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THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
Tht Uit of the "meitagps of ' Preiident
iobnton, which is git eo eUe where at length,
rtu from the lime eoarce a fibroin. In.
mioooatnd cotopreheniive itate paper. At
.i . . i. l.i i v- n -In. t.
me crj lurrsiiviu , iuc rrciiucni cui me
attention of Congreaa to the dUurgnnized
condition of the country nnder the varioua
Ua whicn nate Deen pame a pon the ab
jfrt ol reconitruction, which,, lie declare,
after a fair trial, hare failed, aad there
eeini to be oo good reason whjr the? thouid
li.njer remain un the ttatiite boii., The
tiewi of, the Preiident upon this subject
are in the main those which he' lias staled
n former occasions, and are expressrd (n
a tone of greit emphasis Ind earnestness.
The consistencj and stesdlastnets with
which President Johnson, from the begin
niaj to ihe end ol his administration has
dherpil in his views anon the ennttitutiun.
jlrjuestion ino!red in reeonstruciion. chal
lenge admiration from all whine judgment
is ..til clouded bv rirl nrciuilire anil mt.
. , i v r
si n; and will be remembered hereafter as
. M IS
uisunuisningjanu nonoroie cnaracteris
ties of the nun and hit atliainisiratina. At
though h can have no hope of influencing
vungre ss 10 a cnange, jet me uuer lanore
$(t Ur to rralize the hippj results which
were to nw trniu its legmiatiBu naturaiijr
conurms the rresiuent to his onginal con
clionon lh auhiert. . :
J3In regard to the tenureof-oflice bll, the
t-.: i i : - .i- i
rrctiurni urgra mil lit repeal ia uemaiiu
ed br the best interests of the cuntrr. He
alto regarda the armjr appropriation "aet ol
March 2, 1867, as conuining provisions
IlllCIiriC nil IMS v'llll VIUIIl lUUb
iioni ii rnmmannrr in rn ri.
a. , .Tie,, .conditioo of Ihe.finances Is, next
I I l !. .1. . I
vvu'kicicu, auu ii i aiaicu ini, bwivparcu
with the PTiiwih of our Doouiation. the nub-
lie espetHlitures have reached an amount
unpieceu-enieu in our nuiorj. ane iacit
hicb fo to show this re of great interest,
anu worm j me special aiienimn oime rea-
m m "fK m asa itatralitiiia a rakMJS iti rif ni mA
to illa.trate the neces sit? of retrenchment
in an orancnes 01 ine puouc service, ine
ireripts of internal revenue and Ck4tnms
are said," during the past three jeare, to
iuuanj uiiiiiniaucu, nu 10c rminu
lunm mT t riii.inl rnnililura tar tit in
volte us in national bankruptcy, or else
male an increase of tasation inevitable.
Kelerenee is made to the report of, the se
cretary of the Treasury, which shows that
the receipts for the fUcal vear ending June
50, ISM, were 1405.038,083, and that the
eipenaiture lor tne same pertoti were
1377,3-10,234. leaving in the treasury a sur
plus of IJ8.297.798 It is estimated that
the receipts during the present fiscal year
ending June 30, 1869, will be f341.S92.8fl8.
and the eipeoditures 1336.152,470. nhowing
a small balance ol f 5,240.393 10 lavor or the
government. For the fiscal vear ending
v, ioiw, 11 is rauinairu 11111 iiif if
ceipts will amount to f 327.000,000 snd the
eipeoditures to 1303.000.000. leavinf an
estimated surplas of f24.000.000.
In this connection the President refers to
our publie indebtedness, which his accu
mulated with tnrh 1irmimr raniilil. anil
which, from 1 debt of sit ty four millions
laaaii a . L . . t d . t . .
jjrmr 10 inuouiuresK 01 me uie war,
nan risen ai us conclusion to f2.37J.Vvi,
090. v. . ... , .
In this connection the Pietident relers
a a . - .
it our public mdfbteJnest,, which his ac
cumulated with such alarming rapidity, and
which, from a debt of sixty-lour raiflions
just prior to the' outbreak of the late war,
a. 1? - af V a m.
nau men as us Cboclutioti to K.873,992,
I he Secretary of the Treasury shows that
v., .iv urn uay 01 novemoer, 1867, this
am ont had been redsced to 12,491,504,.
450 but at the same time bis report exht.
bits an increase during the past year of
vMiiusi or ine aeot on the 1st day of
- r it is .estimated -by.tht Se
eretary that the retttrns for the pit month
will add to our liabilities' thetfortltr, 0'm
i eleven miIlinnimVi j:L--
laii y.h,rt,en fnonl1" of fortj-aix and a
The President renews his rrnm'miii!i'.
tlotf in his message of December 4, 1865, to
- w.ivj n urgin iu coeci a reuue
tioa of the public debt and make provision
for the payment of our obligations at is ear
ly a period as mar be practicable.' He
states that various d lanyhatA heen nrnnnt.
ed lor the payment of tbefpublic debt, and
bV. SL .1 a . . 9
inai, nowcrer wey may nave varied as to
the time and mode in which ft ahmilii h
reduced, there is a general concorrence as
to the proorietv of a reduetinn in thi nri.
entTate of interest. ' The' exorbitancy of
the existing rate has led to an i nnnirir re a.
pectins the consideration which the
ment actual! v received for ita bonda. and
the conclusion is becoming prevalent that
the amount it obtained in real money was
mree or ioir nunarea oer cent. iea than
....... . . . . ! . .
me obligations which it issued in return.
Whilst the national credit ahnulJ h sa
credly observed, the President says we
owuiu nvi lura-ei wnaiii Que to the ina&e
oi me peopie. we minks it may be assum
ed that the holders of our securities have
already received upon their bonds a larger
amouni man ineir. original mvestmeot,
measured bv a sold standard. Unon tht
f l. V i I. - . . i
twicmcni ui uti, nr Mja, i( wouiu seem
but just and equitable that the six percent,
interest now paid by the government should
oe appiieu m me reuuetmn ol the principal
in emi-annnai ins aiments which, in six
teen rears and eisht month. Wuulil llniit
date the entire national debt. Six nir rnf.
in rold would at Dretent rates be royal to
iniic per cent, in currency, ana euuivaleut
to the payment ol th debt one and a half
time, in a fi action less than seventeen
years. Thit, she President thinks, would
altorj the public creditors a fair and libe
ral compensation far the us ufihir .n;.
tat. m i ii.
In relerence to the condition f
culaling medium, the President merely re-
ilrata uhitanii.lt. .t.. ..
last annual mrssare which relates to thai
subject. The anomaloua
currency is held to be in sinking contrssf
with that wliirh -ll . .
..... ...H ... wiiginauy uesigncu.
Equal and exact fustice renuir.. i..i .ti
the creditors of the toternmnr ki,,.m k.
paid m a currency pseising a uniform va-
lue. which can unit h Slaa'aitt Sf atti aa..l ' aW aw
vw viss irisniifCH u
the restoration of the cnrrer.r t. it.. .i,n.f.
.... . . . "J .w ,..v
ara established by the constitution. Facts
oenvea irom our commercial statistics are
next dedoced to shew the feasibility of
making oar currener correammd .nh k.
constitutional standard. It ia riril thai
the time has come when the government
and national banks hnnht k Mnilir.il I..
t.ketlie most efficient steps and nuke ail
necessarr arran?emrnta tn ........
f. o m ciani ui lull
specie paymeuts. Tlie President adds:
. JPc payments having been relumed
or the rorcrmnent ami k.i,. .11
Dills ot paper itsued ht ;iK.. ..1 . u.. .1.
, a - ...!.... . , .
eominathui than twem ,,A.r .i.i.i k.
aw be excluded from ci.culation, that
the people may have the benefit and con
venience of a gold and silver currency
Which, in all tlii l.u.t.... 5
. ... ...v.. men iranaciion.
win u nnitnem in ln 1..
abroad."
The Prpaiilitflt fl(l nil.. r..
" ... m.ai. HI
the reporl &t greUry of the Interior,
iiivimunz me onerationa nf ih ln.l ..n.
pension oHice, patent office and the Indian
la aa a at 1. - a a
--"m tu regsra 10 tne Indian tribes, the
resident tat a that iha treat!. :ik
. , . ..... .... mm thiii'UK
ill III.... L. .... - . . ... .
-rin BiTt oren cnnciuan. ami thai i
uiruuiiy sanctions the stipulstions which
provide fur neceifary lands for them, where
In.. L . . .. ... ...
may ee encoursgea 10 setlleU habit
and industrial pursuits '
1 The President next makes reference to
the reports or the Secretary of War. Navr
iiu 10c rotimancr uencrai
t fine forelfffi relations are said tn ha tVUnt
If. rent that In regard to Parauar. tka
conlroverfy between the. President ef that
. . 1 I ltF-Li (L . . 1.1. ,
country ami iir. trasnuurn mi icu 10 in
tractions to our newly appointed minister
a Slav -
ii raraguay, Mr. MCAiaRon, to proceed to
Amnclonnd invr stijste the ' whole mat-
tee' an1 iKa ir admiral ftf Hi inniilrnn
on that statioo has'been directed tn attend
the new minister with 1 proper naval force
to sutlain each just demands Us the occa
it. 0 , ,
, . . IT' . . . MBBMaaawwiaai
Our (elaSons8 with Mexico daring the tf iSfvES ' ?h
past year are s.i to hive been marked by SuefM obmliia9L
an increating growth of mutual confidence7. rii
Negotiations are said to be pending with a the treeti van th SrSZl "tr!otm '
J ew to t e-.urvey and coSstructfon of rlva JjMa"
shin canal across the' isthmus of Darien plicei j on ihe SSh ?h.?. Ill ,0 Twn
nJer the auspice, of the UnitedSute. PiWe fight SStePj
Ihe President has been reluctantly obliged from the eiiv .Mir!,;. ,1 kl",fl'J
to ask eiDtanation and a.tiafarrinn r l.i.?! a.M,c!,.,"5 ,ni or. of hi
lk, ahkh'ir Ie 'f "q'"'ijn of crjr of"' Down with tt. BMitonr "''tM.
... ;o "". juuiuibuvn anu wv ine oiu nouroon nart ik-i
republican principles to the American sovereign of VrZTlr thl tit Mte
hem sphere, and as a step in the same di- ry V. H mar be well
tonirwpte.toVHto, tfe contest Jj kh &Wdl
of St. Thomas, which remains under con- throned, the armed force in p.
vijmtm m the Senate. t which the l .
i The President ho ds that comprehensive 10.000soldierf, and that Paris J?sB.
Si
. I IT . "T "umivugr ICUC I IUC TCTWIUIIOO Ol 1830 u9 !. i
ral Union of the adjacent continental and ed by the establishmeni 'of J Sr?J.!t rW,t;
insular commnnitiea aa
be de peacefully ,nd lUful. an a le.os byjamngtr. 10! X "
which - still t.ke hold npoo the popular by a smJll ml '
rom. In this connection the President of either the L'h
V" of Peera whirK r.L 1 UUei 0f wt
I - It cannot be lung before it will become JS.SSS '
ncejsary for this government to-lend some in the ante-chamber. of liT?
enective aid to the so lotion of th
and soe .1 problem, which are conUnuaMr to the Teg&; in Z??"
kept be ore the world by the two republic, suiting ,he natioa TkZ . VTtlrTti
of the Ul.nd of St. Domingo, and which are government it ,e,ired." 17'!!
now d.sdosing themselves more distincilr row base olthese voices in thVJ?hi.K. I
than heretofore in the M.nrf f ri,. Tk. fj... ik;i; ! !. w.lceV,,,eb8mberthat
subject is commended m-your ide-ra: wnarehTK
tion withaU the more earnestness because Charles i The pibhi0 iuM?Jf
I am satisfied that the time lu. arrived erings of the peoPCHS.a Zll Zr
when even so direct a proceeding a, a pro- failed to tlie introduction If lS
oosiuon lor an annrtlnn nrti. ....... .u n.a a. "u,,.', 'arge -dinner
ticsofthe lalandof 6t, Domingo wo. Idno, priiion 'uaU lrA ;
only leceive the consent of the people in- in turn, led to the unrisin J 0 X .
terested. but would alanriff.a.tUY.r.tin. t AlthnnU T d, ""1? ? ihe Pple. ;
all ..therAireigo nation.- " " w hoyJf "
Wi,h ihe greased facilitie. for inter- 1'
communication, the President thintr. thai I .h.i:.i. , ?.ini ,,a,e Pper:
I. . . - .... o. tu.11 aixukaiK 111 ii? or si inn I'mmi j r '
Itical aratem rm h up.. aa fi II m I rid anu . ' il'
. j ... ....(..ivjiri ,u. u, mi 21 lUUlun, ailU I trill th.. I.. -II'
plied to an area more extended than oir be morertunatithaol.i The.hi,,U
w"Jafc " iothec.se of Uhri X in1?'-
Reference is next made to treaties wiih but the Orleans r:'
the Il.wai.an kingdom, with Germany and fort, tore ttWAitl1!!
Bavaria reirardint- the riht. of natni;,..! . . " llw mnnJ m hsper-
citixens, and to the imnortant nuecti una rm. I I.nnia V.kI.. T. .1 '
l.J Bnihad k.Jh.in.nl l..r. lan. . . ' , "..ln,.-0"L"'
. " . -.a . vivKllic .wwk. '"I IC aUOUl iiaooloiii II
hpe thai hehall be able to lav before the third .on r L.iit, (one of th. t,h 5
Senate during the present session proto- Napoleon .!.,) Kiii 2 ' ii land
fi,- -i . "woiaii 01 superior ta ents but th
,i lh Pr"'Je"H-enews the recommends- marriage with liitounn"lhZ?
ton of h,s laat message in relation lo.mend- ed, il.taited mstch, M $?lXnb!-
'"Z Uie Constitution for th 0 lr tinn of P... I iirar. f Si ...I ' - ( '
,ident.nd Vice Preside t AirViinglJurm, rWXY
end by . direct rte of ihe people, otc.snd wa. urged. The elde.t .on died in nl.n
closes wh the expression "of hope th.t cy. .od ti.e other two Silhi'
the counsels of Congress will be to guided Emperor w.s one. were dJcfaVrd bv Td
l preserve the Union and re.lor? pros- tree of the Sen.te the Z tl to the imner .1
perity and h.ppines. to the people. ...ho
.w.,w. , . er Joseph die ivithoot children. Thia il.
REVOLUTION IN fRANCB. eree as submitted to theacceJt.nce of to
The Isle excitement in political and fi- f"nch P'P.nJ adopted by 3,521.-
nancial circles in London and New York, ole, lhefe beiog ut 2,579 in rpu,.
oecasioned by rumors ot revolutionary out-
break, in Paris, and the fabricated report After the battle of Waterloo the mother
of the death of !oui Napoleon, connected ""'tense, retired with her familr tit lutrtl
with lli. ikr. t! ... I. ...I liiirar .n.l . f. I ft'
.itn-aituMiguif tnnicm isieiv einc- "m 6 muu '""ruaionwiiierland where
ed in various ways by the enemies of the hr Bn' principal tutor w.. a Fren'chmaa
hmperor, naturally cause the mind torecur oft"'ngrepub'ra'i principles. He aitenl
"-" " wancra wnicn, nince ine i " miuiarr college, whtrtk h
altToa im...l t ruin r I m.,1. .... f. . " '
- fciii a w iii. opon rrancr, - iiugr in ine science of xunne-
hsbeen the process by which France h.s r I the revolutionary movement, of 1831
ch.nge d her rulers. in Italy he and Ins brother took an .eiiv.
fl 1.. V ..L- ... . a . .. .... ... Ic?. I .. . . aSIITW
v-iianr At wno puccreaea ins erotni
Louis XVI I L in 1824. waa never ah!-
n lr . ik... f.....liL.l L. 1.1... I . .1
.,' iis,tTi mat ne urionru to mn n! umi m iiticntaiU, in ' 183?
Hoiirbon familr whom lhe hail Iwir hurl. I left him the aaeeeaaiir i.r V.l.i ..I
ed from the throne, ami ilia nation III Irom that tin h ia a.'..l L.I., .
- - i... ...uv.i -mi- .. ...u ivuiic mru till
tit . :. I . - .L ... .... ! l.a..... .L.I . .. .
nwi rrsnvr unucr mryne. i ne sing imperial position,' writing ra
ippolmed known opponents of liberal prin- nMs works to demonstrste the oecesaitr
eiples to erery place In the ministry, and w' n emperor t the republican organi
it was the remonstrance J.f the press which I Pra ice., In 1836 he precia.iurd ai
uivccn yetra iiier me overmrow oi "'nn ai oirasuurg. wnich w.s a failure.
die first 'empire, brought the hostile ele and he wss taken prisoner end sent to this .
menta into collision. Br the sdvice of his coaatry.. He landed at Beslegtie with a,
ministers the4kin issued a decree prohi- similar. puipoie in 1840, but wsa.gain made
luting the publication of any such journals captjve and sentenced to perpetual impri-,
ir.pamphlets but suchi wtre lathorized soaraent in ihe fortress of llsm. Froia ihii ,