Connecticut western news., 1889-03-06

OeCC6r servants.
 The sectional element has happily been eliminated from the tariff discussion We have Eo longer States that are necessarily only planting States None are excluded from
 achieving that diverSilcations of pursuit
 among the people which brings wealth and contentment- The cotton plantation will | not be less valuable when the product is l spun in the country town by operatives l whose necessities call for diversified crops, and create q home demand for garden and agricultural products. Every new mine.
 furnace and factory is an extension of the productive capacity of the State, more real ard valuable than added territory.
 Shall the preludices and paralysis of
 skirts of progresss How long will those who
 rejoice that slavery no longer exists cherish or tolerate the lncapacities 1t puts upon their
 communities! look hopefully to the con | tlnuancs of our protective system and to the consequent development of manufacturing and mining enterprises in Jhe States hither- to wholly given to agriculture, as a potent | influence Tn the perfect unitcation of our people. The men who have invested their capital in these enterprises, the farmers who have felt the benefit of their neighbor- hood, and the men who work in shop or field will not fail to find and to defend community of interest. Is it not quite
 possible that the farmers and the promoters Of the great mining and manufacturing enterprises which have recently been estab- lshed ln the South may yet find that the free O1uOb OI GUe WOrklnSnaO, wlCnOuG 0lS- tirction of race, is needed for their defence
 as well as for his own? I do not doubt that If these men in the South who now accept
 the tariff views of Clay and the con- stirutional e1posltioas of Webster would courageouSly avow and defend their real ! convictions, they would not find it diff cult, by friendly instruction and co-opera- tion. to make the black man taeir efficient and safe ally. not only in establishing correct principles Tn our national Administration, nj. ties, the benefit of social order and economi- cal and honest government. At least until the good offices Of kindness and education have been fairly tried, the contrary conclu- sion cannot be plausibly urged.
 have altogether rejected the suggestion of a special executive policy for any section of our country. It is the duty of the Execu- tive to administer and enforce, ir the meth and provided by the Constitution, all the laws enacted by Congress. These laws are general and their administration should be uniform and equal. As a citizen may not may the Executive elect which hs will enforce The duty to obey and to execute embraces the Const- tion i:l its entirety and the whole code of laws enacted under it. The evil example of permitting individuals, corporations or com munities to nullify the laws because they cross some selfish or local interests or pre- Judices is full of danger, not only to the nation at large, but much more to those who use this pernicioIs expedient to escape their just obligations or to obtain an unjust ad- vantage over others. They will presently themselves be compelled to appeal to the law for protection, and those who would uss the Jaw Jaw as defence must not great corporations would more scrupulously observe thelr legal obligations and duties, they would have less cause to complain of the unlawful limitations of t',e:r rights or of violent interference with thc:s' oDera5ions. The communitv ..L..at by concert. open or secret, among its citizens, denies to portion of its members their plain rights under the law has severed tne only safe bond of social order and prosperity The evil works from a bad center, bosh ways. It 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 in whose breast that faith has been darSened is naturally the .dbiect of dangerous and un- methods. if moved by no higher motive than the selhshness that prompts them. may we'll stop and inquire what Is to be the end of this. An unlawful expedient cannot become If the educated and influential classes in a community either practise or connive at the systematic violation of laws that seem to them to cross their con- venience, what can they expect when the lesson that convenience or a supposed class int.res. is a sufficient cemse for law!essneS5 has bael well i 'led Dy ths ignorant classesl A community where law is the rule of con- duct, and where courts, not mobs, execute the penalties, is the only attractive field for business invest--,ents oo1 nonsst labor.
 n..s naturalization laws should be so snsnded as to c the inquiry into the character and good dis position of persons applying for citizenship more ga e, SuI .n and ofIen an unihteiliSibie form. We accept the man as a citizen without any knowledge of his fitness, and he assumes ths duties of citizenship without any knowledge as to what they are. The privileges of American citizenship so great and it's duties so grave that we may well insist upon good knowl- good knowledge by him of our institutions. We should not cease to be hospitable to immigration,
 but we should cease to be careless as to the char ! best. whose coming is necessarily burden upon
 These should be identified and excluded. We have happily maintained policy of avoiding
 all interference with European affairs. We have
 been only interested spectators of their contentious 1 in diplomacy and in war; ready to our friendly offices to promote peace, but never obtruding our
 advice and attempting unfairly to coin the dis
 tresses of other Powers into commercial advantage
 our European policy will be the American policy of 1 European courts. It is sO manifestly incompatible
 with those precautions for peace and safety,
 which all the great Powers habitually observe and
 enforce in matters affecting them, that a shorter | waterway betwern eastern and western sea-
 boards should be dominated by any European Gov
 ernment, that we may confidently expect that such a | | Power. We shall. in the future in the past, use every endeevor to maintain and enlarge our friendly relations with al the great Powers, but they will not expect us to lcok kindly upon
 any project that would leave subject to the dangers of hostile observation or environment.
 We have not sought to dominate to absorb any Of | our weaker neighbors. but rather to aid and en-
 courage them to establish free and stable govern ments. resting upon the consent of their peo. pie. We have d clear right to expect. therefore
 that no European Government will seek to establish
 colonial dependencies upon the territory of these ! independent American States That which sense
 Of justice reStra!is IL Ir1... =ecking they may he
 reasonably expected willingly to forego.
 It must not be assumed. howcvc-. ..iat our inter-
 ests exclusively American that our entire in
 attention to any events that may transpire else
 where can be taken for granted. Our citizens domi
 ciled for purposes Of trade ill all countries and il
 many of the islands of the sea, demand and vii
 have our adequate care ill their persouai and com
 mercial rights. The necessities of our navy re
 Quire convenient coaing stations and dock and
 harbor privileges. These and other trading privi
 leges will feel free obtain only by means tha do not in any degree partake of coercion. however feeble the Gover-!sa,ut from which we ask suCi | concessions. But having fairly obtained them. b.
 methods and for purposes entirely consistent witt , the most friendly disposition toward all othe . | powers, our consent will be necessary any modi hcation or impairment of the concession
 We shall neither fail to respect the flag of an
 friendly nation or the just rights of its citizens to exact the like treatment of Calmness ! inst md charoc p,,