The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-08-17

to the use OF our own IaCuAtie6p W bne az
quisitions of our industry, to honor and
confidence from our fellow citizens, result
ING not from birth, but from our actions
and their sense of them; enlightened by a
benign religion, professed indeed and pPac
ticed in various forms, yet all OF them in
cluding honesty, truth, temperance, graft
tude and the love of man, acknowledging
and adorlnQ an oVerruling Providence, which
bv all its dispensatiOn proves thatit delights
in the happiness of men here, and his great
or happiness hereafter; with all these bless
inRs, what more is necessary TO make us
happy and prosperous people! Still one
thing more, fellow citizens, wise and tru-
gal government, which shalt restrain men
from iniuring one another, shall leave them
otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits
of industry and improvement, and shall not
take from the mouth of labor the bread it
has earned This is the sum Of good gov
ernment, and this is necessary to close the
circle of our felicities.
Justice to All Men.
"About to enter, fellow citizens, on the
exercise of duties which comprehend every
thing dear and valuable to you, it is proper
that you should understand what deem the
essential principles of our government, and
consequently those which ought to shape its
administration. Twill compress them with
in the narrowest compass they will bear,
stating the general principles, but not all its
limitations. Equal and exact justice to all
men, of whatever state or persuasion, relig-
iOus or political; peace, commerce and hon
est friendship with all nations, entanQling
alliances with none; the support of the state
governments in all their rights, as the most
competent administrations for our domestic
concerns and the surest bulwarks against
anti-republican tendencies; the preservation
of the general government in its whole con-
stitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our
peace at home and safety abroad; jealous
care of the right of election by the people; a
mild and safe corrective of abuses, which
are Topped by the sword of revolution,
where peaceable remedies are unprovided,
absolute acquiescence in the decisions Of
the majority, the vital principle of repub-
lies, from which is no appeal but to force,
the vital principle and immediate parent of
despotism; a well disciplined militia, our
best reliance in peace, aud for the first mo-
ments of war, till regulars may relieve
them; the supremacy of the civil over the
military authority; economy in the public
expense, that labor may be lightly burth-
ened; the honest payment of our debts, and
sacred preservation of the public faith; en-
Couragement of agriculture, and of COM
merce as its handmade; the diffusion of in
formation, and arraignment of all abuses
at the bar of public reason; freedom of re-
hgion; freedom of the press and freedom of
person, under the protection of the habeas
corpus; and trial by juries impartially So
lected. These principles form the bright
constellation which has gone before US, and
guided our steps through an age of rev0lu-
tion and reformation. The wisdom of our
sages and blood of our heroes have been de-
voted to their attainment; they should be
the creed of our political faith; the text of
civil instructions; the tOuehstone by which
to try the services of those we trust; and
should we wander from them in moments
of error or alarm, let uS hasten to retrace
our steps, and to regain the road which
alone leads to peace, liberty and safety"
The RighttO Complain Asserted.
As fitting supplement to this splendid
incarnation of democratic principles, beg
to call your attention to the following Ian
guage, used by Andrew jackson In his mes
sage vetoing the United States bank bill:
at is to be regretted that the rich and
powerful too often bend acts of government
to their selfish purposes. Distinctions in
society will always exist under every just
government. Equality of talents, of edu-
cation, or of wealth, cannot be produced by
human institutions. In the full enjoyment
of the gifts of Heaven, and the fruits of
superior industry, economy an virtue, every
man is equally entitled to protection by law.
But when the laws undertake to add to these
natural and just advantages, artificial dis
tinOtions, to grant titles, gratuities, and eX-
elusive privileges to make the rich richer,
and the potent more powerful, the humble
members of society, the farmers, mechanics
and laborers, who have neither the time nor
the means of securing like favors to them
salvaa have n RIGHT IN lOmDlQin of khA in
Justice Of their government. There are no
necessary evils in government. Its evils
exist only in its abuses. If it would confne
itself to equal protection, and as Heaven
does its rains, shower its favors alike on the
high and the low, the rich and the poor, 1t
would be an unqualified blessing. In the
act before me, there seems to be q wide and