The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-05
this country. Our republican
governmentand its traditions wisely.

this country. Our republican
governmentand its traditions wisely.
LIMITED THE TENURE oF OFFICE
and in many ways showed their disapp-oyal
of long leases Of power. Twenty years Of
continuous poweris long enough, and has
always led to iniquities and corruptions
which are not likely to be properly exposed
under the same party that perpetuates them.
F last four years of power held by that party
were procured by
DIsCRED1rABLE MEANS,
and held in defiance of the wishes of the
majority OF the people. 1t was grievous
wrong to every voter, and to our system Of
self government, which should never be for-
gotten or forgiven. Many OF the men now
in office were put there because of corrupt
partisan service in thus degrading the fairly
and legally expressed will of the majority,
and the hypocrisy of the profession of that
party in favor of civil service reform, which
was shown by placing such men in Office,
and turning the whole brood of federal
oficeholders loose to influence the elections.
The -r+err,
. MONEY OF THE PEOPLE,
taken out of the public treasury by these
men for services often poorly performed, or
not performed at all, is being used in vast
sums with the knowledge and presumed
sanction Of the administration to control
the election, and even the members of the
cabinet are strolling about the country max
ing partisan speeches, instead of being in
their departments at Washington dischare-
ing the public duties for which
they are paid by the people. For with all
their cleverness and ability discriminating
public will no doubt road, between the lines
of their speeches, that their paramount
hope and aim is to keep themselves, or their
satellites, four years longer in Office. The
perpetuating in power of chronic federal
Office holders four years longer will not
benefit the millions of men and women who
have no Office, but earn their daily
bread by honest industry is what the
same discriminating public will no doubts
fully understand, as they will, also, that it is
because of their own industry and economy,
and Gods bountiful harvests, that the cour-
try is comparatively prosperous, not because
Of them, but in spite of them. This contest
is, in fact, between the people endeavorine
to regain the political power which right
fully belongs to them, ana to restore the
pure, simple, economical and constitutional
government of our fathers on the one side,
and 100000 federal Office holders and their
hackers, hampered with place and power
and determined to retain them at all haz-
yards, on the other. Hence the constant as
sumption Of
NEW AND DANGEROUS POWERS
by the general government under the rule Of
the Republican party, the effort to build up
what they call a strong government, the in
reference with home rule and
with the administration of Justice
in the courts of the several States, the in
reference with the elections through the
medium of paid partisan federal Office
holders interested in keeping their party in
power, and caring more for that than fair
ness in elections. In fact. the constant en-
croachments which have been made by that
party upon the clearly defined rights of the
people and the States will, if not checked,
subyert the liberties of the people and the
government of limited powers created by
the fathers, and end in a great
CONSOLIDATED, CONCENTRATED GOVERNMENT,
strong indeed for evil and the overthrow of
| republican institutions. The wise men who
! framed our constitution knew the evils of
strong government and the long continu-
| ance of political power in the same hands.
They knew there was tendency in this
direction in all governments and consequent
danger to Republican institutions from this
| cause, and took pains to guard against it.
The machinery of strong, central
zed government can be used
to perpetuate the same set of men in power
| from term to term, until it ceases to be re-
| public, or such only in terms. The tendency
| of the party now in power in that direction,
! as shown in various ways, besides the willing
| ness recently manifested by large number
of that party to elect President an unlimit-
ed number Of terms, is quite apparent,
and must satisfy thinking people
that the time has come when it will be safest
and best for that party to be retired.
| But in resting the encroachments of the
| general government upon the reserved rights
of the people and States, I wish to be dis
tinctiy understood as favoring the proper
exercise by the general government of the
powers rightfully belonging to it under the
constitution. Encroachments upon the cor
stitutional rights Of the general government,
or interference with the proper exercise
of its powers, must be carefully avoided.
| ... THE UNION OF THE STATES
under the constitution must be maintained,
| and it is well known that this has always
been the position of both the candidates on
the Democratic Presidential ticket. It is
acquiesced in everywhere now, and finally
and forever settled as one of the results Of
| 'uo Wal. IL ID Certainly UeyOuO al 4uestioG
that the legitimate results of the war for the
Union will not be overthrown or
| impaired should the Democratic ticket
! be elected. In that event, proper protec-
ton will be given in every legitimate
way to every citizen, native or adopted, in
every section Of the republic, in the enjoy
ment of all the rights guaranteed by the con-
stitution and it's amendments.
| A SOUND CURRENCY OF HONEST MONEY,
of value and purchasing power correspond
ing substantially with the standard recog-
nized by the Commercial world, and consist
ing of gold and silver, and paper convertible
into coin, will be maintained. The labor
and manufacturing, commercial and business
interests of the country will be favored and
encouraged in every legitimate way. The
toiling of our own people will be protected
| from the destructive competition of the
Chinese, and to that end their immigration
! to our shores will be properly restricted.
The public credit will be sorupulously
maintained and strengthened by rigid
economy in public expenditures, and the lib
critics Of the people, and the property of the
people, will be protected by government of
| low ol.~ L.