The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-06
HIS LAST N ESSAGE.
President Cleveland's Parting
Words to Oongress-A Re. 81
Il. View OF National Affairs.
Tho Encroachments Of Capital Re.
ceive Full Attention and Trusts
Are Given Blow. &c

hs Rsitsratss Ms Suggestions That Tic
Tariff Laws Need Revision Much
Heed Given to Local Legislation.
His yerston Of the sackvills-West Ansir
Tho F1shsrles Questionable
SuFplus-Other Topics.
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CENTURY OF FREEDOM
WAsH1NGT0N, Dec. a-The following 10
President Cleveland's message to Congress.
delivered ut the opening session:
AS you assemble for tho discharge Of the dutios
you have assumed a. the representatives OF
iree ana generous people, your meeting is
incident. with the EXPIRATION Of the nresene
session OF the Congress the first century Of our
c cons existence as Nation win be
Our survival for 100 years is not suf1icient to
assure US that We no longer have dangers to
fear 10 the maintenance, with all its promised
freedom Of the people, The time rather S s al,
monishes US to soberiy inquire whether In the
past we have always closely kept in the course
way plain and clear which leads ads to happiness me
The CITIZEN 81 our Republic in it. early day
letter Of this bond, and saw ssretos,ns out out
endeaver: His tribute to !. the support
Of Of hi his Government was measured BY the cost
the frugal'ty OF the people was stamped upon
their Government and was enforced by the
free, thoughtful and intelligent suffrage Of the
cations of capital we're either avoided or
sternly regulated and restrained. The pomp
9 ana glitter 90 OF governments less free Of
delust0n to the plain people who side
by side in friendly competition, wrought
10. the ennoolement and dignity Of
Of the grand destiny awaiting the land
Which, which God had given them q century has
wealth and Luxury; our manufactures yield
fortunes never dreamed of by the fathers Of the
republic; our business men are madly striving
IN the race Tor riches, and immense aggrega.
tons OF capital outrun the Imagination in the
magnitude OF their undertakings.
,,. when the experiment Of our Government
guidance was the constitution, and departure
from the lines there laid down is failure. It is
only by strict adherence to the directions
to the world Of the ntness Of
ses Tss equa ReGn ss exact 10:
which we boast as the underlying principle of
our institutions should not be confined to the
relations OF our citizens to each other The
its functions and powers t a1e viii deal 81
with The ettzens in
just. 1t has agreed that American cltizenshin
shallbe the only credentials necessary to iusti-
the claim Of e9gaiy before the and
elimination in the treatment Of the people
by their Government.
DANGER AHEAD.
We view with pride and satisfaction this
bright picture OF our country's growth and
prosperity, while only closer scrutiny de.
Xei0ps someer shadin Upon more Careful
OF our cities mingled with poverty and
wretchednes and unremunerative toll. A
crowded and constantly increasing urban pop
ulat1on suggests the impOverishment OF rural
sections and discomfort with agricultural pur-
suits. The farmers son, not satisfied with his
fathers a. simple and laborious life joins the
We discover that the fortunes realized by
our inanufacturers are no longer solely by re-
ward OF sturdy industry and enlightened fore
mating favor OF the Government and
arc largely built upon undue exacton from
the masses Of our people The gulf between
Widening and classes are rapidly forming, one
comprising the very rich and powerful, while
IN another arc found the toiling poor.
tai VIC discover the existence Of trusts, combi-
nations and monopolies, while the citizen is
struggling tar IN the rear or is trampled to
death beneath an iron heel. Corporations which
should be the carefully restrained creatures
OF the law and the servants OF the people, are
last becoming the peoples masters. Still con-
graduating ourselves upon the wealth and
prosperity of our country. and complacently
contemplating every incident of change in
separablc from these conditions, it IS our duty
as patriotic citizens to inquire at the present
stage OF our progress how the bond of the Gov
eminent made With the people has been kept
aud performed.
Instead Of limiting the tribute drawn from
Our citizens to the necessities of its economi-
I al administration, the Government persists in
millions which, unappled and useless lfe 1 aor.
mant in its Treasury. This fragrant injustice
and this breach OF faith and obi cation add to ex-
currency OF the country from the legit mate
Channels OF business. Under the same laws by
which these results are produced, the Govern
ment permits many millions more to be added
to the cost OF the living of our people and to be
taken from our consumers, which unreasonably
swell the profits OF the small but powerful
minority. The people must still be taxed Tor
the support OF the Government under the Oper-
ationof tariff laws, but not to the extent that the
mass Of our citizens are Unfortunately burdened
6eyo9d any useful public purpose and for the
The Government, under pretense Of an exer-
else of its taxing powers, enters gratuitously
into partnership with these favorites to their
advantage and to the injury OF q vast majority
of our people This is not equality before the
law. The existing situation is injurious to the
health Of our entire body polite It stiles in
grasping avarice. Devotion to Ameri.
for what f should se 9%g sake
motive to our Nations advancement and the
happiness OF all our people is displaced by the
assumption as IN that the Government, instead OF
instrumentalitv through which especial and In
dlvidual advantages are to be gained. The AFRO.
gance OF this assumption Is unconcealed. It ap-
pears in the sordid disregard of all but personal
interest in the refusal to abate, for the benefit
of others, one iota of selfish advantage, and in
combinations to perpetuate such advantages
properly influence the SURFACES of the
ReSps TIE RE Of those not
irr :tation and discomfort Our farmers by long
suffering and patient struggling III the race OF
life with the hardest and unremitting toll, will
and misleading fallacies that they are obliged
to receive such prices for their products as are
fixed in foreign markets where they compete
are declining in value while their debts in.
crease; and that without compromising favor
they are forced by the action OF the Govern.
ment to pay for the benefit OF others such en-
HANGED prices for the things they need that the
scanty returns OF their labor fail to furnish
their support or leave no margin for accumu.
lat on.
Our working-men, enfranchised from all de.
lus o:ls and no longer frightened by the cry
that their wages are endangered by just re.
mand through such revision steadier employ.
ment, cheaper means OF living in their homes,
freedom for themselves and their children
from the doom OF perpetual servitude and an
open door to their advancement beyond the
limits of q laboriug class. Others of our citi.
zens whose comforts and expenditures are
measured by moderate salaries and fixed In.
comes will insist upon the fairness and justice
of cheapening the cost of necessaries for them.
selves and their families.
When to thel selfshness Of the beneficarie.
OF unjust discriminat under our laws there
shall be added the discomfort OF those who
suffer from such determination, We
will real re tho fact that lthe benefi
cant purposes Of our Government
dependent upon the patriotism anc
contentment OF our people are endangered
Communism il q hateful thing, and menace
to peace and organized government But the
communism OF combined wealth and capital,
IN. Inc 9utgrowsh OF overws ling cupidlty and
justice and integrity Of free institutions, is not
less dangerous than the communism of op-
pressed poverty. and to it which. exasperated
6y injustice and discomfort, attacks with wild
disorder the citadel OF rule s-.e. = r.
he mocks the people who proposes that the
Government shall protect the rich and that
tney IN turn Will care for tho 10bOrinQ MOOR