Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-03

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Wednesday Evening, 0sc. 8. le7s. !
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
We presume that most of our reader
have By this time digested the message Q
President IAysGs II they have they hav
found it to bss large aised soothing plaster
containing the elements Of peacs and goot
will to all manki1ds, with the excepsivnso
tho Nsrslen d. Utah. Against III fHnss
ties u RygsmSsS m.zfi.sa ~ pred
dsnt sxhlhs asvfgoroas hosility ma u
keeping Win HI pacific nature. The
socisl crime perpstuated BY this class Of
fanatics strikes q chord within him which
sivss forth an sssrsnivs response-he con-
demnsslhs. ptsstis1s43n usnesssfSdstsrus
and invSksi Tie aentorcensni. oflAxilsink
laws for the protection Of society. The re-
publican party will cordially sustain the
president in his efforts to break up poly.
gamy, though the democratic party will
prefer to pass the subject BY without action.
Mormoas - 81 rule are democrats md The
dominant element in congress 10 considsring
= half matursd scheme for the admission Of
Utah - . democratic state, befouled though it
10 with = quarter ofa century's indulgence in
. sin against God. . crime against nature
and = violation of one' Of the most sacred
laWsof man.
The president devo.es much space to the
subject of civil service reform and advances
q theory which is several decades ahead Of
mans present. condition. If the country
could reach a practical solutionpof the sug-
gestions under this head it would become
one happy family of great and abiding
goodness. Civil service reform has been
progressing for . number Of years-it
object being the procurement of men pre-
eminently adapted to the duties Of the
various public positions. Out Of this reform,
Is asingle illustration, We have a Hayt for
Indian Commissioners. The undoubted de-
sire of the president was to give the man
agsment Of this branch Of the services into
the hands of a competent official, for much
depends upon its proper managem ent. But
in this instance civil service reform has
proved . fiat failure. In other depart
ments varying success has been achieved
and ont Of it all the country has about the
usual proportion Of good and bad officials.
The message eives no uncertain sound
upon the subject of unrestricted suffrage
throughout the country. With high conf
dence in the integrity Of the people, the
president hopes that "the power Of public
opinion will override all political prejudi.
'ces and all sectional and state attachments
in demanding that all over u wide ter
'ritory the name and character Of
Citizen of the United States shall mean one
and the same thing, and carry with them
'unchallenged security and re.pect." Out O.
the throes of q sectional agitation, which
has covered one portion of our land with
crime and bloodshed, comes this lofty sen
timent Of the chief executive of the nation,
that political prejudices are to give way be-
fore the better impulses Of mankind and
that complete citizenship is I be assured
and secured out Of the demands of healthy
public opinion. It will be the prayer Q
the nation that this patriotic faith may no
encounter disappointment, though there ar,
few who can look upon the situation ca
incident with the view enunciated by tn
president.
Hthere was any prevailing notion tn,
trouble was liable to occur with Gre,
Britain through the vexstious fisheries que.
ton, it would naturally be disipated b
the slight reference to the subject in til
message. The president rates its earl
peaceful settlement q one of the even,
which must come out Of the pending negt
tiatious. The country seems to be upon til
most peaceable footing with the entire worl,
Though the usual stray of important int
national questions il presented, there a,
none which, in the estimation of the pres
dent. will 1equire anything more than ,
amicable coming together of the represent
tives Of the powers.
The financial suggestions of the messai
which attract the most attention are tho,
in relation to the retirement of United Stat
legal tender notes and the restricted COMA,
OF silver dollars. These two points in II
financial policy Of the administration vi
be widely discussed and will remain a 30
ject Of difference between great minds 1,
those not 30 great until. time has demonst,
ted the wisdom or lack Of wisdom with
them. The financial condition of the cou
try is given in detail. and there il MOTH
in it but encouragement to the people a
glory to thess who have bsousA. it about.
Upon Indian mstteis theI naonl. of ,