The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-01-21

frivolity of political partisanship and
crImlnal1ty OF a personal and selfish am
bition. They especially commed to us
the virtues of prudence, forbearance and
mutual confidence.
GOOD FAITH OF THE STATE.
Interested parties have charged, wit
tlngly or unwittingly. that Wisconsin Is
In favor Of repudiating the faith Of the
state and OF conhscatlng the property OF
railroad companies. This charge it be-
comes me to Indignantly repel. Its libel
upon our people. It is a calumny, gross
as it is groundless. No portion of our
population are the enemies of capital
honestly invested in public enterprises
They unitedly accord to these enterprises
a cheerful and voluntary support. They
are willing their employees shall be llber-
ally rewarded for services actually render
ed that the executive ability and me-
chanical skill requisite in their proper
management and construction, shall be
generously compensated aud that the
money economically expended 10 their
construction, maintenance or extension,
shall receive liberal reward for its use.
Our railway system at most is but bait
com uleted. Mines of marvellous wealth
still slumber undiscovered or unappro
priated, for the want Of better facilities
of manufacture and transportation. Wis
consin therefore, can afford no war upon
capital, at home or abroad. She never
has proposed such war. She proposes
aone now. Size asks only honesty, justice
and the peace of mutual good will. 70
all men concerned, her people say In sin
nIi
vested in our state shall be lawfully en-
titled to lis just protection. whencesoever
the danger comes. In demanding justice
for all, the state will deny justice to none.
In forbiddIng Inismanagement the state
will impose no restraints upon any man
agement that is honest and Just. In this,
the moral and hereditary instincts of our
people furnish a stronger bond Of good
faith than the judgments OF courts or the
obligations OF paper constitutions =
Honest capital may be timid and easily
| frightened, yet it Is more certain in the
| investment among the people whose laws
are at times shield for the weak and
reliance for the strong, where the whole
some restraints of judicious legislation
are felt alike by the exalted and the hum
BILE, the rich aud the poor. Aud | recon-
| mend no enactment Of, or adherance to,
any law which violates the letter or the
spirit of this declaration.
CONCLUSION.
Under the constitution, the direct re-
sponsibillty for the details of legislation
rests with the representatives of the
people, convened in Senate and Assem-
| bly,. But most earnestly assure you Of
my cooperation in every effort to estab-
| fish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common defense, and
promote the general welfare. Our re-
spective duties to this end are enforced
by public obligations, far superior to the
claims Of self, of friends, or of party
| we are all capable Of error but no pre-
tense can justify or excuse a conscious
! violation of our solemn oaths of Office
In the bitter controversies Of the past
year, [ may have sacrificed the sympathy
of friends whom | prize. and won the
enmity Of those who sometimes forget
that faithful administration of law for
the protection of the weak is always the
surest protection Of the strong But
our work is not for day. Though you
and may perish, and our names be for
gotten, justice shall live; and the record
of duties honestly performed, shall prove
a greater reward than the honors of sta
ton or the applause Of men.
WM. r. TAYLOR.
Madison, Jan. IA, 1875.