The record-union., 1893-03-06
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lurking near his vitals unheeded disease
that dooms him TO sudden collapse.
1t cannot be doubted that our stupend-
dus achievements as people, and our
country's robust strength, have given rise
TO heedlessness of those laws governing
our national health which We can no
more evade than human life can escape
the laws of God and nature.
THE CURRENCY.
Manifestly, there is nothing more vital
to our supremacy as a nation and to the
beneficent purposes of our Government
than sound and stable currency. Its
exposure to degradation should at once
arouse TO activity the most enlightened
craftsmanship; and the danger of depre
citation IN the purchasing power of wages
paid to toll should furnish the strongest
incentive TO prompt conservative pre-
caution.
In dealing with our present embarass-
ing situation, as related to this subject,
we Will be wise if we temper our conf
dence and faith in our national strength
and resources with frank concession.
LVen these Will not permit US TO ueiy
with impunity the inexorable laws of
finance and trade. At the same time, IN
our efforts to adjust differences OF opin-
ION, we should be free from intolerance
or passion and our judgement should be
unmoved by alluring phrases and un-
VeXed by selfish interests.
L am confident such an approach to
the subject win result in prudent, eff
tective remedial legislation. In the
meantime, so far as the executive branch
of the Government can intervene, none
OF the powers with which it is invested
viii be withheld when their exercise are
deemed necessary To maintain cur ma
tional credit or avert financial disaster.
PATERNALIsM CONDEMNED.
Closely related to exaggerated conf
dence in our country's greatness, which
tends to disregard of the rules of ma
tional safety, another danger confronts
us, not less serious. / refer 20 the preva-
lence of popular disposition to expect
from the operation of the Government
especial and direct advantages. The YER
dict Of our voters, which condemned the
injury of maintaining protection for pro-
tectIon's sake, enJOins upon the peoples
servants the duty of exposing and de-
stroying the brood Of kindred evils which
are the unwholesome progeny of pater-
nallSm. This is the bane of republican
institutions and the constant peril of a
government by the people. 1t degrades
to purposes of willy craft the plan of rule
our fathers established and bequeathed to
US an object of our love and veneration;
1t perverts the patriotic sentiment of our
countrymen, and tempts them to the pitt
1ul calculation of sordid gain to be de-
rived from their Governments mainte-
nance; it undermines the selt-reliance Of
our people and substitutes in its place de-
pendence upon Governmental tavorltism;
il STILES the spirit of true Americanism
and stupefies every ennobling trait of
American citizenship.
The lessons of paternaliSm ought to be
unlearned, and the better lesson taught,
that while people should patriotically and
cheerfully support their Government, its
functions do not include the support of
the people.
WHAT PATERNALISM LEADS To.
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the refusal of bounties and subsidies,
which burden the labor and thrift of a
portion of our citizens, to aid ill-advised
or langulshlng enterprises III which they
have no concern. 1t leads, also, to a
challenge of the wild, reck less pension
expenditure, which overleaps the bounds
of a grateful recognition of patriotic
service, and prostitutes to vicious uses the
peoples prompt and generous impulse to
aid those disabled in their country's de-
tense.
Every thoughtful American must real
ize the importance of checking at its be-
ginning any tendency, in public or pri-
Vate stations, to regard frugality and
economy as virtues which he may safely
outgrow. The federation of this idea re-
suits in waste of the peoples money by
their chosen servants, and encourages
prodigality and extravaganza in the home
life of our countrymen. Under our
scheme of government the waste of pub
lie money Is crime against the citizen;
and the contempt OF our people for
economy and frugality, in their personal
affairs, deplorably saps the strength and
sturdiness of our national character. 1t
is the plain dictate OF honesty and good
government that the public expenditures
should be limited by public necessity,
and that this should be measured by rules
of strict economy, and it is equally clear
that frugality among the people is the
best guaranty of contented and strong
support of free institutions.
FITNESS FOR OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE.
One mode of the misrepresentation Of
public funds is avoided when appoint
ments TO office, instead OF being the re.
wards of partisan activity, are awarded tc
those whose efficiency promises fail
return of work for the compensation paiC
them.
To secure fitness and competency O
appointees to Office, and remove from
political action The demoralinng mad
ness Tor spoils, civil service reform ha!
found place in our public policy anC
laws. The benefits already gaineC
through this instrumentality, and tn,
further usefulness it promises, entitle i
TO the hearty support and encouragement
of all who desire to see our public service
well performed, or who hope for th
elevation of political sentiment and tn,
puritication OF political methods.
COMMERCIAL COMBINATIONS CONDEMNED
The existence OF immense aggregation
of kindred enterprises and combination
OF business interests, formed for the pur
pose of limiting production and tixin,
prices, is inconsistent with the iair tielC
which ought to be open to every indie
pendent activity. Legitimate strife il
business should not be superseded by en-
forced concession to the demands of com
binatious that have the power to destroy
nor should the people to be served los
the benefit OF the cheapness which usual,
results from wholesale competition
These aggregations and combination
frequently constitute conspiracies agains
the interests OF the people, and in all thei
phases they are unnatural and opposes
TO our American sense OF fairness. r.
the extent they can be reached and re
strained by Federal power, the Genera
Government should relieve our citizen
from their interference and eXactIons.
EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW.
Loyalty to the principles upon whic
our Government rests positively de
mands equality before the law, which
guarantees every citizen should be justl
and in good faith conceded in all parts {
the land. The enjoyment of this righ
follows the badge OF citizenship whereve
found. and, unimpaired by race or cOlol
IL appeals for recognition 10 America
manliness and fairness.
THE CONDITION OF THE INDIANS.
our relations with the Indians locate
within our borders impose upon US re
onsibilities we cannot escape. Human
ity and consistency require us to tres
them with forOearance and in our deal
lugs with them TO honestly and consider
ateIy regard their rights and interest.
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