The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-12-07

inent winch lnt INV chIItlH wv pI'alN'"'
To send TO congress from time 10 time, Civ
ing the condition Of the country and ils
arms Of service, and making such sugge9
tons as the executive Of the country thinks
congress should attend to-. The message,
theoretically, is valuable as alording the
Legislators authentic information as to the
state Of affairs in the country generally, so
that they may know better how to act. In
fact, the chief interest in the document CEN
ters in the presidents views on public quas-
tons as contained in his recommendations.
So prosperous are the United States ut
present that the president, in the message
sent in yesterday, congratulates the peo-
pie warmly upon the fact. He then dweIls
upon our relations to other nations. We
are at peace with every people and sustain
with them the most cordial re-
lations. In our dealings with Great
Britain, France, Germany, Russia,
ITALY, and in fact oil the
countries, but Spain. and possibly Turkey,
any requests made by us lately have been
at once complied with, and courtesies have
been cheerfully and mutually extended.
With reference to Spain the president COM
plains that our demands upon her in most
instances have not been met with disposi-
ton to aecede as promptly and cheerfully
thefeto as onght to have been, and
speaks of the heavy fines imposed
in Spanish ports upon American
vessels and the excessive fees charged upon
American importations. He details the
fact that Germany has invited us to one OF
her exhibitions in 'S3 and asks that provision
be made to comply with the request; that
Italy has been very profuse in its express
sions of regret over the death of MINISTER
MARsH; that the scope of the extradition
treaty with Belgium has been enlarged that
the Swiss government has ceased
to give countenance to the ship
ment yof its paupers and criminals
TO America recommends the continu-
ance with notifications of the reciprocity
treaty with the Sandwich Islands, and
dwels upon the part played by our state
department WITH reference to the Chilli
Peruvian troubles, In commenting on
foreign affairs, the president shows that he
has the correct American idea OF letting
other peoples business alone, and is very
moderate. In view of the growing disposi-
ton among the nations to settle important
questions by conference and arbi-
tration, he very sensibly sug-
gests that greater powers should
be conferred upon the president with refer
encs to the appointment of delegates to
those international conventions. There is
no special foreign policy indicated by Mr..
ARTHURs remarks on our foreign relations,
nor nothing new or startling to tell AS to
home affairs, he dwells at length and sta
tistically upon the financial and industrial
condition of the Union. The show
ing throughout is an admirable
one, and denotes that within,
our affairs are rs prosperous
and as satisfactory as are our relations with
the outside world, Upon the great subject
of interest now IN America, the revision or
abolition of the tariff, the president is just
where his party stands. He wants the H.
ternal revenue taxes reduced, but by the
abolition of the tax on articles other than
whisky and tobacco. In this respect he
and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
stand upon the same platfoam. The
president unfortunately offers the coun'
try no new views, no startling sug.
eestions, no broad and progressive
craftsmanship in his treatment of the tariff
or financial problems of the government.
He thinks with his party that there should
be protection, but that our present system
needs corrections to the extent of equaliz
ing duties and taxation. With reference
TO the war and navy departments he is
in accord with the secretaries of those
arms, and approves of the recommends
tions made by them in their reports, lie
thinks, of course, that the bill passed
through the influence of RoBEsoN and
KEIFER, by the last session OF congress, for
the improvement of old and construction
of new vessels is calculated to put that
arm of defence on substantial footing,
and proceeds to make suggestions as to the
merchant marine, whose decadence he
laments. He very rightly and sensibly APP
proves of more thorough system
OF coast defences. In his remarks about
the post-office department the president
takes strong and under the latest develop
meiiis, very sensible and proper grounds
Tor the reduction of postage. We have GER
tainly reached that point where this derart-
ment can be run more economically and
with less cost to the people. PRESIDENT
ARTHUR walks ON eggs though the depart
ment Of Justice, and INDUCES in merely a
detail of the transactions there within
the last few months, the facts being
familiar 10 the reading pub |
lie. In the interior department
he takes rational view OF matters and adj
vocates the allotment Of lands TO the In.
dians individually and the fullest and best
education of their youth. He also has
10 say Of the railroads and inter
state commerce Coming in as the NEE
sage did, in broken parcels from
The wires, IL is, Of course, impossi-
bic 10 give a thorough or exhaus-
i've epiiome thereof at this time but the
main features have been touched 90. The /
impression first arising from the cursory |
glance we have given il, IL that PRECEDENT
AErHrR refraining from committing him
seli in any important particulars has been
content 10 take the reports Of the heads Of
re government departments, and condens-
Ing them. adopt their figures and sue-
restions as bis ANIMAL message |
We look IN vain for statesmsnship in The /
presidents message. There IL no political
speculation or broad research and sueges-
lion Indicated In the document but Il il
plain and practical. end is valusble IS
statistical epiioms Of THE present political,
fnaDciai, industrial and osher conditions