The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-12-05
THE ERAFKINa PRIVILEGE.

| AAS AHANhING e. Z 4
lhaVe heretofore recommended the aboIf-
t1on of'the franking privilege, and see ne
reason now fer changing my views on that
subject. 1t not having been favorably re-
garded by. Congress, however, now suggest
modification of that privilege to.cerrscs it's
glaflng ana c2sEly abuses, il 4fnn.raI aia
POSTAL TELEGRAPH. = o
would recommend, also, the appoint
ment Of a committee or commission to take
Into consideration the best method Equitable
to private corporations who have invested
their time and capital in the establishment
oftelegraph lines of acquiring the title o all
telegraph lines now in ope rstioa. andsof con-
Meeting this service with the postal service
OF the nation. 1t is not probable that tbis
subject could receive the proper considcra-
ton during the Limits ola short session OF
Congress. but it may be initia ed 60 that
further action may DO fair TO the Govern
ment and to private parties concerned. "A
| '.E . SUBSIDIES. ,.,,..,.. .
] There are but three Zines Of oceansteAm.
ers, namely, the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany, between San Francisco, China and
Japan, with provision made for sentiment b
" service after October l, 1875; the United
States and Brazil line, monthly, and the Cal
ifornia, New Zealand and Australian line,
monthly, plying between tbs United States
| ana foreign ports, and owned and operated
under our flag. [ earnestly recommend that
sucn iloerSi contracts for carrying the mails
be authorized with these lines as Will insure
their continuance. If the expediency Of ex~
lending the aid of the Government to lines
otsteamers which, hitherto, have not receiv-
ed it, should be deemed worthy OF the consid-
Grafton OF Congress, political and CONNER
cial objects make it advisable to bestow such
aid on line under our flag between Panama
and western South American ports. BY this
means much trade now diverted to other
countries might be brought to the United
States to the mutual advantage of this coun-
try and those lying in that quarter OF the con-
tinent OF America
Tbs report OF Secretary of the Treasury
will show an alarming falling off in our car
ryiEg trade for the last ten o. Twelve years,
and even for the past year. 10 not believe
that the public treasure can be better ex-
pended in the interest Of the whole people
than in trying to recover this trade. An ex-
pendIture of s5,OCO,00o per snnum fer the
next five years, ifit would restore to us our
proportion of the carrying trade of the world,
would be probably expended. The price of
labor in Europs mas 80 much enhanced with
in the last few years that the cost of build
ing aud operating ocean steamers in the
United States Is aot SO much greater than In
Europe. believe the time has arrived for
Congress to take this subject into serious
consideration. a-y ."- a u H. i.t,''.
| DEPARTMENT. OF JUSTICE. r..of- II
Detailed statements OF the disbursements
through the Department Of Justice will be- fur
nished by the report Of the Attorney General, and
though these have been somewhat increased by
the recent acts OF Congress to enforce the rights
or citizens of the United States to vote IN the
several states OF the Union, and to enforce the
provisions ofthe Fourteenth Amendment to the
Constitution of the Usitsd States and the amend
ments thereto, cannot question the necessity and
salutary effect of these enactments. Reckless and
lawless men, l regret to say, have associated
themselves together in some localities 10 deprive
Constitution OF the United States, and to that snd
have committed deeds OF violence but the pre-
tee ton and punishment OF many Of these per
sons have tended gre atty to the repression of such
disorders. do not doubt that great majority of
Che people in all parts of the country favor the full
enjoyment by all classes of persons of these
rights to which they are entitled under the Cons
stitation and the laws, and invoke the aid sand
influence Of all good citiaens to prevent organiza
| tons whose objects are by aunlawfal means, to
interfere with those rights. 1 look with conf
dencs to the time nohfar distant when tho obvi-
GUS advantages OF good order and peace will In
durs an abandonment OF all combinations pro-
hibited by the acts referred to, and when it will
be unnecessary to carry on prosecutions or in
nict punishment to protect citizens from the law
less doings OF such combinations. f,,l.e.v,a.. T.
/ Applications have been made to me to pardon
persons convicted Of violation OF said acts upon
| the ground that clemency in such cases would
tend to tranquilize the public mind, AID to test
the virtue of that policy, am disposed, far as
my sense of Justice will permit, to give to these
| applications favorable consideration but any
action thereoni is not to be construed as indlca-
ting any change In may determination to enforce
with vigor such acts long as the conspiracies
and combinations therein named disturb the peace
of the country. 1t fs mneh to be regretted, and IL
regretted by no one more than myself that ne
ces,ty has ever existed to execute the enforce
ment act. No one can desire more til an that the
necessity OF applying 1t may never again be de-
manded. IL aHt r4U8.a3I8 8E.a GD38
II .;DRPARTNENT OF THE INTERIOR u p
The Secretary OF the Interior reports satisfacto.