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Show iuu iuil ui itir. tyva uviufii lies no nioro in writing president messages than in securing the con deuce and respect of the Aoieric people; that is to ay, be is as grc-a failure as a message-maker as a pre dcul. The only thiDg that recoi mends bis latest effort before tlt o of last year, is the fact that it shorter. His first message was grievous disappointment to friend a: enemy, and bis second is no betti -- It is a weary waste of words, about interesting as a patent oflice repo: and less exciting than ono of tbo anti-'.mgic volumes. Perhaps i fault can bo found with anvthin tl president s.iy, the weakness ol th document consisting in what is nc eaid. It contains scarcely a reconi mcuJatiun of any importance, an the subjects referred to are ul lb least mcnient to the people; question of vital national interest are avoided but stress U laid upon the sinks gutters and sewers of the CJf ital. Commerce is not louche upon,- while the Schurzisu that the country is being ruiue through the catting of lb scrub timber from tbo western moun tains is adopted and uiado much ol The tariff 13 not hinted at, but wo an told that the harbor ofPagorago i: beiug surveyed; and so we might gc on, cfl'iettiug a reference to each 0 the minor matters touched upon, b; pointing cut the absence of an im poriant suggestion that hculi havi biea made. Mr. Hayes clearly doe not understand the country and hai no appreciation of its legislativi wants?, or be has no confidence ii congress treating seriously any thins be may say. To the people of this territory th message contains some interest be C;uie of its failure to mention Utah we would come iu far. a share of the presidential consideration. However, he hss aeon fit to disregard this Ecction of the republic, and to m ike no alltiiicn to the peculiar in-St;tiiiui:s in-St;tiiiui:s nf tl.is Jar-west dependency. It is b.Uflj' posublu tb;it ti-.o sira of Vub iiLi" " b.n everts iiiM'.ed a', liomt?. Upon no other tbco;y c-.ti the abstnee ' an allusion to u-, bo accounted l;.r. Il our mar.-iit::-; contemporary and Mir lady an'.: p ilytmie friends bve msnided our yrviriess nbroad. ibtn pcrba'is nuy be found the c.iiust fr tho president's ominous a-lecce. The mesai;e, as a whole, h a wesk, n.i-t itcetranlike, r.:;d p.witively wishy-Witshy paper. 1: i- uenke lh vigorous, forcible utte-raacss of Mr. Haye' predcccscors, and as a state document il! he lost eight of and ior.iot '.;!. b.-fi.ri tbo end of the week. |