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

MS great associations; ana the hope and can,
sse IN contrast which thirty eight populeus an,
weak in everything except courage and love T
:, nosriy-that then fringed our Atlantic ses
BOARD The Territory of Dakota has now poI
u.a.ion greater than any of the original State
SAceet Nirglnla and greater than the aggfs
gate OF five smaller states in 1890. The cefte
OF population when our National CAPITOL wa
located was east of Baltimore, and il wa
s,.1S S1gIs1 py many weli-lnfoi med persons that
would move eastward. rather than westward
let IN Iceo II was found to be near Cincinnati
and the new census about to be taken will shoy
1 nnotner stride 10 the westward
THE MARCH OF EMPIRE.
That which was the body has come to be onl
ricn fringe of the nations robe But on
growth has not been limited to territorial morn
iauon and aggregate wealth, marvellous as
{; mas been IN these directions The mass of on
people are better fed, clothed and housed thai
their fathers were. The facilities for our popr
| lar education have been vastly enlarged ans
more generally diifused. The virtues of cour
age and patriotism give recent proof of thei
continued S presence and increasing power in til,
hearts and over the lives of our people. III,
influences OF religions have been multiplied
and strengthened. The sweet Offices of Chart,
nave been greatly increased. The virtue O
temperance is held in higher estimation w,
| have not attained sn ideal condition. Not ali
OF our people are happy and prosperous; not al
ol tnem vlrtuous and law abiding. But, on the
a Maoie, the opportunities offered to the indi
vldual TO secure the comforts of life are bette
than are found elsewhere and largely bettel
tnan were here l0o years ago. The surrender
OF . large measure of sovereignty to the gen
eral Government was affected by the adoptior
OF Constitution, not ACCOMPLISHED until the
sls seStlons OF reason were strongly reinforcef
by the more imperative voice of experience.
HOME MARKETS.
The divergent interests of peace speedily de
manded more perfect union. The merchant
shlpmaster and manufacturer discovered and
disclosed to our statesmen and to the peonle
tnat commercial emancipation must be added
10 that political eedom which had been so
piaveiy won. The commercial policy of the
mother country had not relaxed any of its hard
ana oppressive features. To hold in check the
development of our commercial marine to pre-
vent or retard the establishment and growth OF
manufactures in the States and so to secure an
American market for their shops and a carrying
trade Tor their shiis, was the policy of European
statesmen, and was pursued with most selfish
vlgor. Petitions poured in upon Congress urg-
ing tne lmpo ltlon of discriminating duties that
should encoura- e the production of needed
things at home. The patriotism of the peop e.
which no longer found a field OF exercise in
war, was energetically directed to the duty of
equipping the young Republic for the defense
OF It's independence by making its people self.
dependent Societies for the promotion of home
manufactures and for encouraging the use of
domestics in the dress of the people were organ
lzed IN many States. revival at the end of
the century of the same patriotic interest in tie
preservation and development OF domestic in
oosn ieS ahu Tue uSleAse OF cur working people
against
INJURIOUS FoRgIGN COMPETITIONS
Is an incident worthy of attention 1t is not a
departure, but retu n that we have witnessed
me protective policy had then its opponents.
Arguments were made, as now that the benefts
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 colton-pIoducing States should
not have led or wa ked abreast with the New
england States in the production of cotton
ianIlcs. There was this reason only why the
states Inat divice with Pennsylvania the min
eral treasures of the great southeastern and
central mountain ranges should have been 50
tardy in bringing to the smelling furnace and
~ 10 sne nnl tne coal and md, iron from their near
the funeral pyies of slavery. The Emancipa-
ton Proclamation was heard in the depths of
me earth as we'll as in the sky. Men were made
free, and material things became our better
servants. The sectional element has hsnn;1v
been eliminated hom the tariff discussion
THE FRUITS OF FREEDOM.
We bave no longer States that are necessarily
only planting states None are excluded from
achieving that diversification of products
among the people which bring wealth and CON
tentment. Cotton planting will not be less val.
liable when the production in the country of
otner necessities call for diversified crops and
create bone demand for garden and agricuIt-
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
gress? How long will those who rejoice that
slavery no longer exists, cherish and tolerate
the lncapacities it put upon their communities
THE BENEFITS OF PROTECTION.
look hopefully to the continuance of our
protective system, and to the consequent deyel
opmeDt OF manufacturing and mining enter
prises in the States hitherto wholly given to se-
iiculture, as a potent influence in the perfi ct
uuliieation of our people. Men who have in
vested their capital in these enterprises, farm.
ers who have felt the benefit of their neighbor.
hood. and men who work in the shop or field
Will not tail 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. is
needed for their defense, as well as for his own.
do not doubt II those men in the South who
now accept the tariff views of Clay and the
constitutional expositi0ns OF Webster would
ouraeeously avow and defend their real CON
vlctioDs, they would not find il difficult by
friendly instruction and co operation TO make
the black man their efficient and sa 'e ally-not
only in establishing correct principles in every
national Administration, but in preserving for
thelr local communities the benefits OF social
order, and economical and honest government
Az least, until the good offices of kindness and
education have been fairly tried, contrary
conclusion cannot be plausibly urged.
oL,ilONAi4iSA MtSl BIZ OUT.
have altogether rejet ted the suggestion of a
special executive policy for any section of our
country. 1t is the duty of the Executive 10 adj
minister and enforce, in methods by instrument
Antics pointed out and provided by the Consti-
tuition. 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 tx-
ecutive elect which he will enforce. The duty
to obey and to execute embraces the CoustislI-
ton III Its entirety, and the whole code of laws
enacted under it. The evil example of permit
ting inoivldual corporations or communiti to
nulify the laws because they cross some selfish
or local interests or prejudiees 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 uni,,st
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.
IL 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 interfer-
ence with their operation,
LAW AND ORDER
community that by concert, open or secret,
among its citizens denies portion OF its men,
bers 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-
morallzes those who practice it, and DESTROYS
the faith of those who suffer by it in the etfic-
lency OF law as safe protector. The man in
whose breast that faith has been darkenet 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 a permanent
condition of government. If the educated and
influential classes in the community either prac-
tice or connive at systematic violation OF laws
that seem to them TO cross their convenience
what can they expect when the lesson, Can
or SUI pressed class interest be suf-
nc1ent cause for lawlessness % 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 speciaities, 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 upim
pressive and often unintelligible in form. We
accept man as citizen without any knowl-
edge OF bis fitness, and 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 good knowledge
oil every person applying for citizenship and a
good knowledge by him of our institutions We
tion, but we should cease to be careless as to
the character of it. There are men of ali 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 iDferfereuce with EuroDaay f}asrc