Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-01-21
THE INAUGURAL.
The New Governor Gives His Views
on Various Matters Of Public
and State Policy.
BELIEVES IN PROTECTION TO
AMERICAN INDUSTRY AS
AGAINST FREE TRADE.
The ProhIbltory Law Should be En-.
forced If 1t Requires the Whole
Power of State to DO II.
FELLOW Citizens:

FELLOW OlTlZENS:
With graf tude to the people of the state
Tor the confidence which they resDosed In me
by committing to my charge their highest
trust. and with deep sense OF the great re-
eponSlbiltty that / assume In accepting 1t, ]
invoke the Blessing OF Almighty God an the
support of all good citizens of this common
wealth, to aid me in the proper discharge of
the duties OF my Office.
We have every reason to rejoice over the
continued pfosi Gritty oil our PEOPLE and the
healthy condition OF our state affairs, and 1t
behooves me here to acknowledge the great
obligations under which we are placed to our
worthy retiring Executive for his devotion to
duty and his unremitting exertions to pro.
mote the welfare OF the people.
Our ancestors, the early settlers Of the col
onies keenly realizing the oppressive intoler-
ance OF their native government aud deeply
imbued with tue spirit of opposition to its in
iquitous and even vicious Gust )ms, left their
mother country and established here a body
polite upon the basis Of justice, equality and
self-goyernment.
There is, by the law of nature, an intimate
relation between the policies and fates OF
governments Tyranny and wrong inevitably
lea to suffering and decay, while moderation
and right lead TO happiness and prosperity.
ANY nation disregardin the eternal rule OF
; Justice VIII sooner or later pay the penalty
ior tie transgression; and the Longer the de-
lay in correcting the evil, the sererer will
be the iudgmsnt. Our own nation has proved
no exec EtiOn to this law. The wisest among
the founders OF orr government well realized
the enormity Of the evils resulting from the
institution OF slavery, yet moved by tue ex-
treme desire to obtain "a more perfect
union, "-they cons nted to per2etuate, or
rather failed to eradicate, an evil which the
moral sense oil the ma GRITTY condemned as
cryins sin against humanity. For over eli hty
years the existence of slavery on American
soil belied the proudest passage of our great
charter Of rights, until Abraham Lin aoln's
eman yipation reclamation and the war of
the r. belloE freed the most sacred document
OF American libert from the charge of being
mockery. Brilliant as were the deeds Of our
noble sons during the stIu rgle for t,e lres-
ervaton of the I'm on ami the reco milton Of
human rights, 1t to TX four long years TO DIES
troy system which for q century we had
nurtured.
AN HONEST BALLOT.
Yet our politi al mission was not ended
with the adjustment of slavery. In compli-
ance with the prin:i of political e uality,
as announced by our fathers in the Declare
ton of indie endence, it became necessary to
endow over four millions of freedmen, under
the protection of our fundamental law, with
all the rights of American citizens 1t is
therefore duty which we owe to ourselves
as well as the cause OF justice to secure to
them the lul enjoyment o. those ri ghts, and
especially the right to cast an honest ballot
and have 1t honestly counted,
Many of the ,rPedm in the states which
rose in REBEL on are dc AIRED from the exer-
else Of is franchise An eie ton there is
too often but farce, an fraud practiced
!, upon the norant and helpl ,ss' The de-
u clared result OF such an election is only by
The will OF those people WHO twenty-five
yeers ago forced their states into
secession, and who still maintain
the right u govern, re sardles of
the will OF the ma tv. The spirit that
prompts and encourages the continuance OF
this evil Is the same that demanded its perpet-
uation and fostered it's growth; and it is a
question Tor this generation to determine
whether such spirit shall be permitted to
dominate, or whether the principles OF tru-
ly republican government shall prevail
The Il teenth amendment to our national
constitution leaves. no doubt as to the right
of the federal government to employ such
measures as may be necessary to remove this
can er from the yitais,o of our political system.
The PEG lie of Iowa are as much interested in
the correction of these abuses as they are in
the correction Of acts of in, Justice committed
within their own borders.
J We should not Kermit the state rights her
esy TO again obtain control of our national
government All frauds upon the FIRE dom
and purity Of the ballot-box whether com.
mitted at the dirtation of the slave barons in
South Carolina aud Mississippi. by the aid of
eminent iurists and statesmen in Delaware
or bg the cunning OF the political brigands Of
Chicago and Cincinnati, concerns US equally
in Iowa aud will continue to concern US I'M
til this flagrant wrong is righted .
Let no one be blinded by party prejudice.
There is no more i'm ortant question pressing
upon the publ C mind at the resent time
and all patriotic citizens should unite in the
demand that these outrages upon the rights
OF millions OF freemen shall cease.
The successful attempts to def4e the purity
of the ballot-box elsewhere already appear to
exert their influence ia our own state, for in
sflcations of ilegtimate voting are by no
means wanting in our larger cities, and an.
pear to demand revision Of our election
laws.
AMERICAN POLICY OF PROTECTION.
The policy of protection to American labor
and industr les was uppermost in the minds
OF the fat ers of our republic. This Is at
tested BY the fact tlat the second bill enacted
into law un Ter our national constitution was
for the raj ing of revenue and for the en-
couragemcnt aud protection of manufact-
ures.n Adherence to this policy has always
been followed by increased compensation for
labor and by general pros Gritty; a departure
> from it, by reduced wares, discomfort and a
depression OF all industrial interests. There
NAV have perhaps been one exception to this
general rule. when well-known factors inter-
vened to suspend for time its operations.
Under this beneficial policy our nation has
during the last tw 7vr years made mar
yelous progress, and has grown in all the ele-
ments that contribute to the greatness and
happiness OF civil zed REQ lie, notwithstand-
Ing the great destruction caused BY four
wears of civil war. More than three-ffths OF
the total expense of the war has already
been paid, and previous to the present man.
agement Of federal affairs the close of each
fiscal year witnessed a remarkable reduction
of our bonded Indebtedness
contnu nee of this policy, which pro-
tects not only American manufacturers by
imposing duties on imported merchandise,
but American laborers as well by prohibiting
the IMMORTAL on of Chinese and rauper ial orers
from Europe, viii soon remove every vestige
of our national debt
PENSIONS.
It would, moreover, enable us to repay,
though made IL tell, Debt OF gratitude and
jusli G to our nations defenders. We should
be more liberal to those soldlers VINO are en-,
titled to pensions under ext ting laws ana
the I'll ne is near at hand when pension
should be granted to every soldier and s. ilol
who stakei his life for the reservation OF the
union, Justice demands Is, since there IL
scarcely soldier whose health Is not more OF
less impaired in consequence OF the hardship
of the war, while the increasing dill, uity o.
procuring such IroGf as is now re uired BY
law is working more and more injustice.
Under the American policy of protection al
this may be accomplished and national ros
perity be continued. viii The adoption OF the
British policy Of free trade would inevitabl
lead to national disaster, reducing the labor
era of the United States to a condition re
sembing that to which English free trade nc
En- lish oppression have reduced the peopi'
OF Ireland.
To maintain this policy and increase thu
demand for our manufactures, all reasonable
efforts should be mad TO extend our com
mercial intercourse with other countries, an'
especially Mexico, South and Central America
TAXATION AND CURRENCY.
There is no part Of the administration o
the government that re juires such extensive
Information and thorough knowledge Of tn
principles OF political economy as the subjec
OF taxation and currency, and any chang
should be discouraged that will increase TIN
burdens Of the debter class, or contribute Il
industrial de ressIon.
Nothing Is more important than to have
currency Of stable value. government
cannot do a more cruel thing than to permi
huctuating currency. II gives unreasonable
advantage to the sagacious and enterprisinl
monied lew over the industrious and unin
formed masses. Every change or new regu
iation affecting values Of property presents