The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-10

ssructing ship canals or railways across
the isthmus which uEites the two con
tinents. Various plans to this end
have been suggested and will need
consideration, but none Of them have
been sufficiently matured to warrant
the United States in extending pecu-
mary aid.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
The constitution guarantees absolute
religious freedom. Congress IS pro-
hibited from making any laws respect
ing the establishment Of religion, or
prohibiting TIE free exercise thereof.
The territories Of the United States
are subject to The direct legislative
authority Of Congress, and hence the
general government is responsible for
any violation Of the constitution in
any Of them. It is therefore a re-
proach to the government that in the
most populous Of the territories this
constitutional guarantee is not enjoyed
by the people, and the authority Of
Congress Is set at naught. Thc Nor
mon church not only ofends the moral
sense of mankind BY sanctioping
polygamy but prevents the admins
tration Of justice. In my Judgment it
is the duty Of Congress, while respect
ing to the utmost the conscientious
convictions and religious scruples Of
every citizen. to prohibit, within its
/ Jurisdiction, all criminal practices,
/ especially Of that class which destroy
the family relations, and endanger
social order Nor can any ecclesiasti
cal organization be safely permitted to
usurp to the smallest degree the func-
tons and powers of the national gov
eminent
CIVIL SERVICE.
The civil service can never be plac-
ed on a satisfactory basis until it is
regulated by law for the good Of the
service itself, for the protection OF
those who are intrusted with the ap-
pointing power, against the waste Of
time and the obstruction of public bus
mess caused by the inordinate press
ure for place and for the protection OF
incumbents against intrigue and
wrong. I shall, at the proper time,
ask congress to fix the tenure of mi
nor Offices Of the several executive de
partmonts and then prescribe grounds
upon which the removals shall be
made during the terms for which the
incumbents have been appointed.
CONCLUSION.
Finally. acting always within the
authority and limitation of the consti
tuition, invading neither the rights Of
the states nor the reserved rights OF
the people, it will be the purpose OF
my administration to maintain the au-
thority and il all places within its
Jurisdiction to enforce obedience to all
the laws Of the union in the interests
OF the people, to demand rigid econ
omy in all the expenditures of the
government, and to require honest
and faithful service of all executive
officers, remembering that the Offices
We're created, not for the benefit of the
incumbents or their supporters. but
for the services of the government.
And now, fellow citizens, 1 am
about to assume the great trust which
you have committed to my hands. !
appeal to you for that earnest and
thoughtful support which makes this
government in fact as it is in law, q
| government Of the people. I shall
greatly rely upon the wisdom and pat.
riotism of congress, and of those who
may share with me the responsibilities
and duties Of the administration, and
upon our efforts to promote the welfare
of this great people and their govern
ment, I reverently invoke the support
of Almighty God.