The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-03-14
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Our people Will not fan 81 ~ time to recall
the incidsnts which acompaHlod ~ iastitution
Of government under tne con tlltatlon. OF 70 and
Inspiration end guidanos it4tAe teachings ana
example Of Washington apd ~ great associ'
stes, ard hope and eousngsi - The contrast
which thirty-eight popUicus ~ prosperous
States offer 70 the thirtean >ssos, weak in eve-
~ thing except courage ed Sne love Of liberty.
that then frInged our AtIansi4 ssaboard.
"The Territory Of Dakota 1as now . popuia-
tion greater than any Of tfb original States,
except Virginia and greater tka6 the aggregate
of five Of tho smaller States intsS The center
of population when our Natbnhl capital was
located, was east of Baltimdre und II was ar.
gued by many we'll informed persons that II
would move eastward rathef than westward
Yet in 1i8 1t was found 70 b near Cincinnati,
and in the new census about ito be taken will
show another stride TO the westward. That
which was the body has come to be only the
rich fringe Of the Nations robe. But our
growth has not been limited tb territory, popu-
lation and aggregate wealth. marvellous as it
has been In each OF those directions.
The masses of our people are better fed,
clothed and housed than th&r fathers were.
The facilities for popular edudation have been
vastly enlarged and difused. The virtues OF
courage and patriotism have given recent proof
OF their continued presencd and increasing
power in the hearts and over the lives OF our
people. The influences of religion have been
multiplied and strengthened The sweet Of
nces Of charity have greatly Increased. The vir-
tue Of temperance 10 held In higher estimation.
We have not attained an ideal condition. Not
oil OF our people are happy andIprosperous; not
oil Of them are virtuous and lAw-abiding But
on the whole the opportunities offered to
the individual to secure the comforts Of life ore
better than are found elsewhere and largely
better than they were here one hundred years
ago.
"The surrender Of large MEASURE Of sover.
eighty to the general government, Effected BY
the adoption Of the constitution, was not GO
complished until the suggestion Of reason was
strongly reinforced by the more imperative
voice Of exp erence. The divergent interests
Of peace speedily demanded 1 more perfect
union The merchant the shipmaster and
the manufacturer, discovered and disclosed to
our statesmen and our people that commercial
emancipation must be added 70 the political
freedom which has been 30 brdvely won. The
commercial policy Of the mother country had
not relaxed any Of its hard and oppressive fea-
lures. To hold In check the development Of
our merchant marine, TO prevent or retard
the growth of manufactures In the States, and
SO to secure the American market for their
shops, and the carrying trnde for their ships,
was the policy Of European statesmen, and was
pursued with the most selfish vgor. Petitions
Of discriminating duties that should encour-
age the production Of needed things at homo.
The patriotism of the people, which no longer
found field Of exercise In war, was energetical-
ly directed to the duty OF equipping the young
Republic for the defense Of its independence
by making its people self-dependent Societies
for the promotion Of home manufactures and
for the encouraging the use OF domestics In the
dress of the people were 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 in
dustries, and the defense Of our working people
against injurious foreign competition is an in.
cident worthy of attention. II is not q de-
parture, but o return, we have Witnessed. The
protective policy had then its opponents, The
arguments was made rs now that its benefits
enured to particu lar class or settions II the
question became in any sense or at any time
sectional 1t was only because slavery existed
in some Of the States. But lfor this there
was no reason why the cotton producing States
should not have led or walked abreast with
the New England States in the production
Of cotton fabrics There was this reason only
why the States that divide vita Pennsylvania
the mineral treasures of the great Southeast
ern and Central mountain rangeA should have
been SO tardy in bringing to the smelling fur
mace and to the mill the coal and iron from
their near opposing hillsides. Mil fires were
lighted at the funeral pile oi slavery. The
proclamation was heard In the
depths of the earth, us well as II the sky, men
were made free and material lhings became
our better servants. The sectioeiIl element
has happily been eliminated fromthe tariff dis
cussion. We have no longer States that are
only planting States. None are excluded from
achieving that diversifcation of parNit among
the people which brings wealth an1 content
ment. The cotton plantation will MT be less
valuable when the product is spun u the coun.
try town by operatives whose necessities call
for diversified crops, and create hone demand
for garden and agricultural products. Every
new mine, furnace and factory is On extension
of the productive capacity of the state more
real and valuable than added territort.
"Shall the prejudices and paraly sisof slavery
continue to hang upon the skirts Of progressi
How long will those who rejoice that lavery no
longer exists cherish and tolerate theincapaci-
ties put upon their communitiesf box hope
fully to the continuance OF our protective sys-
tenn, and to the consequent development Of
and mining enterprises in the
States, hitherto wholly given to agriculture, as
potent influence in the perfect uniflsation Of
our people.
'.The men who have invested their capital In
these enterprises, the farmers who lave felt
the benefit OF their neighborhood, andthe men
who work In shop or field will not fail to find
and to defend community Of interest. Is 1t
not quito possible that the farmers and
the promoters Of the great mining and
enterprises which have re-
Gently been established in the South
may yet find that the free ballot of the work.
ingman, without distinction OF race, is needed
for their defense as we'll as for his owns do
not doubt that II those men in the Sou,h who
now accept the tariff views OF Clay and the con-
stitional expositions OF Webster would courage
ously avow and defend their real conv ctions
they would not find 1t difacult, by friendly in
struction and cooperation, to make the black
man their efficient and safe ally, not only In es-
tablishing correct principles in our national ad-
ministration, but in preserving for theii local
communities. the benefits OF social order and
economical and honest government. Az least
until the good offices Of kindness and edu,ation
have been fairly tried the contrary conclusion
can not be plausbly urged.
Il have altogether rejected the suggestion of
Especial executive policy for any section q our
country. 1t is the duty OF the executive to ad-
minister and enforce, in the methods aud by
the instrumentalities pointed out and protided
by the constitution, all the laws enacted by
Congress. These laws ore general and their
administration should be uniform and etuul.
AZ acitizen may not elect what laws he will
obey, neither may the executive elect which he
will enforce. The duty to obey and to execute