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ofncos may be secured by the payment Of ex-
traordinary postage. This schcmo might DO
made effective ~ we cost shogld be Com.
niensnrate with the expense OF the extra
THE INTERIOR DEPARrMENT.
Special attention 10 called 20 the recommen-
datlons of the Secretary OF the Interior re-
spcctng our Indian affairs, the Presumption
road companies TO take title 10 lands granted
by the Government and the operations or
the Pension ONCE, the Patent once, tno
THE INDIANS.
The President Is glad to find Justification
for the policy OF the GOyernlncnt IN dehllnB
with the Indian question. ana aconnrinst d
his first communication 20 the FOrty-seyenth
Congress. The Secretary urges anew tho
punishment of crimes committed ON
Indian reservations and recommends
the passage % Repr ree for the pnT
chase of a tract of Is 900 square miles from the
| Sioux reservation. Both OF these measures
aEe IN ADVISING dc repeal Of the Presumption
| law: the enactment Of statutes resolving tho
present legal complications, touching lapsed
| grants TO railroad companies and the funding :
| Of the debt of the several Pacific railroads I'M
| der such guaranty as shall enectuaily insure
| its ultimate payment
MoRMONIsM AND PoLYGAMY.
The report of the Utah Commission viii
! be read with interest. 1t dlscloses the re-
| Suits of recent legislation looking TO the
ESst ond s beev S Saf Il that
abominable practice can pc snppresseai
by law, It can only be by the most
| of the Constitution. / again recommend,
| therefore, that Congress assume absolute 20:
litical control of the Territory OF Utan, ana
| with such governmental powers as I'm its Judg-
ment may Justly and wisely be put into their
1855 MORE ABOUT FOREIGN TRADE.
| In the course of this communication refer
I ei1ce has more than once been made 90 the
| policy of this Government as regards the cx-
| tension of our foreign trade. 1t seems proper
| to declare the general principles that should,
in my opinion, underiie our nnuonal enor.s
! the problem may be thus stated: We ara
| people engaged In mechanical pursuits and
territory rich in agricultural products and i'm
| nearly all the raw materials necessary Tor
successful manufacture: we nave sys-
tenn of productive establishments more than
| sufficient to supply our own demands; the
| wages of labor are nowhere else so great;
| the scale of living of our artisan classes Is
| such as tends TO secure their personal COM
fort and the development OF those nigner
morals and the intellectual qualities that go TO
the making of "A good citizen; our system OF
tax and tariff legislation is yielding revenue
which is in excess of the present Eeeds OF me
Government.
to devise a scheme by which, without unfayor-
ably changing the condition of the working
men, our merchant marine shall be raised
from its enfeebled condition and new markets
provided for the sale beyond our borders OF
the manifold fruits Of our Industrial enter.
| prlses The problem is complex and can
innovation or reform The countries
ssdadehnt fsaRds arc FOR tic t%Ited STATES &
natural market of supply and demand 1t ~
produce, or do not produce in sufiiciency, and
1t is to them that the surplus productions OF
fow under pu c6nditions that will egnnlize or
favor them in comparison with foreign com
RECIPROCITY TREATIES.
Four paths of policy seem to point to this
end: First, series of reciprocal CONNER
cial treaties with the countries of America
unhampered movement of trade. The con-
ditions of these treaties should DO
the free admission OF such 1nerchan-
dmce in return for admission free
or under q favored scheme of duties OF our
products, the benefits of such exchange to-
apply on these goods carried under the fags
OF the parties to the contract; the removal or
both sides from vessels so privileged q AL
their vessels may ply unhindcred between our
ports and those of other contracting parties,
though, without infringing on the re-
served home coasting trade: the removal or
reduction of burdens on the exported prod
ducts of those countries coming within the
benefits of the treaties and the avoidance or
the technical restrictions and penalties by
which our Intercourse with those countries is
Secondly, the establishment of the Com
sular service of the United States on sala-
ried footing permitting the ACCOMPLISHMENTS
of consular fees not only as respects vessels
under the National flag but also as respects
vessels of the treaty Nations carrying goods
entitled to the benefits of the treaties.
Thirdly, the enactment of measures to favor
the construction and maintenance of steam
carrying marine under the flag of the United
Fourthly. the establishment of a uniform
currency basis for the countries of America,
so that the coined products OF our mines may
circulate on equal terms throughout tho
whole system of commemorative. This would
revive monetary union Oh Amcrica ~nc.GDy
and the circulation of those which Yield
neither gold nor silver could be adj
iusted in conformity with the population,
, wealth and commercial needs of each. AS
many of the countries furnish no bullion
to the common stock, the surplus production
of our mines and mints might thus be ubl-
, lied, and a step taken toward the general TO-
monetization of silver. To the accomplish
! ment of these ends, so far as can be attained
by separate treaties, the negotiations already
concluded and now i'm progress have been dt.
rccted, and the favor with.which this enlarged
policy has thus fur been received warrants
the belief that its operations will ere long EN-
brace all, or nearly al, the countries OF this
NIB J,,,s,,ts m, ,t,se es,ulxrass
tween protection and free trade may thus be
turned to good account that the
no longer to overtax tho people, that pro.
tective duties may be retained
without becoming burdensome, that our
shipping interests may be judciously
weighed, the currency fixed on firm basis,
and, above all, such annuity of interests
established among the States of the Ameri-
can system, as will be of great and of ever.
increasing advantage to them all
civil SERVICE
On the 18th of February last. L transmitted
to the Congress the first annual report of the
Civil-service Commission, together with com
municntons from the heads of several execu-
tive departments of tho Government,
the law under which the Commits
sion had been acting. The good
results therein foreshadowed have been more
than realized. The system has fully answered
competent and faithful public servants, and
in protecting the appointing officers OF the
Government from the pressure OF personal
opportunity, and from the labor of examining
the claims and pretentions of rival candidates
Tor public employment.
A NATIONAL BANKRUPT LAW.
In view of the general and persistent de-
mand throughout the commercial commu-
nifty for National bankrupt law, l hope that
tho differences of sentiment which have
hitherto prevented its enactment may not out
last the present sessions.
THE CHOLERA.
Tho pestlence which for the past two years
has been raging In the countries OF tho East
recently made its appearance in European
ports with which we are i'm constant commune
OF such measures as will be likely to ward OF
the dreaded epidemic and TO mitigate its Sc.
verify in case II shall unhappily extend to our
shores.
PENSION TO GENERAL GRANT
recommend that In recognition of the emil
mont services of Ulysses S. Grant late General
| of the armies of the United States, and twice
PRESIDENT OF the Nation, Congress confer upon