Evening star., 1897-03-04

wisdom and courage by the American peo-
pie with fidelity to their best interests and
highest. destiny. 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 inlnleaSurabiy strengthened the pre- |
cioUs free institutions which we enjoy. The |
people love and will sustain these institI- |
dcnS. The great essential TO our happiness |
and prosperity is that We adhere TO ;he |
principles upon which the government was
established ard insist upon their faithful |
observance. Equality of rights must pre- |
vail and our laws be always and every |
here respected and obeyed. We may have \
failed in the discharge of our full duty as |
citizens of the great republic. bat ii is !
ccnsoling and encouraging to realize that 1
flee speech. a free press, free thought. free \
schools. the free and unmulested right of
religious liberty and worship and free ana |
fair elections are dearer and more univcr-
sally enjoyed today than ever before. These
guarantees must be Sacredly preserved ard
wisely strengthened. The constituted au-
thorities must be cheerfully and vigorously
Upheld. Lynchings must not be tolerated in
great and civilized country like the
United States. courtS-not mobs-Inust eX-
ccute the penalties of the law. The pres
ervation of public order. the right of dis
cGssion, the integrity of courts, and the
orderly administration of justice must con-
tinue forever the rock OF safety upon which
our government securely rests.
Lessons of the Election.
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 easi-
ly swerNed from the path of patriotism and
honor. This is in entire accord with the
genius of our Institutions. and but
phasiZes the az lntages of intoxicating even
a greater love for law and order in the
future. Immunity should be granted to
none who violate the laws, whether indi-
vlduals. corporations or communities; and
| as the Constitution imposes upon the Pres
ldent the duty both its own execution,
and of the statues enacted In pursuance
oil Its provisions. | shall endeayor 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 arbitrarily the con-
ditlon CT trade among oar citizens,' and 1t
| mas supported such legislation will pre-
| vent the execution Of all schemes to oppress
| the people by undue charges on their SUD-
| piles. or by. unjust rates for the transpor-
| tation of their products to market" This
! purpose VIII be steadily pursued both nv
| the enforcement of the laws now in exist
| ence ana the recommendation and supper;
| ol such new statutes as may be necessary
| to carry it into effect.
| Our naturalization and immigration laws
| shcuid be further improved to the constant
promotion of safer. a batter and a higher
clllzensmp. "A grave peril to the republic
| would be citizenship too ignorant to un-
| derstand. or too vicious to appreciate The
| sfeat value and beneficence of our inst;tu-
tons and iaws-and against all who come
| mere to make war upon them our gates
| Must be promptly and tightly closed Nor
must We be unmindful Of the need of i'm
| pfCNement among our own citizens. but
| with the zeal of our forefathers encourage
| the spread of knowledge and free educa-
| ton. llliteracy 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 Proyi-
| lence. ought to achieve
| Reforms in the civil service must go un
But the changes should be real and gen.
uibe. not perfInctory, or prompted by a
zeal in behalf of any party, simply because
1t happens to be in power. AS member
of Congress l voted and spoke in favor
of the present law: and L shall attempt its
enforcement in the spirit in which 1t was
er acted. The purpose I'm view was to Sc
cure the most efficient service of the best
men who would accept appointment under
the government, retaining faithful and de-
| voted public servants in Office but shielding
none under the authority of any rule ,r
| custom. who inefficient. incompetent or
| unworthy. The best interests of the country
demand this, and the people heartily APP
| prove the law wherever and whenever il
| has been thus administered.
| Congress should Gfyevprompt attention to
| the restoration OF our American merchant
marine. once the pride Of the seas in all
To my mind. few more important subjects
| SO lmperatively demand its intelligent con-
sideration. The United States has pro-
| gTessed with marvellous rapidity in every
| field of enterprise and endeavor until We
have become foremost in nearly all the
! great lines of inland trade. commerce and
| industry. Yet, while this is true our
, American merchant marine has been stead
lily declining until it is now lower both in
the percentage of tonnage and the number
of vessels employed. than 1t vas prior 10
, the civil war. Commendable progress has
been made of late years in the upbuilding
of the American navy, but We must sup
| plement these efforts by providing as a
proper consort for it a merchant marine
. amnIv sufficient for our own carrying trade
, to foreign countries. The question Is one
that appeals both to our business neeessl-
ties and the patriotic aspirations OF great
people
Foreign Policy.
1t has been the policy of the United
States since the foundation of the govern
5 ment to cultivate relations of peace and
!. amity with all the nations of the world
and this accords with my conception Of
, / our duty now We have cherished the pol
' icy of non-interference with the affairs o
| foreign governments, wisely inaugurateo
| by Washington, keeping ourselves free
| from ENHANCEMENT either as allies or foes
| content to leave undisturbed with then
| the settlement of their own domestic con
| Germs. 1t will be our aim to pursue firm
| and dignifed foreign policy, which shall
| be Just impartial, ever watchful of oul
| national honor. and always insisting upor
| the enforcement of the lawful rights o.
| American citizens everywhere. Our diplo
| macy should seek nothing more, and ac
| cept nothing less, than Is due US. We wan
| no wars of conquest; We must avoid th'
| temptation of territorial aggression. Wa
| should never be entered upon until ever,
| agency of peace has failed; peace Is pref
| cradle to war in almost every contingency
| Arbitration is the true method of settle
ment of International as well as local o.
| individual difference. 1t was recognized
| as the best means of adjustment of differ
ences betW cen employers and employees b!
the Forty-ninth Congress- In 1886. and IL
application was extended to our diplomati,
relations by the unanimous concurrence o
the Senate and House of the Fifty-frs
Congress in 1890. The latter resolution wa
accepted as the basis of negotiations witt
US by the British house Of commons II
1893, and upon our invitation a treaty o
arbitration between the United States an,
Great Britain was signed at Washington
and transmitted to the Senate for its rati