The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-12-05
Tho Presidents Message.

xent President Of the United Stttes APP
pears in our columns this morrshg. We
cannot say tina, IL Is too long. On the con-
trary. Il Is condensed to the Highest de-
gree. Nevertheless many persons will fail
10 read It because Of its lenssh. we give,
for the benefit OF those OF our readers, a
synopsis al Its contents. First lei us say
that Il Is Nvahwlttch document. We
had Il on the end Of OUT pen to style Mr..
ARTHUR our ~sshetic Executive or OSCAR
wwpE President; bra II would be unjust
70 dr author Of THIS message thus TO
designate aim.
The President says our relations with
foreign Governments continue to be OF
the mos friendN character. The British
have released nsc American citizens inn
prisoncd In ireland. Time Will settle the
troubles aboss an interoceanic canal across
the Amcricsa isthmus. lie has spoken to
Russia good word for the Jews. lie
tells Of lbs Trademarks agreement. lie
complains n little OF Spain. Her officials
in this country and elsewhere obstruct
commerce by their heavy charges. Nor
has slIc agreed as yet TO our views on
naturalization. A new extradition treaty
provides for delivering up criminals
charged with killing the chief OF stale
that is, king. emperor, or president, &c
or by whatever name known. Our YES
sells in Egypt did good service in pro-
,ecting American and other citizens du-
ring the late war there. He touches the
Chinese question gingcrly-sensible man.
That's n dangerous question for Republic
cans.
The treaty with the Sandwich Islands
QIawaii) having been terminated, the
President recommends that q better one be
made. He wishes 10 enlarge the mission
to san Domingo. He says our relations
with Mexico are pleasant. He has made
two treaties with her.
Venezuela deserves separate paragraph.
The birth Of BOLIVAR, the founder OF
South American independence, is to be
celebrated there next year and statue OF
our WASHINGTON TO be put Up. Also, an
industrial exposition. which will be open
10 our products. The President recon-
mends uniting with the Nenczuelans.
Our mission III Central America has
been made plenipotentiary.
The war between Chill on one side and
Peru and Bolivia on the other has made
Chilli master OF the whole coast OF both
countries and Of the capital OF Peru. lie
deplores Chil's refusal TO accept Il money
compensation, but can't send armies and
navics there 10 make her do it. 1t would,
he well says. be "at odds " with our his
tory and policy and with all precedents.
We commend the Presidents recon-
mendaIion oi Peace Congress OF Nations,
and endorse heartily bis expressions OF
faith ia the possibility Of submitting all
international troubles TO arbitration.
Read the list OF new Ministers. We
have an embassy from Madagascar and
minister from Siam will soon come. To
the Shah of Persia will be sent a chdTqf
ddf0ircS. lie speaks Of proposed con-
ference to secure the universal adoption Of
a common prime meUdian throughout the
civilized world. We have advocated this
heretofore.
United States consuls' ices are TO be
done away with.
The ordinary receipts of the Govern
mcnt last year were SiO3,j2j, 2jO.2S. Read
the Presidents own figures right here. We
can't condense them.
Tho Dra.i lept'. xria.Vs IN tha sflNar 1ues-
ton Will bear criticism. They "smell OF
the shop New York.
lie recommends reduction Of taxation
Just what we expected. He has no idea OF
abolshing all the internal taxes; but he
goes so much further than we had expect
ed him to go that we feel like giving him
an unssinted need Of praise. 1t required
a good deal OF courage in a Republican
President to enable him to recommend the
abolition OF the tax upon tobacco, and all
the internal taxes except upon liquor, OF
one kind and another.
The Presidents recommendations a. TO
Il tariff are generally good and reasonable.
The free list ought to be greatly enlarged,
and ought, a. be says, TO include the nut
merOus articles which yield no revenue
worth the trouble OF collecting. The public
will be pleased with most of what the Pre-
sident says on this subject.
The President has allowed the northern
clamor against the river and harbor bill OF
last session to influence him, but we trust
that Congress will convince him that the
people are for improving all rivers and
harbors which need improvement nj the
expense OF the national Government.
In fact there are SO many recommends
tions in the Presidents message that We
despair OF noticing all of them tonight.
We reserve our comments upon the re.
mainder OF the message to a future day.
We can say generally that the message is
better than we had expected and makes
lis more. inclined to credit Mr.. ARTHUR
with patriotism than We had ever before
been.
The (Washington) National Republican
appeared In new dress and eiyht-page form
yesterday. This journal seems to be turn
ing over new leaf, indeed, and dropping
old and bad habits. MALONE and Virginia
politics, from his standpoint, are rendered
conspicuous by their absence from its edi-
torial columns Success to the Republican
i'm this new and broad-gauge policy, al
though it be Republican,. 1t says:
We shall not publish mere portions OF
the news, narrowly supporting some spe-
cial view or interest and excluding all or