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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER. FRIDAY. JULY 25, 1884.
BLAINE’S ACCEPTANCE
. , h . First cun of nn AgarssoWo
^ on,h8 Tariff Question.
cbecites the benefits of a pro.
,E E TECTIVE POLICY,
, For It the Country’s Croat Ad-
|„ prosperity nnd Wenltn
'* Slnos 1000.
„r WANTS TO DEVELOP AN AMERICAN
* tE ' W POLICY. \
„ ..ins In Closer Commercial Relations
P AM the Nation, of the Wes-
tern Hemisphere.
.SOLID NORTH WILL MEET A SOLID
»** COUTH.
tionnl Differences Is Made
Prominent.
Tit following l» Mr. Blaine’s letter ol
Mt. July J5. The Hon. John
s ffn.dfr.on owl othcrt of the CmmitUe,
2 ,u-OixrL»**»i In accepting the
ignition tot the Presidency tendered
bribe Kepublican National Conven-
Z i beg to express a deep sense of the
bailor which is conferred and of the duty
.hicb is imposed. I venture to accompany
Z acceptance with somo observations
—in the contest
jL.ttons whose settlement may affect
Ibefoture of the nation favorably or un-
farorably for a long series of years.
In enumerating the issues upon which
to Republican party appeals lor popular
-JUt the convention has been singn-
esplicltsnd felicitous. It lias properly
grcn the leading posiUon to the
industrial interests of the country as
affected by the tariff on imports.
On that question the two political parlies
are radically in conflict. Almost the
first set ol the Republicans, when they
came into power in 1801, was the establish
ment ot the principle of protection to
American labor and to American capital.
This principle the Republican party has
eser since steadily maintained, while on
the other hand the Democratic party in
Cocress has for fifty years persistently
■sirred upon it. Twice within that period
no opponents have destroyed tariffs ur-
rannd for protection, and since the close
ofthedtU war, whenever they have con
trolled the House of Representatives, hos
tile IreisllUon has been attempted—never
more conspicuously than in their princi
pal measure at the late session of Con-
pass.
Till TABirr QUESTION.
Revenue laws are in their very nature
sublect to frequent revision in order that
they may be adapted to changes and modi-
fculxu of trade. The Republican party
is not contending for the permanency of
any psrticnlsr statute. Ths Issue between
the Iso parties does not have reference to
s specific less. It is far broader and far
deeper. It involves a principle of wide ap-
thr.ttoo and beneficent Influence, against
i tbeoey which we believe to be unsound in
c'l-.-cption tnd Inevitably hurtful In prac
tice. In the many tariff revisions which
hm been necessary for the past twenty-
three years, or which may hereafter be-
erne necessary, the Republican party
hit miinUined and wllf maintain tbe
[obey of prolection to American industry,
•bib-our opponents Insist upon a revision,
which practically destroys that policy.
Ths ns no Is thus distinct, well dellned and
oniroidable. The pending election may
Islerulna the lata of protection for a gen-
station. Tbe overthrow of tbe policy
■saaa a large and permanent reduction
lathe wages of the American laborer, be
sides involving the Iowa of vast amounts of
American capital Invested In manufaclur-
lagenterprises. The value of ths present
menne system to the pwopleof tbe United
lutes is not a matter of theory, and I shall
submit no argument to eustaln IL I only
iaiilo attention to certain facta of official
record which (earn to conatltuta a demon
stration.
In the census of 1890 an effort was made,
tor ths tlrst time in our history, to obtain
arslnatlon of alt the property In the
t ailed States. The attempt was in large
arm* unsuccessful. Partly from lack of
fiats, partly from prejudice among many
vbothought tho Inquiries foreshadowed a
Kw scheme of taxation, tho returns were
incomplete and unsatisfactory. little
*°rs was done than to consolidate the lo
cal valuation in tho States for purposes of
WMtnnenLand that, ns everyone knowa.
■fts wldtlv from a complete exhibit of
*11 the property.
In tho census of 1800, however, the work
*«», dons with great thoroughness—tlie
nuunction between "MMused" value and
Jute'’ value being carefully observed,
nsnaml result mu that the “true vsl-
5£ot all tbe property In tbe States nnd
Trmioriea (excludingslavse) amounted to
Jnfftosn thousand millions oldo’lars. This
Npni»»u tbe net result ol the labor
“*the tarings of the people within the
rj*j* the United States from the time the
“*•'British colonist landed in 1007 down
“AWyear WOO. it represented the fruit
"•fifWlof two hundred and fifty year*.
alter lfiuo the business of the country
jnsucouragad and developed by a pro-
Jffihvw tariff: At tbe and ol twenty years
•fi* total Property of tho Uni
jfitfirfied by tlio census of IS
12™“* enormous aggregate «n snu-ww
“Jared million* of dollars (? 11.000,000,-
25-/1*™ great result was attained, not-
JdfifitfirwUng the fact that goontlcea mil-
S-Wln tho interral been wasted in
“•Progress of a bloody war It thus ap-
fi™ that while our i-«•{.illation between
■-m. . ™ Increased sixty iwr cent., the
JJPJpU property ol the country increased
wonondredund fourteen percent.—ihow*
^ ItMtiy enhanced wealth per capita
people. Thirty thousand mil*
JTJ?* ‘yiara (♦.'W/j)0,0<X> l 000) bad been
daring tbe»e twenty years to tbe
^!P*j|o»t wealth of the nitlou.
ar * regarded by tho older
^ world as phenomenal. That
wrrntnr should surmount the peril and
* flgantlc war and for an entire
HfjLtaSWW. f«ra.«rt
such form as will most efieefivefy aid the
industries of tbe nation.
OCR FOREIGN COMMERCE.
A frequent accusation by our opponents
is that the foreign commerce of the country
has steadily decayed under the influence
of the protective tariff. In this way they
seek to array the importing Interest
against the Republican party. It is a
common and yet radical error to confound
the commerce of tbe country with
its carrying trade- an error often
committed Innocently and sometimes
designedly—but an error so gross that It
does not distinguish between tbe ship and
tbe cargo. Foreign commerce represents
the exports and import* of a country re
gardless of tbe nationality of the vessel
that may carry the commodities of ex
change. Our carrying trade lias from ob
vious causes suffered many discourage
ments since 1800, but our foreign commerce
has In the same period steadily and pro
digiously increased—increased indeed at a
rate ana to an amount which absolutely
dwarf all previous developments of our
trade beyond the sea. From 1800 to the
present time tbe foreign commerce of the
United States (divided with approximate
eqnality between exports and imports)
reached tbe astounding aggregate of twen
ty four tbousand millions of dollars ($21,-
000,000,000). The balance in this vast com
merce inclined in onr favor, but it wonld
have been much larger if our trade with
the countries ot America, elsewhere re
ferred to, had been more wisely adjusted.
It Is difficult even to appreciate the mag
nitude of our export trade siucs 1800. and
we can gain a correct conception of it only
by comparison with preceding results in
the same field. The total exports from the
United States from the Declaration ot In
dependence in 1770 down lo the day of
Lincoln’a election in 18G0, added to all that
had previously been exported from the
American colonies from their original set
tlement, amounted to less than nine thou
sand millions of dollars ($9,000,000,000). On
the other band, onr exports from 1800 to
the close of iUo lost ffae»! y.-Ar exceeded
twelve thousand millions ot dollars ($12,-
000,000,000)—the whole ol it being tho prod
uct of American labor. Evidently a pro
tective tariff has not Injured our export
trade when, nnder its Influence, we ex
ported in twenty-four years 10 per cent,
more than tbe total amount that had been
exported in the entire previous history of
American commerce. All the details,
when analyzed, correspond with this gi
gantic result. The commercial cities of
the Union never had such growth as they
have enjoyed since 1800. Ou r - Mef empo
rium, tbe city of New Y- -itb its de-
K ndencies, has within th - d doubled
r population and inc — wealth
five fold. Durin; he im
ports and export.- red and
left her harbor art
bulk and value the orted
by her between the , first
Dutch colony on tl, -uttan
and the outbreak ot i. ,-.il8fi0.
AGRICULTURE Ar* ... EF.
Tlu-agricultural it
largest m tbe nation,
every adjustment of revenue laws to tbe
first consideration. Any policy hostile to
the Inllest development of agriculture in
the United States must be abandoned.
Realizing this fact the opponents of
the present ayatem of revenue have labored
very earnestly to persuade tbe farmers of
tbe United States that they ore robbed by
a protective tariff.! and the effort is thus
mode to consolidate their vast influence In
favor of free trade. But happily the far-
mere of America are intelligent and cannot
be misled by sophistry wben conclusive
facts are before them. They see plainly
that daring the past twenty-four years
wealth has not been acquired inonesectlon
or by one Interest at the expense of another
section or another interest.. They see that
the agricultural 8tat<s have made even
more rapid progress than the manufactnr-
ingStatcs. .
Tne formers see that In 1800 Messichu
setts and Illinois hsd about ibe same
wealth—between eight and nine bandred
million each-end that In 1880 Massachu
setts had advanced to twenty-six bandred
millions, while Iriidoi* baa advanced to
thirty-two hundred millions. They see
that New Jersey and Iowa were just
equal in population in 1800 and tint in
twenty years the wealth of New Joreey
was Increased by the sum of eight ban
dred and fifty millions of dollars, while
the wealth of Iowa was Increased by the
sum of fifteen hundred millions. They
see that tbe nine leading agricultural
States of the West have grown so rapidly
In prosperity that the aggregate addition
to their wesltb since 1800 Is almost as
great ss the wealth of the entire country
In tbst year. They see that the South,
which la almost exclusively agricultural.
prive them of tho power to do this. It
would prove a great calamity to our coun
try. It would produce a conflict between
the poor and the rich, nnd in the sorrow-
fuUtegradatiou of labor would plant the
seeds nf public danger.
The Republican party lies steadily aim
ed to maintain juet relations between I s-
bor and capital—guarding with care the
rights -of each. A conflict between the
two has always led iu the past and will
always lead in tho future to the injury ol
both. I.ebor is indispensable to the crea
tion and profitable use of capital, and cap
ital increases the efficiency and value ol
labor. Whoever arrays the one against
the other Is an enemy of both. That pol
icy is wisest and best which harmonizes
tbe two on tbe basis of absolute justice.
The Republican party has protected tbe
free labor of America so that
its compensation is larger than is realized
In any other country. It lias guarded
our people against the unfair competi
tion of contract labor from China and
may be called upon to prohibit the growth
of a similar evil from Europe. It Is
obviously unfair to permit capitalists to
make contracts fur cheap labor iu foreign
countries to the hart aud disparagement
ot the labor of American citizens. Such
a policy (like that which would leave the
time and other conditions of home labor
exclusively In the control of the employer,)
is injurious to ail parties—not the least so
to tbe unhappy persona who are made the
subjects of the contracL The institutions
of the United States rest upon the Intelli
gence and virtue of all the people. Suf
frage is mode universal as a just weapon
of self-protection to every citzeu. It is
not the interest of the republic that any
economic ayatem should be adopted which
involves the reduction of wages to tbe hard
standard prevailing elsewhere. The Re
publican party aims to elevate and dignify
labor—hot to degrade it.
Asa substitute for the industrial system
which under Republican administration
has developed sach extraordinary pros
perity, our opponents offer a policy which
is but a series of experiments upon our
system of revenue—a policy whose end
mnst be berm 10 oar manufacturers and
greater harm to our labor. Experiment in
the Industrial aud financial system is the
country’s greatest dread, as stability Is its
greatest boon. Even the uncertainty re
sulting from the recent tariff agitation
in Congress has bartfnlly affected
tbe business of the entire country.
Who can measure the harm to our shops
and our homes, to our farms and onr com
merce. if the uncertainty of perpetual
tariff agitation is to be inflicted upon
country? Wo are in tho midst of
abundant harvest; we are on the eye of s
revival of general prosperity. Nothing
stands in onr way but the dread of a
change in the industrial system which has
wrought such wonders in the laat twenty
years, ami which, with the power of in
creased capital, will work still greater mar
vels of prosperity in the twenty years to
come.
OUR FnRKIGM TOLICY.
ity. It would be a great calamity to change
these influences under which Southern
commonwealth, are learning to vindicate
civil rights,and adapting themselves to th.
conditions of political tranquillity and in
dustrial progress. If there be occasional
and violent outbreaks Irnthe Smith against
this peaceful progress, the public opinion
of the country regards them as exceptional
and hopefully trusts that each will prove
the lest.
The Bonth needs espitsi and occupation,
not controversy. As much as any part of
the North, the South needa tbe full protec
tion of the revenue laws which tne Re
publican party offers. Some of the South
ern States have already entered upon a
career ot industrial development nnd pros
perity. These, at least, sliould not lend
their electoral votes to destroy their own
future.
Any effort to unite the Southern States
poll is-ues that grow out ot the memories
J the war will summon the Northern
States to combine in the assertion of that
nationality which was their inspiration in
the civil struggle. And thus grest energies
which should be united in a common in
dustrial development will bo wasted in
hurtfni strife. The Democratic party
shows itself a foe to Southern prosperity by
always invoking and urging Southern po
litical consolidation. Such a policy
quenclies the rising instinct of patriot!
iu the heart of tbe Southern youth; it re
vives aud stimulates prejudice; it substi
tutes the spirit of barbaric vengesnee for
the tore ol peace, progress and harmony.
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
The general character of the civil service
of the United States nnder all administra
tions has been honorable. In the one an-
preme test—the collection and disburse
ment of revenue—thereoord of fidelity has
never been surpassed in any nation. With
the almost fabulous sams which were re
ceived and paid during the late > ar, sent-
Our foreign relations favor oar domestic
development. We are at peace with the
world—at peace upon a sound basis with
no unsettled questions of sufficient mag
nittidp to embarrass or distrac". us. Hap
pily removed by our geographical situation
from participation or interest in those
questions of dynasty or boundary which
so frequently disturb tbe peace of Europe,
we are left to cultivate friendly relations
with oil, and are free from possible entan-
lemcnts in the quarrels of any. The
Jnited States has no cense and no desire
to engage in conflict with any power on
earth, and we may rest in assured confi
dence thst no power desires to attack tbe
United States.
With the nations of tho Western Hemi
sphere we should cultivate closer relations
and for our common prosperity and ad
vancement we should invite them oil to
join with as in an agreement that, for tbe
future, all international troubles in North
or South America shall be adjusted by im
partial arbitration and not by arms. This
project was part ot the fixed policy of
President Garfield's administration audit
should in my judgment be renewed. Its
accomplishment on this continent would
favorably affect the nations beyond the
ses, and thus powerfully contribute it no
distant day to tbe universal acceptance
ot the phllanthrophic and Christian princi
ple of arbitration. The effect even of
sngeestlng it for the 8panisb-American
States has been most happy and has in
creased the confidence of those people in
our friendly disposition. It fell io my lot
as Secretary of State In Jans, 1881, to quiet
apprehension In the republic of Mexico, by
giving tbe assurance in an official dispatch
that “there Is not the faintest desire in tbe
United States for territorial extension
sooth of the Ulo Grande. The boondsries
has shared In ths general prosperity, sod 0 ( th* two republics bar* been established
thst having recovered from the lot* end i„ conformity wllh_the best Jurisdictions!
XX) per
hole hi
can be
of the
not the
S£*n3 ,p “‘ < \, ,he «P«
$k. nL^*! oni - ancient or me
gjoppwwnttof ih* present
Batted“fi'erifil pr *
Aliw?*?mr-ciisii itrofi ■ rit\ mly.
non) psotrsjsjn th*
BlJl .tjhllsnUiropto I. lt-.ginuv
BtliMnu^u lfistita-.; IU, schools, F-'ini-
““'EM. have been founded and
moss generously than at a-.-
h* our history. (J-ester and
h ," u ;
u *<W»nS?ti n f ’" l ' r " l’ r °xre**of
Biari m Wealth li». been ac< nmpa-
d^sod digniflad by a broadening »n,l
pSp£*°* national character ai a
sia^.ffl^dfils And fault that our reve-
aAoJJjKJfo Prodi:, ,., a surplus, llut they
faget that the
SSySp* 1 <o which
devastation of war. has gained so rapidly
tbst its total wealth is at least ths double
of that which It possessed In WOO, exclu-
•Ire of aUvet.
In these extraordinary developments the
farmers see the helpful impulse of a home
market, and they sec tbst tbe financial and
revenue system, enacted since the Repub
lican party canto into power, hoi estab
lished and constantly expanded the home
market They see thst even in the case ot
wheat, which is our chief cereal export,
they have sold, in the average of the year*
since the close of the war, three bushels at
borne to one they have sold abroad, and
that in the case of corn, the only other
cereal which we export to any extent, one
hundred bnsiteU have ..been used
at home to three and a half bushels ex-
e rted. In some years this disparity has
m so great that for every^ peck of
corn exported one hundred bowels have
been consumed in the home market. The
farmers see that in the Inerwring compe
tition from iuegraiu tredo of Luaaiaaod
from the distant plains o! India,tbe growth
of tbe home market becomes daily of great
er concern to them and that Its Impair
ment srcmld depreciate the value of every
sere ol tillable land in the Union.
OUII INTERNAL COMMERCE.
Such fRcta RS these touching the growth
end consumption of cereals at borne give
os some slight conception oLthe restores
of the internal commerce of the United
States. They suggest also thab ln sdditioo
to the advantages which the American
people enjoy (rent protection against for-
elgn competition, (bey enjoy the advan
tages of absolute free trade over a larger
area and with a greater population than
any other nation. The internal commerce
of our thirty-eight States and nine teiri-
tories is cerriesfon without let. or hin
drance. sritbout tax, detention ol govern
mental Interference of any kind whatever.
It spreads freely over *n are* of three and a
half million square milee—almost equal
in extent to tne whole continent of Eu
rope. IU profits ere enjoyed to-day by
fifty-six millions of American freemen,
and from this enjoyment no monopoly to
created. According to Alexander Hamil
ton, when ho discussed the same enbjoet In
17!X), "the internal competition which tehee
place does away with everything like
monopoly, end by degree, reduces the
prices of articles to the minimum of •
reasonable profit on the capital employ
ed.” It le impossible to point to a single
seunSrtJl the public dv... ..... w „-
BfSSA hireden ol taxstion.
ext«»JSl;?!*!!« wasted, 1 the only
charmSPXJlf? ** Ul which the party ■.tends
dCrLff tt-Iisram pensioning of sol-
Usr^r’.™d their f.milies-an ex-
form jo" E“*cl, embodies the highest
ntentot [ n recognition sod pay*
of taxs^efred debs. When reduction
*to be made, the Republican
monopoly In Sre United States that has
been crested or fostered by the Industrial
system which is upheld by the Kepublican
‘’compared with onr foreign on omerce
these domestic exchanges ere inconceiva
bly great In a nount—reqmrin:; merely as
oriefoftmmer’AlIty ..s lergea mfleigeof
rnit.iLj ■■ • "ortstv »o-day'u «Uthe other
nations of the world romhined. Theee ln-
ternal exchanges are estimated tarthe
tistical Bureau of the Treasury Department
to be annually twealy times as great
In amount as onr foreign commerce. It
is into this vast field of home trade
-at once tbe creation and the
heritage ol the American people-that f; -
eign nations are striving vr every device
to enter. It Is Into this (fold that the op
ponents ot oar present reywoe system
would freely admit the countries of Europe
-countries Into whoso internal trade we
could not reciprocally enter ■ countries to
which we should be. surrendering every
advantage of trade: from which we should
be gaining nothing Is-, return.
rmcT crow rare mkcuawic awd th* la-
Interests of both. Tbe line of demarcation
not inertly conventional, i; fa more.
__ separates a 8panish-Amerfcan people
from a Saxon-American people. It divides
one great nation from another with dis
tinct end nstnral finality.”
We seek tho conquests ot peace. IVo
desire to extend onr coin tuerce, and In an
especial degree with our friends tnd neigh
bors on this continent We have not Im
proved our relatione with Spanish America
as wisely and as persistently as we might
have done. For more than a generation
the sympathy of those countries lias been
allowed to drift away from ns. We should
now make every effort to gain their friend
ship. Our trade with them la already large.
Daring the last year our exchanges in the
Western Hemisphere amounted to three
hundred and filly millions ol dollars-near-
ly one-fourth o( oar entire foreign com
merce. To tbiae who may be disposed to
underrate the Mae of oar trade with the
conntriee of North and Sooth America, it
may be trail to state that tbetr population
Is nearly or quite fifty millions—and that,
in proportion to aggregate numbers, we
import nearly double ss much from them
os we do Iron Europe. Bat the result of
the whole American trade is in a high de-
gree unaotlsf actory. The Imports daring the
past year exceeded two hundred end twen
ty-fire million*—ehowing a balance against
us of more than ono hundred mllllotf* of
doUert. But the money doee not go to
Spanish America. We send large sums
to Europe in coin or its equivalent to pay
European manufacturers for the goods
wblchtbey send to Spanish America. We
are bat paymasters for this enormous
amount annually to European factors—an
amount which U a serious draft, in every
financial depression, upon our resource* of
**C*nnOt this condition of trade in great
part he cheuged? Cannot the m.;kct for
our prodaclA be greatly enlarged. Be
have made a beginning In our effort to Im
prove our trade relations with Mexico and
wo should not be content until similar and
routusJty advantageous arrangements have
been snoeufully made with every nation
of North and South America. While
the neat powers of Europe are
steadily enlarging tbelr colonial dom
ination in Asia and Africa it
la the esDecial province of thle country
toImproveandexpenditafood, with the
nations of America. No field promisee ee
much. No field has been cultivated »o lit
tle. Our foreign polfoy *honld be an
American policy in ft) broadeat and moot
comprehensive .aenee-n policy of peace
of friendship, of commercial enlarge-
"'■Vfie name Ameri-an, which belongs to
us In onr national capodty. must always
exalt tbe just pride of patriotism. Citizen-
M^' P of U “i» ra w^w^«
American o'tizen, rich or poor native or
naturalu~i. i.'MIe or colored, must cvery-
wUtra Walk secure in ;.i. . an!
civil riauia. The republic shoum never
accepts S^rdHtftTjtSn.never assays
u nobler one. twin tne protection ot th«
humblest man who owes it loyalty-pro-
taction at tunic, and protection wbicn
■hall follow him abroad, into whatever
land he may go upon a lawful errand.
-raa SOUTHERN STATU.
I recognise, no* without regret, the ne-
eernltv for speaking of two sections of onr
common country. But tbe regret dimin
ishes when I see that the elements which
separated them ere fa* disappearing.
-~ “—liars yielded end are yielding.
$M«e «r>pnw ik* fctiiln-
pulous integrity was the prevailing rale.
Indeed, throughout that trying period. It
can he said to the honor of the
American name, that unfaithfulness and
dishonesty araongcivllofficcre were os rare
as misconduct and cowardice on the field
of battle.
The growth ol the country bos continu
ally and necessarily enlarged the civil ser
vice, until now it includes a vast body of
officers. Rules anil methods of appoint
ment which prevailed when the number
was smaller have been found insufficient
and Impracticable, and earnest efforts
have been made to separate the great mass
of ministerial officers from partisan influ
ence and personal control. Impartiality
in the mode of appointment to be based
on faithful discharge of duty
are tbe two ends to be
accomplished. The public bnslnese will
be sided by separating tbe legislative
branch of the government from all control
of appointment' and tbe Executive De
partment will be relieved by subjecting
appointments to fixed roles and thus re
moving them from the caprice of favorite-
ism. Dutthere should berigld observance
of the law which gives In all cases of eqnal
competency the preference to the soldtere
who risked their Uvea in detense ot the
union.
I entered Congress in 1803, and in a
somewhat prolonged service I never found
it expedient to request or recommend the
removal of a civil officer except in four in
stances, and then for non-podtical reasons,
wnlch were instantly conclusive with tho
appointing power. Tbe officers in the dis
trict appointed by Mr. Lincoln in 1861 upon
the recommendation of my predecetsar,
served, av a role, until death or resignation.
I adopted at the beginning of my service the
testofeompetitiveexaminstion for appoint
ments to west Point and maintained it so
long as I hsd the right by law to nominate
a cadet. In the case of many officers I
found tbatthe present law which arbitra
rily limit* the tei m of tbe commission of
fered a constant temptation to changes for
mere political racoons. I - have publicly
expressed the belief that the essential
modification of that law would be la many
respects advantageous.
My observation in the Department of
State confirmed the conclusions of my
legislative experience, and impressed me
with tbe conviction that the role of im
partial appointment might with advan
tage be carried beyond any existing pro
vision of tbe dvll service lew.
It should be applied to appointment! in
the const liar service. Oonsulii snould be
commercial sentinels—encircling the globe
with watchfulness for their country’s In
terests. Their Intelligence and competen
cy become, therefore, metiers of great
public concern. No man sbonld be ap
pointed to an America* consulate, who tl
nut well Instructed In the history end rev
sources of bis own country, and in the re
quirements and language of commerce in
the country to which he le sent. The
same rule sbonld be applied even more
rigidly to the secretariesof legation in our
diplomatic aervice. The people here the
right to tbe most efficient agents in the
discharge of pabilo business amt the ap
pointing power should regard this as the
prior aa-i ulterior consideration.
THS MORMON QUESTION.
Religious liberty Is tho right of every
citizen nf tbe Republic. Congress la for
bidden by the constitution to make any
aw "respecting tho establishment ol re
ligion, or prohibiting tbe free exercise
thereof." For a century, under this guar
antee, Protestant and Catholic, Jew and
(ieutile, have worshipped Ood according
to the dictates of conscience. But
religious liberty must not be perverted to
the justification of offense, against Uie lew.
A religious sect, strongly entrenched In
languishes—the foreign carrying trade.
It was very eetlously crippled in onr civil
war, and another blow was given to it in
tbe general sub-itution of steam for sail in
ocean traffic. With a frontage on tho two
great oceant, with a freightage larger
than that of any other nation, wo have ev
ery inducement to restore our navigation
Yet the government has hitherto refused
its help. A small share of the encour
agement given by the government
to railways and to manufactures, and a
small share of the capital and the zeal
given by ourcilLeiis to those enterprise*
would have carried our shine to every sea
and to every port. A law just enacted re
moves some of the burdens upon onr navi,
gation and inspires hope that this great in
terest may at last receive its due share of
attention. All efforts in this direction
•hould receive encouragement.
SACBXDNIeS or THE BALLOT.
This survey of our condition as a nation
reminds us that material prosperity is but
a mockery if it does not tend to preserve
tlie liberty of the people. A free ballot is
ttie safeguard of republican institutions,
without which no national welfare is an
surt-d. A popular election, honestly con
ducted, embodies the very raajestr of true
government. Ten millions of voters de
sire to take part in the pending contest.
The safety of the republic rests upon the
integrity of tlie ballot, upon
the security of suffrage to the citi
zen. To deposit a fraudulent vote is no
worse a crime against constitutional liber
ty than io obstruct tbe deposit of an honest
vote. He who corrupts suffrage strikes
at the very root of free government. He
is the areh enemy of the republic,
forgets that in trampling upon the rights
of other* he fatally imperils nls own rights.
“It is a good land which the Lord our Hod
doth give us.” but we can maintain our
heritage only by guarding with vigilance
the source of popular power.
lam with great respect, Your obedient
servant, James G. Blaine.
m
In the dull mid-summer, when money is scarce and trado stagnated
in the great metropolis,vast quantities of merchandise are thrown upon
the market, Irom tho finest fabrics imported, to tlie coarser domestic
stuffs,*and sales forced. Then it is that
J. W. RiCE & CO„
Ever on the alert for bargains in anything they handle, step in and reap
a rich harvest.
They have received from these saiesan immense invoice of Victoria and
India Lawns, Nainsook Stripes and Checks, Piques,Satin Stripe Lawns,
White and Figured Linen Lawns, India Seersuckers, etc., and hayo
marked them lower than these goods were ever before sold in the South.
They have an immense stock of Hosiery and are oixering unheard-of
bargains in Men’s and Boys’ Half Hose, as well as Misses’ and Ladies** 1
Hose. The Stock must he reduced—the goods must go.
Splendid line of light Summer Fabrics for men os well os ladies and
children's wear. Late in the season—anxious to sell.
Matting at nominal figures. Carpets and Rugs way down.
Remember,
THE LOWEST TRICES,
RULE AT RICE’S.
A policy of this kind would be disastrous
i tbe mechanic* and working men of the
children and lay by » nxlflcient amount Cor
iKC««WeaoIaxe. Thaiadocttooofwage*
inevitably consequentnpoa tbravtacov
home market opea to the world, woiud de-
ITISASPECtFiC
fou
Kidney * Liver
Troubles,
2!Add«r, Urinary
*nd Liver XMjmmm.
Dropsy, Omvcland
piAbetote
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
IT WORKS PROMPTLY /
And cur«« XntcmpcrAxice. K«rroo» Diae&ae*,
OenerAl Debility, Excimm and
Fcmalo WeaknPM.
USE IT _ AT ONCE.
It re*lore* tho KIDNEYS, LIVZB and row.
KLS, to *h*althy Action And CUBES wb«n*U
other mcdldaeaLUt. Suadnd* have bten *av*d
who Rav. been tires up to die by Mredaud
PHwILI*. Send tor mu*tr*ted F*mpbl*tto
Itl'icrs I1EMEOT CO., Providence, It. L
6 SOLD BY ALL BWftmiSTS.
K3STETTERV
Prjriek
cbtdia'ity warms the South
S^Tenfi the Northern heart alike.. Can
any ooe doubt that between tbs •eetioas
confidence end esteem are to-day more
marked than at env period in the
oT“ n i’re,5a^r 1,D Pjnc,.^? t5j
Is Uw result in part of time apd
in part of RrpupUcan principle* applied
under tbe favorable conditions of uniform*
one ortheTerritories of the Union, and
spread lug rapidly into four other Territo
ries, claims tlie riKUt to destroy tbe great
tafeguard and muniment of social order,
and to practice at a religion* privilege that
which (> a crimw pnnbhri with a *«v*r*
penalty in every State of tbe Union. Tbo
•acredneu and unity of tbe family mutt
be preferred aa tbe foundations of ail civil
government, as the eource of orderly ad
ministration, aa tbe surest guarantee of
moral purity.
The claim of the Mormons that they are
divinely authorized to practice polygamy
should no more be admitted than the claim
of certain heathen tribes, if they eboold
come among us, to continue the right of
human sacrifice. Tbe taw doe, not Inter
fere with whaleman believes; it takes cog.
nlxonce only of what he does. A* citizen*,
the Mormon, ere entitled to the nne civil
right, a* others end to there they muit be
oonflnnL Polygamy can never receive na
tional sanction or toleration by admitting
the community that upholds ft aa a State
In tbe Union, Like other,, the Mormon*
most learn that the liberty ol the individ
ual cesses where the rights of society be
gin.
oua cuamaHcv.
The people ol the United State,, though
often urged and tempted, havq never
■erlouvly contemplated the recognition of
any other mon y than gold or eilver—and
currency directly convertible into them.
They have not done *o, they will not do «o,
under any necessity less pressing tlmn that
of desperate war. The one special requi
site tor the completion of our
monetary system Is Che fixing of the
relative values of,,silver and gold.
The large use of silver os the money
of account among Asiatic nations, taken
In oonnett on wi h the incieaatng com
merce ol the world, gives the weightiest
reasons lor an international agreement in
the premises. Oar government ah-mid not
Caere to urge this measure until a standard
ofvalue shall be rerebed and estahJUbed
—a stars laid thst shall snabie the United
Stales to use the silver from it* mine* A*
in auxiliary to gold in settling
the balances of commercial exchange.
tu* rr»uc LANDS.
The r. . ih of tbe republic is increased
bythemuluplka.ionof lind-bolden. Onr
taws should look to ths Judicious encour
agement of actual settlers on the public do-
main,-which should henceforth be held an
s sacred trust for tbe benefit of those reek
ing homes. Tbe tendency to cDnioiidato
lone tracts of Unde In the ownership of
individual) or corporations , sbonld,
with proper regard to vested
he discouraged. One hundred
sand acre) uf Lind in tbe bands
man Is far lew profitable to tbs nation 111
every way than when it* ownership U di
vided among one tbouvond men. Tbe
evil of permitting large tracts of the no,
tional domain tu be consolidated and con
trolled bv the taw against tbs many ta
enhanced when tbe perron, controlling It
ore aliens. It U bat fair that the public
land shoo id be disposed of only to actual
settlers and to those who ere citizens of
the republic, or willing to bseom* ml
To the needs of tbe tourist, commercial
traveler anil uew settler. Hot tetter's Stom
ach Bitter, la peculiarly adapted, since it
strengthens the digestive organs, and
braces the physical enegias to unhealtbful
influences. It removes tnd prevent! ma
larial lever, constipation, dyspepsia,
healthfully stlmnUtee the kidney* end
bladder, and enriches ta well ts purifies
the blood. When overcome by fatigue,
whether mental or physical, the weary and
debilitated find it a reliable source of re
newed strength and comfort For sole
by oil druggists and dealers generally.
Triangular
apr27ri<frwlT
CENTRAL FURNITURE HOUSE
Nos. 60 and|6 Poplar Street.
| N tbe front for tho patronage of tbe iseople, with aa complete and well assort'
■-of
Furniture, Carpets, Mattings, Oil Cloths, Shade?
MATS, eto„ etc., aa cau be found in any Iioopo in the South. Iarac-.-,
rather than to bo lead in tho matter of good goods and low prioes.
I nnlf A wet (C) good Chairs for $2.73. “Little Bounty” Bed J4ih
K.U UIV* piect - for only $18 ft). “G$»rn” Bert Room Snit complete te<t
only $22.S0. “Star*’ Fall Marble French Dresser Bait, ton pieces, tip-tr i
to plcaee, $4.'.00. Parlor Suit*. loangee. Safes, olc„ “away down yondr
orders to the
Oentrai Fui'nitm*e Ho
For anything you need from n 45 oenta choir to a $1/0 bedstead, to a $200.00 Bedroom
doit, and 1 guarantee satisfaction.
BENJAMIN SKALOWSKI
THE FOSS & PEVEY COTTON CARD.
)J.
LOWELL
UPWARD8 OF SIX THQU8AND IN OPERATION.
OVER SEVEN HUNDRED IN CEORCIA MILLS
py Reference, J. F. HANSON. Agent Uthb Manufacturing Company. Macon, Ua.
ENcBEsTcISS^AwTSLLS^m
PERKINS BROS.,
DIALERS IN
ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY.
The Largest Dealers in the South.
In Steam Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Saws, Shingle, Lath, Planing and
Matching Machines, Water Wheels, Grist and Flouring Mills, Cane Mills,
Wagons, Separators. Oollon Gin,, Proms, Sulky Plows, Rak<-v. Ropers and
Mowers, Shafting and Pulleys, Steam Pumps, Boiler Feeders, Whistles, Gauges,
Lubricators, Saw Gummers, Tanite Emery Wheels, Rubber Hose and Belting,
Brass Goods, Piping and Engine Fittings of all kinds, Machinery Oil, Etc.
*J*-Second-hand Mochincry .’.low pries. Look to yourlntereit and get oar prices betorobuving.
PERKINS BROTHERS,
39 and 41 Wert Alabama Street, - - ATLANTA, CA.
HOPE tu" DEAF.
Onr Improved Artificial Ear Dram* rare Demfix *1 in an «U|tea. Bfeommrn.lM by
9deatlfle M ef Kwf sad .1 ■■Ufa. Writ* tar UluUrcti* d,$eripU— Sooi-aiMU. *' ' . refnnu
doctors, jQdjrra. mlaUten. and prwalBrnt men and women wImj have been rnmL and »ho t>ika
pleasure i% rttomwundino them. They are wn»n while tn um> rmi-fnitdi
M-trmanent ce^- Addrraa. H. NK lIOl.MlS. 7 Vu
r Nf. Nas^V'-l*.
W. H. MOOR & GO.,
Wholesale Fruit 1 Produce Cemmissioi
MKRCIX.O.JNTM.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
CPKCIALTIES-Watermfioni and South-
Q era Truck, Quick sales. Prompt re.
turns. Reference: Merchant*’Bonk, At
lanta. Stencil* furnished oo application.
may8-dtw3m.
KENTUCKY
MILITARY
INSTITUTE.
For Tax Receiver.
vivo THE CITIZENS OP HOUSTON
1 County—I have made a initial canvas*
at the county and met with due courtesy
and hospitality from th* people, tad I
bop* you will give my case • proper end
thoughtful consideration. I am a perma
nent cripple, which unfits me for manual
labor, consequently ask your suffrage. I
oik this of vou that I may make my own
support with my pan. So yon con regard
me os one that's In for the race to the end,
end for a hopitui consideration In the
Pr^-^re^ctU.
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A full And able f>lim faculty. Exmcm* •* m<* if r»t-
Any fir»t<!aucoUcre. Fortieth v* ir I- . . .He|»letu
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