The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-12-07

PRESIDENT ARTHUR's MESSAGE Is .
fair, business like document. II Is to be
commanded tor avoiding sectionalism.
It deals with the subjects that are laid
before the President by the heads Of the
Departments. We cannot give 1t 10 our
readers, because our space will not per-
NIT of it, nor Is there any need Of doing
20, because most of what 1t treats has
already appeared in the columns Of the
GAZETTE in extracts from the public
documents that have been issued from
the several Secretaries. The President
briefly refers to the terrible calamity
which befell the nation in the staying Of
Its late Chief Magistrate, and congratu.
lates the people on the general prosperity
that exists and the prospect Of continued
peace with all nations. He hopes that
by sending special Enjoys 70 Chill and
Peru to be able to bring about q peace
between. those powers and make more
lasting the friendly relations of this
government with both. He refers to the
Panama Canal and says measures have
been taken TO effect q modification Of
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty by which
that power claims the right TO interfere
in matters pertaining to this Continent in
direct opposition to the Monroe doctrine.
He touches upon the fortune Bay
claims; the Austrian Exhibitions; the
Copyright Convention; the surrender of
Sitting Bull; the Yorktown Celebration,
the Electrical Congress; the question OF
American naturalization In Germany;
the onerous daties upon American
shipp1gM the assassination of the Gear;
the prosecutions Of the Jews; the extra
dition treaty with Italy; the Geograph.
ical Congress at Venice; the Hygienic
Congress at Turin; the discriminating
duties upon the products of the Dutch
East Indies, and the insecurity Of lite
and property In Turkey; be says that our
Government has encouraged Mexico;
kept on friendly terms with South Amer
lea; settled the boundaries OF Guatemala.
and made fresh treaties with Columbia
TO block Lesseps' Panama Canal scheme
by insisting upon the prior guarantee OF
the United States. lie regrets that our
trade with Brazil, China and Japan is not
larger, and takes up in detail the reports Of
President Garfield's Cabinet Ministers.
Our National debt, he thinks, can be
paid off in ten years /; he recommends
the abolition of all internal revenue
taxes except upon tobacco and liquors,
and the repeal of the stamp act upon
matches, patent medicines, cards,
checks, drafts and the capital and de-
posits of banks. He believes in re-
cruiting the army to 80, 900 declares
the Indians are now peaceful asks
liberal appropriations for Indian
schools, and leave to use the army to
AID the cowboys Of Arizona. The
Star Route prosecutions are dismissed
with the remark that he has directed
them to be prosecuted with the utmost
vigor-and we all know how vigor>
ously Attorney. General MacVeagh Ia
prosecuting them.
The President then recommends the
suppression of polygamy the sale OF
lands to the public new legislation in
regard to contested elections, and
then refers to the subject of Civil Ser.
vice reform.
The Message is favorably received
by the press generally, and spoken Of
universally as an excellent business
like document. Bat no one regards il
as excelling in any special reoomm en-
dation or as advancing any strong
arguments upon any of the mootee
questions of the day. 1t is to tina
extent less partisan than might hav,
been expected had the document ema
mated from the late Chief Magistrate
Perhaps Mr.. Arthur does not feel tina
he owes his position wholly to th,
Republican party.