The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-03-12
LOW TAXES AND ECONOMICAL ExPEN5I.
TURE,

1t Is the duty OF those serving the
people in public places to closely limi
public expenditures to the actual need
of the Government economically admin
istcred, because this bounds the right q
the Government to exact tribute from
the earnings of labor or the property u
the citizen, and because public extrava
people. We should never be ashamed o1
the simplicity and prudential economic,
which are best suited to tho operation oi
a Republican form Of Government and
most compatible with the mission OF the
American people.
Those who are selected for limited
time to manage public affairs are still oI
the people, and may do much by their
example to encourage, consistently With
the dignity of their official functions,
that plain way of life which among their
fellow citizens aids integrity and pro
notes thrift and prosperity.
NO FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTs.
The genius of our institutions, the
needs of our people in their homo life.
and the attention which is demanded for
the settlement and development of the
resources of our vast territory, dictate
the scrupulous avoidance of any depart
ure from that foreign policy commended
by the history, the traditions and the
prosperity of our Republic. 1t IL the
policy 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 neutrality, rejecting
any share in foreign broils and ambitions
upon other continents and repelling their
intrusion here. 1t is the policy of Mon
roe and Washington and Jefferson-
"peace, commerce and honest friendship
with all nations, entsngling alliances
with none"
/ TIE TARIFF.
A due regard for the intereats and
prosperity of al the people demand that
our finances shall be established upon
such q sound and sensible. basis as shall
secure the safety and confidence of busi
ness interests. and make the wages OF
labor sure and steady, and that our syS
tenn of revenue should be so adjusted Or
to relieve the people from unnecessary
taxation, having due regard to the
interests of the capital invested and the
workiugmen employed in American in
dnstries, and preventing the accumula
tion of surplus in the treasury TO temp
extravaganza and waste.
PROTECTING THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
| Care for the property of the Nation
and for the needs of future settlements.
require that the public domain should
be protected from purloining schemes
and unlawful occupation. The consci
euce of the people demands that the
Indians within our boundaries shall be-
fairly and honestly treated ~ wards of
the Government, aud their education and
civilization promoted with view 10
their ultimate citizenship; and that
polygamy in the Territories. destructive
of The family relation and offensive to
the moral sense of the civilized world,
shall be repressed.
EXCLUSION OF CHINESE.
The laws should be rigidy enforced
which prohibit the immigration of u
servile class to compete with American
labor with no intention of acquiring
citizenship, aud bringing with them and
retaining customs and habits repuguant
to our civilization.
CIVIL SERVICE REFoRM.
The people demand reform in the
administration OF the Government and
the application of business principles to
public affairs. AS means to this end
civil service reform should be in good
faith enforced. Our. citizens have the
right to protection from the incompelency
Of public employees who hold their
places solely as the reward of partisan
service, and from the cnrrupting influence
Of those who promise and the vicious
methods of those who expect such
rewards. And those who worthily seek
public employment have the right to
insist that merits and competency shall
be recognized instead of party subserv-
ieucy or the surrender of honest political
belief.
THE CITIZENSHIP OF THE FREEMEN
J.. BEYOND QUESTION.
| In the administration of Government
pledged to do equal and exact justice to
all men, there should be 10 pretext fora
nicely touching the protext of the freed
men in their rights or their security in
the enjoyment of the privileges under
the Constitution and it's amendments.
All discussion as to their fitness for the
place accorded to them AS American
citizens is idle and Improbable, except
as it. suggests the necessity tor their
improvement. The fact that they are
citizens entities them to all the rights
due to that relation, aud charges them
with all its duties, obligations and re
sponsibilities.
CONCLUSION.
These topics aud the constant and ever
varying wants Of an active and enterprls
ing population may we'll receive the
attention and the patriotic endeavor oi
all who make and execute the Federal
law. Our duties are practical and call
for industrious application, an intelll'
gent perception of the claims ot public
Office, and above all a firm determination
by united action to secure to all the peo-
pie of the land the full benefits OF the
best form of Government ever vouchsated
To man. And let US not trust to human
etf,rt alone, but humbly acknowledging
the power and goodness OF Almighty
God, who presides over the destiny OF
nations, aud who has ut all times been
revealed in our country's history, let US
invoke His aid and blessing upon our
labors.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
At precisely Two minutes after l
O'Clock he concluded, and turning to the
Chiel Justice and bowing to him said ):
II am now prepared 10 take the oath Of
office prescribed by law"
AS The Chief Justice arose to admins
ter the oath the vast assemblage cheered
again and again. The President,elect
stood fronting The Chief Justice with the
crowd on his right. Chief Clerk Nc,
Kinney, of the Supreme Court, stood
Just to the side of Mr.. Cleveland aud