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be unnecessarily or unworthily bestdw-
prrARrntsr OF JUSTICE.

DErARTMtsT OF JUSTICE.
i A detailed statement OF the disburse
ments through the department of justice
will be furnished in the report ef the st-
torney general, and though they have
been somewhat increased BY the recent
acts OF congress to enforce the rights Of
citizens Of the United States TO vote in
the several states Of the union, and to no.
tce tho provisions Of the fourteenth
amendment to the constitution Of the
Uuitsd States and the necessity and sal
utsry effect of these enactmcnts, reckless
aud lawlcss men, ! regret 20 say, have
associated themselves together in some
localities to deprive other citizens OF the
right guaranteed to them by the consti-
tuition OF the Unite States, and TO that
end have committed deeds of violence;
but the apprehension and punishment Of
many of these persons have tended great
ly to the repression OF such disorders,
and Go not doubt that a great majority
Of the people in all parts Of the country
favor the full enjoyment by all classes of
persons Of those rights to which they
are entitled under the constitutions aud
the laws; and invoke the aid and inau-
ence OF all good citizens to prevent or
CARNATIONS whose objects are. by unlaw-
fnl means, to interfere with those rights.
I look with confidence to the time, not
far distant, when the obvious advantages
Of good order and peace will induce IN
abandonment Of all combinations pro-
hibited by the act, referred to, and. when
it will he unneccssary to carry on pros
| I'd ;at o,sh, ~
tect citizens from the lawless doings OF
such parties. 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 pablo mind.
To test the virtue OF that policy, am
disposed, as my sense OF justice wall per-
init, to give to these persons favorable
consideration, but any action thereon 10
not to be construed as indicating any
change in my determination to enforce
with vigor such laws, so long as the con
spiracies therein named disturb the peace
OF the country. 1t 10 much to be regret
ted, and it is regretted by no one moro
than myself, that a necessity has everex
isted to execute the enforcement act.
NO CUc cdll utblIt ulOl9 Shbh shes sAS
necessity Of applying 1t may never again
be demanded.
The amount paid for pensions In the
last fiscal year 10 $50, 1859 $40, an amount
larger by %, 3,708,434 than was paid dur
ing the preceding year. OF this amount
s1 sfcs. 81 81 ff4f February II, 1871, to survivors
of the war of1sl2 The annual increase
Of pensions by the legislation OF con-
gress has more than kept pace with the
natural yearly losses from the rolls. The
act Of June Is, 1872, has added 07b0,500
to the rolls per year, without increasing
the number Of pensioners We can not,
|. the eforc, look for any substantial de-
crease in the expenditures OF this depart
ment fer some time to come, or so long
as congress continues to change the dstes
of pensions. The whole number OF sol.
diers enlisted in the war OF the rebellion
was 3,6SS, ,553. Tho total numbes Of
claims for invalid pensions is l16, ,00O,be-
inp but six per cent. Of the whole num-
Der OF enlisted men. The total number
of claims on hand at the beginning OF the
year was 9l.669. The number received
during the year was 26,574 The mum.
Der disposed of was 35,l7s, making the
number Of claims on file 79,s05. On the
goth of June, 1872, there were on the
rolls the names OF 90, ,405 iavslid militia
nv pensioners and ll3.578 widows, or
phans and dependent relatives, making
; an aggregate Of 20S, ,003 army pensioners.
At the same time there wero on the rolls
the names Of l,4l0 navy pensioners and
,730 widows, orphans and dependent
relatives, making the whole number OF
navy pensioners 3,170. There have been
,, received since the passage OF the act to
provide pensions for the survivors OF the
war of 1872, 36,551 applications prior to
June 80 1872 or these there were a.
lowed during the last fiscal year zo,i2o
claims, and 4,si5 were rejected during
the year, leaving / l. $50 claims pending
at that date Tho number OF pensions
Of all classes granted during the last fis
cal year was 33, $50 During that period
there were dropped from the rolls, for
various causes, o,l0i names, leaving
grand total of 232229 pensions on the
: rolls on the 30th dag OF June, 1871 IL
il thought that the claims for pensions
on account Of the war Of 1912 will al. be
r disposed Of the Ist of May. 1873 1t 10
estimated that 030.3s0000 will be 70.
7 ouired for the pension service during the
: next fiscal year
! THE TERRITORIES.
4 Affairs in the territories are generally
3 satisfactory. The energy and business
capacity Of the pioneers who are settling
up the vast domain NOT get incorporated!
into States are keeping pace in Internal
Y improvements aud civil government with
!, the older communities. In but one OF
!. them (Utah) is the condition OF affairs
n unsatisfactory, except so far a. the quiet
IS Of the citizens HAY be disturbed BY real
or imaginary danger Of Indian hestillties.
;, 1t has seemed to be the policy OF the leg
o islaturo of Utah to evade all responsibil.
, ity to the government Of the United
r. States, and even to hold position 10
( hostility to it, ! recommend . careiul
i revision Of the present laws OF the tern.
.r tory by congress, and the enactment OF
n such a law as the one proposed in con-
a cress at its last session, for instance, OF
n somethng similar to it, as will secure
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