The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-03-07

generally diffused. The virtues of
courage and patriotism has Civ
en- recent proof of their continued
presence and increasing power in
the hearts and over the lives of
our people. The influences Of
and strengthened. The sweet
offices of charity greatly increased.
the virtue of temperance is
held In higher estimation. We have
not attained an ideal condition, not all
of our people are happy and prosperous;
not all of them are virtuous and law
abiding. but on the whole the Opportu-
mites offered the individual to secure
the comforts are better than are found
elsewhere and largely better than they
were one hundred years ago. The sur
render of large measure of sovereign
ty to the general government effected
by the adoption of the constitution was
not accomplished until the suggestions
OF reason were strongly reinforced by
the more imperitive voice of expert
ence. The divergent interests of peace
speedily demanded more perfect
union" The merchant, the shipmaster
and the manufacturer discovered and
disclosed to our statesmen and to the
people that commercial emancipation
must be added to the political freedom
which mad been so bravely won. The
commercial policy of the mother coun-
try had not relaxed any of its hard and
oppressive features. To hold in check
the development of our commercial
marine, to prevent or retard the estab-
lishment and growth of manufactures
in the states, and 80 to secure the
American market for their shippers
and the carrying trade for their ships,
was the policy of European statesmen,
and was pursued with the most selfish
vigor. Petitions poured in upon con-
gress urging the imposition of discrim-
mating duties. that should encourage
the production of things needed at
home. The patriotism OF the people,
which no longer found field of eXer-
else in war, was theoretically directed
to the duty of equipping the
young republic for the defense
of its independence by making it's
people self dependent and societies for
the promotion of home manufacturers
: and for encouraging the use of domes-
tics in the dress of the people were
!. organized in many of the states. Many
of the revivals at the end of the CEN
fury of the patriotic interest in the
development of domestic industries
} and the defuse of the working people
against injurious foreign competition
is an accident worthy of attention. 1t
is not departure, but return that we
] have witnessed. The protective policy
had then its opponents. The argument
was made as now, that its benefits
insured to particular classes or
sections. If the question became
I in any sense or at any
! time sectional it was only because slav-
cry existed in some of the states; but
. for this there was no reason why the
cotton producing states should not
9 have led or walked abreast with the
n New England states in the production
q of cotton fabrics. There was this Tea-
4 son only why the states that divide
with Pennsylvania the mineral treas
: ures of the great south, eastern and
a central mountain ranges should have
i been so tardy in bringing to the smelt
"A ing furnace and to the mill the Goa
: and the iron, from their opposing hill
q sides.
10 Mill fires were lighted at the funera
% pile of slavery. The emancipation
b proclamation was heard in the depths Of
W the earth as we'll as in the sky. Men were
made free and material things be
n came our better servants. The sec
le tional element has happily beeL elm
10 mated from the tariff discussion, We
l. have no longer states that are neces
sarily only planting states. None are
lie excluded from achieving that diversi-
d tication of pursuit among TIT
" people which brings wealth anC
contentment. The college plant
e. alton will not be less valuable when tn
Ie product is spun in the country town BY
ne operatives whose necessities call for di
p verSitied crops and create home mar
IN ket for agricultural products
es Every new mine, furnace and factory i
OF an extension of the productive capacit.
r. of a state more real ana valuable thar
II added territory. Shall the prejudice
)l- and paralysis of slavery continue {
in hang upon the skies of progress? How
a lnnu will Thnan Uhn rniniRn that Sll
e. very no longer exists cherish and toler
he ate the incapacities that it put upo
he their communities? l look hope
IL fully to the continuance @
40 our protective system an
at to the consequent development of man
er ufacturing and mining enterprises il
de the states hitherto wholly given to ag
m riculture, as a potent influence in tn
to perfect unification of our people. Tn
IS. men who have invested their capital i
k these enterprises, the farmers who hav
n. felt the benefit of their neighborhooo
re and the men who work in shops
OF field, will not fail to find an
Is to defend a community of interest
% Is it not quite possible that the farm
CHI eTs and the promoters of the grea
he mining and manufacturing enterprise
he which have recently been establishe
all in the south may yet find that the fire
IT, ballot of the workingman, without d,
tn defense as we'll as for his own? /
Ike not doubt that if these men of til
Al south, who now accept the tariff view
ne of Clay and the constitutional e.
to positions of Webster. would courag
a ously VOW and defend their rel
convictions they, would not I'm
er- it difficult by friendly inStructio
ial and cooperation to make the black ma
he their efficient and safe ally, not only
n. establishing correct principles in OF
mt national administration, but in preser
TX, ing foE their local communities the be-
,he efits of social order and economic
ng and honest work, at least until the goo
at offices of kindness and education ha'
m been fairly tried. The contrary CO
raj illusions cannot be anXiously urge
tn have altogether rejected the Su
&C. gestion of special executive polit
tie fol any section of our country. 1t
OF the duty of TIE executive to admin
,le- ter and enforce in the means and by I'll
of instrumentalities pointed out and pr
he vided by the constitution, all the lay
ov- enacted by congress. These laws a
hal general and their administration shou
,ial be uniform and equal. AS a citiZ
the may not elect what laws he will ODE
bly, neither may the executive elect viii
ma he will enforce. The duty to obey al
IN execute embraces the constitution
} its entirety, and the whole code of La
APP enacted under it. The evil example
as permitting individuals, corporations
sec communities to nulhfy the Law
I'M because they cross some selfish or loC
but interest or prejudices is full of dang,
hat not only to the nation at large.
EN- much more to those who use this p
out niciOus expedient to escape their j.
at obligations or to obtain an unjust
ants vantage over others. They will pr
i of emily themselves be compelled to app
! or to the law TOR protection and those "
the would use the law as a defense M
.ton not deny the use of 1t to others. If {
and great corporations would more scrup
rty- ously observe their legal limitatic
ates and duties. They would have less ca
k in to complain of their unlawful limi
love tons of their rights or ofviolent inI