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Show WASiaixtiio.v. I V.':ifhii gton, .11. Foil iwins is the i prwdcnl' in titti :;', sent to the senate I to-dy, relative to Li:d nominations of: Collector Arthur itiui Naval Otlicer Cornell: itriojinit hernwilh the tetter of the, hecfcUry ot tiu triMfury in mfarJ t' I the suepeuhio-i ff the late collector! and naval otlicer of ihe port of New York, with accom ;'nyii'K document. In addition tnereso, I repecttuhy bu limit thu fjlluavug ohs-r v-tsons : The cuotorn bouda iu N'i w York collects col-lects mure than U'o-Umdd ol fill the customs revenues of thf government; jtd administration ii a -n. tier, nut ol local iolen-el ruerely, but ia ot great importance to the peOjily ut the whole counliy. Iror long pt-riud of time it Las been used to ujunane and control political allahrj. The officers aiidpeudtd by mo are, and U-r several ytvira have bean, tut-d in the active pt-ronul macaeinotit of thn party politico of the city nd s'.ate of New York; tho duties of the ollices held by ihem luve been regard i-d aj of subordinate iaip'irlauce to thir partisan work; th'.ir ollices have been conducted us a part oi U politic! machinery under their cou'mI; thy have made tho cudiuui huuje the ceu-tio ceu-tio of partisan politici.l - uiauaeiueut. The cuatom houce ehould b a business busi-ness office; it shuuld bu conducted on buhiueS principles. Cul. Jamea, postmaster at New York civ, writing on thissubject, save: "Xuo postoilice is a busiueas institution, un'l should be-run aa auch. It ia my deliburato judgment that I, and my (subordinated, can do more tor the party of our choice by giving the people of this city a good and efficient poatal service thaD ' by controlling primaries pri-maries or dictating nomination " The New York custom house should be placed on the same footing with the New York postomcr, but under the suspended officers the cuotom house would ba one ol the principal political agencies in the state of New V-,rL- Trirhutu'R thia thev urofesa to believe, 'would be, in the language of Cornell in bia response, "to aur-render aur-render their personal and political rights." Convinced that the people of Now York, and ot the country generally, wish the New York custom cus-tom house to bo administered solely with a view ta public interest, it is my purpoHQ to do all in my power to introduce in this great office the reforms which tho country desirea. With my information o! the facta in the case, and with a sense of tho responsible obligation imposed upon mo by the Constitution, to take care that the laws bo faithfully executed, I regarded it as my plain duty to suspend sus-pend the officers iu question and to make the nominations now before the aenate, in order that this important office may be honestly and efficiently administered. (Signed) E. B. Hayes, Executive Mansion. January 31, 1870. The debt statement to morrow will show the aggregate in the treasury instead of coin and currency as heretofore. here-tofore. A new feature will be added showing government assets and liabilities. |