Huntsville gazette., 1889-03-09

anu eAaHDle OF washington and his great as
sociates and hope and courage IN the contrast
which thirty-e ght popuous and prosperous
States offer to the thirteen States, weak in
every thing except courage and the love OF
liberty that then fr nged our Atlantic
sea-board. The Territory OF Dakota has
now population greater than any of the
original states, except Virginia, and greater
than the aggregate OF five OF the smaller States
n tsJ The center Of population, when our
National capital was located. was east Of B II
tlmore; ana t was argued by many we lin
formed persons tn t 1T would move eastward
rather than westward Yet, IN 1880 it was
foun'i TO be near Cincinnati. and the new CEN
sus, about to be taken. will snow another stride
to the Westward. That which was the body
mas come to De only the rich fringe Of the Ma
tion'S roDe.
But our growth has not been limited to ter
rtory, popul tion and aggregate wealth mar
VelouS as II mas been in each of these drec-
Ions The masses of our people are better fed,
clotted and Shagsed than their fathers were.
hAe facilities fof popular education have
been vastly enlarged and more generally diff
fused. The virtues Of courage and patriotism
have given recent pro OF their continued
presence and increasing power in the hearts
and over the lives of our people The infu-
ences or religion have been multiplied and
strenS hened. The sweet offices OF charity
have greatly increased. The virtue of temper
ance is held in b. CHER estimation. We have
not attained an ideal condition. Not all OF our
people are happy and prosperous; not all Of
them are virtuous and law-ablding; but on the
whole, the opportunities offered to the ndi-
vldual to secure the comforts OF life are better
than are found elsewhere, and largely better
than they were here one hundred years ago
The surrender of a large measure of sover-
eIgnty to the General Government effected by
the adoption of the Constitution. was not ac-
compllSh' until the Suggestions OF reason
We're strongly reinforced bv the more i'm lera-
tive voice Of exper ence. The Il vergent inter-
eats OF peace spsrdlly demanded "tnore per
fect union. The merch ant, the ship-lnaster
| and the manufac urer discovered and d sclo,ed
10 our statesmen and to the people that com
merclal EN- IN lpat on must be added to the po-
1T cal freedom which had been so br vely won.
Inc commercial policy Of the m ther coun-
try had not re aXed any of its hard
and oppres i've features. TO hold in check
the development OF our commercial
ma inc, 10 prevent or rctard the establishment
ana crow OF manufactures in the States and
so TO Sc ur3 the American market for their
shops, ana the irrVng trade for their sh ps,
was the pol cy of Euro sean statesmen. ana was
putsuet " I the most selfish gOr Petitions
poured in upon Cong urg ng the mpus ii, n
o. discriminating duties that shOul encourage
the production OF need ID things at home. TIL
patriotism OF the people, which no longer found
a field OF exercise i. war, was eueryetically di-
rected TO the duty OF eQui p ng the young
Republic for the defense OF its independence by
| naSing us people self-dependent. Societies
| for the prom tloh of home manu- actures amt
! for encouraging the use of dom .Stics in the
| dress of the people were org LniZ5d many Of
the States. The revival, at the en- OF the rent-
ury, of the same patriotic interest in the pres
| ervaticn and development OF domestic indus
| tries, and the defense of our working people
aga nst injur Gus fore gn competition, is an in
cident worthy of attention. 1t is not de-
| phrtur >, but Il return, that we have witnessed.
| The protective pol cy had then its opponents.
| The argument IN de, as now, that
| Is b"neftts Injured TO part cular classes OF
| sections. II the question became in any sense
or vt any time sectio IA, it WIS only because
| slavery existed in some parts OF the States.
| But ior this, there was no reason why the cot
| ton-rroducng States should not have led OF
/ - CT W o ENGLAND nj
| in the product on Of cotton fabrics. There was
| this reason only why the States that divide
with Ptnnsyv MA the mineral 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
opposing hillsides. NJ II fires were lighted
at the funeral pile of slavery; the
Emancipation Proclamation heard in
the depths of the earth as well rs in the sky;
men were made free. and material things be-
| came our better servants.
The sectional element has happily been elimi-
mated from the tat iff scuss"n. We have no
longer States that are ne essarlly only plant
ing STATES. None are eXclu led from ach eV n
| that diversification or pursu amo the peo
pie VIII ch brings wealth aud cuntentment. TAe
cotton plantation VIII not be less valuab e
when the product is spun IN the country town
by operatives whose necessities call for
versited crops and create home demand
for garden ard agricultural products. Evefy
new min furnace and factory is an
f&UcDSOu Oh ID6 productive GtDUC " OI bLlt
State more real ana valu lble than added ter
ri DRY. Shall the prejud1 es and paralysis O1
slavery continue to hang upon the skirts OF
Progress? How long will those wp0 rejoice that
slavery no longer exists cherish or tolerate The
| Incapacities il put upon their commun ties
look hopefully to the continu nce Of our pro
tective stem, and to the consequent develop
ment OF manu- iactu ng ana IN n ng ent6rpr seS
| in the States hitherto wholly given to grt
| culture, as potent influence in the perfect
| uniication OF our people. TAe men who have IN
!
| farmers who have felt the benefit theil
neIghborhoo1, and the men VINO work in shop or
| field, W IL not fail to find and defend com
muHlty OF interest. Is it not gu te possible
| that the farmers and the promoters OF the
great mining and manGf tcturlng enterprises
which have recently en- established in the
! South my vet fld that the free ballot OF the
Workingman, without distinction or race, l.
needed for their defense as well as for his ownl
do not doubt that if those men in the South
who now accept the tariff V ews of Clay and the
const tutiunal expositlUns of Webster. would
| courageously avow and defend their real con
| victions they would not find Il difficult, by
! friendly instruction and cooperation, 10 make
the black man their efhcien: and safe ally, moi
only in establishing correct principles III ouI
National Administration, bIt IN preserving, fol
their local communities. the benefits OF social
order and economical and honest government
AT least until the good offices of kindness anC
education have been fairy triei the contrary
Inclusion can not be plausbly urged. have
altogcthcr rejected the suggestion OF IL spec al
eXecuI :, Obey fOr any SecD0n OF tne country
IL is the 4uiy of the Exc ut We to administer
and enforce in the methods and by the instru
mentaiities pointed out and provided by the
Coustitut on, all the laws enacted by Congress
These laws are general and their administration
should be form and equal. AS a citiz n
may not elect what laws he will obey, neither
may tn Execut We elect Wh ca he will enforce.
The duty to obey and To ex cute embraces the
Constitution ia It's entirety, an the whole
code of laws enacted un Ter It. The evil eX
ample OF permit Ing ind viduals corporations
or communities to nullly 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 20 those VINO
use this perntclous egpedient to escape their
Just obligation or 10 Obtai an uni 1at advAn-
tage over others. They will p -esetily them
selves be compelled to appeal to the law loo
pr lection: and those who would use the
law as q defense must not deny that
would more scrupulously observe their leg d
limitations and du les, tley uld have less
cause TO complain of the unlawful limitations
OF their rights or OF violent interference W tn
their operat ons. Tne community that by m
cert or secret agreement among its c-lZens,
denies to a portion of its memb RS thelr
ghts under the law, has severed
the only safe bond or social o der and pr 1Sper
ity. Tue evil works. fran bad center, botn
ways. II demora1iZes III Sc who practice II,
and destroys Ie faith Of those VINO suffer by IL
in the efficiency Of the law Il safe protector.
The man in whose ore st that faith has Deen
darkened is naturally the subject OF danger
Gus and uncanny sugges lions. TnnSe sWVnn WVnnn
and luou re what is to be tae end OF lulst q
av-adiaut ran not become pSTLho