Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1888-12-08
me PresIdents Message

NdbAOudA unouCCoy OhO PNASA-~oS "
bonds and silver coinage. Army,
Navy, Indians, Publiclands. Pensions
the Department of Justice and the
Department Of Agriculture.
The Foreign Relations of the
country are reviewed at some LENGTH
The Observation-Disclosures his opinion
uponsonr relations with Canada and
comments very positively upon the
fact and incidents Of Minister Vests
dismissal.
% Tho most important feature OF the
message is his treatment of the
Tariff question, and in connection
Herewith Trusts, Monopolies and
other aggregations Of capital which
have been built up by taxes taken
from the people indirectly for the
benefit of the few.
We. cannot do better than give
short extracts from the message as
indicative of the general treatment
oil these subjects. Promising, that
this treatment is at once compre-
hensive, laid upon broad lines, specl-
tic, and aggressive, and Chat the
President reinforces his former po-
sition with positiyeness and great
ability; and that The echoes of these
and other brave and patriotic words Of
the retiring President will sound
along the line whereon the many are
contending with the organized and
powerful few for years TO come.
To the Congress of the United
States: AS you assemble fol the
discharge Of The duties you have as
sumed as the representatives of a
free and generous people, your meet.
ing is marked by an interesting and
impressive Incident.
With the expiration of the present
session of Congress the first century
Of our Constitutional exlstance as u
nation will be completed.
OUR SURVIVAL FOR ONE HUNDRED
YEARS.
is not sufficient to assure us that We
no longer have danger to fear in the
maintenance, with all It's promised
blessing, of a government founded
upon the freedom of the people. The
time rather admonishes us TO soberly
inquire whether in The past we have
always closely kept in the course Of
safety, and whether we have before
us a way plain and clear which leads
to happiness and .perpetuity.
When the experiment of our gov
erment was undertaken, the char
adopted for our guidance was thC
constitution. DepaltuTe fIom thu
lines there laid down is failure. 1t i,
only by a strict adherence TO thu
direction they indicate, and by res
traint within the limitations they
fix, that we can furnish proof to thC
world of the fitness of the American
people for self-government Th,
equal justice of which we boast al
the underlying principle of our in
tituoions should not be confined Il
the relations of our citizens to eacf
other
THE GovERNMEST ITSELF.
is under bond TO the American people
that in the exercise OF its functions
and powers it will deal with thu
body of our citizens in manuel
scrupulously honest aud fair and alb
solutely just. 1t has agreed tina
American citizenship shall be th,
only credential necessary 70 justify
the claim of equality before the law
and that no condition in life shall
give rise to discrimination in tbt
treatment Of the people by thei
government. The citizen of on
! Republic in its early days ligidly
insisted upon full compliance will
the letter of this bond, and saw
stretching out before him a clea
field of individual endeavor. Hi
tribute to the support of his govern
ment was measured by the cost of il
and he was secure IN the enjt.Ymen
of the remaining recompeDse of hi
liberty and contented to it. II
those days the frugality of tn,
people was stamped upon their GOV
eminent, and was enforced by tn,
} free thoughtful intelligent suffrag,
of the citizen. Combinations, mo
nopolies and aggregatiOns Of capita
were ell her avoided or sternly regu
lated and restrained. The poIup anC
glitter of governments less fire,
offered no temptation, and present
ed no delusion to the plain people
who side by side, in friendly compe
tition fought for the enoblemen. anC
dignity Of man, for the solution O.
the problem of free government, anC
for the achievement of of the granC
destiny awaiting the land which Goo
had given them.
The farmers sons, not satisfied
with his fathers simple and labori
Gus life, joins the eager chase fol
easily acquired wealth. We discover
that the fortunes realized by oul
manufacturers are no longer solel,
the reward of honest industry ant
enlightened foresight, but that they
result from the discriminating favol
of the government. and are laroel,