The Dickinson press., 1884-07-19

AMFOIs1al1ON Ot tOkElGN LABOR
or the admission OF a servile race untitled bv
habits, training, religion or kindred for absorption
into the great body of our people, or for the siti-
~ilization demands that against the immigration
or importation of Mongolians to these shores
our y gates iss be closed: The Democratio
fidelity and vigilance the rights of its
citizens, native and naturalized, home and
abroad, and to the end that this protection may
be assured in the United States, papers of natur-
a%lization issued by courts Of competent jurisdic-
tion must be respected by the executive and
and by al foreign powers. It is an imperative
duty of this government to efficiently protect all
the rights OF persons and property of every
American citizen in foreign lands, and demand
An American citizen is only responsible to his
own government for any act done in his own
o only be or tr Heder tha hs9 flag og s saa o Ssn
soil, and according to her laws, and no
power exists in this government to expatriate
an American citizen to m be tried in any foreign
we'll defined and executed foreign policy. Under
Democratic administration its policy has ever
been, in regard to foreign nations. so long as
they do no act detrimental to the interest Of the
country or hurtful to our citizens, TO let them
alone. That as the result of this policy we re-
call the acquisition Of Louisiana, Florida, Cali
fornia and of the adjacent Mexican territory by
purchase alone, and contrast these grand acqui-
sitions OF Democatic craftsmanship with the
purchase or Alaska, the sole fruit OF O Repub-
lican administration of nearly o quarter Of q
century.
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
The federal government should care for and
improve the Mississippi river and other great
waterways of the republic, so as to secure for
the interior states easy and cheap transportation
to tide water. Under q long period of Demo-
cratic rule and policy our merchant marine was
East ~overtaking and on the point of outstripping
chat of Great Britain. Under twenty years Of
Republican rule and policy, our has
been left to British bottoms, and almost has the
American flag been swept of the high seas. In
stead OF the Republican party's British policy,
we demand for the people of the United States
m American policy under Democratic rule and
policy. Our merchants and sailors flying the
stars and stripes in every port, successfully
searched out a market for the varied products of
American industry. Under q quarter century Of
Republican rule and policy. despite our manifest
advantage over other nations in high paid labor,
favorable climate and teeming soils; despite
freedom of trade among all states; despite their
population by the foremost races of men. and
the annual immigration of the young, thrifty
and adventurous of all nations; despite our free
dom here from the inherited burdens of life and
industry, in old-world monarchies, their costly
war navies, their vast tax-consuming, non-pro-
ductng standing armies; despite twenty years Of
MANAGED to surrender to Great Britain along
with our commerce, the control Of the markets
Of the world. Instead Of the Republican party's
British policy, we demand, on behalf Of the
American Democracy an American policy. In