Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-12-12

raj industries, to improve the quality and in
crease the quantity of our products, to deter
mine the value of old, or establish the impor.
tance of new methods of culture, are worthy
of your careful and favorable consideration,
and assistance by such appropriations Of mon
ey and enlargement of facilities, as may seem
to be demanded by the present favorable con.
ditions for the growth and rapid development
of this important interest.
The abuse of animals in transit is widely
attracting public attention. A national con-
vention Of societies specially interested in the
subject has recently met at Baltimore, and the
facts developed, both in regard to the cruelty
to animals and the effect of such cruelties
upon the public health, would seem to de.
mand the careful consideration of Congress,
and the enactment of more efficient laws for
the prevention of these abuses.
The report of the Commissioner Of the Bu-
reau of Education shows very gratifying pro-
gress throughout the country, in all the inter-
ests committed to the care of this important
office. The report is especially encouraging
with respect to the extension of the advanta-
ges of the common-school system, in sections
of the country where the general enjoyment
of the privilege of free-schools is not yet at
tanned.
To education, more than to any other agen.
cy, we are to look, as the resource for the ad.
vaucement of the people, in the requisite
knowledge and appreciation of their rights
and responsibilities as citizens, and desire to
repeat the suggestion contained in my former
message, in behalf of the enactment of appro.
pirate measures by Congress for the purpose
Of supplementing, with national aid, the local
systems of education in the several States
Adequate accommodations for the great Ii.
brary, which is overgrowing the capacity of
the rooms now occupied at the capitol, should
be provided without further delay. This in.
valuable collection of books, manuscripts,
and illustrative art, has grown to such pro.
portions, in connection with the copyright
system of the country, as to demand the
prompt and careful attention of Congress to
save it from injury in its present crowded
and insufficient quarters. As this library is
national in its character, and must, from the
nature of the case, increase even more rapid
ly in the7 future than in the past, it cannot
be doubted that the people will sanction any
wise expenditure to preserve it and to enlarge
its usefulness.
The appeal of the Regents of the Smithso-
nian Institution for the means to organize, ex-
hibit, and make available for the public ben.
eft, the articles now stored away belonging to
the National Museum, l heartily recommend
to your favorable consideration.
The attention of Congress is again invited
to the condition of the river-front of the city
of Washington. It is matter of vital i'm
portance to the health of the residents of the
National Capital, both temporary and per.
manent, that the low lands in front of thecity,
now subject to tidal overflow, should be re-
claimed. In their present condition, these
flats cbskuct the drainage Of the city, and are
dangerous source of mslarial poison. The
reclamation will improve the navigation Of
the river, by restricting and consequently
deepening its channel; and is also Of impor.
tance, when considered in connection with
the extension Of. the public grounds and en-
largement of the park, west and south Of the
Washington monument. The report of the
board of survey, heretofore ordered by act Of
Congress, on the improvement of the harbor
of Washington and Georgetown, is respect
fully commended to consideration.
The report of the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia presents detailed
statement of the affairs of the District.
The relative expenditures by the United
States and the District for local purposes is
contrasted, showing that the expeditures by
the people of the District greatly exceed
those of the General Government. The ex-
hibit is made in Connection with estimates for
the requisite repair Of the defective pavements
and sewers of the city, which is work of i'm
mediate necessity, and, in the same connec-
tion, plan is presented for the permanent
funding of the outstanding securities of the
District
The benevolent, reformatory, and penal in
stitutons of the District are entitled to the
favorable attention of Congress. The Re-
form School needs additional buildings and
teachers. Appropriations which will place all
of these institutions in condition to become
models of usefulness and bene6ce, will be re-
garded by the country as liberality wisely be-
slowed.
The Commissioners, with evident justice, re-
quest attention to the discrimination made
by Congress against the District in the dona-
tion of land for the support of the public
schools, and ask that the same lberality that
has been shown to the inhabitants of the va
rious states and territories of the United
States, may be extended to the District of
Columbia.
The Commissioners also invite attention to
the damage inflicted upon public and private
interests by the present location of the depots
and switching tracks of the several railroads
entering the city, and ask for legislation look
ing to their removal The recommendations
and suggestions contained in the report will,
I trust, receive the careful consideration of
Congress.
Sufficient time has, perhaps, not elapsed
since the reorganization of the government Of
the District, under the recent legislation of
Congress, for the expression of a confident
opinion as to its successful operation but the
practical results already attained are so salts
factory, that the friends Of the new govern
ment may we'll urge upon Congress the wis
dom of its continuance, without essential
modification, until, by actual experience, its
advantages and defects may be more fully
ascertained. R. B. HAYES.
Executive Mansion, December 2, 1878.
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