Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-08
omparas. or distract us. Happily remoy,

peace of Europe, we are left to cultivate
Friendly relations With all. ana are free from
possible cntangicmcnts i'll the QuarrclS of
any. The United States has no cause ard no
desire to engage in conflict with any power
on earth, and we may rest in assured con.
tidence that no power desires to attack the
United States.
With the Nations of the Western Hemis-
phere we should cultivate closer relations and
for our common prosperity and advancement
we should invite them all to join with us in an
agreement that, for tho future, all intcrna-
shall tie adjusted by impartial arbitration aud
not by arms. This PROJECT was part of the
fixed policy of President Garfeld's Admins
t%ra,ion. and it should. in my Judgment, be re-
newed. It's accompl shment on this continent
Womb favorably AFFECT the Nations beyond the
sea, and thus powerfully contribute at no dis.
pnilanthropic and Christian principle Of arbi-
tration. The effect even OF suggesting it for
the Spanish American States has been most
happy and has increased the confidence Of
those people in ourir cndly disposition. it fell
to my lot rs Secretary of State, in June, 1881.
to quiet apprehension in the Rcpublicof Mex
leo by giving the assurance in an official
dispatch that there is not the %faintest desire
i'll the United States for territorial extension
south of the Rio Grande. The boundaries of
the two Republics nave been established in
conformity with the best jurisdictional inter-
csts of both. The line of demarcation is not
merely conventional. 1t is more. 1t separ-
American people. i diNidcsonc great Nation
from another wiHl distinct and natural
hnality."
We seek the conqucsts of peace. We desire
to extend our commerce, and III an especial
degree with our friends and neighbors on this
continent. we have not improved our rra-
pcrsistently as we might nave done. For more
than a generation the sympathy of those
countries has been allowed TO drift AWAY from
US. We should now make every et,or: to gain
their friendship. Our trade with them is al
ready large. During the last year our cx.
changes in the Western Hemisphere amounted
| IN RI rnn III RI enH a md iifHy ~ s~nc ~ jnt IN rN-
nearly one-fourth OF our entire foreign com
merce. To those who may be disposed to UNI
derrate the value OF our trade with the coun-
well to state that thor population is nearly or
quite fifty millions-and that. in proportion
to aggregate numbers, we import nearly
wiiolep American ~ trad teS'' is in - a
high deeroe unsatisfactory. The imports dur.
twenty-five millions, while the exports
were less than one hundred and twenty-five
MISUNDERSTANDING a balance against MS OF
But the money does not 20 to Spanish-Amer-
lea. We send large sums to Europe in coin or
Its equivalent to pay, European manuftct-
urers for the gold which they send to Span
ish-Amerca. We are but paymasters for this
enormous amount annually to European
tactors-an amount which is a serious draft,
in every financial depression, upon our re-
sources Of specie.
Can not this condition OF trade in great
part be changed? Can not the market for our
products be greatly enlarged? We have mnde
a beginning in our effort 10 improve our trade
relations with Mexico, ana we shouldlnot be
content until similar and mutually ndvan-
made with every Nation of North and South
America. While the great powers of Europe
are steadily. charging Their colonial domina,,
ton in Asia and Africa it is the especial
province Of this country TO improve and eX-
pand its trade with the Nations of America.
NO field promises so much. No field has been
| nv nl so 1;Itln n,,, 1nr;,u -Ot;1 En,,l
be an American policy in its bruadest and
most comprehensive sensc-a policy of peace,
of friendship, of commercial enlargement.
The name of American which belongs to us
in our National capacity must always eXalt
the just pride of patriotism. Citizenship of
the Republic must be the .panoply and safe
citizen. rich or poor. native or naturalizcd,
white or colored. must everywhere walk Sc
cure in his personal and civil rights. Tho Re-
public should never accept a lesser duty, it
can never assume a nohlcr one than the pro-
lection of the humblcst man who owes it 10y
aty-protection at homo and protection which
shall follow him abroad into whatever land
he may go upon Il lawful GRAND.
II SOUTHERN STATES.
recognize. not without regret, the neces-
sity for speaking of Two sections Of our com
mon country. But the regret diminishes when
1 see that the elements which separated them
are fast disappearing. Prcjudices have yield
ity warns the southern and tho Northern
hearts alike. Can any one doubt hat be-
tween the sections confidence ana es.
any period iod in ,t the siS HfS's years %!s' Srecod sias the i.
election of President LINCOLN? This is
the result in part OF time and in part OF
vorable.conditions OF uniformity. ltwou d be
q great calamity to change these influences
under which Southern commonwealth are
learning to vindicate civil rights, and adapt.
ing themselves to the conditions of political
tranquility and industrial progress. it there
be occasional and violent outbreaks in the
| Snl1f ! fhtC nn1nfy,1 -Dp,o th0 ,,,l.
lie opinion Of the country regards them as cx-
ceptional and hopefully trusts that each will
| prove the last.
The South needs capital and occupation,
not controversy. AS much rs 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 havch-
ready entered upon a career of Industrial de-
velopment and prosperity. These, at least,
should notlend their electoral votes to destroy
their own future.
Any effort to unite the Southern States upon
issues that grow out OF the memories OF the
war will summon the Northern States to com
bine in the assertion OF that nationality which
was. their inspiration in the civil struggle.
And thus great energies which should be
Mn1te ed II in as q eo N n b,r, rdns $ rial dear S,
cratic party shows itself a foe to Southern
prosperity by always invoking and urging
Southern political constellation. Such Il
policy quenches the rising instinct of patriot
ism IN the heart of the Southern youth; it re-
wives and stimulates prejudice; it subst:tntrs
tle spirit OIL DarUtflC vengeance Tor tne love
of peace, progress and harmony.
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
The general character of the civil service Of
the United States under all administrations
fore. mattorS OF great public concern. No man
has been honorable. In the one supreme test
the collection and disbursement OF revenue
tho record Of fidelity has never been sur
passed i'll any nation. With tho almost faHu-
lOuS sums which were received and paid dur
ing the late war scrlpulous integrity was the
prevailing. rule. Indeed, throughout that
trying period it can be said, to the honor Of
dishonesty among civil officers were as rare
buttle.
The growth of the country has continually
ANA necessarily enlarged the civi-service un-
til now 1t includes a vast body OF officers.
Rules and methods of appointment which
prevailed when the number was smaller have
been found insufficient and impracIEublc and
earnest efforts have been made to separate
the great mass OF ministerial officers from
partisan influence and personal control.
lmpartiality in the mode of appointment to
be based on qualification, and security OF
tenure to be based on faithful discharge
of duty, are the two ends to be ACCOMPLISHED.
The public business will be aided by separat-
ing the legislative branch OF the Government
from all control of appointments, and the EX-
ccutivc Department will be relieved by sub.
jecting appointments to fixed rules and thus
removing them from the caprice of favorit-
ism. But there should be rigid observance OF
the law which gives in all cases of equal com
potency the preference to the soldiers who
risked their lives in defense OF the Union.
-, rtr IN 1Shb nod ,.