1882 State of the Union Address

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1882 State of the Union Address
DateDecember 4, 1882 (1882-12-04)
VenueHouse Chamber, United States Capitol
Location Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°53′23″N77°00′32″W / 38.88972°N 77.00889°W / 38.88972; -77.00889
Type State of the Union Address
Participants Chester A. Arthur
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The 1882 State of the Union address was delivered by Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States, on December 4, 1882. This address was Arthur's second. [1]

Themes

In it he discussed the 1880 Paris international convention in which standards were reached for patent, copyright and corporation rights. [2] He also discussed on how submarine communication cables were discussed at the convention as an increasingly important part of global society and trade. Additional topics discussed were relations with other neighboring nations in the hemisphere, the budget, and the exploration of the Arctic by George W. Melville. President Arthur's address also contained his views on reconstruction and expansion of the United States Navy, which he considered of utmost importance. Of the Navy he said:

This subject is one of the utmost importance to the national welfare. Methods of reviving American shipbuilding and of restoring the United States flag in the ocean carrying trade should receive the immediate attention of Congress. We have mechanical skill and abundant material for the manufacture of modern iron steamships in fair competition with our commercial rivals. Our disadvantage in building ships is the greater cost of labor, and in sailing them, higher taxes, and greater interest on capital, while the ocean highways are already monopolized by our formidable competitors. These obstacles should in some way be overcome, and for our rapid communication with foreign lands we should not continue to depend wholly upon vessels built in the yards of other countries and sailing under foreign flags. With no United States steamers on the principal ocean lines or in any foreign ports, our facilities for extending our commerce are greatly restricted, while the nations which build and sail the ships and carry the mails and passengers obtain thereby conspicuous advantages in increasing their trade.

He closed by thanking God and with hope that Congress will join him in the spirit of "the exuberance of our harvests and the triumphs of our mining and manufacturing industries, for the prevalence of health, the spread of intelligence, and the conservation of the public credit, for the growth of the country in all the elements of national greatness--for these and countless other blessings we should rejoice and be glad."

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References

  1. "Annual Message to Congress (1882)". Teaching American History. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  2. "Second Annual Message | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-02.