The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-15
devIse and prosecute mean, tendinr to their hghest

The Government Of Great Britain has by her pro.
than one hundred and CIV yesps Snd 1 SoS
protection is founded her manufacturing supremacy
Yet her emssaries come 70 this country, and tor
iDRly OF 'proteetiOn," and endeavor TO persuade
our people to believe and adopt the absurd theory
that 'tatihs hinder the development of industry
and the growth Of wealth"
The great Republican party, in the Convention
which nominated Abraham Lincoln in Chicago, in
1860 as il preparing for the very war which most Of
our statesmen were at that period TO post
guage OF an eminent PennsV lyanian "decared that
the produce Of the farm should no longer be com.
PEELED to remain Inert and losing interest while
waiting demand in distant markets. that the capital
which daily took the form Of labor power 81 ould
no longer be allowed to 90 to waste that the tuel
which underlies our soil should no longer there
remain to be mere support tor foreign rails; that
coal should everywhere be brought to aid the humaa
m; that our vast deposits OF iron ore should be
chinery TO be used as substitutes for mere mnscnIar
force; and that all wonderful resources mate
rial and moral, must and should be a. once de-
Such was the intent and meaning of the brief reso
luton then and there adopted, TO be at the earliest
practicable moment ratified by Congress- as proved
to be the case when the Morrii tariff on the memo
rabe I'd of March, 1861, was made the law OF the
land. To that law, aided as 1t was by the admirable
action of the Trea urY In supplying machinery of
ciTculat on, stand now indebted for the fact that
we have, in the short space of five wears, produced
more food, built more houses and mills, opened
more mines, constructed more roads, than ever
before, and so greatly added to the veal h of the
country that the property of the loyal States would
this day exchange for twice the quantity of gold
that could five years since have been obtained for
all the real and personal property, Southern chat
tells excepted, of the whole of the states and Terri
torres Of which the Union stands composed"
II the principle OF protection proved to be such a
taisman in the time of war, shall we reject it IN
| time OF peaceS II an answer were needed to this
question, reference could be had to the repeated
concessions to this principle BY he recent free
traders OF the South. Scarcely one OF the ambl-
/ tiOus men who led their unfortunate people into
rebellion but now freely admits that If the South
/ had manufactured their own fabrics, their own
plantahons, and cultivated skilled labor in their
their conflict with the Government; ana now to
enjoy substantial, instead OF artificial prosperity
| they must invoke the Verv agencies they had so
| long and so fatally disregarded Words need not
be multiplied upon this important theme either to
upon the people the value OF adhering to a system
| winch has proved Itself worthy of continued
support, and OF the imitation of its former Op-
/ ponents
The exhibit OF the finances OF the Commonwealth,
as presented in the late annual message of my pre-
dectssor, and the report Of the state treasurer is
c. rtainly very gratifying; ana the hatterng pros
! which has beon hanging Tor many years like
dark cloud the pro pects of our state combined
! with the hope that reasonable reduction vii be
made in our habIual annual expenditures, will cheer
the people onward in the pathway of duty.
Among the most delicate and important obliga.
tOns required of those in Official positions s strict
and faithful management OF thepublIc revenues and
should be applied where its burdens may be least
te t, and where it is most just that it should be
/
banded, and the stTctest economy practsed, that
the credit Of the state shall be maintained firm
and enduring basis and the debl surely and steadily
diminished, until Ils final exhnguishment Unne-
ssary delay in this would. in my opinion be in
compatible with our true Interests.
That the expectations are capable of speedy and
certain contamination has already been demon
strated; The public improvements the cause of our
heavy debt, which seemed to be an incubus uuon
the prosperity of the State, long as they were
MANAGED by her agents, have been sOldi the lax on
real estate has been abolished and considerable
reductions hLvo lready been made on the State
. debt.
This important branch of the administration shall
receive my constant and jealous attention.
EXECUTION Ole THE LAWS.
The general and essential principles of law and
liberty declared in the Constitution of Pennsyl-
wanna shall be watchtully guarded. 1t will be my
highest ambition to administer the government in
the true spirit of that instrument. Care shall be
taken "that the laws be faithfully executed" aud
tn decisions of the courts respected and enforced,
il wi hin their authorized jurisdiction. Influenced
oniy by considerations for the pubic welfare, 1t is
my imperative duty to see that justice be impair
! italy administered That mercltul provision the
| p1TdOatng polcer conferred upon the Executive
uuubtess tor correcting only the errors of crlmnal
| jurisprudence; and securing justice, shall not be
perverted to the ndlscriminate protection OF those
inJactions OF the laws made for the security and
p election OF society. Those "crueilJ" or "exces.
/ slvely'' punished, erroneously convict ed are
alone entitled 10 Its benehcent protect on aud only
such should expect its exercise in their behalf.
whenever T the people deem it eXpeiIent neces-
sary from actual experience to alter the laws, or
to amend the Constitution it Is their undOuOted
within itself. here repeat what have said else
where, that $50 long as the people feel that the
power to alter or change the character of the Gov
ernment abides in them so long Will they be inn
pressed with q sense of security and of dignity
which must ever spring from the consciousness that
they hold within their own hands remedy for
every political evil corrective for every govern
mental abuse and usurpatlon."
THE NATIONAL SITUATION.
We are confessedly in a transition state. It is
marvellous how prejudice has pershed In the fur
race Of war, and how from the very ashes OF old
batreds and old parties the truth rises purified and
triumphant. The contest between the Execntlye and
Congress twice elected by substantially the same
sUf ages-a contest so anomalous in experience
a. moi to have been anticipated by the trainers of the
National ConsututlOn-has only served 10 develop
tho remarkable energies OF our peope, and to
strengthen them for future conflicts. That contest is
virtually decided.
rhe victorious forces physical and moral, of the
pa riOtic millions, are simply pausng before they
perfect the work OF reconstruction. TwentV-six
States have not only been saved from the cOnagra-
lion OF war but have been crYstalized the saving
The unrestored ten, sull dsaffected and still def
ant seem TO be Providentaly delaying their return
10 the Union, so that when they re.enter uoon its
obligations and ITS blessings they will be the better
able TO fulfil the one and enjoy the other. Their
Ond especially 70 ourselves.
Until slavery fell we DID not fully understand the
"a he OF republican In'tilutiOns Accustomed TO
! tolerate, and IN many cases to defend slavery, we
do not feel that its close proximity, so far from
assisting, was gradually des rOying our liberties;
and il was only when Iebellion tore away tle mask
that saw the hdeous features OF the monster that
was eating out the vtals OF the republic
II we are now astOnished and shocked at the ex-
hibltOn OF cruelty ana Ingratitude amo Hg those who
having inaugurated and prosecuted q cause less war
alainst generous Government and having been
pc mltted 10 escape the punishment they deserve,
ore once more arrogantY clamOrlng TO assume con-
troll OF the destines OF this great nation, how much
greater % cause Mould we have had for surprise had
Boast as we may OF our material and our moral
victories yer u not true that there is no sucn thing
as q repu0ncan government in the ten States that
BEGAN and carried the war; There Is not TO-DAY.