New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-05

6sveIcrnent Of eotnesc industries and me 90
fones Of our working people agsinst 'nsufious
for2izn competition is an incident woFny o.
attention 1t is not . deparfpfe hut y return
tSat we have witnessed Tho protective poncy
had then It's opponents. The argument was
made as now that its benefits Injured tAtparticumr
glasses Of sesfiSns II the question became IA
any sense, or ut any tfzae, sectional y was oniy
because slsyery existed in some OK tne s'N.es'
But for this there was no reason why ene
ooston-prodncing States should not nave ied Of
:. ,raIsea ahfeast with The New-EDsland States in
~ produotson OF cotton fnbrics There was this
/ resson only why the States that divide with
prrnsvlya.ia the mineral treasures Of the great
kouthcsstern and central mountain ranges shonld
have been 50 Hrdy IN bringing 20 the smelling
smrrnan ana the min the coal and iron nom
their near opposing hilisldes. NH fires were
lighted at the funeral pile Of nlayery. Inc
Fsnaneiuatdop proclamation was heard in the
depths OF the earth, as wen rs in the sky
men were made free, and material things became
our better servants The sectional element has
happily been eliminated from the tariff discussion
We have no longer States that are necessarily
Only planting States. None are excluded from
achieving that diressifcation OF pursuit among
the peouIs which brings wealth and contentznent
n
when the producs 10 spun in the country town
b. operatives whose necessities cal for diversified
crops and create home dergnd for garden and
agricultural products, Every new mine. furnace
and factory Is an extension Of the productive
capacity OF tho State more real and valuable
than added territory.
Shall the prejudices and paralysis Of slavery
continue 20 hang upon the skirts Of pregressg
How long will those who rejoice that slavery
no longer exists cherish OF tolerate the incapaci-
ties IL puts upon their comn1niuesa look hope
fully to the continuance OF oar protective system
and 10 the consequent developments Of manufaotur-
ing and mining enterprises in the States hitherto
wholly given to agriculture as potent influence
10 the perfect unificatson of our people. The men
who have invested their capital in these enter
prfses the farmers who have fcls the benefit Of
their neighborhood, and the men who work In
shop field, viii not fail to find and 10 defend
community OF interest Is 1t 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
of the worlungman, without distinction
OF race IL needed for thsir defence well as for
his own do not doubt that IL these men In the
South, who now aoceps the tsrif views of Clay
and The Constitutional expeditions OF Webster,
wonld coursgeonsly svvw and defend their real
convictions they would not find IL dificult by
friendly instruction and cooperation to make the
black man their efficient and safe ally, not only
IN establishing correct principles in our National
administration, but IN preserving for their local
communities, the benefits OF social order and eco
nomicaI ard honest government At least, until
the good Offices Of Kindness and education have
been fairly tried, the contrary conclusion cannot
be plausibly urged.
CHE NATION; ONE GOVERNMENT ONE POLICY.
! have altogether rejected the suggestion Of
special Executive policy for any section OF our
country. It is the dnty of the Executive TO. adj
minister and enforce in the methods and by the
instrumentalities pointed out and provided by
the Consultation all the laws enacted by Congress.
These laws are general. and their administration
should be uniform and equal Az citizen may
not Iiect what laws he win obey neither may the
! Executive elect which be will enforce. The duty
10 obey and TO execute embraces the Constitution
10 ifs entirety and the whole code Of laws enacted
Under it. The evil exssnple OF permitting indi-
vidaak. corporations or communities TO nnliify
the laws because they cross some selfish or local
interests or prjndices fs fun Of danger, not only
10 the Nation at large. hut .rnnsh more 10 those
VIA ass this peruscieus expeaisut ~ escbpe. their
tass oblgafions or to obtain On unjust advantage
conpslied to appeal 70 the law for protection and
those who would use the law as defence must
Z nee deny that use Of it to others. II our great
corporations would more Bcrupulously observe
their legal obligations and duties, they would
have less cause to complain Of the unlawful limita.
tions Of their rights or Of violent interference
with their operations The community that by
concert. open or secret among It's citizens denies
to portion Of its members their pain rights un-
der the law has severed the only safe bond Of
social order and proaperity. The evil wosks from
bad centre, both ways. It demoralizes those
who practiss it and destroys the faith Of those
who suffer by ii in the efficiency Of the law as q
safe protector. The man in Whose breast that
faith has been darkeRed is naturally the subject
Of dangerous and uncaliny suggestions Those
who use unlawful methods II moved By no higher
motive than the selfishness that prompts them,
may well stop and inquire what is 70 be the end
OF this. An unlaw6al exp dent cannot become
q permanent condition OF government II the
cducased and influential classes In q community
either practise or coainive at the@systcmattc VIC
sation Of laws that seem 60 them to cross their
convenience Whist crn they expect when the les
soh thnt convenience or q supposed class inter
est is Sufficient caszse for lawiessness has been
well learned by the ignorant olassese A com.
munity where law n the rule Of oonduck and
where courts, not rnobs, execute its penalties, n
the only attractive field for business inyesrnents
and HONEST labor
urTIsENsH1p!
Our naturalization laws should be 20 amended
Is 70 make the inquiry into the character and good
disposition Of pefsous applying for citizenship NOR.
careful and searching. Our existing laws hevs
n their administration an unimpressive, and
oftcn, sn unintellsgfbae form We accept the mar
As . citizen without any knowledge Of bis fitness
and be assumes the duties OF citizenship without
any knowsedge as 70 what they are. The prvi
leges = American citizenship are so great and
IFS duties 50 grave, that we may well insist upon
good knowledge Of every person applying foi
citasepship. and good knowledge by him Of oul
inssjtutions We should not ceasc to be hos