The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-12-05

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Out heartfelt gratitnde Is dre 10 the Divine !
Beine, who holds in his hands the destinies OF
hations, for the continued SestowHl, during
the last year 81 countless biessirrs ston odi
we are ~ ,,eace With III other nations. Our
bublsc credit has CIR atty improved, and is,
perhaps, NOW stronger than ever before.
OF those who tin the sol, our manufacturing
Industries are revfving aud & - belle. ed that
general prosperity, which has been SO long
ensiersl? looked for, is at last within our
leach.
THE YELLOW FEVER.
The enjoyment of health by our people gen.
orally has, however. been interrupted, during
81 sue southern States, sfeatiSs 1t emett-
Egfnsy which ssllea Tor gFomstt Sp eh'r4S Es
diseese Appehied as an epidemic
Is NcT orleans and at othef plae9ss
from the infectPd -,t,es and towns, and did
not dtseepeEf until early in November. The
STATES OF Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennes-
see have suffered severely. About one hun
dred Thousand cases are beliaveti 70 have oc-
CURED, OF which abuct twenty thousand, ac-
pOrdiaT - Intelligent estimates proved fatal.
V a. impossible TO estimate with any APP
proach % accuracy the loss To the country
occasioned by this epidemic. II is to DO
reckoned by the hundred millions OF dclfaff;
The suffering and a"sti.lti9n ihsi resntseot
the Union physicians and nttrses iastened
frQm eSers quartet to tie assistance OF, the
afflicted CON sinnitiea Voluntary contr1PuI
hois OF ln6hey Rhd supplies, In every needed
form were speedily and generously furnish
cd. The Government was able TO respond IN
some measure to the call for help, by proVid-
ing tents, medicines, and food TOR the SICK
and destitute, the requisite directions for the
purpose being given, in the confident eXpec-
tation that thus action. of the Executive
would receive the sanction OF Congressk
About eightreh hundred tents, and rations OF
the value OF about twenty five thousand dol
4 lars, were sent To cities and towns which ap,
plied for them, tall details OF which Will le
furnished 10 Uongress by the proper Depart
ment
rhe fearful spread of this pestilence has
awakened a very general public sentiment in
favor of national sanitary administration;
which shall not only control quarantine, but
have the sanitary supervision OF internai
commerce in times OF epiuemics, anu hoi9 ~
| advisory relation TO the state and municipal
health authorities with power to zeal with
/ Whatever endangers the public health, ana
which the municipal and state AUTHORITIES
! are unable TO regulate. The National Quar-
] antine act, approved April 20, 1873, which was
! passed too late in the last session OF Congress
! To provide the means for carrying 1t into
| practical operation during the past season,
! is step in the direction here Indicated. In
view of the necessity for the most effective
measures, by quarantine and otherwise, Tor
| Try generally, from this and other epideniics,
/ II is Recommended that Congress give to the
/ whole subject early and careful considera-
/ ton.
| THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS IL THE
SOUTHERN STATES.
The permanent pacifcation of the country
| by the complete protection OF all citizens IN
/ every civil and political right continues to
be Oi paramount interest with the great body
of urpeuple. Every stepin this direction IS
welcomed with public approval, and every
| interruption of steady and uniform
progress to the desired consurn.
/ nation awakens general uneasiness and
1 wide spread contemplation. The recent Con-
| gressioBal elections have furnished direct
and trustworthy test of the advance thus far
. made in the practical establishments Oh the
| right of suffrage, secured by the Constitution
| TO the liberated race in the Southern States.
| All disturbing influence-, real or imaginary,
had been removed from all OF these states.
| The three constitutional amendments,
which conferred freedom and equality of civ
| Il and political rights upon the coloreu peo-
! pie of the South, swelc adopted by the con
| current action of tie great body Il good clti-
! yens who maintained the authority of the
! National Government and the integrity and
perDetuity OF the Union at such cost oi
treasure and lie, as wise and necessary
7 embodiment in the organic law of the Just
results of the war. The people OF the former
| slave holding States accepted these results
and gave, in every practicable form, aSsur-
ances that the thirteenth, fourteenth and NJ
! teenth amendments, and laws passed in pur-
suance thereof, should in good faith, be en-
1 forced, rigidly and impartially, in letter and
spirit, To the end that the humblest citizen
without distinction of race or color, should
under them, receive full and equal protec.
ton in person and property ana Ina pohilcal
stitutional amendments, the southern
section of the Union obtained 6
large increase OF political power III
Congress and in the Electoral College, and
the country Justly expected that elections
would proceed, as to the enfranchlsed race
upon the same ciIcums ances OF legal ano
constitutional FIRE, dom ana protection which
obtained in all the other statesof the Union
The friends of law and order looked torwal G
4 TO the conduct Of these elections, as Offering
to the general judgment OF the country al
important opportunity to measure the degree
III which the right of suffrage could be eXer'
cised by the colOred people, and would be re-
spected by their fellow citizens; but more
general enjoyment of freedom of suffrage by
the colored people, and,a more just and gen
erOus protection of that freedom by the com
munitir, of which they form part, were
generally anticipated than the record of the
election disclOses. In some oil those States IL
which the colored people have been unable
TO make their opinions felt in the elections
the result is mainly due to influences mo-
easily measured or Temedied by legal pTotec
ton; but in the States of Louisiana and Soutl
CRroliba at large, and In some particular con
gressional districts outside of those States th(
T, cords of the elections seem to compel the
conclusion that the rights OF the colored vot
ers have been overridden, and their partici
patton in the elections not permitted to bt
either general or free.
1t will be for the Congress for which thes'
elections were held, to make such eNamlna
lions into their conduct as may be apprOpri
ate to determine the validity of the claims o
members to their seats. In the meanwhile i
becomes the duty of the Executive and Ju
dical Departments of the Government, eacf
in its province, to inquire into and pCnisl
violations of the laws of the United State
which have occurred. l can but repeat VIVA
i said in this connection in my last message
that whatever authority rests with me to TN
end shall not hesitate 10 put forth, and an
7 unwilling to torego a renewed appeal to TIN
legislatures, the courts, the executive au
thorities, and the people OF the States wher
these wrongs have been pcrpetrated, TO give
their assistance towards bringing to justice
the offenders and preventing a repetition o
tie crimes. No means within my power vii
be spared TO obtain a full and fair lnvestiga
tion of the alleged crimes, and to secure tn
conviction and just punishment OF the guilty
1t is TO be observed that the principal ap
/ preparation made tor the Department of Jus
tice at the last session contained the follow
fDg clause: "And for defraying the expense
which may be incurred in the enforcement o
the act approved February twenty eighth
eighteen hundred and seventy -one, entite
AN act to amend an act approves
May thirtieth, eighteen hundred an
force tRe rights Of citizens Of the Unite,
States to vote in the several States of tn
Union, and for other purposes, or any act
amendatOry Thereon or supplementary tnere
to-"
1t is the opinion of the Attorney Genera
that the expenses of these proceedings wi
largely exceed the amount which was thu
provided, and rely confidently upon Con
gress to make adequate appropriations to en-
able the Executive Department TO enforc
4 she laws. $50 KS a6rA i.aH 49,
/ respectfully urge upon your attention
that the congressional elections, in ever
district, in a very important sense, are 1ustl
q matter of political interest and concer
throughout the whole country. Each STATE
every political party, is entitled to the shar
( of power which is conferred by the legal an
constitutional suffrage. IL Is the right 9
every citizen, possessing the qualification
prescribed by law, to cast one unintimidate
ballot, and to have his ballot honestly count
ed. So long as the exercise of thispower an
the enjoyment of this right are common an
equal, practically as well as formally, SUI
mission to the results of the suffrage Will
accorded Loyalty and cheerfully, and a
the departments of Government VIII feel IN
true vigor of the popular will thus expressed
No temporary or administrative interests {
< Government, however urgent or weightl
will ever displace the zeal of our people l
defense of the primary rights of Citizenship
They understand that the protection OF lit
erty requires the maintenance, in full vigol
of the manly methods of free speech, FIRE