Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-14

alone by the constitution; the power to
recognize foreign governments by en-
tering into diplomatic relations with
! them, and the power to make treaties
which. when ratified by the Senate, be-
comes under the constitution part Of
! the supreme law of the land Neither
III this nor in any other matter has
there been the slightest failure to live
up to the constitution in letter and in
spirit. But the constitution must be
observed positively as we'll as negative
". The Presidents duty is to serve the
country in accordance with the consti-
tuition; and I should be derelict in my
duty If used a false construction of
the constitution as shield for weak
ness and timidity, or as an excuse for
governmental impotence.
Many ether objections of Democrats
to the Republican policies are cited and
answered in the same strai9.
The President touches upon the
question Of capital and labor, claiming
that his administration has done every
thing possible to assume harmony be-
tween these forces. On the subject Of
Civil Service he says in part:
Our opponents have now declared
themselves in favor of the civil service
law, the repeal Of which they demand
din 1900 and in 1896. If consistent,
they should have gone one step further
and congratulated the country upon
the way in which the civil service law
is now administered, and the way in
which the classified service has been
extended. The exceptions from exami-
nations are fewer bv far than ever be-
fore, and are confined to individual
cases, where the application of the rules
would be impracticable, unwise or un-
necessary. The administration Of the
great body of the classified civil Service
is free from politics, and appointments
and removals have been put upon a
business basis. Statistics show that
there is little difference between the
tenure of the Federal classified en-
ployes and that Of the employees of pri-
vate business corporations. Less th2e hsHs
per cent. of the classified eppb w pfbe n,sfTT3
over 10 years of age. 9p'in ~ eorous and
eesa;snt oes @ VIZ H,aefe the merit system was
~ s ssdTse most needed was IN the Phil
f6Dine Islands; and civipservice law
of very advanced type has there peen
put into operation and seru2u!ously op.
served. without one exception every
appointment in the Philippines has
been made in accordance with the
strictest standard of fitness, and With
out heed to any other consideration.
The Tariff and Reciprocity are both
touched upon at considerable length, IN
the usual forceful style of Mr.. Roose-
velt
The Philippines come in for a
lengthy discussion claiming that the
administration policy is the correct
ore
Governmental expenses are dis
cussed. and the claim made that the
present expenses are economical and
good balance has been kept in the
treasury.
The letter closes with the following:
Our appeal is made to all good citl-
:zens who hold the honor and the .l112e. inter
estSof the nation close to their hearts
+ great issues " hfcn ar STAKE
and upon which have touched, anu
more than which / have touched, Tor
they involve much that comes home TO
the individual well.being Of our people.
Under conditions as they actually are,
good Americans should refuse, to
10 change the national policy. We, VINO
are responsible for the administrator
and legislation under which this cour-
try. during the last seven years, mas
grown so greatly in well-being at nome
and in honorable repute among the na-
tions of the earth abroad. DO not
stand inertly upon this record, 40 not
use this record as an excuse Tor laliure
Of effort to meet new conditions. On the
contrary, we treat the record OF what
we have done in the past as incitement
TO do even better in the future. We be-
lieye that the progress that we nave
made may be taken as measure OF the
urogress we shall continue to make II
the people again entrust the govern
ment Of the nation to our hands. we do
rot stand STILL We press steadily Tor
ward toward the goal Of moral and ma
terial well-being of our own people, OF
inst and fearless dealing toward all
other peoples, in the interest not mere
~ Of this country, but OF MANKIND.
There is not a policy, foreign or domes-
tic which we are now carrying Dul,
which it would not be disastrous to
reverse or abandon. If our opponents
should come in and should not reverse
our policies, then they would be brand
ell with the brand Of broken faith, OF
false promise. of insincerity in word
and deed; and no man can work to tne
advantage of the nation with such
brand clinging to him. II, on the other
hand. they should come and reverse
any or all of our policies, by just SO
much would the nation as a whole De
damaged. Alike as lawmakers and as
administrators of the law we have en-
Geayored to do our duty il the interest
of the people as a whole. We make our
appeal to no class and to no section,
but to all good citizens, in whatever
mart of the land they dwell, and what
ever may be their occupation or world
ly condition. We have striven both for
civic righteousness and for national
greatness; and we have faith to believe
flat our hands will be upheld by all
who feel love of country and trust IN
The uplifting of mankind. We stand for
enforcement of the law and for obed1-
ence to the law; our government is a
government of orderly liberty equally
alien to tyranny and to anarchy; and
its foundation stone is the observance
Of the law, alike by the people and by
the public servants. We hold ever be-
fore us as the all-important end OF
policy and administration the reign OF
peace at home and throughout the
world; of peace, which comes only by
doing justice.
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