Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-12-04


recommended by those we'll informed, as
ces.t.:.:ss:s valuable features III furtheraflce
of the solution OF thu Inrlian problem, has
thus far failed Of legislative sanction, while
grants Of doubtful expediency to railroad
corporaticns permitting them to pass
through Indiaa reservations have greatly
multiplied
Tie propriety and necessity of the erection
Of one or moro prisons for the confinement
of United States convicrs, and post
Office building in the National capital are
not disputed. But these needs yet rcmain
unanswered, while scores OF pubic buildings
1ave been erected where their necessity for
public purposes is not apparent
A revision OF our peusion laws could eas-
lily De made, which would rest upon Just
principles and provide for every worthy ap-
plicant. But while our general pension
laws remain confused and imperfect, hun
dreds of private pension laws are annually
passed, which are the sources Of unjust dis
elimination and popular demoralixation.
Appropriation bills for tho support of the
government are defaced by items and proyi.
sions to meet private ends, and It Is freely
asserted by responsible and experienced
parties that bill appropriating money
for public internal improvement would
fail to meet with favor unless It con-
tanned items more for local and private ad-
vantage than for public ben fit,
These statements can bs mach emphasized
by an ascertainment Of the preportioa OF
Federal legislation, which either bears upon
its face its private ctsractei', Ok which, Upo.i
examination, develops such motive power
"And yet, ~ he adds, ''ths pso2le wait and
expact from their chosen representatives such
patriotic action as will advancs the welfare
OF the entire country; and this expectation
can only be answered by the performance OF
public duty with unselfish purpose. Our
mission among the nations of the earth, and
aoIs fnnr fha
has given to the American people to do, re-
quire Of those intrusted 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 persIstently
check the increasing tendency to extend the
scope of Federal legislation into the domain
OF state and local jurisdiction, upon the plea
of subscribing the public welfare. TIE pres
ervation OF the partitions between proper
subjects Of Federal and local care and regu-
ton, is of such Importance under the const
tuition, which is the law OF our very exist
ence. that no consideration of expediency or
sentiment should tempt us to enter upon the
doubtful ground
We have undertaken to discover and pro-
claim the richest blessings OF a free govern
ment, with the constitution as our guide:
Let US follow the way it points out. 1t will
taken upon himself the solemn obligation to
support and preserve the constitution can
find justification or solace for disloyalty in
the excuse that he wandered and disobeyed
in search OF better way to reach the public
welfare than the constitution offers.
'What has been said is deemed not inap
propriatc at the time when, from cen.
vdry height, we visw the waS already trod
by the American people and attempt to dis.
cover thcir future path The sew onta pres
dent of the United States--the soldier and
statesman, and at all times the firm AMI
brave friend of the people-in vindlcation OF
his course as the protector of the popular
rights and the champion of true American
citizenship, declared. s|s 3
'''The ambition which leads me on is an
anxious desire aud fixed determination to
restore to the people, unitnplired, the sacred
trust they have conf led TO my charges; to
heal the wounds of the constitution and to
preserve it from further violation; TO per.
suade my countrymen, so far as l may, that
1T ls not in splendid government supported
by powerful monopolies and aristocratical
establishments that they will fnd happiness
or their liberties protected, but in plain
system, void OF pomp-protecting all and
granting favors to none - dispensing it's
blessings like the dews OF heaven. unseen
and unfelt save in the freshness and beauty
they contribute to produce. IL is such
government that the genius of our people
req lires--Such a one only under which our
states may remain, for ages to come, united.
prosperous and free'"
The president next deals with our foreign
relations, which, he says, have during the
past year been strengthened and improved
those questions which still await settlement
are all reasonably within the domain of
amicab!e negotiation, and susceptible of sat
!sfactory adjustment by frank diplomatic
treatment.
The fisheries question, he regrets to say, Is
not satisfactorily adjusted, and reiterates
that the treaty rejected by the senate did
supply "a satisfactory, practical and final
adjustment upon basis, honorable and just
to both parties of the iifficult aud vexed
question which it related tor
Referring to the Lord Sackville incident,
ths president promises that the correspond
ence in relation to it, which will soon be laid
before congress, twill disclose the unpardon.
able conduct of the officer referred to, in his
Interference, by advice and counsel, with the
suffrhges of American citizens in the very
crisis OF the presid initial election, then near
at hand, and also in his subsequent public
declarations to justify his action, superadd
Ing lmpugnment OF the executive aud senate
of the United States in connection with i'm.
portant questions now pending in contro-
verSy between the two governments" s>
Regarding the ofRense thus committei as
most grave, involving disastrous possibilities
TO tuo Roou relations or the United States
and Great Britain, constituting gross
breach of diplomatic privilege and an inva
sion of the purely domestic affairs and essen
tial sovereignty of the governments 20 which
the envoy was accredited, and having first
fulfilled the just demands Of international
comfy, by affordng full opportunity for
the British government to act in relief Of the
situation, the president considered prolonga-
tion Of discussion unwarranted and there
upon declined ito further recogniz, the
diplomatic character of the person. WHOSE
continuance in such function would destroy
that mutual conf ience which is essential %
the good understanding of the two govern
ments, and was inconsistent with the well
fare aud self-respect OF the government Of
the United States"
The Samoan aud Haytian troubles are
briefly touched upon. Submarine telegraph
communication with Honolulu, with a view
to closer commercial relations; y commercal
reciprocity treaty with Mexic), AID the
forthcoming centennial celebration aud com
mercial congress of South and Central
American states, to meet in Washington
next year, are recommended and com
mended. A revision of our naturaiz ttion
laws is also recommended, with view to
detecting spurious citiz snship.
Tho annual reports and recommendations
of the heads OF departments are then taken
up and reviewed. Commenting on bond
purchases by the secretary OF tbs treasury,
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