Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-13

Mill, dres were lighted at the funeral pile 81
slavery. Tho emancipation proof amation was
heard In the depths OF the earth, as we'll Us in
free
tlonal element has happily been elm mated
from the tarin discussion. We have no longer
States that hat are necessarily only planting
states. None are excluded from achieving
that divershcation OF pursuit among the people
wh!ch Dr1ngs wealth. and contentment The
cotton lantation will not be less valuable
by operatives whose necessities cali for diver.
sihed crops and create home demand for
garden and agricultural products. livery new
tho productive capacity OF the. State more real
and valuable than added tel ritory.
Shall the prejudices and paralysis of slavery
continue to hang upon the skirts Of progressi
How long will those, who rejoice that slavery
no longer exists, cherish or tolerate the In
capacities it put upon their communitiesi I
teotive system, and to the consequent develop.
ment OF manufacturing and mining enter
prlses in the States, hitherto wholly given to
perfect unihcation OF our people. The men
who have invested their capital in these enter.
prises, the farmers who have felt the benefit Of
shop or field. will not: fail to find and defend a
community OF interest. Is itnot quite poss BILE
that the farmers and tho 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
Working-man, Without distinction OF race, is
needed Tor their defense us we'll as for his
ownY do not doubt that il those men in the
South who now accept the tariff views OF Clay
and the constitutional expositions OF Webster,
would courageously avow and defend their
real convictions they would not find it diflcult,
by friendly instruction and cooperation, to
make the black man their efficient and safe
in our National Administration, but in preserv-
Ing, for their local communities, the benefits of
social order and economical and honest Gov
ernment At least until the good offices OF
tho contrary conclusion can not be plausibly
urged. have altogether rejected the sug-
gestion OF a special Executive policy for any
section OF our country. 1t is the duty Of the
Executive to administer and enforce, in the
methods and BY the instrumeL talities pointed
out and prov ded BY the const'tut on, oil
the laws enacted by Congress. These laws are
general and their administration should be
UNIFORM and equal: AS citizen may not elect
What laws he will obey, neither may the
dutysto obey and to execute embraces the con-
stitutlon In its entirety, and the whole code OF
laws enacted under it. The evil example OF per-
mlttlng Individuals. corporations or communi.
ties to nullify the laws because they cross some
seidsh or local interests or prejudices, is full
ofdanger, not only to the Nat on at large, but
much more TO those who use this pernic Gus ex-
pedient to escape their just obligations or to
obtain an unjust advantage over others. They
WILL presently themselves be compelled to APP
peal to the law for protection, and those who
would use the law Us defense must OF deny
that use oft to others. II Jour great corporations
would more scrupulously observe their legal linn
to complain OF the unlawful limitations of their
rights or OF violent interference with Their OPP
erations. The community thai by concert,
portion OF its 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 ways. 1t demoralizes
those who practice it, and destroys the faith OF
those who suffer by it IN the efficiency
OF the law as safe protector. The man
naturally the subject OF dangerous and un-
canny suggestions. Those who use unlawful
methods, If moved by no higher motive than
the self1shness that prompted them NAV we'll
stop and inquire what is to be the end OF this.
An unlawful expedient can not become per-
manent condition OF government. II the edu-
either practice or connive at the systematic
violation OF laws that seem to them to
cross Their convenience, what can they expect
when the lesson that cnnvcn ence or q sup
posed class interest is Il sufficient cause for un-
laWlessness has been Wei learned by the lg-
norant classes? a community where law IS
the rule OF conduct, and where cours, not
mobs, execute its penalties, is the only attract
i've field for business investments and honest
labor.
Our natuc aIzation laws should be so amend
~
and good dispose ton OF persons applying for
citizenship more careful and search ng. Our
ex sting laws have been in the adm n ira
ton an unimpressive and often an unintelligl-
BILE form. We accept the man as citizen
without any knowledge of his fitness, and he
assumes the duties Of citizenship W. thout any
knowledge as to what they are.
The privileges OF American cltlzenship are so
great and its duties so grave that we may we'll
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 INN grafton, but we
should cease to be careless as TO the character
OF it. There are men of all races, even to the
best, whose coming is necessarily a burden
upon our public revenues or a threat to social
order. These should be identified and excluded.
We have happily maintained a policy OF
avoiding all interference with European az
fairs. We have been only interested specta-
tors OF their contention in diplomacy and ready
to use our friendly offices to promote peace,
but never obtrudlng our advice, and never
attempting unfairly to coin the dstresses of
other powers into commercial advantage to
ourselves. We have just right to EXPECT that
our European policy Will be the American pol
icy of European courts It IS SO manifestly IN
compat. BILE with those precautions for our
peace and safety which all the great powers
habitually observe and enforce in matters az