Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-03-09

have been especially assigned to the ex-
ecutive branch of the government But
he who takes the oath to-day to preserve,
protect and defend the constitution of the
United States, only assumes the solemn
obligation which every patriotic citizen,
on the farm, in the workshop, in the busy
marts of trade, and everywhere, should
share with him. The constitution which
prescribes his oath, my countrymen. is
yours. The government you have chos-
en- him to administer for time, is yours
the suffrage which executes the will of
freemen is yours. The laws and the en-
tire scheme of our civil rule from the
town meetings to the state capitols and
the national capitol are yours. Your ev-
cry voter as surely as your chief magis-
trate under the same high sanction,
though in a different sphere, exercise
public trust Nor is this ALL Every cit
izen owes to his country a vigilant watch
and close scrutiny of its public servants,
and a fair and reasonable estimate of
their fidelity and usefulness. Thus is the
peoples will impressed upon the whole
framework of our civil policy, municipal,
state and federal, and this is the price of
our liberty and the inspiration of our faith
in the republic.
ECONOMY URGED.
1t is the duty of those serving the peo-
pie in public place to closely limit public
expenditures to the actual needs of the
government, economically administered,
because this bounds the right of the gov
eminent to exact tribute from the earn
ings of labor or the property of the citi
zen, and because public extravaganza be-
gets extravaganza among the people.
We should never be ashamed of the SIM
plicity and prudential economies which
are best suited to the operation of re-
publican form of government and most
compatible with the mission of the Amer
lean people. Those who are selected for
a limited time TO manage public affairs
are still of the people and may do much
by their example to encourage, consist
emily with the dignity of their official
functions, that plain way of life which
among their fellow-citizens aids integri-
ty and promotes thrift and prosperity.
NEUTRALITY IN FOREIGN RELATIONS.
The genius of our institutions, the
needs of our people in their home life and
the attention which is demanded for the
settlement and development of the re-
sources of our vast territory, dictate the
scrupulous avoidance of any departure
from that foreign policy commended by
the history, the traditions and the pros
perity of our republic. 1t is the policy
of independence, favored by our position
and defended by our known love of JUS
tice and by our power. 1t is the policy
of peace suitable to our interests. 1t is
the policy of neutrality rejecting any
share in foreign broils and ambitious
upon other continents and repelling their
intrusion here. 1t is the policy of Mon
roe and of Washington and Jefferson: :
peaceful commerce and honest friend
ship with all nations, entanglipg alliances
with none"
FINANCE AND TARIFF.
A due regard for the interests and pros
perity of all the people demands that our
finances shall be established upon such a
sound and sensible basis as shall secure
the safety and confidence of business in
terests and make the wage of labor sure
and steady, and that our system of reve
| nue. shall be so adjusted as to relieve the
| people from unnecessary taxation, having
due regard to the interests of capital in
vested and workingmen employed in
American industries, and preventing the
accumulation of a surplus in the treasury
| to tempt extravaganza and waste.
THE INDIAN QUESTION AND PoLYGANIY.
Care for the property of the nation and
for the needs of future settlers require
that the public domain should be protect
| ed from purloining schemes and unlaw-
full occupation. The conscience OF the
| people demands that the Indians within
our boundaries shall be fairly and hon
estly treated as wards of the government,
and their education and civilization pro-
NOTED, with view to their ultimate cit
izenship, and that polygamy in the terri
tories, destructive of the family relation
and offensive to the moral sense of the
civilized world, shall be repressed.
AGAINST CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
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which prohibit the immigration of a SER
vile class to compete with American labor
with no intention of acquiring citizenship,
and bringing with them and retaining
habits and customs repugnant to our civ
ilization.
| CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
The people demand reform in the Adj
ministration of the government and the
application of business principles to pub
lie affairs. AS means to this end, civil
service reform should be in good faitf
enforced. Our citizens have the right to
protection from the incompetency of pub
lie employees who hold their places solely
as the reward of partisan service ant
from the corrupting Influences of those
who promise and the vicious methods o
those who expect such rewards. AnC
those who worthily seek public employ
ment have right to insist that meri
and competency shall be recognized, in
stead of party subserviency or the sur
render of honest political belief.
NO RACE DISTINCTION.
In the administration Of u government
pledged to do equal and exact justice t.
all men, there SHOULD be no preteXt 70
anxiety touching the protection of TIL
freedmen in their rights or their securit
in the government of their privileges I'm
der the constitution and its amendments
: All discussion as to their fitness for tn
place accorded to them as American cit
zens is idle and Improbable, except as
suggests the necessity for their improve
ment. The fact that they are citizens Ell
titles them to all the rights due to that II
e lation, and charges them with all its dr
| ties, obligations and responsibilities.
GENERAL AIMS OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
e These topics and the constant and eve