Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-09-21

reached we will not need any laws forbid
ding the importation of laborers under con-
tract They will have no inducement to
come. and the employer no inducement to
send for Them
Continuing he saws: ''But the day of the
immigration bureau has gone by While
our doors will continue open to proper immi-
grafton, we do not need to issue special invi-
tations to the inhabitants of other coun-
tries to come TO our shores or
to share our citizenship. Indeed. the
necessity of some inspection and limita-
ton is obvious. We should resoutely refuse
to permit foreign governments to send their
paupers and criminals to our ports. We are
also clearly under duty TO defend our civili-
Zation by excluding alien races VIII Ose ulti-
mate assimilation with our people is neither
possible nor desirable"
- The objections to Chinese immigration
are distinctive and conclusive and are now so
generally accepted as such that the question
has passed entirely beyond the stage Of argu-
ment. The laws relating to this subject
would, if [ should be charged with their en-
forcement, be faithfully executed. Such
amendments for further legislation as may
be necessary and proper to prevent evasionS
of the laws and to stop further Chinese i'm
migration would also meet nv approval
The expression of the Convention upon this
subject is in entire harmony with my views ="
After condemning the disfranchisement
of electors by fraud or intimidation ne dis
cusses the admission of Territories:
The Territorial form of government is
temporary expedient, not permanent civil
condition. No question Of the political
preference of the people of Territory should
close against them the hospuable door which
has opened TO two-thirds of the existing
States"
From this he turns to trusts and combina-
tions, discussing them as follows: THE dec
laration of the Convention against all COM
binatiOns Of capital, organized in trusts or
otherwise, to control arbitrarily the condition
of trade among our citizens is in
harmony emf
tanned and publicly expressed by
me long before the assembling of the Con-
vention Ordinarily capital shares the losses
of idlenesS with la Dor. but under the opera
ton of the trust, in some of its forms, the
wage worker alone suffers loss, while idle
capital receives its dividends from a trust
fund.-
After declaring himself in hearty
Convention on the subject of pen
sions he says in regard to Civil Service
reform: The law regulating appointments
to the classified civil service received my
support in the Senate, in the belief that it
opened the way to much needed reform. 1
still think SO, and therefore cordially approve
the clear and forcible expression of the
Convention upon this subject. The
law should have the aid of a friendly
vigorously enforced All appointments un-
der it should be absolutely free from par
tisan considerations and influence. Some
extensions of the classified list practical
tending the reform to other branches of the
service, to which it is applicable, would re-
ceive my approval"
The following paragraph is devoted to the
Temperance question: L notice with pleas
ure that the Convention did not omit to ex-
press its solicitude for the promotion Of virtue
and temperance among our people. The
Republican party has always been friendly
to everything that tended to make the home
life of our people free, pure and prosperous,
and will in the future be true to its history in
this respect"
After urging the extension and cultivation
of our diplomatic and commercial relations
he concludes by saying: ''The resolutions
relating to the coinage, to the rebuilding Of
the navy, to coast defences and to public
lands, express conclusions to all of which
gave my support in the Senate.
Inviting a calm and thoughtful consider
alton of these public questions we submit
triotism and the good Providence that made
and has kept US nation will lead them to
wise ard safe conclusions.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
BENJAMIN HARRISON"