord was reached, but a
valuable interchange of views was had,
| and the Conference will next year be
renewed.
At the Electrical Exhibition and
Congress, also held at Paris, this cOun-
| IEy was NY
nent spt clalists, who, in the absence OF
an appropriation, generously lent their
efforts at the instance OF the State De-
partment. While our exhibitors
| in this almost distinctively Amer
lean field of achievement have
won several valuable awards,
L recommend that Congress provide foI
the repayment of the personal expenses
incurred in the public interest by the
L Il
| No new questions respecting the status
of our naIuralized cltiZens in Germany
have arisen during the year, and The
causes OF complaint, especially in
| Alsace and Lorraine, has practically
ceased, through the liberal action of the
| Imperial Government in accepting Oul
often expressed views ON the subject
The applicant of the treaty of 1868 tC
the lately acquired Rhenish provinces
has received very earnest attention. A
definite and lasting agreement on this
point. Is confidently expected. The
participation of the descendants OF
Baron Won SteuDen in the Yorktown
feStivities, and there subsequent recep'
tion by their American kinsmeD, strik
ingly evlnced the ties of good will
which unite the German people anC
our own. Our intercourse with
Spal has been friendly. Ar
| dRAce Us Sut1 COhCluuCu III L cOl udL lttSG
fixes ,'rm for the labOrs If the Span
lsh and American Claim Commission
The Spanish Government has been re
quested to pay the late awards of that
commission, and will, it is believed
accede to the request as promptly and
courteously as on former occasions
BY recent legislatiOns onerous fines
have been imposed upon American
shipping in Spanish and colonial ports
for slight irregularities In their mani
tests, One case of hardship is specially
worthy of mention. The bark Mason
ic, bound for Japan, entered Manila
in distress, and Is there sought to bt
confscated under the Spanish revenue
laws for an alleged shortage in hel
transhipped cargo. Though efforts fol
her relief have thus far proved una
vailing, it is expected that the whole
will be adiuAted in friendly spirit.