The Springdale news., 1888-12-07

age than for public benefit. These statements can be much emphasized by an entertainment
 of the proportion of Federal legislation when either bears upon it's face It's private character or which. upon examination. develops such mo- tive power. And yet the people wait and expect from their chosen representatives such patriot ic action as will advance the welfare Of the en- l tire country; and this expectation can only be answered by the performance of public duty with unSeltiSh purpose. Our mission among
 the nations Of the earth, and our success in compiishing the work God has given the Amer cau people to do, require of those intruSted W tn the making and execution of our laws per
 feet devotion, above all other things, to the pub lie good This devotion will lead Us to strongly resist all impotence of constitutional limita- ti0ns Of Federal power, and to consistently check the increasing tendency to extend the scope of Federal legislation into the domain of State and local jurisdiction. upon the plea of subservng the public welfare. The preserva- tion of the partit onS between proper subjects
 of Federal and local care and regulation IS of such importance under the Constitution which is the law of our very existence that no consideration of expediency sentiment should tempt us to enter upon doubtful ground. We have undertaken to discover and proclaim the richest blessings of a free government, with the Constitution as our guA Ae. Let us follow the way t points out i It Will not misiead us. And surely no one who has taken upon himself the solemg obligation to support and preserve the Constitution can
 lind just Hcation or solaee for disloyalty in the excuse that he wandered and disobeyed in search Of a better way to reach the public vel fare than the Constitution offered es.
 
 prate at time when, from q century's height,
 we view the way already trod by the American people, and attempt 10 discover their future path. The seventh President of the
 United States-the soldier and statesman | and at all times the firm and brave friend of the peope-in Vindication of his course as the protector of the pxalar rights and the champion of true American citizen ship, declared: The ambition winch leads
 me on is an anxious des.re and a hxed dctermlhatlon to restore to the people unmpalred the sacred trust they have contided to my care to heal the wounds of the Constitution and to prevent it's Yio- latun; to persuade my countrymen. so far as I
 may, that II is not in q splendid gOvernm mt. supported by powerful monop0lieS and agIsto-
 cratic establishments, that they will find hap piAEss or their liberties protected, but in plain system, void of pomp, protecting all and
 granting fayors to none. dispensing It's bless
 lngS like 1e dew of Heaven, unseen and unfelt
 save ln tue freshness and beauty they con
 tribute to prOduce It Is such q government
 that the genus Of our people requlres-such a one only under which our States may remain
 for ages to come united prosperous and free.
 OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.
 In pursuance of a constitutional provision requiring the President from time to time to give to the Congress information of the state of the Union, l have the satisfaction to announce that the close of the year finds the
 United States in the enjoyment of domestic tranquility and Ut peace W tn all the nations. Since my last annual message our fore gn reIa- tions have been strengthened and improved by performance of international good offices and by new and renewed treaties of amity, com merce, and reciprocal extraditlon of crm- lnals. Those international questions which still await settlement are all reasonably within the domain ot amIcable negot ation, and there is no eXlstlng subject Of dispute between the United 1 States and any foreign power that Is not sus- ceptible Of sats factory adjustment .)y frank diplomatic treatment. The questions between Great Britain and the United States relating to the rights ot American fishermen under treaty and international comity in the territorial waters of Canada and Newfoundland, I regret | to say, are not yet satisfactorily adjusted. 1 These matters were fully treated in my mes sage to the senate of February D, lSSS which to- gether with convention concluded under my | authority with Her Majesty Government on the | 10th ot February last, for the removal of all | causes 0t misunderstanding was submitted by | me for the approval Of the Senate. This treaty | naYag r,itFaS been rejected by the seeate trans the 23d of August last, reviewing the | transactions and submitting for considerL- | tton certain recommendations for leg islation concerning the important questions i involved. Afterwards, on the 13th of Septem- Der. in response to q resolution ot the Senate, | I again communicated fully all the informa- ton In my possession as to the action of the | government of Canada affecting the conner | cIal relations between the Dominion and the l United States, including the treatment of | American fishing vessels ill the ports and 1 waters Of British Amerca. The c0mmunica l tions have all been published, and therefore l Of Congress- although two were addressed 1 to the Senate alone. Comment upon or repetition of their contents would be super huOuS, and am not aware that any thing has | since occurred which should be added to the ] facts theron sta ed Therefore l merely re- l peat, as apn icahle 10 the pre- sent time. the l statement which will be found in my message 1 to the Senate of September 12 last: That l since March ,, lSSa. case has been reported | 10 the Department of State wherein complaint | hds been made or unfrendlY or unlawful | treatment of American vessels on the part 1 of the Canadian authorities, in which repara- | ton Was not promptly and satisfactorily ob- 1 ft,4Yg rsll Halifax Fl tvln9 essayed in the discharge of | mE duty to procure by negotiation the settle ment Of a loug-standing cause of dispute, and | t0 remove t cohSt lnt menace To the good rela- | tOns of the two countries, and coatihling to | hold the op1nion that the treaty Of February | last which failed to receive the approval of | tical and final adjustment basis honorable | and just 10 both parties Of the difficult and | VeXed question to which it reIated,' and hlV- | ing subsequently, and unavailngly recommend i ed other legislation b G0Hgres, which 1 hoped | would suffice to meet the exigeneJ created by | the rejection ot the treaty. now again invoke | the earnest and immediate attention of the | Congress 10 the condition of th.s important l question as 1t now stands before them and the | country, and for the settlement Of which am 1 deeply solicitors.
 GOVERNMENT REVENUE
 The revenues of the Government for the year ending June B, 1889, aScertained for the quarter ended September 3o, 1888, and estimated for the | remainder of the time, amount to H31I .UDD,0)t, | and the actual and estimated ordinary eXpen- | dItures for the same year afe S2f3,044p4g, leaY- | Ing an estimated surplus of tl0l011,oo0.
 The estimated receipts for the year ending | June 90, 1890, are S31. 0O0 O00 and the estimated ordinary expenditures for the same time are | S@15. 1d7, 4SS3l, showing surplus of 110l 23!,- 5ll. G6. The foregoing statements of surplus do | not take into account the sum necessary to be | expended to meet the requirements of the | Sinking Fund act, amounting to more than | SH, H,00.9O annually The cost of collecting the | customs revenues for the last fiscal year was9 II per cent for the year 1885 1t was 3.7f per cent.
 The excess Of internal revenue taxes collect ed during the last fiscal year over those ccllrct ed for the year ended June B. lSS1 was S5 4S9- | 111. .26. and the cost of collecting this revenue decreased from 3.4 per cent in 1887, to less | than 32 per cent. for the last year The tax |