The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-12-05
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER ), 1873.
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Thu RSDAY, DECEMBER ,, lS.S.
TEE PRESIDENTS NE'Si.E.
The annual message Of President Hayes,
read before Congress yesterday, is present
ed in full in our columns this morning.
The President begins with an expression
Of thanks 10 the Almighty for peace at
home and abroad, for the abundant har-
vests that have rewarded the labors OF the
hugbaldmau during the past year, and Tor
The encouraging prospect which he Is
able to discern in the rear future,
% The E-turn Il commercial and industrial
prosperity. lie REFER, in the usual tor
mai l,.ul-. to our amicable relations with
all foreign governments, calls attention to
the reports q the various heads OF depart
ments, summarizes the receipts and dis
blrsements OF the government, recommends
sundry appropriations, etc. But the two
features OF the message that will elicit the
mcst public attention and public discussion
are the first two subjects treated Of, and des-
ignated by the sub headings "lel-
low Fever" and the Permanent Pacin-
cation Of the Country" Herein he recounts
the rayages Of the terrible pestilerce in the
South during the past summer, and calls
the attention OF Congress TO the action OF
the departments in taking such measures to
supply tents, iood and medicines 10 the sui
iererz. as the exigencies Of the case appear
ed to demand-measures which the public
sentiment Of the country fully and cordial
" endorses and sppIauds, and which Con-
gress will, no doubt, fully and promptly
rafifv. The recommendation OF the estab-
lishnent by Congress Of a National
Sanitary Board, TO have general
supervision of the sanitary. arrange
ments Of the country, is. wise and timely
and deserves to be promptly crystalized in
the form Of law.
But the portion Of the message that has
been most anIiousIy looked for and that
viii be read with greatest inter ST, is that
wherein the President discusses the South
ern question. Upon this point he states
his opinions very clearly ard positively.
lie states, in very plain terms, that the 18th,
18th and 9Th amendments TO the Constitu-
ton, designed 10 confer the rights of cit
zenship upon The. colored people, have
been grossly violated in many
sections OF the South, notably in the States
Of South Carolina and louisiana, where, he
says, the records Of the late elections show
that the rights Of the colored people were
over-ridden, and their participation in the
elections was not permitted TO be either
general or full. He calls attention TO the
fact that all disturbing influences, real or
imaginary, had been removed from these
States, that the regulation and control Of
their affairs had been left solely in the
hands OF their own people, and notwith-
standing the fact that the most solemn
assurances had been given by them that
the terms of the constitutional amendments
should be observed in letter and spirit, the
colored people were deprived of the right of
the free exercise Of their suffrage. The
President expresses the disappointment of
Southern people have violated their
pledges in this particular, and declares that
whatever authority rests with him shall be
put forward to bring TO justice all parties
responsible for these outrages. No
means within his powsr, he says,
will be spared TO obtain full and fair in
VestiSation of the alleged crimes, and to Sc
cure the conviction and just punishment Of
the guilty. To this end he asks an addi-
tiOnal appropriation 10 defrsy the e1pen
seq OF the Department OF Justice
The President is thoroughly in earnest
in this matter, and his determination to
bring TO justice those who have violated the
terms Of the Constitution, and outraged the
most sacred rights Of citizenship, will receive
the hearty and cordial endorsement of every
Republican OF the country, and Of all
these members of the opposition who desire
10 see all classes treated with Justice and
fairness.
The message, taken altogether, is 2 very
carefully prepared document, but in the
main confines itself TO the statement Of
facts, without suggestions, modesty de-
ierring TO the wisdom OF Congress.