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Yes. sir. responded Mr.. Hoffman.

Of my time to do so.
Mr.. Hoffman answered, that under the adj
vaorem system great frauds werc practlsed
BY false invoices, which could not occur I'M
der specific system; and read in support OF
his proposition high Democratic authority,
such as President Buchanan, Senator Toombs,
Guthrie, and others, who concurrcd i'll say
ing, in the language of Senator Toombs,
that adralorem duties offered greater .Jdcii-
ties for fraud on the customs /: that their IT.
Get rouid be TO make your rerenne under the
some rate, less stable and more ,Ructnating
inasmuch as IL ,routd make il depend on the
prices Of the dufiaJle articles, as rH as the
quantity consumed, and that its neeessary ef-
feet ro,ad be TO raise the most rerenue rhen
the II easury could be least pressed and gire
most projection ichers none might be needed
and least uhen the most mas needed"
Mr.. Kunkel resumes. There never has
been any statesman in this country opposed
to Tariff. There was more general pros
tration under the black and iniquitons tariff
of 1912 than any law that was ever passed.
He read from memorial Of Pennsylvania Ia
riff men, to show that permancncy after all,
WAS the great desideratum in n Tariff. He
could not speak intellisibly upon this subject
in The time allotted him. In his haste he Of
ten forgets things. Read from book called
Old Hickory, keep it before the people"
&C., but it was not exactly the paragraph he
desired to read Lawrence, Stone. &C., used
money to have the Tariff Of 1857 passed.
Your interest, fc!low-citizens is not 80 much
to send Tariff man to Congress, as an hon
est man.
Do Won mean til ut insinuation for me, asks
Mr.. Hoffman.
I Certainly not, responds Mr.. Kunkel. |
only meant to say, that the Black Republic
cans ought not to lie entrusted with power,
with whom my competitor says he will al
fliate. will never vote for a Tariff of pro-
! lection to the miners in the bowels of the
/
sweating in the sun at six dollars a month.
Spoke Of the contest between Polk and Clay.
In craftsmanship, Mr.. Clay was Mr.. Folks
superior. But in integrity Of character and
political honesty Mr.. Polk was as far above
Mr.. Clay as the Alcgany mountains are a.
bovc a mole-hil Ills time expircs.)
Mr.. Hoffman rose to reply amid trcmcn-
lous enthusiasm. lie denied that he ever
expressed any sympathy with Black Re-
publicanism. lie wanted to know if his
felow-citzens would have him, should he be
elected, to oppose Tariff, because the Black
Republicans were in favor of it? The hear
ty and enthusiastic response was, no. sir
Here he took up Mr.. Kunkel on the charge
made by him that money was freely used to
secure the passage Of the Tariff Of 1867, to
show where the money went. lie analyzed
the vote on that measure, and showed that
out of the seventy Democrats who were in
the House of Representatives, sixtycight vo-
ted for it. lie would have his competitor,
when he came to reply, to explain his con-
duct in reference to that corrupt doorkccpcr
He desired him to explain, also his vote in
regard to the Fort-Sncllng affair, by which
Democratic Secretary of War, in its sale
had dcfrauded the Government. lit will be
rccollected that the committee raised to in
vcstigate this affair, reported resolutions te
this effect, that it was without authority OF
law, grave official fault, and was at the time
and is now void. Against these resolutions
Mr.. Kunkel voted. lie would Ike to have
him tell lis something about the Willet's Point
affair, transaction by the Secretary of War
similar to that of Furt-Snelling. He would
have his fcl'ow-citzens to carry it home with
them that his competitor declared himself OPP
posed to Tariff discriminating in favor OF
American Industry.
Mr.. Kuukcl denied it, but could not tell
what he did say, and sat down ovcrwhclme
with confusion. The crowd present said he
did say what Mr.. Hoffman charged.
Mr.. Hoffman then proceeded to show that
Mr. Kunkel was opposed to Revenue Tariff
with incidental protection, as his competitor
regarded the law of '4G a perfect model Of a
Tariff system, which not only did not dis
crimnatc in favor of American labor, but
Disseminated against it, nasmuch rs it laid
n heavier duty ON paper, wool. &C., simply
than it did on the articles manufactured
from them. Examined the Pennsylvania,
resolution read by Mr.. kunkcl, and contend
ed that specific duties were necessary to give
that pcrmanency which was asked for He
wanted his competitor 10 tell why he voted
against the Agricultural College Bill which
provided grant Of land to the several States
for College 10 educate the MS Of tie farm
crs and mechanics. The people would like
| to know, too. why he voted To increase the
postage Would he ii form the audience
whether he was y Douglas or anti-Douglas;
man. And especially hc desired to hear
something about his votes against a revision
of the Tariff, tIlcrc Mr.. IIofimans time ex-
pired, and he resumed his scat amid grea,
cheering.l
Mr.. kunkel in reply, attempted to show
that the Tariff of 1916 was better. law than
that of 1912. IIe did not answer Mr.
lIofl;man's questions about the Agricultural
College Bill. increase postage, and Douglas
Squatter Sovereignty heresy, nor did he ex-
plain his votes against revision of the Tar.
it, lie found no fault with Mr.. Hoffman,
congressional career Wien he came to toucl
upon the Fort-Snelling affair, he asked Mr.
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