Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-24
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Pillar and mutually advar
ne ITS ha We been succes sfull
nation OF North and Sout
re the great powers of Europ
10y enlarGing their colonial dom ma
Asia a1d Africa It Is the especla
sfade w.th the nations Of America. n,
promises go much. No field has beef
ll.ate SO little. Our foreign policy Shout,
On Anercan pol o. in it's broaoest an,
comprehensive sense-a policy O
zee Oh friendship, of commercial enlarge
The name Of Ame,fcnn. which belongs to ;,
go our national capacity, must always exal
te Just pride of patriotism. Citizenship O
hri of him who wears It. The amerienI
eEeh, IGN or poor. rative or naturalzed
aus or eolored, must everywhere walk Sc
arSli is personal and civil RICH; 8 Toe re
S1nnc Puid never accept a lesser duty, il
never assume nobler one than the pro
~, =. eae numblest man VINO owes it 10y
tI1.ccttoH az nome, and Protection which
now MIN abroad, into whatever land he
upon lawful GRAND
THE SOUTHERN STATES
gnize.. not without regret, the neces-
speaking or two sections OF our com
country. But the regret dimi dishes
| see that the elements VIII ch serars. ed
! them are fast disappearing. PreJudiees have
! yielded and are yielding. while a growing
| cordialty warns the southern ard the \ orth.
| ern heart alike. Can any enc doubt that be-
tween the Sc ctlons coincidence and esteem are
to-day more marked than at any period in
| the sixty years preceding the election of
Pr esident Lincoln. This is the result i'll part
| OF time anda part of Republican principles
appia ID under the favorable conditions OF
unilor nifty. 1t would bo a great
calamity to @bcb change tt these i4dneness
wealths are learning to vindicate civil rights.
and a lap ing tnems elves to the conditions of
polti. al tranquility ana II duStrial pre- gress :.
If there be occasional and violent ouibfe AXIS
in the South against tais peaceful progress,
the public opinion of the country regards
them aS exceptional and hopefully trusts that
each Will prove last.
The South needs capital and occupation,
not cont oversy. As mu h as any part of the
North, the South needs the full pr o e.; ton OF
the revenue laws which the Reput lcan party
Offers. Some of the Southern States have al
velopment and prosperity. These. at lea t.
should not lend their electoral votes to de-
Styoy their OWE future.
Any effort to unite the Southern States
upon issues IN 1t grow out of the me nories of
the war will summon the Northern States to
combine in the assertion OF that nationality
which was their inspiration in the civil Strug-
gle And thus great energies which should be
united i'll a common industrial development
will be wasted in huftful strife. The Demo-
cratic party shows itself Il foe to Southern
prosperity by always invoking and urging
Southern political consultation. Such
policy QuencheS the rising instinct of patriot
ism in the heart of the Southern youth: it re-
wives and stimulates prejudice; is substitutes
the spirit OF barbaric vengeance for the love
OF peace, progresS and harmony.
TIE CIVIL. SERVICE
The general character of the civil service
of the United States under all administrations
has been honorable. In the one supreme test
the record of fidelity has never been sur
passed in any nation. With the almost fabu-
ing the late war, sccupu.ouS integrity was tne
prevailing rule. Indeed, throughout that try
ing period it can be said to the honor OF the
american name that unfathfulneSS and dis
honesty ahOng civil officers were as rare as
misconduct AMI cowa'dice on the field o. bat
tie.
no Of La
and necessarily ENLARGED the civil service,
until now it includes a vast body OF officers
Rules and mcthC ds of appointment which pre-
vailed when the number was smaller have
D en- found insufficient and mpracticab.e,
and earnest efforts have been male to sep.
arato the great mass of hi llsterial officers
from rarti an infiuenc. and personal control.
Jmpartiaiity in the mode of appointment to
pc based on quaifSca1 on, and security of
tenure to be based on faithful discharge of
duty, are the two ends to he accomplished.
The public business will be aided by sep
ment from all control of appointments and
the Executive eourtment will be relieved by
suoJectlng a. po.ntments to fixed rules and
thus removing them from the caprice of
favor1t Sn. But there should BE- rigid OBJ
servancc of the law which gives in ali cases
Of equal competency the preference TO The
soldiers who riSked their lives in defense of |
the Union.
L entere1 Congress IN 1865 and in some !
what prolonged service [ never found it ex- |
oedicnt to re- uast or recommend the remov- |
IL OF CIVIL o.HC er except in four instances, |
md then iOr rol-pOlitIcal reasons, which |
we're instantly COncUs We with the appt hitting |
power. The officers IL the district, uppo II ed |
~ Nj. Lincoln in 1864 upon tn recomnenda- |
on OF my pre- deeess3r, served. as Il rule I'M !
ginning of my service the test of competitive |
for al p 3intment to West Point,
IND maintained t 50 long as ] mad the right |
~ law to appoint cadet. In the case of |
many officers found that the present ay
which arbitrarily limits the term of tie CON
'Eanges for mere political reasons. 1 have
), aDicly expire sed the belief that the essen
al modification of that law would be in
many respects advantageous.
My observation in the Der artment of State
the conclusions of my legislative
iciion that the rule of lmpart a appoint ment
nj yht with advantage be carried beyond any
xist:ng provision of tie civH-service law.
should be applied to appointments in the
on sular service. Consu.s should be CONNER
ial Notwithstanding the globe with
nee aad
therefore,, matters of great pubic concern.
70 man should be appointed to an American
is own country, and in the
equirements and language of commerce in
he country to which he Is sent. The same |
ule should be applied even more rigidly to
ecretaries of Legation in our diplomatic
ervice: The people have the right to the
lost ell. clent agents in the discharge of pub.
e business. and the appointing power should
ion.
THE MORMON QUESTION.
Religious liberty is the right Of eyery citfzen
the Republic. Congress is forbidden by the
constitution to MAKE any law respecting the
rec exercise thereof For a century tInder
MS guar antee, Protestant and Catholic, Jew
he dictates of conscience. But religious lib.
rty must not be perverted to the justification
trongly intrenched IN one of the .ferritor;as.
1 the Union. and spreading rapidly INFO four
Their Territories, ciaims the right to destroy
re great safeguard and imminent of social
rder, and to practice as religious privilege |
lat which is a Crime punished with severe |
enalty in every State 81 the Union. Tae ssa-
,rved as the foundation of all civil govern |
ent, as the source of orderly administration. | ,
The claim OF the Mormons that they are d. |
ney authorized to practice polypamv |
loaid no more be admitted than the claim Of I
,rtain heather tribes, if tney should come
nong us. to continue the rite of human sac
fee. The law does not interfere with what
man helieves; it takes cognizance only OF /
lttled to the same civil rights as others and
these they must be confined. Polygamy
IN never receive National sanction or tolera.
on by admitting the community that up-
lids it as State in the Union. Like others.
e Mormons must learn that the liberty OF =
e individual ceases VIII ere the rights If So
ETY. begin. c
OUR CURRENCY. p
The people of the United States though
ten urged an tempted have never serious 1
conte nplated the recognition of any other Z
oney than gold and slyer-and currency di- a
city ,n@ertible into them. They have not d
me So they will not do so under necessity t
IS pressing than that OF desperate war The t
le special requisite for the completion of our q
onetary system is the fixing or the relative
llues of silver and gold. The large use of L
yer as the II o1ey of account among Asiatic n
ltions, taken in connection with tie in | g
Q asing commerce of tho world. gives the
eighiest reasons for the international agree | e
emit in the premises. Our Government e
ould not cease to urge this measure until q e
m standard of value ShaIl be reanhad | y