Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-03-10

work of our civil polity-municipal,
State and Federal-and this is the
price of our liberty and the inspira-
ton Of our faith in the Republic.
TAXATION FOR REVENUE ONLY.
1t is the duty of those serving the
people in public place to closely limit
public expenditures to the actual
needs Of the Government, economical
ly administered, because this bounds
The right of the Government to the
exact tribute from the earnings of the
aborer and the prosperity of the
citizens, and because public extrav-
agancc begcts eXtravag- among
the people. We should never b..
ashamed of the simplicity and pru-
duntial economies which are best
suited to the operation OF a Republi-
can form of Government and most
compatible with the mission of the
American people. Those who are
selected for a limited time to man lge
,ublic affairs are still of the people,
and may do much by their example
20 encourage consistently with the
lignity of their official functions,
that plain way of life which, among
their fellow-citizens, aids integrity
and promotes thrift and prosperity.
OUR FOREIGN POLICY.
The genius of our institutions, the
needs Of our people in their home life.
and the attention which is dnmaaded
for the settlement and devel Jpment
Jf our vast territory, dictate the
$''rupulous avoidance of any depart
ure fromthat foreign policy jmmend
III by the history, the tradition, and
the prosperity ofour Rapubic. 1t is
the policy of independence, favored
by our position and defended by our
Move ofjusli eand by our pow
err; IT is the Lolicy ofpeac, suitable TO
our interests it is The policy of neil
lrality respecting any share in foreign
brOils and ambitions upon other con-
tinenis, and repelIing tn ;ir intrusion
here ii is the policy Of Monroe and
Washington and Jeilars,n-peace,
commerce, and honest friendship
with all nations, and en!anglimg al
liamces with nouc.
NO SURPLUS WANTED.
A due regrad for the interests and
prosperity of all people demand thai
our finances shall be established upon
such a sound and sensible basis as
shall secure the safety an conf lence
of business interests an,i make the
wage of laLof sure and steady, and
and that our system of revenue shall
be SD adjusted as 10 relieve the people
from unnecess siry taxation, having a
due regard to to the interests Of cap
ital invested and workingmem cIn-
ployed in American industries, an |
preventing the accumulation OF a
surplus in the Treasury t, t.mpt
extravaganza and waste. Care tor
property Of the nation and for the
ileeds Of the future required that
THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
should be protected from purloining
schemes and unlawful occupations.
The conscience of the people demands
that the Indians within our bounda-
ries shall be fairly and honestly treat
ed as wards of the Government, and
their education aud civilization pro-
moted with view to their ultimate
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 bc rigid
ly enforced with regard to the i'm
migration of a scrvilc class to compete
with American labor, with no inten-
ton of acquiring citizenship and
bringing with them habits and GUS
tJms repugnanttO our civilatiOn.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
The people demand reformation in
the administration of the Govern
meut aud the application of business
principles TO public affairs. AS a
means TO this end civil service re-
form should be in good faith enforced.
For citizens have the right 10 pro-
lection from the incolnpetency of
public employees who hold their
places solely as the reward of parti-
san service, and from the eorrupting
influence of those who promise and
the vicious methods.1 .1f those who cX-
pect such rewards, and those who
worthily seek public employment
haye u right to Insist that merit and
competency shall be recognized, in-
stead of party subserviency or the
surrender of honest political belief,
in the administrator of a Govern
ment pledged to do equal and exact
Justice TO all merH
THE COLoRED MAN AND BROTHER.
There should be no pretext for
anxiety touching the protection OF
the freedmen of their rights or their
security in the enjoyment of theil
privileges under The Constitution
and Its amendments. All discussion
as to their fitness for the place accord
ed them as American citizens is idle
and Improbable, except as it sug.
gests the necessity for their improve
ment. The fact that they are citizens
entities them to all the rights due to
the relation, and charges them with
all its duties, obligations and respon'
sibilities.
TIE PERoRATIoN.
These topics and the constant
evcr-varying wants ofan active
and enterprising population
may well receive The attention and
the patriotic endeavor of all who
make and execute the Federal laws.
Our duties are prar.s;cal and call fol
an industrious application and all in
telligent perception of the claims oI
public office, and, above all, flrm
determination by united action to Sc
cure to all the people Of the land the
full benefits of the best form of Gov.
eminent ever vouchsafed to man.
! And let us not trust to human effort
alone, but humbly acknowledge the
power and goodness of Almighty
God, who presides over the destiny
of nations, and who has at all times
bcen revealed in our country's his'o
ry. Let us invoke His aid and lli'
blessing upon our labors.