The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-05
The Presidents Message.

Hiss. WHO UOp0u 10 uuu soHlS sign "
weakness, soma symptom OF retreat,
some bluudsr, some vulnerable spot
through (which they could assail the
man himself, his administration o r the
| principles of his party. Yes, the dis
appointment of these is dire, for they
read iii every line of the document the
J knell of their hopes.
The Message is remarkable, alike
for its reserve and for its empha-
tic piainness of uttera nee. Where
the situation of affairs de-
mands guarded ~utteranee, the
President is not tempted by the
opportunity to explain or defend.
He is not yoaded by the v%iolencs Of
open enemies or the weak support of
false friends into any premature
declarations on the subject of the
Hawaiian crisis. All that should be
said down to date, has been said by
his ministers. To speak further now,
however great the pressure, how
evsr eager. the public expectation,
would be both weak aud rash. When
the time comes, when there is full in
formation. he will speak, and what he
says will be his final word, his ma
tured conclusion, and he will be under
no danger OF being obliged to modify
or withdraw through unforeseen
developments. In this course OF
silent endurance and steadfast
waiting for "the accepted time"
Mr.. Cleveland simply pursuss the
policy of his whole public
career; he displays the same in
difference to malice and stupidity, to
Misunderstanding and misrepresenta-
ton that have always characterised
him. He believes in the eternity of
truth and Justice. and assursdly, OF
all men, his personal experience must
have encouraged him to believe that,
with the alert, logical, fair minded
and generous American people, even
the span OF human life is long enough
to bring about complete indications.
But il the President is reticsnt on
the Hawaiian issue, he speaks with
no uncertain voice upon the tariff
question. We lead our editorial
columns today with the splendid
Federation of@@personal and party
| pledges with which he brings
his message to a close. These SEN
fences have a sort of elephantine
force as they crush ~relentlessly the
time ervers, the towards, the
traitors who nave been trying to raiss
barriers in the way OF the President s
work. He pledged himself and his
| party pledged itself bsfore the last
election to certain principles of tariff
reform The people took them at
their word; it placed them in power
with the mandate to verify these
principles into a national policy, an
active system.
The day after election, a foul con-
spiracy of Democratic and Repub-
lican newspapsrs-prompted by
heaven knows what selfish
ness and malignity-began the
wicked work of rendering this
high mission difficult if not impossi-
BILE. Their policy was to deliberately
create panic, wreck credit, depress
business and effect an artificial APP
pearance OF revulsion in the feeling,
of the public from the views that
were generally held in 1892. They
were unfortunately aided by a num-
Der Of causes in this abominable
work. An era of distress, real enou gb
to suit the direst OF calamity howl
ers.. came upon the people as a result
of the reckless inanciering of the
Republican party under President
Harrison, aided by other minor causes
too numerous to recite here. Minol
political issues in various States
]this one was an example which
eads no fuller tale to be p tent to its
own ~people--also helped to give the
conspiracy an appearance OF success
In the general Democratic overthrow
of the last election, the Sun in its own
sneering way and the Republican high
tariff organs generally affect to see
reversal OF the verdict Of 1892, and
contradictory command to Congress
20 maintain the monstrosity o
Il MoKiniaviem unon the stafute