The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-07

the laws and the entire scheme Of our civil
rule, from the town meeting to the State
Cal ituls and the National Capitol, is yours.
Your every Voter, as surely as your Chief
Magistrate, under the same high sanction
though in a different sphere, exercises a
public trust. Nor is this all Every citi-
zen owes 10 the country ygilant watch
aud close scrutiny Of its pubic servants
and fair and reasonable cstimate OF their
fidelity and usemlLess. Thus is the peo-
pies viii Impressed uuon the whole irame-
work Of our civil polity Municipal, State
aud Federal--and this Is the price Of our
liberty and the inspiration Of our faith in
tho Republic.
TnE DUTY OF ECoSONY.
It is the duty of those serving the people
in public place to closely limit public ex.
pendtures to the actual needs Of The gov
ernnent, economically administered, be-
cause this bounds the tight ci the govern
meut to exact trbrte from the earnings OF
labor or the property of the citzen and
because public extravaganza bpgels exirava.
gaucc among the people. We should never
be ashamed OF the simplicity and pruden
lia economies which are best suited to the
q
meLt 8nd most compatible with the mission
Of the American people. Those who are
selc3led Tor a limited time to manage public
affairs are still Of the people and may do
much by their example to encourage, con.
sistently with the dignity OF their official
functions, that plain way Of lie which
among their fellow citizens aids integrity
and promotes thrift aud prosperity.
The genius Of our institutions, the needs
OF our people in their home lite, and the
attention which is demanded for the settle.
ment and dcvelcpm ent OF tho resources Of
our vast territory, dictate the scrurulous
avoidance of any departure from that
foreign policy commented by the history,
the traditions aud the prosperity of our
Republic. 1t is the policy OF independence,
favored by our position and defended by
our power. 1t is the policy of peace, suit
able to our interests. 1t is the policy Of
neutrality, rejecting any share in foreign
broils aud ambitions upon other continents,
aud rcpelling their intrusion here. 1t is
the poncy OF Monroe and of Washington
and Jefferson: Peace, commerce aud
honest friendship with all nations; entang
ling alliances with none"
TpE FINANCES.
A due regard Tor the interests and pros
rerty OF all the people demand that our
finances shall be established upon such Il
sound aud sensible bass as snail secure the
safety and confidence Ot business interests
and make the wages pi 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
workingmen employed in Amorican in
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OF surplus IN the Treasury to tempt
oXlTavnganre and waste. Care for the pro
perty OF the nation and for the needs of
future settlers require that the public
domain should be protected from purloIn.
ing schemes and unlawful occupation.
The conscience oi the people demands
that the Indians within our boundaries
shYll bo fairly and honestly treated as
wnrds nl the government, and their educa
ton aud civilization promoted, with view
to their ultimate citizenship, and that
polygamY in the Territories, destructive, of
the family relation aud offensive to the
moral sense of the civilized world, shall be
repressed. The laws should be rlgidly en-
forced which prohibited the immigration o.
a servlle class to compete with American
labor,w'ih no intention OF acquiring citizen
shiL aud bringing with them and retaining
habits and customs repugnant to our civil
zatinn.
The people demand reform in the admis-
lration OF the government and the appi
cation OF business principles to public
affairs. AS a means TO this end civil ser.
vice reform should be in good faith onforc.
ell. Our citizens have the right to prutec
ton from the incompctency Of public
employees who hold their places solely as
the reward Of partisan service, and from the
corruptlng influence of those who promise
aud the various methods OF those who eX
poet such rewards, And those who worthlly
seek public employ ment have the right to
insist that merit aud competency shall be
recognized instead Of party subserviency or
the surrender Of honest political belief.
EQUAL RIGHTS.
In the administration of a government
pledged to do equal ami exact Justice To all
men there should be no pretext for anxiety
touching the protection of the freedmen in
their rights or their security III the enjoy
ment OF their privileges under the Cunst
tuition and lls amendments. All discussion
as to their fitness for the place accorded to
them as American citizens is idle and un.
profitable, except as it suggests the necessity
Tor their improvement. The fact that they
are cilzens entities them To all the rights
due TO that relation aud charges them with
all its duties, s,oOlgations aud responsibilities
These topics aud the constant and eyer
varying wants OF an active and euJprprIsiug
population may well receive the ttentIon
and the patriotic cndeuvor of all who who
make aud execute the Federal law. Our
duties ere practical and call for industrious
application, an intelligent PERCEPTION OF the
claims o! public office, and above all, firm
determination, by united action, To secure
to ali the pc pic Of the land the iull benefits
ol the best form of government eyer vouch
saied 10 man. Aud let us not trust to
human effort alone, but humDly acknowl
edglns the power and goodness of Almighty
God, who presldes over the destiny OF
nations and who has at all times been re,
vealed IN our cOuntry's history, let us in
woke His AID and II is blessing upon our
abors.