Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-12-11

tue transit OF Venus useful ana interesting TO the
| sclentlhc world. LH. ~.
]Ihe estim1tes for this branch of tho public
service 90 nor diier materially IRON tAose of last
year, tne general support Oh the service
| Oelng somewhat Tess ana those etorlmpr0vemehb
az various stations rather larger than the CORE
spohulng cstnate made year ago. Ihe regular
eieney of lii ut ot,n IN M nranernr J
20 the growth OF our maritime intercourse and in
terests's Recommended to the attention OF Con-
| gfess.
The use OF the navy during peace might be
tdrther utilized by direct authorization OF the
employment Of naval vessels in surveys of the
supposed navigable waters OF other national-
! ties on this continent, especially the tri6.
utaries Of the two great rivers of South
America, the Oronoco and the Amazon.
Nothing prevents, under existing laws
such explorations, except that expenditures
must be made IN such expeditions beyond those
usually provided FOR by the appropriations. The
held Designated ls un4nesiionabl{ one OF inter.
est and one Able OF 4 urge development OF
e3nmerelal lnltres,ts, oytanlageons 70 she peo-
Rv .eaJneu t & NV 10 spo'e VINO i""J eAtaoish roia
''ons WIN thch
EDUCATION AND THE PosroFFicE.
else the right of franehise / rsgard e'arDtisi 70
general prosperity everywhere, and especially so
In republics, where neither education nor pre-
| vious condition enters into account in giving
! suffrage Next to the public school, the Post
office Is the great agent Of education
oyer oyer our vast territory; The Tapidity
with which new sections are being, settled In
ereases the cost q carrying the malls In q more
rapid ratio than the increase ofreceipts. The re-
| port Of the Postmaster General; herewith at
| taehed,- shows that there was an increase of
previous year of sl,6'4fll, and an increase Of
nc cost oi IS earTying y the mi mails and paying en-
master General gives interesting statistics Of his
! department, and. comparing them with the cor
responding statistics Of year ago, shows
grown IN every branch OF the department
a postal convention has been concluded
with New South Wales, an exchange Of postal
cards established with Switzerland, and the
BeYeral
france nave tcrlnlhated IN convention with
that country, which went into effect last August.
vened 10 Bernsi switzerland, IN September last,
at which the United States was represented by
an officer Of the Postotice Department of much
experience anu OF quallncatiPn Tor the position.
convention tor tne establishment OF al inter
national postal union was akeed upon by the
delegates oI the countries represented subject to
Countries.
Respectfully direct your attention to the report
of the Postna and To his srpe ons
in regard to al equitable adjustment OF the aues.
zdon of compensation to railroads for carrying the
mails. o 2 frsE. - tt.L
THE souTHERs STATES.
| Your attention will be drawn to The unsettled
| condition oC aTairs in some OF The southern
! States On the I4th Of September las. the Gov
/ eritnr of LonisJana called upon me a. nrovided
| bv the' ConEtitution and laws 81 the limited
Siotas 10 al in snnnrassin% doroa.ti ,,,oia',ca
| in that state. This Call Was made in
! view OF a proclamation issued on that
| day by d. b. Penn, stating Mat he
was elected Leutenant-Goyernor in 1872 and call
/ ing upon the militia Of the State to arm. assem-
| b.e and drive from power the usurpers as he
| esignated the officers of the State Government.
| On the next day issued my proclama-
/ ton, commanded the Insurgents to dis
I perse within five days from the date
| thereof, and subsequently learned that on
| that day they had taken foreible possession of
| the State House. Troops were sent by me to
| support the existing and recognized State Gov
| ernment, but before the expiration of the hve
| DAYS the in nsufrcctonary movement was prac-
| nbaudDupu al he
| Government, with some minor exceptions, re-
| sumed their powers and duties Considering
| that the present slate administration of Louisi.
! ana had been the only government
| in that State for nearly two wears
| that 1t had been tacitly acknowledged and Gcqui
| esced in as such by Congress- and more than
| once expressly recognized BY me- 1 regarded it
| as my clear duty, when legally called upon for
| that purpose, 10 prevent its overthrow BIZ an
| armed mob under pretense of fraud and irregu-
| arity In the election OF 1871 / have heretofore
called the attention Of Congress to this
! subject. stating that on account OF the frauds
i and forgrrics committed at said election. and
because it appeared that the returns thereof we're
never legally cauyassed, IL was impossible to tell
thereby who chosen, but from the best
! sources of Information at my command | have
| always believed the present State officers re-
ceiyed a majority Of the legal votes actually cast
at that election. Irepeat what said in my special
message OF Feb. l3. ls13 that In the event Of no
| action by Congress must continue to recognize
! the government heretofore recognized By me
I regret to saw that with the preparatiops for
| the late election decided indication appeared
in has fhsarrt gf 4
| termination by acts of violence and intimida-
| tionito depfiye citizens Of the freedom az tbe
ballot because q their poIitical opinions hands
! of men masked and armed made their an.
! pearance. White leagues and other societifs
| wcre formed; large Quantities of arms and am.
| rnunftion ,ver, Imnnrted and dist rnnt,I a.,
these organizations military drills. with men
! acing demonstrations, were held, aud. wish all
| these, murders enough were committed To
! spread terror among those whose political
| action was TO be suppressed il possible by these
| lntOleraut Proceedings.
places colored laborers were compelled 10 vote
according TO the wishes of their employers, un-
| der threats OF di ischarge III they acted other
| wise, and there are too many instances in
| which, when these threats were disregarded,
whom they were made. | understand that the
| tifteenth Amendment TO the Constitution was
made 10 prevent this and the like state OF things,
and the act of May 81, 1870, with the amendments,
was passed to enforce its provisions the object OF
this being to guarantee to all citizens the right to
vote and to protect them in the free enjoyment of
care that the laws be faithfully executed, and
| convinced by undoubted evidence that violations
ol SAID pet had been committed, and thata wide
| spread and hagrant disregard Of IL was contem-
! plated the proper officers were Instructed TO
| prosecute the Offenders, aud troops were sta
TONED 81 convenient points 10 aid these officers,
if necessary, in the peiformance Of their Official
duties COmplalnts are made OF this interfer-
| ence ny Federal authority out II the said
| amendment and act do not provide for such
interference under the circumstances as above
| stated then they are without meaning, force or
eieSt,s anu lue Wnole sCueune OF COlOfeu enlran-
ehisement is worse than mockery and little bet
| ter than crime. Possibly Congress may hnd 1t
Que 10 truth and justice TO ascertain by means OF
committee, whether the alleged wrongs TO coll
| ored ciuzcns Tor pohuchi purposes are real, or
fhe reports thereof were manufactured Tor the oc-
easloh' ha
The whole number of troops ia the States of
| 1t uisana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida South
! Carolina, North Carolina Kentucky Tennessee
Arkansas, Mississippi, Maryland, and Virginia
| at the lime of the elections was 4OS! This en-
braces the garrisons of all the forts from the
| Delaware 10 the Gulf of Mexico W.
Another trouble mas arisen in Arkansas. Ar
| ticle thirteen of the Constitution of the State
| which was adopted in 1865 and upon the an
| proyal of which by Congress the state Was re-
stored TO representation as one of the States OF
| the Union, provides, in effect that "before
any amendments proposed TO this Constitu
tion shall become part thereof they shall be
| passed by two successive Assemblies and then
submitted to and ratified BY a majority Of the
electors of the State voting thereon." ON May
| n, 1874, the Governor convened an extra ses-
sion Of the General Assembly Of the State
which, on the 1eth Of the same month, passed