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VOL. XIX.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 1877.
NO. 55
CONGRESS.
■•th Hiwn Adjourned Sunday Noon
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With lain i ia, March 4.— Blaine,
Main*, from th* Conference Oommitta*
on th* Army Appropriation bill, reported
that th* oommittM had been unable to
agree. Thar* war* twopointa upon whioh
th* eontaranoe disagreed. Th* Orat waa
in regard to th* redttetion of th* armyto
17,000 man, to whioh tha Senate eonfer-
oee would not agree. Th* neat point of
difference waa in regard to tha 5th seo-
tion of the Honae bill, forbidding tha nae
of the army to anpport tha olaima of rival
Government* or Legislature* in Loniaiana
and Booth Oarolin*.
Tha Hona* oonfereu took the ground
that they wonld not, nnder any oironm-
atancaa, oonaant to tha paaaaga of the
Army bill without thia 5th aaotion in it.
In hia opinion tha loaa of the army
appropriation bill would b* a very amall
.evil oomparad with the aaanmption on
tha part of Oongrea* to any what the
Preaidaat of th* United State* ahonld or
ahould not do with th* army. He wonld
lik* to have a new conference, but pre
ferred that tha Houa* ahould aak for it,
and at hi* request tha report waa laid
aaida for tha praaant. Subsequently he
moved that th* Senate inaiat upon ita
amandmant, and aak for a new oonfer
•nee with the Houam
Agreed to.
Obarlee L. Boott'a diaabilitiea were re
moved.
Hr. Patteraon,of South Carolina, moved
to take np the Honae bill to remove the
diaabilitiea impoeed by the third aaotion
of th* 14th artiole of the amendment of
th* Oonatitution of the United Statea,
but Hr. Spenoer, of Alabama, objected,
and the bill went over.
Several Senator* appealed to him to
withdraw th* objeotion, but he deolined
to do ao.
The legialativ* bill paaaed with the
Praeldent’a aalary at $50,000.
On motion of Hr. Blaine the Senate
further insisted upon ita amendment* to
the army appropriation bill end ordered
a new conference with the Houae of Rep
reaentative*.
Heaara. Blaine, Alliaon and Wallaoe
were appointed conferee* on the part of
th* Senate.
Aftet farther routine buaineas in the
Senate, Hr. Blaine, from th* Conferenoe
Committee oa army appropriation bill,
aaid there had been a third conference on
that bill without any agreement, and he
daeired that the Senate ahould nnderatand
the exact condition of affaire. Tha confer
ee* on the pert of the Houae, while
not inaiating on the letter or the
6th aaotion of th* army bill, firmly main
tained that they wonld oonaant to the pern
age of no appropriation bill for th* army
that ahall not contain auch restrictions
upon tha President in regard to the uae
of U. S. troops in Louisiana as will pre'
vent him from installing and maintaining
the Packard Government. The Senate
eonfereea felt compelled to risk a failure
of th* bill rather than Insert that provi
sion. It wonld be an invasion of the
constitutional right* of the President to
which they oould not oonsent. There
wen not to-day between the Potomao and
the border* of Texas one thousand Federal
troops, and the whole idea of any liberty
being endangered was a nightmare. If
th* conferees of the Senate should receive
no instructions, they would meet the
House eonfereea again but would not
oonaant to the passage of any army bill
with the objeotionabl* section in.
Hr. Dawes, of Haaaaohuaetts, aaid be
thought the Senate conferees had fully
expressed th* views of th* Senate.
Hr. Wallaoe, of Pennsylvania,'aaid as
on* of th* confers** on the part of the
Senate, he had been ready to aooept the
Senate bill, bnt the House oonf erees would
not agree to it. He submitted to the
conference a proposition that, if armed
collision, or snob imminent danger of
ended collision as shall require the Pres,
•dent to ehsnge the present attitude of
th* troops of th* United States now in the
State* of Louisiana and South Carolina,
ahall ooour during one year hereafter,
that then, in th* opinion of Congress, an
extraordinary occasion has arisen as pro
vided for in the Constitution, under
which the President is authorized to con
vene both honae* of Congress. In his
opinion it was impossible to get the two
committees to agree.
Hr. Blaine aaid be made a proposition
to empower the President of th* United
States to reduce the army to 20,000 men
daring the year, if, in hia discretion, it
wonld be proper to do so, but it was not
fifth section of the bill whioh related to
the usq of the army in Loniaiana and
South Carolina. In order that tha Hona*
might know exactly on what ita confer***
insisted, he had reduced to writing the
subject of it, and would sand it to th*
clerk's desk to be road.
The elerk then road a* follows: Th*
conferees on th* part of th* House, while
not insisting on th* letter of th* fifth sec
tion of army appropriation bill, main
tained that they would consent to the
passage of no army appropriation bill
whioh would not oontain auch restrictions
on the President in regard to the us* of
troops in Louisiana as will prevent him
from installing and maintaining the Pack
ard government. [Henitsatattens of ap-
pUnaaj
Brown, of Kentuoky—Why is South
Carolina omitted ?
Horrison—Tha same principle obtains
to it.
Brown—Then that is understood to ap.
ply to both 7
Horrison—Yes, air.
Beading continued: Th* difieronoe of
opinion between the two house* is so rad
ical as to make it unnecessary to attempt
any agreement on the subject. Th* Sen
ate conferees insist that no restriction
shall be put upon the President in the
matter of the use of troop* in Louisiana
or South Carolina.
Foster, of Ohio—Or anywhere else.
Cox, of New York—There is no new
legislation in on* sense. In the Kansas
matter years ago th* Republicans made a
similar issue in the famous fight on the
army bill, when they were led by Henry
Winter Davis, bat the time for argument
is pest. Thia bill has failed because force
and fraud have prevailed [“Oh, bosh 1’’
and other expression of contempt from
the Republican aid* of the House], Fores
and fraud! When I said fraud I did not
point to you, gentlemen. [Laughter],
Foster, another member of the Refer
ence Committee, rose to make a proposi
tion.
The Speaker to Horrison—Will the
gentleman from Illinois indicate what
motion he desires to submit.
Horriaon—That the House adhere toils
disagreement. [“That is it!” and other
manifestations of approval on the Demo-
ocratio aide.] •
Foster then submitted hi* proposition
which was in the shape of a new bill ap
propriating one half the sum appropriated
by the last army appropriation bill, $12,-
993,683 for the half of th* flaoal year.
A shower of objections cam* from th*
Demooratio side of the Houae.
Foster—If the House ia unwilling to
make an appropriation for half a year, let
the appropriation be for three months.
This proposition was repelled in like
manner on tha Demooratio aide of the
House with shouts of “Not for three
days!” “Not for one day!" [Gnat ex
citement],
Foster—Then the responsibility must
rest on you.
Horrison and others—W* take th* re
sponsibility.
Th* yeas and nays were then ordered
on Horrison’* motion to adhere, and th*
olerk commenced to call tha roll at 11:50
amid great confusion and exoitement.
When the hands on the elook dial indica
ted five minute* before noon, and when
it was a physioal impossibility to oonelude
the oall, the Speaker interrupted it ros
and delivered his vslediotory.
EXTRA SESSION OFSENATE
NEW SENATORS AND VICE PRESIDENT
WHIILIR SWORN IN.
No further notion was taken upon the
th* measure.
Hr. Ferry pronounoed his vslediotory,
and the hammer fell at noon.
At 11:30, after muoh hurried busineae
of little importance, Horriaon of Dlinois,
from the last conference oommittee
on th* army appropriation rose to
■sake a report As soon sa there was
some degree of stillness restored, he said
that then were several subjects in con
troversy, »»d that all of them might be ac-
■, and that waa th*
ADJOURNED TO TUE8DA Y.
Objections to Morgan of Alabama, Lamar,
of Mississippi, Kellogg of Louisiana,
and Butler and Corbin of
South Carolina, and
All Lie Over-
Addresses.
Washington, Hatch 5.—The Senate
was called to order by Secretary Gorham,
as Hayes entered.
The proclamation, convening the Sen
ate in extra session, was read.
Ferry was elected President pro tern.
The oath of office waa administered to
Hr. Ferry, and upon taking the ohair he
■aid: Senators, aooept my sinoar* ac
knowledgements for this renewal of yonr
oourtesy and oonfidenoe. I will at onoe
enter upon the duties of the Chair.
He then direoted the Heoretary to oall
the roll of Senators newly elected, and re
quested them to present themselves ia
fours to be sworn in.
The following Senators were sworn in:
Anthony,Beck,Blaine,Hoar,Davis of Dlin.
ois, Davis of West Virginia,Klrkwook,He
Pherson, Plumb,Rollins, Baulabory,Saun
ders, Teller, Windom, Coke, Garland,
Harri*,Benjamin Hill, Johnston and Ran
som.
Hr Bogy, of Uiasouri, objected to the
oath being administered to Hr. Kellogg
and said be objected to his being sworn
in, beoause the Senate knew there were
two Legislatures in Loniaiana, and th*
oase should be referred to tbs Committee
on Privileges and Eleotion* for a report as
to whioh of these Legislatures had th*
right to elect a Senator.
Hr. Anthony, of Rhode Island, submit
ted a resolution that the credentials of
Senators eleoted in all disputed or contes
ted cases lie upon the table until to-mor
row.
Hr. Thurman, of Ohio, aaid thia was
rather a dangerous experiment to adopt a
general resolution, a* under it any capti
ous objections oould prevent a Senator
from being sworn in. He thought each
osss had better stand on ita own merits,
and therefore moved to amend th* reso
lution so aa to provide that th* creden
tials of Wm. P. Kellogg lie upon the table
until to-morrow.
Hr. Oonkling aaid, while he concurred
in th* viewe of th* Senator
from Ohio (Hr. Thurman), ha suggested
that the Senate was sitting now rather
for a ceremonial purpose than for the
purpose of business, and it waa not desir
able to be detained by re
peated divisions, as no one would suffer
by having hia credentials laid over until
to-morrow. He appealed to th* Senator
from Ohio (Hr. Thurman), to let th* gen*
era! resolution pass, as be did not be
lieve any captious objeotion would be
made. Before the Senate transacted any
business, this question of thee* creden
tials would be encountered in each ease.
He. Thurman aaid, on th* suggestion of
the Senator from New York, who express
ed the opinion that no captious objeotion
would be made, he withdrew hia amend
ment.
The resolution of Hr. Anthony was
then agreed to, and Hr. Kellogg was not
sworn in.
Hr. Spenoer, of Alabama, aaid he ob
jected to the oath being administered to
the Senators elect from Alabama and Hla-
sissippi—John T. Horgan and L. Q. G:
Lamar—and he did ao on aooount of the
evidence now before the Committee on
Privileges and Elections. Their creden
tials were therefore laid on th* table
nntil to-morrow, and the oath waa not ad
ministered to them.
The President pro tern announced that
there were two sets of credentials from
the State of South Carolina, and there
was but one vaoanoy.
Hr. Gordon, of Georgia, objeoted to
the oath being administered to any on*
olaiming a seat from that State, and the
credentials of Corbin and Bntler were also
laid over until to-morrow.
Wben the name of LaFayette Grover,
Senator eleot from Oregon was called he
did not respond.
The Senators not objected to having
been sworn in as above stated, Hr. Ferry
asked if the Vioe President of the United
State* eleot waa ready to take the oath of
offioe.
After a few minutes Wm A. Wheeler an
tered the Senate Chamber, leaning on the
arm of Hr. HoOreery of the Oommittee
of Arrangements, and was esoorled to the
deak of -the presiding officer, when Hr.
Ferry said:
“I have great pleasure in presenting
the Vioe President of the United States. ”
Hr. Wheeler made a brief address.
At the conclusion of Hr. Wheeler's re.
marks, Hr. Ferry retired from th* ohair,
saying :
“With great pleasure, Hr. Vice Presi
dent, I surrender the Chair to you."
The Vioe President then announced the
Senate wonld prooeed to the centre por-
tioo of the Capitol to witness the inaugu
ration of the President, and the prone*
sion was formed by Deputy Sergeant-at-
Arms Christie, according to the pro
gramme already published, and left the
ohambor.
At 12:60 p. m. the Senate returned and
the Vioe President resumed th* Ohair,
Hr. Hamlin, of Haine, submitted a res
olution thst a oommittee of three Sena
tors be appointed by the Vioe President
to wait upon the President of the United
States, and inform him that a quorum of
the Senate has assembled, and that the
Senate will be pleased to reoeive any com
munioation he may be pleased to make.
A^eed to, and Hessrs. Hamlin, Hor
ton and Ransom were appointed as snob
oommittee.
Hr. Horton moved that when the Sen
ate adjourned to day, it be to meet Wed
nesday at 12 o'olook.
Mr. Hamlin opposed the motion, and
said when the oommittee ahould wait up
on the Preaident, he would no doubt re
ply that he was ready to oommunioste
with the Senate immediately, therefor*
the Senate should be in session to reoeive
such communication.
Hr. Horton withdrew h<s motion, add
the Senate at 1:35 adjourned till 12 o'olook
to-morrow.
Hit. FRAUDULENCY.
HAYKS SWORN IN SATURDAY.
EXIBI XlFAVaURAXi
Fair Word* to bo Proven by Aotlon* 1
Ceremonial—Cabinet Speculation*—Doug-
lau' Apoloey to Lamar.
HATES SWOBN IN SATURDAY.
Washington, D. O., Msroh 4.—Ur.
Hayea took the oath of offioe in the “red
room" of the White House, at 7 o'olook
last evening. The oath waa administered
by Chief Jostle* Wait*. There were no
witneeaes.
OBAMT aAd HATH*.
No unusual incidents have oocumd.
President Grant remained at th* Capitol
until noon signing bill*. Th* new Preai
dent has done no official aot that has been
made public.
HAVES' INAUGURAL.
IN NEW YORK.
FLAGS RAISED—THE HUN PUTS FLAG AT HALF
MAST, UNION DOWN.
New York, Hsrch 6.—Flags were dis-
playcd on the pest office and other Fed
eral bnildings and throughout the oity to
day in honor of the inanguretion of Presi
dent Hayes, but none were hoisted over
the Oity Hall, and that on the Sun build
ing was at half-mast, union down. The
Kxpree* reports that e party of men en
tered the Sun building to pnll down the
flag, hut were prevented by the polioe.
LOUISIANA.
Cel. Berke Interview* Hnyee
Leave* hr New Orleans.
Special It Enquirer-Sun.]
Washington, Hsrob 4.—Col. E. A.
Burke, representing the Nioholl’i govern
ment of Louisiana, is known to have hsd
en interview with President Hayea to
night.
Col. Burke left for New Orletne to-night
without hiving oommunioated with any
on* the nature of the interview. The feet
of the interview itaelf transpired by aooi-
dent.
The management of the Nioholl* ease
by Col. Bnrke is highly oommended in all
eirolea. The Preaident expreseed himaeif
to this stfeot to the Lonieiena delegations.
UK FOLLOWS SUIT.
Washington, Heroh 6.— Fellow -‘Citl
sens: We have assembled to repeat the
publio ceremonial began by Washington,
observed by ell my predecessors, and now
a time-honored onetom, whioh marks th*
oommenoement of e new term of the
Presidential offioe.
Celled to the duties of this greet trust,
I prooeed, in oompliene* with usage, to
annonnoe some of the leading principle*
on the subjects that now ohiefly engsge
the pnblio attention, by wbiob it is my
desire to be guided in lb* disoharge of
those duties.
Ha laxs down Monvae, hot psimolflbs.
I shall not undertake to lay down, irre
vocably, the principles or measures of my
administration, but rather to (peek of the
motives whioh Bhonld animate ns, end to
snggeet oertein important ends to be at.
tsined in aooordanoe with our institutions,
and essential to the welfare of our coun
try.
HE REPEATS THE SENTIMENTS OF HIS ACOtP
TANGE LETTER.
At the outset of the discussions whioh
proceeded the reoent Presidential elec
tion, it seemed to me fitting that I should
make known my sentiments in regard to
several of the important questions whioh
then appeared to demand the considera
tion of th* country. Following the ex-
ample, and in pert adopting the language
of one of my predeogsora, I wish now
when every motive for misrepresents
tion he* passed ewey, to repeat
whet wee said before the
eleotion that my countrymen will oandid-
ly weigh and understand, end that they
will feel assured thst the sentiments de
clared in acoepting the nomination for
the Presidency will be the standard of my
eondnot in the path before me, charged
ae I now am with tha grave and difflenlt
task of carrying them ont in the praotieal
administration of the government, ao far
aa depends under the Constitution and
laws on the Chief Executive of the na
tion. Tha
PXBMANENT PACIFICATION
of the oonntry upon snoh principles, and
by anoh measures aa will aeoure tha oom-
plete protection of all ita oitisans in the
free enjoyment of ail thair constitutional
rights ia now the one aubjeot in our pub
lio affairs, whioh all thoughtful and pa
triotic oitixena regard aa of auprema im
portance.
THR SOUTH HAS NOT RECEIVED FULL BLESS
INGS.
Many of the calamitous effeota of the
tremendous revolution, whioh has passtd
over the Bouthern States, still remain.
The immeasurable benefits whioh will
sorely follow sooner or later, the hearty
and generous aooeptanoe of the legitimate
results of that revolution have not yet
been realised. Diffioolt and embarrassed
questions meet ns at the threshold of thia
■nbjeot. The people of those Btetee are
still impoverished, and the inestimable
blessing* of wise and honest, peaoefnl,
local self-government is not folly on
joyed.
LOCAL SXV-GOVXRNMXNT XBORMABT.
Whatever difference of opinion may
exist as to the oause of thia oondition of
things the feat is alesr that in the pro
gress of events, the time has come when
snoh government is the imperative neoea-
aity required by all the varied intereata,
pnblic and private, of those States.
WHAT IS TRUE SELF-GOVERNMENT?
But it must not be forgotten that only a
looal government whioh reoognizea and
maintains inviolate the rights of all ia a
trne self-government with reapaot to the
two distinct races whose paonllar re
lations to eaeh otbsr have brought upon
u< the deplorable oomplioationa and per
plexities whioh exist in tboae States. It
mast be a government wbiob guards the in
tereata of both races carefully and equally.
It mast be a government whioh submits
loyally and heartily to the Constitution
and the lawa—the laws of the nation and
the lawa of the Statea themselves—aooept-
ing and obeying faithfully the whole Con
stitution as it is. Resting upon this sure
and substantial foundation, the super,
■traction of benifioent local govenmanta
can be bnilt op, and not otherwise.
LOSE SIOHT OF PABTT.
In furtherance of such obedienoe to the
letter and the spirit of tha Conattintion,
and on behalf of all that its attainments
applies, all so-called party intonate lose
thair importance end party lines may well
be permitted to fade into inaignifieanoa.
SHALL THEBE RE ORDER OB AHAROHI ?
The question we have to consider for
tha immediate welfare of those Btetee of
i th* Union is the question of governmen
or no government, of social order,and all
tha peaoefnl industries and tha happiness
that beloags to it, or a return to barbs
rlsm. It is a question in whioh every
oitiaen of the nation ia deeply interested,
end in respeot to whioh wo ought not to
be, ip a partisan sense, either Repnblioans
or DamooraU, but fellow-eitiaena and
fellow men, to whom the intereata of a
common oonntry and a common human
ity are identioal end dearest.
BMANOIPATION WISE, JUST AND PROVIDEN
TIAL.
The aweeping revolution of the entire
labor system of e large portion of our
oonntry, end the edvsnoe of four millions
of people from a oondition of servitude to
that of oltiienehip, upon an equal foot
ing with their torpier master*, oould
not oeeur without 'presenting problems of
the gravest moment) to be dealt with by
th* emaneipetep r*oe,by their former
ters and by th* General Government, the
author of th* aot of emancipation. Thst
it wee a wise, just end providential aot,
fraught with good for all oonoernad, ia
now generally oonoeded throughout th*
oountry.
OBLIGATION OF GOVERNMENT TO TER BLACKS.
That a moral obligation nils upon th*
National Government to employ ite con
stitutional power and inflnenoe, and to
establish the rights of the people it he*
emancipated, and to proteot them in the
enjoyment of their right* when they ere
infringed or assailed, is also generally
admitted.
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE FOB LOCAL GOVERN
MENT.
The evils whioh offset the Southern
States oau only be removed or
remedied by the united and
harmonious efforts of both raoaa ac
tuated by motives of mutual sympathy
and regard, and while in duty bound and
fully determined to proteot the rights of
all by every constitutional means at tha
disposal of my administration, I am sin
cerely anxious to use every legitimate in.
fluence in favor of honest and efficient
looal self-government,as the true resource
of those States for the promotion of the
contentment and prosperity of their oiti.
reus.
WHAT HE WILL DO.
In the effort I shall make to aooomplish
this purpose, I ask the cordial oo-oper*
tion of all who oherish an interest in the
welfare of the oountry, trusting that party
ties and the prejudice of race will be free
ly surrendered in behalf of tba groat pur
pose to be aoeompliahed in tb* impor
tant work of restoring the South.
MATEUIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THR SOUTH.
It is not the political situation alone
that merits attention. The material de
velopment of that aaotion of the oonntry
has bean arrested by the social and polit
ical revolntion through whioh it has paaa
ed, and now needs and deserves the con
siderate care of the National Government
within the just limits presorlbed by the
Conatitntion and wise publio eoonomy.
FREE EDUCATION THR BASIS OF IMPROVE
MENT.
Bat at tbe basis of all prosperity for
that, as well as for every other part of
the oonntry, lies the improvement of the
intelleotnal and moral condition of the
people. Universal suffrage ahould rest
upon universal education To thia end
liberal and permanent ‘provisions should
be made for the anpport of free aohoola
by tba State governments, sod, if need
be, supplemented by legitimate aid from
national authority.
ABOLISHMENT OF SECTIONS AND COLOR LINE.
Let me assure my countrymen of the
Southern States, tbht it is my earnest de
sire to regard and promote their interests,
the interests of the white and of the col
ored people both, and equally, and to pat
forth my best efforts in behalf of a eivil
policy, which will forever wipe ont in
oar political affairs the color line and the
distinction between North and South, to
the end that we may have, not merely a
united North, or united South, bnt
united oountry.
BEAL CIVIL SERVICE REFOBM
I ask the attention of tbe publio to the
paramount necessity of reform in our
pivil servioe, a reform not merely aa to
certain abuses and praotiees of so-oalied
official patronage, which have acme to
have the aanelion of usage in the several
departments of oar Government, bat a
ebange in the system of appointment
itaelf—s reform that ahall be thorough,
radieal and aomplete—a return to the
principles and practices of tbe founders of
the Government. They neither expected
nor desired from pnblio officers any
partisan servioe. They meant that publio
officers should owe tbeir whole servioe to
tbe Government and to tbe people. They
meant that the offloer should be seonre in
tenure as long as his personal character
remained untarnished, and the perfor
mance of his duties satisfactory. They
held that appointments to office were not
to be made nor expected merely as re
wards for partisan services, nor msreiy in
the nomination of members of Congri
as being entitled in any raapeot to the
oontrol of each appointments. The fact
that both great political parties of the
oonntry in declaring their prineiplea
prior to tbe election gave a prominent plaee
to the aubjeot of reform of onr oivil ser
vice, recognising and strongly urging its
necessity, in terms almost identioal in
tbeir speoiflo import with those I have
here employed, must be accepted as a
conclusive argument in bobalf of these
measures. It must be regarded as the
expreeaion of the united voice and will of
the whole oonntry upon this subject, and
both political parties are virtually pledged
to give it their nnreaolved support.
HE HRBVRS BIS PARTY BIST WHO IERV1
HIS COUNTRX REST.
Tba Preaident of tbe United States of
neeaaaity owee hia eleotion to offioe to tha
snffrage and xealons labors of a political
party, th* members of which ohariah with
arder, and regard as of essential impor
tance the prinoiples of tbeir party organi
sation ; bnt ha ahonld atrive to be always
mindfnl of the feet that he serves hia
party beat who serves the oonntry best.
RECOMMENDS A PRESIDENT FOB SIX TEARS
AND NO BE-ELEOTION.
In furtherance of the reform we seek,
end in otheMmportent respects e ohsnge
of greet importanoe, I recommend an
amendment to the Constitution prescrib
ing the term of Bix years for the Presiden*
tisl offioe and forbidding e re-eleetion.
With reapeet to the
FINANCIAL CONDITION
of the oonntry, I shall not attempt an ex
tended bistoiy of the embarrassment and
prostration whioh we have suffered daring
tbe peat three years. The depression in
ail onr varied, oommercisl and mennfao-
tnring intereata throughout tbe oonntry,
whioh began in September, 1873—still
oontinnee. It is very gratifying,however,
to be able to say thst there are indications
all around ns of a coming ohsnge to pros
perous times. Upon tbe enrreney ques
tion, intimately oonneoted as it wu with
this topic, I may be permitted to repeat
here the statement made in my letter of
acoeptanoe, that in my judgment “the
feeling of onoertainty inseparable from
en irredeemable paper onrrenoy, with ite
fluctuations of vslnea, ia one of the great
est obstacles to a return to prosperous
The only safe paper onrrenoy is
one whioh rests upon a coin basis, and i*
at all times end promptly oonvertable into
ooin.” I adhere to the views heretofore
expressed by me in favor of Congressional
legislation in behalf of an
BAELT EE1UMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS,
and I am satisfied not only that this is
wise, but that the interest* aa well ae
th* pnblio sentiment of tb* oonntry im
peratively demand it.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Passing from these remarks npon the
oondition of onr own oonntry to oonsider
onr relations with other lands, we ere re-
minded, by the international complica
tions abroad threatening the peaee of
Enrope, that onr traditional rale of non
interference in the affairs of foreign
nations has proved of great veins in pest
times, end onght to be striotly observed.
PSAISBS grant's ARBITRATION POLICY.
The poiioy inaugurated by my honora
ble predeoeaeor. President Grant, sub
mitting to arbitration grave question* of
dispute between onraelvee end foreign
powers, point* to e new' and imoomparably
tbe beat inatramentality for the preserve,
tion of peso*, end will, eel believe,become
a beoefloent example of the oourse to be
panned in similar emergencies by other
nations. If, unhappily, questions of dif
ference ahonld at any time during tbe
period of my administration arise between
tbe United States and any foreign govern
ment, it will eertainly be my disposition
end my bops to aid in tbeir settlement in
tbe acme peaceful and honorable way,
thus scouring to onr oonntry the great
blessings of peaoe and mntual good offloea
with all tbe nations of tbe world.
JUDGMENT OF THE COMMISSION ENTITLED
TO FULLEST CONFIDENCE OF AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
Feliow-oitixens, we have reaobed the
close of a political oonteat marked by the
exoitemeDt which usually attends the oon-
teats between great political parties,
whose members espouse and sdvoeste
with earnest faith tbeir respective oreeds.
The oirontnatanoea were perhaps in no
respeot extraordinary save in the olose-
nesa and the oonsequent unoertainty of
the resalt. For the first time in the his
tory of the country, it has been decided
beet, in view of tbe peonlisr ciroumatanoea
of the esse, that tbe objeotions and ques
tions in diapnte with referenoe to tbe
oounting of the electoral votes should be
referred to the deoision of a tribunal ap
pointed for thia purpose. Thst tribunal
was established by law for this sole pur
pose. Its members, all of them, are men
of long established reputation for integrity
and intelligence, and with tha exoeption
of those who are also members of tbe Su
preme Judioisry, ohosen equally from
both political parties, its delibsrstions
enlightened by the resesrob and tbe ar
gumenta of able oouusel was entitled to
the fullest oonfidenoe of tbe American
people.
HE DEFEND) THE COMMISSION.
Its decisions have been patiently waited
and aeoepted aa legally oonolusive by the
general judgment of the pnblio, for the
expressed opinion will widely vary as to
the several oonoluaions announced by that
tribunal. This is to be antioipated in
every instance where matters of dispute
are made the subject of arbitration under
the powers of law. Human judgment ia
never unering and is rarely regarded as
otherwise than wrong by the unsuccess
ful party in oontest. The .fsot thst two
great politioal parties have in this way
settled a dispute in regard to which good
men differ ss to tbe facts and tbe law, no
leas than ss tbs proper osuso to be pur
sued in solving the question in ootrovergy
is an oocaaion for general rejoioing.
ONE POINT SETTLED.
Upon one point there is entire unanim
ity in public sentiment—that tbe oonflict-
ing olaima to tbe Presideuoy must be am-
ioably and peaoeably adjusted, and that
when ao adjusted, the general aoquies-
cues of the nation onght snre to follow.
It baa been reeerved for a government of
the people, where the right of suffrage is
universal, to give to the world the first
example in history of a great nation, in
the midst of a struggle of opposing par
ties for power, pushing its party tumults
to yiald the issna of tbe oonteat to an ads
jnstment according to the forms of law.
band by whioh the destinies of nations
and individoala are ahapad, I oall npon
yon Senators, Repnaantattves, Judges,
fellow-oitiaeiu, bar* and avarywhere, to
nnit* with me in en urn sat effort to se
onre to onr oonntry the bletainga not only
of materiel prosperity, bnt of juatiee,
peaoe and union—a onion depending not
npon the oonatraint of foroe bnt npon th*
loving devotion of a fra* paopia; and that
all thing* may be ao ordered and settled
npon th* heat and rarest foundations that
pesos and happiness, troth end jostles,
religion end piety msy be established
among ns for all generations.
WASHINGTON.
XXTBA SESSION HEOMNABY.
Washington, March 4.—Tha failure of
the erasy bill make* en extra session nee-
SBEATOB SOSESTEON, or SOUTH CASOLINA.
Senator Robertson, of South Carolina,
whose Senatorial term ended to-day, wu
presented with a splendid bouquet, tb*
oard aooompanying it uying: “A fere-
well tribute of esteem and regard from
tbe grand-daughter of Col. William
Wuhington of tbe Revolntion.”
Tb* last Senatorial aot of Senator Rob
ertson wu preventing th* confirmation of
William Stonau Attorney General for
South Oarolina.
FAILED.
Tha river and harbor bill failed.
THE INAUOUHATIOH FBOOMSIOE AND ILLU
MINATION.
Nothing anusoal oharaoteriied th* in-
augural oeremoniea. The prooauion wu
smell but handsome, well handled end
orderly.
Tha programme wu followed in all ite
details, and nothing wu dona that wu
not down on tha bills.
Tb* display to-night is wonderful. Gov
Sheppard hu disregarded expense and
taste in deoorating the evenne.
No attention hu been paid to the Cabi
net or other Mriona matters.
show nr WASHIEOTON.
Washington, Msroh, 5.—Tha day ii
raw withsnow Baku.
AN EMOTIONAL CABINET.
Joseph E. Johnston end ex-Senetor Key
of Tennessee, ere most prominently men
tioned for th* Cabinet from tb* Bontb.
Carl Bohan will have e plaoe. Th*
new Government will be emotional.
BRISTOW TO SUOOBXD JUDOS DAVIS.
Col. Bristow, of Kentucky, wilt almost
certainly raoeaed Judge Davie on th* Bn-
preme Benob.
PBOBABLB CABINET.
Ex-Ssnetor Key, of Tennessee, will be
Postmaster General; Evert* probably Sec
retary of State; Morrill, of Vermont, Boo-
re tar y of Nary. The Indications are thst
old affiliations in tb* Repnblioen party
will be disregarded end it will be sought
to make oil and water mix.
OABIHXT SPECULATIONS.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.]
Washington, Haroh 6.—The Star hu
the following Oebinat speculations :
It aeeme to be thought that Pruident
Hayea will not send in his Osbiost nomi
nations nntil Tasedsy nr Wednesday. He
hu uked the members of Grant’* Cabi
net to retain their positions nntil their
snooesaors ar* oontrmed. The slate so
far still remains. Everts for tb* State De
partment, Sherman for the Treunry, and
HoOreery for tbe Attorney-Generalship.
Hale, of He, has, without doubt, deolined
the Navy portfolio. Thou mentioned
now principally for that plus ere Frye of
Heine, Origin of New Hampshire end
Rioe of Hasnohnutts. A strong pressure
hu bun brought to beer upon Preaident
Hayes to induoe tbe retention of Don
Cameron in tbe War Department, bnt
there is also a strong opposition to it from
s Pennsylvania party in the'interest of
Hartranft for tha same position.
It ia believed now that none of the old
Cabinet will be retained, u to do thia in
the can of any one member would be an
invidious distinction.
Carl Sebnrz hu bun named a good
deal within tha lut twanty-fonr hoars in
oonneotion with tha wu port folio, bnt
report baa it that General Sherman op
poses his ssiaotion for that place on ao-
oount of some inoompatibilitiei between
them. It ia reported to-day that Schnra
will be given the Interior Deputment.
General Harlan, of Kantnoky, ia men
tioned again in oonneotion with tbe Post-
offloe Department.
Gen. Joe Johoaton hu been recom
mended for tbe War Department, but a
strong opposition bu bun made to plac-
iog tbe military arm of the Government
in the hands of an ax-Confsdarate offloer,
and it ia not probable that ha will be ap
pointed to that position at lout.
RECEPTION TO HATES.
Special lo Uu Envutrsi-Ss*.
Washington, Hareh 5. — President
Hayea had a reception given him by the
Ohio Cadets at Williud's Hotel. Gen.
Sherman acoompanisd tha Preaident. It
wu e very brilliant affair.
DEMOORATIO CAUCUS.
Senator Wm. A. Wallace, of Pennsyl-
venie, wu eleoted Chairman of the Sen
ate eauons.
LOUISIANA AND SOUTH CAROLINA CONFIDENT.
The feeling to-night among the ftieoda
of Nioholls and Hampton ia quite confi
dent. They claim that pledges, direct
and indireot, supported by politioal, com
mercial, intereata and th* uvere pressure
cauoot be disregarded.
Heavy Eire !■ St Leal*.
St. Louis, Heroh 6.—Gen. Allen’s five-
story iron building,, oooupied by Swan A
Gregory, dry goods, Chaffin, Allan & Co.,
TioaTs in Tax lord and Aina aid FBoM all. I ahoes, wu burned. Lose a million dollars.
Looking for tha guidance of that Divine * Tbe bnilding oost $120,000 e year ago.
