Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-12-05
The President S InVentoryof The
Ship Of State
CLEVELAND'S LAST MESSAGE.
Prompt Action on the Tariff Cues
ton Recommended The Sack
vile Inoident-Our Foreign
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 3.-Following
Is the full text of the Presidents mes
sage, which was read to both houses OF
Congress to-day:
To THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
A. ron assemble fer the discharge of the duties
you have assumed as the representatives OF
free and general people your meeting is marked
BY an impressive incident. With the expiration
sai.,enee ' s'a' ns.ss VIII III be '0H oonplsted
SURE as that we no longer have dangers to fear in
of government founded upon the freedom OF
soberly inquire whether IN the past we have al.
ways closely kept IN the course of safety, and
whether we have before US a way plain and
clear which leads to happiness and perpetulty.
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 its functions and powers 1t will deal
with the body of eur citizens In g. manner
scrupulously honest and tair and absolutely
Just It has agreed that American citizenship
shall be the only credential necessary to justify
the claim of equality before the law and that no
condition in Lille shall give rise TO discrimination
In the treatnent'ot the people by their govern
ment.
When the experiment of our government WE
undertaken the chart adopted tor our guidanc~
was the constitution, and departure from the
lines there laid down is failure. 1t is only by
strict adherence TO the direction they indicate
and by restraint within the limitations they fixed
that We can furnish proof to the world Of the fit
ness of the American people for selfgovernment
The citizen of our republic in its early day rig.
idly insisted upon full compliance with the letter
of this bond and saw stretching out before him q
clear field for individual endeavor. His tribute
to the support of his government
was measured by the costs of its.
economical maintenance and he was secure in
the enjoyment of the remaining Tecompense OF
his steady and conteated toll. 1t these days the
frugslity of the people was stamped upon their
government and enforced by the tree, thought
ful and intelligent suffrage OF the citizens. Com
binations monopolies and aggregation OF capital
trained. The pomp knd glitter Of governments
less free, offered no temptation and presented no
delusion to the plain people who side by side
in friendly competition wrought for the en-
nohlement and dignity of man, for
the solution of the problem of free gov
destiny awaiting the land which God has given
them. century has passed; our cities are the
biding places OF wealth. and luxury; our manu-
tactures yield fortunes never dreamed OF by the
fathers of the republic; our business men
madly striving in the race Tor riches and
Inense aggregations OF, capital, Outrun the imag-
nation in the magnitude of their undertakings.
We view with pride and satisfaction this
bright picture OF our countrys growth and pros
perity, while D. closer sci utiny develops SOM
Der shading. Upon mole careful inspection we
find the wealth and luxury of our cities mingled
with poverty and wrechedness and unremunera-
tive toll. A crowded and constantly increasing
urban population suggests the impover1shment
ofrurel sections and discomfort with sgricuit-
1ral pursuits. The farmers son, not satisfied
with his fathers simple and laborious life Joins
the larger chase for easily acquired wealth.