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an int fnatiOnal standard among all CONNER ]
cial nations fixing the relative values OF gold /
and silver conage, would be a measure OF pc ,
culiar advantages.
INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE.
Tire subjects embraced i'm the resolutions re- /
spectively looking TO the promotion of our \
Interstate and foreign commerce andto the |
matter of our foreign relation are fr1ught /
with the greatest importance TO our people. 4
In respect Co inter Stale com mcrCe. there Is
much to be desired in the way of equitable
ia es and facilit es of trans pOrtatiOn, that /
commerce may How freely betwee the states |
themselves, diversity of industri : and EN- |
ploym mt be promoted in all sections OF our
country. and that the great Rranaries aud
manufacturing establishments of the in, erior |
may he entitled 70 send their products TO the
seaboa.l Tor hipment 10 TO- cign countries,
relieved of vexaiious restrictions and dis Grim
nations i'm matters OF which it may emphati-
oally be said, time l. money, and also OF un-
just cdarg1s upon art1 lies dest ne 10 meet
close competit on from the pr dIcts OF other
parts of the world.
As to our foreign co alu cree. the enormous
growth of our industries, ~ d ,uc surprising
production of cereals and other .,cccsslties OF
NE lmperatigey re luirc that mme late and
objective means 10 take1 through p, etul,
orderly and conservative methods 10 open
markets which have been and are now mo-
nopolized largely by otler naions. This more
part cqlarly elates to oar sister repub les OF
Spanish America, as also to our trends the
people of the Brazilian Empire.
SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS.
The republics of Spanish America are allied
70 US by the very closest AID .NarueSt feel
ings, based upon sim larity Of Institutions
/ ana government, common p ratlOnS anu
mutual hopes. The Great iepublc," as
| they proudly term the United states, is
| looked upon by their people wi h affection
| ate admiration, and as tue model for them
| to build upol, and We should cultivate be-
| tween them and ourselves closer commercial
relations, which will bind all together by
| the ties of friendly intercourse and mutual
! advantage. Further tam this, being small
commonwea this, in the military and naval
sense of the European Powers. they look to
us, ut least, as a moral defen Ter against sys-
! tenn OF territorial and other encr ach-
men 5, which, aggressive in the past, mas
not been abandoned to this day. Diplomacy
and intrigue have done much more to
! wrest the commerce of Spanish America
1 from the United States than has legitimate
commercial competition.
Politically we snoUl be bound to Il @ repub-
les OF our contire 1t by the closest taos, a I'd
commy nication BY ships and railroads sh ud
| be encouraged to the tuh sst possible extent
consistent with w. Q and conservati' pub
| lie policy. Above all, we shoul b upon such
terms of friendship as to precll the posi-
biity OF national Ibisuldeis awnings between
ourselves and any o. tue members of the
Amerit al republican ia nily, The best meth
Cd To pl omote uninterrupted pCa;e between
one aad all wOul lie in the meeung OF gen
eral conference or congress- whereby an
agreement to submit all International differ
enceS Z the peaceful de -ision Oh friendly ar
b.traton might be re;-cl
An agree mont OF this L1ud woul1 give our
sister republics confidence in each other and
III u.s. closer commun cation would ensue, re-
ciprocally advantag o us commercial treaties
might be made, whereby much of the COM
nerce which OW DOW3 across Inc AIlantlc
would seek its legitimate channels, and inure
to the greater prosperity or all American
commonwealth; Ihe tpll ADVANTAGES Of
policy of this nature could not be stated in n
brief discussion like the present.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
The United States has grown to be a gov
eminent representing more rhan 50VOJUOO
people. and in everv sense, excepting that OF
mere naval powers, is one of the first nations
or the world AS such Its ets1ship S snS1i
ton IN every quarter OF the globe. do not
consider iC necessary that our Government
shou d construct enormous fieets of approved
ironcads nd maintain a commensurate bod
OF seaInen in order to place Ourselves on
war footing with the military and naval pow
ers OF Europe. such a course would not be
compatible with the peaceful policy of our
country, though it seems absurd that we have
not tne effective means TO repel wsnton in
vasion of our coast and give protection TO
our coast town and cities against any power.
The great moral force of our country is so
universally recognized as to render an APP
citizens abroad or in ecoSnition OF any Just
International right quite improbable.
What we most need in this direction Is a
fl m and vigorous assertion of every right and
privilege belonging 70 our Government or its
citizens, as well AS an equally firm assertion OF
the rights and privileges belonging TO the
general family of American Republics sit
uated on this continent, when oppo Led, IL ever
they should be, by the systems OF government
upon another continent.
An appea to the right by such a Govern
ment as ours could not be dlsregarded by any
! civilized nation. In tie treaty or W aShlngtOn
we led the world to the means of escape from
the horrors of war, and IL Is to be hoped that
the era when all International differences
shall BE- decided by peaceful arbitration is not
far off,
/, The central idea of rep blican form of
government is the rule of tde whole people Is
opposed to the other forms which rest upon a
privileged class.
our forefathers, in the attempt to erect a
new Government which might repre- sent the
advanced thought of the world at that Rod
upon the sub.ec- of governmental reform,
adopted the idea OF the peoples sovereignty,
anu thus laid the bass OF our present republic.
While technically q overnmeni OF the people,
, it was in strictness only Govcrnment of Il
: portion of the peOplo, excluding from all par
ticipation certail other poroion, held in a
condition of abso re, desD0tic, and hopeless
servitude, the parihlcl 10 which, fortunately,
does not now exist in any modern Christian
With the elimination, however, of another
cycle Of advanced though, The Am rican re.
public suddenly assumed the full character OF
Government of h whole people, AMI 1000
O00 human creatures emerged from the condi-
} ton of bondsmen TO the mi status OF freemen,
theoretically invested with the same civil and
political rights pos e%ed by their former
masters. The subsequent lltlon which
guaranteed by every legal tit the citizenship
and full quality bel ore the law in all respects
: OF this previously distla hised people, amply
covers the requirements and secures to them.
American citizenship But the disagreeable
: fact of the case is, that while, theoretically,
we are in the enjoyment OF Government OF
the whole people, practically we are almo It as
} far from 1t as we were in the ante bel4um
days of the republic. There a. but a few
leading and ndisputable facts which cover
r the whole stat em INT Il the case. In many of
: the SouShern States the colored populat on is
in large excess Of the viii Q. The co!ored peo-
. pie are Republicans, as are also a consldera'
ole portion of the white people. The remain
ing por ion of the latter are Demo rats In
face of this incontcstable truth these states
/ invariably return Democratic maior,ties In
other States of the South the colored people,
although NOT majority, form very consid
cradle body of the population, and, with the
! white Republicans. are numerically i'll excess
of the Democrats. yet precise,y the same po-
litical result obtains-he democratic party
. invariably carrying the elections. 1t Is not
even thought nd isable TO al ow an occasional
[ or nnimnnrtnnt ole ,tiOn 10 be carried by the