The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-03-11

liberty and the inspiration OF our faith in the
republic. 1t is the duty OF those serving the
people in public place to closely limit public
expenditures to the actual needs OF the gov
ernment, economically administered, be-
cause this bounds the right OF the government
to exact tribute from the earnings of labor or
the property of the citizen, and because
public extravaganza begets extravaganza
among the people. We should never be
ashamed of the simplicity and prudential
economies which are best suited to the OPP
Grafton of republican form of government
and most compatible with the mission of
the American people. Those who are Sc
lected, for 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 official
functions, that plain way OF life which,
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 demanded for the settlement and
development 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 prosperity of our republic. 1t is
the policy 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 neutrality, rejecting any share in
tinents, and repelling their intrusion here.
1t is the policy of Monroe, of Washington
and Jefferson: Peace, commerce, and hon
est friendship with all nations; entangling
alliances with none. A due regard for the
interests and prosperity of all the people
demands that our finances shall be estab-
ished upon such a 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 shall no CO. nd inqta1 q q N rpliaVp
the people from unnecessary taxation, hav-
ing due regard to the interests of capital
invested and workngmen employed in
American industries, and preventing the
accumulation of surplus in the treasury
to tempt extravaganza and waste. Care for
the property of the nation, and for the needs
of future settlers, requires that the public
domain should be protected from purloining
schemes and unlawful occupation. The con-
science of the people demands that the In
dams within our boundaries shall be fairly
and honestly treated as wards Of the gov
eminent and their education and civiliza-
ton promoted, with a view to their ultimate
citizenship; and that polygamy in the ter
ritories, destructive of the family relation
and offensive to the moral sense of the CIV
ilized world, shall be repressed. The laws
should be rigidly enforced which prohibit
the immigration of a servile class to com
pete with American labor with no intention
of acquiring citizenship, and bringing with
them and retaining habits and customs re-
pugnant to our civilization. The people de-
mand 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 enforced. Our citizens have the
right to protection from the incompetency
of public employees who hold their places
solely as the reward of partisan service, and
from the corrupting influence of those who
promise and the vicious method of those
who expect such rewards. And those who
worthily seek public employment have the
right to insist that merit and competency
shall be recognized instead of party sub
serviency, or the surrender of honest po-
1itical belief. In 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 and its amendments. All
discussion as to their fitness for the place &C
corded to them as American citizens is idle
and Improbable, except as 1t 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, obligations and
responsibilities. These topics, and the con-
slant and ever-varying wants of an active
and enterprising population, may well re-
ceive the attention and the patriotic endeav-
ors of all who make and execute the federal
law. Our duties are practical, and call for
industrious application, an intelligent per-
ception 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 govern
ment ever vouchsafed to man. And let us
not trust to human effort alone but, hum
bly, acknowledging the power and goodness
of Almighty God, who presdes 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."
THE GIANT PARADE.
The procession that followed the pres-
dent on his return to the White House was
the largest and most imposing ever seen in
Washington, city of pageants, and one of
the most varied and interesting ever wit
messed in the country. Besides the regular
troops, there were representative organiza-
tons, civil or military, from twenty states.
There must have been thirty thousand men
in line, and the procession was five miles,
or nearly three hours, long. 1t was half-past
one when the column moved, and before
the last company had completed the route
1t was dark, and people were already get
ting ready for the fireworks and the ball.
AS President Cleveland stood on the plat
form of the east porch of the Capitol, de-
livering his inaugural address, his eyes saw
beyond acres of men Immediately below and
around him, glistening stream of steel
reaching eastward to the horizon. This was
the head of the column, which formed on
East Capitol street, facing the building. All
the converging avenues were also filed
with troops, ready to fall in line as their
turn came. Thus at the word the long
column moved, each avenue adding its con-
tingent. The first division was closed by
the parade of ten posts of the Grand Army
of the Republic, Department of the Potomac
These veterans, who turned out in goodly
numbers, did not have as many sashes and
feathers as their predecessors in the line
but the people along the route welcomed
them heartily as soldiers who had smell
gunpowder. All eyes were eagerly fast
ened on the inmates OF an open carriage
drawn by four bay horses, and driven by the
famous Coachman Albert, who had held the
reins for four presidents-Grant, Hayes
Garfield and Arthur. On the rear seat t.
the right was President Cleveland, will
head uncovered, bowling and smiling to tn,
masses on either side.
CLEVELAND AND ARTHUR SIDE BY SIDE.
The people cheered and shook their hand
kerchiefs, but they saved most of thei
praises, after all, for the gentleman at hit
left, who runs good chance of becoming
historic as the handsome president. Ger
tainly Mr.. Arthur never appeared to greater
personal advantage, nor won more plaudit,
for manly beauty than at this time. The in
coming president is very different type o
man, and the contrast between the two, a!
they sat side by side, was very striking
President Cleveland looked short wheI
placed beside Mr.. Arthur, and was quit,