The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-07

marvellous as Il has been IN each of those
directions. The masses Of our people are
,ctter fed, clothed and housed than their
fathers were. The facilities for popular
education have been vastly enlarged and
more generally diffused. The virtues OF
courage and patriotism have given recent
proof OF their continued presence and in
crcasing power, in the hearts and over the
lives OF our people. The influences Of re-
ligiOn have been multiplied and strength
ened. The sweet Offices Of charity have
greatly increased. The virtue Of temper
ance is held in higher estimation. We
have not attained an ideal condition. Not
all Of our people are happy and prosperous:
not oil OF them are virtuous and law abid
ing. But, on the whole, the opportunities
offered to the individual to secure the COM
forts of life are better than are found else
where, and largely better than they were
here one hundred years ago.
The surrender Of q large measure Of
sovereignty to the general government ei-
fected by the adoption Of the constitution
Of reason were strongly reinforced by the
more imperative voice OF experience.
The divergent interests of peace speedily
demanded more perfect union" The
merchant. the ship master and the manu-
facturer discovered and disclosed TO our
statesmen and to the people that CONNER
cial emancipation must be added TO
THE POLITICAL FREEDOM
which had been so bravely won. The COM
mercial policy Of the mother country had
not relaxed any Of its hard and oppressive
features. To hold in check the develop.
ment Of our commercial marine, to prevent
or rctard the establishment and growth Of
manufactures In the states and SO to secure
the American market for their shops and
the carrying trade for their ships was the
policy Of European statesmen, and was pur-
sued with the most selfish yigor Petitions
poured in on congress urging the imposing
Of discriminating duties that should encour-
age the production OF needed things at
home. The patriotism Of the people, which
was energetically directed to the duty Of
equipping the young republic for the do
fcnse Of its independence by making
its people self dependent. Socie-
ties for the promotion Of homo man.
ufactures and for encouraging the
We're organized in many OF the states. The
revival at the end Of the century Of the
same patriotic interest in the preservation
and development Of domestic industries,
and the defense Of our working people
against
INJURIOUS FOREIGN COMPETITION,
Is an incident worthy Of attention. Il is
AOS - uOR0ltdASs Oub - ASS0tus tu0s WO AAOv e
witnessed. The protective policy had then
its opponents. The argument was made,
as now, that its benefits Injured to particu-
lar classes or sections. II the question be-
came in ony sense or at any time sectional,
It was only because slavery existed in
| somo Of the states. But for
this, there was no reason why tho cot
ton-nroducing states should not have
led or walked abreast Of the New England
states ir the production Of cotton fabrics
| There was this reason only why the states
that divide with Pennsylvania the minera
| treasures OF the great southeastern anG
and central mountain ranges should have
been so tardy in bringing to the smelling
| furnace and to the mill the coal and iror
| from their near opposing hillsidcs. Mil
| fires were lighted at the funeral pile o
slavery. The emancipation proclamation
| was heard in the depths of the earth q!
well as in the sky; men were made frea
| and material things became our bettel
| servants. Tho sectional element has hap
| PLY been eliminated from the tariff discus
| sion. We have no longer states that ~
necessarily only planting states. None ar.
/ excluded from achieving that diyersih
cation Of pursuit among the people whicl
brings wealth and contcntment. Tho cot
ton plantation will not be less valuable
| when the product is spun in the count.
town BY operatives whose necessities cal
for diversified crops, aud create q home de
| mand for garden and agricultural products
/ Every new mine, furnace and factory is al
extension of the productive capacity Of tn
state, moro real and valuable than adde
territory. Shall the prejudices and
PARALYSIS or SLAVERY
| continue to hang upon the skirts OF pro
gressl How long will those who rcjoic
that slavery no longer exista, cherish am
tolerate the incapacitics it put upon thei
| communities! l look hopefully to the con
| tinuancc Of our protective system
and to the consequent develop
ment Of manufacturing and minin
enterprises in the states, hitherto who'll
given to agriculture, as potent infiuenc
in the perfect unification Of our people
The men who have invested their capital il
| these enterprises, the farmers who hay
felt the benefit OF their neighborhood, an
the men who work In shop or field, wi
not fail to find and to defend . communit
Of interest. Is it not quite possible ths
the farmers and the promoters Of the gres
mining and manufacturing enterprise
which have recently been established i
the South may yet fnd that the free bale
Of the wOrkingman, without distinction G
race, is needed for their defense as well Z
for his ownl do not doubt that il thos
men in the South who now accept the
TARIFF VIEWS or CLAY
and the constitutional exp0sitions of Wei
their real convictions they would not I'm
1t difficult, by friendly instruction and c,
operation, to make the black man their el
ficicnt and safe ally, not only in establish
ing correct principles in our national q.
ministration, but in preserving, for thei
local communities, the benefits for th
social order and economical and homes
government. At least until the goo
Offices Of kindness and education have bee
fairly tried, the contrary conclusion canne
be plausibly urged.
Il lhave altogether rejected the suggestio
Of a special executive policy for any sectio
Of our country. It is the duty Of the exec,
Ods and by the instrumentalities pointe
out and provided by the constitution, all th
laws enacted by congress. These laws al
general and their administration should
uniform and equal. AS a citizen may M
elect what laws no will obey, neither ma
the executive elect which he will enforc;
The duty to obey and to execute embraces
the constitution 10 its entirety and Ii
whole code Of laws enacted under it. tn
3vil example Of permitting individuals, CO..
porations or communities to nullify th
laws. because they cross some selfish Or ],
cal interests, or prejudices, is fu
Of danger, not only to the nation 2
large, but much moro to those wh
use this pernicious expedient TO escap
their last Obligations, or to obtain an vi
just advantage over others. They wi
presently themselves be compelled to appe,
to the law for protection, and those VIII
would use the law Is = defense must nc
deny that use Of n to others. II our gres
corporations would more scrupulously ol
serve their legal limitations and dutie
they would have less cause to complain {
the unlawful limitations OF their rights I
of violent interference with their oper'
tions. The community that, by conceI
open or secret among its citizens, denies
portion Of its members their plain right
under the law, has severed
the ONLY SAFE BOND
Of social order and prosperity. The ev
works from bad center both ways.
demoralizes those who practice it and d,
stroys the faith Of those who suffer by
in the efficiency Of the law as safe pr
tector. The man in whose breast that fait
las been darkened is naturally the subjee
IF dangerous and uncanny suggestion
Thoac who use unlawful methods, il move
by no higher motive than the seltishnes
that prompted them, may we'll stop and j,
quire what is to be the end Of this. An vi
lawful expedient canpOt become perm,
nent condition Of government. II the cdl
Gated aud influential classes in communit
either practice or connlye At the systemati
violations Of laws that seem I