The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-14

lnose VINO are selected, 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 of
fetal functions, that plain way of
lifewhieh among their fellow citizens
aids integrity and promotes thrift
and prosperity.
The genius of our institutions, the
needs Of our people in their home
life, and the attention which is de-
manded for the settlement and devel-
opment of the resources of our vast
territory, dictate the scrupulous
avoidance of any departure from that
foreign policy, commended by the
history, the traditions and the pros
perity o. our republic. 1t is the pol
icy 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 neut-
rality, rejecting any share in aor-
e:gn broils and ambitions upon other
continents, and repelling their in
trusion here. 1t is the policy OF
Monroe and of Washington and JEFF
ferson-"Peace, commerce and hon
est friendship with all nations; en-
tangling alliances with none"
A due regard for the interests and
prosperity of all the people demand
that our finances shall be established
upon such a sound and sensible ba-
sis as shall secure the safety and con
fidence of business interests and
make the wages of labor sure and
steady; and that our system of rev
enue 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 American industries,
and preventing the accumulation OF
surplus in the treasury to tempt
extravaganza and waste. Care for
the property of the natien, and for the
needs of future settlers, require that
the public domain should be protect
ed from purloining schemes and I'M
lawful occupation.
The conscience of the people de-
mands that the Indians, within our
boundaries, shall be fairly and hon
estly treated as wards of the govern
ment and their. education and civil
cation promoted, with view to their
ultimate citizenship; and that polyg-
amy in the territories, destructive of
the family relation and offensive to
the moral sense of the civilized world,
shall be repressed. The laws should
be rigidly enforced which prohibits
the immigration of a servile class to
compete with American labor, with
no intention of acquiring citizenship
and bringing with them and retaining
habits ard customs repugnant to our
civilization.
The people demand reform in the
administration of the government
and the application of business prin-
ciples to public affairs. AS means
to this end Civil Service Reform
should be in good faith enforced.
Our citizens have the right to pro-
lection from the incompetency of pub
lie employees who hold their places
solely as the reward OF partisan SER
vice and from the corrupting influ-
ence of those who promise, and the
vicious methods of those who expect
such rewards. And those who worth
lily seek employment have the right
to insist that merit and competency
shall be recognized instead of party
subserviency, or the surrender ofhon-
est political belief.
In the administration of govern
ment pledged to do equal and exact
justice to all men, there should be no
pretext for anxiety touching the pro
lection of the freedmen in their rights,
or their security in the enjoyment of
their privileges under the Constitu-
ton and its amendments. All dis
cussion as to their fitness for the
place accorded to them as American
citizens is idle and Improbable, ex-
cept as it suggests the necessity for
their improvement. The fact that
they are citizens entities them to all
the rights due to that relation and
charges them with all its duties, OBJ
legations and responsibilities.
These tOpics. and the constant and
ever varying wants of an active and
enterprising population, may well re-
ceive the attention and the patriotic
endeavor of all who make and exc
cute the federal law. Our duties are
practical, and call for industrious APP
plication, an intelligent perception of
the claims of public office, and, above
all, firm determination, by united
action, to secure to all the people of
the land the full benefits Of the best
form of government ever vouchsafed
to man. And let us not trust to hui
man effort alone; hut humbly ac-
knowledging the power and goodness
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 la
bors.
THE PRESIDENT.ELECT
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