_.ant,
'`A# ll l lain+ ii:e to`be.placed , on a footing
that .of Britisb subjects,
'lll44l4tf6itettitOtt , ;thatt: Cape: het tie .eoro-
Itis'proper
t the', d ist ince from
what
"•ii hlki7iittinSitliell'eOri the'ipat before :'the .
'.`Qetiralislfirri44l;ii*ij-!itae6'sarrto ;tsave
iiihit.to - his'di#:tithSh;:tivid I 'am -hapok to state
Ole - discretion could
hoir.bii'eiV4iitiiiiii:6l; to 'hrori •compatent
• itilkdahjlGltin;:l3Chtt",hiss .reCently!retarned 'from
t am*, ishaii
Viatibjet4lialt 4444 who toiiger any good ma;
hettieen the forces
ilt4errwe'e6ii,fifFlei iitirtngythi' pendency of
• ialiiiistlaioOitiatibilsi
ittfOilainrYtin that there , has‘ beeti
Improvement in`the tittirs'of Mexico since
tiViliiiiiitl'aultikiattle; and I am again obliged
triiVtha!,aitit4sti''ittentitn of .oongress to pfe
iffthi#PY4alidititiiiaCillat "republic. •
':r.'lliec'XcinitittioatVorigtees:„:of Mexicti whitli
atjoireiiiifiri':thi't7th et; Febniary=t g 57; 'a dop-,
tie , 'OrOyitteir fors popular
_lateetlori: This: 'took fpiece-'"tn. the following
, Ois'n'efl`PcitnOn fort. Wee.' chosen Prits
idint;i'llitioatt , ''WitOonf"""oppa r sitionj •At • the
ti'tit4s; COtiioa3.- • Chpieni' whose
• thitriiOesiort was commenced °it - the:l6lh Stlit.
1861e'13:fthei constitution bf. 1857 the
tit* 't 'lit' ofDeg. .
• "On that Aug °liners!
• Cpttionfort : aPpeatfil•before the,rnisetnhVii Coo*
• gtotilifit;Mizieli;:"took••Afie oattplo'iupport " the
o'nd"•*itt , duty-inaugurated as
month• offs rwa Os he hat!
bketirdiiiest frikitietheeapitol; end a military
• *lan' IsSignetrthe'supi - ame" power of the
republic to Znloagei: The constitution
ded thit.7in the absabee'of th•• President his
atiodld , do.olvb - upon till Chief. Justice of
tkir•totiieirtsi' Cd'ilit;•':and • General Coinonfort
hiii.iiiglOetk,',coiinti7; fulicti9naiY, 00 1 1.
harei;'‘itiOnoietteett! form, •at Guanajan to a
• coot t on,
..-governmen Be or,e t . Ives
"known;:hiiviiiiiii'it , the,eapitol. the
• "of),Znloaga"., had been' recognited
by the.:corps; inelndii . ig the
shinksfei'iir as-the de: f‘Cto govern
' tiniont•Of •
The :ennstittitionatih.esident, nevertheless,
'llitaintained'hielsosition - . with ,firnmess•iind WA s
io`an'establiehedWitb:his sisbinet nt :Vera Cruz.
Stostswhile , -the . : griveinment:'or'Zulcraga was
.einfebtly-resistedlni timpfparts of the repula
liiand:eiren''in,•the . capitol,: 'a portion of • the
•sirtny laving 'irrisniainceit 'againit. it, its func
tions were declared .termitiated, and an- assem
bliiit iiVit's•iiivited for the choice of a
zuniclizerstuenry-7---r ma—ussamoty - -elected - t.ser- --
isralMitamon, bet that repnthated ,the.
plan uifiler.Whieh;he '• was chosen, and Zuloagri
viis'One •rest cited •tohi a• iirevions tumi t ion, • He
uriumirt khowever;only, to'withdraw from
ede,Mirrineon : havitur - hiceme b y his • appoint
ment; "Pre - hident . . , tsubstitist continties with
tiite;int - therlesid, of the Insurgent party'.
•.• Itr-myiiig:t. annual eemmunicaterl
which the
latettiiiiiiter theAT.. S. suepended his
Meiji:ens , With cent ral golfer-nit-tont, and
veltiOrWfroth the•cOuntry. •' It Was iintiossi.
'lillie:•- • to-i, ( mainftlid , friendly =intercourse • with
,a
griatUreninetit lik4 , ;.•.that' , ar• the. iapitel, under
whese:',•ruitirped'-atithoritY wreno • were. "c'ons•'•
talitlribrninittol hut , neverredreised. Had
this bien:iti`estiiblishegiivernmerit; with its
power extending by. the , cepient'of the peoplis
'over the whole , of. Meicico, a reeot t do, hoijtili.
tiei against it would:`, have, fia
. been quite justi,
blei - ind , ityleed 'necessary. • But • he country
iss4st istex .. toiCitsil. War; and it :Vras.hoped that'
Altitil*Wirze:of•fthri constitutional President
tcta.conditiop of thirsts less
•014110Ahe !Ibis iticcess becamaSso prob.
ostin.janOi . rY LeirmlOyed 'relic.
agent tcr*isit..llifettleos: and :repo). t .to me the
actual oonilitien ;Stud pissupects Of , the conf en d.
lagmartiesi. ...,41;:soneSquence, of this. r'epart',
and peat litifermaiiptcl.WhiCh reached me from
other, sourcesdaverUhle to.the•proapects of the
Constitutional J-Yelt joistffiii I. in
ting a pew. Minister to;kezico, who' Might ern.
fines the.ealliest-shitable :*opportunlty of ree
toling4ur.Uiplomatic relitions•. with that, re
401slieW.,For thiti•parphse a - distinguished c iti-
ZO *4 111 Maryland .was• selected, who proceeded
his'Ott ission on thai3th ot March list,with d is
diagietitiaary authority to recognize the govern.'
Mint Of.PreSirient Juareg if on =hie arrival ih
.14100,1 , 11, Stigniolloo.lt. entitled to such rec
eiultlon,,,accprilifig tri.the kiablished .practice
is?e,this - Q.,fitatrss., .;• ~ • •
4e, Ith of. April ; foltowing;:•Mr..MeLane
pmsittleri,his• credentiale to President Juarez
!laving no ,besitation in pronouncing tire goy
oht#pitnt of,,Jutirez,,to, be the only kisting gov
sijimitjOC-04'.4rublic.1.! He • was cordially
reciliffift':lorlltf. , ettOp'res* broi, and
thiso,b,Oitio,f.,';o9.o, manifested .the 'most
the,iiniteil States.
the.:con!l i ut!pnal govern
nott,OetitYAhli:e,,to2.estahlish its power
over4ho;rlt9te '1411 1 0.110;• ppor t 0(1.... by e
1 140. 1 ' 1 13.04034:400 141, , , . , 041,hetix05,
14 A lfeie 'Are:ltitikorlflool*.:of ; R ae .: ;
wh,r. ii 0040 , ##Y.0 1 ‘14 1 .10 14 1 . -
the
eaPitektintin some distant; provinces
there itelittle le.
ripiveiliiißint:; • tri
always
Of-flif
Iht4 2. 4llpQr,
"Ift e re,i l
few
are with
ntereSte, 9(
vis
41ii is' 0
111.!,..sKtti
A.# o -4.141 0 r.: 1 -
stetirenly countr y , .• 'in.:defiance
. efitieettelfylted ditbitrail
'110A1!....:.',04.Yent e'jjetierse ot.' , just ice, ha :-riot
likee4rietiefrrirn . (ceotreq.tied :.deereie• of . Mira.
trniteqieyiddlt inieriendlott 'of gOtiernment
either party lei .foreigneri •
Hie.Ohitett State's' have bean
ed Itiiit;ltnil it Consular'officer Who :pro.
tepted'.ageinat such.seizure has•been fineidned
linPrisonettlor disrespect, to' the net lidrities..
ititaryleetitilhutitins'haie been levied
•letioni of...every Principle s '.of- emit • the.
American who resisted the : tiPmaini
;lief had 'his propertir.forcibly taken. awaY..and
hos'been himself.baniehed. From a: &Inflict
iil'e.nthority parts:of the 'couetry,
tariff duties .whieh had'heett . paid in cin.e place
have been exacted over agaitVin another plaeeq:
Large ntinibers of our citizens' have tided ar•
rested and itoPriSoned .Witheut any fore) Of . ex - -••
airtination of .• any opportunity forst'. heating;,
and. even vvhen• released hatre only •olitajiteil
their liberty - after Mucli.stiffering . and injury
•and without . any hope of redress.. , The whole.
tiale.riort!ifere'of Cra.bbe' and . his .associates
WithoutiriallnSonora, Ai-well:ea the seizure
and .inarder of four , sick. Atli - Orleans Who had
tekim '.ebelter in thi hbuse of
.an At:riprican,
triton the Sidi of ; the 'United; States;.was' coin
tritiniCateddo Con'gress'ad its leat'sessiiin.
Murders of , a still more at troeions character.
hive heed : committed in the heart et .. . Mexico,
Muter thecantlicirity cif Mira - Motto's government
during:the present year: Some of ,these, . .were
onlyvvortliy of a barbarous age, and if they
had not been dourly proven, would Ilaye seem .
•ed impossible indt country which claims to he
this description was the brutal
massacre' of April list, - by miler' of Ce r ny rat
Murqueryof three 'American. rhysicians,. who
were. Seized in the hospital at Tacitbaya , white
'attending upon'the. sick:,anil the dying.ef, both
parties, and without, trial, as without
Were. hurried awn)' to speedy execution. •
Little less shocking was .the recent fates , of
Ofmorrd'ekase, yrho.was .ahntid . Tepic on-the
7th . of -August by, order of .the , same .tlexican
`general. not only without .a trial', but without
any: conjecture by, his Iriends . of the cause of.
histirrest..'. He is represented as a•young - mai m
of growl:character and - who
friends lii.Teptc by therouraie and
humanity . which he had.. displayed On_several
dryin:occasiods, and his 'death was as uno
pee.t4d . aelt was , shocking to 'the whole commu
nity. Other ontreges might be.ananerAted,
but these are sutficient:to illustrate the-wretch
ed stateof . the country and the unprotected
:condition 'of the 'portions ' "and , property of . • our
citizens in Mexico.
esna
ots
trefy
iting
401-
ituea ,
I the
luny
this
‘cion
. . .
In all these* easesoar 'lVlinieters have :been
constant antilaithful_• in their demAnd's for .4.4'
drese„bht • both; : . they :.'and thia ;government,
which ihey.heve successfully represented, have
been - wholly poWerlesn to....make..their demands
effective. .:.Their testimony. in this . :,reSp
and in reference - to . the only remedy which in
their jedgment, yvould meet the exigency; has
bte . n.both'uniform :and
,emphatic..'. "Nothing
a' manifeetation of. the' power of the gov
erriment.of, the 'United.
.Stil les. • . rote .0./iy
.late minister in' 1856) :and of par Pose ., in
punish these Wrongs,., wilt evnil.. I . assure yen
that the . nniversol 'belief here 'is' that .. .there is
riothinglO be apprehended, from the goOermant
br the United'States,add- that local. , Ale:cicati
ofticials.ean - commit these outrages lipon:AMer,
can citizens with.abselute inipunity." • •
.
WI hop e' the Prsident" (wrote our. present•
minister in =August lest) ,c 4 Will feel authorized
to ask ironi . Ctingress . the power ti enter Mexi
co Wiih miroaro; frwroan "nr. Tir”iri.a.
states; . at the call of the constitutional:authori
tics, in, order to, protect the citizens. and
treaty... , rights. of the United Statee...Uidess
such.a power' is . ,conferred upon, tiim, neither
tit; one . or 'the 'other. will be •resperted in.thc
existing stet) anarchy and .disou'der; and .the
ntitrage.. alreally perpetrated will.' never be .
chattised;:and,.ai I alstired you in my , N0:73,
all these events lutist. increaserUtitil every ve!; ,
tige ol'Ord;rind -government..di4uppeArs from
'the country.". have been reluctantly led o'
t
the'san
antf..in•jostico . to my coon
!rymen whO, jyy,ve suffered wrom;ii from • Me.xi.,
co, and, vi , ho.pay .them; I • •fcei boom!
o all'ilottoce this corilclu"sion to Conayes'
Tha case presented, hriwever, is not . -..
mer.ly
ti case of irittiVideal claims, .41though. our jest
elairna apinst Mexico. have ro,te r hed . a very
large amount. Nor is'rrierPly a cilia of-protec. :
.tion to the lives . afillprorty of the fPw
cans who may still rern,Ori•ln Mock°, although
and property of every,Arneriean
cin , z,ht . to be iirnteeted in 'every quarter Of
tbe world. 'Brit it is a . questiOn Which: relates
to the futore as wO . l - es, to the . presept nd
pastoml . vyttiell'involvea, flu:wetly, et'least, th
-
whole subinet'of:Our clutV to.Mexicoaa.a neigh
.
.
The exercise'. of the' power 'of , the United
Staters in thdtliountry to redress the Wron . 44
and :protect the ri'.ihts of, our 'own
riOnelhe leks he'desired, 'becattie•eilicient
aiid necessary,aid may thus . be rend red et . thf .
sarne.tiine to, reslore'pence and order to 'Mexi
co itself. :In the acconirdishment, of , ,thia . - resit!!
the'people of the tnired• . States . must necessa
ri ity . feel a deep and earnest, knterest.'
co ouj,lit An be: a rich and,prnsperona and' pow
erfuLreptiblie.' . She posses:es' an' extensive.
ferritorir, .11',..ffirOlo — soil,:.nnd an. incalculable
'store of mineral wealth. She'occunies
Portant position 'between' the .Gulf;and
ocean for transit:routes and for commerce.:
!sit pcissible that each a 'country as•this can
begiveri up•to anarchy and ruin, without an
effert . from any quarter for its respite and Its
safety? : Will. the. commercial nations, of the
world, which have•so many' Interests connected
with it, remain 'wholly indifferent to snch
result? — Can 'the United Slates; especially,
Which ought to share most largely in its corn'
naercial intercourse ; allow • their immediate
neighbor. thus.to deitroy itself and injure them?
Yet, without sirprrirt from some qUarter, it' is
impossible to perleive'how Mexico c an resume
her position among 'nation:a end .enter upon a
career which promicerrany•good•resalts. • •
'rhe'aid whiiih she requires, :and 'which the
interests Of all , cornmercial . countries require
that she' should have, it belongs tcLour Goverm
mint' to: render, not • only by virtue. of our
oeightiOrhlo4.to • Meilco, whose territo
:riesiVe:have a'continuous frontier of nearly
1000:Miles, but by virtue,, also,..:Ofour
liShed'pelick which is
. inconsistent with the
iiiteritentioitOfiny European Power in the do ,
concerns of that republic. . • • •
:,'ThCiviittgi..."whiCh 'vie :have 'sneered from
Mexicoitrn before the•wculd; and , must deeply,
impress elierSt'AttiO!cifit A'Giosiern
thent'ivitichis 'either rmablelir'unwilling to re•
drag' strai• ; :skrtsiiiS . ' . is . :deiefiet 'to its highest
dulled .~[he Aiineoci in - sehieting and
enfOreint thiqiiirietly,‘"::;:y4tnei]in . voiO.lll4ily
to the.'corielitutiiinar dciireirinieitt of Vera'Cruz,
elthonigh'it ie . Welt 'dillies/4'1o; dti..•jitstiee,`"for ,
' aCkrieWledied'in all- the:iniport a t pcirts"and,
''..througliiint ‘ tht .- seediest` of 'the' Reptiblie; its
lower does not,e;terteld , "pii - citit of Mexico
aniltheltatei in its Viciriity,-.Where measly all
jti teeent!outrites. have bun, tercittiitted:—
ierot,eeted;
iiiik!or lass'
ft 1041
fWes t iost . f :wet o
reach the virende'rs, arid this citn•only'he 'dont'
by , p'aitiltnt" throtigh .tiiii•tertifoty in tile
. occnpa-f
tion•of. the constitutional Obeertiirient..' Thel
most'sceeptable . and efts t ice t.rnot e o uc'
c'OMplishing the object will 606 act in concur
with .that 'gov'ernment. • s Thei r
their aid: might, I,believa .be oltainetit.. but i
'nut, out•Ob4ution't6 prOtect. our".citizens it
their just rights i seetiroti.by, trea . tY, Wonld no .
holoss irripeiativg. E'er files() reasonslrcej
`ornmend to C.:ingress - M. ing l . o law authorizing
under....etich conditiobs. •us `they
may 'deem e*pedieift; , .ta , 'l'etntdoy . -a sufficient .
military,, force tri'enter AlciticO Tor the.•purpose
of obtaining indemnity for the,past and security:
for thelutoro. - .• '
,
.:: I. pu rpodelf . refrainlrotri. nf'stiggestion as :to
whether this. 'force Shall 'eonsist-, of regent!'
irpoes or Velun'teers,-Or ThiS Attest:ion
'may be:reost nkt . roptiatelyleft to the. decidion
- bf tibeigress; I.would .Inerely observe
shotihl volunteers such..,it force.
could be-easily raised. country atrium,
those who'syttieathiSe 'the: SiifTirings . .d.
Our unfortunate felloW.eitizens in Al . exico, end
with the unha p py Republic: .Such en access to
•the'conititufional giAVerntnent.wOuld
. enahle it •
'soon to reach the city..6l Afeitiio . . and extend its
power'oVet.the'•wholelßepiltlic... In that:event
there.is no reason to doubt' that the just claimd
of •our cititt toS svoOlil lie s:.itisti4 , l, - nrittedeitrate
•redredsobtiinell for the injuries iiillicted
them. . The.. conitittition'al goVertim . ent have ~
'ever - evinecina strong 'clesite tp..ttmjustice, and '
thisonight be secured fir advanee by a prelirni
...•lt may he said That these to-m.514.es at
'l,:iestindire.ctly;.be Inconsistent; with.onef.tviSe
and .stittled.poliey . .not •to interfere in the domes,'
tic'cuncerns'of : other-n.% But does not the
'presetitcuse'fairly 'constitute. an •lixception?-;- -
- Au adjoining a-Optialic' „is in it" - sta te of anarchy •
and..confitsion'fitith'which she ha's prOYett un
able to : extricate' herd'elf.•
t.irete te ofthe itoWer inaintaiti peace Upon her
toriters,•or-prevent the • incursions' of banditti
into aditr territory,: - . ln her:tate in her fur.:
.•
tune--in her Ttoyc•er to establish . and
,maintaiti
a'seitledaidyertimf have'
interist;•socially, comincrelatly,einti-polatically,
than any other nation... She 'no'w.M . 'wret
upont tottean,:driftingahont aiihe impell!'d
by. iliiferent factions:
. •
AS:a good neighbor; shall We fjOt'PNl4l.ll[l‘ to
Mer‘Mhelping hand 'to save : he'? if We 1Io,i)i?t,
it weiild•Oot be sarprlaing - should spine otlic'r
nation Undertake the task„'hnd . ..h.tis•corc:i•us to
ititerfire at !Mat, under circurtistiincesof.iccreaa
ed diffieulti, for the inaititainaitc'e•of our. estab;..
dished policy. - .
, repeat the recommendation:in
"my ammitl
Mesage', that anthority may he'.given to the •
PreSident to establish tine' or : more teinporttiiy
m litaey posts across the Mexican line in Snow.
to and Chihealuia,..w.herethosa may be nece:s - -
•sary to protect; the lives and property, of Amer-
Ican' and NlexicancitizetSagit . itist thelnchrsion
and depredations„ef the Indiani, 'as . wellitsl.6v
'lawless rovers on that: remote :region: ' Thetis- .
tablishment of such postat ti pointl'etilled' -
Arispe, in 'Sonora, iii a 'country am!..V..alrnOdi
'der : mulated by the hostilcittrotils of the Indians
from our side of the.line„. wool 1, it is hilli".v''dt
have pre.venteil much: injiity rind mani'y Cruelties
during the . past season.-, A state of lawlessne'ss
and violence prevails on that diStunt
I;ileand property are there . wholly
The population. of Arizona,' tiow -nom.heting'.
more than terllltotudand souls,•,are, practically
,ilestitute'Of government, of lawS, or of any reg
'Mar adminidtration pf jastice . : . • Murder, rapirt,
und.other critnes,'er,e'coMmitted with ininunity,.
therefore, again call the
. 0 - n:titian of
cress to'the necuecity of establi'shlng mterrito
chit gmzerpridentadver Arizona..
,
'The treaty •With.Niearagua of.l6th February,
1817, to tvitichl iren , red in my last A Mimi',
Mettisage, failed to .feceive . ..the'. ratifloation . or
the gove.rnment or • that, republic.' ...A siMilar'
treaty has be since cuncloded between. the
partie;.bearitig ilate'im the Idtli
which has alreatV been ratified by the Nteara.
guan.CongresS. • This will lie.imoiediatelysidi
mit ted :to tlie, Senate:for tlieir ratification. • Its'
Provissions canimt; I think; fail .to he accepta
ble to the reel!! of both cohntiies.
Oiir claims against the governrtients of Costa
13ica 'and Nicaragua' remainaturedreisetntbough .
the y. are pressed in an eartiestrnahn4r; mid not
without hope of 'Success; ' , •.
.• I deem it'to bitthy dirty once m .'
ore earnestly
.
to.ritccommend Congress - the ot a
laW anthotrizeing
. the President:to employ- the
naval forc'e at .his coMmandfor the . ..pm : pose.- hi
.proteetingt hedive's• - •and prop.;rty of Atinirican
citizens passing lit trhn,it cerise the, Pa aain
. N.icaragita and Telniantepec e against' sot!:
- den andltwovltass ontbrealti and ilepredlitioni.' I'
~hall not eepeat.the.mituintutd employed in for
ine'om.s..ttte's in support of •this Suf
fice it to say that the litres of many of our pee-.
plc, Mid-the •Weliri!)' , . of vast amounts of teas.
lire passing and ,re•passilig, over. 011 f! Or, more
'Ol
.1 he*, teidei ',tett:Viotti t he•A't I ie and' Pac fic ;
may'be•deeply•intionied in the action of
glotss:ort thi-Csith.j!ct. ..••• .. • .•
'!.v.itil4,,also,,itgairt tecommend. to Cuttgre4
"that: 'autliority.he given to thePre:sileut
'ploy the naval. fume to prol-et Ainarican
Chant vessals, theii• Ciewi'and
violent and lawles.sseizail , ii and 00 ,,a. e mid,, in
the.itorti of ;%I,•xico an I the Spaniel! ~Vnericrin
States when these countries' Indy be' a di:s;
turbainentnrevorutionary condition'.. Thetnere
knowledge that such an a ittliorit be' e n
• ferretli as I have already stated; %could of - itself,
'in a'itteat degri;e„pre,vent evil.' .Nei her
would this tequireaity . additional appropriation'
for the naval service, .. •
The ehioiof j,ni ant,Pil against the gra. , t
this that.Cdpgres's ; hy, 'e o t i ep'rri tN ;
wettbl violate. the Const iontbatit
-
tvpuld . be' tran9fer of (ha • war 7 maltin4; or,
.strictly spooking, the wat;:teclaring..rkoltr to
the Executive. 'lf. this vc'ere well • toutoltol, it
woul.l . of &ours., he titinehisi've. ' _ .
~very brief
examination, hOwevei, wilt l.ir.e this objection
.Congress•poSseSs the sole and exchistve pow
er, under the Constitution, "to :declare war.".
- They aleno can. .graiie and , support -artniFs,"'
and "provide and maintain a navy.",. put after
Congress shall have declared war and provided
the force necessary.io carry it•on; the President,
as Cur tnamier:in-Chief of the-Arrny andilaVy,
ran alone .employ this force in' making: 'war
et ainst . the enemy., This r is - tlie.plain . lunguage,•
and history proves that it.'w:is the well.knotvn
intantion.ei the freezers of the ,Constitntion. ,
' Ii will not-bit denied that the.gerierafhpaiver.
to . treedare war" is witheut em,
hraces . 'Within irielf.net only whet- writers ,on•
the laW of nations..term , a public. or
,p.trtect . wa , •, ;
hut also an' iMperfect War 7 -and; in short, ityery
..gpeeies of hOstility, - howe.Ver.confined ordiMited.
',Virit'itiut the authoritY of 'Coligreis s , the Presi . ;
lent :cannot fire a hostile gull in any case;except
to .repel the' attacks cif
. an enemy.'. 'lt 'rio . r
.be doubted that under this power. Congress
'cOtlld, if thSy thought proper,- authorize 'the
preafdent'tO'empley.tho . force - .at .his: command
fu seize a' vessel. beiongink to an'Americatrcit
izen which hail been illegally . and unjustly cap
torelt, in: a•forslign port - andlestore it to its ownj,
. .
er,'• Tint C,an . Conitreis. only. 'aet , flet:**t he fact
=after the mischiefi
habeen denel.-•HaVe'they
no power:to confer'tipOn. the President the :titi•
lhoifty in advance' to .firrtrish instant - redress.
,shotiliFsuch . .. a; Case' afteiwitrds .occur? Masi
they. wait. u ntil the mischief hay.been•dane, - and
•cititthey•applylbe retricilY only when.ii4S... top
late? ~ T o ,cenfkir this authority to' meet . future
Case's undei-citchmstattees Strictly..sPecifield,.is
as clearly within the'. warrtlecl,fring' Powey••as*
such . an'aut herd y 'conferrad•uprin the.PreSident:
:by,aCt . of.bongrosi atter the deed hail been done;
In the progies a•gicat 'notion 'many. exigen; .
el4 . .fr.anust '•arise.,:iMperatively...renuiriti‘c that
Congress Should authorize . the•P'resident to
. act
promptly . en . rArtaiitcOnditions.Which MaY.or
•may,.iuit affetwardaarisei , , Our history has
ready presented 'ia:neimber;:of such . ettses.
shall refer only to•the latest. •
.Under the resolution of ..Rine 211,-18.13,; afcr,
the'adjaS'tme . ntlif. difficult iei:with the .republic
of Paragtiak," the President•is ' ,, authcirized
idopt such measures and. use each force . aS: in
hipjedgmenidnar betieceisary and advisablr
in t lie . eyerit of:ttreinsal ef-just antisfaction : • by
the zoyern : Ment of .Parmittay.". ~ Just
' For attack 'nit. the • Ifni.
ded •States.stearner Water Witch,'" and .; , other'
Mafterj referred to'in". - the 'annual:message of
the President." Hera the : power , is. expre'ssly
gratitetrUpon the'condition that the.governtnett
of Paraguay shall refuse to •,fender ':this
.”just
atisTiretion.": •iii this and other Similar cases,
congresS have crinterred •upot . t . . the President
'power in advance to employ the army aed.navy
upon the hapPening.orcontingentfutureevents;
and this mist cert.iinly is embraced-within the.
power to.declard : war..•• ,
, New, : lithis:conditionarand contifigent , pow•
.r: could be secitistittaionflif_coriferred upon the .
president, in the.ease of P‘ireguay, Why May it .
nut Ire..conferred f'or the puipose.of protecting
dlieliyesautl property . 91:AmeriCau . citizens:
the. event that they may.bevioloritly and tinlais
fully' attackedin pas Sing over the transit routes
to antl,frarti California, nr assailed
. b)i . the •scii:
tire .oftheir vessels in aloyeign pert? Pp deny
ihrs,pciwer: Is to 'muftir the in a great -
_de..
.gree•itseless for.the proieetion of the• fives and
propetty.ef.Anerican citizens (tithe countriee.
where neither protection: nor- redress can . be
•.:6therwise.obtained. .
.
ThrrtY,Oth
_Congress terminated
.ou 'the.
31 of March, 1&39, withont'haying passed; the
. -tact eppropriatiors fOithe fw . at year
the, 30th June, .1859," This 'apt • ako
containeppropri.itirfri ff to 'soppl ti.defieietf
cies in this re'ventie of the •Pirst. Officedepart
fdait forthe year ending the 30th of June.
•ISpt):" • I-believe this is the first instance since
the Might of the . 'll'-deral Government, now more
than seveiity years agli,,wheri any .Con tress
.went out rif ex.stence with tilt having parsed all
general:appropriation .billspeeeSsary to car;
ry on• the government until the regular perio I
tfar the meeting ofa nri - lireong,ress.- * :This event
unposed on t Exoebtive a'gravc responsibility.:
It presanted-a chotce of evils.: • • • •
• 1-lad this omis . sidn .of' duty Occorretli al the
first 4es - slow-of the last Congreis 'the remedy
plain., I might' have. irstant
ly recalled • them to cOmp'ete :their work
—rind this without expenSis to the 9evernrnit.
.13tif on the h -Ma ta la st.'there were- fifteen
of the..thirty•thrae States which hailoot elected
n.11j, ,. representatives, to the, present CongreSs
hisen &tiled tOgether immediately, these Stares
Would have been.virtuallly disfranchised.. It
-do intertnediete.periodhad beet .selected, sev
eral'ot the State; Would•have . beert compelled to
luild extra .i.e.ishins Of 'their. Logi•latatros, at •
graat inconvenience ant.extiense, to proVldefoi
ifloctions - Aran eiclew J.y t.tt li, thut prose it r t,ty
fiK.N) by:-late. -In the 1'0;41114r course,' ten ot.
:there. St stet's ould not elev.•fintiralteirthe:. be;
ginitiug of Ass lt. rind five olthese'ten notatii
ril October. .
.
chylhept.h . e'r hand, - when I came to examine '
ea'refullYr lin 'condition - of the -Post Office. Do;
till-meta; not reset ae many' nor. as great •
ultles as,l had :tptireheetlod. the bill ,
iv !itch- failed. boon' tfi.-apptopriatien'i
sir !t., fl-te tryear endtlig-on the 301 . 1 i June next;
ther4.would halve been no' reason of pressing
initinrtance-for the' call of an extra session., 7 -
Nathing.'would-beemn dire o:l . oo , ltracty (those.
railroad„ Comp toles Only excepted) for•earl
rying the mail ter the firsi'quarter of - the pros
yeai;,.cornMencciino. on the lst of
Ist'rlf Illecember-less.thati one
before the: meeting. of the '.present Congress.--
The rehi..on is that the Mail contractors for this .
not , pronplete their,
.first guar:
ter's sert•lie . e . the September last; and
hy the. terms of their contracts sixty days more'.
are allowed'ffir.the stittleinalit p I
.t.h , fr accounts
behire the Department:could - be , calledOpun for
The f . !. .r..Pnt difficulty and the great .hardship
V;;filsiSteil in the „ failore to:ptoviVc•for the ''fitty'-
rtient.Of the, ileficiencylq t h e trscul'year•entling
:the- 30th of Junis: iB5O. The Department
,had.
entered into the ,Font meets, in'ObedienCe to ex . ..
'isting s', law tor the Service•of that fiscal .year,.
in•l Atte 6outractors Were fi tirly entitte•i to their
becaMe due: The defielen,
' cy stated. •the•billa ontinted t 053.513.725,.
hut, after a i• ireful settlem-mt of oil these ;Ir.,
in infie,,st hes hi , ce that it amount•
to $1,230,000. - the scanty means at his
camfnintl the.PostftiasterDetieral has minaged
to pay that portion of this deficiency ott
' curhtd lir the first two'qUarterS 'of the nest*.fts
•
cal year, ending' our the 31st of I)oceniber. last:
JO•lhe meantime the contractors themselves,
inter theietrying circtunstatic-s,havebohaved
in a•manner - worthy of all commendation.—
They hid but one rescourso in the midst of
-their embarrassment:4: Aite)-thus amount floe
to each 'of them hadheetrascertainad and lima's ,
settled at-Cording to law, this bevatnea'speeific
' ti Art birecordagainst. the United States., which
ea .
tillifil•theinlohoi row money on this unquies
.. tionarde security: • Still they: were obliged to
pay interest an 'conSequence . of the 'fault' of
Coneress,. and on every principte otifisticeought
to receive interest from this GoVernment. This
interest should colorn trice- frog) the-date When a
Warrant 'should. have issued, for -the payment ...of
the prin'Cipal hail an apropriation hee.n..mitlelOr
thispurpnle. 'Calculated-up to .Ist December;
t will_ not exceed' soo,6oo=a. suin not .to be
• .taken into account where centrasted with . . the,
.....reat.dilficulties and embarrassments of a pub
lic' anti private character, both to' the penple
and the States, which would triveresulled front
cob coning sand. holding a 'special session of Con •'
• gross.
For these reasonsi recommeod.the pass . trg,e
of a at - asearly a dal as May be praCtica- .
tile, to provide' for the p ymentrif the =Omit,
with interest, due to these tast mentioned.
• ttactors, as'avell as to Miike`the necessarY'PO•
propriations. toy th'e'service of tha, Post. Offi .c
oleilirtment for theLcurrant fleer year,...• •
The failure to pass, the. Priet 91Tice bill neceS
tiarily giVes birth to.serrons••relbetiOns.
greys,-by'refusing to pass the general eppropria
ItOn bilislnecessary to carry on the Govetilmieht
may not,enly arrest its'action; imt.might even
de'stroy its existence: army, the navy,
therjudiclary, ikshort.eVery department of the'
Foverhment, can no longer perform their lune
tions•if:Congresi refuse the money necositary
jor their Support... If this failure shoillci - teach
ilie•countryy. the 'necessity'. ofelecting a full'Oon
'gresi . in sufficient tirite to enable the,.President
to.'conifane:thimln any emergency, ev.eiflrnme
eliateliatter the
. old Optigre.4S -has. , 'expired;.it
will have been prtiductive•of gr'eat good. 'ln. a
tittle of.sltdilen . and alairriing danger,.toreigh or
domestic,' Which all nations - Mustexpect.to
counter in 'their progress, the:very salvation of,
'our. institutions may be staked upon
. the . asSin-
Idiot , Of. Congress without; delay... under,
such ' seircomstatices,the President find
him Self in the' condition. inlwb s ich he was, placed
at the close.of•the,rast • o:ingress, Witte'nefirly
halt th'efStat es of the . Union destitute-of. repre
sentativei:, the consequences might . Int.:. disaS 7
trous:' • I, therefore, recommend to CongresS to
carry into effect: the provissionSol; the Conisti
thin on this.subject,.and to :pass a:lamtappoint•- •
ing some day previous to :the 4th Mitreh in each'
yearorodiltitt ro her for. t thin of 'represen-,
tatlV'es , hrougliotit aff.the• . States.: They datyci
al ready appointed 'a day for. the election of etre':
tors fol.Presiclent'and. Vice T'residetit, and
ha's been a pprnved hy the country. .
would again.efrprusii a most decided opinion
iii favor' . of the'coqstrUction or a Pacifi't.:
• . :1-eil,:for the reasons staled 'in• mylast•tivM - it.n:'
nual messti , ,tes... When I rell-ct . upon what
; Would be the delencelesS condition' of our State's
and -Territories IN;1 , 1t . of th 4 'Rocky' idlountafns
'in case of a war with,a, navel:power sufficient
ly it,ron; to Interrupt-all intercoarsewilb them'
by;tlie' routes across.the, Isththas,l 'am s till
more *convinced thee-ever 'of ._the vast imPor
tianceof this railroad. I have:never- doubted
'the 'constitutionals ...competency of Coitress
to provide.(or its constriction, tint. tide- exclu
sively under:Alm' war -making •power. ''ldesides
the Poristitution'ek•pressly requires, as .aric irp
perative ditty, 'tliar, , it United Slates shall ;
protect each of theni[theStates] against lova--
aln at
.a loss-to- conceive. how this,
proteatiOn can he 'ffoided fci.California and Or
egon against . such a naval' power: by any ()theft.
means., 'I• r epent the opinion contained in my
last annual rriessagei that:it:would . be inexpedi
ent(ori.the Government to 'Undertake this ge•eat
work. by agent Of its oWn'appoitit (neat and .nn
der its direct' •and: exclirstee .control
- would increase the patronage of ; the• Executive
to a dangerous esiteot,anil.woulil 1' osier a - . sys-:
teiri of fobbirU.; and corruption Which • no' Vigi2
Unce m 1 th-i part of Fodoral' officials coultdpte.
vent.. The.construction,` of .this :road ought,
'therefore, (o but mntruStail to incorporated cOm
ponies' or other ageiwies;.:wlin woald exercise
'that.' active Mid vigilant Supervision over - At'
which can be 'inspired : erotic' by a sense of . corpo- .
rate and' inilividuid interest. I venture to assert
th it the a ail ttonal 'Cost of transpOrtinx troupe,
tounitiiiiei of •war, and ipces'sary . supplies for
the armies acrossht..e vast. intervening plains to
otir posse:;sion's on, the pacific coast would .be
- g reater in such a war than the' whole amount
to construct the-rmail....Ail .Yet this
rescot.woul I, after all, be. iiia,dequate for their
defenee and protection.::.: • . •
We horn yet scarcely recovered from the:
habits of extray.igant expeniliture;producril by,
ourmverilowing Treasury, during' several. years
'prior to the coinineneem-iiit .my Administra
tion. • .1 . 110 11 ncia I I*PVCrat!-9 which we . If tee
since eiperienced ought to teach •iti a all to scru f :.
tittize'our expendit tires with - the greatest vtgi.-*
: RIO to reduce tlinitn.the lowest Possible.
paint: . The EvocuLive. beptrtments Of the
Oovernment have ilevoteil tleirosel VO9 to the
deCOMpli3hl7l.lll; of,tl:)iloiject with coM . ,illeriole.
success, as will appear i'rout their diffirent tre.-
ports•and - 'estimites: To: these l invite the
'scriitlny• of . Congress, for the purptisii.of refine'
ing•thein still lower, it this be practicably; con-.
int.:6c wow •i niblie inierosts at the
In aid of the policy- of 'retrenchment
I.pleilge - myself to examine.cin;ely (he bil I S ap
propriatitig..lantis or'ttio ey, so"that if any ht.
the s e eh o old inadvertently •pass both . 1-10ii.Ses,
as Inust•soitiettini'ts be the rase, I • mis,y.stflord
them an, opportunity. for reconsideration.- , At
the samc time w cuelit'-pever to forget' Thor
time politic economy conitsts'orot in .
ing, the o'ens . n'-•cessary to acciimpliSh • iiiipor
tynt ional objects cool! led.twits by the Con'-
'sit,it titian', bat in'.taking C.!2 . /f!. ti)..it
Oppi•opriated for these . purposes' shall be: faith ,
fitly and frugally expended,,.'..
It, will appear trot the 'report of the Secr;tta
ry; of theTreasuryi•tharit is - oixtrerrisly.doubt-•
to say the least, Whether. - we shall be - .i ble
to'paisS•throngl - 0 he presentartd . the' n'ext' fiscal
year : without PrOviilin g additional - reventit...
Thiacan only ; lie iiceopplished by strictly con.:
fininithe appropriation's estimates
or tli.; . iliffirent Diatrtments, - withottr.making•
•i n allow,Mee (or 'any additiorriLexpeltilitdrits
Coogr,-ss .may think prOper, iri their . dis
cretinnon. an•liorizo, and . without providing
forthe redemption of any portion of the Treas:
pry' notes whichhavis been alrei•ly issued. In
the" event. -i;f a deficiency, which
.f consider'
Probable, : this - ..ought never to be' supplied ,by a
resort . ..toailditiotial loans.. It would
*ocii aclice in theof prUsperity
to go op increasing the natio sal debt to ...meet•
thtv.ardinary .- .fxpeilqe of the OoverttmentH
This Potierivim.litcripple our yesemirces
impair our ere. !it in ease the-miistetica 'of,
.war
'shouldirander it necitssa - ry• to borrow Money:—.
Shmlld. such a doneinnay oc,tor as I 'appreheld;
I Would recomrnon Itha t the 11PC . .'5$ try: revenue
be raised diy•an increase of 'lfni: present 'duties
int imPoris. need iI t repeat the•opinions.ex-•
pressed-in iny last annual message as to the
best .mlde and manner.of accomplishina this ob.
iiietoinil shall now merely au serve that these
hev since p ro lcr - gone•no . change.. •
The report of the Secretary. of 'the Treasuiy
will explain in, - (l, , tail.theaperations.of that De
pa ctinent of the G,tvertirnMlt.•
The receipts into the Treasury from ail sour
ces tinting the .fiscal year ending June,
1950; including the, loan authorized by the 'act,
,Itine;lBsS, and the issue, of treasury
notes authorized-by existing laws, were eighty.;
one million six Initidred und ninety-two thous
and fair hundred and seventy-onC dollars' and'
one cent; ($81.002,471 010. which sum with.
the brdance o t six .million three • hundred and
ninety nigh . ,thousand three htindred.:atid six•.
teen dollars and-tin cents, ($5;309,316 10) re
',mining in the t reasury . at toe commencement
of that fiscal year,ltiade' an aggrcgate for the
.service of, the year of eighty-eight million nine,
',ty thousand .seven 'hundred and nigh ty-seven
•lollars. end eleven c.entv (Ti`10.090,787 11.) • ,
Tiie .
expmilittirits during' the lineal
year . , ending 30th June, 180 . 9; amounting, to
eighty-three seven.hundred and fifty-One 1
thous ind-fivo'hundrd,and eloVen • dollars .and.
fifty-seven „cents; ($33,701,011 07.)
stint E , 'Venteen 'Taut. hundiedan.4, five
thmiF to I iwn.htin Ireland eighty. Ave -dollars
and forty-four cetifs (ti17;400-,295 41) were,ap
plied to the payment. the' public - debt cind
'the redempiion of. the iSiLIRS . of treasury-` notes .,
The expen litures'for all other. branches of. the
publiC servi,ca' during that - ['Lical. 'Year were
thereftre sixty-Six 'million, ihr . eer hundred and
'forty six : thousand two hundredend twenty-six
'dollars and thirleen.eents; ($O6, 34.0,226 13(i
The balance remaining. in the, treasury on the
y;4
fat JulBo9,' being . the c ommenc ement of the
:present fiscal , year ; was four - milli on three hun
dred And thiity-nine tileUsand:two hundred and
se4enty-1114 dollars ant! fifty-tour cants, ($4,.
43,0;?,75 51)
The•ieceitifs • 'inte'lhe treasury .during'i& ,. .
•. • -
first quhrter orthe . iresent . fiscal year,' ` cam. ~
.
1850,'"ttvOe' twenty. mutton
httiitttoll nhil eighteen thousand eight . film.:
died.. And; sixty-five dollars '.and - feip,,hty:.five
($20,6113',65, 85). Of this amount, three toil•.
lion, eight hundred arirt - ftvrerity-one - thousand.
three -hnddred - (53,821,800) ,4its „re::
,ceived pn r omcoprit of the Toad end- the
.':.issue Of ,
the treasitry notes---:the.aniciunt of sixteen mil= :
lion se'ven hundred. and v-siveit 'thousand:
.five hundred and..sixty:fie.• dollais.Mnd eighty
'five cents,- (516,191,065%85) • having. been' re,'
ceived- during. the. quarter from the ordinary.
sources 'of .-revettite. Thoi . estimated..reeeipts
for tit tern:44l4lg three quarteraof•the preterit .
.fiiial • 'year - ,to: the .30th June;' -. 1860, ere fifty
hundre,d'and• tayerty,six• thousand '
.
.fourihunilreil dollars, $55; ; 125.495). -Of thiti-,
amount it Is Atiintited that:fiveMillion seven
Juindreii :and. •thousand 'four hundred
• ($1,756,400) . :As:111 . .1)e -..rec4ivett for, •
Treas.iiv notes vrhi•eh..may • be nndet
'th!' tint , sal•tinti o(the net 'of lVFarch. last,'
end ene million QUA M . odred and seventy
thou
-sand'dnllais, ($1,11.0.000) , oh account :of. the
116an•authorized.liy.themet of %Rine
makino six mist on :nine' hundreVend tiventye•
sitthoasand four hunilianl dollars, ($6.526,400) .
from these 'extraordinary sources, and forty- .
three 'five hundrd thritisand
(813;500;509) sources of the.
public .reveriiiitmAking . an :aggregate, with
-thedtabinceln the Tren9iry on: theist Jay ! '
~1850, of seventy•five million :three hundred sod
eighty-four . thimsuird five hundred 'e'nd lorty4
one - dollar. reni5.,(515,384.- •
511 :69j for•thee.si.iinat;.d.merins'orthe present
.! fiscal yea . r.endintt 35th feriet 805. . • ... •••
Th e expeeditmet during the. firt-. (limiter. of •
the . preent. fi led .•yttar
,ive're - twentyl ,
siiveri•thaits: , Ml -one .hundred and seventyJour .
nnd-Seve . nty-six.centm;(sgo,oo7.l74 16) .
of .this slim were rippliefitothepayreent.Of
terest.on tlie, Puhlie deb r 'BO the retlemptian' of
the issues' trea,iio notes,. and: the" remain- .
$15,312:858,, - avere; aliened -to -.civil
. Mary expenditure ilnring the qitarter . . The.es.;
timatetl 1111 . 444 .
,:the . remaining.
I
three (platters to June
. 30, 1850:,.tire $40,995,- .
1.558.23.. PI. whioi • sitin $',.?...888,61 31 arees.;
tiiriated4;4•.the Interest on..the
The aScer tu hied' n nil' est irriated expeoditureS,for
the ft-cal year .ernling '50th . 1810,..0n
ac
... . •
-count of • the, pliblic-'sebt, are, accordingly,
• $7,550 - .988.• 10; and Tor . . the .ni.linarr.exp.ndi
tnritts of. the ‘tove'rnineiq .853,451.744 89, ma
king an' aggreaatt $51,00'4,732 Sgt. leaving:
all estimlied Uhil,ihrit in the . treasury on 'the
,30th' June 1860, of 811,381 . .808 49, •
The r!..ticriam re;m:- p, s ilhr-pit • the next fiscal
year en ling, 30th' June, 1861 . . ar-t. sixty
milliiin two.ll , mdred imit twenty-five .-thonsand
dotlars,'(s66,2s,ooo),,,Vhich. with- - the balance:
e stimated -before Stated. as remaining -in the
Treasuot•onthe 30th :Juice; 3860,. ay.tll make
an aggregate lot the service of Ih4 next, fiscal'
.year of 'eighty million six .trundred - and • aix
.th•ius:and eight hundi nil and might dollars add
forty 'cents; ($80,6 1 6.808.40). : - .
. Th e . et tima red expendinires.during .the: next
•l fiscal yer'e,hiliiht....ttie are - stx.-
Al -six million 'seven hundred , and.fonrteee t hou
• .sand‘nine , hundred - t . i.venry-eighr..dellars
.and seventy nine cents, ($66.71 89) Of
this ainount,•three• million -three tiendied and
. l eighty-ix'thomand' six hundrecLand.twenty
one.doll,yrs and thirty-fem . -vent.i . (53.386,621i
31.)..wi1l be. required to the •iiitcre,t tin the
public debt; ..leaving the, sum, nf. Sixty.three
mill ien 'throe hundred - and - . twenty-eight - thou;
sand three hunnlte.l -,even (I , illars end
ceht5,(513,32.8 307 45) for the •eitiTated
or d w •o i ry...,c h .m Inures kiting the „fiscal' year:
. ending • 3oth 1361.. Unon.these estimates
a halance:,will he left , in the Treasuty. on the'
30th. Jpti..,18,61,-or thirteen million 'eight hun
dreil and ronety-onn• . ..tlionsiti-1 eight •htindred
;tad 's'eventy nine dollars end sixty-one•eents,•
, . • . , • , • ••
Bat' This bd.' }nee as well as that.estimated .
to rem tin .in TrWasii,y on the 1.0 JU'Yil' Boo ,
, will' be redueled by snob appropriat ;oars us 'sh•ll'•
be mad. by •11,v to earl); into i•fl et rertitin ,
'lndian . tre. , 0r . 5 ., 1tiri. , ?: 411,1 . tireSoit • fi seal yeari:
asked• for by the S.arera'ry: of ;the, Int;•riorOci
the , amount. of • ft , i , hut! lred and thirty-nine
t heti san I: three h; nil red .ano fifty dollars, ($039-
355), and upon th • es'imateq ce•the Po,tinaster
for the 'serVic. er his.;Papai t merit 'the.
lest, fiseal.' the 30th 1850;
•am mating. to''••f•utr million' two huel red and.,
ninety-six thotisand andminedollars, ($4,206•,-•
00'6);. together with the fi,rther estimate of
that ofl4...er'for he servici• of the piesent fiscal:
.year, ending the.
.30th•J line; '186;1, being ave. •
million live.hundred and ,wetityssix thoesand . s
three htindreilel. tWenty : dour •dollaisi
malc,'nit•an atigregata; of iten
tl ree hun•lred.anidsixty-mie hun
dred and t•iztit y-t fire. dollars, ($10,361.6E3)' . ...
Should the'se ,approPri - ations'he made es: re-'
iiiieSt;ol,••hy the prop-r,
.I);partmerils,' the :hal-,
tined in thi•Treastity•op The 30th Jane, 1861,
it is 'estimitrel, exereil three million
five hundredand:thirty thoeseut one hitinlied
and nitimy , dx doll ,ra and sixty one cents, ($4.;
530,196 61); ". .
1 transaiii herewith the reports of the Sec
retaries 'of W1r,..0f 'the'Navy, of :thi•lnterior,
and of the Postmaster aMeral....• They each
'colitain valuable inforinatiOn .and inipoitant
, recommendation's well worthy - the eerioos 'ton-
I. sideration'of Congress. •• • •
It Will a.pp.ar f rom the report of the Beerete.
ry of ‘Var, ,that the, army expenditures have
'been mittera.illy: reilueed ,by a' system, ofrigid'
econemy,. wltlid,l,- in Ilia ;opinion, •tiff os every
geara ntei,.that the'reditetilei will be permanent.
•The est imatea . 01 th.. Department for •tbe•- neXt
Year have - been reduced nearly .'t wo of
dollars below 'the estimates for the present Os-.
cal •year,• and, a halt milloie of,dollars belo w
the' amount,- granted for this -year at, the list
' session of Con2resS. • •
• .The exp•Mlitures:of the. Post. Office Depart- '
meat ditri ,g. the fisc,alyear,entling °utile:3o;b'
Jame,. 1869,•4;Insive Of payments for 11114i1
vice sp•ci.illy. provided : by. rong res a-riitt of the
general freasitry; iimnunted to $14,061,103 33, .
.and its receipt's to $7,968,18107;
,shOwing a
d'llei° ll OV to he,saPplied fawn -the treasury of
$0,906.009,20, against $6'435,677 ;15 for the
ye,t'r. Tune,' The Increased
chit of tiaris:p,;itatioe, glewing oet .of the ex ,
pilision of ,the,, service • tenitir;•il , by Cong - r.ss.
exilains this rapid angmentation of, the expel'
•dittfres. ,It is .gratifying, ho'isrever, - to nbserye
an increase of receipts' for' the year endinl4 'on
the .30th.J1111 e,,- 1859, ...eytial.:to $181,601 21,
c i a - a marad;iefth those in the year eneitig.en 30,th
•
is estialatett thet the, defirienry for the
'cUrrent Osc a ly'riir , will he $5,988,421 'O4, but
that'fort he ketir'endfne. 30th June.lB6l; it will .
not exceed $1,31'2;473.00, - , should 'Congress
adopt: the 'ill , nlsllrl4s
: of r eform :•prupesed and
Ulic(' by - the Po'stmaster General,.„.ince, the •
more h •of March 'retrenchments have been
,made in the expenditures ambutitinipto:sl,B2B
- annually, which, however, did not take et
feet until, itter'the ceminencement . of . the p r een
ent fiscal The', period- ieemi to have
arrived for : determining the question whether v •
• . .