The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-07-24

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vertibility of the currency should be
maintained intact, and the establish
menf of an International standard among
all commercial nations, fixing the rela-
tive values OF gold and silver coinage,
would be measure Of peculiar, advsn-
tage.
INTER STATE. FOREIGN COMMERCE AID
1oREtGN RELAIIUNs.
The subjects embraced In the resolu-
lions respectively looking 10 the promo
ton OF our interstate and foreign CON-
merce and to the matter of our foreign
relations afe fraughs with the greatest
impoftance to our people.
In respect TO interstate commerce,
there is much TO be desired in the way
of equitable rates and facilities of trans
portation, that commerce may how free
lY between the states themselves, diver
sIty of industries and employments be
promoted IN all sections of our county,
and that the great granAElee and manu-
| featuring establishments of the interior
may be enabled TO send their products
| 10 the seaboard for shipment to foreign
countries, refieyed Of yexatious restric-
tons and Determinations in matters of
which It may emphatically be said,
time Is money, and aleo OF unjust
| charges upon articles destined TO meet
4
other parts of the world.
AS to our foreign commerce, the enor-
/ nous growth OF our industries, and our
surprising production of cereals and
other necessities of life, lmperatively
require that immediate and effective
means be taken thFengh peaceful, order
/ ~, 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 10 our friends the people of the
| Brazilian empire.
The republics of Spanish America are
allied to US by the very closest and
i warmest feelings. based upon the simi-
larity Of institutions and government,
common astjirations and mutual hopes
The "Great Republic" as we proudly
term the United States; is looked upon
by their people with affectionate admi.
ration and IS the model tor them to
build upon, and we should cultivate be-
tween them and ourselves closer com.
mercial relations, which Will bind all to-
gether by the ties OF friendly intercourse
and mutual advantage. Further than
this, being small commonwealth, in the
military aud naval sense of the Europe
an powers, they look to US as, at least, a
moral defender against system of ter
riterial and other encroachments which,
aggressive in the past, has not been
| abandoned at this day. Diplomacy and
intrigue have done much more to wrest
the commerce of Spanish America from
the United States than has legitimate
commercial competition.
Politically we should be bound to The
republics of our continent by the closest
ties, and communication by ships and
railroads should be encouraged to the
fullest possible extent consistent with a
wise and conservative public policy.
!. Above all, we should be upon such terms
. of friendship as to preclude the posi-
bility of national Misunderstanding be-
. tween ourselves and any members OF
the American Republican family. The
best method to promote uninterrupted
peace between one and all would lie in
the meeting of q general conference OF
congress, whereby an agreement to sub.
nit all international differences to the
peaceful decision of friendly arbitration
might be reached.
An agreement of this kind would give
. TO our sister republics confidence IN each
ether and in as, closer communication
would at once ensue, reciprOcally ad.
: yantageous commercial treaties might
be made whereby much of the commerce
which now flows across the Atlantic
would seek Its legitimate channels, and
in9re to the greater prosperity of all the
: American commonwealths. The full
J advantages of policy OF this nature
/ could not be stated in a brief discussion
: like the present.
FOREIGN POLITICAL RELATIONS
The United States has grown to ne 4
government representing N IRE than d fly
million people, and in every sense, ex-
, cepting that of mere naval power, is one
of the first nations of the world. As
such, its citizenship should be valuable
emitting its possessof to protection il
every quarter of the globe. l do moi
consider it necessary that our govern.
} ment should construct enormous fleets
of approved irOn-clads, and MAINTAIN q
/ commensurate body of seamen in order
to place ourselves on q war footing with
the military and naval powers of Europe
Such a course would not be compatible
with the peaceful policy of our country
though 1t seems absurd that We hayt
not the effective means TO repel a wan
ton invasion of our coast and give pro.
, lection to our coast towns and cite;
against any power. The great mora
force Of our country Is so universally
: recognized as to render an appeal Il
arms by US, either in protection of oul
citizens abroad or in recognition of any
; Just international right, quite improba
+ BILE. What We most need in thi:
! direction is a firm and vigorous
, assertion of every right and priv
: lege belonging to our government or it;
citizens, as well IS the equally firm as
sertion of the rights and privileges be
i longing to the general family of Amer
2 can republics situated upon this CONT
5 nent, when opposed, If ever they shoulc
be, by the different systems of govern
i yvao, anOfhnr nnnkfnaaf
An appeal to the right by such gev
3 eminent as ours could not be disregard
, ed by any civilized nation. In TIN
, treaty of Washington we led the worlC
e to the means OF escape from the horror
, of war, and it is To be hoped that tn,
: era when all International differences
? shall be decided by peaceful arbitration
] is not far of.
3 EQUAL RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP.
' The central idea OF republican form
e Of government ia the rule of the who'll
: | which rest upon privileged class.
f Our forefathers, in the attempt 4
c erect q new government which NIGH
l represent the advanced thought of tn
l. world at that period upon the subject O
governmental reform, adopted the ide
|, Of the peoples sovereignty, and thus lai'
T the basis OF our present republic. Will
= technically government of the people
Q it was in strictness only goyernmeu
: of a portion of the people, excludin
y from all participation a certain othe
: portion, held in condition of absolut,
e despotic, and hopeless servitude, ID
. parallel to which, fortunately, does nc
l. now exist in any modern Christia
= nation.
With the culminatiOn, however. c
It another cycle of advanced thought tn
q American republic suddenly assume
= the full character of government {
IF the whole people. and four million hi
% man creatures emerged from the cond
IT ton of bondsmen to the full status {
n freemen, theoretically invested with th
c. same civil and political rights possesA
d by their former masters. The subs
) quent legislatIon which guaranteed b
IS every legal title citizenship an
full equality before the law in all n
s. spects this previously disfranchise
y people, amply covers the requirement
Z and secures to them, SO far as legislatio
can, the privileges of American citizeI
y ship. But the disagreeable fact of th
Of case is, that while, theoretically, we al
3 in the enjoyment of 9 government of Ii
n whole people, practically We are almo
te as far from 1t as We were in the antebe
l. lum days Of the republic. There al
10 bus few leading and indlsputable fac
r which cover the whole statement of Il
IN case. In many of the southern STATE
u the colored population is in large excet
It of the white. The c0lored people Al
n republicans, as are also considersbl
portion of the white peopl
d The remaining portion
b. the latter are democrat
r, In face OF thus incontestIble truth thel
ID states invariably return Democratic m
o iOritIes. In other states in the sout
the colorGd people, although not q m
jority, form Q very considerable body
Il the population, and with the white r,
y puhlicaus. are numerically In excess
y the Democrats. yet precisely the sam
81 political status obtalns-ahe Democrats
partv invariably carving the election