Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-07

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New England States in the proouclson y, ~ -
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States that divide with Pennsyisanio tue. i
eral treasures of the great souIneas'eIn auu
central mountain ranges snouIu nave ooo. ~
tardy in bringing to the smelling furnace anu 10
the mill the coal and iron from their opposing
hill sides.
Mil fres were lighted at the funereal pile OF
slavery The emancipation proclamation was
heard in the depths Of the earth as wen % II
the sky, men were made 1ree anu nnAsoii"i
thin became our better servants.
The sectional element has happily been enm-
mated from the tariff discussion. We have no
longer States that are necessarily only planting
States None are excluded from achieving lna'
diyersifcation of pursuit among the people
which brings wealth and contentment Inc
cotton nlantation will not be less valuable when
the product is spun in the country town oy
oneratiyes whose necessities call for diverslned
crops and create a home demand for
Garden and agricultural products. Every
new mine furnace and factory is an extension
of the productive capacity OF a state more real
and valuable than added territory
Shall the prejudices and paralysis OF slavery
continue to hang upon the skirts OF progress!
| How long Will those, VINO rcJolce tnat slavery
no longer exists. cherish and tolerate the IN
capacities it put upon their communities!
I look hopefully to the continuance OF our pro-
tect,ve system and to the consequent develop
ment of manufacturing and mining enterprises
in the States hitherto wholly given to agrlcult-
ure as potent influence in the perfect unlfica-
| ton of our people The men who have invested
| their capital in these enterprises. the farmers
who have felt the benefit OF their nelghborhood
| and the men who work in shops or field, Will not
| fail to find and to defend community OF inter
| est.
Is il not quite possible that the farmers and
| the promoters Of the great mining and manu-
| featuring enterprises which have recently been
| established in the South, may yet find that the
l free ballot of the working man, without dis
function Of race, is needed for their defense as
| well as for his own? do not doubt that II these
men of the South who now accept the tarlH
views of Clay and the constitutional expositions
/ of Webster would courageously avow and de-
fend their real convictions, they would not find
| it difficult. by friendly instruction and CO.
| operation to make the black man their efficient
/ and safe ally not only in establishing cor
/ rect principles in our National Administration,
/ but in preserving, for their local communities,
| the benefits of social order and economical and
honest government. At least until the good
i offices of kindness and education have been
i fairly tried, the contrary conclusion can not be
| plausibly urged
| have altogether rejected the suggestion OF
| a special executive policy for any section of our
country 1t is the duty Of the executive to adj
minister and enforce, in the methods and by
| the instrumentalities pointed out and provided
| by the Constitution, all the laws enacted by
| Congress. These laws are general and their
| administration should be uniform and equal. AS
| a citizen may not elect what laws he will obey,
| neither may the executive elect which
he will enforce. The duty to obey and
execute embraces the Constitution in its en-
| tlrety and the whole code Of laws enacted under
it. The evil example of permitting individuals,
corporations and communities to nullify the
laws because they cross some selfish or local
| interests or prejudices, is full of danger not
only to the Nation at large, but much more to
those who use this pernicious expedient to es-
/ cape their just obligations or to obtain an un-
| Just advantage over others. They will present
~ themselves be compelled to appeal to the
law for protection and those who would use
the law as defense must not deny the use OF
| it to others.
II our great corporations would more scrupu-
lousy observe their legal limitations and duties.
| they would have less cause to complain OF the
unlawful limitations Of their rights or of violent
| interference with their operations. The com
| munity that by concert, open or secret, among
| its citizens denies to portion OF its members
| their plain rights under the law has severed the
only safe bond of social order and prosperity.
| The evil works from a bad center both ways,
| 1t demoralizes those who practice 1t, and de-
stroys the faith of those who suffer by it in the
|
| man in whose breast that faith has been dark
| ened is naturally the subject of dangerous and
| uncauny suggestions. Those who use unlawful
| methods If moved by no higher motive than
| the selfishness that prompted them may well
| stop and inquire what is to be the end of this.
| An unlawful expedient can not become per
| manent condition of government If the edu
| Gated and influential classes in community
| either practice or connive at the systematic
| violation of laws that seem to them to cross
| their convenience. what can they expect
| when the lesson that convenience OF
| a supposed class interest is a sufficient cause
| for lawlessness has been well learned by the
| ignorant classes? A community where law /:
the rule of conduct and where courts not mobs
execute its penalties, is the only attractive field
| for business investments and honest labor
| Our naturalization laws should be so amended
| as to make the inquiry into the character ant
| good disposition of persons applying for citizen
ship more careful and searching. Our existing
| laws have been in their administration an un
| impressive and often an untellig1bl'
form. We accept the man as a either
| without any knowledge of his fitness and HI
| assumes the duties OF citizenship wlthou
| any knowledge as to what they are. The priv
leges of the American citizenship are SO grea
| and its duties so grave that we may well insis
| on good knowledge of every person applying
for citizenship and good knowledge by him o
| our institutions. We should not cease to bt
hospitable to immigration, but we should ceas'
to be careless as to the character OF 1t. Ther
are men of all races, even the best whose com
ing is necessarily burden upon our publi
revenues or a threat to social order Thes
| should be identified and excluded.
We have happily maintained policy OF avoid
| ing all interference with European affairs W.
re Ucen only interested spectators OF tner
contentio MS in diplomacy and war, ready to use
our friendly offices to promote peace but never
obtruding our advice and never attempting un
fairly to coin the distresses of other powers in
to commercial advantage to ourselves. We
have just right to expect that our European
EuTopea1 in courts e .ne 1t is So MANIFEST!
incompatible with those precautions for ou
peace and safety which all the great power
habitually observe and enforce in matters at
fecting them that a shorter water way between
our eastern and western seaboards should bt
dominated by any European Government tha
we may confidently expect that such purpose
will not be entertained by any friendly power
We shall in the future as in the past use every
endeavor to maintain and enlarge friendly rela
tions with all the great Powers, but they VIII
not expect US to look kindly upon any pro]ec
that would leave US subject to the dangers OF g
hostile observation or environment.
We have not sought to dominate or aosorf
. any Of our weaker neighbors, but rather to aid
and encourage them to establish free and sta
pie Governments, resting upon the consent
their own people. We have clear right TO ex
pect therefore, that no European Government
will seek to establish colonial Dependence
upon the territory of those independent Amer
| lean States. That which sense OF justice re
| strains us from seeking they may be reasona
bly, willing to forego,
1t must not be assumed, however, that oul
. interests are so exclusively American that oul
entire inattention to any event that may trans
pire elsewhere can be taken for granted. Ou
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