Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-12-12

amendment to the Constitution Of the
United States and the enactment thereto
cannot question the salutary effect ol
those enactments. Reckless and lawless
men, 1 regret to say, have associated them,
selves together, in some localities, to de-
prive other citizens Of those rights guar
anteed to them by the Constitution Of the
United States, and have committed deeds
Of blood and violence but the prosecution
and punishment Of many Of those persons
have tended greatly to the. repression Of
such disorders I do not doubt, that a
great many of the people nall parts OF
The country favor the full enjoyment by
! all classes of persons of those rights to
which they are entitled under the consti-
tuition and laws, and / invoke the aid and
influence of all good citizens to prevent
those organizations, whose. objects are, by
unlawful means, to interfere with these
rights. I look with confidence to the
time, not far distant when the obvious
advantages of good order and peace will
induce an abandonment Of all coinbina-
tions prohibited by the acts referred to-
and when it will be- unnecessary to carry
prosecutions on account Of lawless doings
Of such combinations. Applications have
been made to me to pardon persons con-
victed of violation of such acts, upon
the ground that clemency, in such cases,
would tend to tranqlllize the public mind,
To test the virtue Of that policy, I am
disposed, as far as my sense Of justice will
permit, to give those applications a favor
able consideration, but any action thereon
is not to be construed as indicating any
change in my determination to enforce,
with vigor, such acts, 80 long as the con-
spiracies and. combinations therein named
disturb the peace Of the country. It is
much to be regretted, and is regretted by
no one more than myself, that necessity
has ever existed to execute the enforce
ment act. None can desire more than T.
that the necessity of applying it may
never again be demanded. I'd -
He makes suggestions in regard to the
Indians, that they. shall all be confined to
the territory South of Kansas, and that
IarmS Ue secuTeu W tleiH IL lte duu duu
in severalty. .5....,.,.
He recommends that further census
be taken in 1875 but that no reapportiol,
ment of members Of congress be made
Under it. In only one Of the Territories
(Utah( (is the condition Of affairs regarded
by the President as unsatisfactory. 1t had
seemed to be the policy Of the Utah Leg !.
islatature to evade all responsibility to
the Government Of the United States, and
even to hold a position hostile 10 it. He
recommends a careful revision Of the pres
.ent laws, and the enactment of laws that
will secure peace, the equality Of all titi-
zena before the law, and the ultimate ex-
tinguishment Of polygamy. He recon-
mends an appropriation to reimburse the
city Of Washington for work done in front
of the public reservations, and for the en-
bellishment of the public buildings and
grounds. He fayors action to give great
g. eolat and SUCCESS to the observance Of
the centennial anniversary Of American in
dependence In regard to civil service, be
saws he will carry out the rules during his
term of office. but suggests that there
should be direct action of Congress to
make the system binding on his. success
sors, so as to secure to the public service
q practical method of obtaining faithful
and efficient officers and employees. The
reading Of the message was completed at
$50, having occupied one hour and tep
minutes.
The Treasury report says that necessi-
ty exists for new issue Of national bank
notes. The Secretary exonerates Assis-
tant Treasurer HilllIouse from naglect of
duty in the stamp division OF the Assls- j
tant Treasurer Of New York. The Sec
retary again recommends the passage Of
a bill to amend and consolidate theinav-
igation and customs collecting laws of
the United States. AS the leading pur-
suits of the country are now stronger
than ever before, in the possession Of adj
equate capital and asupply of intelligent
laborers, there may be q moderate re-
duction, from time to time, in the ratio of
duties, as the diminishing expenses Of
Government shall permit, without either
alarming capital or injuring labor. He
says the circulation of the banks should
be fixed and limited, and that the power
to change the volume Of paper in circu-
lation within the limits established by
law should pemain In tho Treasury Do
partmont. A degree Of tle1ibility in the
volume of currency is essential for two
reasons-first, the business Of the de-
partment cannot bo transacted properly
If limit is fixed, and the power to raise
the circulation above or reduce it below
that limit is denied; secondly, there Is
necessity, every autumn, for moving the
crops without delay from the South and
West to the sea board, that they may be
on hand for export and consumption as
wanted. -. t-.'
The problem Is to find Il way of increas-
Ing the currency for moving the crops,
and diminishing it at once when thatwork
Is dono. This Is a necessary work, and
inasmuch as it cannot be cnnfded to the
banks, the power should he Tspoaed ip
tho tl 7 TlTeasHTy RaRaftMe9t, he!ieving
tain tile policy Of contraction, tho Secrc-
tary considers tho means by which the \
value of our currency may be improved,
The basis of policy of improvement
must be found III sturdy refusal tn add
to the paper circulation, until 1t IL of the |
same value essentiallyas coin. This be
ing accepted is the settled purpose of the.
country. there can be no permanent i'll,
crease Of the difference between paper
and coin and an opportunity will be
given for the influence Of NATURAL causes,
tending, upon the whole, to a better H.,
nanci Condition. All Legislation limited !
in its operation to the paper issues of the |
Gov erliment, whether boarlng interest
or not, and which in it's effects Shall tond
to diminish the market value Of coin,
will be found, UPON analysis, to contain
u plan for contracting the volume of pa
per currency; and all legislation 50 lini-
ted, which does not contain such u plan,
will prove Intellectual. The Secretary,
without proceeding to the discussion OF
the general subject of resuming specie
payments, thinks all will have been gain
cd that is of value when the Treasury
shall he prepared to pay the demand
notes of the Government in coin, and the |
banks shall heprepared to pay thelrnotes
either in coin or legal tender notes; and
then our good fortune will clearly appear
in this, that our paper currency Is not |
exclusively Of national bank notes, nor
exclusively of United States notos. !
The Mixed School Question at the North.
The N. Y. Tribune says: at seems to !
be decided, at last, that the fourteenth
amendment does not provide for every