The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-23
i. ooods which they send to Span

- 4 merica. We are hut paymaeter
90. tnis enormous amount annual!
~ Enro,,ean f%actOIs-an amour
.;oh "a a serious defect III ever.
sn.ncial d epression upon u re
hua If sntc,e. Cannot this con
;;t,nn of trade, in a great part "
changed? Cannot the markets .
mr. PRODUCTS be greatly enlarged
W. have made a beginning OF gu
effort to improve our trace re'atiou'
m,tn Mexico and we should not D
o.ntar,t nnlil similar and mutually
advantageous arrangements nav
ICON snccessiyel made VIII
nv nation of North and Sontl
America. While the great powers
81 Europe are steadily. enlarslne
thor colouial domination in Asia ant
Africa it is the especial province o
this country to improve ana expan.
it's trade with the nations Oh Anle =
ic,. No field promises 80 mucn; nc
field has been cultivated so llttle
Orr foreign policy should be al
American policy in its broadcast sense,
and most com rehensive sense
a mlicy of peace and friendship, o
commercial enlargement. The name
If American, which belongs to US In
our national capacity, must always
exalt the just pride OF patriot
ism. Citizenship OF the repuoilc
must be the panoply and safeguard OF
MIN who wears it.. The American
citizen. rich or poor, native or natu'
| rallied, white or colorej. must every,
| where walk secure in his personal
and civil rights. the Republicans
| should never accept u lesser duty: l.
| can never assume u nObler u than
| the protection of the humblest man
who ewes it neutrality-suspicious. at
| home and protection which shall fol~
| low MIN abroad in " hatever land ne
may 70 upon q lawful errand.
THE SOUTHERN STATES.
IrecOgnize, not without regret, the
necessity for speaking Of two sections
of our country. But the regret dimin-
ishes when l see that the elements
which separated them are fast disap-
pearing. Prejudices have yielded and
are yielding. wnlle a growing Cordial
ity warns the. northern and the
s ,uthern heart alike. Can any one
doubt that between the sectious con-
fidence aud esteem are mOr-1inarke 1
tn III at any period i'll tue sixty years
preceding the cleo Ion of President
Lincoln? This is the result in part
vi time and in part of Republican
principles, applied under the favor
able conditions ut uniformity. 1t
would be a great calamity to change
these influences under which SOUTH
cru comlnon wealths r learning to
vindicate civil rights and adapting
themselves t. Tue condition of pOl,ti-
Cal tranquility and Individual pro-
gress. II there be occasional and
violent outbreaks in the south against
this peaceful progress, the public
opinion of the c ,untry regards them
as exceptional aud hop fully trusts
that each will prove the last. The
south needs capital and occupation,
no, u controversy, as much as any
part Of the north. The south needs
The full protection of the revenue
laws. which the Republican party
offers. Some of the southern states
have already entered upon a career of
industrial Development and pros
perity. These at least should not lend
electoral votes to destroy their OWL
future Any effort to unite the
Southern States upon issues that
grew out of the memories of the war,
will summon the Northern States to
combine in the assertion of that Ma
tionality which was their inspiration
and motive in the civil struggle,
and thus the great energies which
should be united in a common in-
dustrial development will be W. sted
i'll hurtful strife. The Democratic
party shows itself a foe to Southern
prosperity by always invoking and
encouraging political consolidation.
Sucn a policy quenches the rising in
stinct of patriotism in the heart OF
the Southern youth. It revives and
stimulates pr-judices. 1t substitutes
the spirit of barbariaus, vengeance
for the love of peace, progress and
harmony.
CIVIL SERVICE.
The general character of the civil !
service of the United States under all
administrations has Deen honorable
in b one supreme test-tbe cOllec-
ton and distribution and disburse- |
ment of revenue. The record of IL
has eve been surpassed in
any nation. With the almost fabu-
lOus sums which were received and
paid during the late war, scrupuIous
integrity Was the prevailing rule. In
deed, throughout that trying period,
it Can be said in honor of the Ameri-
can name, that unfaithfuluess and
dishonesty among civil officers were
IS rare as misconduct and cowardice
was on the field of battle. The
growth of the country has continu-
lily aud necessarily enlarged the
civil service until it includes a vast
of officers. The rules and
methods OF appointment which pre-
Jailed when the number Was smaller
las been found Insufficient add i'm
'~ractlbable, and earnest efforts have
-eRm made to separate the great mass
# ministerial officers from partisan
influence and personal control. I'M
'artiality in the mode of appoint
nent, to be based on qualification
nd security of tenure to be based on =
discharge of duty are the two g.,
IDS to be accomplished. The pub
~ OuoluOSo l OO aAuVu Wy ScDATaLS !;
ug the legislative branch of the gov :
rnment from all control of appoint !,
lents and the executive department !.
ii be relieved by s%uhjectlng ap- :,
by fixed rules and thus s.
emovlng them from thE caprice OF +
.voritism. But there should be rigid y
Oservances Of the law which gives :,
! all cases of equal competency the =
to the soldiers who rlsked E
lives in defense of the U, ion. =
entered Congress in 1868, aud in a h
'mewhat prolonged service, l never =
'uud 1t ~expedient to request or rec d
the removal of u civil officer
kept In four Instances, and this TOR o
)n-polltical reasons which We're in 81
antly conclusive with tut appoint
Y power. The officers in the dis Of
'cts appointed by Mr.. Lincoln in
81 upon the recommendation of
y predecessor, served, AS a rule,
It'll death or Resignation. I adopt
at the beginning of my serv &c the
It of competitive examination for st
to West Point and e.
alntained it so, as I had the RIGHT T