The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-12-05
FRIDAY, DECEMBER ), 1854.
The Presidents Message.

sideration, In openiny he refers to the
peace and uuietness which rcigncd
throughout the country pending the set
Element of the late election. and saws
Nothing could more strillinplv illustrate
the tpmper of the American citizen. his
love of order. and his lovalitv to law.
Nothino could moro sipnollv dcmonstrotc
thp STRENGTH and wisdom IF orr nolitirol
institutions Eicht voors have nassed
since n controversy CONCERNING fine result
of =. national elnrtion shornlv called the
attention of fine CONGRESS t6 fho NECESSITY
of providinU more nrpcise and definite
regulations for countinu the electoral
vote. If is of the gravest importance
that this question sh0uld he solved he
fore conflicting claims to the Presidency
shall oUoin distract tbn country md /
am persuaded that. bv the pcoplr mt large.
any of the measures of relief thus far
proposed would be preferred TO continu-
ed inaction. :,
The President goes on TO sneak of our
relations with forciun countries. The
only thing of special intcrret in this nor
ton of the message is the following
"With the rcpublic of Nicarauua q treaty
has been concluded which authorizes the
construction bv the United States of y
canal. railway and toloUronh line across
the \ip1r1Uu1p tcIl.itOrV RV tho forms
of his trnnfv sivtv Mills of Tho rivor Sam
Juan. ms well rs lake NiroroUno an in
land sea forty miles in width 9rn to CON
sritutc nari Of the nroirrtnd cntorn,.isn
This Leaves for oriu,I ronoI rons,rIrtion
seventeen miles ON fine Pacific side and
thirtv-siX miles ON the Atlantic 10 the
United States whose rich territory on
the Pacific is. for the ordinarv nurnosns
of commerce. nrocticollv c,,t off from
communication nv water with the Atlon-
tic norris fine Atlantic and ron,unrninl
ADVANTAGES of such nroioct can srarrr-
TX be oycrcstimatcd If is believed that
when thr treaty is laid before Won thc
Justice and liberalitv of IFS nTovisions
will command universal ,nnrovoI ot home
and ahrood.''
REGARDING tho naturalization laws be
saws thev need revision and noints out
where they are ambiUuous or otherwise
defective
OF the state of the finances as shown
by the renort of the secretary Of the
treasury he saws that las compared with
the nrocodinr fiscal voor thnrn WINS n
NET decreosc of over S1l OOO OOO in thn
amount of cxnpnditures, The arureoote
receipts were less than those of lie Year
previous by about S5l 600 600. The fall
ipg off in revenue from customs made mn
nearly $50. 600. 900 of this deficiency. and
about SOB. 100000 of the remainder was
due TO the diminished receipts from in
ternal taxation. The secretary estimates
the total receipts for the fiscal vear
which will end June 70. 1881. at S33O =
600 900 and fine total exnenditures at
$3.50. G2O. POI .lG. i'm which sum are includ-
ed the interest on tie debt and the
amount pavable TO the sinking fund.
This would leave n surnlus for the entire
wear of about $40 600 600" lie homes
THAT the secretal vs. suggestions resnect-
ING the withdrawal from circulation of
the one-dollar and two-dollar notes will
receive your approval. If is likely that
considerable portion of the silver now
encumberinp the vaults of the treasury
might thus find its way into the curren-
cvT' He re,ommonds that trade dolIors
be redeemed at a little above their value
as bullion.
The history of the Greelev and tho
,Jeannette evneditions is rnviewed and
the restoration of the navy ur0ed
1t is recommended that he nostapn
unit of weight he one onnco instead IF
one.half ounce.
Discussinp our forniun trade the Pros
ident saws. ..The countries of thn Amnr-
lean continent and the adjacent islands
are for the United States the natural
marts of SUNNY and demand. IT. is from
them that we should Obtain what we do
not nroduce or do not nroduce in s,ffl-
cheney. and if is TO them Thar the surnlus
nrodnctions of our fields orr mills and
our workshops should flow under condi-
lions that will coualize or favor them in
comparieon with foreign connection.
-Four paths of policy seem to point to