Milford chronicle., 1888-12-07
TERMS: slOO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.

FAVOR OF state and individuals, nave been
allowed
A plan in aid of Indian management, re-
commended by those well informed, as con-
tanning valuable features in furtherance Of
the solution Of the Indian problem, has thus
far failed of legislative sanction, while grants
Of doubtful expediency to railroad corpora.
tions, permitting them to pass through In
dian reservations have greatly multiplied.
The propriety and necessity Of the erection
Of one or more prisons for the confinement
OF United States eonvicts and a postofiice
building in the national capital, are not dis
puted. But Mse needs yet remain unan.
sweTed, while scores of public buildings have
been erected where their necessity for public
purposes is not apparent
A revision Of our pension laws could easily
be made, which would rest upon just prin-
ciples and provide for every worthy apph-
can't But while our general pension laws
remain confused and imperfect, hundreds Of
private pension laws are annually passed
which are the sources of unjust dscrimina-
tion and popular decentralization.
Appropriation bills for the support Of the
government are defaced by items and pro-
visions to meet private ends, and it is freely
asserted by responsible and experienced par
ties that a bill appropriating money for pub
lie internal improvement would fail to meet
with favor, unless it contained items more
for local and private advantage than for
public benefit.
These statements can be much emphasized
by an ascertainment Of the proportion Of
federal legislation, which either bears upon
its face its private character or which, upon
examination, develops such motive power.
UNsELFIsH LEGISLATORS NEEDED
And yet the people wait and expect from
their chosen representatives such patriotic ac
tion as will advance the welfare Of the entire
country; and this expectation can only be
answered by the performance Of public duty
with unselhsh purpose. Our mission among
the nations Of the earth and our success in
accomplishing the work God has given the
American people to do require Of those in
trusted with the making and execution of
our laws perfect devotion, above all other
things, to the public good
This devotion will lead US to strongly re-
sist all impatience Of constitutional limita-
tions OF Federal power, and to parsistently
check the increasing tendency to extend the
scope of Federal legislation into the domain
of state and local jurisdiction, upon the plea
of subserving the public welfare. The pres
ervation OF the partitions between proper
subjects Of Federal and local care and regu-
lation, is Of such Importance under the con-
stitution, which is the law Of our very exist
ence, that no consideration Of expediency or
sentiment should tempt US to enter upon
doubtful ground We have undertaken to
discover and proclaim the richest blessings Of
free government, with the constitution as
our guide Let us follow the way it points
out 1t will not mislead us And surely nc
one who has taken upon himself the solemn
obligation TO support and preserve the con-
stitution can fad Justification or solace for
disoyalty in the excuse that he wandered
and disobeyed in search Of a better way to
reach the public welfare than the constitu
tiOn offers
What has been said is deemed not inap
propriate at a time when, from a centurys
height, we view the way already trod by the
American people, and attempt to discover
their future path.
The seventh president Of the United States
the soldier and statesman, and aan times
the firm and brave friend Of the people-ir
vindication Of his course as the protector OF
popular rights and the champion Of true
American citizenship, declared;
"The ambition which leads me on is an
anxious desire and a fixed determination to
restore to the people, unimpaired, the sacred
trust they have oOnfided to my charge; to
heal the wounds Of the constitution and to
preserve it from further violation; 10 per-
suade my countrymen, 50 far as 1 may, that
it is not in a splendid government supported
by powerful monopolies and aristocratical
establishments that they will find happiness,
or their liberties protection, but in plain
system, void of pomp-protecting all and
granting favors TO onone-dispensing its bless
ings like the dews Of heaven, unseen and un-
felt save in the freshness and beauty they
contribute to produce. Il is such govern
ment that the genius Of our people requires
such an one only under which our states may
remain, for ages to come, united, prosperous
and free
THE CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY.
In pursuance of a constitutional provision
requiring the president, from time to time,
to give to the congress information OF the
state Of the Union, l have the satisfaction &c
announce that the close Of the year finds the
United States in the enjoyment Of domestic
tranquility and at peace with all the nations,
] Since my last annual message our foreign
relations have been strengthened and i'm
proved by performance Of international good
] offices and by new and renewed treaties Of
Z amity, commerce and reciprocal extraditior
/ Of criminals.
! Those international questions which stin
await settlement are all reasonably within
/ the domain of amicable negotiation, and
there is no existing subject of dispute between
! the United States and any foreign power
J that is not susceptible Of satisfactory adjust
/ ment by frank diplomatic treatment.
The questions between Great Britain and
the United States relating to the rights OF
/ American fishermen, under treaty and inter
/ national comfy, in the territorial waters Of
/ Canada and Newfoundland, / regret to say
are not yet satisfactorily adjusted
These matters were fully treated in my
] 60, na nj Hai1 Hl lNss to-
gether with which convention concluded
under my authority with her maiesty'a gov.
ernment on the 18th Of + ebruary last, for ths
remova. of all causes Of misunderstanding
was submitted by me for the approval OF lie
senate.
n FHE FISHERIES QUESTION.
This treaty having been rejected by the
senate, transmitted message TO the congress
on the 23i OF August last, reviewing the
4 transactions and submitting for considera
tion certain recommendations for legislation
concerning the important questions involved
I Afterwards, on the 10Th Of September, in
81 response to a resolution Of the senate again
{ communicated fully all the information IN
my possession as to the action Of the govern
, ment of Canada affecting the commercial
relations bstween the dominion and the
United States, including the treatment Of
/ American fishing vessels in the ports and
waters Of British North America
These communications have all been pub
lished, and therefore opened to the knowledgs
Of both houses Of congress, although two
were addressed to the senate alone.
Comment upon or repetition Of their CON
tents would be superiluous, and l am not
aware that anything has since occurred which
I should be added to the facts therein stated
Therefore, merely repeat, as applicable &c
the present time, the statement which will be
found in my message to the senate OF Sept
12. last. "that since March 8, 1887, no case has
been reported to the department Of stats
{ wherein complaint has been made OF un'
friendly or unlawful treatment OF American
fishing vessels on the part Of the CANADIAN