Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-07-28

upon ascertained fitness Tenure Of
Office should be stable. Positions ol
responsibility should, so far as practi-
! cable, be filled by the promotion Of
worthy and efficient officers. The in
vestigation of all complaints and pun
ishment of all official misconduct should
be prompt and thorough. These views,
which l have long held, repeatedly de-
clared, and uniformly applied when
called upon to act, find embodied in
the resolution, which of course / ap-
prove. l will add that by the accept
ance of public office, whether high or
low, one does not, in my judgment, es-
cape any of his responsibility as citi-
zen, or lose or impair any of his rights
as a citizen, and that he should enjoy
absolute liberty to think and speak and
act in political matters according to bis
own will and conscience, provided only
that he honorably, faithfully and fully
discharges all his official duties.
SPECIE RESUMPTION.
The resumption of specie payments,
one of the fruits of the Republican pol
icy, has brought return of abundant
prosperity and the settlement of many
distrac:ing questions. The restoration
of sound money, the large reduction of
the public debt and of the burden of in
terest, the high advancement of public
credit, all attest the ability and cour-
age of the Republican party to deal
with such financial problems as may
hereafter demand solution. Our paper
currency is now as good as gold, and
silver is performing its legitimate
function for purposes of change. The
principles which should govern the re-
lations of these elements of currency
are. simple and clear There must be no
deteriorated coin, no deprecated pa
per, and every dollar, whether of metal
or paper, should stand the test of the
worlds fixed standard.
THE COMMON SCHOOLS.
The value of progressive education
can hardly be overstated. Although its
interests must of necessity be chiefly
confded to voluntary effort and indi-
vidual action of the several states,
should be encouraged so far as the
constitution permits by the co-opera-
tion of the national government. The
interests of the whole country demand
that the advantages of our common
school system should be brought with
in the reach of every citizen, and that
no revenues of the nation or of the
states should be devoted to the sup
port of sectarian schools.
THE TARIFF AND OTHER MATTERS.
Such changes should'be made in the
present tariff and system of taxation as
will relieve any overburdened industry
or class and enable our manufacturers
and artisans to compete successfully
with those of other lands. The govern
ment should aid works of internal i'm
provement national in their character,
and should promote the development
of our water courses and harbors
wherever the general interests of COM
merce require.
THE PRESENT CRISIS.
Four years ago, as now, the nation
stood at the threshold of a presiden-
tial election, and the Republican party
in soliciting continuance of it's as
tendency founded its hope of success,
not upon its promises, but upon its
history Its subsequent course has
been such as to strengthen the claims
which it then made to the confidence
and support of the country. On the
other hand, considerations more urgent
than have ever before existed forbid
the accession of its opponents. Their
success, if success attends them, must
chiefly come from the united support
of that section which sought forcibly
the disruption of the union, and which,
according to all the teachings of our
past history, will demand ascendency
in the counsels of the party to whose
triumph it will have made by far the
largest contribution. There is the
gravest reason for apprehension that
exorbitant claims upon the public
Treasury, by no means limited to hun
dreds of millions, already covered by
bills introduced in Congress within
the past four years, would be success
fully urged if the Democratic party
should succeed in supplementing its
present control of national legislation
by electing the executive. There is
danger in intrusting the control of
the whole law-making power of the
government to party which has in
almost every southern state repudiated
obligations quite as sacred as those to
which the faith of the nation now
stands pledged. | do not doubt the sue
cess of the Republican party, and that
its triumph will assure just, econom-
ical and patriotic administration.
am respectfully, your obedient SER
want,
G. A. ARTHUR.
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