The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-19
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|. pointnents in the consular pervice. Col
It snls should be commercial sentinols-e,
n cirel!ng tho globe with wa,ehiulness &
q their country's interests. Their INTEL
d gence and competency become, therefor
+ matters OF great public concern. No ma
}. ahould be appointed 10 m American cor
Q aulate, who Ia not well instructed Ia the ilil
Q tory and resources Of hia own country, an
In the requirements md language OF CON
!. merce In the country TO which he Is sem
0 The same rule should be applied oven NOR
Q rigtdty 10 Secretaries Of Legation in on
t Diplomatic service. The people have III
! right TO tho mos. ELI Client agents IN the dis
charge OF public business and the appoint
ing power ehould regard this as the nrie
anu ulterior consideration. .ro1 4
a,I5 TIKI MORMON QUESTION. III /,
,, Religious liberty is the right OF ever,
citizen Of the Rspublic. Consresa is for
hidden by the Constitution to make any
law respecting the establishment OF .eli
gien, or prohibiting the free exercise thcre
Of" For century, under this guarantee
Protestant and Catholic, Jew and GENTLE,
have worshipped God according to the die.
tales OF conscience. But. religious liberty
must not be perverted to the Justification
OF offences Rgainst the law. A religious
sect, strongly intrenched In one nj the ter.
ritoriea Of the Union, and spreading rapid.
ly into four other territories, claims the
right 10 destroy the great safeguard and
muuiment Of social order, and TO practice
as a religious privilege that which Ia a
crime spnnlshed with severe penglty in
every State Of the Union. The sacrednesa
and unity Of the family must be preserved
as the foundation OF ali civil government,
ns the source OF orderly administration, az
Tho surest guarantee oil moral purity. 4 7 7
| The claim oi the Mormons that they are
diylnely authorized 10 practice polygamy
should no more he admitted than the
claim ol certain heather tribes, II they
should come among us, to continue the
rite OF human sacrifice. The Law does nos
interfere with what a man believes; It takes
cognizance only Of what he does. AS citi.
se9s, the Mormons are entitled to the same
rights aa others, and to these they must be
coDtined. PolygamY can never receive
national sanction or toleraiion by admit.
ting the community that upholds it as
State in the Union. Like others, tho Nor.
mons must learn that tho liberty OF the in.
divdual ceases where the rights Of society
begin.
OUR CURRENCY.
The people Of the United States, though
often urged and tempted, have never
seriously contemplated the recognition OF
any other money than gold and silver
and currency directly convertible into
them. They have not done so, they will
not DO 80, under any necessity lesa press
ing than that Of desperate war. The one
special 1equiiite for the completion of our
monetary system is the fixing Of the rela.
tive values Of silver end gold. The lsrgs
use Of silver as the money OF account.
among Asiatic nations, taken in connection
with the increasing commerce ofthe world,
gives the weightiest reasons for au in.
ternationsl agreement in The premises.
Oar Government should not cease to urge
this measure uutil common standard
OF value shall be reached and estahsishad,-,a
standard that shall enable the United s,ates
to use the silver IRON i,a naiaea as an suxil.
iary to gold in settling the balsrces Of
Commercial exchange.
TILE PUBLIC LANDS.
The strength Of the Republic is incrcased
by the multiplication Of land holdera. Our
laws should look to the judicious encour-
agement OF actual settlers on the Public
Domain, which should henceforth be held
as sacred trust for the benefit Of tl1ose
seeking homes. Tho tendency 10 conEoli.
date lsrgs tracts OF lands in the ewnsrship
OF Individuals or corporations should, with
proper regard to vested rights, be discour.
eyed. Oae hundred thousand acres OF
land in the hands OF one mau is IA, iess
profitable 10 the Nation in every way than
when its Ownership ia divided among one
thousand men. The evil OF permitting
large tracts CT the National domain to be
consolidated and controlled by the few
against the many is enhanced, whsn the
persons controlling it are aliens. 1t is hut
lair that the public land should be disposed
Of only TO actual aettlers and 10 those who
are citiA, ,ns Of the Republic, or willing to
become so. .'.r1 -,
CUR SHIFTING INTERESTS
Among our national interests one Ian
gufshea-tha foreign carrying trade. It was
very seriously crippled in our civil war,
and another blow was given to it in the
general Substitution Of steam for nail in
ocean trsffic. With frontage On the two
great oceans, with Il ireigh,ags larger than
that CT any other natioD, we have every in
ducement to restore our navigation. Yet
The government has hitherto refused its
help. A small share Of the encouragement
given by the government to railways aud
to manufacturers, and small share Of the
capital and the ssal given by our citiz.ns to
those enterprises would have carried our
shlpH 10 every sea and. to every port. A
law just enacted removes some OF the bur-
dens upon our navigation and inepires
hope that this great interest may at last
receive its due share OF attention. All efforts
in this direction should receive encourage.
ment. ..L 7 sal
/ sACRRDSESS CT TIE BALLOT.
This survey Of our condition ass Nation
reminds us that material prosperity il but
a u,ockery II 1t does no!tend to preserve
the Liberty ofthe People. A free ballot is
the safeguard Of Republican institutions,
without which no National welfare is
assured. A popular election, honestly
conducted, embodles the very majesty Of
true Government. Ten millions OF voters
desire to take part inthe pending contest
The safety Of the Repnb bic rests upon the
integrity Of the ballot, upon the security OF
s.dsge to the citizen. To deposit fraudu.
lent vote is no worse crime agaiust Con-
stitu.ional Liberty than to obstruc: the
deposit nf an honest vote. He who cor.
,upts suffrage strikes at the very root of
free government. He is tho arch.enemy Of
the Repu blic. He forgets that in trampiing
upon the rights Of others he fatally imperils
his own rights. ut is good land which
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