The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-03-12

OF our Country TAKEN tnc Os4tAA VI o1h4tS
prescribed therein. have taken the
oath without mental reservation. and
with the discrimination to do to, the best
of my ability all that it requires of me-
The responsibilities of the position l
feel, but accept them without fear. The
Office has come to me unsought. COM
mence its duties untrammeled. / bring
to it conscientious desire and determ-
ination to~fill it to the best of my abifi-
ty, and TO the satisfaction of the people.
On all leading questions agitating the
public mind, / shall always express my
views to Congress. and urge them ac-
cording to my Judgment, and when
think it advisable shall exercise the con-
stitutional privilege of interposing We
TO to defeat measures which / oppose.
But all laws will be faithlly executed,
whether they meet my approval or not
] shall on all subjects have policy to
recommend, none to enforce against the
will of the people. Laws are to govern
all ,alike-those opposed to as well as
those in favor of them. know NO
method to secure the repeal of bad or
obnoxious laws so effective as their
stringent execution.
The country having just emerged
from great Rebellion, many questions
will come before it for settlement in the
next four years which preceding Ad-
ministrations have never had to deal
with. In meeting these it is desirable
that they should be appreciated without
prejudice, hate, or sectional pride, re-
Numbering that the greatest good to the
greatest number is the object to be at
tanned. This requires security of person
and property, and for religious and po-
Iitical opinion in every part of our COM
mon country, without regard to local
prejudice. All laws TO secure this end
will r. ceiNe my best efforts for their ell
forceuent.
A great debt has been contracted in
securing to US and our pOsterity the
Union. The payment of this, principal
and interest. as well as the return to a
specie basis as soon as it can be accom-
plished without material dctriment to
the debtor class or to the country at
large, must be provided for.
To protect the national honor, every
dollar of the government Indebtedness
should be paid in gold, unless otherwise
expressly stipulated in the contract. Let
it be understood that no repudiator of
one farthing of our public debt will be
trusted in public places, and it will go
far toward strengthening credit which
ought to be the best in the world, and
will ultimately enable us TO replace the
debt with bonds bearing less interest
than we now pay. To this shall be add
ded faithful collection of the revenue
strict accountability to the Treasury
for every dollar collected, and the great
est practicable retrenchment in every
department of government.
When we compare the paying capaci-
ty of the country now, with ten States
still in poverty from the effects of the
war, but soon to emerge, trust into
greater prosperity than before, with its
paying capacity twenty-five years ago.
and calculate what it probably will be,
twenty-five years hence, who can doubt
the feasibility of paying every dollar
then with more ease than we now pay
for useless luxuries? Why, it looks as
though Providence had bestowed upon
us strong box, locked up in the sterile
mountains of the far West which we
are now forging the key to unlock, to
meet the very contingency that is now
upon us.
Ultimately, it NAV be necessary to in
crease the facilities to reach these rich
es, and it may be necessary also that the
general government should give its aid
to secure this access. But that should
only be when dollar of obligation to
pay secures precisely the same sort of
dollar in use now, and not before.
While the question of specie pay
ments is in allegiance, the prudent bust
ness man is careful about contracting
debts payable in the distant future the
nation should follow the same rule. A
PROSTATE commerce is to be rebuilt, and
all industries encouraged. The young
men of this cOuntry-those who form
this age and must be rulers twenty -tive
years hence-have a peculiar interest in
maintaining the national honor. A mo-
ment's reflection upon what will be our
commanding influence among the ma
tons of the earth in their day, if they
are only TRUE to themselves, should in
spire them with national pride. All di-
visions, geographical, political and re-
ligious, can join in the sentiment.
How the public debt is to be paid, or
specie payments resumed, is not so i'm
portant as that plan should be adopt
ed and acquiesced in. A united determ-
inatiOn to do is worth more than divid-
ed cOunsels upon the method of doing.
Legislation on this subject may not be
necessary now, nor even advisable, but
it will be, when the civil law is more
fully restored in all parts of the coun-
| try, and trade resumes its wOnted chan
nels. 1t will be my endeavOr to execute
| ali laws in good faith, to collect all rev.
enues assessed, and to have them prop
erly disbursed. 1 shall, to the best OF
my ability, appoint to Office only those
who will carry out this design.
In regard to foreign policy, l would
deal with nations as equitable law re-
| Quires individuals TO deal with each 9th.
er, and would protect the law abiding
! citizen, whether of native or of foreign
birth, wherever his right are leopard
| lied or the flag of our country floats.
I would respect the rights of ali nations
| demanding equal respect for our own
/ If others depart from this rule in theii
dealings with us, we may be compelled
to follow their precedent.
The proper treatment of the original
occupants of this land, the Indians, is
one deserving of careful consideration
shall favor any course toward them
which tends to their civilization, Chris
tianiZation, and ultimate citizenship.
| The question of suffrage is one which
is likely TO agitate the public mind Sc
! long as portion of the citizens of the
nation are excluded fl ON its privileges
in any State. 1t seems to me very de-
sirabie that this question should be set
| tied now, and entertain the hope and
express the desire that it MAY be by the
| ratification of Ihe fifteenth Amendment
to the Constitution.
In conclusion Lask patient forbear-
ance one toward another, throughout
the land, and determined effort on the
| part of every citizen to do his share
toward cementing a happy Union,
and ask the prayers of the nation to
Almighty God III behalf of this happy
contamination.
REBEL REUNIoN.-Thc Kansas City
/ Times, in politics, is dyed-in-the-wool
rebel, aud hence it publishes with great