The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-20
BLAINE's BILLET.
Conclusion of the Letter Of
Acceptance.

Conclusion of the Letter Of
Acceptance.
His Policy Defined on the Mormon
Question.
The Republican party has to ele
vate and dignity labor, not to de.
grade it. As a substitute for the
industrial system, which under Re-
publican administration has deveI.
oped such extraordinary prosperity,
our opponents offer a policy which
is but series OF experiments upon
our system of revenue, a policy
whose end must be harm to our
manufactures and greater harm to
our labor, Experiment in the in.
dustrial and financial system is the
country's greatest dread, as stability
is its greatest boon. Even the un
certainty resulting from the recent
tariff agitation in Congress has
hurtfully affected the business of
the entire country. Who can meas
ure the har N to our shops and our
homes, to our farms and our COM
MERGE, if the uncertainty Of
perpetual tariff sgitation Is
to be inflicted upon the country
We are in the midst of an abundant
harvest, we are on the eve of re-
vival of general prosperity, nothing
stands in our way but the dread of
change in the industrial system
which has wrought such wonder to
the last twenty years, and which,
with the power of increased caps
ital, will work still greater marYels
Of prosperity in the twenty years to
come.
OUR FOREIGN POLICY.
Our foreign relations favor our
domestic development. We are at
peace with the world. at peace upon
sound basis, with no unsettled
questions of sufficient magnitude to
embarras and distract US. Happily
removed by our geographical posi-
ton from participation in interest
in those questions of dynasty or
boundary which so frequently dis
turb the peace of Europe, we are
left to cultivate friendly relations
with all, and free from possible en-.
tanglements in the quarrels of any.
The United States has no cause and
no desire to enter in conflict with
any power on earth, and we may
rest in confidence that no power
desires to attack the United States.
With the nations of the Western
Hemisphere we ehould cultivate
closer relations, and for our common
prosperity and advancement we
should induce them all to join with
us in an agreement for the future
all international troubles in North
and South America should be ad-
justed by important arbitration,
and not by arms. This project was
part of the fixed policy of President
Garfelds administration. and it
should in my judgment be renewed.
Its accomplishment on the CONT
uent would favorably affect the ma
tions beyond the eea, and thus
powerfully contribute ct no distant
date to the universal acceptance OF
the philanthropic and Christian
principle of arbitration. The effect
even Of suggesting for Spanish
American States has been most hap
Ply, and has increased the confi-
dence of those people in our friendly
dispositions. 1t fell to my lot as
Secretary OF State, in June, 1881, to
quiet apprehension in the republic
of Mexico ny giving the as
surauce that there is not the
faintest desire in the United States
for Territorial aggrandiz 9ment. The
boundaries OF the two republics
have been established in conform.
ity with the best jurisdictional in
tereSts OF both. The line of de-
marcatiOn is not merely a convent
ence, it is more, it separates Span
ish American people from Saxon
American people. 1t divides one
great nation from another with q
distinct and natural fnslity. We
seek the conquest OF peace, we de-
sire to extend our commerce and IN
an especial degree with our friends
and neighbors On this continent.
We have not improved our relations
with Spanish America SD we should
and rs we might have done. For
more than generation the sympa-
thy of these countries has been al
lowed to drift away from US. We
should now make every effort to
gain their friendship. During the
last year our exchanges III the west
ern hemisphere have amounted to
$3.50, 100000, nearly one fourth of
our entire foreign commerce. To
those who may be disposed
to underrate the value OF our
trade with the countries of North
and South America it may be well
to state that their production is
nearly 50,0O0,00o, and that in pro.
portion to the aggregate numbers
we import nearly double as much
from them as we do from Europe,
but the result OF the whole amount
of trad. is in high degree unsatis-
factory. The imports during the
past year exceeded 1925 GOO, 600,
while the exports were less than
125,000,0O0, showing balance
against us of more tnan 100000, 600.
Commonwealth are learning to
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