The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05
MESSAGE.
The Presidents Annual State
Elent Of tie Condition.
Of the Q Country.
Fellow citizens of the Senate and House of Repre-


Tellow-citzens of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives
Our heartfelt gratitude Is due 20 the Divine Be-
ing, who holds ip His hands the destinies OF Ma
tons, for the continued bestnwal daring the last
year OF countless blessings upon out country.
we are at peace with all'other natons. Our pup
nc credit has greatly improved and is, perhaps,
low stronger than ever before Asoundant nsrFeses
have rewarded the Sabors of those who Til the soil,
our manufacturing industries rev1Vlng, ana IL
is believed that general prosperity. which pas been
SO long anxiously looked fou us at last wltain our
reach. 54uf ~&t3AE
The YelEow Fever. gt,.fs,
The enfopuent of health icy our peoplegenerally,
has, however. been interrupted. during the Fast
season. by.Sae prevalence of fatal pestience the
yellow fever in sonae portions of the Southern
States, 'crsrating an emergency which called for
prcmpt,ard extraordinary measures OF relief The
disease appeared as al epidemic at New Orleans
and at Other places on the Lower Mississippi soon
after midsummer. lit was rapidly spread by fugi-
tiyes teom the infected cities and towns and did
not disappear slntl early in November The
States of Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee
have = Uttered severely. About 100000 cases are
belisead to have occurred, of which about 20 900.
aevoxtjng to intelligent estimates proved fatal 1t
fsnspossible to estimate with any approach to &C
cu1Hy. the loss tfle country accustomed NV This
epidemic. IT us ITO be reckonen asy the hundred
millions of dollars The suffering and restitution
tssf resulted e1dSted the deepest sympathy in all
pass OF the Unlon Physicians and nurses FASTENED
fnn every quaer to the assiStaMeetOf the afflicted
communities. voluntary contradictions of money
a&ii supplies dn every needed fG2nn We're speedily
'assd generousyt furnished. The Government was
ia0le to respond in some neaSGmo to the call for
.Ielp. by providing tents medicines ana food for
the sick and destitute the requisite directions for
the purpose being given in the eagtftcnf expectation
that this action Of the Executive would receive the
sanction OF Congress About SEQ tents and rations
OF the value OF GDOnt JUG, were sent to citIeS
and towns which applied for them. frll details OF
which will be fur lished TO Congress by the proper
dcDartnent.
The fear6uI spread of this yest7ence has awakened
very general public sentimcNGiin favor Of national
sanitary administration which shall not only con-
troll quarantine, but have the sanitary supervision
OF internal commerce. in times of epidemicS. and
hold an advisory relation to the State and munich
pal health authorities, with power to deal with
whatever endangers the ippBlic health, and wFaich
the municipal and State authorities unable to
regulate. The National Quarantine act approved
April ~. 1898, which passed too late in the last
sessiongof Congress to proge the means for canry-
ing it into practical operation during the past
son, is "a step in the direction here indicated. In
view OF the necessity for the most effective meas
ures by quarantine and otherwise. for the protec
ton of seaports. ana the country generally
from this and other el1idemits it is recommended
that Congress give to the whole subject early and
careflal consideration. 'f
The South.
The permanent pacifcsiiol of the country by the
cOnlplete protection of al citizens in evew civil
and political right continues to be of paramount
interest with the great body of our people Every
stepdn this direction is welcomed with public APP
provkl, and every Interruption Of steady and uni
for2s progress to tile desired contamination aWal
ems general uneasiness and widespread condemna-
ton. The recent Congressional elections have fur
nished direct and trustworthy test of the advance
thus far made in the practical establishment of tie
right Of suffrage, secured by the constitution to the
liberated race i'll the Southern states. All disturb
ing Influences. real IMAGINARY, had been removed
ronQ all of these States
4 The three constitutional amendments which. con.
ferred freedom and equality of civil and political
rights upon the people of the South were. adopted
by tile concurrent action of thegreat bodyeof good
citizens who maintained the autlCrity OF the Ma
donal Government and the ntegrit |and }}erpetuity
OftAe Union at such cost of treasure and life as a
Wise and necessary embodiment in the organic law
OF the just results Of the war. The people of the
forRer slaveholding States accepted these results
aud gave, i'll every practicable FORM assurances
that the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth
amendments, and laws nassedin pursuance thereof
slao&ld, i'll good faith, be enforced rigidiy and i'm
partially, i'll letter and spirit to the end that the
MlmbleSt citizen. without distinction Of race or
color, should, under them, receive full and
equal protection IN person and property and i'll po-
Itical rights and privileges. BY these constitu-
tion&l amendments the Southern section of the
Union obtained large increase Of political power
in Congress and in the Electoral College. and the
country justly expected that elections would pro-
ceeG- as to the enfranGhsed race. upon the same
circumstances of legal and constitutional freedom
and protection which obtained in all the other
States of the Union The friends of lawsand order
looked forward to the conduct Of these elections
Offering to the general judgment of the country an
important opportunity to measure the degree in
which the right of suffrage could be exercised by the
colored people, and woEld be respected by their
felowcitizens but more general endowment of
freedom OF suffrage by the colored people, and q
Iof n7NI A,,c4oo t,o
by the communities of which they fora, q part
were generally anticipated than the record of the
elections discloses. IN some of those States in
which the colored people have been unable to make
their opinions felt in the elections the result is
manly due to influences not easily measured or
remedaed by legal protection; but in the States of
LOUISIANA and South Carolina at large and in some
particular Congressional districts outside of those
States, the records of the elections seem TO conel
the conclusion that the rights of the colored voters
have been overridden. and their participation in
the elections not permitted to be either general or
free. Tie .~.i - ~
1t Will be for the Congress for which these cleo
tons were held to make such examinations into
their conduct as may be appropriate to determine
the validity of the claims of members to their seats
In the meanwhile it becomes the duty of the Exec
utive and Judicial Departments of the Government.
each in zSs province, to inquire into and punish
violations of the laws of the United States which
have occurred. can but repeat what said in
this connection in my last message that whatever
authority nests with me to this end shall not hest
tate to put forth, and am unwilling to forego
renewed appeal to the Legislatures, the
courts, the executive authorities and the people of
the States where these wrongs have been per-
petrated, to give their assistance toward bringing to
justice the offenders and preventing repetition of
the crimes No means within my power will be
spared to obtain full and fair investigation of the
alleged crimes, land to secure the conviction and
just punishmentof the guilty.
1t is to be observed that the principal appropria-
ton made for the Department of Justice at the last
session contained the following clause: "And for
deSraying the expenses which may be incurred in
the enforcement of the act approved Feb. %,
1854, entitled, tAa act to amend an act ap-
proved May 80, 1S7C entitled an act to en-
force the rights Of citizens of the United States to
vote in the several States of the Union, and for
other purposes, or any acts amendatory thereof or
supplementary thereto''
tits the opinion Of dhe Attorney GenereI that the
expenses of these proceedings viii largely exceed
the amount which {aIas thus provided, and I may
rely confidently upon Congress to make adequate
to enable tle Executive Department
to enforce the laws. LAB .t#4
Congressional Elections.
I respectfully urge upon your attention that the
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