The Red Cloud chief., 1888-09-21

our convention will lot neoo 70 be exhausted n
order to effect tho necessa ry reduction. "
are not likely to b callea upon. I think. u
make . present ohCico- between the surrender
OF the protective system and the Sntif- repea
OF the internal taxes. Such . contingency, il
view OF the present rclstion Of expenditures Il
revenues is remote. The inspection and reSu
lation Of the manufacture and sAk Of Oleomar
garine IS important and the revenue dexived
IRON u - not 50 great that the repeal OF the
Law need enter into any plan Of revenue reduc
ton.
The surplus now in the treasury should be
used IN the purchase OF bonds. The Law author
lies this use of it and it Is not needed for cur
rent or deficiency appropriations, the people
and no: the banks in which it has been deros'
fted-shou!d have the advantage Of its use by
stopping interest upon the public deba. Al
least those who needlessly hoard it should not
be allowed to use the fear of . money string.
ency. thus produced. to cOerce public sentiment
upon other questions.
Closely connected with the subject OF the
tarn Is that OF the importation Of foreign labor
ers under contracts Of service to be performed
here. The law now in force prohibiting such
contracts received my cordial support in the
S"~ So~A oAsV - uA1y NC vi
necessary effectively 70 deliver our working
mon and women from this most inequitable
form OF competition will have Ely sincere ad-
vocacy. Legislation prohibiting the importa-
ton OF laborers under contracts TO serve here
will. however. afford very inadequate selief
TO our working people II the system Of
protective duties IS broken down. II the prod
ucts OF American shops must compete In the
American market without favoring duties with
the products OF cheap foreign labor the effect
will be different. II At ali. only in degree, whether
the cheap l2bOrcr Is across the >trest or over
] the sea. Such competition will soon reduce
wages here 70 the level of those abroad. and
when that condition is reached We will not need
any laws fOrbidding the importation OF labOrers
under cOntract-they will have NO inducement
to conc. and the employer NO Involvement 70
|; send for them.
In the earlier years Of our history public
agencies to promote immigration were COM
| mon. The pioneer wanted o neiShbor with
more friendly instincts than the Indian. La
Dor was scarce and fully employed. But the
day OF the immigration bureau has gone by.
While ur doors will continue open to proper
immigration. NC do not need to issue invi-
tations TO the Inhabitants OF other countries
to come 10 our shores OF to share our citizen
ship. Indeed. the necessity OF some inspec-
ton and limitation IS obvious. We should
resOlutely refuse to permit foreign Governments
to send their paupers and their criminals 70
our ports. We are also clearly under . cuty to
defend our civilization by excluding alien races
whose ultimate assimilation with our people is
neither possible nor desirable. The family has
been the nucleus OF our hest immigration and
the home the most potent assimilating force in
our civilization.
The objections to Chinese immigration are
distinctive and conclusive. and arc now SO gen.
orally accepted as such that the question has
passed entirely beyond the stage Of argument.
The laws relating to this subject would, il I
should be charged with their enforcement. be
faithfully executed. Sucl amendments or
further legislation as may be necessary and
proper to prevent ~evasions OF the laws and TO
stop further Chinese immigration would also
meet my approval. The expression OF the con-
ventiOn upon thS subject Il IN entire harmony
with my views.
Our civil compact u . government by MAORI
ties: and the law loses its sanction and the
magistrate our respect wher this compact Is
broken. The evil results OF election frauds do
not expcnd themselves upon the voters who
are robbed of their rightful influence IN pub
lie affairs. The individual. or community. or
party that practices or c~Onnivcs at election
frauds has suffered irreparable injury. and
will sooner or later realize that to exchange
the American system Of majority rule for mi
nority control Is not only unlawfu and unpat-
hsOes~s ~ Vey ANt O4OSS - OAA4V
1t. Tho Acknowledgement Of . single legal
eleet0r by fraud or Intimidation Is . crime too
grave to be regarded lightly. The right Of
every qualified electof to cast one free ballot
and TO have 1t honestly counted must not be
questioned. Every constitutional power
should be used 70 make this right secure and
punish frauds upon the ballot Our colored
people do not ask special legislation tn their In
tercst. but only to be made secure In the COM
mon rights Of American citizenship. They will.
however. natura l. mistrust the sincerity of
those party leaders rho appeal to their race
for support only In tho-e localities where the
suffrage is free and election results doubtful.
aud compass their disfranchisewent where
their votes would ee cUntrolling and the u choice
can not be coesced.
The Nation. not less than the States, 10 de-
pendent for prosperity and security upon the
intelligence and morality Of the people. This
common interest very early suggested National
aid In the endowment and establishment OF
schools and colleges in the new States. There
Is. I believe. . present exIgency that calls for
still more liberal and direct appropriations IN
aid Of common school education in the States.
The territorial form OF government is u TEN
p0rarye xpedient, not q permanent civil condi-
ton. 1t is adapted to the exigency that sug-
gested IL, but becomes inadequate and even Op-
pressive, when applied to fixed and populOus
communities. Several Territories are we'll
able to bear the burdens md discharge the do
ties OF free commemorative in the American
Union.
To exclude them is to deny the just rights of
their people and may well excite their indig-
D0nt protest. No question Of the political pref
erence OF the people Of . Territory should close
against them the hospitable door which has
opened to two thirds Of the existing States, but
admission should be reSOluiely refused to any
Territory, u majority Of whose people cherish
institutions that are repugnant to our civilian
ton or inconsisieR; with a republican form of
government.
The declaration Of the convention against
'All combinations OF capital organized in trusts
or Otherwise. to control arbitrarily the condition
Of trade among our citizens" IL in harmony
with the views entertained and publicly ex-
pressed by me long before the assembling OF
the convention. Ordinarily capital shares the
losses Of idIeness with labor: but under the
operation OF the tr ST. in some OF its