Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-12-06

urtnciples and provide tor svory wortny ap~ 4
plicant But while our general pension
laws remain confused and imperfect, nun
dreds Of private pension laws are annually /
passed, which are the sources Of unjust dis
crimination and popular Generalization.
Appropriation bills for the support OF the
government are defAced by items and provt'
sions to meet private ends, and it Is freely
asserted by responsible and experienced
parties that a bill aPpropriating money
for public internal Improvement would
fail 10 meet with favor, unless It con-
tanned items more for local and private ad-
vantage than Tor public benefit.
These statements can bs much emphasixsd
by an ascertainment OF the proportion OF
Federal legislation, which either bears upon
its face its private character, or which, upon
examination, develops such a motive power
''And yet" he adds, ''the psople wait and
expect from their chosen representatives, sncn
patriotic action as will advance the welfare
Of the entire country; and this expectation
can only be answered by the performance OF
public duty with unselfsh purpose. Our
mission among the nations OF the earth, and
our success in accomplishing the work Tod
has given 70 the American people TO do, re,
Quire Of those intrusted with the making and
execution OF our laws perfect devotion
above all other things to the public good.
"This devotion will lead rs TO strongly re-
sist all impatience of constitutional llmita-
tious Of Federal power, and TO persistently
chock the increasing tendency TO extend the
scope OF Federal legislation into the domain
of state and local jurisdiction, upon tue plea
Of subserving the public welfare. Tue pres
ervation OF the partitions between proper
subjects OF Federal and local care and regu-
ton, is of such Importance under the constt
tuition which is the Law of our very exist
ence, that no consideration OF expediency or
sentiment should tempt rs TO enter upon the
doubtful ground. E. 84sf
We have undertakes to discover and pro-
claim the richesy blessings of free govern
| ment, with the constitution as our guide.
Let US follow the way it points cut. .ls Will
| not mislead us. And surely no one VINO has
1 taken upon himself the solemn obligation co
| support and preserve the constitution can
| find Justification or solace for disloyalty IN
| the excuse that he wandered and disobeyef
1 in search of better way to reach bha public
| welfare than the constitution offers.
| ''What has been said is deemed not inap-
\ propriate sat the time when, from a cen
| tury's height, we view the way already rrod
| By the American people and Sttempt to dis
cover their future path. The seventh presl-
| dent of the United SGates-tha soldier and
statesman, and nc all times the firm and
| brave friend of the people-in vindIcation OF
| his course as the protector OF the popular
| rights and the champion Of true American
citizenship, declared:
"'The ambition which leads me on is an
| anxious desire and q fixed determination to
| restore to the people, unimpaired, the sacred
| trust they have confiied TO my charge; to
heal the wounds of the constitution, and to
| preserve it from further violation; to per-
| suade my country ymen, SO far as may, that
it is not in splendid government supported
by powerful monopolies and aristocratical
establishments that they will find happiness
or their liberties protected, but in plain
system, void of pomp-protecting all and
granting favors to none - dispensing its
blessings like the dews of heaven. unseen
and unfelt save in the freshness and beauty
they contribute to produce. 1t is such a
government that the genius of our people
requires-such u one only under which our
staJes may remain, for ages to come, united.
prosperous and free.'h
The president next deals with our foreign
relations, which, he says, have during the
past year been strengthened and improved.
Those questions which still await settlement
are all reasonably within the domain of
amicab!e negotiation, and susceptible of sat
isfactory adjustment by frank diplomatic
treatment.
The fisheries question, he regrets to say, is
not satisfactorily adjusted, and reiJerates
that the treaty rejected by the senate did
supply "a satisfactory, practical and final
adjustment upon basis, honorable and just
| TO D0pE pHttleS Ot GQ9 AUIlCutt 8Uu VeX0u
question which it related to-.
Referring to the Lord Sackville incident,
the president promises that the correspond
ence in relation to it, which will soon be laid
before congress, "will disclose the unpardon-
able conduct of the officer referred to, in his
interference, by advice and counsel, with the
suffrages of American citizens in the very
crisis of the presid initial election, then near
at hand, and also in his subsequent public
% Il
ing imDugnment of the executive and senate
of the United States in connection with i'm
portant questions now pending in contro
versy between the two governments"
Regarding the offense thus committei as
most grave involving disastrous possibilitie:
to the good relations OF the Unitei State:
and Great Britain, constituting a gros
breach of diplomatic privilege and an inva
sion of the purely domestic affairs and essau
tial sovereignty of the government to which
the envoy was accredited, and having frs
fulfilled the just demands of internationa
comfy, by affordiRg full opportunity TO
the British government to act in relief of tn
situation, the president considered prolonga
ton OF discussion unwarranted and there
upon decliued .tto further recogniz, th
diplomatic character of the person, wnos
continuance iu such function would destro
that mutual conf fencs which is essential {
the good understanding of the two govern
ments, and was inconsistent with the we
. fare and self.respect of the government q
the United States"
the Samoan and Haytian troubles ar
briefly touched upon. Submarine telegrap
communication with Honolulu, with vie
to closer commercial relations; commercis
reciprocity treaty with Mexico, ard th
Forthcoming centennial celebration and CON
mercial congress OF South and Centr,
American states, to meet in Washingto
next year, are recommended and con
rnended. A revision of our naturalizati0
, laws is also recommended with view
) ietec5iag Spurious citizenship.
! 'fne sanua; tepa's, amt rsscornine endatioi
of the heads uf departments are then take
, up and reviewed. Comnienting on bor
: purchases by the secretary OF the treasur,
be says ..By this plan bonds Of the COVER
r ment not vet dus have beer purchased up
. and including the 31tn day of Novemns
lsSS. amounting co $si, I00, 400, tine preni't
!; paid tAereon amounting TO $l7, ,S0S, ,6i3. IL
The qremium added to the principal
{ these bonds represe ITS an SEvestment, yiel
ing ahCmt per cent. interest for the tin
+ they still had to run; and the saving to d
9 government represented by the differen
/ between the amount of interest at . per Ger
Z miium aad what 10 would have paid for {
8 interest at the rate specified in the bonds
they had run to their maturity is abo
,- Sz7, ,l6i. 600.
1 Az flrst sight this would ssern to be q BRO
4 liable ana sensible transaction on the part
the government. But, as suggested BY {
I secretary OF the treasury, the surplus Ga
a expended for the purchase of bonds y
money drawn from the people in excess
m any actual need of the government, and y
4 SO expended rather than allow it to reEas
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