Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-03-08

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fore. These guarantees must be sacredly
preserved and wisely strengthened The
constituted authorities must be cheer
fully and vigorously upheld. Lynchings
must not be tolerated in great and CIV
ilized country like the United States;
courts not 1nobs, must execute the pen
aIties of the law. The preservation of
p,1blic order the right of discussions, the
Integrity Of our 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
tbe citizens of the United States are both
law-respecting and law-abiding people,
not easily swerved from the path of pa
triotisrn and honor. AThis is in entire ac-
cord with the genus of our institutions
and but emph2 sizes the advantages of
intoxicating even greater love for law
and order in the future. Immunity
should be granted to none who violate
the law. whether individuals, corpora
tions or communities; and, as the con-
stitution imposes upon the president the
duties of both it's own execution and of
the statutes enacted in pursuance of its
provisions. I shall endeayor carefully to
carry them into effect. The dec1ara ton
of the party now restored to power has
been, in the past, that of Opposition to
all combinations of capital organized in
trusts, or otherwise to control, arbi-
trarily the condition of trade among our
citizens and it has supported "such
legislation as will prevent the execution
of all schemes to Cypress the people by
undue charges on their supplies, or by
unjust rates for the transportation of
their products to market This pur-
w he W nv
the enforcement of the laws now in ex
istence and the recommendation and
support of such new statutes as may be
necessary to carry it into effect.
Our naturalization and immigration
laws should be further improved, to the
constant promotion of a safer, a better
and a higher citizenship. A grave peril
to the republic would be citizenship
too ignorant to understand or too vicious
to appreciate the great value and bene-
hcence of our institutions 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 unnlindful of the need of improve
ment among our own citizens, but, with
the zeal of cur forefathers encourage
the spread of knowledge and free edu-
cation. Illiteracy must be banished from
the land, if we shall attain that high des-
tiny as the foremost of the enlightened
nations of the world which, under
Providence, we ought to achieve.
Reforms in the civil service must go
on, but the changes should be real and
genuine. not perfunctory or prompted
by a zeal III behalf of any party simply
because it happens to be in power. AS
a member of congress, voted and spoke
in favor of the present law, and I shall
which it was enacted. The purpose in
view was to secure the most efficient
service of the best men who would ac-
cept appointment under the government,
retaining faithful and devoted public
servants in office, but shielding none un-
der the authority of any rule or custom
who are inefficient, incompetent or un-
worthy. The best interests of the coun-
try demand this, and the people heartily
approve the law wherever and when
ever it has been thus administered.
Cong1 ass should give prompt attention
to the restoration Of our American mer-
chant marine, once the pride of the seas
i'll all the great ocean highways of COM
nlerce. To my mind, few more import
ant subjects so irnperatively demand it's
intelligent consideration. The United
States has progressed with marvellous
endeavor, until we have become fore
most in nearly all the great lines of in
land trade, commerce and industry
Yet, while this is true, our American
merchant marine has been steadily de-
Ginning, until it is now lower, both in
the percentage of tonnage and the num-
Der of vessels employed, than it was
prior to the civil war. Commendable
progress has been made of late years in
the uphuilding of the American navy
but we must supplement these efforts
by providing, as a proper consort for it,
a merchant marine amply sufficient for
our own carrying trade to foreign coun-
tries. The question is one that appeals
both to our business necessities and
the patriotic aspirations of great peo-
pie.
Tt has been the policy of the United
States, since the foundation of the gov
ernment to cultivate relations of peace
and amity with all the nations of the
world, and this accords with my con.
ception of our duty now. We have
cherished the policy of non-interfernce
with the affairs of foreign governments,
wisely inaugurated by Washington,
keeping ourselves free from entangle-
ment. either as allies or foes, content to
leave undisturbed with them the settle
ment of their own domestic concerns. It
viii be our aim to pursue firm and dig
nified foreign policy, which shall be just,
impartial, ever watchful of our national
honor and always inAzting upon the en-
forcement of the lawful rights of Ameri-
can citizens everywhere. Our diploma
cy should seek nothing more, and accept
nothing less, than is due us. We want
no wars of conquest; we must avoid the
temptation of territorial aggression.
War should never be entered upon until
every agency of peace has failed; peace
is preferable to war in almost every con-
tingency. Arbitration is the true meth
cd of settlement of international as we'll