Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-03-12

OF che country and to secure the full
measure or its priceless benefits to us
\ and tp those who will succeed to the
eleSSings of our national life. The
larse variety of diverse and competing
Interests subject to federal control,
4 perSistently seeking the recognition of
their claims, need give us no fear that
I "the greatest good to the greatest
/ number will fail to be accomplished,
4 il, in the halls of national legislation,
/ that spirit of amity and mutual con
/ cession shall prevail in which the Con-
I stitution had its birth.
Ii this involves the surrender or post
ponement of private interests and the
/ abandonment of local advantages, COM
pensation will be found in the assur-
| auce that thus the common interest is
| subserved and the general welfare is
| advanced.
In the discharge of my official duty
shall endeavor to be guided by just
and unstrained construction of the
| Constitution, a careful observance of
the distinction between the powers
granted to the federal government and
those reserved to the States or to the
people and by a cautious appreciation
of those functions which, by the Con-
stitution and laws have been especially
| assigned 10 Ille EAeCuIlNe UIdlCll OI
| the government.
But he who takes the oath to-day to
preserve, protect and defend the Con
stitution of the United States, only as
sumes the solemn obligation which
every patriotic citizen, on the farm, in
the workshop, in the busy marts of
trade and everywhere, should share
with him. The Constitution which
prescribes his oath, my countrymen, is
yours; the government you have chos-
en- him to administer for long time
is yours; the suffrage which executes
the will of freemen is yours; the laws
and the entire scheme of our civil rule
| from the town meeting to the State
Capitols and the National Capitol, is
yours.
,sYour every voter, as surely as your
| Chief Magistrate, under the same high
sanction, though in a different sphere,
exercises a public trust. Nor is this
all. Every citizen owes to the country
vigilant watch and close scrutiny of
reasonable estimate of their fidelity
and usefulness Thus is the peoples
will impressed upon the whole frame
work of our civil policy-municipal
State and federal-and this is the
price of our liberty and the inspiration
of our faith in the Republic.
1t is the duty of those serving the
people in public places to closely limit
public expenditures to the actual
needs of the Government economical
ly administered because this bounds
the right of the Government to exact
tribute from the earnings of labor, or
the property of the citizen, and be-
cause public extravaganza begets ex-
travagance among the people. We
should never be ashamed of the sim
plicity and prudential economies,
which are best suited to the operation
of republican form of government
and most compatible with the mission
of the American people.
Those who are selected for limited
time, to manage public affairs, are still
of the people, and may do much by
ly with the dignity of their official
functions, that plain way of life which
among their fellow citizens aids integ-
rity and provides thrift and prosper
lty.
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 pol
icy, 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 own 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 foreign broils and ambitions
upon other continents, and repelling
their intrusion here. 1t is the policy
OF Monroe and of Washington and
etferson-'Peace, commerce and
honest friendship with all nations; en-
tangling alliances with none"
A due regard for the interests and
prosperity of all people, demands 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
of labor sure and steady; and that our
system of revenue shall be so adjusted
as to relieve the people from unneces-
sary taxation, having a due regard to
the interests of capital invested and
workinglnen employed in American
industries and preventing the accumu-
latlon OF surplus in the treasury to
tempt extravaganza and waste
Care for the property of the Nation,
and for the needs of future settlers, re-
quire that the public domain should
be protected from purloining schemes
and unlawful occupation.
The conscience of the people de-
mands that the Indians within our
boundaries, shall be fairly and honest
ly treated as wards of the government,
and their education and civilization
promoted with a view to their ulti-
mate citizenship: and that polygamy
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 prohibit the immigration of a
servile class to compete with American
labor, with no intention of aquiring
citizenship and bringing with them
and retaining habits and customs re-
pugnant to our civilization.
The people demand reform in the
q ict, &c