The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-19
THE MESSAGE
TRANSMITTED TO CONGRESS
BY THE PRESIDENT.
AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT.
REVIEW OF THE COUNTRY FOB Az
HUNDRED YEARs.

Pride aud Satisfaction at the Picture OF
Our Growth and Prosperity-His Views
on the Tariff IS Related to sn Econorni-
cal Administrstion-He Speaks OF the
sackville Affair in sorrowfulf Terms.
His Plans for tho Adjustment Of Trusts.
WASHINGTON, Dec. a-President CleTe-
lands message was presented to Congress
to-day The document contains about ten
Thousand words. The main points toucheo
are herewith given:
To tie Congress Of the United States.
AS Won assemble for the discharge OF tue
6nlies you have assumed as the represen-
ratiyes OF q free and generous people, your
meeting is marked by an interesting anu anu
Impressive incident. With the explratsoa
of the present session CT the CongresssasaSHss
drst century Of our constitutlonaEsa sass-
tence as a nation will be completedE
Our survival for one hundred yssars is not
| sufficIent to assure US that we no longer
have dangers to fear in the maintenance,
With all It's promised blessings, OF q gov
erumept founded upon the freedom OF the
people, The time rather admonisnes US 70
soberly INQUIRE whether in the past we
have always closely kept in the course OF
safety. and whether we have before US a
way plain and clear which leaos 70 nappl'
ness and perpetuity.
When the experiment Of our Government
was undertaken. the chart adopted for our
guidance was the Constitution. Depare-
nre from the lines there laid down IS talI-
are It Is only by strict adherence 10 tne
direction they indicate and by restraint
within the limitations they fix, that we can
furnish proof to the world Of the nsness OF
the American people for self government
The equal and exact justice o. which we
boast as the underlying principles OF our
institutions. should not be conhned Co the
relations Of our citizens to each osher.
Tne 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 our citizens in manner
scrupu,ously honest and fair and aosoluteiy
inst It has agreed that American citiZeu-
ship shall be the only credential necessary
.so iustify the claim OF equality before the
law. and that no condition IN life shall give
rise to discrimination in the treatment or
the people by their Government
The citizen Of our Republic in It's early
with the letter of this bond, and saw
streschIng out before him q clear field FOR
Individual endeavor. HIS tribute to the
support Of his Government was
messnred by the cost Of its
economical maintenance, and be was Sc
cure in the enjoyment Of the remaining
recompense OF his steady and contented
toll toll In those days the crugality Of the
people was stamped upon their Govern
ment. and was enforced by the free,
thouantful, aud intelligent suffrage OF the
cIsizeu. Combinations, monopolles, ana
sSeresa:ions OF people were either avoided
or sternly regulated and restrained. The
ponp and glitter Of Governments less Tree,
oSered no temptation and presented 90 de-
jnsion TO the plain people who, side by side,
Ia friendly competition, wrought for the
eunoblement and dignity Of man, for the
solut,on Of the problem OF free govern.
ment and for the achievement OF the
grand destiny awaiting the land which
God had given them.
A century has passed. Our cities are
the abiding places Of wealth and luxury;
orr manufactures yield fortunes never
dreamed Of BY the fathers Of the Republic;
our business men are madly striving in
the race for riches, and immense aggreea-
tions OF capital outrun tho imagination IN
the magnitude Of their undertaking.
We view with pride and satisfaction this
bright picture Of our country's growth and
prosperity, while only closer scrutiny de-
careful inspection We find wealth and
Injury Of our cities mingled with poverty
and wretchedness ano unremuneratiVe
toll. A crowded and constantly increas-
ing urban population suggests the lmpoV-
arishment OF rural sections, aud dlscon-
tent with agricultural pursuits. The
farmers son, not satisfied with MS
father's simple and iaborious life, joins
the eager chase for easily-acqulred wealth.
NWe discover that the fortunes realized
by onr manufacturers are 40 longer solely
the reward Of sturdy industry and en-
lichtened foresight, but that they result
from the discriminating favor of the Coy
ernment, and are largely tunt upon undue
exactions from tire masses OF our people.
The gulf between employers and the en-
ployed is constantly widening and classes
are rapidly forming, one comprising the
very rich and powerful, while In another
are found tie toilng poor.
As we view The achievements OF aggre-
gated capital, we discover the existence OF
trusts, combinations, and nonopoues,
while the citizen is struggling far N the
rear or is ,trampled to death beneath an
Iron heel Corporations, which should be
tne caretuily-restrained creatures OF the
law and the servants OF the people, are
fast becoming the peoples masters.
Sill congratulating ourselves upon the
wealth and prosperity OF our country,
and complacently contemplating every
incident OF change inseperaDie
duty as patriotic citizens 10 inquire, at the
present stage Of our progress, how the
bond of the Government made with the
people has been kept and performed.
Instead OF limiting the tribute drawn
from oar citizens, to the necessities OF an
economical administration, tho Govern
ment persists in execting, from the sub
stance of the people, millions which un-
applied and useless lie dormant in its
Treasury This fragrant injustice and this
breach OF faith and obligation add to ex-
tortion the danger attending the diversion
OF the currency OF the country from the
legitimate channels OF business.
Under the same laws by which these re-
suits are produced, the Government per-
m,ts many millions more to be added to
the cost OF the living OF our people and to
be taken from our consumers, which un-
reasonably swell the profits OF small but
powerful minority.
The people must still be taxed for the
support Of the Government under the
operation OF tariff laws. But to the ex-
tent that the mass OF our citizens are In
ordinately burdened beyond any usetul
public purpose, and fer the beneht OF
favored few, the Goverpmene' unues pre-
text OF an exercise OF its taxing power, en-
ters cratuitously into a partnership with
these fayorites, to their advantage and
TO the injury OF vast majority OF our
This is not equality before the law.
The existing situation is injurious to the
health Of our entire oody-politic. 1t stHes,
in those for whose benefit 1t is pernIIted,
all patriotic love OF couatry, and suosti7
tutes IN its place selfish greed and grasp
ing avarice Devotion to American cili-
zenship for its own sake and for what II
should accomplish as motive to our pa.
tiou's advancement and the happines OF all
our people, is displaced by the assumption