Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-03-07

the scrupulous avoidance Of any de-
parture from th,st foreign policy COM
amended BY history the tradition and
the prosperity Of our republic. It Is
the policy OF independence favored BY
our position and defended by our
.known love. of justice. and.ubya cur
power; it is the policy Of peace suita-
bic to our interests; it is the policy OF
neutrality, rejecting any share in
foreign broils and ambitions upon
other continents and repelling
their intrusion here; it is the policy ol
Monroe, Washington and Jefferson;
"Peace, commerce and honest friend.
ship with ailnations, entangling allan
ces with none"
A due regard for the interests and
prosperity of all people demand that
our finances shall be established upon
such a sound and sensible basis as shall
secure the safety and confidence OF
business interests and make the wage
oi labor sure and steady, and that our
system of revenue shall be so adjusted
as to relieve the people from unneces-
sary taxation having due regard to
their interest OF capital invested and
worklngmen employed in American
industries and preventing the accu-
mutation of a 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 pro-
tected from purloining schemes and
unlawful occupation. The conscience
of the people demands that the Indians
without our boundary shall be fairly
and honestly treated as wards OF the
government and their education and
civilization promoted with a view to
their ultimate citizenship, and that
polyganly in the territories, destruct-
i've of the family relation and offensive
to the moral sense of the civilized
world, shall be. repressed. The laws
should be rigidly enforced with regard
to the Immigration of a seFvile class
to compete with American labor with
no intention of acquiring citizenship,
and who bring with them habits and
| customs repugnant to our civilization.
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. Our citizens have the
right to be protected from the ineom-
potency of public employees who hold
| their places solely as the reward of
| partisan service, and from the corrupt
i've influence of those who promise
and the vicious methods OF those who
expect such rewards. Those who
worthily seek public employment have
| thought and insist that merit and COM
potency shall be recognized instead of
party subserviency or the surrender
OF honest political belief in the admin
istration of a government pledge to do
equal and exact justice To all men.
There should be no pretext for anxiety
touching the protection of the freed
men in their rights or their security
in the enjoyment of their privileges
under the constitution. All discus
sions under their fitness for the place
accorded as American citizens is idle
and Improbable. except as it suggests
the necessity for their improvement.
The fact they are citizens entities them
to all rights due to the relation and
charges them with all its duties, obi
| cations and responsibilities. These
topics and the constant and ever vary
| ing wants OF an active and enterpris-
ing population may well receive the
attention and the patriotic endeayor
of all who make and execute the feder-
al law
Our duties are practical and call for
industrious application, an intelligent
perception OF the claims of public of
| flee, and above all a firm determination
by united action to secure to all the
places of the land the full benefits of
the best form of government ever
vouchsafed to man. And let us not
trust to human efforts alone, but hum
bly, acknowledge the power and good
ness OF Almighty God, Who presides
over the destiny Of nations and Who
has at all times been revealed in our
country's history. Let us invoke His
aid and His blessing upon our labors,