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FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE 5 FBSMm l S. GHAUT. To tkr Srnatt end fAu. of finraa. IoKmj:— Id coming before you lor tha firat Una aa Chief Maxlalrate of thia (read nation, It la with rratitada to the Glrer of all rood for the manr beneflU we enjoy. We a re bleated with pea ne at home, aad we are without entangling alliance abroad to forbode trouble, with a territory uuiarpaaeed In fertility, of ao area equal to the abundant rapport of Are hundred milHone of people, end abounding io erery rartety of uaefol mineral in quantity •undent to aopnly the world for generallnoa; with abundant crept, with a rariely of dlauta adapted to the pro- . doctloB of rrery apedea of earth'r richea, and aulted to the habits, taetea andrequirementaof ererrliring thing-, with a population of aroowwu of Tree education, with (natltutioaa cloning to none the a Tenure of fiune or any hleaaSr of fortune that may be corned, th freedom of pulpit, the preea aad the achool, with a revenue flowing Into the national treaaury beyond the requirereenla of the Gorernment. Happily, harmony la repidlr being mtored within our own nordrra. Manofoctone hitherto unknown Id our country dShfr&PofDntioSU|n"^ 1 denee nnoquaied by that of any other Cer. Tbeae Wetainga, and countotbara, are Intrneted to your care 1 and mine for eafe keejilng for the brief 1 period of oar tenure of office. la a 1 abort time we mutt each of aa return 1 tha ranks of the people, who hare \ conferred upon ua oar honor*, aad account to them for our etewardehip. i 1 earnestly deal re that neither you nor i ' may be condemned by a free and en- ! lightened constituency, nor by ourown dMedencea. Emerging from a Rebel- ' lion of gigantic magnitude, aided aa it 1 waa by the tympalhie* mod aasjatance ' of nation* with which we were at peace,. ' eleven St* tea of the Cnloo were four ' yean ago left without a legal Slate ' uoranunent. a national debt ha* > bean contracted "American commerce 1 waa almost driven from the rear; the " industry of oue-lialf of the country had j bean la are from the control of the cap- ' and placed, where all labor rightftiliy belongs, in the keeping of laborer. The work of restoring « the State Government! Inval to the i Union, of prosecuting and Tottering c free labor and providing meant for ' paying the interest on the public debt, b has raceivsd ample attention from God- « grree. Although your efforts have not ' mat with the success Id ail part leu Lure r that might have been desired, yet, on j' the whole, they hare been more talis- t factory than could hare been reasons- » bly expected. o

Seven States which pasted ordinance of Recall! on hare bean fully re•tored to their placet In the Union.— , Tha eighth (Georgia) held at. election at which ahe ratified her Constitution, republican In fcia, altclld t ootsm f. members of Congraaa. a Sub LegiaUtare and all other offices required.— I The Gorereor was only installed, and the Legit lature met and performed all , the acta required of them by the Ke- > construction acta of Congreas. Subsequently, however, in violation of the , Constitution they bad Juirt ratified, aa •toot decided by the Supreme Court of the State, they nnacnted tha colored member* of the Lagiatatore, and admitted to aeata aoate membere who an ' dlaqnaHflad by tha third etattae of the , FourtaaRth Amendment to the Cooethuttoo, one artlola which they tlmmaelree liatl contributed to ratify . Under three rircuautancee. I would •ubmlt to yoo whether not be wise, ' without delay, to enact a taw authoristhe Governor of Georgia to con vena i the member* originally elected to the Legislature, requiring each member to i lake the oath pret-rlhrel bv Hie Kecon- ; at ruction acta, ami none to ba admitted who are Ineligible under tho third . clause of the Fourtrenth Amendment. The freedom, under the protection which they hare rervirrd, are making rapid progress in learning, and no com plain ta are beard of lack of induarOTtinOTition*fo 7hT rK^r® (Ur At the March term, Congreta, by a I reaointion, anthoritad ibe executive to order election in the States of , Virginia, Mtaeiaelnp! and Texas, to , lubmll to them theConstitulions which vach ha* preriooaly in conrenliona , formed, and submit the Constitutions , either entire or in asperate parts, to be i voted upon at the discretion of the Ex- , Under this authority eleetioni . were J railed. In \ lrginl* the election t-A , plane on the «t£ of Jnly, 18UB. The , Goreroor and Lieutenant-Governor , elected hare beeo Inaulled. The Leg- , laiatnra met and did all iwiniml by thia resolution, and by *H tha Beeoa- , alroctlou acta of Coogitaa. and ah- , atalned front all doubtful anthontv. I recommend that her Sroatore and" Kc|v , reaentaUrva, and the .sate, be fully re- , stored to her place in the fltmily of j j of Kereinber. 1MB. sad to last for two days In Mississippi and four day. in The etaetfama tore taken ptare the result ia not known. Itiatc be hoped that the acta of the InritbiUtrea of these males, when tbey meet, , "'! I rtjuul at Ibe Net tenet lUM lever- | The meant provided far paying the ! of the public debt, with all other expeowe ef the Government, are more than ample. Tha toes of oor , commerce ia the only reault of tha late , Hebellion which has not receiredauRdaot attention from you. TolMs subject I call your earnest atteuUon. I . wiU not now suggest plant by which , thia object may be eflicted. but will, if . atrmary, aaake It the subject of a apedal^tareaag. during tha tereiae of j of an IrredranaMt currency. It ia an evil whirl. I hope will roraire your moat aarneat attenUon. It la a I ; ijm^umjdexchange of AxedxnduD■w— lc Pwata. ; •'

both parties tptenlata aa Io what wiU ' ■ bejhe valne ofthe currency to be paid i rem tally recommend to you then ' such legislation aa wis insure a rata u*l return tetptclt pay menu sod pat tha valua of canancy. The methods *• and that la to aathortta the Treaagay . to redeem its own paper at a flkad price whenever presented, and to wtlh- " bold from circulation all currency, so ?" redreuied until told again for gold.— 5 Rft'SaXSX ivS "" make «ur c-rotit the hret on vartii with a lata burden of taxation than the Mti- , 7 sen hat endured foe tut yeart.paaL- I y Taaal.ea Natl we tilw.t £ The entire public debt amid be |IBd i ' in ten ytarv but it is not deniable that i , the people ehould'Ja foreedjo pay it i in that time. Year by yemhhe awl- " ity to nap lncreaws In a rapid r»te, i [j hut tha nntdsa of Interest ought to be i j reduced at rapidly at cam be done with- | \ oat the, violation of contract. The i c y^wvnty ' and from ten to tanyint to run, 1 bearing interest at the rate ot fl per i cent, and » per rent, rvapeettaely. It i la optional with the Government to i ~ pay these bonda at any. period after ! r the expiration of the least time men- ( tinned upon their bee. The time has i already expired when A great part of i them may be taken up; and la rapidly i approaching when all may be. t ' rataiaa tke fa bile Debt ( It la bellevad that all which are now r , due may be replaced by bonda bearing i r rau of intareat not aiuaedlng four * and one-half per cent, and aa rapidly » , aa the remainder become doe that tbey d . may he replaced in the tame way.— h . To accomplish this it may beuocraaary l to authorise the Interest to be paid at * either of three or four of the money n , renter* of Europe, by any Aatittant T reaturcr of the United Slalot. at the . ion of the holder* of the bonda. - i b anggaat thl* anbject for tbe coothleni- n | tin;, of Concrete: also, slmultanooutly i. . with thia, the properity of redeeming b . currency, as before auggeated, nt 8 its market value at tha time the law u gnea into eflret, increasing tho rata at tl which currency will be bought and ai sold from day to day, or week to week, h at the tame rate of Interest nt ibe w Government paya upon its bonds C • th^mw!2? ofttTtariSSdluteh? 5 nal taxation will neoaaanrily reanvy- " attention. Tho revennca of the T country are greater than the require- » menu, and may with safety be ramrtkf; 'fe aa the funding or the debt in a four »i a four and a half per ml ioeu pi would reduce the auntutl current el- n largely, uma, altar dtandlng, ti tea«Mafx® <i sixty to eighty millions par annum a". «r oooe. and may be ttlD further reduced in from year to year aa the reeenrrct of

theoountry are developed. .fair Heavy XmlsM ayvr batatlum. The report of the rice rotary of tNel n Treason shows the receipts i<Jlir F :, Govern meat for the flsoal year andlng f ■ June SO, IMS, to be $370.043, Tie, ivl« L I- tile expenditure!, Including Intcrei. [ . bountka, 4c. , to bef3ai,tU0"v.C. ~ The F 1 estimate, for the entuing yeah ah- I I awrsfltvosahle to tha gurernxwoS, aad - will, no doubt, aliow a much tanmr - decreas* of the public debt Tie as ceipts in the Treauunr beyond etptrgls 1 tores have exceeded" the amount uef ctaaary Is place to (ha eisdlt of the 1 linking fond, at provided by j*Ni To a lead to aucb a contraction of tha" cSrI Uader t We drcnmttaiwa.. the' V creurv of -the Treasure nm] mytelf heartily concurrod la tha proprity of ■ ?si4-r."i"Ssrr^ meat bonds, thus reducing tin Interri'Tssssrsters question ofthe disposition to be made of the bonda ao purchased. -The bonds now held by the Treasury amount ta , about (73,000,000. including those bd. i longidx to the sinking fund. I recommend that the whole be placed to the credit ofthe alnklac Aind. Tour attenUon It rvapectfUlly invited to the reoomnx-odatioae of the Se- , cn-tary of the Traaaary.er the creation , or the office of Commfaeioeer of cutto m» Revenoe, for the increase of sal- j ory to certain claaaea of officiate and the anbetltnti n of iDereaeed nattonal bank circulation to replace the out- , landing three per cenL certilfcatea. and moot especially to his recommend- . atlou for the repeal of tawa nllowlng . •hare, of fines, penalties, forfeitures, ! Ac., to officers of the Government and! . to informer* - J The office of Commits! ooer of Inter- i nal Revmpa te one of the moat ardnont and reaponaible nndtr the Government. , It falla hat little, if any, ahojl of a , Cabinet noritioa in ite Importance and , ssaSfjjSiri.^ i Judgement will plSSthe offiev'upn/k \ footing of dignity noramrnanrete wiU. ite Importance end with the character and qnaliflaffiM of tlx dam at men . required to gft properly. ^ I Aa the United States to the freest ! of all nations, so, too, Ite people aymwdG^bBOTt'!^™iuh«l C "ba'to tSatf^MbUng^wSgir'1'' MB a war In St- -

U ' iependeoeia ' aa indapmdeet powtot a carded as aob)ect to transfer from one s S^srsL^r^-j^i n cpgaea. they are to become independent e and eseolototrofln theilcrmlnatte 1 of thmc future condition And relations , with other powers. i ThoY-'nitod States, In order to puts - atop (fihlood-ahed In Cuba and in the > interest of a neighboring' people, pre- - posed their good offices touring tbe ex- ■ ieting wootewt to a termination. The ' offer d* being accepted by Speln on a i beaie which..wc believed could be re- - crjvcfl by Cuba waa withdrawn, llts hor*<_oii: the good offic* of the Vailed Stale, may yet prove advantageous for tto- eettlement of ffiia unhappy ; atriSC-j Meanwhile, illegal expedtttou against Cuba hare been broken unit he* beriv the vmeamif 6l the Admlniatration to execute thc^Rutrailtv i laws in good faith, no matter bam tm- i pleasant tha talk,' iftaAe«ab-by the ant feringi we have endured from lack of i — ; On the Sfltb ef March last the Uni- i ted Stated Uehoonek Liuit Major mm 1 arrested on the high seat by a Span- i IrtgaU, and two paaaengera taken • from it and carried as prisoners to ' Repreaentationa of thuao facte i wvrd mads to tbe Spanish Gortru- i men! aa soon a> official Inform-ytloo of ' them reached Washington. The two i teenier* wets act at liberty, and the Bpanirn Government aatnred the United States that the captain of tbe frigate in making tbe capture had acted ' without lav; that he had been repri- - mended for lbs Irregularity of hia con- ' and that tbe Spadieh authorities c In Cnb« would not sanction any act " that could violate the rights or treat 1 with disrespect the sovereignty of this > Salter* at Ik* •• Marj Iawatl.-- | J The question of the tciiure of tbe ' Mart st"une of the Balis- 1 m* lalandt, by the Spanish authorities, 1 it now the tubject UJ correapoodence L this government and those of ' and Great Britain. Tbe Cap- " tain General of Cuba, about may last r a prnclamstion authorizing 1 aenreh to bo mack of ytgaela on the 1 teat. Immediate rertfonstnuice mads against thia. wbareupon the CaptelB-Gcfieral issiiFu" a new procla- c mation. limltina the right of search to ivcaaelk or the United States, ao for aa t •ttthoriaed under tho treaty of 1793. I Tnit prodamallon, however, waa (m- c mcdlaely withdrawn. I have aiwaya t that tin nloai •• Intimate relatione i abould be cnitl rated lietwevn the Re- I ^hrm may not be profitably entered t if] friendly commercial, or other wire.

f-iaoean# through Ibe UUunu* of Darren. e Ja one of which cotnmarcgia greatly Inr to foated. Inatructionahake been given f -to Dux miniater of ahe^tepublic of the : raited Mates of G^iftaUx |a endeavor : wl'JMSSIXiafi J thf prarticmhility of such airuoderUkr -ing, uttd neharttr for the rfflht of way - to ouikk to privkta entrrprite, eurb a . -wort, if; thr atirrcv proveat It T4 "be ■ E^EaSiSirs 1 thj a%aatment offeiaimr. "It hecatnc I Diiraxary to send Ccftnoiaaioner And . btQvtary to Lima iri August" laa|. No . a^rohation having btaikaiade hy Coregnaa for the purporepit (a now naked that one be made, covering tbe • ■(AM and AiMre tw {wnaSn afjrihe Comaccepted by Spain, Peru and dill, a Conirms baa been invited to ba held Sokci-.S A grant has been given to Europeans ttMjKascS'ssii&S: Rica baairinn ite imnt, which, it la alleged, conflicts with die rested rights of eitiaena of tha Uoilrii Sutea. The Dc^rtment^ofatate haa now this aub1 Tha MinUtor" of Faro having made vepreaentailooa that than wet a atate " the]'*' b^"<!n I'cntaml Spain, and ! acar^5ew York, thirty .g'onboete, ; Vhich might be uaeddtf Spain In each X way as to relieve tha naval force in . Cuba, and also to opnmte against Fern, order* were siren to prevent their deprrture, .No Itaber a tope having been taken by ttn tVruvian Government to prevent tha departure of these vessels, and X not feeling a^^^i^^^^^^^to^rooertv of a Th* rtnattjat War. Tbe conduct of tbe war between the tAUva and th* Republic of I'aragoay hat made the interrourae what that country eu difficult that it haa been .j^wlthdmw oar London tor nbe aeUlsment of^Hl^nlalapdiaiatelma between Great Britain and thPunlted Slatca, which taHad to receive the advice and consent of tbu Samite to it* ratification. TU time and the dreuttttsnret attending the negetationa of that treaty ware unfaBSKfifiSSaK.£JSffi£ were wholly inadeqnale for tlx aotttement of i the grave wrong, that had been unstained by tha Government, aa 4Ul^''unltedThSUhi''rb7 rvtwonof the coereo aduph-d br Great Britten during onr late civil war: in tha increased rates oT inanranoa | lathe diminution of export, and hn ports, and other ohatracUona to dommlela*' dfll/lffittlUNBSSHlih ttln its vtfeet upon the forelun comtorcti 6f tho country; in the decrease and transfer a and In the increaawl coat, both in Ireta'l . % iB "PC Ipadcqoaj^Elte pro- ^

: Er„-a,gaw5i5 a have eatabUahed between the United , a States and Great Britain, i regarded t the action or tha saogta la rejecting 0 the treaty to have been wisely taken, 1 In the interest of peaca, tod aa a neea eatery step in the directeon of a perfect and cordial frieqdahip between tbe two . countries. . A sensitive people, coo t actons qf their power, are more at case i xmiaeagvaal wrung wholly unatooed, . than under thereat taint of a aaUlemcnt . which satisfies neither their ideas of i justice noc their grew eensc or the t grievance they have sustained. The . rejection of the treaty was followed by > a atate of pohlle footing oa both side* - which I thought not favorable to an i immediate attempt at renewal tH-gola-uooa. I aecotihugly ao iuatructrd the i Miniater of tha United Stain to Grret Britain, and found that my views in , . this regard were shared by iter ilaj,*- > ty'a Miniater. i hops that the time . aam aooo arrive when the two Govern^ r thiatoooientai question with an ap- . preciaUon o( wbaLia dua to the rights, . dignitAaud WatSv oftoioh, and with the ceuicaJU comptaint in the peat, but . the foundation of a qroad principle , of public tew which will prevent future i difficulties, and lend a firm and coo tinned peace and friendship. This ia now ( the only grave question which tbe ' United states have with any foreign . nation. fouUu Bwjaiylty Trwlj Ml Tbe question of renewing a treaty ' reciprocal trade between the United States and the British provinces of ' thia continent haa not been favorably considered by tbe Administration. J advantage* of such X treaty would wholly in favor or the British pro- , rincc* except possibly a few engaged in the trade between tbe two tectums. I No citizen of the United States would . 1 be benefited by reciprocity. Our Internal laxmtlou would prove a protection ' to the British producer alto tut equal to the protection which our manufitc- { tiirer* now receive from the terifi". . regulation of commercial intercourse ' between the United States and the ' Dominion of Canada may be deairiblc. The commissions for adjusting the ' claims of tbe Hudson Bay and i'uget'a : Sound Agricullunil Comyany upon the United Sutea haa terminated its Tbe award of 630,000 haa hern : made, and all the right* and titles of Ihe company on the territory of the United States have been uxtingalsbed. for tho property of thy coumpeny have bred delivered. ah ntipropriii- 1 tion by Con grree to mm this turn la I Tbe comtniaaionei* for Italermining 0 the northwestern tend hound fy ho- 11 theUnitedStAte* and the llritlab r potcteiotii, under tho treaty of 18.70, ' nave com mi-led tlirl t labor and the - r, hare ownAi cled thytf labor !

1, comfirinint haa keen dissolved. i, Ih conformity "Nh tbe recoraibendn- ! i- tam of Congress a proposition was . n early made to thu llriliah Gove ro meet . is to nboljjh tbe mixed courts created >r under thaxreaty of Anrll 1. 18(2. for , y thu anpptCnd.in of the slave tmdo, . >e The tutoee i ia still under negoUtion , Tha TreoCb Ca*l<i. , J R having come In my knnwledgo i land upon the shore of the United ' Slates aud to operate there a shb-tna- , _ rina cabfc, under A concession from hit . Siajroty, the Emnwbr of tha Frencli, . * of aa exriuaiVC rteMfig twoijy jcars . j of fiknodibm fte UoltrtLRIatca, with t " the vary oljaoiional feature at aujacting t * ail tnf"wi(pa eonreynl tbenfoy Ja the . scrutiny . and Control of the f rcpcb * 1 t"**tt"btttj1 caused the French hud , * ltritteti laghtiotw « WaaMagtcm to w ) made acqasintcd wifli .tho l. robot, lr f ; ! '' lbs Senate in Mareb' iaaL tHadrew " " from tla, reproaeo tat ivea of tho Core pa- . ny an agrdeflient to accept aa the basis " of their opealieoa the protiatons of ' that bill, or of tneb other i nacimeuiou th* subject ua Ullgllt be piw d during , . fiWMjFSSSTEfe _ from tha Fnnah goveruDH ut a ruodtfi- ' catlao of their catueaaton aoaato per- " it mil hie lauding upon French, soil of ' . any cable belonging to eny company •" _ Incorporated by the authorities of the ■ ' United Sutea, orof any state u Ike Union, and on their part nof to oppose the establishment of any aueh cable. , . In conai deration of thte agreement, i ' directed tbe withdrawal of all oppoai- " tioa by the United Sutea authorities ' 1 to the teDdlng of the cable and to the working of it until the meeting of ( fanj greas. i regret to eay that there ha* been no modification made In the com- c ® pamyfa coorreeion, nor ao far aa Lean ' j learn hare they attempted to secure * ™ one. Their oooceaaios exdadce the j * capital and thociUaeiieof the United 1 ° SUtea from competition fapon the • ® thoree of Franoe. x ra— laaiuj 1,-gia- ' ! laUon to protect tha dUXCmt of tbe United Sutea, aa wall aa tho dignity " and aovrndgnty of tha aatioa against r * such an aaaumptlun. i shall also en- 1 - dearer to aocure by nagetlntion an c abandonment of tha principle at mo- ■ " nopnlha la ocean telegrephlc rahir*. i j Oobftnafthii conmiioudcBccare here- t * with fOnUabed. | ; r own, aometlmda fodnrra thdir ritizrai n a to soma to the United SUte. for tha i sole mtrpoee ot beoonttag naUXmhaed. • a Having aaanrod this, tfiay return to t * thfttr dntlve eoon try a»d reelde, with- f ( ^kiiwa^i.£f positfana ' a' jjf trttel and, honor, which can only he « * held by clriaeata of their Dative tend. J a They Journey under baeaporl* dncrlb- t a Ing them". aa auch citizens, and it la ' 0 1- oaly wfaaa eivil discord, after, perhkps ' t : !^XKra«Ks;|i a State drafts them into ite tuiliury aer- ; t f vtca, that the tact of their clung* of a * allegiance ia made known. ' 1 e oj^s^ta^l^c^irtoij'te i 8" ' .""'V 1 a ^Seitata, '.I Mn ffirretod the d"pl2r inatic ana consular offlmwa of tbe o I Ualtcd StaAaa to acrwttolzr carefully , till audi tdatma.o-rprc,teclion'r.:i • o » Tt» cittern of tW Mate., i a attttfr'aafire da adopted, who die- r » attend right by eooferring It upon fie- 1 » lm.u. re riwtutoct i-lainiali'.a. 1 i fn h i a KaMnn id Ilia iniaaaii ail " "-mtedatratttat tt aaaa found that the

• ; lavitatione have been extended to g (be Cattoeu of London, Paris, Ftarl enee, DerHu, Bruise!*, the Hague, Co- . a penhagen and Stockholm to empower ' d , their representatives at Washington to it simultaneously eater into negotiations k and to conclude with the United Sutea i, t'oorentiona identical in form, making i- uniform regulation* as to the construe 1 lion of the parts of veaaala to ba dcrot0 ad ■ to the. osa of emigrant passenger*. AaMjMbe^quanUty of food, a* to the . totheraha tobeobaarved during the t voyage, inoeder to tecure reaUUti.m. f to promote health, to prevent intrur alon, aad to protect tbe families, and e providing fiirthe seUbHahmcnt of trir buna la In the several countries for ena forcing sack ragufoUoaa by summary To* on Btolu II. utp J And your attention la respectfully ' called to the law regubtting the tart If ■ on Russian hemp, and to the question • whether to fix the charges on Russian , 1 hemp higher thauthry were fixed opon 1 - isanllla la not a violation of our treaty r with Russia, placing her products upon • the same footing withthose of tbe most , favored nations. r • ' Our manufecturea are toereaaing 1 with wondcrfUI rapidity under the encouragement which they now receive. i With the Improvement in machinery ! ; already .fleeted and still increasing. ' causing machinery to take the place of 1 ' skilled lebor to a large extent, our ltn- 1 porta of many articles must fisll off | largely within a few years. Fortunately, manufacture* are not I . confined to a few localitk* a* formerly, and it ta to be honed will become more i . sod more diffused, making the interest I in them equal in all section a They I give employment and support to hun- I dreate of thousands of people tt home, < and reteln with ua the means which I J would otherwise be shipped abroad. i The extension of railroads in Europe I and the enel ia bringing Into compete < tion with our agricultural products Ilk* i products of other countries. Self-inter- < cat, if not aelf-preaarxntion, therefore, dictate* caution against disturbing any i Industrial Interest of the country, it ; teaches us also the necessity of looking , other markets for the tale of nor ] , aurplus. ^ ^ ^ ^ j | Our neighbor* south of ua, and China | I attentinn. It will be the endeavor of . I relaiions with all then.- nations aa to j , entitle ua to their confidence, nnd make . .■ It their interest as well aa onr* to ea- i tobllsh better commercial relations. ; ( Tbrongh Hie agency of a mora en- ' llgbteur.1 ivilicy than that heretofore ' pUrtUed towanfi Cliina, largely due to ' the aagacity and efforts cf one of oor dhtloguitheri eitiaena, the world ia about tooommvnee largely incr.aa.tl t relations with that populous and liilb- \ eriq excluaive nation. Aa the Unites! . State's hare been the Initiatnre In this » I hare

new policy, ao they should ho the moat eft recti in showing thru good feilb iti making it a guccraa. In this connec- ' Uob, 1 advlke such legiaiation as will forevtr preclude thecnalavcmrnt uf the ' Chines* upon our and undrf tli- nanw . of Coolies, and also prevent A rurrieuii vessels from engaging In the lrjn»|iorIng the arstrni I also rccommrnd that the mission to China he raised i one ct first-claw. . 1 Xattaaal tMtatrt^ FrMwYU* .»« Oh my assuming tbe reaponaibi,' dulira of Chief Magistrate or the United ll'was with lb* convict Ion that three things were oescntlal to ite peaonerpotuily and fullest development. Firet among these Is strict intri-rily in ftiTDIIitig ail our obllgatlotia. Secoad. to secure protection to the perron and property of tbe dtltco of the United Sfatea lu each and every portion of our qotpinon country, wherever he may choose to inovc. without reference to original nationality, religion, color or politics, demanding of him only obedience Io the lawa aud preqwr respect for the right* of others. Third, Union of all the State* with equal rights, indc(tructablc by any constitutional meant. F-Vl"( t ,« U-bl. To aocure the first of these, Congreta taken two eetenllal eteps fitat. In declaring by faint resolution that tha public debt abould be paid, principal and lutervst iu coin ; and second, by prodding the meant for paying. Pro.vidlug the mean*, howevrr, could not Ibe ?|||act doaired without a prujicr adnilnlatration of the law* for llui collection ot the revenue* and an economical dlaburacmcnt uf them. To Uiia subject tho Administration lias most earnestly addreated Itself, with remits, i hope, aalisfectory to the uauti appoiMtmrui . There haa heen no beaiuifau in changing officials in order to secure efficient execution of the law*; sometimes, too, where. In a mere giarty visw. undeserved political results were to follow -our any iHsltatloa in sustaining efficient officials eg tins t remonstrances wholly politicn!. Th* T*n*r. *r ttttlr* ael ' ii may be well to mention here tho ou the statute hooks the socalled Teaurs or Office acts, and to earnestly recommend their total repeal. It cnukl not have been the intention oi thOifriuncra of the Conelituliou, when provudinj^tliat eppojntniriit* tuade by soot of the Senate, thai the latter ahotdd hare Ihe po— r to retain la «A lice prreona, placed there by Federal appointment, against the will of the President. • the taw ia Inconsistent with a faithful and efficient administration of the GormimenL What can tbe Executive put in ufflriah wiU soak officials la likely to serve an Administration whteh they know dots not trust them. ' For the second re- ' nulsltc to our growth and prosperity, j nine and a firm hot hnthane admiuis- - tralMu of cxialing tawa, amended from lime. to time att they may prove ineffco 1 tire or prove harsh aud unnecessary, I are probably all . thit are required.— "hie third cannot he retained bv snectai legislation, bar must bo regarded as by the Constitution itself, and j^^muly^acquieieed In "by force of From the foundation of tbe Gorentmcnt to ttie present lime the maiiagntOenlOf the original inhabiunte of Ufa eoatineut, the Indiana, hot been a subof. embarrassment aud expenaa, and baa born attended withi-ontlnoooa rnbbeHea, murder* and 'wave. Pnms mv own crierf-nee o;hio rtm froc tiers 'in'ludiau cjiuntriea 1 jo not hold either tetttauttoe or. the cooduct of the whl ea who come UK»t in contact with tbe blameicaa for thvae boaUUtsea. < The post, however, rwnnot bo undone, aad iha qoaelfaa nwel be met aa we ■now find it. i wanh th.M- veniyr the natr-n ",th-y warilT. Irdh" fm^Wjite.'eo'teJ

° "hi" icrijlb^ofodtiir -aStta - Sestiooa were constantly embroBed.— r Tbey were alto known for their eppo0 altloo to all strife, violence and war, a and are generally noted for thter strict s integrity and ftur dealings. These i 1 conaideralloat Induced me to give the - management of a few reserve tiooa of - Indiana to them,and to throw the bur- . den of hit aeleetfao of agenta upon the i Society itself. The result haa proven i t most satisfactory! i s uwwat tar ZataltUt* tear Ota- I It will be found more frilly set forth - 1 in Ihe report of Ihe Coaimimiooer of . ■ Indian Affair*. For huperinteodents i - aud Indian Atrente not in Ibe i set I It- i r limit, officer* of the army were antacted. IVIierc Indian agents are tent, there or j r near there, troops most be tent also. . r Tbe agent and the commander of the , i troops ere independent of each other, i end are subject to order* from dilfer- , ent department* of tha Government. . r tlie army officer bnlde a poaltion for ; ■ life; the mgenL at the wiU of th* Pre*- ! t idvnl. tpe former te (icreonally inter- • r cited In living in harmony Willi tha , Indian, and in establishing a perma- , nent peace ta tha end that eerae por- ! tion of hit life may be apent within the , ■limits of civilizeu society; the latter . no anch personal Interest. Ao- , other reason la an economic one, and f still another, tbe hold which the Gov- ! . men i haa upon a Ufe-offiorr to so- , r care a faithful Jlachargt of hia duties in careying out a given policy , Tbe building of railroads, end the ' i thereby given to all the agricnl- . tural and mineral redone of uw connit rapidly bringing civilised settletornta into contact with all the tribes of Indians. No matter what ought to ' i the relations between eucli settle- j moots and the aborigines, tbe fact ia | i that they do not harmonize well, aad j one or the other hat to give way in th* f A system which look* to tbe exttoc- e tion of e race is too horrible for e na- t tion to adopt, without entailing upon r I itscll the wrntji of all Christendom, and t ] engendering In the citizen a disregard > for human IITe and the rights of other* } ! dangerous to taciely. 1 see no tubal!- , tote for such a system, except in ptar- j j ing all the Indians on large rraerva- F tions as rapidly os cau !«■ done, and f ! giving them absolute protection there. , I As soon as they are fitted for it, they c j should bo induced to stake their lauds t < severalty and to set up territorial , Government for their own protection. . For full details on thia sobjret i call {, attention Li the report* of the Secret*- y ofthe luteriorandtheffaniralaaion- * w of Indian Af&ire. p rap..... at t*. War te.pulm.at. t Tbe report of the Secretary of War b tliowt the ezpeiidiluree of tho War de- fi partmeut for Ibe year ending the 30th t of June. 1809, to be t8o.0r.0t3, at n which bd3,s82.3!0wa» disbaned In the o • i i

t payment of delitecontractedduringthe u s, ar, no- 1 it not chargeable to current - array expenses. Ufa tali mate of 334,II *31 ,031 for the expenses of the army e for the next fiaenl year is as low as it j e la Itilleved can ho relied on. | Tlie retimateeof bureau ofiici-rt hare ■" Ixvii carc folly acrulinizcd or mlucvd | rJ wherever It has been practicable. If, , '* however, th* omdition of the country j should be snch by the 1-ginning of Die , next floca! year aavta admit at a great- ■ er concentration of troops, Hie appro- i ij t prUjion ajfafa for will uot be exTho appropriations estimated for ] i) river and harbor improvements and . . for fortifications are submitted sepa- • 1 rately Whatever amount (fangresa , d may deem proper to appropriate for , r thvae purpocce will be expended. The . V recommcndatiooe uf the General of the . 0 Army that appropriations he mail* for ' r the torts of Boston, Portland, New - York. Philadelphia. New Orleans and r San F ranci tco. If for no other*, is conf currcd In. I also oak your special attention to ] hia recommendation of the Geaetal , • commanding the the miHlanr division . 1 of the Pacific, for the aale of the Seal , » Islands, of St George and St Hani, J 1 Alaska Territory, and suggest1 that H f either be compiled with, or that iegia- - I.itlon be had for tbe protection of the t seal Athene*, from which a revenoe . a should be derived r S*I. at X~l~. Art... I. t.0 a r»aiM<w.terrat«tat. 1 0 Tbe report of tbe Secretory of War 1 • coutalna a tynoptia of the reports of the j 1 heada uf bouraeux, of the eonmanden ' e of military dteialona, and of the die- ' tricta of Virginia, Miaalaafpta Bad ■ Texas, and the report of the Geperal J j of tbe Army in foil. The recoamen- ' . datlrms therein contained have been ' . woBfoonaldered, and an submitted for ■ i your action. I, however, call special 4 ; attention to ihe recommendation of tbe * , Chief of Ordnance, for tho sales of ar- 1 . semis and Linda do longer of Ma to ] tlie Government; also, to the' recotn- > ■nrndaiinn of the Secretary of War , that tbe act uf March 3, 1609, prohiV 1 , it rag promotions and appointments oa I . the staff corps of tho army be repeated, I . The extent ufeenulrv to ne garriaoeed 1 and the uutuber of military poate to be ■ j occupied la the same with a reduced 1 arm, a. wilt n fury, on. and * hrgt « number of ttnff ojbrtre reouired ss seere 1 " dependent • pom lie tarter (ten lie former ' [ CmtAlltaaaf Ualt'r. I "X"be report of the N'avy. accomba- i S nt ing tills, shows the condition of taw 1 t nary when thia Administration cams < . Into office, and the changes made atom j t Strenuous efforts have bean made to ' , ulacc aa many vcaacla in ooramiaafan, 1 , or render them fit f.raervlee if required. . , aa possible, and to eobetttoto 2* atai j • ! , LookiDg to ooc fntnre, I racranmend a 1 . liberal, though not hxtravagaat policy , towards this. branch of the public I Tbe report of tbe Poeimkoter-Geoer- J 1 al furnishes a dear and oomprehen- 1 i eive exh|Ul of tha operations of tha . I postal service sod at Um financial eoof ditloo of the Post Offiea The ordln- 1 ary postal revennes for tha year coding the 3uth of June, ISM, amounted . to (1IS3M,BI0, aad Iha expenditures 1 • SkkS&S: ; , t»L and the Increase of mttttiffiMn ? r we. B987.'.3W._ Thetocxnaa^nttiaae J ! in 1866 ky $996,388. aad Ihe ImmmS • I . expenditures In lW9. aras IIOT^TO h i asst ; . SXfflKbsSsi::!; ! I , - j

t rata af r i.wapstesa,U tat Uffite Main trwa : c^jassgaa ■ cific. and for (abAHaBOg taall ata 1 vice under the flag oT tha Urdta. oaths f Atlantic. -uj j ; .t SHSSSSs the total ahol It loo of th* feattHUf P«t ' ™*|l* ** i ty par rent, aad fcnfoty 'increase thl ■ service to fa* parfibnaad. a Thatttethad by which pnatefeahool 1 master GeoeraL The report of toa fteeaaaary of thl ; Interior ahawailhaB. ih* ManUty a ■ fifJsjs rtfASCi ; 7,808,133 scree, exceeding Mat of tha ' sold for raah, and 3,733AM perm «. , tared nadWtoe Hemettaad ifir. Th* rdanlndar waa granted t* aid 1 nal improvement, aapeethmad to tbaai States aa awqiqp laada and located ■ 3®"-!^asLrsi preceding yagftifeM.Ufe fiesncn af OongteM haa kaatt coneptcnoualy inalfialal ta -tta. tagialatlea for the eoldkre and sailor* who suffered ia tha recent, straggle to maintain that unity of Govermnant which makes ua onepeepte. Th* addition te pension rolls of each one resale* year sloes Uw cooeinafate #f .^oeUHtie* result In a great degrre from th* repeated emend menteuf the Bet of th* of July. 1983, which exwodnd Its provtefaos to caasa are talUag within S^'sats creased by the moW fife*! allowance bratowad risen that data upon those who, in the line efdtttwrtrbs** wholly permanently disabled. -Pnbllc opinion ba. given an empbaUt sanction to the** meaaarea of CMgtam, aad It will be conceded ttate h* (tart of our poblfa burden to ttiin atoaarfollv brooe than that which la Itottlild by this of tbe aeayice. "ft war ml to tea tbe next fiscal year, In addition to the amount Justly ifittV|lrehle to the n.val prnalon food, tta Mgreiiilatlsn uf iiifiTT Miniin liiliBi ■ thirty mmtoadaltoJte .

During Uw tear, ending the Joth, of September, 18& thePuSl offle issued 13.763 patents, and tta receipts were $886,389. 1 -'ing $913,829 snore than the ex prod i tttres. ' qr..il. 5-.0 . BMtevwia**. i would respectfully cart year attention to Ihe recommendation Of th* Seen- tery of lbs Interior, for nniUng the riutled of aupervtelng ths education of freed man with tbe other duties devolving upon thcCorainlsdooer of Education. b?/' II la the desire of 'OMgreaa to make ths centos which amatha taken daring tbe year w^o, more riiwaplatf and perfect than heretofore. I would suggest early action upon nny plan' that may agreed anon. ah Groan*, at th. station sppfdnted a etahmitte* to ^1 nwomAtj thklfaifili^ 'BkMoaridtottttSSS'by ^remd^wiu^ahg^iro the ^"'thkhb ow^JEV^ 2ill nfldoubtadly teeetn, tta due oonFttOto Joth Hll uwtt FaixPti' some sodded MdWtod k severe WMm m. daring Uw itattm nthaoa In the_ V7'u plgsTqoral ta Uw night, and if they had the tdcknia, faok