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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1877
Page
6
The Messenger notes the looming war between Russia and Turkey with telegrams from Constantinople and Bucharest while predicting benefits for US trade and crops. It reports on treasury bond issues, a May Ohio Valley Medical Association meeting in Ashland, and shipping damage near Galveston.
The governors of South Carolina and Louisiana stood firm to defend rights they believed just as partisan journals assailed them. General T. H. Smith of Marietta was appointed Appointment Clerk in the U S Treasury, praised for independence and war record. The Louisville Courier Journal praised Hayes across party lines, while a Georgia bill proposes annual pay for legislators to curb absenteeism. An Orange County Florida Journal dispute over wild flowers appears, and federal troops in New Orleans move to barracks by order of the president.
The Cincinnati Commercial cites ex Senator Wade’s letter disapproving the President’s Southern policy noting he should have acted earlier. It argues Hayes’s move was inevitable after twelve years of Southern policy, and claims the new deal could preserve the Republican South while risking a divided North.
President Hayes stated on Monday he would allow Ohio one first class and one third class mission and two or three consular appointments, but no more to avoid injustice to other states, especially the South. Generals James M. Comly of the Ohio State Journal is likely to receive the first class prize for Ohio.
Critics warn that Republican lawmakers in South Carolina face trumped up charges to topple the GOP majority, challenging pledges to secure full civil rights for colored citizens if Democrats relent.
The manifesto proclaims Russia’s intent to use armed force after pacific efforts fail to secure Christian protection in Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Bulgaria. It asserts the Porte’s refusals and calls on faithful subjects to support the cross-border action, dated April 12, 1877 at Kisheneff.
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