The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-14

constitution of the United States on
'ly, assumes the solemn obligation
W 3sh every patriotic citizen-on the
fai p the workshop. in the busy
mt = Of trade and everywhere
should share with him. The Con-
stitution, which prescribes his oath,
my countrymen the government
you have chosen him to administer
for time is yours ; the suffrage which
executes the will of freemen is yours;
the laws and the entire scheme of our
civil rule, from the town meeting to
the state capitoIs and the national
capitol. is yours. Your every voter,
as surely as your chief magistrate,
under the same high sanction, though
in different sphere, exercises pub.
lie trust. Nor is this all. Every
citizen owes to the country a vigil
liant watch and close scrutiny of its
public servants, and fair and reas-
enable estimate of their fidelity and
usefulness. Thus is the peoples will
impressed upon the whole frame
work of our civil policy-municipal,
state and federal-and this is the
price of our liberty and the inspira-
lion of our faith in the republic.
1t is the duty of those serving the
people i'll public place to closely linn
1t public expenditures to the actual
needs of the government, economi-
cally administered, because this
Ibounds the right of the government
to exact tribute from the earnings of
labor or the property Of the citizen,
and because public extravaganza be.
gets extravaganza among the people
We should never be ashamed of the
simplicity and prudential economies,
which are best suited to the opera
ton of Republication form of gov
eminent, and most compatible with
the mission of the American. Those
who are selected for limited time
to manage public affairs are still of
the people, and may do much by
their example to encourage, cansist-
emily with the dignity of their Off
cial functions, that plain way of life
which, among their fellow citizens,
aids integrity and promotes thrift
and prosperity.
The genius of our institutions, the
needs of our people in their home
life, and the attention which is de.
manded for the settlement and de-
Velopment Of the resources 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 pol
icy of independence, favored by our
position and defended by our known
love of justice and by our power. 1t
is the policy of peace, suitable to our
interests. 1t is the policy of neu-
trality, rejecting any share in foreign
broils and ambitions upon other con.
tinents, and repelling their intrusion
here. 1t is the policy of Monroe and
of Washington and efferson-"Peace
commerce and honest friendship with
all nations, entangling alliance with
nome" A due regard for the inter-
ests and prosperity of all the people
| demand that our finances shall be es-
tablished upon such sound and SEN
sible basis as shall secure the safety
and confidence of business interests,
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 interest of
capital invested, and working men
employed in American industries
and preventing the accumulation of
a surplu sin the treasury to tempt ex-
trayagance and waste. 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 I'M
lawful occupation.
The conscience of the people de-
mands that the Indians, within our
boundries, shall be fairly and hon
estly treated as wards of the govern :
ment, and their education and civili-
cation promoted, with a view to
their ultimate citizenship and that
polygamy in the territories, destruc-
tive of the family relation and often
sive to the moral sense of the civiliz-
ed world, shall be repressed. The
laws should be rigidly enforced which
prohibit the immigration of servie
class to compete with American la
Dor, with no intention of acquiring
citizenship, and bringing with them
and retaining habits and customs re-
pugnant to our civilization.
The people demand reform in the
administration of the government
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