Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-12-10
THE PRESIDENTS NESS u


of the country. II is lengthy locu-
ment, and reqai e. careful r-adia s ard
analyz'ng to get At It's true mean1 g and
force. In the o1tset he rcats Of Dr. re-
lationship with foreign powera and
srys our government has censiI emily
continued its friendly relations ward
all oher powers, aud but few qIsiious
Of dispute have arisen and none eyond
, friendly settlement. The cruel treat
ment Of the Chinese in certain HFts Of
the West is to be regretted IFS The
result Of race prejudice, and be q rnest-
asks that some measure be Iiaken.
slich will be received with favorl' by the
Chinese Government. preventing con-
tinued influx into this country-T Chi
nese and the better protection IN
ife and property Of those already here
The President. then reviews seriaiim
the dealings Of the government with for
eign powers; none of which are Of
much importance except the late diff
cult7 with Mexico over the Cutting az
fair The President gives history o.
his case aud maintains that tn juris-
fiction claimed by Mexico UNI her
statute laws. whereby any offence
committed anywhere ly a foreigner,
oeual in the place Of its commission, aud
which Mexican is the object, may il
the offenders be found in Mexico, be
there tried and punished in conformity
with Mexican laws" is a dangerous as
sumption IF authority.
when citizens Of the United States
voluntary go into a foreign country they
must abide by the laws there in. force,
and will not be projected by their own
government from the eonseqenIs Of an
oTcnse against those laws ittcd in
such foreign country, bur full care
and intererest Of this govI mt over
its citizens are not reliuqut because
they have gone abroad, Enlarged
with crime committed in the foreign land
a fair and open trial, conducted with de-
cent regard for justice and humanity,
will be demanded for them. With less
than that this government will net be
content when IT,. life or libeN of it's
citizens is at stake.
Whatever the degree to which ex-
traterritorial criminal jurisdictRn may
have been formerly allowed bJ consent
and reciprocal agreement among certain
Of the Il lropean states, no such doctrine
or practice was ever known to the laws
of this country or of that froEA which
our institutions have main been
derived
In the case Of Mexico the reasons
especially strong for perfec mony in
the mutual exercise of juris on. Ma
ture has made us irrevocah Rghbors
and wisdom and kind fl should
make US friends
lie gives figures showing| increase
in internal and customs reoeiats and o
decrease in the expenses Of thk govern
mont From these he argues TIL a reduc
ton of the tariff is necessary prevent
the large accumulation of surdlus reve'
nue. in the Treasury. -
iii re.uJsy TIC as .
taxation, the President nd Is that
I sound public policy Requires
that such of our citizens as havS built up
large and important iudustri ) under
present conditions should not BID sudden
ly, and to their injury, deprived of ad-
to which they have adapted
their business; but if the public good re-
luires it they should be contnt with
such consideration as shall dbl fairly
and cautiously with their intere5s, while
the just demand of the people for relief
from needless taxation is honfstly an
swercd"
Care should also be exercised so that
the interest Of American labot should
not be involved. To efFectuAe these
purposes he recommends an ana ndment
to our revenue laws. (which shall cheap
en- the price Of The necessaries of life and
and give freer entrance to such imported
as by American labor may be
into marketable commodi-
ties.
His views on the tariff are fol-
lowed by a statement purporting to show
how economically the government has
been managed under the new regime. =
lie then tersely discusses the silser
question, speaks of the welfare of the
Indians, advises change in the ju-
dietary system as TO the manner of com
pensatlng district attorneys and mar
shals and concludes his message.
The condition of the STATE of the country
differs in point of detail and history as
matter of course from his last message,
but his views on che tariff and the silver
question are the same only conveyed in
different language Tie current of
opinion is not at all fattering
o the paper as masterpiece of Presi-
lential wisdom, teemiug with practicable
but many leading jour
lals echoing the views of their respec-
i've localities hold that the message is
weak and the main questions at issue
Defore the people are overrun by desire
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