Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-07-19
The Government Mt Washington.

IL people Oh thls country iio"
have an opportunity to appreciate
some of the advantages of the good
government under which we live.
to this matter the New
York Sun says:
The Government at Washington
and the people of the United
are behind it, sixty odd mil
lions of them, Anarchists and fools
not reekoned. The representative
and executive of the Nations au-
thority, majesty, and power is Pres
ident Cleveland. He stands at this
moment for all that loyal Americans
live for, hope for, Ire That he
Is firm to his obvious duty no man
can now doubt. The Administra-
ton is doing its duty with respect
to the people, and the people must
do their duty with respect to the
Administration. The color OF a
citizens political opinions is of no
more consequence at such a time
than the color of his eyes or hair.
As Il citizen, as an American, he
owes first of all his unqualified, UNI
questioning, unlimited support TO
the chosen man who took into his
hands on March 4, 1898, the re-
sponsibility for the administration
of the Nations laws, and swore then
to turn the Government over 10 his
successor as he found it.
Whatever may be the immediate
turn of events. President Cleveland
| and his Cabinet advisers confront a
crisis in the Nations history. How
or why that crisis has arisen is not
the question. How it shall he met
is the matter that concerns the sixty
odd millions behind the President
| and the Government at Washington.
| In half Il dozen States of the Union
to-day men occupy the Governors
chair who are no more fit to be there
| than Debs or Johann Most. The
United States Constitution guar
antees to the citizens of every State
the privileges and immunities Of cit
liens in the several States. 1t guar
antees to every State a republican
form of Government. One OF the
privileges of American citizenship
is to live under law, not Anarchy.
One of the immunities of American
citizenship is immunity from lanless
violence. 4 republican form of Gov
eminent III any State is not Govern,
ment administered by a coward, an
Anarchist, or a Governor in sympa'
thy with Anarchy and its objects.
Questions of Jurisdiction and verbal
conflicts of Federal with State au.
thority are bound to arise in any
great public emergency involving
the exercise of both Federal and
State authority. They are techni.
cally interesting, as they were in the
early months of 1861.
There is ample power in the Gov.
eminent at Washington, under the
Constitution and laws of the United
States, to preserve the institutions
of this country against mob, insur-
rection, or rebellion. The power is
not that of any n man, or of any
small council of men; it is in the
might of a great and indestructible
Nation. We believe that it will be
exercised, as it should be exercised
to any extent that may become nee
essary, with humane prudence and
moderation as far as possible, but
in any case with unyieldlng firm
ness and unremitting vigor. The
Presidents proclamation is a draft
at sight upon the loyalty and pa
~triotic support of every loyal and
patriotic American. In continuing
to perform the perfectly plain duty
now thrust upon him as the Nations
Chief Magistrate, President Cleve-
land has something more than the
half ~acquiescent, half critical coun-
tenance which approves the main
purpose, but watches sharp for
minor breaks and mistakes. He
should have Just that sort of sup
port which we all owe to the flag
when it is held up as a signal for
Americans to rally to it.