The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-07-26

NO one ltdllItS HlOlC lullN lIldll lily =
self the great delicacy and difficulty of
adjusting 4 tariff 50 nicely and equita-
bly, rs to protect every home industry,
sustain every class of American labor.
promote to the highest point our great
agricultural interests, and at the same
time to give to one and all the advan-
tages pertaining to foreign production
not in competition with our own, thus
not only building up our foreign COM
mcrce, but taking measures to carry it
in orr own bottoms.
Difficult as this work appears, and
really is, it is susceptible Of accom-
plishment by patient and intelligent
labor, and to no hands can it be COM
mittcd with as great assurance Of sue
cess as to those of the Republican
party.
OUR MONETARY SYSTEM.
The Republican party is the indis-
putablc author of a financial and mon
ctarv system which it is safe to say has
never before been equaled by that of
any other nation
Under the operation of our system
OF finance the country WAS safely car
ried through an extended and eNpen-
sivc war with 4 national credit which
has risen higher AMI higher with each
succeeding year, until now the credit
of the United States is surpassed by
that of no other nation. while lis Sc
curities, at Il constantly increasing prem
ium, are eagerly sought after by inves-
tors in all parts of the world.
Our system of currency is most adj
mirable in construction. While all the
convenences of bill circulation at
tach to it, every dollar Of paper repre-
sents a dollar of the worlds money
standards, and as long as the just and
wise policy of the Republican party is
continued there can be no impairment
of the national credit. Therefore, I'M
der present laws relating thereto, it will
be impossible for any man to lose a
penny IN the bonds or bills of the
United States or in the bills of the nat
ional banks.
The advantage Of having 4 bank-notc
in the house which will be as good in
the morning as it was the night before
should be appreciated by all.
The convertibility of the currency
should be maintained intact. and the
establishment of an international stan
dard among all commercial nations,
fixing the relative values of gold and
silver coinage, would be a measure of
peculiar advantage.
FOREIGN POLITICAL. RELATIONS.
The United States has grown to be
600, 600 people, and in every sense, ex-
ccpting that of mere naval power is one
of the first nations of the world. AS
such, its citizenship should be valuable,
emitting its posscssor to protection in
every quarter of the globe. | do not
consider it necessary that our govern
ment should construct enormous fleets of
approved iron cladS and maintain com
mensurate lody of seamen in order to
place ourselves on Il war footing with the
military and naval powers of Europe.
Such course would not be compatible
with the peaceful policy of our country
though it seems absurd that We have not
the effective means To repel a wanton in
vasion of our coast and give protection
to our coast towns and cities against any
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
right, quite improbable What we most
need in this direction is firm and viz
orOus assertion of every right and priv
legc belonging to our government or its
citizens, as well rs an equally firm asser-
ton of the rights and privileges belong
ing to the general family of American
Republics situated upon this continent.
when opposed. if ever they should be, by
the different systems OF government upon
another continent.
An appeal to the right by such a gov
eminent as ours could not be dSregartled
by any civilized nation. In the treaty of
Washington we led the world to the
means of escape from the horrors Of war,
and 1t is To be hoped that the era when
all international differences shall be de-
cided by peaceful arbitration is not far
off
EQTN. RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP.
The central idea OF Il Republican form
of Government is the rule of the whole
people as opposed to the other forms
W hIph aSt al
Our foreiathcrs, in the attempt to erect
a new government which might repre-
sent the advanced thought of the world
at that period upon the subject of gov
eminent reform, adopted the idea of the
peoples sovereignty and thus laid the
basis OF our present republic. While
technically, Il government q! the people,
ii was i'll StrlctnesS only Il government of
portion Of the people. excluding from
all participation a certain other portion,
held i'll a condition of absolute, desputic.
and hopeless servitud', the parallel to
which, fortunately. does not now exist
i'll any modern Cnristian nation
With the elimination, however, of an
other cycle of advanced thought, the
American republic suddenly assumed the
full character of government of the
whole people, and 600. 600 human crea-
lures emerged from the condition of
bondsmen to the full status of ireemen,
theoretically invested with the same
civil and political rights possessed by
their former masters. The subsequent
legislation which guaranteed by every
legal title the citizenship and full equal.
ity befole the law III all respects of this
previously diSfranchSed people. amply
covers the requirements and secures to
them, so far as legislation car, privileges
of American citizenship. But the dSa.
greeable fact Of the case is that while,
theoretically, We are in the enjoyment
OF Il government of the whole people,
practically We ar; almost as far from it
as we were in the ante btlIum days OF the
republic. There are but a few leading
and indiSputable facts which cover the
whole statement of the case. In many
of the Southern States the colOred pnpl.-
latlon Is IN large excess OF the white.
The colore1 people are Republicans, as
are also a considerable portion of the
white people. The remaining portion of
the latter are Democrats. li face of this
lncOntcSuble truth these states lnvari.
ably return Democratic majorities In
other states of the South the colored pco-
pie, although not a ma ority. form a very
considerable bouy of the population, and
with the white Republicans are numeri-
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