Rutherford B. Hayes: “Exuberant harvests, productive mines, ample crops of the staples of trade and manufactures, have enriched the country.”

I transmit herewith a copy of proclamation for the convening of an extra session of the Senate of the United States at the Capitol, in the city of Washington, on the 4th day of March next, at noon.

I can not but regard the fifth section of the bill as a step in the direction of the destruction of the national banking system.

Provided, That this withdrawal shall not affect any existing valid adverse rights of any party.

Believing that a measure for refunding the national debt is not necessarily connected with the national banking law, and that any refunding act would defeat its own object if it imperiled the national banking system or seriously impaired…