National Republican., 1885-12-12


II is due 20 the efficient and hard-work-
inr officers aud teachers OF our city schools
10 fay that they are doing their work With
rare fidelity and most gratifying success.
breakfast Table Letter to the President.
Mn rrulprNr A fow words IN confidence
regarding your message may not be lnappro.
pirate. Your tribute 10 the wee President
viii DO much to preserve his memory In his.
tory, much more than the presence Of tho
chief Executive NJ his funeral. Your hint 10
Congress relating % the constitutional du.l,i
of the legislative and executive department.
Of our government Is not the nr.t time that the
Presidents of the rcPlbllc have thought Il
Necessary TO ailude 10 them.
Washington. IN his message 10 the House of
Representatives that passed a rcsoluilon asking
tie Prosldcu, 10 transmit certain papers con.
ccnlDg the Jay treaty closed his special con.
munlcaiion ns follows: III Is essential 10 the
due administration ofthe government that N,
boundaries fixed by the constitution between
the different departments should he preserved;
Just regard TO the constitution, ana 10 the
duty OF my Office. under all the circumstance
Of this case, forbid compliance with your 70.
quest" The House OF Representatives r..
spondcd by passing resolution, by n vote of
81 to 50, "that tie House was not bound to give
any reasons for call upon the Executive for
information"
Tho return 70 the g cd old way which wash.
ington introduced making a speech IN Joint
session at the opening OF Congress of about 90.
ten minutes, would relieve the President OF
tic prCTaIGtion, the press nom printing, aud
Congress and the county OF rcad.nga four
tCCn.column message.
The elaborate statement concerning our for,
oign relations Is interesting and instructive,
and will bc regarded by the people IN most
Parts with favor. Exceptions Nro taken to
your views concerning the construction Of q
ihip canal through Nlcarnguan territory Bat
It seems fair TO assume that you would approve
of the granting ofgoycrnment aid to a ship rail.
way or ship canal under guarantee Of neutral.
| tyobtained By treaty with European and Amcrl'
lcan governments, for the worlds benefit, as n
| trust for mankind. These ore good and noble
sentiments, equal TO tho ten commandments,
but the trouble is mankind won't keep the
commandments It Is Just such ontangling
alliances that Washington, Monroe, and tho
fathers did not wish TO engage In or permit on
the western hemisphere.
This Is a practical age, and the people ofevery
nation GIe in competition with tho people OF
every other nation, especially those who live
in the same zones. It IS II commercial war fos
commercial supremacy on land and SCI.
sClfprctcction and selEagrandlzement IL the
spirit that controls our humanity. especially
English, German, and French humanity, aud
ifnot on the alert, the American people will
find the flag ofthe German empire flying over
Moro Castle and the island of Cuba. and tho
meteor fHg of England over the Sandwich
Islands, destined TO be the richest commercial
jewels Of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. An
cnterprisinE commercial people like ours are
not apt to stand with their arms folded, IN
neutral attitude, and see the wealth OF ihS
grand prizes of commerce, on land and sea
poured into the lap of Europe, without soone
or later bounding into the struggle with thu
power and the stride of a young giant.
Among the most important Of your dcclara
tons are those favoring the suspension oftht
coinage of the silver dollar. You express alarm
fret, because in the past seven yearS this gov
eminent has purchased silver bullion at mar
kct price and coined out Of 1t, In round mum
bers, s2lG 100000. or this amount the govern
menl now owns but s72,OOO,OCo. To illustrate
sol 0Co, COO paid out and in circulation, s93,0o0
eco held as collateral for the same amount O
silver certificates In circulation, leaving bu
s72,CC0,0O0 free and unpledgcd In the govern
mont vaults. Judging the United States treas
ury by business principles. as you would
bank, there would seem to be no cause 10
alarm.
Thus utilizing tn, silver product of thl
country is not u peryerson of power, or caus
for alarm. The fact that 500, ,OOO,O)O OF slvo
certificates arc in circulation among the pee
, pie at par, based on silver dollars In lieu c
national bank notes, Is not cause for alarm
II Is rs safe for the government, with the highe
: credit Of any government on the earth In tim
ofprofound peace and prosperity, to orecelve 81
= yer dollars for custom dues as 1t was to n
ceivc paper money, ut prices each day iiSe
by the bullion brokers OF Wall street. when ou
national debt was double that OF the presen
and It's securities were so per cent, less than I
day. These favorable changes certainly glS
, no cause for alarm.
, In your public declarations you favor b
Q mctallism that IT, the use Of both gold aud n
vCr. Why are you alarmed, when Congre
tNcrcisCs It's constitutional power TO rCgula
@ lhe value Of 10th coins, any more than yC
q were for the sane power to fix tho standal
u Of weights and measures? OF course, It
J lloI or, and you have the privilege, 10 recor
mend Congiess 10 give seyenteen ounces to Il
pound, or an ounce Of silver for dollar.
:. such changes are needed, in place oil dolr
!. away with tie use OF ounces or dollars, wi
}. rot iccCmmCnd TO Congress to use more slv
u In tho coming Of dollar, because Il
i increased supply has reduced the mark
value Of silver bullion? Tho difficulty II
with the tEGnclers Of your adminlstrltlo
They are opposed to the coinage of silver dc
, lars Of any weight or iuenesg, Ifthcy had d
, power they would coin only gold dollars, II
/, lhls reason they advise you to rccommer
70 CongICss to suspend tho coinage of the SLY
A dollar, as the most sagGclous manner Of d
I moEctlzlng silver
Nj President: DID Il ever occur to YOU tn