Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-10-04

The conduct of foreign affairs by the present Ad-
minstratiOn has been distinguished by its inef-
nclency and its c0wardlee. Having wlthdrawn
from the Senate all pending treaties effected by
Republican administration for the removal OF Tor
eign burdens and restrictions upon our commerce
and for its extension into better markets, it has
neither effected nor proposed any others in their
stead. Protesting adherence to the Monroe doc
trine, it has seen, with idle cOmplacency, the ex
tension of foreign influence in Central America and
OF foreign trade everywhere among our neighbOrs.
Ii has refused to charter, sanction or encourage
any American organization for constructing the
Nicaragua Canal, work Of vital importance to the
maintenance of the Monroe doctrine and our ma
tional Influence in Central and South America and
necessary for the development of trade with our
Pacific territory, with South America and with the
islands and further coasts OF the Pacific Ocean.
We arraigm the present Democratic AdminiStra-
ton FOR the weak and unpafTOtic treatment OF the
Fisheries question, and its pIlsillannOus surrender
OF the essential priyil6 ges to which our fishing
selS are entitled in Canadian ports under the treaty
OF 1915 the reciprocal maritime legislation Of 1890
and the comfy OF nations, and which Canadian
fishing vessels receive in the ports of the United
States. We condemn the policy of the present Ad-
miniStration and the Democratic majority in Con-
greSS towards our fisheries. unfriendy and con-
SpieuouSly unpatriOtic and rs tending TO destroy
valuable national industry and an Indispensable
resource OI defense against foreign enemy.
The name OF American applies alike to all eti-
ZenS OF the Republic, and imposes upon all alike
the same obligation of obedience to the laws. At
the same time that citizenship is and must be the
panOply and safeguard OF him who wears it, and
protect him, whether high or low, rich poor, in
all his civil rights 1t should and must afford him
protection at home, and follow and protect him
abroad in whatever land he may be on lawful
b eTTand.
The men who abandoned the Republican party
in 1884, and continue to adhere to the Democratic
party, have deserted not only the cause of honest
government, of sound finance, of freedom and pur-
ty of the ballot box but especially have deserted
the cause of reform in the civil service. We will
not TAIL to keep our pledges because they have
broken theirs, or because their candidate has
broken his. We therefore repeat our declaration
Of 1884, tO-wit: 1.-THE reform Of the civil service
auSpieiOuSly begun under the Republican Admin,
lStIatiOn, should be completed by the further ex-
tension OF the reform system already established
by law to all the grades of the service to which it
should be observed in all Executive appointments,
and all laws at variance with the object Of existing
reform legislation should be repealed, to the end
that the dangers to free institutions which urk i'm
the power of official patronage may be wisely and
effectively avoided
The gratitude of the Nation to the defenders of
the Union cannot be measured by laws. The legis-
latiOn OF Congress should ccnfOrm to the pledges
made by loyal people, and be enlarged and
extended as to provide against the possibility that
any man who hOnOTably wore the Federal uniform
shall become an inmate of an alms-hOuse, or de-
pendent upon private charity. In the presence Of
an OveTfOwing Treasury it would be public Scan-
dial to do less for those whose ValOrOuS service pre-
served the Government We denOunce the hostile
spirit shown by President Cleveland in his numer-
Gus vetOes of measures for pension relief and the
action of the Democratic House Of Representatives
in refusing even consideration OF general pension
legislation
virtue and sObriety of the people and the purity of
their homes. The Republican party cordially
SympathiZes with all wise and well directed efforts
for the promotion of temperance and morality In
support of the principles herewith enunciated, we
invite the cooperation of patriotic men of all
parties, and especially of all wOrkmgmen, whose
prosperity Is seriously theatened by the freetTade
policy of the present Administration.