Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-12-10

Lacking AT the immense spread of the
message, covering nine and a half columns
Of solid small print in a large newspaper
like the Enquirer, one can not resist the
impression that the president weighs To-"
much and That his desk is To" hiG. There
seems 10 have been in the writing Of il too
expansive an inspiration 10 ike up 10 Iii,
pnnderoSities 4 g,rd journalist would
have compressed this vast initiation into
about three columns. and then told tn"
country two columns more than it would
have ever paid any attention Ia. When
will Presidents learn that they can not
water the public sense Ia any aplrcciIhIr
extent 10y covering continental republic
with however stupendous a swash Of words?
The message opens with an obituary Ell
logy OF the deceased viccprrSid,nt
Then follows a bulky paragraph about
the dependencies and independencies of the
executive department and the legislative;
which is so true as to be platitudc.
The gratifying announcement that our
relations with foreign nations are friendly
expands into corpulent passage
Kelley, Of the bloody usurpation. /, in
dorsed as ''an eStimabIe citizen of unim-
peached probity and competence and Aus
trla-ilumgary is despitefully spoken of for
having sent Us word that she did not want
him
The little revolutionary Scrimnage b.
tween states Of Centrai America during
which the United States had mUral->,l.si"n
business for a few federal troops down on
the i>thmus is amply hi,torifrd
In an unnecessarily lengthy passage hut
one written in good state-paper language
the treaty with Nicaragua for an inter
oceanic canal is condemned on the grand
old Westinghouse doctrine against ell
tangling alliances with foreign states" The
president says that such a canal must he
for the worlds benefit, trust for mankind,
To be removed from the chance OF domino
nnn by any single power" This is what
W. have always coniended
The president is in favor of the laws fnr
the restriction nf Chinese immigra-
ton; but he denomnce-. in un>parinc
language. the muderous mobbing Of unnf-
Tending Chinamrn by alleged Americans.
and declares that all the powered this gov
eminent should bc cNerted 10 maintain the
amPIeSt good faith toward China in the
treatment Of these men. aud the iptirxihl,
stermess Of the law in bringing the wrong
d"rI- Ia justice should be insisted ulnn."
The American participation in the Berlin
conference fOr organizing the new state of
Congo Is referred tn a having been lnrrrl,
delI'eraiiye and a. not intended to bind lhi~
nation To any concert Of action with other
nations for guaranteeing the indcl+pdrur,
or territorial integrity Of that state. The
Nashingtonian doctrine against .erltangling
alliances j. here again rightly operative in
the presidents mind
The president deprecate> the persecution
Of our pork by European nations that arr
diseased with hogophohia. hut sees no rem
'rIy except in a hored-tor better under
standing Of the matter by tho>c badl,-f fed
foreigners who are missing mighty sight of
good American swine meat
The commercial convention between the
United States and MrNi,". haI ing been CON
firmed by the treaty-Ina1ling branch Of the
guyernmcnt i recommended for lrgi,la-
tion To carry it into effect with elolucmrr
about the political and iutrr-tradinE fra
termity Of the two Republics.
international copyright j, commented on
and commended for legislation "r treaty.
The laws for the naturalization of for
nigners need. as the president argues, 10 he
80 as Ia grant the rights of citizen
hip with more care and to make natural
Zed citizenship more a matter Of national ,
Uncsrn, with view Ia maintaining its Sc
lrity against the nations from which the |
,meriCaniZed citizens have emgrated. and {
.hich are apt to claim their allegiance when a
hey return Ia their native countries for 9
usineSs or pleasure.
The treaties with Spain and SantO Do e
lingo, pending in the senate when Cleve- f
nd took Office, he says he withdrew for il
ANIMATION. whereupon he became con- S,
need that these treaties contemplated q