Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-11

tiny, and to the honor OF the American
name. These years of glorious history
have exalted mankind and advanced the
cause of freedom throughout the world
and UNNECESSARILY strengthened the pre-
cious free institutions which We enjoy.
The people love and will sustain these
institutions. The great essential to our
happiness and prosperity is that we adj
here to the principles upon which the
Government was established and insist
upon their faithful observance. Equality
of rights must prevail and our laws be
always and everywhere respected and
obeyed. We may have failed in the dis
charge of our full duty as citizens of the
great republic, but it is consoling and
encouraging to realize that free speech,
free press, free thought, free schools,
the free and unmolested right of religious
liberty and worship and free and fair
elections are dearer and more universally
enjoyed to-day than ever before.
These guarantees must be sacredly pre-
served and wisely strengthened. The
constituted authorities must be cheerfully
and vigorously upheld. Lynchings must
not be tolerated in great and civilized
country like the United States; courts
not mobs-must execute the penalties Of
the law. The preservation Of public or
der, the right of discussion, the integrity
of courts, and the orderly administration
OF justice must continue forever the rock
of safety upon which our Government
securely rests
One of the lessons taught by the late
election, which all can rejoice in, is that
the citizens of the United States are both
law-respecting and law-abiding people,
not easily swerved from the path Of pat
riotism and honor. This is in entire ac-
cord with the genius of our institutions,
and but emphasizes the advantages Of
intoxicating even greater love for law
and order in the future. Immunity should
be granted to none who violate the laws,
whether individuals, corporations or COM
munities; and as the Constitution i'm
poses upon the President the duty Of both
its own execution and Of the statutes en-
acted in pursuance of its provisions, l
shall endeavor carefully to carry them
into effect.
Naturalization and Immigration.
Our naturalization and immigration
laws should be further improved to the
NOA0S0As pAVAAAOSAV0 VI SAFER, u OSLI0C
and higher citizenship. A grave peril
to the republic would be citizenship too
ignorant to understand or too vicious to
appreciate the great value and benefit Of
our constitutions and laws-and against
all who come here to make war upon
them our gates must be promptly and
tightly closed. Nor must we be unmind-
full Of the need of improvement among
our citizens, but with the zeal Of our fore
fathers encourage the spread of knowl-
edge and free education. Illiteracy must
be banished from the land II we shall at
tain that high destiny as the foremost Of
the enlightened nations Of the world,
which, under Providence, we ought to
achieve.
Reforms in the civil service must 20 on,
but the change should be real and genu-
inc, not perfunctory or prompted by seal
In behalf of any party, simply because it
happens to be IN power. As member
Of Congress I'voted and spoke in favor of
the present law and shall attempt its
enforcement in the spirit in which it was
enacted. The purpose in view was to &C.