The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-15

form Measures Proposed by the New
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the Code
Recommen endations In Favor of Immt
grafton, tho oEncourngementof OF Manu-
features, and the Abolition OF th'
Fence Law.
ESPECIAL TzLEGRAM TO THE NEWsl
COLUMBIA, Tuesday, January d.
The following message from Governor
Moses ives read in both Houses OF the Gen
eral Assembly to-day, and will probably oe
discussed tomorrow:
Tslloio. citizens of the Senate and House Of
Representatives
congratulate you in view of the fact tha
the third General Assembly olSouth Carolina,
under her free constitution, has convened ant
held It's daily sessions In the midst OF univer
sal tranquility and order
You entered upon the duties of the session
with difficulties OF marked gravity confront
Ing you as the lawmakers of the State.
These difficulties I trust aud believe you
will in the end surmount, by diligent and
faithful discharge OF all the delicate and re-
sponsible duties enjolned upon you by The
people, with whom we have so recently en-.
tered into covenant through our omca
oaths.
Our Federal Relations.
1t is my most gratifying duty to inform you
that the relations OF the State TO the Federal
Union are not only OF the most cordial charac.
ter. but the guarantees OF perpetual concord
between the great sections Of our country are
being steadily Increased and strengthened by
the growing recognition OF the TACT That all
citizens OF The United States are bound logeth-
er BY the tie OF common Interest.
The acts of Individual violence which had
manifested themselves In The upper counties
OF the Slate since the summer OF 1865, and
which we're clearly the consequence OF politi-
cal and personal aDimosiCy. enSendered
among large portion OF the people, against
q class of our iellOw-citizens recently enfran-
chlsed and vested with civic rights. have hap
pily ceased. The lawless and vsndiclive spirit
from which those acts sprung embodied itself
in armed organizations, which. in the winter
of 1870 and the spring of 1871, dominated
many counties, and, with startling audacity,
vperawed the local authorities with q slrong
hand, aud wrote their DEGREES in the Innocent
blood of unofending victims, whom they re-
morselessly scourged and Slew.
Those organizations have been dispersed by
the power Of the general government, and
many Of the actors therein have been pun
ished by its courts. That power was exer.
cised for protective purposes only against the
deadly csnlraliZations symbolzed by the
midnight horseman who rode as the mission
ary OF hate, In disguise as fearful as the
deed he had armed himself to execute.
HencefOrlh those who might entertain any
scheme for the oppression of an American
citizen on the coil IF our State, because oil the
manner in which he chooses, as freemaD,
to exercise his political rights, will be ad-
monishsd that, however humble may be the
condition OF that cili2ep, and whatever may
be his race or color, a powerful government
stands prepared and wiling TO protect him In
the free and unqueslioned enjoyment of all
the rights and privileges that attach to Amer
lean citizenship.
I should be wanting 10 candcr and justice If
failed TO announce that not only have the
unlawful ORGANIZATIONS In question apparently
ceased 10 exist, but the open exhibition OF
sentiment of hostility to the State or Federal
Government, that made it possible that such
ORGANIZATIONS should Sc long continue in
grIeyous operation, seems 10 have also passed
away.
Nowhere upon the soil OF South Carolina to-
day does It seem 10 be necessary that, for the
preservation OF public order, or the present
protection of individual rights, extraordinary
agencies should be resOrted TO; The paclnc
agencies which the laws provide as the Safe
guards Of the citizen and society are all IN un-
obstructed operation throughout our State.
rhe person OF The stranger among US seems 10
be no longer environed oy peril, and, however
rude and remote his d%elling, ne may repose
in safety, for the law heeps watch and ward
over him, au invisible, silent, but sieepless
sentinel. May this security ever continue;
aud may the passions which mad their olrtn IN
false political theory and grew up amid
Ssapguinary civil war, be forever suodued oy
the consciousness and grateful recognition OF
that sense OF brotherhood which should spriDg
from our common nationality as American
citizens.
Tne american should feel his pride quick
ened and his selfrespect elevated, as he sur
yeAs the great and benehcent republic OF
t.b yo hop n fnAiUi6nal
member.
In territorial area the U0ited States stretch
from the tropic belt of Seas and islands on the
south to the Icy ocean on the north, while
from east to west they form the grand medl-
terranean region which unltes while II divides
the two great oceans of the world. They EN-.
brace within their limits over four millions OF
square miles OF territory, situated near the
geographical centre OF the earth's plane, and
an area much greater than that Of all Europe,
and about one.twelith Of the haoitable land
on our globe.
They contain population of nearly forty
millions, or about one-halt-of the total mum.
her of inhabitants on the whole continent OF
North America. This mighty population sur
pass In the products and utility OF their varied
industries any people known to history; al
though fitted beyonu all other people 10 prac-
tice the arts of war, they are aggressive only
In the arts OF peace.
The achievements OF tnelr skilled Industry
ere to be seen predominant throughout the
civilized world. The traveller who at present
trayerses even the great Empire OF Russia will
be conveyed In an American car, drawn 6y an
American locomotive, on railroad built by
y American engineers.
II he enters the great armory OF England at
Enfield, he will See the results OF American
Inventive genius in the automatic machinery
which produces the arm with which Great
Britain equlps her renowned soldiers; while
at Woolwch he may look upon that most for
midable engine OF modern ordnance, The
Armstrong gun, for which the presumed In
yentor, whose name 1t bears, received the
honor OF knlghthood from the British govern
ment, but which has been proved by evidence
which, among military men, is said 10 be IN
:, ,conteslible, TO be the creation OF an American
Inventor.
Everywhere In the fields Of England, France
and Germany may be seen implements OF hus-
bandry of American manufactures; while
American enterprise and diplomacy have un-
barred the gates that secluded The ancient
people Of the East from free commerce with
tbn Western nations, and American fabrics OF
every class are now widely and rapidly ex-
changed for the products of the Orient.
While such are the magnificent achieve.
ments Of our country in all The arts that con-
tribute 10 the advancement and elevation OF
mankind, the products of Its agriculture are
no less startling In their magnitude than
those OF Its manufacturing skill and resources.
rrho utatisttcs of nonnlaifon embraced In the