The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-01

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any man 70 lose \ penny in DoDds or bits or the
United States, OF in bills OF the national banks,
The advantage OF having q bank note IN the
house which will 20 as good In the morning as IL
was the night before, should be appreciated by
all. The convertibtlity OF currency should be
maintained intact. and the establishment of an
international standard among all commercial
nations, fixing the relative values of gold and
silver coinage, would be y measure OF peculiar
advantage.
INTERSTATE, FOREIGN COMMERCE AND FOREIGN
RELATIONS,
The subjects embraced in the resolutions, re-
speCtively looking TO the promotion Of our inter.
state and foreign commerce, and TO the matter OF
Our foreign relations, are fraught WISH the great
est Importance to our people. In respect TO inter.
state there Is much TO be desired IN
the way of equitable rates and facilities OF trans
portation, that Commeres may now freely be-
tween the states themselves, diversity OF indus
tries and emplOyments be promoted in all Sec
tions Of our country, and that the great granaries
and manufacturing establishments OF the interior
may be enabled to send their products 70
the seaboard for shipment to foreign
countries, relieved OF yeXatious restrictions
and determinations In matters OF which 1t may
emphatiCally be said Time is money, and also
of unjust charges upon articles destined to meet
close competition from the products OF other
parts of the world. As to our foreign commerce,
the enormous growth Of our Industries and our
surprising production OF cereals and other neces-
stiles of life, imperatfvely require that tmmedi-
ate and effective means be taken through peace
full, orderly and conservative methods Co open
markets which have been and are now mOnOpOl-
lied largely by other nations. This more par
~ticularly relates to our sister republics In Spanish
America, as also to our friends, the people OF the
Brazilian empire. The republics Of Spanish
America are allied to US by the very closest and
warmest feelings, based upon similarity
institutions and government, common aspira-
tions and mutual hopes. The great republic,
as thev proudly term the United States Is looked
upon by their people with affectionate admiya-
ton and 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. Further than this, being
small commonwealth In the military and naval
sense of the European powers, they look to US as
at least q moral defender against the system of
territorial and other Entertainments which,
aggressive in the past, has not been abandoned
at this day. Diplomacy and intrigue have
done much more to wrest the commerce OF Span
ish-AmeTica from the United States than has
legitimate commercial competition. Politically
we should be bound to the republics OF our con-
tinent by the closest ties, and communication
by ships and railroads should be encouraged to
the fullest possible extent consistent with wise
and conservative public policy. Above all, we
should be upon such terms of friendship "a to
preclude possibility of national misunderstood
ings between ourselves and any members OF the
American republican family. The best method
TO promote uninterrupted peace between one and
-! =-S;is SO IA vho meeting Ca EefiorHi
conference or congress whereby, an agreement
20 submit all international differences to peace
full decision Of friendly arbitration might be
reached. An agreement Of this kind would give
to our sister republics confidence in each othey,
and closer communication would at once ensue;
rectprocally advantageous commercial treaties
might be made whereby much OF the
which now flows across the Atlantic would seek
it's Legitimate channels, to inure TO the greater
prosperity of all American commemorative. The
full advantages OF e policy OF this nature could
not be stated in a brief discussion like the
present.
FORCING POLITICAL RELATIONS.
The United States has grown to be a govern
ment TnDgegentinV more than NftV millions OF
people, and in every sense excepting that of
mere naval power is one Of the first nations OF
be BE- S valuable. s suSai IT, posse.so op0pt To
protection in every quarter of the globe.
I do not consider 1t necessary that our govern
ment should construct enormous fleets of APP
proved iron-clads and maintain a commensurate
body OF seamen in order to place ourselves ON q
war footing with the military and naval powers
Rot Europe. Such a course would not be compati-
bic with the peaceful policy OF our country,
though 1t seems absurd that we have no effec-
tive means to repel wanton invasion of our coast
and give protection TO towns and cities against
any power. The great moral force OF our country
Is so universally recognized as to render an APP
peal 60 arms, either In the protection
Of our citizens abroad or In recogni-
ton of any just iternational right. quite
improbable. What we most need in this dfrec-
lion is the firm and vigorous assertion OF every
right and privilege belonging to our government
ticn of rights and privileges belonging to the
general family Of American republics situated
upon this continent, when opposed, If ever they
should be, by different systems Of government
upon another continent. An appeal to right It
BIZ such q g-oyArnment as ours could not be dis
regarded by any civilized nation. In the treaty
OF Washington we led the world to means
OF escape from the horrors of war, and 1t ia TO be
hoped that the era when international differ
ences shall be decided by peaceful arbitration -
not far of.
EQUAL RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP
Tn central idea Of the republican government
is the rule OF the whole people az opposed TO
other forms which rest upon a privileged class.
| Our fOrefathers, IL the attempt to erect q new
| government which might represent the adj
| vanced thought OF the world at that period upon
the subject OF governmental reform, adopted the
idea q the peoples sovereignty. and thus laid
nically a government of the people, IL was In
ctrfctness only q government or q portion OF the
people, excluding from all nasSieipation q GER
tain other portion, held In aSgymetss9n OF abso-
lutte, deepotio and hopslnsBe servftude, the
parallel to which, fortunately, does not
now exist in any other Christian nation. With
A the elimination, however, OF another cycle OF
advanced thought, the American republic sud.
denly assumed the full character OF Government
OF the whole people. Four million human
creatures emerged from the condition of bonds-
men TO the full status Of freemen, theoretically
invested with the same civil and political rights
possessed by their former masters. The subse-
quent legislation. which guaranteed by every
legal title, citizenship and full equality before
law In all respects this previously disfranchisec
people, amply covers requirements and secures
30 them, 30 far as legislation can, the privileges
or American citizenship But the disagreeablt
fact that while. Theoretically, we are In the en-.
1 Oymen OF government OF the whole people
practically we are almost as far from It as We
public. There are but q few lead,
Ing and indisputable' facts which cover
the whole statement OF the case. In many
large excess Of the white. The colored people
are Republicans. as are also q considerable pJr.
ton Of the white people. The remaining portion