Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-07-21


an effective and wholesome restrain
upon the party in power Without
such restraint the party rule becomes
tyrannical and corrupt. The prosper
ity which is made possible in the
South by its great advantages of soil
and climate, will never be realized
until every voter can freely and safely
support any PARTY he pleases.
POPULAR EDUCATION
Next in importance to freedom and
justice is popular education, without
which neither justice nor freedom can
be permanently maintained Its in
terests are entrusted to the States and
the voluntary action of the people
Whatever help the nation can justly
afford should be generously given to
aid the States in supporting the COM
mon schools, but it would be unjust to
our people and dangerous to our insti-
tutions to apply any portion of the rev.
enues of the nation or of the States to
the support of sectarian schools. The
separation of the Church and the State
in everything relating to taxation
should be absolute.
THE FINANCES.
On the subject of national finances
my views have been so frequently and
so fully expressed that little is needed
in the way ofany additional statement
The public debt is now so we'll Sc
cured and the rate of annual interest
has been so reduced by refunding that
rigid economy in expenditures, and the
faithful application of our surplus rev.
enues to the payment of the principal
Of the debt, will gradually, but Ger.
tainly. free the people from its burdens
and close with honor the financial
chapter of the war, at tie same time
the Government can provide for all its
ordinary expenditures and discharge
its sacred obligations to the soldiers of
the Union and to widows and orphans
of those who fell. The resumption of
specie payments, which the Reppb!i-
can partY so lauragaoasiy and success
fully accomplished, has removed from
the fcld of controversy many questions
that long and seriously disturbed the
credit of lie Government and the busi-
ness of the country. Our paper cour-
rency is now as national as the flag,
and Resumption has not sIly made it
everywhere equal to coin, but it has
brought into use our stores of gold and
silver. The circulating medium is
more abundant than every before, and
we need only to maintain equality of
all our dollars to insure labor aud
capital, d measure Of yalEa irom the
use of which no one can suffer loss.
The great prosperity which the coun-
try Is now enjoying should not be en-
dangered by any violent changes, or
doubtful financial experiments.
THE TARIFF
In reference to our customs laws, a
policy should be pursued which will
bring revenues to the Treasury and
will enable the laborer and capital em-
p,oyed ip our great industries to COM
pete fairly in our own markets with
the labor and capital of foreign producers
We legislate for the people of the
United States, not for the whole world,
and it is our glory that the American
laborer is more intelligent and hotter
Eaid than his foreign competitor Our
country cannot be independent unless
it's people, with their abundant natural
resources, possesses the requisite skill
at any time to clothe, arm and equip
themselves for War, and in lime Of
peace 10 produce all necessary imple-
ments Of labor. 1t was the manifest in
tention of the founders of the Govern
ment to provide for common defense,
not by standing armies alone, but by
raising among the people a greater
army of artisans whose Intelligence
and skill should powerfully contribute
to the safety and glory of the nation.
CHEAP INTERNAL TRANSPORTATION.
Fortunately for the interests of
commerce there is no longer any form
idahle opposition to appropriations fer
the Improvement of our harbors and
great havigable rivers, provided that
the expenditures for that purpose are
strictly limited to works of national i'm
portance. The Mississippi river, with
it's great tributaries, is of such vital |
Importance to so many millions of peo-
pie that the safety of it's navigation re-
quires exceptional consideration. In
order to secure to the nation control of |
all its waters, President Jefferson ne |
gotiated the purchase of vast terri
tory extending from the Gulf of Mex
leo to the Pacific ocean. The wisdom
of Congress should be invoked to de- |
wise some plan by which the great
river shall cease to be terror to those |
who dwell upon its banks and by which |
its shipping may safely carry the in
dustrial products of twenty-five mil
lions Of people. The interests of agri-
culture. which is the basis of all our
material prosperity and in which sew
en-twelfths of our population are en-
gagged, as well as the interests of man
ufacture and commerce demand that
facilities for cheap transportation shall
be increased by the use of all our great
water courses.
CHINESE EMIGRATION.
The material interests of this coun-
try, the traditions of settlement and
sentiment of our people, have led the
to offer the widest hospi-
tality to emigrants who seek our
shores for new and happy homes,
willing to share the burdens as we'll
as the benefits of our society and in
tending that their posterity shall be.
come an undistinguishable part of our
population. The recent move of the
Chinese to our Pacific coast partakes
but little of the qualities of such an
either in its purposes or it's
result. 1t is too much like an importa-
ton to be welcomed without restric-
tion too much like an Invasion to be
looked upon without solicitude. We