The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-03-12


passage. of such a law or laws would
strengthen the credit OF the government
both at home and abroad. and so Tar 10.
wards stopping the drain upon the gola
| reserve held for the redemption or our
| currency, which has been heavy and wei
night constant for several years.
In the revision of the tariff. especial at
tenuon should be given 60 the re-enaet-
ment and extension of the reciprocity
! principle OF the law of $780, under whicn
| so great stimulus was given TO our Tor
| eign trade in new and advantageous mar.
kets, for our surplus agricultural ana
manufactured products. The brief trial
given this legislation amply ftustifes
| further experiment and additional dtscre-
| tonary power In the making OF commer-
| cial treaties. the end in View always TO
be the opening up OF new markets Tor the
products OF our country. by granting con-.
| cessions to the products OF other lands
that we need and connot produce our
| selves, and which do not involve any loss
| OF labor TO our own people, but tend 10
Increase their employment III
The depression Of the past four years
has fallen with especial severity upon
! the great body of toilers of the country,
and upon none more than the holders OF
small farms. Agriculture has languished
| and labor suffered. The revival of manu-
| featuring will be relief to both. No por-
| ton of our population Is more devoted To
the institutions of free government nor
| more loyal to their support, while none
| bears more cheerfully It's full chare in the
maintenance of the government or Is bet
ter. entitled to Its wise and liberal care
and protection. Legislation helnful TO
| producers is beneficial to all. The de-
| pressed condition of industry on the farm
and in the mine and factory has lessened
the ability of the people TO meet the de-
mands upon them and they rightfully ex-
pect that not only a system of revenue
shall be established that Will secure the
| largest income with the least burden, but
| that every means will be taken to de-
| crease rather than increase our public
expenditures.
business conditions are not the most
| promising. IL will take time to restore
| the prosperity of former years. ~ we
cannot promptly attain II. we can resolute-
| ly turn our faces in that direction and aid
| its return by friendly legislation How
| ever troublesome the situation may ap-
| pear, congress will not. / am sure, be
| found lacking in disposition or ability 20
| relieve II, as far as legislation can do so.
| The restoration of confidence and the re-
vival of business which men of all parties
so much desire, depend more largely upon
the prompt. energetic and intelligent ac-
| ton of congress, than upon any other sim
| gle agency affecting the situation. 1T is
| inspiring, too, to remember that no great
emergency in the one hundred and eight
| years of our eventful national life has
ever arisen, that has not been met with
| wisdom and courage by the American
| people. with fidelity to their best interests
and highest destiny. and TO the honor of
the American name. These years of glo,
| rious history have exalted mankind and
| advanced the cause OF freedom through
| out the world, and UNNECESSARILY
| strengthened the precious free institu-
|
| and will sustain these institutions.
The great essential TO our happiness
and prosperity Is fhaf b we Sdnere to sns
| established and insist upon their faith
| full observance. Equality of rights must
| prevail and our laws be always and ev-
| erywhere respected and obeyed. We may
| have failed in the discharge 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 un-
| molested 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 preserved and wisely
strengthened. The constituted authori-
ties must be cheerfuly and vigorously
| upheld. Lynchings must not be tolerated
| I'm a great and civilized country like the
United States; courts-not mobs- must
| execute the penalties OF the law. The
preservation Of public order. 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 in
culcating even greater love for law and
1
| granted to none who violate the laws,
whether individuals. corporations or
communities. 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.
The declaration of the party now re-
| stored to power. has been in the past that
of Opposition TO all combinations of cap
| ital organized in trusts or otherwise TO
control arbitrarily the condition of trade
among our citizens" and IL has support
ed -.such legislation as will prevent the
execution of all schemes to Cypress the
people of undue charges on their sup
plies or by unjust rates for the transpor-
tation OF their products 10 market This
purpose will be steadily pursued, both by
the enforcement of the laws now i'm exist
ence and the recommendation and SUP
port of such new statutes as may be
necessary to carry IL into effect.
our naturalization and immigration
laws should be further improved to the
constant promotion OF safer n better,
and a higher citizenship. A grave peril
to the republic would be a citizenship too
ignorant to understand, or too vicious 10
appreciate the great value and benefi-
cence of our institutions and laws-and
against all who come here to make war
upon them our gates must be promptly
mindful OF the need of Improvement
among our own citizens, but with the
zeal of our forefathers encourage the
spread of knowledge and free education.
Iiliteracy must be banished from the land,
IL we shall attain that high destiny as the
forefathers 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 genu-
ine not perfunctory, or prompted by a
zeal in behalf of any party. simply be-
cause II happens to be in power. AS a
member of congress ] spoke and voted In
favor of the present law, and l shall at
tempt it's enforcement in the spirit in
which IL was enacted. The purpose I'm
view was to secure the most efficient SER
vice of the best men who would accept
| appointment under the government, re-
tanning faithful and devoted public SER
wants in office, but shielding none, under
the authority of any rule or custom, who
are inefficient, Incompetent or unworthy.
The best interests of the country demand
this, and the people heartily approve the
law wherever and whenever 1t has been
thus administered.
Congress should give prompt attention
| to the restoration of our American mer-
chant marine once the pride OF the seas
| on all the great ocean highways of com
merce. To my mind, few more important
subjects so imperatively demand its i'm
telligent consideration The United States
has progressed with marvellous rapidity
In every field of enterprise and endeavor
until we have become foremost in nearly
| all the great lines of inland trade COM