, 1880-01-01

The year, MS n Whole, shows gratifying
progress, abundant prosperity, advances in
nll departments Of business, society, religion,
literature, SCIENCE, education, md tho nrts.
III ITO direction is this nore marked than IN
our financial improvement nnh business re-
yiya1. The resumption OF spec!e-payincnts,
tho general good health Of tho people, md
tic abundant 1,Arvests have combined to re-
yiyc every branch of business, mil inaug,-
rate "boorn'' TINT shows III signs Of abate-
meut. It Inns influenced every field of labor,
and awakened demand for every product
Of Industry. 1t shows itself in the cull-
stantly-Encreasing volume of our export
products, especially Of food for those coun-
tries In Europe where industry Is diverted
from its proper sphere Of operation, either by
unjust iaws or by military necessity; III tho
reopenlng OF 'ong-eloscl Ships, and tho COLI
structfon Of ncw ones; In the building OF
,,ew railroads; in the establishment Of coil
ftlencu: In the steady and regular operation of
the ]aws Of trado; and In the lnppter and,
more contcntei condition Of nur people. III
this aggregation OF prosperity and activity
there il every incentive for present effort and
every l,ope for n successful future.
White these Is scarcely q nation III the Old
World thnt Is not involved III dangerous po-
ltttcal complications, we ire Mt peace, our
foreign relations are not disturbed, and onr
domestic relations arc sncll tint VIC enter
npon the year Of m exciting Presidential
election with not1 thought Of fear of trouble,
mich less Of var.
Onu of tlo most striking Incidents Of the
year has been tho exodus of negroes from
the South, hoping to better their condition iii
the North. Probably 10000 Of this class
hive left tilcir hotnes,-not largo number
rs compared with tho total negro 'popula-
tion, hit sufficient to warrant Democratic
Congressman In appointing II committee to
lsccrtnfu tho causes, which lie so near tho
surfuea TINT any child can see them. Since
the world was created men hnye nigrated to
better their condition, md tho sanle causes
which intpel foreigners to Our shores arc
urging the negroes to tho North, only III tho
latter case the causes are more urgent aud
pressing. Tho negro III the South has been
reduced to serftlom which IL slavery under
| another na,sle. lie Inns been stripped Of Ills
poltticnl rights md robbed Of Ills citizenship.
1to has been cheated ont Of his wages nll.1
lluutcd ,lowu with shotgun and rifle.
Ills labor Inns been soll out upon the s1,al-
| lowest legal pretcxts. lis llas virtually been
| llol,urretl from the privilege of mnking
| living, and, under tlle operation n great
natural law. l0 goes where lio can l1ayc the
right to labor and to live. That is NIL there
Is III tho negro exodus
| The health OF tho country las been ex-
cellent. Tho yollow-feycr Visited tho Sontfl,
but ii very mild form MS compared with It's
ravngcs IN 1878. No other epidemic has
! vfslteA us, md we commence tho new ycar
will, every prospect OF good health, provided
the ordinary hyRicnlc md sanitary prccarl-
t!ons are regarded.
Politically the year has been memorable
one. The Democrats commenced the year
with MI aggressive unl oven revolutionary
policy, by which they attempted to set up
Slate-riglhs doctrlnes rs applied to cleo
ttons, seeking to enforce then, by n refusal
to yote appropriations for the support Ut tic
army md tho various Departments OF the
Government. Congress, Democratic In botli
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