Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-30

/ ioAdA OleuIt. therefore, under the preSe1
avs relating thereto, it will be impossible f.
any man to lose pennyin bonds or bills of n
UhlC6o states or IN bills of the National bank
| iHe advantage OF having bank-note in th
| mouse which will be as good in the morning .
~ was the night before should be appreciate
| ny All. Inc convertibiity of the currenc
enouiu oe maintained intact, and the establish
menu or an international standard among Al
commercial nations, fixing the relative yslne
Oh gold and silver coinage, would be a meas1r
| OF peculiar advantage
| INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE AND FOR
| EIGN RELATIONS.
| Inc suoJects.embraced in the resolutions re
specuVely looking to the promotion of our inter
state ana foreign commerce and to the matter
VI oui 1ofelgn relations are fraught with grea
Importance TO our people. In respect TO infer
| state commerce there is much TO be desired II
Inc way OF equitable rates and the facilities Oh
transportation, that commerce NAV flow freely
10 the states themselves, to the diversity of in.
dustrles and employments to be promoted in
all sectlons OF our country, and that the great
q a!eL Ies una manufacturing establishments of
the interior may be enabled to send their prod
ucts TO The seabOard for shipment TO FOREIGN
countries, relieved of vexatious restrictions and
determinations, in relation to which If NAV en-
phatlcally be said 'Time is money" and also of
UNJUST charges upon articles destined TO meet
close competition from the products of other
parts of the world. -0-
AS to our foreign commerce. the enormous
growth OF our industries and our surprising
production OF cereals and other necessities Of
hfe lmperatively require that immediate and
eHectlve means shall be taken through
peaceTui, orderly, and conservative methods
10 open markets which have been and are now
monopollzed largely by other nations. This
more particularly relates to cur sister repub-
llcs, spanish America, as also to our friends
the people of the Brazilian Empire The re-
pubHcs OF Spanish America are allied to US by
the very closest and warmest feelings.
based upon similarity of institutions
and government common aspirations, and
mutual hopes The HGreat Republic as thew
proudly term the United States, Is looked upon
by their people with affectionate admiration
ana as mode for them to build upon, and we
should cultivate between them and ourselves
closer commercial relations, which will bind all
together by ties of friendly intercourse and
mutual advantage. Further than this. BEING
commonwealth in the military and naval sense
OF European powers, they look to us as at least
moral defender against system of territorial
and other encroachaments which, aggressive in
Tue past, nave not been abandoned at this day.
diplomacy and intrigue have done much more
to Wrest the commerce of Spanish America
from the United States than has legitimate
commercial competition. Politically we should
be bound to the Republics of our continent bv
the closest ties, and communication by ships
and railroads should be encouraged to the full
est possible extent consistent with q wise and
conservative public policy. Above all. we
should be upon such terms of friendship as to
preclude the possibility of national misunder-
standings between ourselves and any member
OF the American republican family. The best
method to promote uninterrupted peace be-
tween one and oil would be in meeting of
general conference or congress, whereby an
agreement to sumbit all international differ
ences to the peaceful decision of friendly arbi-
tratlon might be reached. An agreement of
this kind would give to our sister republics
conhoe nce IN each other and in u.s. closer COM
mumcatlon would at once ensue reciprocally
advantageous commercial treaties might be
made whereby much of the commerce which
now floats across the Atlantic would Seek it's
legitimate channels and inure to the greater
prosperity of all American commemorative
The full advantages of policy of this nature
could not be stated in a brief discussion like
the present.
FOREIGN POLITICAL RELATIONS
Inc United States has grown to be govern
ment representing 100000 people. and In
every sense excepting that of mere naval power
Is one or the hrst nations of the world As
such Its citizenship should be valuable. en-
utllng Its possessor to protection in every part
OF the globe. l do not consider it necessary
that our government should construct enormous
meets or improved ronclads and maintain a
ourselves on war footing with the military
and naval powers of Europe. Such a course
would not be compatible with the peaceful
pohcy OF our country, though it seems absurd
that we have not effective means to repel the
wanton invasion of our coast and give
against any power. The great moral
force of our country is SO universally recog-
nlzed as to render an appeal to arms
by us, either in protection of our citizens abroad
or IN recognition Of any Just internationa |
rlgnt. quite improbable. What we most need
IN this direction is firm and vigorous asser-
ton of every right and privilege belonging to
our government or its citizens, as well as an
equally firm assertion Of the rights and privi-
ieges belonging to the general family of Amer
lean republics situated upon this continent.
when opposed, if ever they should be. by diff
terent systems of government upon another
continent. An appeal to right by such q gov
eminent as ours could not be disregarded bv
any civilized nation. In the Treaty of Wash
lngton we lead the world to a means of escape
from the horrors Of war, and it is to be hoped
that an era when all International differences
shall be decided by peaceful arbitra ton is NOT
far off.
EQUAL RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP.
The central idea of the republican form of
government Is the rule OF the whole people as
opposed to other forms which rest upon tbe
privileged class. Our forefathers, in the at
tempt to erect new government which MIGHT
represent the advanced thought of the world at
that period upon the subject of governmental
reform, adopted the idea of the peoples SOW
ereignty, and thus laid the basis of our present
republic. While technically government of
the people, it was in strictness only the govern
ment of portion of the people, excluding
from all participation certain other portion'
held in condition of absolute despotic and
hopeless servitude, the parallel to which. for
tEnately does not now exist in any modern
Christian nation. With the elimination. how
ever, OF another cycle of advanced thought. the
American republic suddenly assumed the fnlI
of the government of the whole peo-
pie, and 100000 human creatures emerged
from the condition Of bondsmen to the fulI
status OF freemen, theoretically invested with
the same civil and political rights possessed by
their former masters. The subsequent IeeisIa- |
ton which guaranteed by every legal
title the citizenship and full equal |
ity before the law in all respects of this preyi
ously disfranchised people amply covers the re-
Quirements aud secures to them SO far as legis |
lstion can. the privileges Of American citizen
ship. But d1sagreeable fact of the case, is
thai while, theoretically, we are in the enioy- |
ment of a government of the whole people. |
We are almost as far from il as we |
were in the antebellum days of the republic. |
There are but few leading and indispatable |
facts which cover the whole statement of tha |