The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-07-26


that ma orites must rule in the decis on of all
questions. .s.g
2. it is in violation of the righis and inter
ests of the States wherein aye particularly
centered the great wealth. anu industries OF
the Nation, and which pay an Overwhelming
portion of the National taxes. The immense
aggregation of interests cmbracei within.
aud the enormously erclter population or
these other states of tae Union. are sub
iected every four years TO the dangers OF
n wholly fraudulent snow of numerical
strength.
UnIer this system minorities actually at
tempt to direct the. course of Ma nal af-
fairs ana though up to this time success has
not attended their efforts TO elect a President,
yet success has been so perilously immlnent
ms to encourage n repetition of the effort at
each qua lrenniel election, and TO subject tde
interests of an OverwEc ming ma jOrity OF our
people, North and South, TO the hazards or
The stereotyped argument in REPUTATION Of
these plain truths Is that II t, Repnolicatn
eement was really s in the majority .ndyy
rights and privileges BY minority;
but nei her staff Stics of population
nor the unavoidable logic of the situation G IN
be overridden or escaped The colored peo-
pie of the South have recently emerged from
the bondage of their present political oppres-
of education which might enable them to COM
pete with the whites.
FREE EXERCISE OF THE FRANCHISE.
As have heretofors maintained in orlerto
achieve the ideal perfection of popular gov
ernment it is absolutely necessary that tho
masses sho uld be educated. This proposition
applies itself vita full force to tue colorel
people of the South. They must have better
educational advantage :, aud thus be enabled
to become the intellectual peers of their
white brethren, as many of them un;
doubleday already arr. a liberal
school system should b. provided
for the rising genera ion of the
South, and the coored, people be made as
capable of exercising the duties of electors
rs the VIII tie people. In the meantime ii is the
duty OF the National Goternmeht 10 go be-
yond resolutions and decarat ons on the sub
Ject, and to take S lch action as may lie in It's
power TO secure tie absolute freedom of Ma
tonal elections everywhere, to the end that
our Congress may cease to coulain me nbers
representing fictitious majoriti IS of their
PEOPLE, thus misdircctlng the popul n VIII
Conforming NATIONAL legislation. and es-
pecially to the end tina IN Pre- id entail con.
Ne sts the great business and other interests of
the country may not be placed In fear ana
trembling, lost AN INSCRIPTIONS minority
should succeed in Hing the wishes of h9
mai, rity. In accordance with the spirit of
the last resolution of the Chicago platform.
measures should be taken at once to remedy
this great evil.
PAUPER LABOR.
Under our liberal institutions the subjects
and cidZen5 of every nation have been well
come to Il home in our midst, and on IA COM
pliance W tn our laws to cooperation in our
Government. While it is the policy of the
RepublO an party to encourage The oppressed
OF other nations AM offer them faculties for
becoming userut and intelligent citizens in
the legal definition of the term, tho party has
never contemplated the admission of a class
OF servlle people who are not only unable TO
| comprehend our institutions, but indisposcd
to become part o our National family or to
| embrace any higher civilization than their
| own. 10 admit such immigrants would be
| only TO throw retarding element into the
| very path of our progress. Our legislation
| should be amp protective against this din-
| ger, and IL not sufficiently so now should be
made so to the full extent allowed by our
treaties with friendly powers
| CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
The sub cct of civil service administration
is a problem tnat has occupied the earnest
! Thought of statesmen for u number OF years
past, and the record will show that toward its
solution many Tt suits Of valuable and COM
| prehensive character have been alta ned by
the Republican party since its acyess. ON to
power. In the partisan warfare made upon
! the latter win the view OF weakening iG in
! the public confidence gre deal has been
| alleged in connect on with the abu o of the
civil service, The party making The indiscrim-
mate charges seen-ng 10 have ent 'ly for
gotten that il was under the fun sway of the
Democratic organization that the motto TO
the victors belong the spoi S" became car
dinal article in the Denoc atic creed.
With the determination to elevate our Gov
ernmental administration to a stan lard of
! justice, excellence and puolic morality, the
| RepublI can party has Sc tulously endeavored
to lay the foundation of system which shall
| reacn the b guest perfection under the plastic
| hand or time and accommodating exper ence.
| The problem Is one of tar greater in,r cacy
| than appears upon its superficial considerl-
ton, and embraces the subquestons of how
to avoid the abuses possible to the lodgment
or an immense numoer OF appointments in
the hands OF the Executive; Of how to give
encoura cement to and provoke emulation in
| the various Cow rnment employees, in oruer
that they may strive for proficiency aud rest
| their hopes of advancement upon the attri-
bntes of official merit, good co1cuot and ex-
emplary honesty; and now best 10 ayoil tie
| evils of creating privileged class in the Gov
| eminent service, who, IN imitation of Euro
pean prototypes, may radually lose all proh-
cIency and value in the belief that they pos
"A q I'm
! case OF some fragrant abuse.
| The thinking, earnest men of the Repub-
! lican party have made no mere wordy demon
strat.en upon this subject; but they have en-
deavore1 to quietly perform that which their
opponents are constantly promising without
| perfor ming. Under Republican rule the
| suit has been that, without ENGRAVING any of
the Objectionable features of the European
| systems upon our own, there has been steady
and even rapid elevation of the civil service
in all of its departments until 1t can now be
| stated. without fear of succcssfus contTadic-
ton, hat the service Is more just, more elfi-
cient aud purer in al of its features than ever
before since the establ shment of our Govern
ment; and if defects still exist In our system,
the country can safely rely upon the Republi-
| can party as the most efficient instrument for
their removal
am in favor of the highest standard of ex-
cellence In the administration OF the civil SER
vice, and will lend my best efforts to the ac-
/ complishment of the greatest attainable per.
lection in this branch of our service.
PoLYGAMY.
Inc uepuDllcdH party cdiue INTO eAlStence III
a crusade against the Democratic institutions
| of slavery and polygamy: The first of these
has been buried beneath the embers of civil
war. The party should continue its efforts
until the remaining iniquity shall disappear
from our civilization under the force of faith
fully executed laws.
| PENSIONS FOR sOLDIERs.
There are other subjects of Importance
! which would gladly touch upon did space
permit, limit myself TO saying that, while
there should be the most rigid economy of
governmental administration, there should bs
no self-defeating parsimony, either in our do
should be promptly AMI reentlessly pun
| iShed. our OBLIGATIONS 10 tho defend
ers of our country should never be
FORGOTTEN, and the liberal system
of pensions provided by the Republican party
shou not be i'm eried by adverse les isla-
ton. The law establ shinR Labor Burean