The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-03
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THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
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Washington, Dec. 2.-Fello,c citizens
of the Senate and House of Representa-
tires: 81
A GOOD PICTURE.
Our heartfelt gratitude is due to the
Divine Being who holds in His hands
the destinies of nations, for the con-
tinued bestowal during the last year
Of countless blessings upon ourcountry.
We are at peace with all nations; our
public credit has greatly improved, and
is, perhaps, now stronger than ever be-
fore; abundant harvests have rewarded
the labors Of those who till the soil;
our manufacturing industries are re-
yiving and it is believed that the gen.
eral prosperity which has been so long
anxiously looked for is at last within
our reach. The enjoyment of health by
our people generally, has, however, been
Interrupted during the past season by
THE PREVALENCE OF THE FATAL PES
THENCE,
yellow fever, in some portions of the
southern states, creating an emergency
which called for prompt and extraord-
mary measures Of relief.
The states of Louisiana, Mississippi
and Tennessee have suffered severely,
about one hundred thousand cases are
believed to have occurred, of which
about twenty thousand, according. to
intelligent estimates, proved fatal. 1t
is impossible to estimate with any ap-
proach to accuracy the loss to the .coun-
try occasioned by this epidemic. It is
to be reckoned BY, the hundred millions
Of dollars. 9 = The government
was able to respond in some measure to
the call for help, by providing tents.
medicine and food for the sick and des-
titute, requisite directions, for the pur-
pose being given, In confident expecta-
tion that this action Of the executive
would receive the sanction of congress.
About eighteen hundred tents and ra-
tions of the value Of about S25, 900 were
sent to the cities and towns which ap-
piled for them, full details of which will
be furnished to congress by the proper
department. The fearful spread of
this pestilence has awakened q very
general public sentiment in favor of a
NATIONAL SANITARY ADMIN1srRA-
TIOE,
which shall not only control quaran-
tine, but have sanitary supervision of
the internal commerce in times of cpl
denies and hold an advisory relation
with state and municipal health suthor-
tiles. with power to deal with whatever
endangers the public health, and whic h
the municipal and state authorities are
unable to regulate.
BULLnozINof IN THE SOUTH. 1
The permanent paciAcation' of the
country by the complete protection Of
all citizens IN every civil and political
right, continues to be paramount in
terest with the great body of our peo-
pie. Recent congressional
elections have furnished direct and
trustworthy test OF the advance thus
far made in the practical establishment
Of right of suffrage, secured by the
constitution to the liberated race in
the southern states. All disturbing In
fences, real or imaginary, had been re-
moved from all these states. y
The people of theformer slave holding
states accepted these results and gave
1t every practicable form of assurances
that the thirteenth, fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments, and laws passed
in pursuance thereof, should, in good
faith, be enforced rigidly and impartial
lily in letter and spirit, to the end that
the humblest citizens, without distinc-
tion of race or color, should, under
them, receive full and equal protection
in person and property and in political
rights and privileges. = -
| In some of those states In which the
colored people have been unable to
make their opinions felt in election,
| their result is mainly due to influences
not easily measured or remedied by
legal protection, but in the states Of
Louisiana and South Carolina at large,
and in some particular congressional
districts outside of those states, records
of the elections seem to compel to the
conclusion that
THE RIGHTS OF THE coLORED VOTERS
have been over-ridden, and their par.
ticipation in election not permitted to
be either general or free. 1t will be
for the congress for which these cleo
tions were held, to make such examin
ations INTO their conduct as may be ap
propriate to determine the validity Of
the claims Of the members to theil
seats. In the meanwhile it becomes
the duty of the executive and judicia
departments Of the government, eacf
in its province, to inquire into and pun
ish the violation of the laws of thu
laws Of the United States which have
occurred. I can but repeat what
said in this connection in my last mes
sage, that whatever authority rests
with me to this end, shall not hest