The weekly Louisianian., 1872-12-07

favorsthe full enjoyment by all classe
of persons Of, those rights to whic
they r entitled under the constitutio
and, laws, and Einvoke the aid and in
Eduence;;ofs all good acknowledgements
organizations whose object are,~ b
unlawful means: to interfere with thes
rights. look with confidence to tn
time not fur distant, when the obviou
advantages Of good order and peac
will induce an abandonment of all com
binatiom prohibited by the acts refere.
TO-, and when it Will be unnecessary t
carry on the prosecution from the law
leSs doiag, Of such combinations. =: :
) PARDON. OF Ku-KLUx. 90, sr. ,
Applications have been made to m,
to pardon persons convicted of q viola
ton of said acts upon. the ground tina
clemency in such cases would tend t,
trahquilize the public mind; and t,
test the virtue of that policy, I an
disposed, as far as my sense of justic'
will permit, to give those application
. favorable consideration, but any &C
ton thereon is not to be construed Al
indications any charge in my deter
1nination to enfore with rigor such
acts, SO long as the conspiracies ane
and combinations therein named dis
turb the peace Of this country, It i.
much to be regretted, and is:regrettet
by no one more than myself, that :
necessity hiss ever existed to execute
the enforcement act. No one can de
sire more than I that the necessity O
applying it may never again be de
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- ''.:' EDUCATION. ""
The rapidly increasing interest in
education, is d most encouraging fea'
.tture in The current history OF the
country, and 1T is. no doubt true that
this is due in O great measure to the
efforts Of the Bureau Of Education,
whose officers are continually receiy-
ing evidences which abundantly prove
its efficiency: from the, various institu-
lions of learning and educators Of all
kinds throughout the country IL
The report OF the commissioner con:
tains q vast amount of educational
details, of great interest. The bill.now
pending before Congress providing for
the appropriation Of the net proceeds
of the sales of public lands for educa-
tional purposes, to aid the States in
the general education Of their rising
generation. is q measure OF such great
importance to our real progress, and is
SO unanimously approved by the
friends of education that I commend it
to the favorable attention Of Congress.
THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
In according with the terms Of; the
act Of Congress approved March 81,
1871, providing for the celebration Of
the one hundredth anniversary of
American independence, Il committee
has been, organized consisting,of two
members for each of, the States and
Territories. This commission has
held two sessions, and has made salts
factory progress in the organization
and the initiato1y steps necessary for
carrying, out the provisions or the act
and for executing also the provisions
Of! the oct of. June L, 1872, creating y
centennial board of gnance. A pre-.
liminary report of progress has bean
received from the president Of the
commission, and is herewith trans
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T. a.. CIVIL SERVICE.
An earnest desire has been felt to
correct abuses whichhave grown up in
the civil service of the country through
the defective, method Of making ap-
pointments to office. Heretofore fed
eral offices have been 'reggarded too
much as the. rewhrdof political services.
Under the authority of Congress, rules
Lave been established ITO regulate the
tenure of office and the mode of ap-
pointments. It cannot be expected
that ally system Of rules can be entire
ly effective and prove u perfect remedy
for the; existing evils until they have
been thoroughly tested by actual prac-
tice and amended. According to the
requirements Of the service during my
term Of office, it shall be my earnest
endeayor TO- SO apply, the rules as to
secure the greatest possible reform in
the civil service Of the government.
But it will require the. direct action Of
Congress to render the enforcement Of
the system binding upon my successors
and hope hat'the experience of the
past. year, together with appropriate
legislation by Congress, may. reach a
satisfactory solution of this question.
and secure to the public service for all
time a ,paactical method of obtaining
faithful and efficient officers and en-
ployes. 90