Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-12-03

steps sllod|h be taReato gain all avail
BILE ilhbrmatiouI ideyitable nd just ia
nl&iob. One butte viii be by way 2
the Ohio and Tennessee roads. A com
-nsittss-ar- commission is suggested Z
consider the whole question. II is evi
fdent. from The report 81 the seeretar.
of the Navy, that unless some step
are taken our navy will, in fey
years. be the weakest upon the oceai
of all great powers Our nav.
should be strong enough TO protec
our commerce and citizens abroad
Oar postal communications with al
parts Of the country have been placed
upon d most advantageous footing, Thu
lraukiug privilege should be abolished
or at least its abuses corrected. 1t Il
recommended that committee be APP
pointed to consider the best and mos
equitable method Of acquiring the title
to all telegraph lines in the country and
combining them with the postal system
Liberal contracts are recommended for
the continuance of the three lines OF ocean
mail steamers. Our carrying trade has
fallen off at an alarming rate in the last
ten years, and an expenditure OF live mil
lions might restore much Of the trade.
q A detailed statement of the disburse-
ments through the Department Of JUS
tiee will be furnished by the re-
port of the Attorney General. They
have been somewhat increased by the
recent acts Of Congress to enforce the
rights Of citizens of the United States
10 vote ia the several States Of the
Union, and to enforce the provisions OF
the fourteenth amendment to the Con.
stitntion Of the United States. Reckless
and careless men, | regret to say, have
associated. themselves in some localities
10. deprive other citizens of the right
guaran teed to them by the Constitution
of the United States, and to that end
have committed deeds of violence; but
the prevention and punishment of many
of these persons have tended greatly to
the repression Of such disorders. do
not doubt that great majority of the
people in all parts Of the country favor
the full employment by oil classes of
persons of these rights to which they are
entitled under the Constitution and the
laws, and to invoke the aid and influence
of all good citizens to prevent organiza-
tons whose objects are by unlawful means
to interfere with those rights. look with
confidence to the time not far distant,
when the obvious advantages of good
order and peace viii induce an abandon
ment of all combinations prohibited by
the acts referred to, and when It will be
unnecessary to carry on prosecutions or
inAict punishments to protect citizens
from the lawless doings of such parties.
Applications have been made to me to
pardon persons convicted Of Q violation
of said acts, upon the ground that
clemency in such cases would tend to
tranauilize the public mind and test the
virtue Of that policy. ! am disposed, as
my sense of justice viii permit, to give
to those persons favorable considera-
ton; but any action therein is not to be
construed as indicating any change in
my determination to enforce with rigor
such isws, "a long as the conspiracies
and combinations tusss;a named disturb
the peace of the country. 1t is much 10
be regretted, and tits regretted by no
one more than myself, that a neces-
sity has ever existed to execute the en-
forcemeut act. No one esR aasirs mere
than | that the necessity of applying 1t
may never again be demanded.
Satisfactory improvement and progress
sion are seported in the several bureaus
under the control OF the Interior Depart.
ment. The Indian policy adopted BY
shs slmiphtration has been as success
ful as It's msst saaguine friends even
anticipated. The expenses OF tleiF nan
apement have been reduced, and rail-
roads built through their domains,
and their condition has been at
the came time improved. The
subject Of ossgerting the sOcalled
Indian Territory south Of saIsSs int Q
home for the Indian, and erecting there
ia { territorial form of government is
one of gresl Importance as a compile
ment of the existing inaiSp aolicy. The
question Of removal to the terntory
within the past year has been presented
to alasy &c the tribes resident uponIoth-
er and less aesFabla portions of the
public domain, and has geHesailg been
received by them with favor During
che Isqt fiscal year l,s64,975 acres of
public lnBGs we're sold, and during the
year ending Sept 30, ttsgs we're issued
from the Patent Office 1885 patents.
pet receipts Of the Department over
expense, s7,14O.O5G. Since 1880 ZOO
600 applications tes pstssts have been
filed, and about $4,000 patents issued.
The reorganization Of the patent Office
is recommended. Pensions paid last
yss., SO lc9,5lO. Of which s2,Sl3,4Os
was paid te ibp survivors, Of 1872.
The suggestion that a census NJ telen
iu 1875 should receive the ready atten.
don Of Congress, and should be Invested
Of as pSljtieal character, and no appor-
lionment Of representatives made under
il. The subject Of edgcatsoa Tseeifes :