Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-05


a value ON each rattler and blue racer
which they assumed lay hidden in the
1ungles and brushNoOd of the far north
west. In fact, the editors of those DAYS
were about as they are nowadays.
Could they be called from theirduSty beds
and shown the great change which has
taken place since that time, doubt not
they would be ready TO swear they had
never entertained any such ludicrOuS no.
tiOns as then filled the columns Of the pa
pers. just as Colonel Nisscher would do
century hence If he could be called back
then and shown the vast Improvements
which had taken place meantime; and
then some editorials in the Denver News,
which eminated from his brain and fell
! from his facile pen some ten or "A dozen
years ago. In the parlance of the day, he
would eXclaim, Verify, am not in it,
The next controversy of Importance
grew out OF the slavery agitation. This
broke out in 1870. For years It swept
through the states, both North and
South, and was often exciting in the eX-
treme. As measure to quiet the trOu-
bled waters Of public opinion, what is
popularity known as the Missouri Com
promise" was brought forward and
adopted, which IL was hoped would for
ever shut the doors In the face of slavery
extension aud cOnline IL within the bOun-
daries of the territory named This
measure had the effect to quiet public
agitation, for the time, but the wise men
OF the South saw the growing and thriv-
! ing states Of the North, surprising them
in she race Of life, and saw their power
begin to wane, in the councils of the ma
/ ton
! They naturally concluded that event
ually they would be OutStrpped, and drop
back to a secondary place In influence
and power; and without attacking the
| compromise measure directly, they sought
a more insidious method, hoping thereby
| to save their power and influence, al
! though their representation should be
| diminished, and thus gain what they
might lose by aggrandiZing the power OF
the states Of the Union. above the nation
itself.
Mr.. Calhoun was their chosen leader.
and he was peculiarly fitted for the work
before him, both by birth and education.
| BESIDES, he was man Of extraordinary
ability. Great as "A debatOr; strong as a
thinker, and almost match css In mental
resource.
lie marked out by careful painstaking
and methudical ways, a political creed
which took deep root in 1882, and resulted
Ia the uullitcatiOn acts Of that year II
South Carolina, and an open declaration
by his adherents that the states were su
preme in the Interpretation Of the Ma
Onal Constitution aud laws, and tina
all dccre's could be enforced only through
the agencies Ofihr state. That whencVc
a state decided that any act Of congress
was unconstitutional, the goyernmen
WAS pJwerlesS and must yield TO Tho
state. Hence, the State Of North Caro-
lima, through the legislature, altemp.e'
to, aud did. so far as IL could, set asld'
and render null the revenue laws passed
by congress.
This action on the part Of the palmetl,
state, brought forth from Andrew Jack
son-"Old Hickory" as his admirer'
called him, that famous sentence: BY
the Eternal, this Union must aud shall o'
preserved
During these evcntul years the tariff
question occupied good share OF public
attention.
But IT was not until the repeal Of TIA,
tariff laws in 1916 that the country wa
: thoroughly awakened on that subject
The agitation was comparatively short
, for the slavery question, like BanquO'
ghost, would not down. IL continual,
appeared to haunt the OpprcssOr, aut
gave the agtatOr a fruitful field In whicl
TO work
Coming in quick succession. great event
} crowded upon one another, like shocks q
: thunder in the lurid and stormy sky.
The repeal OF the Mississippi compro
mise, the fugitive slave act. the Kansas
I Nebraska bill. the Kansas troubles, th
D election Of Mr.. Lincoln, eliminated in tn
attempted secession Of eleven states q
l
I which occurred in lsi7 ;. served TO diver
e the public attention from the great iSSil
D Of slavery or freedom but for moment.
$ "It was early decided in the history ,
D this government not to interfere In III
e Implications Of foreign natiu rs, and n,
i to allow our diplomatic corps to mix up !
5 the difficulties In which other nations be
$ came emDroilcd In fact, we have, as
! nation, had no foreign policy from on
J., earliest existence until now, save and eA
$ cept what is known as the Monroe doc
J, trine. That doctrine was announced b
President Monroe, and extended only
u matters transpiring upon this cOntineu
g II was, and is I'm fact, an cnunclatiOn tina
% all foreign powers must refrain from e'
n tablishing monarchieS in any OF the Pa
- American states. or establishing on I'll
u throne members Of any royal family be
e longing TO such foreign nations, and
u further refrain from any mcddlcsOme II
= reference with the governments OF th
q continent.
IS ''By the Clayton Bulwer treaty Gre'
Is Britain recognized the iustncss Of tn
ie doctrine. aud therein agreed not iu iu
A. ther colonize British Honduras. 1t is trl
D. this was qualified recognition; bl
20 nevertheless has been effective In 50 far
b, to prevent any foreign nation from int
l. feIlng with the Spanish states south
d us, with the single exception Ot the a
W tempt Of Napoleon III. To esl ablish Max
ld MILAN upon the throne Of Mexico duriI
&c our recent civil war.
ed The failure to maintain MaXimillii
IN on the throne, he was so uneaslly seat
ne upon, ended in his tragic death. The
OF will probably be no further attempt
s. the part Of any foreign government
, further interfere with the gOvernmen
e. established on this continent In the I
Us ture. Our recent purchase Of Alas
n j. from Russia guarantees TO the nall
OF safety In that direction. The Britt
BY possessions are now the only parts Of Il
les continent subject tD the control Of fo
IS eign government, and the mild mOnarc
de of Great Britain, especially under the n
rn of Victoria. cannot be said 70 be a mena
On to our institutions, allied as the people
es British Columbia are to ms by comm
'st language and religion it is hardly to
ID. expected that any animOsites Will be G
he gendcred between the two countries whl
81 will end In sanguinary strife.
&c British Columba-During the eXciti
rd political contest which resulted In Poll
election to the presidency, there was
he trite saving which past into the polite
1t. parlance OF the day, which, II 10 had be
,rs carried out as 70 implied, would have
at suited I'm placing British Columbia unC
to the American flag. The student OF Amt
Sc. lean history well remembers the old "
by cry Of "a 40 or fight"
ST. This was the slogan which called
Is followers OF one political party into lii
ia and IL was believed by a large portion
as the people OF the north that on the sett
mept Of tl g boundary line question In d
nd pute between Great Britain and
n States, that the ffly-fOurth parallel
he longitude would be our northern lin
'as The peculiar institution OF slavery tt
"a snbsistinR i'm parts Of this country hal