He now appeals to Congress for relief, and the papers herewith exhibit a case that calls for Congressional action.
Editor's note · Context
Special Message
Share
More from Rutherford B. Hayes
Continued opposition to the full and free enjoyment of the rights of citizenship conferred upon the colored people by the recent amendments to the Constitution still prevails in several of the late slaveholding States.
I transmit herewith, for the consideration of the Senate, two treaties* signed at Peking on the 17th of November, 1880, by the commissioners plenipotentiary of the United States and China, respectively.
The prospect of an early international conference, promising valuable results in accordance with the interests of this country, is such that I recommend to the immediate attention of Congress an appropriation providing for the proper…
Our general Indian policy for the future should embrace the following leading ideas.





