The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-07-24

1--WE seek the c0nqueStS OF peace. We ueoire
to extend our commerce, and In an especial
continent. We have not improved our rela-
persistently rU tent 'SW as we s might have DONE. For
more than q generation the sympathy OF those
countries has been allowed to drift away from !
their friendship. Our trade with them is al I
ready large. During the last year eur ex,
y f6c of omr entire
foreign Commerce To those who may be dis
posed to i1nderrate the value of our trade with |
msy be- Wei to state that I their % population is
nearly or quite fifty r4illi6ns-afid that, In
proportion to aggregate numbere, we import |
from Europe. But the result of the whole
American trade is In high degree unsatis- |
Tss wha darnS &c pas.
against US of moretRan 800, ,Q00, 900. But the
money does not go to Spanish "A amsf,ea ,s ~ ite
equivalent to pay European manufacturers
for the goods which they send to Spanish
enoemons amount ns annually @ to European fac
tors-an amount which is serious draft in
every financial depression, upon our re-
Can not this condition of trade in great part
be changed? Can not the market for ot1r
d beginning In our effort to improve our trade
relations With Mexico, and we should not be
content tfntl1 similar and mutually advan-
made with every nation OF North and South
America. While the great powers Of Europe
are steadily eniaTsng their colonial M aorni1a nr,s,
province of this country to improve and ex-
pand its trade with the nations of America.
cultivated so little. Our foreign policy should
be all American policy in its broadest and
most comprehensive sense-a policy of peace,
of friendship, of commercial enlargement.
The name of american, which belongs to us
in our National capacity, must always sxait
the Just pride Of patriotism Citizenship I OF
s 81 @ se Ds mes9s sns Anna
citizen, rich or poor, native or naturalized.
cure in his personal and civil rights. The
Republic should never accept q lesser ddty.
it can never assume noeier. one, 1 enan cs me st
1oyalty-proteetion at home, and protection
which shall follow him abroad into whatever
land he may go upon lawful errand.
THB SOUTHERN STATES.
recognize, not without regret. the necessity
for speaking of two sections Of ot. coWmon
country. But the rogret diffiifisiies when
| are fast disappearing. Prejudices have Yield
| ed and are yielding, while growing cordiality
Can any any one doubt that between the sections
| confidence and esteem are to-day more
marked than at any period in the sixty years
Rhis Rs Is the the result result in part Of TING
and lii part Of Republican principles applied
under the favorable conditions of uniformity.
intimenoes Ma Sc under which % Southern Ii % Common.
| wealths are learning to yindicate civil rights.
and adapting themselves to the conditions OF
If there be 6ccasioUal and violent outbreaks
| in the South against this peaceful progress,
t6e puDc as and trusts that
each will prove the last.
The South needs capital and occupation,
North the south needs the full protection OF
the Eftenue laws, which the Republican par.
ty oilers Some Of the Southern States have
smsrta and pprospery esc. At least
| should not lend their electoral votes TO de
| stroy their own future.
upon issues that grow out of the memories OF
the war will rummon the Northern States to
eGane Sheh was a III fHer Inspiration in the cv
should be united in common Industrial de
The Democratic party shows itself a foe te
urging Southern political consolidaiion. suci
otism in the heart of the Southern youth; i
revives and stirnulates prejudice; it sui snbssi 81
lUve Of peace, progress and harmony.
THE civil SERVICE.
The general character Of the, Civil Service
of the United States under all Adrnifiistra,
test-the collection and disbursement o.
revenue-tfe tecord of fidelity has never beer
surpassed in any natioti. With the almos
during the war, scrnpulous integrity was tnl
prevailing rule. Indeed, throughout tha
trying period 1t can be said to the honor O
the American name, that unfaithfulness anf
distiofiests arpong civil officers were as rar'
as misconduct and ee~ardiee on the he)d o
battle. .,,.-n-
and necessarily enlarged the Civil Service,
until now it includes vast body of officers
Rnles and methods of appointment whfcl
prevailed when the number was smaller hay,
been found insufficient and impracticable
and earnest efforts have beeh ftade TO separ
ate the great mass of ministerial officers IRON
partisan influence and personal control. I'm
Partially in the mode of appointment to e.
based on qualification and security OF tcnnr'
business bus viii BE- aided by separating the ieeis
lative branch of the Govethment from 81
, Department viii he relieved by suhjecting ar
pointments to fixed rules and thus removing
! ism. But there should be rigid observance o
! potency the preference to the soldiers VIII
!. risked their lives in defense OF the Union.
] entered Congress in 1868, and In somt
what prolonged service l never found 1t eS
pedient to request or recommend the remoys
| of civil officer except in four instances, an
|, |, then for non-political reasons which were fr
stantiy conclusive with the appointing powe
The oficers in the District appointed BY ~
: of my predecessor, served, as rule. unit
= death or resignation. ! adopted at the begin
i ming Of my service the test OF comPetltiye Q,
i y and maintained Il so long as had the right b
!. law to nominate cadet. In the case OF MAN
= = arbitrarily limits the term of the commissio
: offered constant temptation to changes Il
+ mere political reasons. have publicly e'
y pressed the belief that the essential modific
!, ton of that law would be in many rcspec
:. q NV observation in the department of Stat
.i6rrs of rrru 1aof N 4
> experience. and impressed me with the col
n victon that the ,ulc of imi al tial appoin
$ l nny existing s % provision of the Civil sefvi,
. law. It should be appli ID to appointments
. the Consular service. Consulss should be cor
r watchfulness for their country's interest
ii heir intelligence and competency bccom
a therefore, matters Of great public C Co
4 American Consulate who is not well
"a structed i'll the history and resources of
m oan country, and in the requirements a.
70 he Is sent. The same. rule should be applf
to even more l1gidly to Secretaries of Legatio
re re the right to the most efficient agents in !,
h. discharge of public business, and the appoiI
u = ing power should regard this as the prior a
as Interior consideration.
ty THE MORMON QUESTION.
Cd Religious liberty is the right of every ci
IS zen of the Republic. Congress is forbidden
the Constitution to make any lsy 'rcspecti
n. the free exercise thereof" For centul
.. under this guarantee, Protestant and Catt
al lie, Jew and Gentle, have rorshiped g
Su ,'l according to the dictates of conscient
~ ~ | But religious liberty must not be p,
or o, verted TO the justification OF onfeDs
o or against the law. A religious sect, stronf
be br intrcnched in one OF the Territories of
1e 1e Union, and spreading rapidly into four 9th
N, Territories, claims the right to destroy I
WH w great safeguard and imminent of social
=. der, and to practice as q religious privile
n that which Is Il crime, punished with sevt
no penalty, in every State of the Union. The
Nv credpess and unity of the family must be p
- served as the foundation of ali civil COVE
IL ~, ment, as the source OF orderly administratit
.a'' as the surest guarantee of moral puri
tn ne Giii ~ inv ny, ~, p,.; i"' nig liz
3h | should no more be admitted than the claim
~ certain heathen tribes, il they should CO.
ns among us, to continue the rite of human s
;'s rifice. The law does not interfere with WI
o. a man believes; it taxes cOgniZance only
an what he does. As citizens, the Mormons