Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-15
PRESIDENTS MENSAGE.

FEIIow CITIZENS oy THE SENATE AND
HorSE Oy REPRESENTATIVES,
with great gratitude tn the Bouniiful Giver al
all Good congratulate YOU at the seginhtng al
your FIRST regular session. You IND our rountr,
blessed with health and peace and abundant
harvests, and with encouraging prospects al
an early return OF general prosperity.
rHs rACIrlCATIoN OF THE COUNTRY
Continues to be, and. until It Is fully accom-:
plisled. must remain, the most important OF
ali our national interests. The earnest purpose
OF good citizens generally to unite their Efforts
in those endcavOrs IL evident. found decided
expression In the resolutions announced In 1876
hy the national conventions OF the leading po-
litIcal parties OF the country that IT, there a was
tous results 10 our progress nation smark led
by the recent amendments to tho constitution,
standing which prompted their adoption In the
interest Of u loyal devotion To the general well
fare might prove IL barren truce, and that the
sections OF the country once engaged IN vita!
strife might be again almost as widely severed
and dislinited as they were when arrayed In
arms against each other Tho course to ,s De pur r.
the presence OF the emergency was PLAINLY lnui'
Gated in my inaugural address: 1t pointed to
Ghen a genuine love OF our whole country, and
'of all that concerns Its loyal welfare shall sup
plant the destructive forces OF mutual anim1s-
ity Of races and OF sectional hostility. Opin-
ions have differed widely as to the measures
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the administration have been subjected TO ST.
yero and varied criticsms. Amy course what
ever will mght have becn entered upon
would certainly have aroused disgust ana op-
position. These measures were, IN my JuuE-
iuent, such as were most In harmony with the
constitution and with INC venus ,, .ir "L our peo-
ces to attain the end In view. Ihe Denencent
results already apparent prove that These en-
deayOrs are not to be regarded as mere expert
ment aud should sustain and encourage us IN
our efforts. Already IN the brief period which
has elapsed the immediate effectiveness no less
sl.aar
onstrated, and l have an abiding faith that
time will furnish its ample vindication inthe
minds Of great majority OF ny ny Fellow c,ti,
army for the purpose OF upholding local gov
erninants in two states OF the union was no
less a constitutional duty and reinsurance
under the circumstances existing ut the time
that II Is, was II much needed measure toward
the restoration OF local self-government aud
urawal Of the troops from such employment
was effected deliberately and with solicitous
care for the peace, good orIer Oh sOciety anu
every right Of all classes Of citizeiis: Inc re-
suits that have followed are indeed Significant
dr" a rs,ntiia those states to local - sefsSv
erninent IL dispelled, and most salutary
cnange In the minds Of the people has begun.
once the theater of unhappy civil sti slbstt-
tuting for suspicion, distrust ana aversion,
concord and HadrSiS Sina sms
that, alter the fatal collisions hitch have been
OF frequent occurrence and have alarmed the
pnn' Iris Ga, M e@v. % a1 f"rb."rnyc and hearty
national interest has succeeded, there has been
IA general re-eStahis shment Of order and or the
orderly administration OF Justice. Instances
OF remaining lawiessress have become OF rare
occurrence. Political turmoil and turbulence
have disappeared. Useful Industries have been
resumed. Public credit In the southern states
has be.u "a greatly strengthened aud the chcour-
aging benefits Of n revival of commerce l'e-
tween the SECTIONS of the country lately EN-
ts..s
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