The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-03-07

the American m0tK0G Tor t0etf 0h0pa and
the carrying trade for their ships was the
sued with the most selfish vigor. Petitions
poured in on congress urging the imposing
Of discriminating duties that should encour-
age the production of needed things al
home. The patriotism of the people, which
no longer found field of exercise ii war,
was energetically directed to the duty Of
equlpplng the Young republic for the de.
Tense of its independence by making
it's people self dependent. Socie.
ties for the promotion of home man.
ufactures and for encouraging the
use OF domestics in the dress of people
were organized in many of the states. The
revival at the end of the century Of the
and development of domestic industries,
and the defense of our working people
against -
INJURIOUS FOREIGN COMPETITION,
IS an incident worthy Of attention. It is
not departure, but a return, that we have
witnessed. The protective policy had then
It's opponents. The argument was made,
ar classes or sections. If the question be-
came in any sense or at any time sectional,
it wase only because slavery existed in
some Of the states But for
this, there was no reason why the cot
toa-producing states should not have
led or walked abreast of the New England
states IN the production of cotton fabrics.
There was this reason only why the states
that divide with Pennsylvania the mineral
treasures OF the great southeastern and
and central mountain ranges should have
been so tardy in bringing to the smelling
furnace and to the mill the coal and iron
from their near opposing hillsides. Mill
fires were lighted at the funeral pile OF
slavery. The emancipation proclamation
was heard in the depths of the earth as
well as in the sky; men were made free
and material things became our better
servants. The sectional element has hap.
PLY been eliminated from the tariff discus
sion. We have no longer states that are
necessarily only planting states: None are
cation OF pursuit among the people which
brings wealth and contentment. The cot
ton plantation will not be less valuable
when the product is spun in the county
town by operatives whose necessities cal
for diversified crops, and create home de-
Every new mine, furnace and factory is ar
extension of the productive capacity of the
state, more real and valuable than added
territory. Shall the prejudices and
PARALYSIS OF SLAVERY
continue to hang upon the skirts of pro
gress? How long will those who rejoice
that slavery no longer exista, cherish an6
Cnc1
communities9 Hook hopefully to the con-
tinuance of our protective system
and to- the consequent develop
ment of manufacturing and mining
enterprises in the states. hitherto wholly
given to agriculture, as a potent influence
in the perfect unihcation of our people
The men who have invested their capital il
these enterprises, the farmers who have
felt the benefit of their neighborhood, an6
the men who work in shop or field, will
not fail to find and to defend community
of interest. Is it not quite possible thai
the farmers and the promoters of the great
mining and manufacturing enterprises
which have recently been established il
the South may yet find that the free ballo,
Of the workingman, without distinction Of
race, is needed for their defense as well 4.
for his owns I do not doubt that if those
men in the South who now accept the
TARIFF VIEWS OF CLAY
and the constitutional expositions of Web
ster, would courageously avow and defend
their real convictions they would not fine
it difficult, by friendly instruction and CO
operation, to make the black man their ef
ticient and safe ally, not only in establish
ing correct principles in our national ad
ministration, but in preserving, for their
local communities, the benefits for the
social order and economical and honest
governments. At least until the gooc
offices of kindness and education have beer
fairly tried, the contrary conclusion canno,
be plausibly urged.
have altogether rejected the suggestion
of a special executive policy for any section
of our country. 1t is the duty of the execu
tive to administer and enforce, in the meth.
DDS and by the instrumentallties pointed
out and provided by the constitution, all the
general and their administration should be
uniform and equal. AS citizen may not
elect what laws he will obey, neither may
the executive elect Hhich he will enforC g.
The duty to obey and to execute embraces
the constitution in its entirety and the
whole code OF laws enacted under it. The
evil example of permitting individuals, cor.
poratlons or communities to nullify the
laws: because they cross some selfish or To-
cal interests, or prejudices, is full
OF danger, not only to the nation at
large, but much more to those who
use this pernicious expedient to escape
heir last obligations, or to obtain an I'M
st advantage over others. They will
presently themselves be compelled to appeal
to the law for protection, and those who
would use the law as defense must not
deny that use of il to others. If our great
corporations would more scrupulously OBJ
serve their legal limitations and duties
they would have less cause to complain of
the unlawful limitations of their rights or
tons. The community that, by coAcert
open or secret among its citizens, denies to
portion of it's members their plain rights
under the law, has severed
THE ONLY SAFE BOND
of social order and prosperity. The evil
works from bad center both Wayg. 1t
demoralizes those who practice it and de-
in the efficiency of the law as safe pro-
tector. The man in whose breast that faith
has been darkened is naturally the subject
" dangerous and uncaDny suggestions.
Those who use unlawful methods, if moved
by no higher motive than the selfishness
that prompted them, may we'll stop and in
quire what is to be the end Of this. Al, un-
lawful expedient cannot become perma-
nent condition of government. If the edu-
Gated and influential classes in community
either practice or connlve at the systematic
violations of laws that seem to
them to cross their convenience, what
can they expect when the lesson that
convenience or supposed class in.
terest is sufficient cause for lawlessness
has been well learned by the ignorant
classess A community where law is the
rule of conduct, and where courts, not
mobs, execute its penalties, is the only at
tractive field for business investments and
honest labor.
OUR NATURALIZATION LAWS
should be so amended as to make the In
quiry into the character and good disnosi-
ton of persons applying for citizenship
more careful and searching. Our existing
laws have been in their administration en-
unimpressive and often an uaintellig:ble
form. We accept the man as citizen
without any knowledge of his fitness, and
he assumes the duties of citizen without
any knowledge as to what they are. The
privileges of American citizenship are Sc
great and its duties SO grave that we may
well insist upon good knowledge of every
person applying for citizenship and good
knowledge by him of our institutions We
should not cease to be hospitable to immi-
grafton, but we should cease to be careless
as to the character Of it. There are men of
all races. even the best, whose coming is
necessarily burden upon our public rev.
enues or thrxAt to social order. These
should be identified and excluded. We
have happily maintained policy of avoid
ing all interference with European
affairs. We have been only interested spec
tators of their contentious in diplomacy
ard in war, ready to use our friendly
offices to promote peace, but never obtrud-
ing our advice and never attempting un-
fairly to coin the distresses of other powers
into commercial advantage to ourselves.