The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-14
INAUGURATION DAY.
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the coal and Iron rom theis at the funeral pile of slavery the Emancipation Proclamation was heafo in the depths of the earth as well as in the sky; men were made free, and material things De- came our better servants.
 The sectional element has happily been elimi- hated from the tariff discussion We have no longer States that arc necessarily only plant ing States None are excluded from achieving that diversihcation Of pursuit among the Peo- pie which brings wealth md contentment. The cotton plantation will not be less valuable when the product is spun in the country town by operatives whose necessities call for di- yerstfed crops and create home demand for garden and agricultural products. Every new mine, furnace and factory is an extension of the productive capacity ot the State more real and valuable than added ter rtory. Shall the preiudices and paralysis of slavery continue to hang upon the skirts Of Progressf How long will those who rejoice that slavery no longer exists cherish ortolerate the incapaeties it put upon their communitiesf I look hopefully to the continuance of our pro tective system, and to the consequent develop ment Of manufacturing and mining enterprises in the States hitherto wholly given to aRfi- culture, as a potent influence in the perfect unifcaton Of our people, The men who have In vested their capital in these enterprises. tue farmers who have felt the benefit of tnelr neighborhoOd, and the men who work in shop or field, will not fail 10 find and defend com munity Of interest. Is it not quite possible that the farmers and the promoters Of the great mining and manufacturing enterprises which have recently been established in the South may yet find that the free ballot or the workingman without distinction Of race, is needed for their defense as well as for his Owni
 do not doubt that if those men in the South who new accept the tarin views of Clay and the constitutional expositions of Webster, would courageously avow and defend their real con victions they would not find it difficult, by friendly instruction and cooperation, to make nc black man their effcient and safe ally, not only in establishing correct principles in our National Adm nistration b1t in preserving, for their local communities, the benefits Of social order and economical and honest government Al least until the good offices of kindness and education have been fairly tried, the contrary conclusion can not be plausibly urged have altogether rejected the suggestion of q special executive policy for any section of the country Ii is the duty Of the Executive to administer and enforce, in the methods and by the inStru- mentaiites 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 citizen may not elect what laws he will obey neither may the Executive elect which he will enforce. The duty to obey and to execute embraces the Constitution in its entirety, and the whole code of laws enacted under it The evil ex- ample ot permitting individuals, corporations or cummunities 10 nulllfy the laws because they cross some selfish or local interests or preiudices is full of danger not only to the Nation at large, but much more to those who use this pernictous eGpedient to escape their lust obligation or to obtain an unjust advan- tage over others. They will presently them selves be competed to appeal to the law Tor protection; and those who would use the law as a defense must not deny that use of 1t 10 others, If our great operations would more scrupulously 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 community that, by con cert or secret agreement among it's citizens denies to portion Of it's members their rights under the law, has severed the only safe bond of social order and prosper ity. The evil works, from q bad center, both ways 1t demoralizes those who practice it. and destroys the faith of those who suffer by 1t ln the eineiency ot the law as sate protector. The man in whose breast that faith has been darkened is naturally the subject of danger ous and uncanny suggestions Those who no higher motive than the self ishness that prompted them, may well stop and inquire What Is to be the end of this; An unlawful expedient can not become perma nent condition Of government. If the educated and influential classes in q community either practice or connive at the systematic violation of laws that seem to them to cross their con yenience, what can they expect when the les son that convenience or a supposed class in terest Is n sufficient cause for lawlessness has been well learned by the ignorant classesY A community where law is the rule of conduct and where courts not mobs, exc cute it's penalties, is the oply attractive field for business investments and honest labor.
 Our naturalization laws should be so amend ed as to make the inquiry into the character and good disposition Of persons applying for citizenship more careful and searching
 
 traitor, an unimpressiye and often an unintel- Hgible form. We ucce pt the man citizen without any knowledge Of his fitness, and he nssume. the duties of citizenship without any knowledge as to what they are, The privileges Of American citizenship are so great and it's du- ties so grave that we may well insist upon q good knowledge Of every person applying for citizenship and a good knowledge by him of our institutions. We should not cease to be hospitaole 10 immigration. but we should cease to be careless as to the character Of 1t. There are men of all races. even to the best, whose coming is necessarily burden upon our public revenues or threat to social order. These should be identified and excluded.
 We have happily main tained policy-5f avoid ing all interference witb-European affairs. We have been only interested spectators of their contentious tn diplomacy and m war, ready to use our friendly offices to promote peace, but never obtruding our advice and never attempt ing unfairly to coin the distresses Of other pow CTS into commercial advantage to ourselves. Wehayea just right to expect that our European policy will be the American policy of Euro pean courts. It is so manifestly incompatible with those precautions for our peace and safety, which ali the great powers habltually observe and enforce in matters affecting them, that q shorter waterway between our Eastern and Western seaboards should be dominated by any EGropern government, that we may confident ly expect that such purpose will not be en- tertained by any friendly power. We shall in the future, aS in the past, use every endeayOr to maintain and enlarge our friendly relations with all the great powers but they will not ex. pect us 10 look kindly upon any project that
  tile observation or environment. We have not sought to dominate or to absorb any of our weaker neighbors, but rather 10 aid and encourage them to establish free and stable governments resting upon the consent Of their own people. We have clear right to expect, therefore, that no European government will seek 10 establish colonial dependence upon the territory Of those independent American States. That which a sense of justice restraints us from seeking, they may be reasonably expected willingly to fore go. IL must not be assumed however, that our interests are so exclusively American that our transpire elsewhere can be taken for grant cd. Our citizens, doneiled for purposes of trade in ali countries and in many Of the islands of the sea, demand and will pave our adequate care in their per sonal and commercial rights The neces- sites of our navy require convenient coal tug stations and dock and harbor privileges These and other trading privileges we will feel free to obtain only by means that do not in any degree partake Of coercion, however feeble the government from which we ask such conces- sions. But having fairly obtained them, by methods and for purposes entirely con sistent with the most friendly disposition toward all other powers, our consent will be necessary to any modification or impairment Of the concession. We shall ncith CT fail to respect the flag Of any friendly nation or the just rights of it's citizens, nor Co exao the like treatment for our own Calmness justice and consideration should characterize our diplomacy. The offices Of an inteli gent diplomacy or of friendly arbitration In proper cases should be adequate to the peaceful ad iustment of all international difficulties. By the worlds peace, which no nation values more highly, and avoid the approorlum which must fall upon the nation that ruthlessly breaks it
 The duty devolved by law upon the President Co nominate and by and with the advice and consent Of the Senate to appoint all public officers whose appointment Is not otherwise