Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-05

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nls great associations ana the hope and cou
axe IN contrast which thirty EIGHT populous an
prosperous states offer to the thirteen States
f MeaS IN everything except courage and love
nusrsy-tnat then fringed our Atlantic ses
BOARD. The Territory of Dakota has now DO,
uialion greater than any of the original Slate
s gsceps slrglnla, and greater than the sggr,
OF popaiatlon when our National Capitol ws
located was esst of Baltimore and it wa
J argued by many wellinfoimed persons that
N Nuu ~ move eastward, rather than westward
4 g ~ 1857 II was found to be near Cincinnati
ano the new census about to be taken Will shol
| another stride TO the westward.
THE MARCH OF EMPIRE
mat which was the body has come to be onl
rch fringe of the nations robe. But GU
sl1w.n mas not been limited to territorial popu
| mas been ID these directions The mass of on
people are better fed, clothed and housed thai
,neir fathers were The facilities for our popu
Iar eaucation nave been vastly enlarged an,
more generally diffnsed. The virtues Of eoul
! age ana patriotism give recent proof of thei
continued presence and increasing power in tin
hearts and over the lives of our people TIL
influences OF religions have been multiplje,
ana strengthened. The sweet offices of Chart,
nave been greatly increased. The virtue O
temperance Is held in higher estimation. w
have not attained tn ideal condition. Not al
OF our people are happy and prosperous not al
OF them virtuous and law abiding But on tn,
Mloie, the opportunities offered to the indi
siuuai ~ sscufe tue comforts OF life are bette
than are found elsewhere and largely bette
tnan were here lO6 Years ago. The slirrende
OF large measure of sovereignty to the gen
efai government was affected by the adoption
OF constitution, not accomplished until tn,
80 yeStions OF reason were strongly reinforce,
o! the more imperative voice of experience
HONE Markets.
Inc divergent interests of peace speedily de
manded a more perfect union The merchant
snlpmaster and manufacturer discovered ant
disclosed Ct of a,,l 81.
tnat commercial emancipation must be added
70 that political free dom which had been 81
pravely won. The commercial policy of the
mother country had not relaxed any of its bard
and oppressive features. To hold in check ths
development OF our commercial marine 10 pre.
vent or retard the establishment and growth nj
manufactures in the States and so to secure an
american market for their shops and a carving
trade Tor their shiis, was the policy of Europeau
statesmen, and was pursued with most selfish
vlgor. PETITIONS Toured in upon Congress urp.
ihg tne lmpo ition OF discriminating duties that
should encoura-e the production of needed
Things at home. The patriotism of the peop q
which no longer found field O. exercise il,
war, was energetically directed to the duty OF
equlpplng The Dung Republic for the defense
OF Its Independence by making its people self.
dependent. Societies for the promotion of home
manufactures and for encouraging the use of
oomestics IN the dress OF the people were organ
izeu IN many States revival at the end OF
the century OF The same patriotic interest in the
preservation and development of domestic in.
dustries and the defense of our working people
against
INJURIOUS FoREIGN COMPETITIONS
Is an incident worthy OF attention. 1t is mt q
departure, but retu n that we have witnessed
The protective policy had then its opponents
Arguments were made, as now, that the benefits
Injured TO particular classes or sections If the
question became in any sense at any time sec.
tional, 1t was only because avery existed in
some OF the States. But for this there was no
reason why the cotton producing States should
not have led or wa ked abreast with the New
England States in the production of cotton
labflcs. There was this reason only WHY the
states that DIVIDE with Pennsylvania the min
eral treasures of the great southeastern and
central mountain ranges should have been so
tardy in bringing to the smelling furnace and
to the mill the coal and iron from their near
opposing hillsides. Mill fires were lighte d on
the funeral pyIes of slavery. The Emancipa-
ton Proclamation was heard in the depths of
the earth as well as in the sky. Men were made
free, and material things became our better
been eliminated from the tariff discussion.
THE FRUITS OF FREEDOM.
We Rave no longer States that are necessarily
only planting States. None are excluded from
achieving that diversifcation of products
among the people which bring wealth and con-
tentment, Cotton-planiing will not be less val
liable when the production in the country of
other necessities call for diversified crops and
create home demand for garden and agrieult-
ural products. Every new mine, furnace and
factory is an extension of productive Capacity
OF State more real and valuable than added
territory. Shall the prejudices and paralysis of
slavery c9ntinne to hans, on the skirts Of pro-
gress How long will those who rejoice that
slavery no longer exists, cherish and tolerate
the incapscities it put upon their communities?
THE BENEFITS OF PROTECTION.
l look hopefully to the continuance of our
protective system, and to the consequent deyel
prises in the States hitherto wholly given to az
Ilcuiture, as a potent influence in the perfs ct
ullncatiod OF our people Men who have in
vested their capital in these enterprises farm.
ers VINO have felt the benefit of their neighbor
hood. and men who work in the shop or field
VIII not fail to find and defend a community of
interest. 1t is quite possible farmers and promo
ters OF the great mining and manufacturing en-
terprises which were recently established in the
South may yet find that a free ballot of the
working msn without distinction of race il
needed Tor their defense, as well as for his own
| do not doubt If those men in the South who
now accept the tariff views of Clay and the
constitutional expositions of Webster would
courafeously avOw and defend their real con-
ylctioDs, they would not find it difficult by
friendly instruction and co operation, to make
the black man their efficient and ga e ally-not
only IN establishing correct principles in every
national Administration, but in preserving for
their local communities the benefits OF social
order, and economical and honest government
AT least, until the good offices of kindness and
education have been fairly tried contrary
conclusion cannot be plausibly urged.
StSeiiONAIlsM MUST BIZ ROOTED
have altogether rejected the suggestion of
special executive policy FOR any section of our
country 1t is the duty of the Executive 10 ad-
minister and enforce,i in methods by instrument
aiities pointed out and provided by the Consti-
tutlon- ali laws enacted by Congress- These laws
are general, and their administration should be
uniform and effectual. A citizen may not elect
what laws he will obey. Neither may the hx-
e &c elect which he will enforce. The duty
to obey and to execute embraces the Constitu-
ton III Its entirety, and the whole code of laws
enacted under it. The evil example of permit
ting individual corporations or communiti, S to
nullfy the laws because they cross some selfish
or local interests or preudices is full of danger
not only to the nation at large, but much more
to those who use this pernicious expedient to
es ape their Just obligations or obtain unjust
advantage over Others They will presently
themselves be compelled 10 appeal to law for
protection, and those who would use the law as
defense must not deny that use of it to others
II our great corporations would more seriously
observe their legal limitations and duties, they
would have less cause to complain of unlawful
limitations of their rights or violent interior
ence with their operation,
LAW AND ORDER.
A community that, by concert, open or secret,
among its citizens denies portion of its mem
beers their plain rights under the law, has severed
the only safe bond of social order and property
Evil works from bad center both ways 1t de-
the faith of those who suffer by it in the effic-
iency of law as a safe protector. The man in
whose breast that faith has been darkened is
naturally the subject of dangerous aud uncanny
suggestions. Those who use unlawful methods
II moved by Lo higher motive than the selfish
ness that prompted them, may well stop and
inquire what is to be the end of this. An un
lawful expedient cannot become permanent
condition of government. If the educated and
influential classes in The community either prac-
t1ce or cOnnive ut systematic violation OF laws
that seem to them TO cross their convenience
what can they expect when the lesson, Can
convenience or SUI pressed class interest be suf-
fcient cause for lawlessness? p has been well
learned by the ignorant classes? A community
where law is the rule of conduct, and where
Courts, not the mob, execute its specialtes. is
the only attractive field for business Investments
and honest labor.
NO ROOM FOR UNDESIRABLE ALIENS.
Our naturalization laws should be so amended
as TO make inquiry into the character and good
disposition of the persons applying for citizen
laws have been in their administration unim
pressive and often uninteligible in form. We
accept man as a citizen without any knowl-
edge of his fitness, ard when he assumes the
duties OF citizen he is without any knowledge
as TO what they are. The privileges of Ameri-
can citizenship are so great and its duties SO
grave that we may insist on a good knowledge
OF every person applying for citizenship and a
good knowledge by him of our institutions. We
ton, but we should cease to be careless as to
the character of it. There are men of all races
even, whose coming is necessarily burden on
our public revenues. or threat to social order.
These should be identified and excluded.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
We have happily maintained a policy OF
avoiding all lutprfprppca with Eurnnaan AZ fairs