Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-05


appropriation made for the Department
# Justice at its last session contained
he following clause: "And for defray =
ng the expenses which may be incur
ed in the enforcement of the act ap'
proved February tweDty'elghth, eigb'
cen hundred and seventy'one, en-
tiled An act to amend an act approx
ID May thirtieth, eighteen hundred
nd seventy, entitled An act to enforce
he rights of citizens of United States
q vote in the several States of the
Union, and for other purposes or any
IctS amendstOry thereof or supplement
Ory thereto.
1t is the opinion of AttOrney'Gen'
,ral that the expenses of these proceed
ugs will largely exceed the amount
which was thus provided, and rely
upon Congress to make
adequate appropriations to enable the
Executive Department to enforce the
avs.
| respectfully urge upon your atten'
ion that the Congressional elections,
n every district, in a very important
sense, are justly matter of political
interest and concern throughout the
whole country. Each State, every
political party, is entitled to the share
)f power which is conferred by the
egal and Constitutional suffrage. II is
5he right OF every citizen, possessing
me qualifications prescribed by law, TO
;aSt one untimidated ballot, and IL
have his ballot honestly counted. So
ong H5 the eXerciS ni rais power and
-he eDjOymeIt VI tals right are com
mon and eqI Ial, practically as well a
formally, submiS5ion to the results OF
suffrage will be accorded Loyalty and
cheerfuily, and all the departments oi
Government will feel the true vigor o!
the popular will thus expressed. No
or administrative interests
Jf Government. however urgent or
will ever displace the zeal oi
Of our people in defence OF the primary
rights OF citizenship. They understand
that the protection OF liberty requires
the maintainance, in full vigor, of the
manly methods of free speech, free
suffrage, and will sustain the full
of Government to enforct
the laws which are framed 10 preserve
these ineStimaOle rights. The material
progress aud welfare of the State de-
pend on the protection accorded TO their
citizens. There Can be no peace with.
)ut such protection, no prosperity
without peace, and the whole country
IS deeply Interested in the growth and
of ali its parts.
While the country has not reached
complete unity of feeling and recipco'
eal confidence between the cOnnun
III so lately and so seriously estrang
ID, | feel an absolute assurance thai
The tendencies are in that direction.
and with increasing force. The power
Jf public opinion will override al
political prejndiceS and all sectional or
State attachments, in demanding tAat
all over our wide territory the namt
and character Of citizen of the United
States shall mean one and the same
thing, and carry with them unchal'
enged security and respect.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Having disposed OF the Southern
question, the President takes up in
.neir order the subjects discussed by
lead5 of the several departments, be-
ginning with the foreign relations o!
,he United States. Our relations with
)ther couatries continue peaceful. On
in contests between foreign
powers has been maintained aud re
pecteI. The histo y of the fisheries
award, and Of the diplomatic cores
Dondenca which grew out of it, and
)ut of the provision added by Congress
It its last session, to the appropriation
or the payment of the award, is briefly
old, and the payment of money to
treat Britain is reported. No legiSla'
ion OH the subjsct Is recommended.
THE FINANCES.
The report of the Secretary of the
Treasury furnishes IA detailed statement
# the operations OF that department of
he government, and of the condition
# the public finances.
The ordinary revenues from all sour.
es for the fiscal year ended June so,
S78, were S257 ,763, ,S7S.7 20; the ordinary
for the same period were
236, ,964 326. .S0-leaving surplus rev.
nue. for the year of S20,799, SOL so.
The receipts Tor the present fiscal
ear, ending June 80, 1879, actual and
5timated, are as follows. Actual re-
eipts for the first quarter commencing
uly 1, 1873, $73. .3S9, ,74343; estimated
ecept5 for the remaining three quar-.
9rs of the year, $19I, no. ,256 81; total
aceiptS for the current fiscal year, &C.
lal and estimated, 1854, 5000 The
for the same period will
e, actual and estimated, rs follows:
or the quarter commencing July l,
S1S actual Xpenditurps, ,S73, 334 ,573. q;
nd for the remaining three quarters OF
ne year, the expenditures are estima'
I'd at S166, 755, 426. the total
expenditures, S240, 100, 900; and leaving
4 estimated surplus revenue, for the
ear ending June 80, 1879, of S24, 4,4O0,-
Do.
The total receipts during the next
seal year, ending June 80, 1880, esti.
lated according to existsng laws, will
g S264, 800, 600; and the estimted ordi.
ary expenditures for the same period
ill be S236, ,320, ,4l2 6S; leaving a sur.
lu5 of $2S, ,179, ,507. 81 for that year.
10 the foregoing statements of eX'
actual and estimated, no
mount is allowed for the sinking fund
r0vided for by the act approved Feb.
}, 1862, which requires that one per
mt of The entire debt of the United
-ates shall be purchased or paid with.
each fiscal year, to be set apart as a
mixing fund. There has been, how.
yer, substantial compliance with the
'nditions of the law. By its terms,
Ie public debt should have been re:
iced between 1862 and the close ofI
Ie last fiscal year, S51S, ,361 ,8O6.2S; the
'tual reduction of the ascertained |
sbt, in that period, has been $720, GIL.
9.6l; being in excess of ihe reduction
quired by the sinking fund act
OF, 2S2, 933. 80.
The amount OF the public debt, less
sh in the Treasury, Nov. 1, 1878, was
,024, 200, ,0S3 1S-a reduction since the
me date last year, of S23, 15O, O,6lS.3 80.
The progress made during the last
'ar, in refunding the public debt at
wer rates OF Interests, is very gratify-
2. The amount of per cent bonds
Id during the present year prior to
0vember 23,1878, is $1O0, ,27O, SOC, ,and 6
r cent bonds, commonly known as
'e-twenties, to an equal amount, have {