Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-03
HAYES MESSAGE.
His Lengthy Epistle to Congress and
the Country.
TIE sTALWARTS DISAPPOINTED
By His Refusal to Wave the Bloody
Shirt and Make War on
the South.
LET THE FINANCES ALONE
And Give Resumption and the Silver
Dollar Chance.
ALL LOVELY AND SERENE
SO Far as the Relations of the United
States and the World at
Large are Concerned.
TIE sTALWARTs DISAPPOINTED
LET THE FINANCES ALONE
And Give Resumption and the Silver
Dollar Chance.
ALL LOVELY AND sEREN
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FELLOW CITIZENS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES,: Our heartfelt gratitude Is due to
the divine being who holds in his hands the destinies
of nations for the continued bestowal, during the
last year. of countless blessings upon country.
We are at peace with all other nations. Our public
credit has greatly improved and is perhaps
stronger than ever before. Abundant haryests have
rewarded the laoors Of those who till the soil. Our
manufacturing industries are reyiving and it is be-
ueVed that the general prosperity, which has been
long anxtously looked for, is at last within our
reach.
THE YELLOW FEVER.
The enjoyment of health by people generally
has, however, been Interrupted during the past
sou by the prevalence of fatal pestilence, the yellow
fever, i'll some portions of the Southern States,
atng emergency which called for prompt and
traordinary of relief The disease appeared
at New Orleans and other places the lower Misss
sipi soon after mdsulnmer TWAS rapidly spread by
fugves from the infected towns and cities, and did
not disappear until early in November. The States
of Louisiana, Mississippi aud tennessee have suffer-
ed severely. About one hundred thousand cases are
believer to have occurred, of which about 2O,OUO
according to Intelligent estimates, proved fatal. 1t
is impossible to estimate With any proximate to accu-
Facy the loss to the country accustomed by the cpl
demc. 1t is to be reckoned by the hundred millions
OF dollars. The suffering and restitution that resulted
excited the deepest sympathy in all parts OF the
Union. Physicians and nurses fastened from every
quarter to the assistance Of tie afflicted commune
ties. Voluntary contributions of money and sup
plies ii every needed form speedily and gener
ou5iy furnished. The government able to
spond in measure to the call for help by pro-
vidng tents, medicines and food for the sick and
destitute The requisite directions for the purpose be-
ing given i'll the confident expectation that
the sanction of Congress-. About 1900
tents and ratlous of the value OF about
$4,000 sent to cities aud towns which applied
for them full details of which will be furnished to
Congress by the proper department. The fearful
spread Of this pesleuce has awakened very gen.
eral public sentiment i'll favor OF national sanitary
administration, which shall not only control qlaran-
tine but have the sanitary supervision Of internal
commerce i'll times OF eDidemics, and hold &dvi-
sorry relation to the State and municipal health au-
thorities with powers to deal with whatever endan-
gers the public health, and which the municipal and
State authorities unable to regulate. The national
quarantine act, approved April 20, 1873, which
passed late in the last hours of Congress to pro-
vide the means $or carrying it into practical oper ten
sslr n pes essoh 4. q stop IN .le aiIec.lon mere
fective by quarantine and otherwise for the
protection of our seaports and the country generally
from this and other epidemics, it is recommended
hat Congress give to the whole subject early and
tyretul consideration.
THE COLOR LINE
The permanent Iacifcation of the country by the
complete protection OF all citizens in every civil and
political right continues to be Of paramount interest
with the great body Of our people. Every step in
this direction is welcomed with public approval and
every interruption of steady and uniform progress
to the desired contamination awakens general IN
easiness and widespread condemnation. The recent
Congressional elections have furnished direct and
trustworthy of the advance thus far made in the
practical establishment OF the right Of suffrage Sc
cured by the constitution to the liberated race in the
Southern States. All disturbing influences, real or
imaginary, had been removed from all OF these States.
The constitutional amendments which conferred
freedom and equality Of civil and sl political
the South were adopted by the concurrent
action of the great body of good citizens who main
tanned the authority Of the national government and
the integrity and perpetuity Of the Union at such
cost of treasure aud life wise and necessary en-
bodimeut i'll 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 prac
ticable form assurances that the thirteenth, four
toenth and fifteenth amendments and laws passed in
pursuance thereof, should in good faith be enforced
1jgidy and impalaliy in letter and spirit to the end
that the humbest citizen without distinction OF
OF color, should under them receive fun and equal
protection i'll person and property and in political
rights and privileges. BY these constitutional
amendments the southern section Ct the Union OBJ
tanned large increase of political in Congress
and i'll the electoral college, and the country justly
expected that elections would proceed, as to The en-
franchised race, upon the same circumstances of
legal and constitutional freedom and protection
which obtained III all the other States OF the
Union. The friends of law and order looked forward
TO the conduct of these elections Offering to the
general judgment of tho country an important OPP
portuniy to measure the degree i'll which the right of
suffrage could be exercised by the colored people,
and would be respected by their fellow citizens. But
the coloied people, and more just and generous
protection OF that freedom, by the communities OF
which they form part, were generally anticipated,
than tbs record of the elections discloses. In of
those States in which colored people have been unable
to make their opinions felt in the election, the result
ia mainly due to influences not easily measured
the States of Louisiana and South
Carolina at large, and in particular
Congressional districts outside Of these States, the
records of the election seem to compel the conclu-
sion that the rights Of colored voters have been over
den and their participation il the elections not per-
mtted to be either general or 1ree 1t will be for the
Congress FOR which these elections had to make
such examination into thoir conduct as may be ap
prQpriate to determine the validity of the claims of
members to the seats. In the meanwhile it becomes
the duty OF the executive and judicial departments
of the government, each in its province, to inquire
into and punish violations of the laws
Of the United States which have oc-
Cured. but repeat what
said in this connection, in my last message, that
whatever authority rests with me, to this end shall
not hesitate to put forth, and am unwilling to fore
go renewed appeal TO the legislatures the courts,
the executive authorities and the people OF the States
where the wrongs have been perpetrated to give their
assistance towards bringing to justice the offenders
and preventing a repetition of the crime. No means
within my power will be spared to obtain full and
fair investigation of the alleged Crimes and to Sc
cure the conviction and just punishment of the
guilty.
It 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
defraying the expenses which may be incurred in the
act approved Feb. 90, 1871 entitled act to amend
act approved May 3o 1870 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, any acts aInendatory thereof or supple
lnentary thereto 1t is the opinion of the attorney
general that the expenses Of these proceedings will
largoly exceed the amount which was thus provided,
aud I rely confidently upon Co gress to make ade-
cato appropriations to enable the executive depart
ment TO enforce the laws.
respectfully urge upon your attention that the
Congressional elections in every district, in very
important sense, justly matter of interest and
concern throughout the whole country. Each State
aud every political party is entitled to share of
power which is conferred by the legal and eonsttu-
tona suffrage. 1t is the right Of every citizen pos
sessing the qualifications prescribed by law to cast
untindated ballot and to have his ballot honest
ly counted. So long as the exercise of this
power and the enjoyment of this right are common
and equal, practically well as formally, submission
to the results of the suffrage will be accorded loyalty
and cheerfuly, and all the departments of the gov
eminent will feel the true vgor of the popular will
thus expressed. No temporary administrative in
forests Of government, however urgent or weghty,
will dspace the zeal OF our people in defense OF
the primary rights of citizenship. They understand
that the protection Of liberty requires the mante-
ance iii full vigor of the manly methods OF free
ech, free press and free suffrage, and will sustain
Full authority Of the government to enforce the