The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-06
THU: MESSAGE:
Annual Communication of
the President to
Congress.
The Southern, Civil-Service, Fl
nancial and Other Cues
lions Discussed.

with great gratitude to the BountlfuI Giver of ALI
1ssood, congratulate you that, at the beginning Of
sour first regular session, you find our country
vests, and with encouraging prospects of an early
@e&arn Of general prosperity.
a The Southern Policy.
20 complete and make permanent the pacihca-
cn Of the country continues TO be, and until 1t is
accomplished, must remain the most important Of
ssA our national interests. The earnest purpose Of
good citizens generally to unite their efforts in those
endeaYors is evident. 1t found decided expression
ia the resolutions announced in 1876 by the ma.
&sonal conventions of the leading political par
Dies of the country. There was a widespread
apprehension that the momentous results in
%sur Psogrees aS nation, marked by the
Aecentamendmeatsto the constitution, were in i'm
ss6nent jeopardy that the good understanding which
mEompted their adoption in the interest Of loyal
devotion to the general welfare might prove bar
rem TRUCE and that the sections OF the country once
engaged in c1En strife, might be again almost as
widely severed and disunited as they were when ar
ta%cd in against each other The course to
9sapuTsued which, in my judgment, seemed the
dsSest, in the presence Of this emergency, was
sssainly indicated in the inaugural address, It
aTainted to the t4ne which all our people desire to
zee, when genuine love of our whole country and
faIl that concerns it's true welfare shall supplant
fire destructive forces of mutual luminosity of the
races and Of sectional hostility. Opinions have
differed widely IS to the measures best caIcu-
$ated to secure this great end. This was to
sse expected. The measures adopted by the admin
AGEatiOn have been subjected to severe and varied
CRITICISMS. Amy course whatever which might have
Econ entered upon would certainly have encoun-
S&red distrust and opposition. These measures
we're, in my Judgment, such as were most in har-
aalony with the constitution and with the genius of
SHr people, and best adapted, under all circum-
G&3nces, to attain the end in view. Benefcent re-
adlts already apparent prove that these endeayors
8re.not to be regarded mere experiment. and
should sustain and encourage in our efforts al
ready in the brief period which has elapsed The
&nediate effectiveness, no Less than the justice, of
Sge course pursued, is demonstrated, and have an
abiding faith that time will furnish ample vindica-
zion in the minds OF the great majority of my fell
8GW-0itzens. \
The discontinuanco Of the use of the army for vhe
purpose Of upholding the local Governments in two
ok the States of the Union less constitution
all duty and requirement, under the circumstances
existing at the time, than it was much-needed
aaeasure for the restoration of local self-goy-
4eIoment and the promotion of national harmony
The withdrawal of the troops from such employ
qaent.was effected deliberately, and with solcitous
care for the peace and good order of society and
Ono protection Of property and persons and every
right of all classes of citizens. The results that
nave followed are indeed significant and encourage
ing. ALI apprehension Of danger from renting
%hese States to local self-government is dispeIled
and most salutary change in the minds
of the people has begun, and is in prog
ress in every part of that section of country once
fhe theater of unhappy civil strife, substi-
cutting for suspicion, distrHst and aversion con-
cord, friendship and patriotic attachment to
.Sbe Union. No unprejudiced mind will deny that
the often-fata collisions which for several years
have been of frequent occurrence, and have alarmed
the public mind, have almost entirely ceased and
that spirit of mutual forbearance and hearty ma
donal interest has succeeded. There has been a
general re-estabishment of order, and of the or
derly administration of Justice. Instances OF re-
manning 1awlessness have become of rare occur
renee: political turmoil and turbulence have disap-
peared; useful industries have been resumed: pub
lilo credit in the Southern States has been greatly
strengthened, and the encouraging benefits Of re-
Cry lately mbroiled in civil war are fully enjoyed
&uch are some Of the results already attained upon
which the country Is to be congratulated They are
Of such Importance that we may with confidence pa
denty await the desired contamination that will
surely come with the natural progress of events.
The Emancipated Race.
It may not be improper here TO say that it should
ne our fixed and unalerable determination to pro-
tect, by ali available and proper means, under the
constitution and the laws, the Iatey-emancipatad
race in the whole of their rights and privi-
legee, and urge upon those 20 whom heretofore
Che c0lored people have sustained the relation of
bondsmen the wisdom and justice of humane and
liberal local legislation, with respect to their educa
lion and general welfare: firm adherence to the
Laws, both national and State as to the civil and no.
hSica rights of the cOlored people, advanced to
sion and sure punishment by the national and local
authorities within their respective jurisdictions of
every instance Of lawtessness and violence towards
them required for the security alike of both rsces
and justly demanded by the public opinion of
cthe country and the age. In this way the
restoration OF harmony and good will. and
he complete protection Of every citizen in the fun
enjoyment OF every constitutional right, will sure
w be attained. Whatever authority rests with me
70 this end shan not hesitate to put forth What
ever belongs to the power Of Congress and the uris-
Of IF Tho Tx0iD
IDENTIFY be relied upon to provide and perform and
60 the Legislatures, the courts, and the executive
authorities of the several States earnestly appeal
60 secure by adequate, appropriate, and seasonable
y ORGANS within their borders these common and mi
&sJrm rights of united people which loves liberty
sbhors oppression, and reveres justice. These OBJ
5ects are very dear to my heart. shall continue
snost earnestly to strive for their attainment. The
cordial cooperation of all classes of all sections of
che country and of both races lis required for tbis
Qnrpose and with these blessings assured, and not
otherwise, we may safely hope to hand down orr
free institutions of government unimpaired to The
generations that win succeed u.s.
Resumption OF Specie Payments.
Among the other subjects of great and general
importance to the people of this country, cannot
be mistaken, think, in regarding as pre-eminent
&he policy and measures which designed to Sc
cure the restoration Of the currency to that normal
and healthful condition in which, by the resump-
zion of specie payments our internal trade and for
e4gn commerce may be brought into harmony with
precious metals the intrinsic money of the world
In the public Judgment. That this end should be
sought and oompassed as speedily and as securely
az the resources of the people and the wisdom of
the Government can accomplish, there is a much
greater degree of unanimity than is found to con-
cur in the specific measures which will bring the
country to this desired end or the rapidity of the
stops by which it can be safely reached Upon most
anxious and deliberate examination which I have
felt it my duty to give to the subject am but the
more confirmed In the opinion which expressed in
accepting the nomination for the Presidency and
again upon my inauguration, that the POLICY of re-
sumption should be pursued by every suitable
means and that no legislation would be wise that
sehould dsparage the Importance or retard the at
6ainmenG OF that result. have no disposition and
certainly no right to question the sincerity or the
integrity OF opposing opinions, and would neither
conceal nor undervalue the considerable dificutiee
and even occasional Distress which may attend the
progress Of the nation toward this primary condi
@on OF Its general and permanent prosperity. T
naust' however, adhere to my most earnest conyic-
aon' that any wavering in purpose, or unsteadi-
ing or reducing the inconvenience insen-
arabic from the transition from an ire
deemable to redeemable paper CURRENCY
would only tend to an increased and prolonged dis
TSarbance in values, which, unless relieved must
end in serious disorder, dishonor opd dioos+an =,