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tain these institutions. The great essen
tial to our happiness and prosperity is
that we adhere to the principles upon
which the government was established,
and insist upon their faithful observ-
ance. Equality of rights must prevail,
and our laws be always and everywhere
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 umolested right
Of religious liberty and worship and free
and fair elections are dearer and more
universally enjoyed today than ever be-
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 mobs, must execute the pen
allies of the law The preservation OF
public 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 ou1
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 pa
triotism and honor. This Is in entire ac-
cord with the genus of our institutions
and but emphasizes the advantages of
intoxicating even a greater love for law
and order in the future. Immunity
should be granted to none who violate
the law, whether individuals, corpora
lions 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, ! shall endeavor carefully to
carry them into effect. The declaration
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-
pose will be steadily pursued, both by
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 higher citizenship. A grave peril
to the republic would be a citizenship
too ignorant to understand or too vicious
to appreciate the great value and bene-
f1cence 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 unmindful of the need of improve
ment among our own citizens, but, with
the zeal of our 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 zeal III behalf of any party, simply
| because it happens to he in power. AS
member of congress, ] voted and spoke
in favor of the present law, and / shall
| attempt it enforcement in the spirit in
| WHlCn II WAS tildOltu. L ne purpose III
| view was to secure the most efficient
| service of the best men who would ac-
ccpt 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 UNI
worthy. The best interests of the coun-
try demand this, and the people heartily
| approve the law wherever and when
ever ii has been thus administered
Congress should give prompt attention
to the restoration OF our American mer-
! chant marine, once the pride of the sea S
in all the great ocean highways of com
merce. To my mind, few more import
ant subjects so imperatively demand its
intelligent consideration. The United
States has progressed with marvellous
rapidity in every field OF enterprise and
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 nun.
Der of vessels employed, than 1t wa
prior to the civil war Commendab,e
progress has been made of late years il
the upbuilding of the American navy
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