The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-03-12

dition and the prosperity OF our re-
public. It is the policy of indepen
dence favored by position and
defended by our knowd love Of
justice and by our power, it is the
policy of neutrality, rejecting any
share in foreign brolls and ambi-
tions upon other continents and re-
pelling their intrusions here; it is
the policy of Monroe, Washington
and Jefferson; "peace, commerce,
and honest friendship with all ma
tions, entangling alliances with
none"
A due regard for the interest and
prosperity of all people demand that
our finances shall be established
Upon such 8 sound and sensible
basis as shall secure the safety and
confidence 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 re-
lieve the people from unnecessa-
~ taxation; having a due regard
to the interests of capital invested
and workingmen employed in
American industries and prevent
ing the accumulation of surplus
in the treasury to tempt extrava-
gance and waste. Care for the
property of the nation and for the
needs of future settlers, require
that the public domain should be
protected from purloining schemes
and unlawful occupation. The
conscience of the people demands
that the Indians without our bound
airy shall be fairly and honestly
treated as wards of the govern
ment and their education and civ
ilization promoted with a view to
their ultimate citizenship, and that
polygamy in the territories, de-
structive Of the family relation and
offensive to the moral sense of the
civilized world, shall be repressed.
The law should be rigidly enforced
with regard to the immigration of
a servile class to compete with
American labor with no intention
of acquiring citizenship, and who
bring with them habits and Gus
toms repugnant to our civilization.
The people demand reform in the
administration of the government
and the application of business
principles to public affairs. AS a
means to this end civil service
reform should be in good faith.
Our citizens have the right to be
protected from the incompetency
of public employees who hold their
places solely as the reward OF par
tisan service, and from the corrup-
tive influences OF those who ex-
pect such rewards. Those whe
worthily seek public employment
have thought and insist that merit
and competency shall be recog niz
ed instead Of party subserviency or
the surrender OF honest political
belief sin the administration of a
government pledged to do equal
and exact justice to all men. There
should be no pretext for anxiety
touching the protection of the
freedmen in their rights or their
security in the enjoyment OF their
privileges under the constitution,
All discussion as to their fitness for
the place accorded as American
citizens is idle and Improbable, ex-
cept as it suggests the necessity fer
their improvement. The fact that
j they are citizens entities them TO all
rights due to the relation and
charges them with all its duties,
obligations and responsibilities.
These topics and the constant and
ever varying wants of an active
and enterprislng population may
well receive the attention and the
patriotic endeavor of all who make
and execute the federal lay.
! Our duties are practical and call
for industrious application, an in
telligent perception Of the claims
of public office, 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 vouch-
safed to man. And let US not trust
to human efforts alone, but humbly
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 up
on our labors.