The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1885-12-19
The Presidents Message.
N. d. Iimes.I1emocrtt, Dee.


The messade of President Gle IEeland,
which we give elsewhere, is said to ae
the longest public document ever sent
by the Executive 10 Congress. As the
first issuing from Democratic Ples
debt 10 more than quarter Of a centu-
ry, it has been awaited with the great
est public interest, and notwitlistana-
ing its great length, will be read by
more people than usually wander
through these presidential utteauces.
Many new views have been expected
iii Mr. Cleveland's message, many utter
ances quite different from those of his
predecessors. He has had hitherto no
chance of giving expression TO his views,
no opportunity to speak on questions
ef national moment This, the first
opportunity given him, lie uses well Id
message which touches on every
question likely ta come before the pre-
sent Congress and on all these points
Mr.. Cleveland has I'M opinion and does
not hesitate to express il.
The message commences with vely
proper ailusioia TO the death OF Vice
President Hendricks, and then touches
on the foreign relations of the United
States This country Is OH friendly
terms with all foreign powers; there
has been no serious tiouble with auy of
them, and but few slight complications
Mr.. Cleveland is not pleased with the
action OF Austria III refusing II receive
Mr.. Kelly as the United States minis.
ter at Vienna, aud hints that this
country will remain as at preseut. nj,
represented there. The differences with
Germany about naturalized Americans
residing there, and with Ecuador, grow
iDg out of the arrest of saiIols, have
been satisfactorily arranged He calls
attention to the manner IN which puf
troops kept the trausit over the 18TH
mus open. without interfering III the
Internal affairs in Colombia and SINH
larly, how this country steered through
the Central American war without sid
ing with any of the parties to it or be-
coming in any WHY involved.
Mr.. Cleveland has much t, say on
/ the Istlimns question, and we refer
elsewhere to bis views, and particular
lly to his approval of the Tehuanteprc
Ship Railway as practicable and as
nearer the lines of traffic between Eu-
rope and the Pacific, aud particularly
between the Mississippi Yalles anl the
] western coast of North and South
/ America.
Mr.. Cleveland is equally emphatic on
/ the subject of entangling alliances He
! does not want to get us involved with
other governments on account of any
isthmns route and he similarly refusrs
/ to Join Id the foundation Of the Congo
/ free States, although he strong ap-
4 proves of the attempt to develop
4 the commerce OF the interior of Africa.
On the Chinese question Mr. Cleye
land recognizes the right Of this gov
ernnent to prevent the immigration ol
Chinese iuto the United States, and
calls attention to the fact that Canada
and other countries are adopting tile
same policy. The legislation 90 this
B subject has not been sufficient, be
thinks, 10 fully accomplish tile end de-
8 sired and be suggests the advisabiliis
of still further legislation to prevent
the importation of the Chinese. But,
while fayoring this, lie speaks III tile
severest denunciatiOn of the ontfagcs
committed on the inoffsnsive Clsinamer
in Wyoming and Washington Tertit.,-
ries, which, he declares, were not per.
petrated by American citizens, but d,
Foreigners, competing with the Mon.
nolians, and he promises all tue assist
ance Id his power to prevent renewal,
of these OHtrages and to punish tllpat
who were guilty OF them.