Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-12-05

of Finance. Little remains to be ac-
tomplished by the treaty for some
time to come. In respect to the re-
duction of rates or the improved IA
~cilities of postal intercourse, your fa-
vorable consideration is respectfully
invited to the recommendation made
by the Postmaster General for an in
crease ofservice from monthly to semi
monthly trips on the mail steamship
route to Braxil,and for a subsidy IN ia
vor of the establishment OF an Amer
can line of mail steamers between San
Francisco, New leland and Australia,
for the establishment Of post Office saw
ing banks and for In increase Of the
salaries ofthe heads Of bureaus.
rRAHK1xo pRiviLfoE.
have heretofore recommended the
abolition of the Thanking privilege,
and see no reason now for changing
my views on that subject, It nothaving
been favorably regarded by Congress.
However, now | suggest a modifca-
tian Of that privilege, to correct its
costly abuses. / would recommend
also the appointment of . committee
Dr. commission to take into considera-
ton the best method equitable to pri-
vate corporations who have invested
their time and capital in the eStablish-
ment of telegraph lines now in opera
ton, and Of connecting this service
with the postal service Of the nation
1t is not probable that this subject
could receive the proper consideration
during the limits of 4 short session Of
Congress, but It may be initiated so
that further action may be fair to the
government and to private parties
concerned.
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There are but three lines Of ocean
steamers, namely: The Pacific Mail
Stoamship Co, betweena0an Francisco
China and Japan, with. provisaons
made for scmi-monthly service after
October I, 1878 : the United States and
Brazil line monthly, and the California
New Zealand and Australian line.
monthly, plying between the United
States and foreign ports, and owned
and operated under our flag. 1 earn
estly recommend that such liberal
contracts for carrying the mails be au-
thorized with these lines as will insure
their continuance, if the expediency of
extending the aid of the government
to lines Of steamers which hitherto
have not received it, should be deemed
worthy of the consideration of Con-
gress. Political and commercial OBJ
iects make It advisable to bestow such
aid IN q line urdor nur Aer hot-onr
ialalaa ano Inc westerh ooutn-A mer-
trade now d;verted To other countries
might be brought to M to the mutual
advantage of this country. and those
lying in that quarter Of tie continent
of America.
The report of the Secretary Of the
Treasury will show an ALARMING fall
ing off in our carving trade for the
last 10 or IL wears. and even from the
past wear. 1 do not believe that the
public treasure a be better expended
in thu interest of the whole people
than etrying to ecoye this trade
An expenditure of five millions per
annum for the next. five a ii n
would restore to ms onr pronortion If
the carrying trade of the world. would
be profitabiy expended. The price of
labor in Europe has so much enhanced
within the last few wears. that the cost
of building and Operating ocean
steamers in the United States Il NOT 80
much greater than in Europe. that I
believe that the time !, has arrived
for Congress to take this subiect into
serious consideration.
DIrAhfhEST OF JUSTICE.
A. detailed statement of the dis
bursements Of the Department of
Justice will be furnished by the re-
port by the Attorney General. and
though they have been somewhat in
creased by the recent acts of Congress
to enfore the rights of citizens Of the
United States to vote in the several
States Of the Union, and to enforce the
provisions of the l4th amendment to
the constitution of the United States
and the amendments. thereto. l cannot
question the necessity and Statutory ef-
fects of these enactments. Reckless
and lawless men, / regret to nv, have
associated themselves together in some
localities to deprive other citizens of
the rights guaranteed them by the con-
stitution Of the United States. and to
that end have committed deeds of yio-
but ! the arrest and punish
ment of many of these persons have
greatly to the suppression of
such disorders. 1 do not doubt that 4
great majority of people in ali parts Of
the country favor the full endowment
by all classes Of persons of these
to which they are entitled under
the Constitution and the laws.and to in
woke the aid and influence Of aII rood
citizens to prevent Organizations whose
objects are nv unlawful means n inter.
fere with 1hese RIGHTS I look WIFI
confidence to the time not far distant
when the obvious ad~vantares IF ~ond
1rder ana peace VII! induce an aban-
ed by the acts referred 10 and when II |
will be unnecessary to carry ON pros-
scutions or inflict punishment to nru.
tect citizens from the lawless dosnos |
If such combinations. App]ications
nave been made to grant pardon to per-
sons convicted of a violation of mid
tets, upon the ground that cIemency in
;uch cases would tend to tranouilize
he public mind and to test the virtue
If that policy. / am fisposed, as far
Is my sense Of justice will permit, to
rive to these applications a favorable
consideration, but any action therein is
lot to be construed as indicating any
in my determination to enforce
With vigor, such act, so long as the
onspiracies and combinations therein