The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-07-31
WHOLE NUMBER 900.

meet close competition from the products Of
other parts Of the world.
nous growth of our industries and our
surprising production Of cereals and other
immediate and effectiTe a measures % be taken
through peaceful, orderly and conservative
methods to open markets, which have been
and are now monopolized largely BY other
nations This more particularly relates to
our sister republics of Spanish America, as
also to our friends-the people of the BRAZIL
ian Empire.
The republics of Spanish America are allied
to us by the very closest and warmest feel
iugs, based upon similarity of institutions
nnH mntus sopes TSe peat Rspublic as
they proudly term the United States, Is
looked upon by their people with affectionate
build upon; and we should cultivate between
them and ourselves closer commercial rela-
tions, which will bind all together by. the ties
tage. Further than this, being small COM
monwealths, in the military and naval sense
of the European owners, they look to US az.
territorial and other entertainments which,
aggressive in the past, has not been abandon
ed at this day. Diplomacy and intrigue nave
done more to wreSt the commerce OF spanish
America from the United States than has
legitimate commercial competition.
Politically we should be bound to the repub-
lies of our Continent by the closest ties, and
communication by sh tps and railroads should
be encouraged to the fullest possible extent
consistent WIFI u WlS6 anu COuctEfdtltc pun
lie policy. Above all, we should be upon such
terms OF friendship as to preclude the possibil-
ity of national MISUNDERSTANDING between
ourselves and any of the members of the
American Republican family. The best meth
cd to promote uninterrupted peace between
one and all would lie in the meeting OF a gem
agreement to submit ala international differ
ences to the peaceful decision OF friendly ar
bitration might be reached.
An agreement of this Kind would give to
our sister republics confidence in each other
and in us, closer communication would az
r bs made
much of the commerce which now hows
across the Atlantic would seek its legitimate
of ali the American commonwealths Tie fun
advantage of a policy of this nature could not
be stated in brief discussion like the present
FOREIGN POLITICAL RELATIONS.
The United States has grown to be agovern-
ment representing 5o0O0,OO0 people, and in
every sense, excepting that OF mere navel
power, is one of the first nations of the world.
fisline tit i lis w posscssors to protection in every
quarter of the globe. do not consider it
necessary that our government should con-
struct enormous fleets of approved ironclads
and maintain a commensurate body or sea-
men in order to place ourselves on war foot
ing with the military and naval powers OF Eu-
with the peaceful policy of our country, 1,
though 1t seems absurd that we have
not the effective means to repcl wa nton in
~
coast towns and cities against any power. The
great moral force of our country is SO univer-
arms arms By % u.s. H either = in protection of our citi.
Zens abroad or in recognition of any just IN.
ternational right, quite improbable, What
vigorous assertion of every right and privi.
lege belonging to our government or its cfti-
zens, as well as an equally firm assertion OF
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 CONT
nent.
An appeal to the right by such a govern
ment as ours could not be disregardcd by any
We led the world to the means Of escape from
the horrors OF war. and it is to be hoped that
shall be decided by peaceful arbitration is not
far off.
EQUAL RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP.
The central idea of republican form OF
government is the rule of the whole people as
opposed to the other fofms which rest upon q
privileged class.
Our forefathers, in an attempt to erect Z
new government which might represent ths
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 re
public. While technically government OF
the people, it was in strictness only govern
from from ali participation certain other portion
| held in q condition of absolute, despotio, an(
hopeless servitude, the parallel to which, for
| tunately, does not now exist in any moderI
| Christian nation.
With the culmihntion, however, of anothel
| cycle of advanced Thought, the, American
of a government of the whole people, ant
| four million human creatures emerged frou
the condition of bondsmen to the full statu
of freemen, theoretically invested with. tht
same civil and political rights possess d b.
| their former masters. The subsequent legis
| lation which guaranteed by every legal It'll,
law in all respects of this previously disfran
chised people, amply covers the requirement.
and secures to them, SO far as legislation can
the disagreeable fact of the case is. tina
while, Theoretically, we are in the
| enjoyment Of a government of the whole
| 1t Us we were in the ante bellim days of thu
| republic. There are but a few leading and in
| disputable facts which cover the whole state
ment of the case. In many of the Southern
| States the colored population is in lar e ex
| cess of the white. The colored people are Re
publicans as are ALEC considerable portion
| of the latter arc Democrats In face of thi
| incontestabic truth these States invariably re
of the South the colored people, although no
| q majority, form very considerable body o
/ the population, and with the white Republi
crafts, @ W Yet precisely the = same Political result
| obtains, the Democratic party invariably car
| rying the elections. 1t is not even thought ad
| election to be carried by the Republicans as
"hlind'' or as stroke of tnesse.
| Careful and impartial investigation ha
| shown these results to follow the systenau
exercise of physical intimidation and violence
conjoined with the most shameful device
ee so copnfirmed has m I this result become that W
are brought face to face with the extraord
nary political fact that the Democratic part
of the South relies almost entirely upon tn
methods stated for its success in national elet
tions.
This unlawful perversion of the popula
franchise, which desire TO state dispas-ior
ately, and in a manner comporting with tn
proper dignity of the occasion, is one of dee
gravity to the American people-in doubl
First-It is in violation, open, direct, an
fragrant, of the primary principle upon whic
our government is supposed to rest, viz: Thu
in by all legally qualified citizens, in accort
anoe with the plan of popular governmen
that the maiorities must rule in the decisio
Sccond-It is in violation of the rights an
interests of the States wherein are particl
larly centered the great wealth and industri'
of the nation, and which pay an overwhelI
: ing portion of the national taxes. The II
mel.se aggregation of interests embrace
within, and the enormously greater popul
, | riou of these other States of the Union, Al
subjected every four years to the dangers
a wholly fraudulent show of numeric
strength.
Under this system minorities actually q
tempt to direct the course of national affair
! and though up to this time success has n
, , attended their efforts to elect president, y
! success has been so perilously imminent Ms
,, encourage a repetition of the effort at ca,
quadrennial election, and to subject the inte
ests of an overwhelming majority of our pc
!, pie, North and South, to the hazards of illeg
subversion.
The stereotyped argument in refutation
these plain truths is that If the republics
: clement was really in the majority they cou
: not be deprived of their rights and privileg
: by a minority: but neither statistics of pop
!. latio.: nor the unavoidable logic of the stu
. | tion can be override n or escaped. The color
: people of the South have recently emerg
: : from the bondage of their present polite
9 oppressors; they have had but few of
= | advantages of education which might email
II them to compete with the whites.
q As have heretofore maintained, in order
g g achieve the ideal perfection of a popular &C
: ernment, it Is absolutely necessary that
masses should be educated. This propositi
. | applies itself with full force to the color
z people of the South. They must have beti
= educational advantages, and thus be euabl
n to become the intellectual peers of their VIII
u M them llpdOnhtadlv