Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-03-10


for that as vel. as for every other part of
the country is the improvement of the
intellectual and moral condition of the
people. Universal suffrage should rest
upon universal education. To this end
liberal and permanent provisions should
be made for the support of free schools
by the state governments and, if need
be supplemented by legitimate aid from
national authority. -, Let Inc assure my
cOuntrymen of the southern states that it
is my earnest desire to. regard and pro-
mote their truest interests of the whites
and of the colored people, both and
equally. and to put forth mysbest and
trIlest efforts in behalf OF Il civil policy
which will forever wipe out i'm our pO-
litical affairs the color line and the dis
tinction between North and South. to
the end that we may have not merely a
united North Or {; united South, but Il
united country.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
] ask the attention OF the public to the
paramount necessity of reform in our
civil service. a reform not merely as to
certain abuses and practices of official
patronage, which have come to have the
sanction of usage in several departments
of our government. but change of the
| system of appointment itself. reform
that shall be thorough. radical and com
plete, return to the practices and prin-
ciples of the founders of the govern
ment. They neither expected nor de-
sired from public officers any partisan
service. They meant that public officers
should owe their whole service to the
government and to the people. They
meant that an officer should be secure in
his tenure as long as his personal char
acter remained untarnished and the per-
formance of his duties satisfactory. They
he'll that. appointments TO office were
not to be made nor expected merely rs re-
| wards for partisan services. nor merely
OH the nomination. OF members OF Con-
gress as being entitled i'm any respect to
the control of such appointments. The
| fact that both political parties of the
country i'm declaring their principles
prior to the election gave prominent
place to the subject of reform of our
civil service, recognizing and strongly
| urging its necessity i'm terms almost
identical in their specific import with
| those | have here employed must be ac-
cepted as a conclusive argument i'm be-
| half OF these measures. 1t must be re-
garded rs an expression OF the united
voice and will of the whole country up
on this subject. and both political parties
are virtually pledged to give it their un-
reserved support.
THE PRESIDENTIAL TERM. ~
| The President of the United States of
necessity owes his election to Office to the
suf1rages and Jealous labors of political
party. the members of which cherish
with ardor and regard as of essential i'm
portance the principles of their party or
ganization. but he should strive to be
| alway- mindful of the fact that he serves
his party best who serves his country
best. La the fnrtherance of the reforms
we seek and in other important respects
change of great importance. recon-
mend an amendment to the constitution
prescribing term of six years for the
Presidential Office and fOrbidding re-.
election. 1a
| FINANCIAL MATTERS. -
| With respect TO the financial condition
OF the country. | shall not attempt an ex
tended history of the embarrassment and
prOStiation which we have suffered dur.
ing the past three years. The depression
In all our varied commercial and manu-
featuring interests throughout the
country. which began i'm September.
1913. and still continues. 1t is very graf
Tying, however. to be able to say that
there are indications all round us of a
coming change TO prosperous times.
Upon the currency question. Intimate
iy connected as it is With this topic. |
may be permitted 10 repeat here the
statement made in my letter of accept
ahce. that Ill myjudgment the feeling of
uncertainty inseparahle from IN iIredeem-
.;ta,s 81. a
| OF values. is one Ofthe greatest obstacles to
return TO prosperous times. The only
sale paper currency is one which rests on
a coin basis. and is ut all times promptly
convertible into coin. adhere to the
views heretofore expressed by me i'm favor
OF Congressional legislation i'm behalf of
an early resumption of specie payment.
and am satisfied not ONLY that this is
wise. but that the interests as well as the
public sentiment of the country impera-
lively demand it.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
In passing from these remarks upon
the condition of our own country to
| consider our relations with other lands.
we are reminded by the International
complications abroad threatening the
peace of Europe, that our traditional rule
| OF non-interference i'm the affairs of for
eign nations has proved of great value i'm
past times and ought to be strictly OBJ
served. o of, te.ft .f.-.l..s'-,f
The policy inaugurated by my hOnored
| predecessor. President Grant, of submit
ting to arbitration grave questions i'm
| dispute between ourselves and foreign
powers, points to a new and incompar-
| ably the best instrumentality for the
| preservation of peace. and will, believe.
| become beneficent example of the
course to be pursued in similar cmeroen-
| cles by other nations. Ii. unhappily.
questions of difference should at any time
during the period of my administration
| arise between the United States and any
foreign government, it will certainly be
my disposition and my hope To aid in
their settlement in the same peaceful and
honorable way, thus securing tu our
| country the great blessings of peace and
mutual good offices with all nations of
the world. H 1G09 8
49, THE PERORATtON .; ~
FELLOW CITIZENs-We have reached
the close OF political contest marked by
the excitement which usually attends the
contests between great political parties
! whose members advocate with earnest
faith their respective creeds. The cir
cumstances were perhaps in no respect
extraordinary save in the closeness and
consequent uncertainty of the result-for
the first time in the history of The coun-
try it has been deemed best, i'm view of
the peculiar circumstances of the case,
that the objection and questions in dis
pute with reference to the counting OF
| the electoral votes shonld be referred, to
the decision of a tribunal appointed for
this purpose. That tribunal, established
by law for this sole purpose, its members