The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-09-28

| fdently submit TO the intelligent and cam
did Judgment OF the American farm
whefher In. any corresponding period SO
| much has been done TO promote his inter-
ests and whether In continuance and ex-
tension of these methods there is not bet
ter prospect of food To him than IN the
invitation of the Democratic party to give
our home market TO foreign manufacturers
and to abandon the reciprocity policy, and
better also than the radical and untried
methods OF relief proposed by other
parties which are soliciting his support.
NICARAGUA CANAL.
have often expressed my strong con-
viction of the value OF the Nicaragua
ship canal To our commerce and to our
navy. The project is not one OF cOnven-
fence, but of necessity. IL is quite posi-
bic, believe, if the United States will sup
port the enterprise, to secure the speedy
completion of the canal without taxing
the treasury for any direct contr ibutiOn,
and at the same time 10 secure To the
United States that influence IN its manage
ment which is Imperative.
FOREIGN POLICY.
1t has been the purpose of the admins
tratlon to make its foreign policy not q
matter or partisan politics, but of patriot
| ism and national honor and have very
great qualification in being able TO state
that the Democratic members or the Com
mittee OF Foreign Affairs responded In a
true American spirit. | have not heSitated
| To consult freely with them about the most
| confident ial and delicate affairs, and L
| frankly confess my obligation for needed
| cooperation. They did not regard u
| patient but firm insistcnce upon American
| rights and upon immunity from insult and
injury for our citizens and sailors in for
| elgn ports as policy or Irritation and
! buster" They did not believe as some
others seem to believe, thattO be Demo-
crat one must take the foreign side of every
| international question, if a Republican
| administration is conducting the American
| side. do not believe that a tame sub
mission toinsult and outrage by any nat
| ION at the hands OF any other can ever
| form the basis of lasting triendship--the
necessary element OF mutual respect Will
be wanting. The Chilian incident, now
so.happlly and honorably adjusted, will,
| i do not doubt, place Gun relations with
| that brave people upon moro friendly
baSis'than ever before. This already APP
| pears ID the agreement since negotiated by
| Mr.. ESan for the settlement by commits
| sion 10 the long unsettled claims between
the two governments. The work of Mr..
| EGan has beenhighly advantageous to the
refused 10 withdraw from HIM has been.
| abundantly justified.
In our relations with the great European
| powers, the rights of the United States and
| OF our citizens have been insisted upon
with tirmneSS. The strength OF our cause
| and not the strength of our adversary has
given tone to our correspondence. The
Samoan question and, the Behring Sea
| question:, which came over from the pre-
ceding administration, have been the one
settled and the other submitted to arbItra-
| zion upon a, fair basis. Never before, /
| think, in o. like period, have so many inn
! portant treaties and commercial agree
mentS BEEN concluded, and never before,
l am sure have the honor and influence.
national and commercial of the United
StatpS hppn held nlUhpr &C. IN in.
both hemlspheres.
VETERANS, OF THE WAR.
The Union soldiers and sailors are now
| veterans of time as we'll as OF war. The
| parallels OF age have approached close To
| the citadelS OF lite and the end. tor each,
of brave and honorable struggle, Is not
remote. Increasing lntrmy and years give
the minor tones of sadness and pathOs to
the mlghty appeal of service and suffering.
The ear that does not listen with sympathy
and the heart that does not respond with
generosity, are tine ear and heart Of an
alien, and not an American. Now soon
again the surviving veterans are to parade
upon the great avenue of the national CAPT.
tai and every tribute of honor and love
should attend the marcn. A comrade in
the column OF the vlctOrS' parade in 1865.
l am not less comrade now.
MoBs SHOULD lie SUPPRESS sED.
l have used every suitable occasion to
consideration that no good cause can be
promoted upon the lines OF lawsleSsneSs.
MObS do not discriminate, and the punish
mentS inflicted by them have no repreSSive
or saluCary influence On the contrary
they Deget revenge and perpetuate feuds.
1t Is especially the duty o. the educated
and influential To see that the weak and
Ignorant, when accused OF crime, are fairly
tiled before lawful tribunals. The moral
sentiment of the country should be aroused
these otfenses against the law aud social
order.
CARE IN ADMITTING IMMIGRANTS.
Tue necessity for careful discrimina-
ton among the emigrantS seeking our
shores becomes every day more apparent.
We do not want and should not receive
those who by reason of bad character OF
habit are not wanted at home. The indus
trlous AMI selt-respecting, the lovers OF
law and liberty should be Disseminated
from the pauper, the criminal and the
anarchist. who come only to burden and
disturb our communities. Every effort has
been made to enforce the laws and some
convictions have been secured under the
contract labor law.
PROSPERITY OF THE COUN TRY.
The general condition of our country is
one OF great prosperity. The blessing of
God has rested upon our fields ana upon
our people. The annual value OF our Tor
elgn commerce has increased S4OO, O0O,OOO
! over the average Tor the preceding ten
| years and more than S2l0, 600 over 1871
the last year unaffected by the new tariif.
| Our exports in 1872 exceeded those OF losU.
| by more than S172, 00J,0OO. and the annuaI
average for ten years by S265OO) OOJ. Our
exports OF breadstuffs increased over these
| of 1899 more than S1iL000,0)O; of rroyi-
sions over ) 4, 100000: and o. manufactures
over s8.0000O0. The merchandise balance
OF trade In our favor in 1877 was S2O2,sif,-
$40 No other nation can match the COM
me-cial progress which those figures dis
close. Our compassion may well go out to
| those whose party neccSsltatcs and habits
still compel them to declare that our
npople are oppressed and our trade res
| trlcted by protective tariff.
EFFECT OF A CHANGE OF POLICY.
IL is not possible for me TO refer even in
the briefest way, TO many OF the topics
presented in the resolutions adopted by
the convention. Upon all that have not
been discussed | have before publicly
expressed my views. A change in the
personnel of national administration is
of comparatively little moment If those