Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-12-06
HIS MESSAGE.
Addresses Congress on the State
of the Country.
Synopsis Giving the Principal Points
of a Long and Exhaustive
Document.
TILE MESSAGE.

Cityeland's message to congress cmhod
les the main features of that voluminous
document:
To the Congress of the United States:
AS you assemble for the discharge OF
the duties you have assumed as the rep
resentatiyes OF a free and generous PEG.
pie, your meeting is marked by an inter.
csting and impressive incident. With
the exception of the present session of
The congress, the first century of our con-
stitutional existence as a ma.
ton will be completed.
Our survival for one hundred years is
not sufficient TO assure us that we no
longer have dangers to fear In the main.
tenance with all its promised blessn gs
of government founded upon the free.
dom of the people. The time rather adj.
monishes us TO sobriety. Inquire into
the past and see whether we have always
closely kept In the course of safety. and
| whether we have before MS a
way plain and clear which
leads TO happiness and perpetuity.
When tie experiment of our government
was undertaken the chart adopted for
our guidance was the constitution. De.
parture from the lines there laid down is
failure. II is only by strict adherence
to the direction they indicate and by re.
strant within the limitations they felt
that we can furnish proof to the
world of the fitness of the Amer.
lean people for self government
The equal and exact justice of which we
boast as the underlying principle of our
institutions should not be confined TO the
| relations of our citizens TO each other.
The government itself is under bond to
the American people that in the exercise
of It's functions and powers II will
| deal with the body of our
citizens in q manner scrupulously
honest and fair and absolutely
just, 1t has agreed that American
citizenship shall be the only credcnlial
necessary to justify the CLAIM, of equality
before the law and that no condition In
life shall give rise to discrimination
in one treatment of the
people by their government.
The citizen of our republic in its early
day, rigidly insisted upon full compl.
ancc with the letter of this band and saw
stretching out before him clear field
for individual cndcavor His tribute TO
the support of his government was
| measured by the cost or its
economical maintenance and he was Sc.
cured in The enjoyment of the remaining
rccompense. In those days the irugality
| of the people was stamped upon their
government and was enforced by tho
| free, thoughtful and intelligent suffrage
of the citizen. Combinations, mOnopo.
lies and aggregnticns of capital were
either avoided or sternly regulated and
| restrained. The pomp aud glitter Of gov.
cnmenls less free offered no temptation
and presented no dclusion to the plain
| people who, side by side, in friend
| ly competition, wrought for
the ennUblemcnt and dignity of
man. for the solution of the problem of
free government and for the achieve
ment of the grand destiny awaiting the
land which God had given them. Our
cities are now the abiding places of
wealth and luqury; our manufactures
yield fortunes never dreamed of by the
fathers of the republic; our business
men are madly striving in tho races for
riches and immense aggregatons of
capital outrun the imagination in the
magnitude of their undertakings.
We view with pride and satisfaction this
bright picture Of our country's growth
and prosperity, while only u closer
scrutiny dcyclopcs somber shading
Upon more careful inspection we fintl
the wealth and luxury of our cities
mingled with poverty, wretchedness and
unrenumcrativc toll A crowded and
constantly increasing urban population
suggests the impovcrishmcnt of rural
sections. and discomfort with agricul.
tural pursuits, The farmers son is not
satisfied with his fathers simple and
laborous life, and joins the eager
chase for easily acquired wealth
and we discover that the fortune real
lied by our manufactures are no longer
solely by reward of sturdy industry and
enlightened foresight, but that they re-
suit from the discriminating favor of the
government and are largely built upon
undue exaction from the masses of our
people. The gulf between employers
and employed is constantly widening and
classes are rapidly forming, one
comprising me very rich ana
o"eiu a., III. :.
louhu '.n s poo'
gated capi,al we discover The existence
cf trusts combinations and monopoljes
while The citizen il Struggling far In ,he
roar or ia tramnled To death beneath an
IRON heel Cornoratjons which sbouId
he the carefully restrained creatures Of
tho law and The servants Of the people
ore fast becoming The peoples masters
sin cono,aiulatinp ouiselyes unon the
wealth and nrosneritv Of our country
and comnlacentIv con,emplalinp every
incident Of change inscnaroble from these
conditions II e orr dntv os patriotic
citizens 10 inquire how the bond of the
government made with the people has
Scen bent and nerformed Ins,ead Of
limiting they arc but drawn from our
citizens to the necessities of economical
administration, the government persists
in exacting from the substance of the
people millions which unapplied and
useless lie dormant in its treasury. This
fragrant injustice and this breach Of faith
aud obligation add to the danger attend
ing the division of currency of the
country from legitimate sources.
THE TARIFF.
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onf people ana 10 De taken rom our CON
suhers which unreasohaDlt sWehs ,ne
LroDts OF small Du, powerful in'pori,y.
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