Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-15

. .ao ,,orn;no a. It wa. the night before,
81 n a1npreciated by all. The convertl,
bility of the currency should be lnainta.icu
;rtocr and the establishment OF an lllelh"-
tion.i stnnInr1 among all commercial nations,
liking the relative values OF gotu niu s sI.
coinage, would be q measure Oh pccuii"i "u
IN" sIbiocts embraced in the resolutions re-
spectivcly looking to the promotlon OF ouI
Interstate and foreign commerce, hliu ~ .ne
matter of our foreign relations, are irhusnI
with great importance to our pcoptc. MY,
spcct to Interstate commerce.. there IS much
to be desired in the way OF cqultaoie rates uaa
facilities for transportation that commerce
may flow freely to the States themselves anu
the diversity Of industries and employlhcnts
be promoted in all sections OF our couitry,
and that the great granaries and matlulac.ur,
ing establishments of the interior may DC
enabled to send their products to thc seanoaIl
for shipment to foreign countries, io,iGNcHu nc
the vcXatious restrictions ana dlscrinlhuuoh
in matters of which 1t may emphallcally pt
said thine is money! and also OF the unjust
charges upon articles destined 70 n mret utuss
OF the world. AS to our foreign commences;
tho enormous growth of our industries, ana
our surprising productl2n OF cerea,s a,lunir,
that Immediate and effective means
may, be taken non th5onYh pq mefbo5s 0 to
open markets which have been and are now
monopollzcd largely by other Nations. This
more particularly relates to our sister tepun-
the people OF the brazilian Empire. The Re
pubiics Of Spanish America are allied to us by
The very closest and warincst feeling, based
upon the similarity of institutions and GOV
crnment, common aspirations and mutual
hopes. The Great Republic" as they proud
~ term the United States, is looked upon by
their people with a~icctionatc admiration,
ana as a model FOR them to build upon,
and we should cultivate between them
and ourselves closer commercial relations,
which will bind all together by ties OF friendly
intercourse and mutual advantage. FurthCc
than this, being small commemorative, in a
military and naval sense OF European powers,
they look to us as, al least, Il moral defender
against Il system territorial and other en-
croachments which. aggressive in the past,
have not becntabandoncd at this day. Diplom-
acy and intrigue have done much more to
wrest the III OF Spanish America
from the United States than has legitimate
our continent by the closest ties,
ana communication by ships and railroads
extent consistent with Il wise and conscrva-
tive public policy. Above all, we should be
upon such terms of friendship US to preclude
the possibility OF a national misunderstanding
between ourselves and any member OF the
American Republican family. The best
method TO promote uninterrupted peace be-
tween one and all would lie in a meeting of n
general conference or congress. whereby an
agreement to submit all inter. national
differences to the peaceful decision OF
a friendly arbitration might be reached. An
agreement of this kind would givctO our sis
ter republics confidence in each other and i'll
us, ClOSCE communication would at once cll-
sue ,rcciprocaIly, advantageous commercial
treaties might be made whereby much Of the
commerce which now flows across the Allan
tic would seek its legitimate channels and in
ure to the greater pros crlty OF all the Amer
lean commemorative. The full advantages
OF a policy OF this nature could not be state d
in a brief discussion like the present.
The United States has grown to be a Gov
eminent representing more than $4,000. 900
people, and in every sense excepting that of a
mere naval power is one of the first Nations
or IN NDrl} aE J1rI I = ftfi inn Oh in, bN,,l1
be valuable, emitting its possessor TO protec-
ton in every quarter of the globe. do not
consider it necessary that our Government
should construct enormous fleets OF impt owed
surate body of scamen, in order
TO place ourselves on II war footing with
the military and naval powers of Europe.
Such II course would not be compatible with
the peaceful policy of our country, though it
seems absurd tllat we have not the effective
means to rcpel a wanton invasion OF our
coast and give protection to our coast towns
and cities against any power. The great
moral force of our country is so universally
recognized as to render an appeal to arms by
us, either in protection OF our citizens abroad
Or IN recognition OF any Just international
need i'll this direction is II firm and vig-
orous assertion Of every right and
privilege belonging, to our Government
or its citizens, as well as an equally firm nsser-
The general family OF American Republics
situated upon this continent when opposed,
if ever they should be, by the different sys.
tens OF government upon another continent.
An itppeal, to right by such a Government as
ours could not be ~diSrcgardca by any civilized
nation. In the treaty Of Washington we led
the world to the means of escape from the
horrors OF war, and it is to be hoped that an
era when all international differences shall be
decided by peaceful arbitration is not far on.
The central idea of Il Republican form Of
go crnmcnt is the rule of the whole people,
upon the pr vllcgtd class. Our torctathers, in
the attempt 10 erect a Hew Government
which migll; represent the advanced thought
OF the world at that period upon the subject Of
governmental reform, adopted the idea of
the peoples sovereignty and thus laid the
basis of our present Republic. While tcchni-
slrlctncss only a Government OF a portion
or INC people, excluding from all
n Part hs ia certain other por,
despotic and hopeless scrvitude, the parallel
to Which, fortunately, docs not now exist IN
any modern Christian nation. With the cul-
fnlilatlon, however, OF another cycle of adj
Vanccd thought, the American Republic sud-
denly assumed the full character of a Govern
,nent OF tie whole people. and four million
hunlaE creatures emerged from the condition
OF b~ondsnen to the full status OF free men
theoretically invested with the same civil and
political rights possessed by their former
guaranteed by every legal title the cit
izenship and full equality before the law
disrranchis sedpI people, 10 amply s" eov9 RE'T the Sc;
quirements and secures TO them, so lar as
legislation can, the privileges of American
citizenship. But the disugrceuble fact of the
case is that while. Theoretically, we arc in the
enjoyment or Il Government by the whole
people, practically We are almost as far from
u as we were in the antcbcllum days of the
Republic. There are but II few leading ana
indisputablc facts which cover the Whole
statement Of tie case. In many
southern States the colored population
is in large excess Of the white. Tho col
orcd people are Republicans, us are also a
considerable portion Of the white people. The
remaining portion of the latter are Demo
Gratis. In face OF this incOntes1iblc truth.
these States invariably return Democratic
mnJorltieS. In other States OF the South the
colorcd people, although not in a majority.
form Il very considerable body of the popula.
1lon, and with the white Republicans are
numerically in excess of the Democrats, yet
precisely the same political result oblaIns.
me Democratic party invariably carrying
the elections. 1t is not even 1hoEgIt
Important election to be carried BY tho
Republicans as Il blind or us a stroke Of
ilnesse. Careful and impartial investigation
mas shown these results to follow the SYSTEM
attic exercise OF physical intimidation and
violence, sonjoined with the most suamefn
devices ever practiced in the name of free
elections. So confirmed has the result he.
come that we are brought face to face with
tne extraordinary political fact that the DEM
ocratlc party OF the South relies almost an.
tlrely upon the methods mentioned for sHo-
cess III the National elections.