Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06

love Of justice and by our power.
II is the policy of peace suitable to
our interests. IL is the policy of
neutrality, rejecting any share in
foreign br0ils and ambitions upon
other continents and repelling their
intrusion here. 1t is tho poll.
cy Of Monroe and of Washington
and = iicrson-" Peace, commerce
and nest friendship with all ma
tions .ntangling alliance with
nOne.'
A due regard for the interests
and prosperity of all the people
demand that our finances shall be
established upon such a sound and
sensible basis as shall secure the
safety aud confidence of business
interests and make the wage Of
labor sure and steady and that
our system of revenue shall be so
adjusted as to relieve the people
from unnecessary taxation, having
due regard to the interests of
capital invested and worlungmen
employed in American industries,
and preventing the accumulation
of surplus in the treasury to
tempt extravaganza and waste
Care for the property of the nation,
and for the needs of future settlers,
require that the public domain
should be protected from purloin-
ing schemes and unlawful occupa-
ton.
The conscience OF the people
demands that the Indians, within
our boundaries, shall be fairly and
honestly treated as wards Of the
government, and their education
and civilization prompted, with a
view to their ultimate citizenship I;
aud that polygamy in the terri
tories, destructive Of the family
relation and offensive to the
moral sense of the civilized
world, shall be repressed.-
The laws should be rigidly enforced
which prohibit the immigration of
a servile class to compete with
American labor, with no intention
of acquiring citizenship and bring.
lug with them and retaining habits
and customs repugnant to our
civilization.
The people demand reform in the
administration of the government
aud the application of business
principles to public affairs. AS a
means to this end Civil Service
Reform should be in good faith
enforced. Our citizens have the
right to protection from the in
competency Of public employees
who hold their places solely as the
reward of partisan service and
from the corrupting influence of
those who expect such rewards.-
And those who worthily seek pub
lie employment have the right to
insist that merit and competency
shall be recognized instead Of party
subseryiency, or the surrender OIL
honest political belief.
In the administration of gov
eminent pledged to do equal and
exact Justice to all men, there
should be no pretext for anxiety
touching the protection of the
free linen in their rights, or their
security in the enjoyment of their
privileges under the Constitution
and it's amendments. Alldiscussion
rs 70 the American citizens is idle
and Improbable, except as it sug
gcsts the necessity for their i'm
| prOyement. The fact that they arc
citizens entities them to all The
rights due to that relation ant
charges them with all its duties
obligations and responsibilities.
These topics, and the constant an(
ever varying wants of an active
and attentive aud enterprise NJ
population, may we'll receive thu
attention and the patriotic EN-
d1ayOr of all who make and ex
ecute the federal law. Our duties
are practical, and call for indus
trions application, an iutelli gen
perception Of the claims OF public
Office, and, above all, firm de-
formation, by united action
to secure to all the people
Of the land the full benefits of The
best form of government every
youchsafed to man. And let us
not trust to human effort alone
but humbly acknowledging the
I power and goodness of Almighty
God, who presdes over the destiny
Of nations, and who has at all times
been revealed in our country's his
tory, let us invoke His aid aud
His blessings upon our labors.
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