Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-14

the coal and iron from their
al the funeral pile of slavery; tine
Emancipation Proclamation was heard in
| the depths OF the earth as well as in the sky:
men were made free. and material things be-
came our better servants.
The sectional element has happily been el!mi-
mated from the tariff discussion. We have no
longer States that are necessarily only plant
ing States. None are excluded from achieving
that d,vsrsicason OF pursuit amn,s the PEG,
cotton plantation will not be less valuable
when the product is spun in the country town
by operatives whose necessities call for di-
versified crops and create a home demand
for garden and agricultural products. Every
new min. furnace and factory is an
State more real and valuable than added ter
ritory. Shall the prejudi, es and paralysis Of
slavery continue to hang upon the skirts of
Progress? How long will those VINO rejoice that
slavery no longer exists cherish tolerate the
Incapac1ties 1t put upon their communities!
look hopefully to the continuance of our pro-
tective system, and to the consequent develop
ment of manufacturing and mining enterprises
in the States hitherto wholly given to agri-
culture, as potent influence in the perfect
unihcatlon OF our people. The men who have in
vested their capital in these enterpr SEES. Q
farmers who have felt the benefit Il their
nelghborhood. and the men who work in shop or
field, VIII not fail to find and defend a COM
munlty OF interest. Is it 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
workingman, without distinction of race. is
needed for their defepse well as for his own9
do not doubt that il those men in the South
who now accept the tariff views of CLAW and the
constitutional expositions of Webster, would
courageously avow and defend their real con-
vlctlons they would not find 1t difficult, 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 con- .nuntieS the benefits of social
order and economical and honest government.
AT least until the good offices of kindness and
education have been f3irlV tried the
conclusion can not be pausibly urged. have
altogether rejected the suggestion of d special
executive policy for any section of the country.
II is the duty of the Executive to administer
and enforce in the methods and by the instru-
mentaiities pointed out and provided by the
Constitu on, all the laws enacted by Congress.
These laws are general and their administration
should be uniform and equal AS a citizen
may not elect what laws he will obey, neither
may the Executive elect which he will enforce
The duty to obey and to execute embraces the
Constitution in its entirety, and the whole
ample OF permitting ind vidua1s. corporations
or communities to nullify the laws because
they cross some selfish or local interests or
pre1udices is full of danger not only to the
Nation ut large, but much more to those who
use this pernicious expedient to escape their
just obligation or to obtain an unjust advan-
tage over Others They will presently them
selves be compelled to appeal to the law for
protection; and those who would the
law as defense must not deny that
use of it to others. If our great corporations
would more scrupulousy observe their legal
llfDltltlOnS ana CuLlCS, Lney would nave less
cause to complain of the unlawful limitations
of their rights of violent interference with
their operations. The community that, by con-
cert or secret agreement among its citizens.
denies to portion of its members their
rights under the law, has severed
the only safe bond of social order and prosper
ity. The evil works, from a bad center, both
ways. II demoraliZeS those who practice it,
and destroys the faith of those who suffer by it
in the efficiency of the law a safe protector.
The man in whose breast that faith has been
dariened is naturally the subject of danger
Gus and uncanny suggestions. Those who
use unlawful methods, IL moved by
no higher motive than the self
shness that prompted them, may vel! stop
and inquire What is to be the end of this? An
unlawful eXpedient can not become p@rma-
nent condition of government. If the educated
and influential classes IN community either
practice connivc vt the systematic violation
of laws that seem to them to cross their
venence, what can they expect when the les
son that convenience or Il supposed class in
terest is sufficient cause for lawlessness
has been well learned by the ignorant
classes: \ community where law is the rule
of conduct. and where courts, not mobs, exc.
cute its penalties, is the only attractive field
for business investments and honest labor
Oar naturalization laws should be SO amend
ed as TO make the inquiry into the character
and good disposition of persons applying for
citizenship more careful and searching.
Our existing laws have been. in their admins
tratiOn, al unimpressive and often an unntel-
ligibie form. We acce It the man citizen
without any knowledge of h fitness, and he
assumes the duties of citizenship without any
of American citizenship are so great and its du-
ties grave that may well insist upon Il
good knowledge OF every person applying for
citizenship, and a good knowledge ny him of
our institutions. We should nos cease to be
hosp. table to immigration. but we should cease
to be careless as to the character OF il. Tdere
are men of all races. even to the host, whose
coming is necessarily n burden upon our public
revenues or threat 10 social order. These
should be identified and excluded.
Wehave happily maintained policy Of avoid
ing all interference with European affairs. We
have been only interested spectators OF 5helr
contentious in diplomacy and IN war. reaG7 to |
use our friendly offices to promote peace, but |
never obtruding our advice and never atternot- |
ng unfairly to coin the distresses of other pow |
erS into commercial advantage TO ourselves /
We havea just right to expect that our Europeans
policy Will be the American poaicy of Euro |
,ean courts 1t is so manifcstly incompatible I
With those precautions for our peace and safety, +
winch all the great powers habjtattly observe !
nd enforce in matters affecting tlem, that Il !
horter waterway between Eastern and
Western seaboaris should be dominated by any
GuropeIp government, that we may confident
expeca that such purpose Will ret be en-
ertaned by anv friendly power. We: shall in |
he future as in the past, use every ez,deavor
o maintain and e2iarge our friendly rRtations
nth all the great lovers, but they viii rot ex-
ect US to look Kiru3y upon amy project that
Tould leave Us subject to the dangers of hos
lie observation or environment We hsS7e not
f our weaker neighbors, but rather
. aid and encourage them to
stablish free and stable governments
esting upon the consent of their own people.
We have a clear right TO expect, therefore, that
o European government will seek to establish
olonial dependence upon the territory of those
dependent American States. That whicma
ense of justice Restraints us from seeking, they
nay be reasonably expected willingly to fore
o. 1t must not be assumed however that our
interests are exclusively American that our
ntre inattention TO any events that may
ranspire elsewhere can be taken for grant
d. Our citizens, domcied for purposes
[ trade in all countries and in many
f the islands of the sea. demand and
= aQpQnHte their !
ona1 and commercial rights. The neces-
il es of navy require convenient coal
ng stations and dock and harbor privileges;
'heSe and other trading privileges we will feel
rec To obtain only by means that do not in any
egree partalle of coercion however feeble the
government from which we ask such conces-
ions. But having fairly obtained them, by
nethods and for purposes entirely con-
istent with the most friendly disposition
will be necessary to any modification or
parment of the conceSS' on. We shall Meth
r the just rights of its citizens. nor to exact
he like treatment for our own. Calmness,
ustice and consideration should characterize
ur diplomacy. The offices OF an INTEL gent
diplomacy or of friendly arb tration in proper
asses should be adequate to the peaceful ad-
ustment of all international difficulties. BY
uch methods we VIII make our contribution to
he worlds peace, which no nation values more
ighly. and avoid the approorium which must
all upon the nation that ruthlessly breaks 1t.
The duty devolved by law upon the President
O nominate and by and with the advice and
onsent of the Senate to appoint all public
Ulcers whose appointment is not otherwise
provided for in the Constitution or by act of
Congress, has become very burdensome, and its
wise and efficient discharge full of difficulty. |
tie civil list is SO large that personal knowi,
impossible. The President must rely upon the
representations of others and these are often
made inconsideratey and without any Just
ense of responsibility. 1 have right,
think, to insist that those who vol
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