Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-09-10

ect and MAINTAIN their structures thereon, with
out the consent of the owner. IL seems to me
that this is taking private property, or an ease
.nent therein, with very little preteXt that IL Is
! for public use.
IF a private corporation can, under authority
! of law, construct its appliances and structures
upon the lands of the citizen without his con-
but In an experimental attempt to transmit heat
and power, the rights OF the people may well be
regarded as In danger from an undue license TO
corporate ACKNOWLEDGEMENT"
Governor Cleveland and Irishmen.
The ring politicians who endeavored to
defeat Governor Cleveland's nomination
at Chicago, have spread the report that he
is not friendly to Ireland and to Irishmen.
There is not the slightest ground for this
assertion. Over and over again he has
taken occasion to make public his senti-
ments regarding Irish American citizens,
and the imprisonment of Americans
abroad. The following address delivered
by him April 9th, 1882, at St. James
| Hall, Buffalo, New York, when presiding
at IA mass meeting. protesting against the
treatment of American citizens abroad by
the American Ministers to England, is
characteristic and to the point, and
should be sufficient to satisfy every Irish
man in the country that he has ne warmer
or truer friend In the country than Gov
ernor Cleveland. Contrast the following
remarks with all their warm sympathy,
with the indifference of Mr. Blaine when
Secretary of State, and when appealed to
to obtain the release of insolvency from
an English prison. Can Irlshmen afford to
support the mere politician who is now
seeking their votes, and who, when Sec
rotary of State, only three years ago,
made not the slightest effort to obtain the
release of an imprisoned Irishman abroad.
GOVERNOR CLEvELAND's ADDRESS.
FELLOW CITIzENs.-This is the formal
mode of address on occasions of this kind,
but | think we seldom realize fully its
meaning or how valuable "a thing IL is to
be citizen.
From the earliest civilization to be a
citizen has been to be free man, endow-
ed with certain privileges and advantages
and entitled to the full protection of the
State. The defence and protection of
personal rights of its citizens has always
been the paramount and most important
duty of free, enlightened government.
And perhaps no government has this
sacred trust more in its keeping than this
the best and freest OF them all for here
the people who are to be protected are
the source of these powers which they
delegate upon the express compact that
the citizen shall be protected. For this
purpose we choose those who, for the time
being, shall manage the machinery which
We have set up for our defence and safe
ty.
And this protection adheres to us IN all
lands and places as an incident of citizen
ship. Let but the weight of a sacrilegious
hand be put upon this sacred thing. and q
great strong government springs to Its
feet to avenge the wrong. Thus it is
that the native born American citizen en-.
joys his birthright. But when in the
westward march of empire, this nation
was founded and took root, we beckoned
to the old world, and invited hther its
immigration, and provided a mode by
which those who sought home among
us might become our fellow-citizens.
They came by thousands and hundreds of
thousands; they came and
Hewed the dark old woods away,
And gave the virgin fields to day;
they came with strong sinewy and browny
/ arms TO aid In the growth and progress OF
new country; they came and upon oul
affairs laid their fealty and submission
they came to our temples of justice ant
under the solemnity of an oath renounceC
all allegiance to every other State, pOten
tate and sovereignty, and surrendered u
r us all the duty pertaining to such alleg
2 lance. We have accepted their fealty
and invited them to surrender the pro
lection of their native land.
= And what should be gwen them in he
: turn Manlfest!y, good faith and every
dictate of honor demand that we Civ,
them the same liberty and protection her,
ard elsewhere which we vOuchsafe to ou
i native born citizens. And that this ha
{ been accorded to them IS the crOwninl
A glory of American institutions
IL needed not the statute, which Is nov
the law of the land, DECLARING that 'al
e naturalized citizens While IN foreign land
q are entitled to and shall receive from thi
} government the same protection Of perso
and property which is accorded to native
born citizens" to voice the policy Of on
9 nation.
:. In all lands where the semblance O
. liberty is preserved, the right Of q perso
arrested to speedy accusation and tris
j. Is, or ought to be, a fundamental law, a
II IL is a rule Of civilization.
O AT any rate, we hold it to be so, an
this is one of the rights which we under
take to guarantee to any native-born O
{ naturalized citizens of ours, whether
y be imprisoned by the order of the car q
/, Russia or under the pretext of law &C
ministrated for the benefit of the lande
& aristocracy of England
g We do not claim to make laws for otht
countries, but we insist that whatevt
those laws may be they shall, in the int
ests of human freedom, and the rights
Al mankind, so far as they involve the iii
- erty of our citizens be speedily admin