The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-04-07

nominations Of members Of Congress as being
entitled in any respect 70 control such appoint
ments. The fact that
BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES
OF the country, IN declaring their principles
prior TO the election. gave a prominent place 70 the
subject of reform OF our civil service, recognizing
and strongly urging Its necessity IN terms almost
identical in their specific import with those l
have here employed, must be accepted as con
elusive aTgumcnts on behalf OF these measures.
1t must be regarded as an expression Of the
united voice and viii Of the whole country upon
this subject, and both political parties are mutu-
ally pledged to give it their uuiversed support.
FINANCES. CURRENCY. ETC.
With respect to the financial condition Of the
country, / shall not attempt an extended history
Of the embarrassment and prosiration which We
have suffered during the past three years. Tie
depression in all our varied commercial and-man-
ufacturing interests throughout the country,
which began In September, 1873, still continues.
1t is very gratifying, however, to be able TO say
that there are indications all around US OF a
coming change to prosperous times. Upon the
currency question, Intimately connected as lt -
with this topic, l may be permitted 10 repeat
here the statement made in my letter of accept
anee, that in my judgment the feeling Of uncer-
tainty inseparable from an Irredeemable paper
currency, with its fuctuation of values, is one Of
the greatest obstacles TO a return to prosperous
times. The only safe paper currency Is that
which rest upon a coin basis and IS at all times
and promptly convertible into coin. / adhere to
the views heretofore expressed by me in favor OF
congressional legislation IN behalf Of an early re-
sumption of specie payment, and l am satisfied
not only that this is wise, but that the public
sentiment of the country imperatiyely demands
it.
Passing from these remarks upon the condition
of our own country to consider,
DUB RELATIONS Win OTHER LANDS.
We are reminded by internal complications
abroad, threatening the peace of Europe, that our
traditional rule Of non-interferenee in the affairs Of
foreign nations has proved Of great value in past
times. and ought to be strictly observed. The poll
cy inaugurated by my honored predecessor, Presi-
dent Grant, of submitting 10 arbitration grave quest
ions in dispute between ourselves and foreign
powers, points to a new, and incomparably the best,
fundamentally for the preservation Of peace, and
will, as L believe, become a henehcent example OF
the course to be pursed in similar emergencies by
other nations. If, unhappily, questions Of difference
should at any time during the period Of my admin
istration arise between the United States and any
foreign government, it will certainly be my DISPOSE
ton and my choice to aid in their settlement in the
same peaceful and honorable way, thus securing to
our country the great blessing of peace and mutual
good offices with all the nations of the world.
Fellow citizens, we have reached the close Of a
political contest marked by the e%xcitements which
usually attend contest between great political parties
whose members spouse and advocate with earnest
faith their respective principles. The circumstances are
perhaps IN no respect extraordinary save IN the
closeness and consequent uncertainty of the result.
For the first time in the history Of the country it has
been deemed best, in view of the peculiar circum-
stances of the case, that the discretion Of the Presi-
dent of the Senate in execution of the mandate of the
constitution with the respect to
COUNTING THE ELECTORAL VOTES
Should be aided by the reference of the objections
aud questions in dispute to the decision of a tribu-
nal established by law for this purpose, its members
all of them men of long established reputation for
kA-.S& n~I o1a-n al nsfI III oa-N.1 &c
those who are also members of the Supreme Judiciary,
chosen equally from both political parties, its deli
berations enlightened by research and arguments of
able counsel. Its decision have been patiently wait
ed for and accepted as legally conclusive by the gen.
eral judgment of the public. For the present, opin-
ion will widely vary as to the wisdom of the several
conclusions announced by the tribunal. This is to
be anticipated in every instance where matters of
dispute are made the subject of arbitration under the
forms of law. Human judgment is never unerriDg,
and is rarely regarded as otherwise than wrong by
the unsuccessful party in the contest. The fact that
the two great political parties have in this way set
tied a dispute in regard to which good men differ as
to the law, and no less as to the proper course to be
pursued in solving the question in controversy, is an
occasion for general rejoicing.
aI# CONCLUSION.
/ Upon one point there is entire unanimity in public
sentiment-that conflicting claims to the presidency
must be amicably and peaceably adjusted, and
that when so adjusted the general acquiescence of
the nation ought surely to follow. 1t has been
reserved for a government of the people, where
Ethe right Of suffrage is universal, to give to the
world the first example in history of a great
nation, in the midst of o struggle of opposing
parties for power, hushingits party tumult to
yield the issue ofcontest TO adjustment according
to the forms of law, looking for ~guidence to that
divine hand by which the destinies of nations and
individuals are shaped. l call upon you, Senators,
Representatives, judges, fellow citizens, here and
everywhere, to unite with me in an earnest effort
to secure to our country the blessings not only of
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"a union depending not upon constraint Of force
but upon the loving devotion of a froe people, and
that all things may be so ordered and settled upon
the best and surest foundations, that peace, happi-
ness, truth and Justice, religion and piety, may be
established among US for all generations.