Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-20
LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.


bsas magnitude to emoarrass or
nScieosn >. Happily removed by geo
sstrscs U.s. ,oaiti1n from participation
srspn'ea. ,sstions Of dynasty or bound
10 tboss ~ 40 frequently disturb the
~ SIZE ,,o.e. We are left to cultivate
esee 81 Citations with all, free from
fnensSis en- .snolemehts N me quaItels
posl The United States mas no Gauss
q sn, 70 enter into conflict WITH any
o. orsn sarth. We rest In confidence
oseI oA nover desires TO attack Us.
.bst ~ cations Of the western herni-
VIE '.o ssould cultivate closer rela-
Pne'o Tor our common prosperity
bOns ncement We should induce all
sna .a;th "a 10 an agreement that Tor
ploln ali International troubles 10
Ias iuS ooth America should DO ad-
lss O.d by impartial arbitration ana nor
ns This project was par, OF 'ne
~ ooIicy Of President Gtrneid : al
siee patiou. and it should, Ia my Iudg-
- ,enswed. Its accomplishment
zen, .ontiufnt woald favorab'y At
% 'a cations beyond tue SEA, and
iscl 'a.srfully contribute at no distant
nus ,hs universal acceptance OF the
asS,h-opic and Christian principle
penI;.,at,on. The effect even OF sug-
this TO the Spaui,h-American
1917 has been most happy and has IN
....ssd the confidence OF those people
-, friendly dispositions. IL Tell TO
l.. as Secretary of State IN Jane,
", ~ nuiet ap, rehensions In the Re
S~hi,e Of Mexico by giving the sssur-
49, w. in an Official dispatch that there Is
-. ,hs faiutest desire In the United
go ~. for territorial aRRrandizement.
~. houndaries of the two republics
-. heen established IN conformity
10 the best iurisdlctiona interests ut
- Tbe line of demlrkatIon Is not
".slv convenient. II IL more; 1t ses
.,.t,s Spanish American people from
Sarou- American people. IL divides
sos grsat nation from another. With
s.s,,s,t and natural affinity We seek the
.anoasst of peace. We desire to extend
~, eoamerce, and In an especial de-
- with COR friends, with our neigh
an this continent. We have not
;n,,ovad our relations with spanish
Imsr,oa an We should, and As We might
hsys dsne. For more than a genera
.ion the sympathies of these countries
bsss been allowed to drift away from
n We should BOW make every effort
% cain their friendship. Our trade with
tbsm is already large. During the last
var our exchanges in the western hem-
ishere amounted to $3.50. 900 600, near
il sDe. fourth of our entire foreign CON
msree. To these who may be disposed
"a nnderrate the value of our trade with
the COUNTRIES of North and South Amer
lea. il may be well to state that their
pouulation IL nearly 5e,OUO,OOO and that
10 proportion to aggregate numbers
70 import nearly double AS much from
tkem as we do from Europe. Bot the
result of the whole amount OF trade II
10 high degree unsatisfactory. The
imports during the past year exceed
t2l6,00O, 900, while the exports were lees
than <l25,0O0,0O0 showing balance
against as of more than $lOO,OOO,OOO;
bat the money is due, not to Spanish
America. We send large sums TO Eu-
rope 10 coin or Its equivalent u paw
European manufacturers Cor the goods
which they send TO Spanish America.
We are but paymasters for this enor
nous amount annually TO European
factors, an amount which is II serious
drain in every financial depression upon
our resources of specie. Cannot this
condition OF trade in great part be
changed Cannot the market for our
products be greatly enlarged Z We
baye made beginning in our effort to
improve trade relations with Mexico,
and We should not be content until SIM
ilafly and naturally advantageous ar
rangements have been successfully
made with every nation Of North and
south America. While the great pow
ss Of Europe are steadily enlarRInR
ihsir colonial domination in Asia and
Africa, 1t ~ the especial province
Of this country TO improve and expand
is trade with the nations of America.
sodeld proinis, 80 much {; no field has
ben cultivated so little. Our foreign
policy should DO an American policy in
the broadcast sense, and in u most CON
ptehepsive sense policy OF peace,
friendship and commercial enlarge
ment.
The name America" which belongs
70 us 10 our national capacity, must al
ways exalt the Just pride of patriotism,
and citizenship OF the Republic must
be the safeguard of those who wear It.
An American citizen, rich or poor, ma
tive or naturaliZed. white or colored,
must everywhere walk secure in his
personal and OWL rights. The Republic
should never accept lesser duty It
can never a'sume nobler one, tn an
The protection of the tuublest mar who
owes II loyalty; Profession at home and
protection which shall follow hum
abroad, through whatever land he may
BE- in on a lawful occasion.
recognize with regret the necessity
Of speaking of the two sections of our
eenmon country, bnt the regret dimin
ishes when | sse that the elements which
separated them are fast disappearing.
frtiudices have yielded and are yield
ING, while a growing cnrdiality warns
see Southern aud the Northern hearts
aiike. Can anyone doubt that between
we sect rs confidence and esteem are
more marked than at any period dur
ins The SIX yelrs preceding the election
OF President Lincoln? This is the re-
suit IN part, of time and in part of Re
publican principles applied under the
la'ofaole conditions of uniformity. Ii
would be a great calamity to change
taese Influences, under which Southern
eommonsealths are learning to vindi-
oA.e owl rights, and adapting them
selves to the conditions of political
asaquility and individual progress. II
saeis De occasional violent outbreaks
q zoe South against this peacefsl pro,
k'ess' TIE public opinion of the country
s.ssafus them as exceptional, and hope
aTsiW trusts that each will prove the last.
.oe south needs capital and ocoupa'
Soa as much as any part of the
so.th the South needs the full
pVsection OF the revenue laws which
se Republican party offers. Some of
~. ~ southern States have alre ,dy en-.
se'so ON career of industrial develop.
81, ass prosperity. They, At least
Sloaiu not lend their electoral votes "a
.1.y their own future. Any effort u
saisc tue Southern States on issu, that
NV oet OF the memories of war will
summon tbs Northern States to combine
~.,s vac assertion of that nationalit,
s,s eu was their inspiration in the OWL
sAsks'e, and thus great energies which
,-ss 'u De united IN a common indus
s development, will be wasted In
sAa suai strife. The Democratic party
- ~ I,sslf q foe to Southern prosper
ns,, ny always invoking and encoarssinl
Aoh consolidation. Such q policy
seacnes the rising instinct of patriot
s 70 the heart Of the Southern yeuth
wives and stimulates prejudice i
u'ates the spirit OF barharous ven
md harmony.
.., sas general character of the civil